Potential habitat loss and population fragmentation for cold water fish in the North Platte River drainage of the Rocky mountains: Response to climate warming

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1116-1123

  Rahel, Frank J ^a   Keleher, Christopher J ^a   Anderson, Jeffry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0029800105     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.5.1116     Document Type: Article

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