Marmota monax

Common names: woodchuck, Woodchuck

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Sciuridae

Roles: comparative study subject, study subject, comparison species, referenced species, referenced comparison, referenced comparison species

ITIS TSN: 180137

Synonyms: M. monax, woodchuck, mon, woodchucks

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 82 | Mentions: 107

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

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Publications (87)

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Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2025Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

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The heritability of fear: decomposing sources of variation in marmot flight initiation distance

2025Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

thesis

Bigger is not always better: Viability selection on body mass varies across life stages in a hibernating mammal

2021Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Diverse cressdnaviruses and an anellovirus identified in the fecal samples of yellow-bellied marmots

2021VirologyRole: text_match

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Empirical studies of escape behavior find mixed support for the race for life model

Co-occurring Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae140 shared papers

Marmota

Sciuridae114 shared papers

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae67 shared papers

Marmota marmota

Sciuridae62 shared papers

Spermophilus

Sciuridae42 shared papers

Marmota caligata

Sciuridae40 shared papers

Marmota olympus

Sciuridae33 shared papers

Marmota caudata

Sciuridae30 shared papers

birds and mammals

29 shared papers

Canis latrans

Canidae27 shared papers

2021

Current Zoology

Role: text_match

thesis

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2020Role: habitat component

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A cost of being amicable in a hibernating marmot.

2017Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

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Hibernation as a major determinant of life-history traits in marmots

2017Journal of MammalogyRole: comparative study subject

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Assessing the sensitivity of foraging and vigilance to internal state and environmental variables in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris).

2016Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: text_match

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Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots.

2016Ethology, Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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The effect of body size and habitat on the evolution of alarm vocalizations in rodents.

2016Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyRole: text_match

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Do yellow-bellied marmots perceive enhanced predation risk when they are farther from safety?: an experimental study

2015EthologyRole: text_match

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Environmentally induced phenotypic variation in wild yellow-bellied marmots

2015Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

student_paper

How does relative refuge angle influence escape behavior: an empirical test with yellow-bellied marmot.

2015Role: text_match

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Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots

2015Ethology, Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Stress hormone metabolites predict overwinter survival in yellow-bellied marmots

2015Acta EthologicaRole: text_match

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Long-term effects of litter sex ratio on female reproduction in two iteroparous mammals

2014Functional EcologyRole: text_match

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Maternal effects on anogenital distance in a wild marmot population

2014PLoS-ONERole: text_match

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Yellow-bellied marmots do not compensate for a late start: the role of maternal investment in shaping life-history trajectories

2014Evolutionary EcologyRole: text_match

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Climate change and the conservation of marmots

2013Natural ScienceRole: study subject

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Evolving communicative complexity: insights from rodents and beyond

2012Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: study subject

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Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild yellow-bellied marmots: experimental validation, individual differences and ecological correlates

2012General and Comparative EndocrinologyRole: text_match

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Litter sex composition affects life-history traits in yellow-bellied marmots

2012Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

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Causes and consequences of variation in social network attributes in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

2011Role: text_match

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Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent

2011EthologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Factors that affect the repeatability of personality in yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventris

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) alarm calls

2011EthologyRole: comparison species (Table 1)

student_paper

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) alarm calls

2011EthologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) alarm calls

2011Role: text_match

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Proximate causes of natal dispersal in female yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventris

2011EcologyRole: text_match

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Applying the coalitionary-traits metric: sociality without cooperation in male yellow-bellied marmots

2010Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

2010Role: text_match

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Fur color diversity in marmots

2009Ethology, Ecology, & EvolutionRole: text_match

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Influence of local demography on asymptotic and transient dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot metapopulation

2009American NaturalistRole: text_match

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Social effects on emergence from hibernation in yellow-bellied marmots

2009Journal of MammalogyRole: referenced comparison

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Indirect fitness benefits do not compensate for the loss of direct fitness in yellow-bellied marmots

2008Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

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Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

2008EthologyRole: text_match

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Phylogeny and patterns of energy conservation in marmots

