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Picnic
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Scale:
site
Elevation:
2895m
Habitat:
higher-elevation site, up-valley site, subalpine meadow, colony site, primarily composed of talus, shrub and grass, marmot colony, natural talus/meadow burrows, marmot colony site, main colony sites, marmot colony location in southern and northern valley portions
Also known as:
picnic
Papers:
48 |
Mentions:
48
Child Places (2)
Lower Picnic
study site
3 papers
Upper Picnic
study site
3 papers
Publications (48)
student_paper
Using Biologging Devices to Characterize How Temperature Affects the Activity of Yellow-bellied Marmots
2026
primary study site
article
Conditional syndromes: Effect of human disturbance and age on the correlation between flight initiation distance and vigilance in marmots
2025
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
secondary site
article
The (surprising) importance of males in a matrilineal society: behavioural insights from a topological knockout study
2023
Animal Behaviour
secondary site
student_paper
Is flight initiation distance associated with longer-term survival in yellow-bellied marmots (
Marmota flaviventer
)?
2022
primary study site
thesis
Estimating the heritability of female dispersal in yellow-bellied marmots
2022
primary study site
student_paper
Is flight initiation distance associated with longer-term survival in yellow-bellied marmots (
Marmota flaviventer
)?
2022
Animal Behaviour
primary study site
article
Empirical studies of escape behavior find mixed support for the race for life model
2021
Current Zoology
secondary site
thesis
Relationships matter: How the social environment affects individual fitness-related behaviors
2021
study site
article
Habituation or sensitization? Long-term responses of yellow-bellied marmots to human disturbance
2021
Behavioral Ecology
secondary site
article
Producer-scrounger relationships in yellow-bellied marmots
2021
Animal Behaviour
primary study site
article
Social position indirectly influences the traits yellow-bellied marmots use to solve problems
2021
Animal Cognition
secondary site
article
More social female yellow-bellied marmots,
Marmota flaviventer
, have enhanced summer survival
2020
Animal Behaviour
primary study site
student_paper
Social transmission of a novel foraging trait in yellow-bellied marmots
2019
secondary site
article
Social security: less socially connected marmots produce noisier alarm calls
2019
Animal Behaviour
secondary site
article
Transitivity and structural balance in marmot social networks
2019
Behav Ecol Sociobiol
primary study site
student_paper
Comparing the level of human disturbance in 2009 and 2018 at yellow-bellied marmot (
Marmota flaviventer
) colonies
2018
primary study site
student_paper
An integrative study of marmot responses to ecotourism
2018
primary study site
student_paper
More social female yellow-bellied marmots have enhanced summer survival
2018
primary study site
article
Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots.
2016
Ethology, Ecology and Evolution
primary study site
student_paper
How does relative refuge angle influence escape behavior: an empirical test with yellow-bellied marmot.
2015
secondary site
article
Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots
2015
Ethology, Ecology and Evolution
primary study site
student_paper
Effects of spontaneous movement on alert distance and flight initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)
2013
secondary site
article
Sociality, individual fitness and population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots
2012
Molecular Ecology
primary study site
student_paper
Functional relationships between early play behavior and adult dominance roles in yellow-bellied marmots (
Marmota flaviventris
)
2012
primary study site
article
Social attributes and associated performance measures in marmots: bigger male bullies and weakly affiliating females have higher annual reproductive success
2012
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
secondary site
student_paper
Development and structure of boldness and aggression in yellow-bellied marmots
2012
secondary site
article
Quantifying human disturbance on antipredator behavior and flush initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots
2011
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
primary study site
article
Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent
2011
Ethology
secondary site
thesis
Causes and consequences of variation in social network attributes in yellow-bellied marmots (
Marmota flaviventris
)
2011
study site
article
Social cohesion in yellow-bellied marmots is established through age and kin structuring
2010
Animal Behaviour
primary study site
student_paper
Variation in vigilance of yellow-bellied marmots due to predator pressure
2009
primary study site
article
Influence of local demography on asymptotic and transient dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot metapopulation
2009
American Naturalist
primary study site
article
The sound of arousal: the addition of novel non-linearities increases responsiveness in marmot alarm calls
2009
Ethology
primary study site
article
Spatiotemporal variation in survival of male yellow-bellied marmots
2008
Journal of Mammalogy
primary study site
article
Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots
2008
Ethology
mentioned
student_paper
The importance of parasitism and body condition in explaining variation in anti-predator vigilance in the yellow bellied marmot (
Marmota flaviventris
)
2008
secondary site
article
Spatiotemporal variation in reproductive parameters of yellow-bellied marmots
2007
Oecologia
primary study site
student_paper
Olfactory predator discrimination abilities of yellow-bellied marmots
(Marmota flaviventris)
2007
secondary site
article
Spatiotemporal variation in survival rates: implications for population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots
2006
Ecology
primary study site
student_paper
Consistency of individual foraging and vigilance patterns in Yellow-Bellied marmots
2005
secondary site
student_paper
The effect of body condition of yellow-bellied marmots on time allocation to vigilance and food acquisition while foraging
2004
primary study site
article
Do individual differences influence flight initiation distance?
2004
Journal of Wildlife Management
primary study site
article
Sociality and individual fitness in yellow-bellied marmots: insights from a long-term study (1962-2001)
2003
Oecologia
primary study site
chapter
Adaptive strategies and diversity in marmots
2003
primary study site
article
Nesting activities of yellow-bellied marmots
2003
International Network on Marmots
primary study site
article
Dynamics of immigration into yellow-bellied marmot colonies
2003
Oecologia Montana
primary study site
article
Defining yellow-bellied marmot social groups using association indices
2003
Oecologia Montana
primary study site
chapter
Biodiversity in marmots
1996
primary study site
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15 shared papers
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14 shared papers
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Canidae
11 shared papers
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11 shared papers
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11 shared papers
Vulpes vulpes
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10 shared papers