Variation in habitat characteristics of American pikas along an elevation gradient at their Northern Range Margin

Northwest Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 346-350

  Henry, Philippe ^a,b   Henry, Alison ^a   Russello, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute heat stress; behavioral thermoregulation; microhabitat; Ochotona princeps

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; LAGOMORPH; MICROHABITAT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

BELLA COOLA VALLEY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84867835804     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.086.0410     Document Type: Article

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