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By Kenneth B. Armitage

ISBN-10: 1107053943

ISBN-13: 9781107053946

targeting the physiological and behavioral components that let a species to stay in a harsh seasonal surroundings, this ebook locations the social biology of marmots in an environmental context. It attracts at the result of a 40-year empirical research of the inhabitants biology of the yellow-bellied marmot close to the Rocky Mountain organic Laboratory within the higher East River Valley in Colorado, united states. The textual content examines life-history gains akin to body-size, habitat use, environmental body structure, social dynamics, and kinship. significant new info analyses are built-in with fabric released over a 50-year interval, together with huge common historical past observations, delivering a necessary beginning for integrating social and inhabitants procedures. eventually, the result of examine into the yellow-bellied marmot are on the topic of significant ecological and evolutionary theories, particularly inclusive health and inhabitants rules, making this a useful source for college students and researchers in animal habit, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation.

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