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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"American pika (Ochotona princeps)"”.
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Molecular evolutionary analysis of the American pika (Ochotona princeps)
<p>American pika (<em>Ochotona princeps</em>) are small winter-active mammals inhabiting alpine environments. As the American pika occupies a niche characterized by hypoxia, these animals are an excellent system to use for detecting genetic changes associated with adaptation to these conditions. …
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Testing the forage preference of the American pika (Ochotona princeps) for use in connectivity corridors in the Washington Cascades
… along a 15-mile stretch of Interstate-90. American pikas (<em>Ochotona princeps</em>) are being monitored for the SPEP because they have specific habitat requirements and are poor dispersers. Making the crossing structures “pika-friendly” will encourage these low-mobility animals to use the …
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Influence Of Landscape On Gene Differentiation In The American Pika (Ochotona princeps) Within The Interstate 90 Snoqualmie Pass Corridor
… tools to compare genetic connectivity among 13 American pika (<em>Ochotona princeps</em>) habitat patches across an approximately 77 square km area adjacent to Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass, WA. Tissue samples were collected from 85 individuals and genotyped at six microsatellite loci to …
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Molecular Evolution in the Mountains: Genetic Affinity and the Environment led to Adaptive Variation in the American Pika (Ochotona princeps)
<p>The American pika (<em>Ochotona princeps</em>) is discontinuously distributed in high elevation and montane regions across western North America, where isolated lineages have potentially evolved along divergent trajectories since the mid-Pleistocene. <em>Ochotona princeps</em> encounters cold …
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Integrating multiple sign types to improve occupancy estimation for inconspicuous species: a case study of American pika in the Pacific Northwest
… drivers for inconspicuous species like the American pika (Ochotona princeps). In this study, we modeled occupancy dynamics for American pika using multiple direct and indirect indicators of pika presence (fresh scat, fresh haypiles, pika calls and pika sightings) collected from 2010 to 2021 …