The idiosyncrasies of place: Geographic variation in the climate-distribution relationships of the American pika

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 864-878

  Jeffress, Mackenzie R ^a,e   Rodhouse, Thomas J ^b   Ray, Chris ^c   Wolff, Susan ^b   Epps, Clinton W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Nevada Department of Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

American pika; Bayesian hierarchical model; Climate change; Conservation; National parks; Occupancy; Ochotona princeps; Place based contingencies; Presence absence; Sign surveys; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; MACROECOLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SMALL MAMMAL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURNOVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; LAGOMORPH; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; LAGOMORPHA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 84878947116     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0979.1     Document Type: Article

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