General Circulation Models (GCMs) were used to develop climate change scenarios for the Lengwe National Park in Malawi Scenanos of future precipitation and ambient temperature were in turn used to evaluate habitat suitabihty of 5 ungulate populations and to rank their vulnerabihty to global climate change in the park Preliminary results suggest that ambient temperatures may n s e with a doubling of atmospheric COz, and precipitation will be more vanable The vulnerability assessment results suggest that all the ungulates, especially nyala antelope Tragelaphus angasi, could be highly susceptible to climate induced changes in habitat and food supply Adaptive measures, such as translocation, culling, and expanding the water supply, may alleviate climatic change impacts on nyala and other ungulates
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