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Climate Changes, Shifting Ranges: Climate Change Effects on Wildlife in the Florida Everglades and Keys

, , , Mathieu Basille, Frank Mazzotti, Stephanie Romañach, andLaura Brandt
Other Contacts: Eric Suarez, Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez, andAaron Chimelis


Release Date: 3/30/2017

Reviewed At: 2/9/2026

DOI: 10.32473/edis-uw428-2017

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Abstract

Where do the animals go when the sea rises? Learn the probable futures of Florida panthers and other south Florida wildlife in this 5-page fact sheet. It explains how a changing climate could impact wild animals.­

About this Publication

This document is WEC383, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension. First published in EDIS April 2017. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Perez, L., Watling, J. I., Bucklin, D., Basille, M., Mazzotti, F. J., Romañach, S. S., & Brandt, L. (2017). Climate Changes, Shifting Ranges: Climate change effects on wildlife in the Florida Everglades and Keys. EDIS, 2017(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw428-2017

Authors

Larry Perez
Larry Perez
James Watling
James Watling
David Bucklin
David Bucklin
Mathieu Basille
Mathieu Basille
external
University of Florida

former assistant professor, landscape ecology, UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale REC, Davie, FL

Frank Mazzotti
Frank Mazzotti
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Stephanie Romañach
Stephanie Romañach
external
University of Florida

courtesy professor, UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, and research ecologist, USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Davie, FL 

Laura Brandt
Laura Brandt
staff
University of Florida

Wildlife biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Contacts

Eric  Suarez
Eric Suarez
staff
University of Florida

biological scientist III, UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie, FL

Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez
Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez
staff
University of Florida

senior research wildlife ecologist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and director Lamanai Field Research Center, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Aaron Chimelis
Aaron Chimelis
student
University of Florida

wildlife intern, UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie FL

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