CPC Meetings and Events

• Field Trip Report - Connie Millar (PDF)
• Maps - Connie Millar (PDF)
• Overall Decline in Patch Occupancy at Bodie SHP - Lyle Nichols (PDF)
• Field Trip Graphics - Connie Millar (PDF)
• Percent Patch Occupation by Year - Andrew Smith (PF)

Riverside, CA - 2/11/2011

• Meeting Summary Report (PDF)
• Meeting Agenda (PDF)

Meeting Presentations

Lunch

The CPC Committee held a meeting on July 1, 2010, for California pika researchers to discuss survey protocols and monitoring methods for pika. An assessment of areas where monitoring and surveys are needed was made, and methods for safely handling pikas during field research were discussed.

• CPC Meeting Agenda and Information (PDF)
• Pika Survey Methods - USFS (PDF)
• Pka Survey Methods -NPS (PDF)
• Meeting Report (PDF)

Presentation List

The Science Locator Project
Sean Finn, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
(web application demonstration)

Surveying Spatial Distribution: Developing a Standard Rapid Assessment Method for American Pika (PDF)
Connie Millar, USDA Forest Service

Monitoring Temporal Status of American Pika Populations; Developing a Standard Approach
Toni Lyn Morelli, University of California, Berkeley
(presentation not available)

Sampling Design For Estimating Density, Occupancy, And Habitat Associations Of Alpine Mammals In The Sierra Nevada And White Mountains (PDF)
Rob Klinger, USGS Western Ecological Research Center

Updates on Methods for Handling American Pika in Native Environments; Opportunities and Challenges for Research and Monitoring (PDF)
Janet Foley, Katryna Fleer, and Peter Pascoe University of California, Davis
Deanna Clifford, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Toni Lyn Morelli, University of California, Berkeley

Friday Morning, January 29, 2010
Charter Oak Ballroom B&C

Chairs:    Toni Lyn Morelli, University of California, Berkeley
David Wright, California Department of Fish and Wildlife  

The first California Pika Summit held November 10, 2009, in Davis, CA.

• Agenda (PDF)
• Meeting Notes (PDF)
• Presentations
  • Klinger, Robert. The "Rapture Hypothesis" Scenario (PDF)
  • Loarie, Scott and others. Climate threats to the American Pika (PDF)
  • Millar, Connie and Bob Westfall. Distribution, Geomorphology, & Thermal Relationships of American Pika in the Sierra Nevada & Great Basin (PDF)
  • Morelli, Toni Lyn and Deana Clifford. Pika Handling (PDF)
  • Nichols, Lyle. Dating Bodie Hills Pika Extinctions using Fecal Pellets (PDF)
  • Osborn, Scott and Dale Steele. Update on California Listing Petition for Pika (PDF)
  • Patton, James. Pika - Yosemite transect Grinnell Resurvey Project (PDF)
  • Peacock, Mary. Genetic Tools for Inference of Population Structure (PDF)
  • Perrine, John. Locating and resurveying the Grinnell-era pika locations in the Lassen Transect region of northern California (PDF)
  • Ray, Chris. A low-elevation haven: Exploring the distribution of the American pika within Lava Beds National Monument, CA (PDF)
  • Roninger, Trisha. American Pika 12-month Status Review (PDF)
  • Smith, Andrew. Bodie Pikas What They Have to Tell Us (PDF)
  • Hafner, David and Andrew Smith. Revision of the Subspecies of the American Pika, Ochotona princeps (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) (PDF)
  • Stermer, Chris. Pika Distribution in California (PDF)
  • West, Ed. Can Pikas Adapt to Climate Change? A 30-Year Perspective (PDF)
  • Wolfe, Shaye. Protecting the Pika under the Federal and California Endangered Species Act (PDF)
  • Wright, David. Status of Pika at Historic Northern Sierra Sites (PDF)
• Participant Contact and Interest List (PDF)
• Full Meeting Report (PDF) (includes Agenda, Meeting Notes, and Participant Interest and Contact List)
• Sketch map of California Pika Research Study Areas