Mountain (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Mountain

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Human pressure from agriculture, livestock grazing, and development is often more intense at mountain bases, as in this Himalayan landscape in north India. Species shifting upslope tracking rising temperatures may find more intact habitats.

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(Photo credit: Paul R. Elsen WCS).

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