Pikas, Grasslands, and Pastoralists: Understanding the Roles of Plateau Pikas in a Coupled Social-Ecological System

Pikas, Grasslands, and Pastoralists: Understanding the Roles of Plateau Pikas in a Coupled Social-Ecological System

abstract: The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae), a small burrowing lagomorph that occupies the high alpine grassland ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in western China, remains a controversial subject among policymakers and researchers. One line of evidence points to pikas being a pest, whic...

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Other Authors: Choying, Palden (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Ecology
Wildlife management
Sustainability
Alpine grassland ecosystems
Pika Eradication
Plateau Pika
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Rangeland Degradation
Tibetan Pastoralism
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38642

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http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38642

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