Beth Stys's research while affiliated with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and other places

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Publications (4)

Figure 2. Project Region. This map illustrates the breadth of the...
Florida Keys Case Study on Incorporating Climate Change Considerations into Conservation Planning and Actions for State Listed and SGCN in the Florida Keys Incorporating Climate Change Considerations into Conservation Planning and Actions for State Listed and SGCN in the Florida Keys Final Report
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  • Jul 2020
The low-lying Florida Keys are at ground zero for impacts from rising seas. Perhaps the most at-risk natural resources are the endemic terrestrial species with no good bridges to suitable habitats outside the Keys. It is our responsibility as a society to recognize that each species has an intrinsic value, and this obliges us to at least incorporat...
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An Overview of the Socio-Ecological System of Cays and Islets in the US Caribbean and Their Vulnerability to Climate Change
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  • Oct 2019
The offshore cays around the main islands of Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix are largely uninhabited and provide habitat for threatened, endangered, at-risk, and species of greatest conservation need including many resident and migratory species of seabirds, shorebirds, endemic reptiles, and plants. Management is limited by insuffi...
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Figure 1. The FWC KeysMAP process for climate adaptation planning. The...
Figure 1. Known range of Keys tree cactus (red). This map was produced...
Figure 2. Species Distribution Maps. This figure illustrates the...
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+10 Figure 6.1. Known distribution of the Big Pine partridge pea. This map...
FLORIDA KEYS TERRESTRIAL ADAPTATION PROJECT: Florida Keys Case Study on Incorporating Climate Change Considerations into Conservation Planning and Actions for Threatened and Endangered Species
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  • Jan 2018
The low-lying Florida Keys are at ground zero for impacts from rising seas. Perhaps the most at risk natural resources are the endemic terrestrial species with no natural dispersal pathways to suitable habitats outside the Keys. Yet, it is our responsibility as a society to recognize that each species has intrinsic value and this obliges us to inco...
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... Respondents' preference for climate change adaptation options for people and three species of wildlife (Key deer, Least terns, and American crocodiles) were assessed using a Likert-type scale of 1 (strongly disapprove) -5 (strongly approve) with a "not sure" option. Assessment of adaptation for people included five options that were adapted from ideas generated and discussed during the past stakeholder meetings of FWC for other climate change related projects (Benedict & Glazer, 2019;Benedict et al., 2018). Assessment of adaptation options for three wildlife species included 14 adaptation statements adapted from Climate Change Adaptation Explorer for Florida, a webpage developed by scientists from FWC and partner organizations (Ward et al., 2019). ...
Reference: PERCEPTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE RISK & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS SURVEY REPORT
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... We also included steps which included overcoming barriers that stymie implementation of adaptation projects. Other steps in our climate-smart approach included monitoring for trigger points and monitoring to assess the efficacy of the adaptation strategy implementation (Benedict et al. 2018). In the spirit of trying to understand barriers to implementation, we began examining behavioral constraints to adaptation (Stoltz et al. 2021). ...
Reference: Reflections on a Career Unplanned
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... The Florida peninsula experiences among the highest number of lightning strikes in North America and consequently, fire has long been an evolutionary and ecological force (Noss, 2018;Pyne, 2019). Climate projections suggest increased temperatures, higher evapotranspiration/drought stress, and altered decomposition rates and fire patterns (Stys et al., 2017). ...
Reference: What kills the virtually immortal palms of the Florida scrub?
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