Conservation status of American pikas (Ochotona princeps)

• Published in: Journal of mammalogy Vol. 101; no. 6; pp. 1466 - 1488
• Main Author: Smith, Andrew T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US American Society of Mammalogists 01.12.2020; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: adaptive capacity; American pika; basins; California; cattle; climate change; Columbia River; conservation status; extinction; Feature Articles; habitats; lava; mammalogy; metapopulation; mountains; national monuments; nocturnal activity; Ochotona princeps; resiliency; risk; talus; temperature; vegetation; Columbia River; California; metapopulation; resiliency; adaptive capacity; American pika; climate change

The American pika (Ochotona princeps) is commonly perceived as a species that is at high risk of extinction due to climate change. The purpose of this review is two-fold: to evaluate the claim that climate change is threatening pikas with extinction, and to summarize the conservation status of the A...