
Can pikas survive climate change after all?
When Andrew Smith hikes with his wife in the Sierra Nevada, he often wears a T-shirt with a picture of a pika on it. The image of the charismatic, rabbit-like animal, which occupies alpine boulder …
When Andrew Smith hikes with his wife in the Sierra Nevada, he often wears a T-shirt with a picture of a pika on it. The image of the charismatic, rabbit-like animal, which occupies alpine boulder …
American pikas are considered to be particularly vulnerable to climate change due to the high alpine regions that many of them occupy. Biologists have believed that genetics play a strong role in how they respond …
As mountaintop dwellers, American pikas (Ochotona princeps) are particularly susceptible to climate change, but recent research suggests a population in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains were driven to extirpation from the center of their distribution area …
In the face of climate change, animals have a few options for how they can react — they can move to a new area, adapt, acclimate or die. In a recent study published in Frontiers …
The Western Section of The Wildlife Society’s Annual Meeting always includes numerous educational and professional development opportunities. The 2017 Annual Meeting, which will take place February 6-10, 2017 at Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada, will …
Canada has added the collared pika (Ochotona collaris) as a species of special concern under the Species at Risk Act. The collared pika, a small mammal related to the rabbit, is found only on mountain …
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