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Mongolia

8,500 Blades of Grass Later

By: Logan Weems

Throughout the last week, the Round River Mongolia crew hopped in the Furgon (and the Delica) and drove across the steppe to 85 plots, measuring indicators like grass height and vegetation cover in order to observe how these pika populations were responding to environmental pressures they are facing.

Mongolia

Furgon Fever

By: Sophie Scothern, Montana State University & Tristan Jeo, University of Oregon

In Mongolia, you learn quickly that not every Furgon ride goes according to plan…

Mongolia

Pika is the name of the game, the name of the game is pika

I am very excited to be working on my research project here in the Darhad Valley, which looks at the recent decline of Daurian Pika through traditional ecological knowledge. Mongolia has been an amazing learning and cultural experience thus far, and I hope you enjoy reading about our many Pika days in the field!