Four Decades of Andean Timberline Migration and Implications for Biodiversity Loss with Climate Change

David A. Lutz; Rebecca L. Powell; Miles R. Silman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074496

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Four Decades of Andean Timberline Migration and Implications for Biodiversity Loss with Climate Change

David A. Lutz ,

* E-mail: David.A.Lutz@dartmouth.edu

Affiliations Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability and Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Rebecca L. Powell,

Affiliation Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability and Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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Miles R. Silman

Affiliation Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability and Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
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Four Decades of Andean Timberline Migration and Implications for Biodiversity Loss with Climate Change

David A. Lutz,
Rebecca L. Powell,
Miles R. Silman

Published: September 11, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074496

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