Climate-induced range contraction of a rare alpine aquatic invertebrate

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-65

  Giersch, J Joseph ^a   Jordan, Steve ^b   Luikart, Gordon ^c   Jones, Leslie A ^a,d   Hauer, F Richard ^c,d   Muhlfeld, Clint C ^a,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine stream invertebrates; Bayesian phylogenetics; Biogeography; Connectivity; DNA barcoding; Environmental change; Phylogeography; Plecoptera; Population fragmentation; Vulnerability assessment; Zapada

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; RARE SPECIES; STONEFLY; STREAM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [MONTANA]; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; ZAPADA; ZAPADA GLACIER;

EID: 84983374055     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679490     Document Type: Article

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