A brief history of Great Basin pikas

@article{Grayson2005ABH,
  title={A brief history of Great Basin pikas},
  author={Donald K. Grayson},
  journal={Journal of Biogeography},
  year={2005},
  volume={32}
}
  • D. Grayson
  • Published 1 December 2005
  • Environmental Science, Geography
  • Journal of Biogeography
Aim  Within the past few decades, seven of the 25 historically described populations of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) in the Great Basin of arid western North America appear to have become extinct. In this paper, the prehistoric record for pikas in the Great Basin is used to place these losses in deeper historical context. 
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