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of their natural range coupled with the uncertainty in projected future habitat distributions may make trans - location of species controversial. Lawler et al. (2010) provide a graphical representation of certain types of management actions that are dependent on the direc- tion or magnitude of climate changes, highlighting those actions that are more and less robust to uncer- tainties associated with impact projections. (Figure 5.7) To be successful all actions must be coupled with careful and rigorous monitoring, analysis, and re -eval- uation as further information becomes available. Figure 5 -7. Management actions for addressing climate change, plotted with respect to the relative degree of uncertainty associated with their outcomes. Inherent uncertainty (x axis) is the uncertainty associated with a management action, irrespective of climate change. The uncertainty due to climate change (y axis) is a measure of how dependant the outcome of a management action is on a particular direction or magni- tude of climatic change. Actions at the bottom and top of the plot are, respectively, more and less robust to uncertainties in climate- change impact projections. The plot is necessarily a generalization — specific manage- ment actions of one type or another may be associated with relatively more or less uncertainty than the levels depicted here (Source: Lawler et al. 2010, (D The Ecological Society of America, used with permission).