Incorporating cold-air pooling into downscaled climate models increases potential refugia for snow-dependent species within the Sierra Nevada Ecoregion, CA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Curtis, Jennifer A ^a   Flint, Lorraine E ^a   Flint, Alan L ^a   Lundquist, Jessica D ^b   Hudgens, Brian ^c   Boydston, Erin E ^a   Young, Julie K ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD AIR; COLD AIR POOLING; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GULO GULO; HABITAT QUALITY; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES REFUGE; SPRING; ADAPTATION; AIR; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; COLD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFUGIUM; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WIND;

GULO GULO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AIR; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSTELIDAE; REFUGIUM; SEASONS; WIND;

EID: 84907000412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106984     Document Type: Article

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