The relative influence of temperature, moisture and their interaction on range limits of mammals over the past century

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-343

  Smith, Adam B ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mammals; Precipitation; Range limits; Range shifts; Species distribution models; Temperature; Western United States

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MAMMAL; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84874001165     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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