Upward Altitudinal Shifts in Habitat Suitability of Mountain Vipers since the Last Glacial Maximum.

We determined the effects of past and future climate changes on the distribution of the Montivipera raddei species complex (MRC) that contains rare and endangered viper species limited to Iran, Turkey and Armenia. We also investigated the current distribution of MRC to locate unidentified isolated p...

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Main Authors: Masoud Yousefi, Mohsen Ahmadi, Elham Nourani, Roozbeh Behrooz, Mehdi Rajabizadeh, Philippe Geniez, Mohammad Kaboli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4569082?pdf=render