Spatial modeling to project southern Appalachian trout distribution in a warmer climate

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1371-1382

  Flebbe, Patricia A ^a   Roghair, Laura D ^b   Bruggink, Jennifer L ^a,c  

^a Southern Research Station   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRAGMENTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MODELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SALMONID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 34247608193     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-217.1     Document Type: Article

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