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Tamias minimus

Common names: least Chipmunk, least chipmunk, Least chipmunk, least chipmunks

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Sciuridae

Roles: competitor, carcass resource, study subject, resident herbivore, mammalian sap robber

ITIS TSN: 180195

Synonyms: CPMK, Tamias, Tamias minimus, chipmunks, chipmunk, T. minimus

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 99 | Mentions: 168

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

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Publications (99)

student_paper

Assessing anthropogenic effects on golden-mantled ground squirrel and least chipmunk flight initiation distances

2025Role: study subject

article

Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage‐grouse)

2025Journal of AnatomyRole: text_match

student_paper

Visitors to Red-Naped Sapsucker sap wells and the effectiveness of artificial wells

2025Role: text_match

article

A habitat‐centered framework for wildlife climate change vulnerability assessments: Application to Gunnison sage‐grouse

2024EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Scaling Landscape Fire History: Wildfires Not Historically Frequent in the Main Population of Threatened Gunnison Sage-Grouse

2024FireRole: text_match

article

Daily roadkill monitoring and long-term population census reveal female-biased mortality for a small mammal along a wildland-urban interface

2023Biological ConservationRole: text_match

article

Historical fire regimes and contemporary fire effects within sagebrush habitats of Gunnison Sage‐grouse

2023EcosphereRole: text_match

Documents (34)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

management plan

Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocerucus minimus) between the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

technical report

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

environmental assessment

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

environmental assessment

Draft Environmental Statement Related to the Homestake Mining Company- Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project

environmental assessment

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 6-Month Extension of Final Determinations on the Proposed Endangered Status and Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Co-occurring Species

chapter

Sage-Grouse

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Using GIS techniques to test a model of the coexistence of the golden-mantled ground squirrel, Callospermopholis lateralis, and the least chipmunk, Tamias minimus

2023Role: study subject

article

Balancing model generality and specificity in management-focused habitat selection models for Gunnison sage-grouse

2022Global Ecology and ConservationRole: text_match

thesis

Causes and consequences of pre-hibernation body mass in golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2022Role: text_match

article

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

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

2022EcographyRole: text_match

article

Survival rates of translocated Gunnison sage‐grouse

2022Wildlife Society BulletinRole: text_match

article

Bridging animal personality with space use and resource use in a free-ranging population of an asocial ground squirrel

2021Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

article

Changes in hunting season regulations (1870s–2019) reduce harvest exposure on greater and Gunnison sage-grouse

2021PLOS ONERole: text_match

student_paper

Development of Keras image classification model for use with a study on the effects of recreational trail use on small mammal species richness and activity

2021Role: study subject

article

Seasonal habitat suitability models for a threatened species: the Gunnison sage-grouse

2021Wildlife ResearchRole: text_match

student_paper

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

2021Role: study subject

thesis

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

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of recreational trail use on small mammal species richness and abundance

2020Role: study subject

article

Are Lek Disturbance Buffers Equitable for All Gunnison Sage-Grouse Populations?

2019Journal of Fish and Wildlife ManagementRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of avalanches on rodent populations

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Effects of recreational trails on small mammal communities in north-central Gunnison County, Colorado

2019Role: study subject

article

Evaluation of genetic change from translocation among Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) populations

2019The CondorRole: text_match

student_paper

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Comparing Longworth live traps to hair tubes for describing small mammal communities

2018Role: study subject

thesis

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

2018http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628436Role: resident herbivore

student_paper

White-Crowned Sparrow respond to the alarm calls of local species but do not discriminate among them

2018Role: text_match

other

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

2017Aquilegia: Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant SocietyRole: text_match

article

A cost of being amicable in a hibernating marmot.

2017Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee Hoplitis fulgida

2017Role: text_match

article

The effect of maternal glucocorticoid levels on juvenile docility in yellow-bellied marmots

2017Hormones and BehaviorRole: text_match

article

Captive-breeding of captive and wild-reared Gunnison sage-grouse

2016Zoo BiologyRole: text_match

article

Declining recruitment of Gunnison Sage-Grouse highlights the need to monitor juvenile survival

2016The CondorRole: text_match

thesis

Reproductive Ecology of Female Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels

2016Role: text_match

article

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

2016Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyRole: text_match

article

Captive‐rearing of Gunnison sage‐grouse from egg collection to adulthood to foster proactive conservation and recovery of a conservation‐reliant species

2015Zoo BiologyRole: text_match

article

Nest Success of Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Colorado, USA

2015PLOS ONERole: text_match

article

Survival of Gunnison sage‐grouse Centrocercus minimus in Colorado, USA

2015Journal of Avian BiologyRole: text_match

article

An integrated modeling approach to estimating Gunnison sage‐grouse population dynamics: combining index and demographic data

2014Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Are social network measures associated with the propensity to alarm call in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)?

2014Role: text_match

article

Environmental, social, morphological and behavioural constraints on opportunistic multiple paternity

2014Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: text_match

article

Prey responses to predatorâ€™s sounds: a review and empirical study.

2014EthologyRole: text_match

article

The historical distribution of Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Colorado

2014The Wilson Journal of OrnithologyRole: text_match

article

Crucial nesting habitat for gunnison sage‐grouse: A spatially explicit hierarchical approach

2012The Journal of Wildlife ManagementRole: text_match

student_paper

Do mule deer respond to the sounds of their predators?

