![]() A comprehensive input data set including topographic, hydrogeomorphic and climatic variables were used to build correlative species distribution models for the current and future time-periods (20) under three-carbon emission scenarios (Representative Concentration Pathways) by integrating five General Circulation Models. We collated occurrence data from a long term, extensive field-based sampling with additional records derived from an in-depth literature survey. We used snow trout ( Schizothorax richardsonii), a Himalayan coldwater specialist as a model organism to predict the current suitability and climate-driven potential range shift in an ensemble-based modeling framework. Whilst climate studies strongly prognosticate the altered distribution of plants and mammals in this region, the impact on coldwater fishes still remains unknown. ![]() The Himalayan coldwater species are concerningly most vulnerable to these changes because of their limited thermal range. This condition is much more detrimental in the Himalaya, where the rate of warming and thus the glacier meltdown is much higher than elsewhere. Mountain systems throughout the globe are conspicuously sensitive to on-going climate alterations.
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