American pikas inhabit low-elevation sites outside the species' previously described bioclimatic envelope

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-250

  Simpson, William G ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABERNATHY FISH TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Columbia River Gorge; Low elecation distribution; Ochotona princeps; Paleoecological reconstruction; Thermal limits

Indexed keywords

OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 68049131101     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.069.0213     Document Type: Review

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