Mammalian niche conservation through deep time.

Climate change alters species distributions, causing plants and animals to move north or to higher elevations with current warming. Bioclimatic models predict species distributions based on extant realized niches and assume niche conservation. Here, we evaluate if proxies for niches (i.e., range are...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Larisa R G DeSantis, Rachel A Beavins Tracy, Cassandra S Koontz, John C Roseberry, Matthew C Velasco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3334498?pdf=render