Climate change predicted to shift wolverine distributions, connectivity, and dispersal corridors

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2882-2897

  McKelvey, Kevin S ^a   Copeland, Jeffrey P ^a   Schwartz, Michael K ^a   Littell, Jeremy S ^b   Aubry, Keith B ^c   Squires, John R ^a   Parks, Sean A ^d   Elsner, Marketa M ^b   Mauger, Guillaume S ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Corridor; Downscale; Ensemble model; Fragmentation; Gulo gulo; Habitat; Hydrologic modeling; Snow; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONNECTIVITY; DEN; DISPERSAL; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENETIC ISOLATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOME RANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ISOLATED POPULATION; MODIS; MUSTELID; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; COLUMBIA BASIN; GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; MISSOURI BASIN; MONTANA; NEW MEXICO; OREGON; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

GULO GULO;

EID: 84855170444     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2206.1     Document Type: Article

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