On the generality of a climate-mediated shift in the distribution of the American pika (Ochotona princeps)

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1730-1735

  Erb, Liesl P ^a   Ray, Chris ^a   Guralnick, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Climatic change; Distribution; Ochotona princeps; Pika; Southern Rockies

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAGOMORPH; LIMITING FACTOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LAGOMORPH; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLORADO; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LAGOMORPHA; NEW MEXICO; WYOMING;

GREAT BASIN; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 80051889987     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0175.1     Document Type: Article

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