Vulnerability of high-elevation endemic salamanders to climate change: A case study with the Cow Knob Salamander (Plethodon punctatus)
Rapid contemporary climate change is a potential threat to long-term persistence of montane wildlife species because they often have narrow thermal tolerances and have limited potential to shift their distributions. The Appalachian Mountain region in the eastern United States is a global biodiversit...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419301957 |