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  • For example, the pika shares its habitat with free-range and feral cattle that overgraze on the pika's vegetation food source.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories Post Independent Glenwood Springs 2010

  • The agency says that the pika's widespread habitat is such that global warming does not threaten the long-term survival of the species.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories Post Independent Glenwood Springs 2010

  • Occurrence and non-detection sites were then compared to pika's habitat affinities to rock formation types and the climatic features of those sites.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Yet it also "knows" that summertime temperatures in the pika's habitat are expected to be 5.4 degrees warmer in the next century and too warm for its survival in the "foreseeable future."

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories Post Independent Glenwood Springs 2010

  • They say the pika's world is shrinking and the animals are endangered.

    Kitsap Sun Stories 2010

  • Occurrence and non-detection sites were then compared to pika's habitat affinities to rock formation types and the climatic features of those sites.

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010

  • Fish and Wildlife Service after completing a 12-month review of the pika's status under the Endangered Species Act. The agency's action followed a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity to conduct a status review of each of the 36 subspecies of American pika, which the petition stated are threatened by habitat destruction and the effects of global warming.

    Courthouse News Service 2010

  • Masking might also interfere with a pika's ability to hear a warning sign from another pika about an approaching predator.

    Aspen Times - Top Stories CO Julie Sutor Summit County correspondent Aspen 2010

  • Fish and Wildlife Service after completing a 12-month review of the pika's status under the Endangered Species Act. The agency's action followed a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity to conduct a status review of each of the 36 subspecies of American pika, which the petition stated are threatened by habitat destruction and the effects of global warming.

    Courthouse News Service 2010

  • They say the pika's world is shrinking and the animals are endangered.

    Kitsap Sun Stories 2010

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