The whereabouts of the pint-sized pika, a mammalian indicator species that is losing its alpine habitat to climate change ... the distribution of the talus-dwelling lagomorphs, finding pikas ...

This terrestrial salamander’s specialized habitat requirements, stabilized rock talus in old-growth forests, makes it highly sensitive to logging. Studies show that cutting mature forests always ...

This slender-bodied, slate gray insectivore named for its long tail or habitat, depending on which common name one ... e.g., along streams, among talus; rock slides; in deciduous, coniferous, and ...

The pika thrives in the rocky, talus slopes of alpine and subalpine ... primarily because of their intolerance to heat and specific habitat requirements. If they become locally extinct in an ...