Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change

Ecosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Maher, Sean P ^a,b,c   Morelli, Toni Lyn ^a,b,d   Hershey, Michelle ^a   Flint, Alan L ^d   Flint, Lorraine E ^d   Moritz, Craig ^a,e   Beissinger, Steven R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circuitscape; Climate; Connectivity; Conservation; Dispersal; Meadows; Refugia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018996666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1673     Document Type: Review

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