2008Molecules to Migration: The Pressures of LifeRole: study subject

student_paper

Olfactory predator discrimination abilities of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

2007Role: text_match

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Spatiotemporal variation in reproductive parameters of yellow-bellied marmots

2007OecologiaRole: text_match

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The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

2007Advances in the Study of BehaviorRole: study subject

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Effect of predation risk on the presence and persistence of yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) colonies

2006Journal of Zoology, LondonRole: text_match

student_paper

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

2006Role: text_match

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Spatiotemporal variation in survival rates: implications for population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots

2006EcologyRole: text_match

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Intraspecific variation in marmots

2005Contribuciones Mastozoologicas en Homenaje a Bernarda VillaRole: study subject

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Yellow-bellied marmot hiding time is sensitive to variation in costs

2005Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

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Avian Risk Assessment: Effects of perching height and detectability

2004EthologyRole: text_match

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Do individual differences influence flight initiation distance?

2004Journal of Wildlife ManagementRole: comparison species

thesis

Invasive Linaria vulgaris, disturbance, and diversity: associations at multiple spatial scales in Colorado

2004Role: text_match

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Locomotor ability and wariness in yellow-bellied marmots

2004EthologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Distance From a Yellow-Bellied Marmot Burrow on Plant Diversity

2004Role: comparison species

article

Yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) hibernate socially

2004Journal of MammalogyRole: comparison species

chapter

Adaptive strategies and diversity in marmots

2003Role: referenced species

chapter

Adaptive strategies and diversity in marmots

2003Role: referenced comparison species

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Heart rates of free-ranging yellow-bellied marmots

2003International Network on MarmotsRole: text_match

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Individual differences and reproductive success in yellow-bellied marmots

2003Ethology Ecology and EvolutionRole: comparison species

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Is the hepatitis virus absent from yellow-bellied marmots?

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: comparison species

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Nesting activities of yellow-bellied marmots

2003International Network on MarmotsRole: text_match

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Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

other

Social complexity but not the acoustic environment is responsible for the evolution of complex alarm communication

2003Role: study subject

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The effect of food supplementation on juvenile growth and survival in Marmota flaviventris

2003Journal of MammalogyRole: referenced species

chapter

Holarctic Marmots as a Factor of Biodiversity

2002Role: comparison species

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Holarctic marmots as a factor of biodiversity

2002Role: text_match

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Holarctic marmots as a factor of biodiversity

2002Role: study subject

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Cooperative breeding in marmots

1999OikosRole: study subject

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Cooperative breeding in marmots

1999OikosRole: text_match

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Evolution of sociality in marmots

1999Journal of MammalogyRole: study subject

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A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

1998J Zool LondonRole: text_match

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A test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in four species of marmots

1998Animal BehaviorRole: study subject

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Life history consequences of social complexity: a comparative study of ground-dwelling sciurids

1998Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

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Life history consequences of social complexity: a comparative study of ground-dwelling sciurids

1998Behavioral EcologyRole: study subject

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Why do yellow-bellied marmots call?

1998Animal BehaviorRole: comparison species

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Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls

1997Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

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Does sociality drive the evolution of communicative complexity? A comparative test with ground-dwelling sciurid alarm calls

1997American NaturalistRole: study subject

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Biodiversity in marmots

1996Role: comparison species (referenced

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Biodiversity in marmots

1996Role: study subject

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Growth and survival of juvenile yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

1996Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Female choice in true bugs (Homoptera: Miridae)

1991Role: text_match

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Hematological values for free-ranging yellow-bellied marmots

1983Comparative Biochemistry and PhysiologyRole: text_match

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Sociality as a life-history tactic of ground squirrels

1981OecologiaRole: study subject

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Marmota flaviventris

1980Mammalian Species No.Role: comparison species / congener

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Seasonal changes in weights of marmots

1976American Midland NaturalistRole: comparison species (referenced

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Behavioral and environmental factors in the spatial distribution and population dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot population

1974EcologyRole: referenced comparative species

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Male behaviour and territoriality in the yellow-bellied marmot

