Ecological, evolutionary and social constraints on reproductive effort: are hoary marmots really biennial breeders? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Biennial breeding is a rare life-history trait observed in animal species living in harsh, unproductive environments. This reproductive pattern is thought to occur in 10 of 14 species in the genus Marmota, making marmots useful model organisms for ...
Vijay P Patil +2 more
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Additional Complexity in Historic and Contemporary Gene Flow Among Hoary, Vancouver Island, and Olympic Marmots Revealed by Microsatellites and Ultraconserved Elements [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAlpine species are inordinately threatened by habitat loss and precipitation changes resulting from climate change. In North America's Pacific Northwest (PNW), three closely related alpine mammal species—hoary, Olympic, and Vancouver Island marmots—may ...
Natalie M. Hamilton +4 more
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Freezing in a warming climate: Marked declines of a subnivean hibernator after a snow drought [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Recent snow droughts associated with unusually warm winters are predicted to increase in frequency and affect species dependent upon snowpack for winter survival.
Aaron N. Johnston +3 more
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Comparative phylogeography highlights the double-edged sword of climate change faced by arctic- and alpine-adapted mammals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Recent studies suggest that alpine and arctic organisms may have distinctly different phylogeographic histories from temperate or tropical taxa, with recent range contraction into interglacial refugia as opposed to post-glacial expansion out of refugia ...
Hayley C Lanier +4 more
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Fecal Pellet Counts as a Technique for Monitoring an Alpine-Dwelling Social Rodent, the Hoary Marmot ( Marmota caligata ) [PDF]
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2004 We evaluated fecal pellet counts as an index of hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) social group size in order to develop a simple, inexpensive method for monitoring population change of a widely distributed, but poorly studied alpine mammal. Fecal pellet counts were conducted in three separate seasons along several 2 in X 100 in transects located parallel
Karels, T. J., Koppel, L., Hik, D. S.
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Complex history of isolation and gene flow in hoary, Olympic, and endangered Vancouver Island marmots [PDF]
Journal of Mammalogy, 2015 AbstractClimate change resulting in a reduction of alpine habitat is believed to pose a considerable risk to alpine-dependent species, including many marmots. Hoary marmots (Marmota caligata) range throughout much of the mountainous Pacific Northwest (PNW) and Rocky Mountains while the closely related Olympic and Vancouver Island marmots (M.
Nicholas J. Kerhoulas +2 more
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Habitat characteristics of the hoary marmot: assessing distribution limitations in Montana [PDF]
Ecosphere, 2017 AbstractSpecies that live in ecosystems with extremely different seasonal conditions must balance the constraints of each season to survive. Alpine species that do not migrate seasonally are especially adept at balancing the constraints created by short growing seasons and long, harsh winters.
B. Y. Turnock +3 more
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Dental Pathology of the Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata), Groundhog (Marmota monax) and Alaska Marmot (Marmota broweri) [PDF]
Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2017 Museum specimens (maxillae and mandibles) of the three marmot species occurring in Alaska (Marmota caligata [n = 108 specimens], Marmota monax [n = 30] and Marmota broweri [n = 24]) were examined macroscopically according to predefined criteria. There were 71 specimens (43.8%) from female animals, 69 (42.6%) from male animals and 22 (13.6%) from ...
J.N. Winer +4 more
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Universa Medicina, 2016 The kelakai fern (Stenochlaena palustris) contains bioactive substances, such as flavonoids, steroids, and alkaloids. The kelakai is used by the Kenyah Dayak communities for the treatment of anemia, fever, and cutaneous disorders.
Adenan Adenan, Eko Suhartono
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Stenochlaena palustris aqueous extract reduces hepatic peroxidative stress in Marmota caligata with induced fever [PDF]
Universa Medicina, 2010 The kelakai fern (Stenochlaena palustris) contains bioactive substances, such as flavonoids, steroids, and alkaloids. The kelakai is used by the Kenyah Dayak communities for the treatment of anemia, fever, and cutaneous disorders.
Adenan, Eko Suhartono
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