Distribution of American pikas in a low-elevation lava landscape: Conservation implications from the range periphery

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1287-1299

  Rodhouse, Thomas J ^a   Beever, Erik A ^b   Garrett, Lisa K ^c   Irvine, Kathryn M ^d   Jeffress, Mackenzie R ^c   Munts, Michael ^e   Ray, Chris ^f  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Fish and Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Park Service Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve; detection probability; elevation gradient; occupancy; Ochotona princeps; peripheral populations; spatially balanced sampling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT USE; LAGOMORPH; LANDSCAPE; LAVA FLOW; LOGISTICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVEY; VEGETATION COVER; VULNERABILITY;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 77958454950     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-334.1     Document Type: Article

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