SOCIAL VARIETY IN THE YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOT (MARMOTA FLA VIVENTRIS)
Barash DP. 1973. SOCIAL VARIETY IN THE YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOT (MARMOTA FLA VIVENTRIS). Animal Behaviour. 21(3)
The social behaviour of high and medium elevation colonies of yellow-bellied marmots in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, were studied. The medium elevation animals were consistently larger, exhibiting greater physical spacing, lower frequencies of greeting and upright playfighting, and a higher agonistic component than did those of the more closely-integrated high-elevation colony. These results are interpreted as part of a complex series of adaptations within the genus Marmota to variations in ecology related to growing season.
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- Journal Article
- Authors
- Barash, David
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- ROMO