Kenneth B. Armitage is Baumgartner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas. His forty-year research project on the yellow-bellied marmot in the Upper East River Valley, Colorado, is the second longest continuous study of a mammal. He is an elected Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an Honorary Member of the American Society of Mammalogists for 'distinguished service to the science of mammalogy'.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I. The Diversity and Evolutionary History of Marmots: 1. Marmots in human culture: from folklore to research 2. Marmots: their history and diversity 3. Marmot habitats 4. Use of resources 5. Evolution of sociality 6. Body-mass variation 7. Hibernation energetics and the circannual rhythm Part II. Biotic and Abiotic Environments: 8. The environment of the yellow-bellied marmot 9. Environmental physiology Part III. Social Structure and Behavior of the Yellow-Bellied Marmot: 10. The role of kinship: resource sharing 11. The role of kinship: social behavior and matriline dynamics 12. Social behavior: play and individuality 13. Communication 14. Alarm responses of the yellow-bellied marmot Part IV. Reproductive Success: 15. Male reproductive success 16. Female reproductive success Part V. Population Dynamics: 17. Basic demography 18. Dispersal and immigration 19. Metapopulation dynamics 20. Population regulation or population limitation Part VI. The Future of Marmots: 21. Climate change and conservation 22. Major life-history traits References Index.
Introduction Part I. The Diversity and Evolutionary History of Marmots: 1. Marmots in human culture: from folklore to research 2. Marmots: their history and diversity 3. Marmot habitats 4. Use of resources 5. Evolution of sociality 6. Body-mass variation 7. Hibernation energetics and the circannual rhythm Part II. Biotic and Abiotic Environments: 8. The environment of the yellow-bellied marmot 9. Environmental physiology Part III. Social Structure and Behavior of the Yellow-Bellied Marmot: 10. The role of kinship: resource sharing 11. The role of kinship: social behavior and matriline dynamics 12. Social behavior: play and individuality 13. Communication 14. Alarm responses of the yellow-bellied marmot Part IV. Reproductive Success: 15. Male reproductive success 16. Female reproductive success Part V. Population Dynamics: 17. Basic demography 18. Dispersal and immigration 19. Metapopulation dynamics 20. Population regulation or population limitation Part VI. The Future of Marmots: 21. Climate change and conservation 22. Major life-history traits References Index.
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