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Climate-induced range contraction drives genetic erosion in an alpine mammal

Date

Authors

Rubidge, Emily M.

Patton, James L.

Lim, Marisa

Burton, A. Cole

Brashares, Justin S.

Moritz, Craig

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Abstract

Increasing documentation of changes in the distribution of species provides evidence of climate change impacts, yet surprisingly little empirical work has endeavoured to quantify how such recent and rapid changes impact genetic diversity. Here we compare

Keywords

Keywords: alpine environment; climate change; climate effect; documentary source; empirical analysis; genetic variation; rodent; spatial distribution; California; United States; Yosemite National Park; Mammalia; Tamias; Tamias alpinus; Tamias speciosus

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65180

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Nature Climate Change

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1038/NCLIMATE1415

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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