Climate refugia of snow leopards in High Asia
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a Center for Nature and Society, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China b Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, USA c Panthera, New York, NY 10018, USA d Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY 10460, USA e Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, WA 98103, USA f Nature Conservation Foundation, 3076/5, IV Cross, Gokulam Park, Mysore 570002, Karnataka, India g Shan Shui Conservation Center, Beijing 100871, China h Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, USA
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