Quantifying species' range shifts in relation to climate change: a case study of Abies spp. in China.

Predicting species range shifts in response to climatic change is a central aspect of global change studies. An ever growing number of species have been modeled using a variety of species distribution models (SDMs). However, quantitative studies of the characteristics of range shifts are rare, predi...

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Main Authors: Xiaojun Kou, Qin Li, Shirong Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3160841?pdf=render