Climate change induced range shifts of Galliformes in China

Renqiang Li1, Huidong Tian1, Xinhai Li1

  • 1Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaKey Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaGraduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Integrative Zoology
|March 12, 2011
PubMed

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