Future projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios

A. Townsend Peterson; Miguel A. Ortega‐Huerta; Jeremy D. Bartley; Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero; Jorge Soberón; R. Buddemeier; David Stockwell

doi:10.1038/416626a

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Climate changeFaunaBiodiversityRange (aeronautics)EcologyEcosystemNicheEnvironmental niche modellingGlobal biodiversityGeographyGlobal changeSpecies distributionEcological nicheEnvironmental scienceBiologyHabitat

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 416
Issue: 6881
Pages: 626-629
Citations: 894
Access: Closed

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                                    A. Townsend Peterson, 
                                
                                    Miguel A. Ortega‐Huerta, 
                                
                                    Jeremy D. Bartley
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2002). 
                            Future projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios. 
                            Nature
                            , 416
                            (6881)
                            , 626-629.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/416626a
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/416626a