| Title |
Projected Loss of a Salamander Diversity Hotspot as a Consequence of Projected Global Climate Change
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0012189 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joseph R. Milanovich, William E. Peterman, Nathan P. Nibbelink, John C. Maerz |
| Abstract |
Significant shifts in climate are considered a threat to plants and animals with significant physiological limitations and limited dispersal abilities. The southern Appalachian Mountains are a global hotspot for plethodontid salamander diversity. Plethodontids are lungless ectotherms, so their ecology is strongly governed by temperature and precipitation. Many plethodontid species in southern Appalachia exist in high elevation habitats that may be at or near their thermal maxima, and may also have limited dispersal abilities across warmer valley bottoms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 7% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 1% |
| Unknown | 303 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 78 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 72 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 52 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 12% |
| Other | 22 | 6% |
| Other | 42 | 12% |
| Unknown | 37 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 194 | 56% |
| Environmental Science | 84 | 24% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 12 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 2% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | 2% |
| Unknown | 39 | 11% |