Patterns of apparent extirpation among isolated populations of Pikas (Ochotona princeps) in the Great Basin

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-54

  Beever, Erik A ^a,c   Brussard, Peter F ^a   Berger, Joel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

American pika; Biogeography; Climatic effects; Extinction; Grazing; Hydrographic Great Basin; Land management; Montane alpine habitat; Ochotona princeps

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOCAL EXTINCTION;

UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037328691     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0037:POAEAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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