A brighter shade of future climate on Himalayan musk deer Moschus leucogaster
Kumar P. Mainali,
Paras Bikram Singh,
Michael Evans
et al.
Abstract:Himalayan musk deer (Moschus leucogaster) is classified as an endangered species by IUCN with a historically misunderstood distribution due to misidentification with other species of musk deer, Moschus spp. Taking advantage of recent genetic analyses confirming the species of various populations in Nepal and China, we produced an accurate estimate of the species’ current and future distribution under multiple climate change scenarios. We collected high-quality occurrence data using systematic surveys of variou… Show more
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