Slow climate velocities of mountain streams portend their role as refugia for cold-water biodiversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 4374-4379

  Isaak, Daniel J ^a   Young, Michael K ^b   Luce, Charles H ^a   Hostetler, Steven W ^c   Wenger, Seth J ^d   Peterson, Erin E ^e   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^f   Groce, Matthew C ^a   Horan, Dona L ^a   Nagel, David E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate refugia; Climate velocity; Fish; Network

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; FRESH WATER;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANURA; ARTICLE; ASCAPHUS MONTANUS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CUTTHROAT TROUT; HABITAT USE; HYDROLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGIUM; SALMO TRUTTA; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE; FACTUAL DATABASE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FRESH WATER;

EID: 84964331176     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1522429113     Document Type: Article

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