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Pika occupancy sign surveys (Mammalia)

Subcategory: demographic monitoring
Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Description

Standardized searches for fresh pika sign including visual and auditory detection of individuals and fresh food caches (haypiles) to determine current site occupancy. Sites without initial detection receive follow-up exhaustive searches.

Typical Equipment

  • visual and auditory detection methods
  • exhaustive talus searching methods

Output Measurements

  • occupancy status
  • presence/absence data

Papers Using This Protocol (4)

article

Determinants of pika population density vs. occupancy in the Southern Rocky Mountains

2014Ecological Applicationsintroducing
article

Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>)

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Researchusing
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On the generality of a climate-mediated shift in the distribution of the American pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>)

2011Ecologyusing
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The effects of slope orientation and temperature upon activity of the north american pika, <i>Ochotona princeps</i>

2006introducing