Climate-induced range contraction drives genetic erosion in an alpine mammal

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-288

  Rubidge, Emily M ^a,b,d   Patton, James L ^a   Lim, Marisa ^a   Burton, A Cole ^b,c   Brashares, Justin S ^b   Moritz, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

MAMMALIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS ALPINUS; TAMIAS SPECIOSUS;

EID: 84859386351     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1415     Document Type: Article

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