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CU Boulder researcher links climate change, localized extinction

By: Charlie Brennan
Date: February 21, 2018
Rocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryGunnisonRocky MountainsColoradoAndrosace septentrionalis

Summary

Northern rock jasmine (Courtesy photo) New research led by the University of Colorado has found a causal link between climate warming and the localized extinction of Northern rock jasmine, a common flowering plant in the Rocky Mountains. The study results could signal the potential of future species