Impact of climate change on potential distribution of Chinese caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) in Nepal Himalaya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Shrestha, Uttam Babu ^a   Bawa, Kamaljit S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CATERPILLAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HABITAT; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; NEPAL;

EID: 84918569261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106405     Document Type: Article

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