Projected loss of a salamander diversity hotspot as a consequence of projected global climate change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Milanovich, Joseph R ^a   Peterman, William E ^b   Nibbelink, Nathan P ^a   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC HABITAT LOSS; ENTROPY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALIA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; URODELA;

EID: 77957883782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012189     Document Type: Article

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