Testing alternative models of climate-mediated extirpations

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 164-178

  Beever, Erik A ^a,e   Chris, R A Y ^b   Mote, Philip W ^c,f   Wilkening, Jennifer L ^b,d  

^a University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American pika; Climate change; Climate induced stress; Great basin; Information theoretic analyses; Niche conservatism; North america; Ochotona princeps; Physiological stress; Population extinction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELEVATION; EXTINCTION; LAGOMORPH; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MODEL TEST; MONTANE FOREST; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SENSOR; SMALL MAMMAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TIME SERIES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LAGOMORPH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; LAGOMORPHA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 77649174575     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1011.1     Document Type: Article

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