Pika, Small Mammal, High-Altitude Adaptation & Conservation
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Pika, (genus Ochotona), small short-legged and virtually tailless egg-shaped mammal found in the mountains of western North America and much of Asia. Despite their small size, body shape, and round ears, pikas are not rodents but the smallest representatives of the lagomorphs, a group otherwise
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American Pika
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Plateau pika is umbrella species for conservation of alpine grassland ecosystem under climate change
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The American pika: A case study in wildlife acclimating to climate change
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Altitude Adaptation Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence (LPBI) Group
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American Pika
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American Pika
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Tiny pika points to big problem
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Is The American Pika Really On The Road To Extinction Due to Climate Change?
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Among-population divergence in personality is linked to altitude in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae), Frontiers in Zoology
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Genomic variation in the American pika: signatures of geographic isolation and implications for conservation, BMC Ecology and Evolution
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Photograph of an American pika (Ochotona princeps) foraging in a meadow
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Pikas are adapting to climate change — High Country News – Know the West
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