Predation risk and foraging behavior of the hoary marmot in Alaska [PDF]
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1984 I observed hoary marmots for three field seasons to determine how the distribution of food and the risk of predation influenced marmots' foraging behavior. I quantified the amount of time Marmota caligata foraged in different patches of alpine meadows and assessed the distribution and abundance of vegetation eaten by marmots in these meadows.
A Covich +47 more
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More functions of torpor and their roles in a changing world. [PDF]
J Comp Physiol B, 2017 Increased winter survival by reducing energy expenditure in adult animals is often viewed as the primary function of torpor. However, torpor has many other functions that ultimately increase the survival of heterothermic mammals and birds. In this review,
Nowack J, Stawski C, Geiser F.
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Can morphotaxa be assessed with photographs? Estimating the accuracy of two-dimensional cranial geometric morphometrics for the study of threatened populations of African monkeys. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken), 2022 The classification of most mammalian orders and families is under debate and the number of species is likely greater than currently recognized. Improving taxonomic knowledge is crucial, as biodiversity is in rapid decline.
Cardini A, de Jong YA, Butynski TM.
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Cumulative reproductive costs on current reproduction in a wild polytocous mammal. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2018 Funding Information Marie‐Curie Fellowship UCLA Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Research Fellowship NSF. Grant Numbers: IDBR‐0754247, DEB‐1119660, DBI 0242960, DBI 0731346 Natural Environment Research Council.
Kroeger SB +4 more
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Of apples and oranges? The evolution of “monogamy” in non-human primates [PDF]
, 2020 Behavioral ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and anthropologists have been long fascinated by the existence of “monogamy” in the animal kingdom.
Di Fore, Anthony +2 more
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Helpers influence on territory use and maintenance in Alpine marmot groups [PDF]
, 2015 In social mammals, territory size and shape vary according to the number and strength of neighbour individuals competing for resources. Two main theories have been proposed to explain this variability: the Group Augmentation (GA) and the realized ...
Achaz von Hardenberg +83 more
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Ecogeographical Variation in Skull Shape of South-American Canids: Abiotic or Biotic Processes? [PDF]
, 2015 Species morphological changes can be mutually influenced by environmental or biotic factors, such as competition. South American canids represent a quite recent radiation of taxa that evolved forms very disparate in phenotype, ecology and behaviour ...
Bubadue, J +3 more
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Plant interactions are unimportant in a subarctic-alpine plant community [PDF]
, 2009 We investigated whether plant interaction intensity in a subarctic-alpine meadow is important for determining community structure and species abundance.
Aksenova A. A. +3 more
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Friends of the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum, No. 38 [PDF]
, 2021 From the Curator -- Welcome Back, Soon! -- Specimens in Flight -- 2021 Marmot Madness Report -- Avis Marvelous -- Facility Feature -- Backroom Notes -- Who\u27s in the ...
University of Montana--Missoula. Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum
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Climate change and the conservation of marmots [PDF]
, 2013 Conservation of marmots, large ground-dwelling squirrels restricted to the northern hemisphere, was impacted by direct human activity through hunting or modifying ecosystem dynamics. Regulating human activities reduced the threat of extinction.
Armitage, Kenneth
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