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SUBMITTER: Elsen PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7181879 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elsen Paul R PR Monahan William B WB Merenlender Adina M AM
Nature communications 20200424 1
Climate change is leading to widespread elevational shifts thought to increase species extinction risk in mountains. We integrate digital elevation models with a metric of human pressure to examine changes in the amount of intact land area available for species undergoing elevational range shifts in all major mountain ranges globally (n = 1010). Nearly 60% of mountainous area is under intense human pressure, predominantly at low elevations and mountain bases. Consequently, upslope range shifts g ...[more]