Responses of large mammals to climate change
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Responses of large mammals to climate change
Most large terrestrial mammals, including the charismatic species so important for ecotourism, do not have the luxury of rapid micro-evolution or sufficient range shifts as strategies for adjusting to climate change. The rate of climate change is too fast for genetic adaptation to occur in mammals with longevities of decades, typical of large mammals, and landscape fragmentation and population ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Temperature
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2332-8940,2332-8959
DOI: 10.4161/temp.29651