Revision of the subspecies of the American pika, Ochotona princeps (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-417

  Hafner, David J ^a   Smith, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Nuclear DNA; Ochotona collaris; Ochotona princeps; Pika; Subspecies; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; BODY SIZE; CRANIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; GENOME; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYBRIDIZATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAGOMORPH; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PELAGE; PHYLOGENETICS; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CASCADE RANGE; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

LAGOMORPHA; OCHOTONA; OCHOTONA COLLARIS; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 77951294089     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-277.1     Document Type: Article

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