Thermal limits to salmonid distributions in the rocky mountain region and potential habitat loss due to global warming: A geographic information system (gis) approach

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Keleher, Christopher J ^a,b   Rahel, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b University of Wyoming   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIS; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT LOSS; POTENTIAL LOSS; SALMON; TEMPERATURE;

USA, WYOMING;

EID: 0029659386     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0001:TLTSDI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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