1974Journal of Zoology, LondonRole: comparison species (agonistic

Marmota monax

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

Publications (87)

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

The heritability of fear: decomposing sources of variation in marmot flight initiation distance

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel

Life history consequences of climate change in hibernating mammals: a review

Bigger is not always better: Viability selection on body mass varies across life stages in a hibernating mammal

Diverse cressdnaviruses and an anellovirus identified in the fecal samples of yellow-bellied marmots

Empirical studies of escape behavior find mixed support for the race for life model

Co-occurring Species

Marmota flaviventris

Marmota

Callospermophilus lateralis

Marmota marmota

Spermophilus

Marmota caligata

Marmota olympus

Marmota caudata

birds and mammals

Canis latrans

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

A cost of being amicable in a hibernating marmot.

Hibernation as a major determinant of life-history traits in marmots

Assessing the sensitivity of foraging and vigilance to internal state and environmental variables in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>).

Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots.

The effect of body size and habitat on the evolution of alarm vocalizations in rodents.

Do yellow-bellied marmots perceive enhanced predation risk when they are farther from safety?: an experimental study

Environmentally induced phenotypic variation in wild yellow-bellied marmots

How does relative refuge angle influence escape behavior: an empirical test with yellow-bellied marmot.

Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots

Stress hormone metabolites predict overwinter survival in yellow-bellied marmots

Long-term effects of litter sex ratio on female reproduction in two iteroparous mammals

Maternal effects on anogenital distance in a wild marmot population

Yellow-bellied marmots do not compensate for a late start: the role of maternal investment in shaping life-history trajectories

Climate change and the conservation of marmots

Evolving communicative complexity: insights from rodents and beyond

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild yellow-bellied marmots: experimental validation, individual differences and ecological correlates

Litter sex composition affects life-history traits in yellow-bellied marmots

Causes and consequences of variation in social network attributes in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent

Factors that affect the repeatability of personality in yellow-bellied marmots, <i>Marmota flaviventris</i>

Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) alarm calls

Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) alarm calls

Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) respond to yellow-bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) alarm calls

Proximate causes of natal dispersal in female yellow-bellied marmots, <i>Marmota flaviventris</i>

Applying the coalitionary-traits metric: sociality without cooperation in male yellow-bellied marmots

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

Fur color diversity in marmots

Influence of local demography on asymptotic and transient dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot metapopulation

Social effects on emergence from hibernation in yellow-bellied marmots

Indirect fitness benefits do not compensate for the loss of direct fitness in yellow-bellied marmots

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

Phylogeny and patterns of energy conservation in marmots

Olfactory predator discrimination abilities of yellow-bellied marmots <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i>

Spatiotemporal variation in reproductive parameters of yellow-bellied marmots

The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

Effect of predation risk on the presence and persistence of yellow-bellied marmot <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i> colonies

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

Spatiotemporal variation in survival rates: implications for population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots

Intraspecific variation in marmots

Yellow-bellied marmot hiding time is sensitive to variation in costs

Avian Risk Assessment: Effects of perching height and detectability

Do individual differences influence flight initiation distance?

Invasive <i>Linaria vulgaris</i>, disturbance, and diversity: associations at multiple spatial scales in Colorado

Locomotor ability and wariness in yellow-bellied marmots

The Effects of Distance From a Yellow-Bellied Marmot Burrow on Plant Diversity

Yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>) hibernate socially

Adaptive strategies and diversity in marmots

Adaptive strategies and diversity in marmots

Heart rates of free-ranging yellow-bellied marmots

Individual differences and reproductive success in yellow-bellied marmots

Is the hepatitis virus absent from yellow-bellied marmots?

Nesting activities of yellow-bellied marmots

Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

Social complexity but not the acoustic environment is responsible for the evolution of complex alarm communication

The effect of food supplementation on juvenile growth and survival in Marmota flaviventris

Holarctic Marmots as a Factor of Biodiversity

Holarctic marmots as a factor of biodiversity