Fecal pellets of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) provide a crude chronometer for dating patch occupancy

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 500-507

  Nichols, Lyle B ^a  

^a SANTA MONICA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

American pika; Bodie; California; Decomposition; Distribution; Extinction; Fecal pellets; Global warming; Ochotona princeps; Population decline

Indexed keywords

OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 79951752536     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.070.0410     Document Type: Article

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