​The intent of this report is, first, to review pertinent information regarding methods and approaches used to conduct climate change vulnerability assessments and, second, to provide managers with an updated summary of knowledge regarding vulnerability to climate change of species and habitats in the American Southwest. We begin by defining and discussing climate change vulnerability assessment concepts and approaches and then examine major methods by which such assessments are conducted. Finally, we review and synthesize the information presented in vulnerability assessments conducted for the southwestern United States.

Friggens, M., K. Bagne, D. Finch, Donald Falk, Jack Triepke, and Ann Lynch. "Review and recommendations for climate change vulnerability assessment approaches with examples from the Southwest." Notes (2013).