American pika (Ochotona princeps) 2015 monitoring survey

American pika (Ochotona princeps) 2015 monitoring survey

Concern about American pika (Ochotona princeps, pika) populations stemmed from limited research linking climate change to population extirpations in the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada Mountains (Beever et al. 2003, Moritz 2007). In October 2007, the pika was petitioned to be listed under the Endangered Species Act (Center for Biological Diversity 2007). A 12-month status review was completed in February 2010 with a finding of not warranted. Currently the pika is listed as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Colorado’s 2015 State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP). The single conservation action outlined in the SWAP to manage the species is the implementation of a long- term monitoring program to detect changes in distribution. It was emphasized in the SWAP that data collected during monitoring surveys should allow managers to correlate changes in distribution with vegetation, anthropogenic and/or weather stress parameters.

Seglund, Amy

American pika

Endangered Species Act

Occupancy surveys

Population

7 pages

2015

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English

Colorado Parks and Wildlife