Table 5 Information available on influence of climate on various ecological aspects of talus-dwelling pikas

American pika (Ochotona princeps)

USA, Canada^c

Diurnal^a,d

Cool and moist^k

Upper lethal body temperature (43.1°C) and normal body temperature 40.1°C^d,m

Thin and short duration snow cover results in cold stress and population extirpation^o

Temperature influences diurnal activity and juvenile dispersal^d

Distribution range shift^r,

Population extirpation^n,s,t

Collared pika (Ochotona collaris)

USA, Canada^c

Diurnal^b,e

-

Normal body temperature 39.0°Cⁿ

Thick snow layer protects against very cold temperature^p,

-

Considered as sensitive to climate change due to habitat loss, change in food composition, population^u

Long winter delayed partuation^q

Royle's pika (Ochotona roylei)

India, Nepal, Pakistan, China^c

Diurnal^b,f

Cool and moist^l

-

-

-

-

Turkestan red pika (Ochotona rutila)

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, China^c

Diurnal^b,c

-

-

-

-

-

Large-eared pika (Ochotona macrotis)

Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan,Tajikistan^c

Diurnal^b,g

-

-

-

-

-

Ili pika (Ochotona iliensis)

China^c

Nocturnal^h

-

-

-

-

-

Northern or Siberian pika (Ochotona hyperborea)

China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia^c

Diurnal^b,i

-

-

-

-

-

Himalayan pika (Ochotona himalayana)

China, Nepal^c

Diurnal^b,c

-

-

-

-

-

Glover's pika (Ochotona gloveri)

China^c

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gaoligong pika (Ochotona gaoligongensis)

China¹

-

-

-

-

-

-

Alpine pika (Ochotona alpina)

China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia^c

Diurnal^j

-

-

-

-

-