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Southern Rocky Mountain Pikas Holding Their Own
2011-09-01 13:01:37

  Findings in contrast to recent study showing pika declines in the Great Basin American pikas, the chirpy, potato-sized denizens of rocky debris in mountain ranges and high plateaus in western North America, are holding their own in the Southern Rocky Mountains, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study. Led by CU-Boulder doctoral student Liesl Erb, the study team assessed 69 historical sites known to host pikas in a swath of the Southern Rockies ranging from southern Wyoming...