How do species respond to climate change along an elevation gradient? A case study of the grey‐headed robin (Heteromyias albispecularis)

@article{Li2009HowDS,  title={How do species respond to climate change along an elevation gradient? A case study of the grey‐headed robin (Heteromyias albispecularis)},  author={Jin Li and David W. Hilbert and Trevor Parker and Stephen E. Williams},  journal={Global Change Biology},  year={2009},  volume={15},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:84822516}}
It is suggested that some species might experience much more severe impacts from climate change than predicted from models of habitat area alone and management policies based on predictions of habitats area decline using occurrence data need to be re‐evaluated and alternative measures needed to be developed to conserve species in the face of rapid climate change.

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