Four decades of Andean timberline migration and implications for biodiversity loss with climate change.
Rapid 21st-century climate change may lead to large population decreases and extinction in tropical montane cloud forest species in the Andes. While prior research has focused on species migrations per se, ecotones may respond to different environmental factors than species. Even if species can migr...
Main Authors: | David A Lutz, Rebecca L Powell, Miles R Silman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770544?pdf=render |
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