Demographic analysis of a declining pika Ochotona collaris population: Linking survival to broad-scale climate patterns via spring snowmelt patterns

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 899-907

  Morrison, Shawn F ^a   Hik, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collared pika; Fertility; Life table response experiment; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FERTILITY; LAGOMORPH; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION TYPE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAGOMORPH; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LAGOMORPHA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

LAGOMORPHA; OCHOTONA COLLARIS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 34547862046     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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