Effects of Climate Change on Population Persistence of Desert-Dwelling Mountain Sheep in California

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 102-113

  Epps, Clinton W ^a   McCullough, Dale R ^a   Wehausen, John D ^b   Bleich, Vernon C ^c   Rechel, Jennifer L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b White Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extinction; Hierarchical partitioning; Metapopulation; Ovis canadensis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; GIS; PERSISTENCE; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 1242288090     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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