How species cope with ongoing climate change is critical to preventing an exacerbation of biodiversity loss. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is the highest plateau in the world, and this extreme high altitude environment has driven the evolution of an exceptional biodiversity and endemism. The plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae), a keystone species of the alpine grassland of the QTP, is critical to the dynamic equilibrium and sustainability of this ecosystem because of its burrowing behavior and it is the primary prey of several predators.

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