Assertion: pika | /r/CapableOf | persist at higher elevation locations
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text: Models represented the following hypotheses: pika persistence is related to (H1) the severity of changes in temperature and precipitation since initial pika detection (pikas persist in locations where the least change in climate has occurred); (H2) prevailing climatic conditions (pikas persist where the dominant climate over the last century was relatively wet and cool); (H3) variation in climatic trends over the last century (pikas persist where they have been exposed to the least climatic variability); (H4) habitat quality (pikas persist in locations with the deepest talus, most porous/insulating rock, and/or where water or ice persist under the talus); (H5) elevation (pikas persist at higher elevation locations).