Range dynamics of small mammals along an elevational gradient over an 80-year interval

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2930-2943

  Rowe, Rebecca J ^a   Finarelli, John A ^b   Rickart, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial model; Climate change; Elevational gradient; Great Basin; Likelihood ratios; Nevada; Range limits; Range shifts; Ruby Mountains; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGE EXPANSION; SMALL MAMMAL; SUMMER; WINTER;

GREAT BASIN; NEVADA; RUBY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956892429     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02150.x     Document Type: Article

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