2012Role: text_match

article

Evolving communicative complexity: insights from rodents and beyond

2012Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

article

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

2012EthologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of human activity on the vigilance rates of Spermophilis lateralis and Tamias minimus

2012Role: study subject

student_paper

The value of dihydrogen monoxide to a jumping mouse: habitat use and preference in Zapus princeps.

2012Role: 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

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

Testing predictions of the coexistence of golden-mantled ground squirrels, Spermophilus lateralis, and least chipmunks, Tamias minimus, in meadows with various distances from cover

2011Role: study subject

article

Characterization of small microsatellite loci for use in non invasive sampling studies of Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus)

2010Conservation Genetics ResourcesRole: text_match

article

Effect of Imazapic on Cheatgrass and Native Plants in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Restoration for Gunnison Sage-grouse

2009Natural Areas JournalRole: text_match

student_paper

Seasonal reproductive potential and iteroparity of the burying beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

2008Role: text_match

chapter

Rodent societies

2007Role: text_match

article

Developing an evolutionary ecology of fear: how life history and natural history traits affect disturbance tolerance in birds

2006Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

article

Gunnison Sage-Grouse Use of Conservation Reserve Program Fields in Utah and Response to Emergency Grazing: A Preliminary Evaluation

2006Wildlife Society BulletinRole: text_match

student_paper

Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

2006Role: text_match

article

POPULATION GENETICS OF GUNNISON SAGE-GROUSE: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT

2005Journal of Wildlife ManagementRole: text_match

student_paper

the influence of red-naped sapsuckers on willow bird communities

2005Role: mammalian sap robber

article

Locomotor ability and wariness in yellow-bellied marmots

2004EthologyRole: text_match

article

Behavioral responses of yellow-bellied marmots to birds and mammals

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: competitor

article

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

2003Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

chapter

Holarctic marmots as a factor of biodiversity

2002Role: text_match

article

Influence of Changes in Sagebrush on Gunnison Sage Grouse in Southwestern Colorado

2001The Southwestern NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Resource availability and population dynamics of Nicrophorus investigator, an obligate carrion breeder

2001Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

2000Environmental EntomologyRole: carcass resource

article

The role of urine marking in the foraging behavior of least chipmunks

1999Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

article

Location, Structure, and Contents of Burrows of Spermophilus Lateralis and Tamias Minimus, Two Ground Dwelling Sciurids

1998Southwestern NaturalistRole: text_match

student_paper

The daily behavior of Eutamias minimus in a town setting

1998Role: text_match

article

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

1997Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

article

Harvest rates and escape speeds in two coexisting species of montane ground squirrels

1995Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

student_paper

An intra- and inter-species investigation of burrow distances between Spermophilus lateralis and Tamias minimus

1994Role: text_match

student_paper

An investigation of the structure and location of escape burrows for the ground squirrel Tamias minimus

1994Role: text_match

student_paper

Interspecific and intraspecific interactions of two coexisting montane ground squirrel species (Spermophilus lateralis and Tamias minimus)

1994Role: text_match

student_paper

Missed opportunity cost for foraging in Tamias minimus, the least chipmunk, and Spermophilus lateralus, the golden-mantled ground squirrel

1994Role: text_match

article

Time-dependent averaging of foraging information in least chipmunks and golden-mantled ground squirrels

1994Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

student_paper

Feeding behavior as affected by the risk of predation in T. minimus and S. lateralis

1993Role: text_match

student_paper

The use of Bayesian foraging to evaluate novelty by T. minimus and S. lateralis

1993Role: text_match

student_paper

Perceived risk of predation: Tamias minimus

1992Role: text_match

student_paper

Time-place learning in Tamias minimus

1992Role: text_match

student_paper

Animal memory and spatial mapping of the least chipmunk

1991Role: text_match

student_paper

Female choice in true bugs (Homoptera: Miridae)

1991Role: text_match

student_paper

The relation of resource density to exploration time in the least chipmunk

1991Role: text_match

student_paper

Foraging behavior associated with predation risk in the golden-mantled ground squirrel and the least chipmunk

1988Role: text_match

student_paper

Foraging behavior in S. lateralis and E. minimus

1986Role: text_match

student_paper

Niche differentiation in golden-mantled ground squirrels and the least chipmunk

1986Role: text_match

student_paper

Foraging and habitat selection in Eutamias minimus and Spermophilus lateralis)

1985Role: text_match

article

Aboveground productivity and floristic structure of a high subalpine herbaceous meadow

1979Arctic and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

student_paper

Activity and feeding behavior of the least chipmunk, Eutamias minimus, near Gothic, Colorado

1977Role: text_match

student_paper

A study of social organization in Eutamias minimus, "the least chipmunk

1975Role: text_match

article

Thermoregulation and water requirements in semiarid and montane populations of the least chipmunk, Eutamias minimus. I. Metabolic rate and body temperature

1975Comparative Biochemistry and PhysiologyRole: text_match

article

Thermoregulation and water requirements in semiarid and montane populations of the least chipmunk, Eutamias minimus. II. Water balance

1975Comparative Biochemistry and PhysiologyRole: text_match

article

Thermoregulation and water requirements in semiarid and montane populations of the least chipmunk, Eutamias minimus. III. Acclimatization at a high ambient temperature

1975Comparative Biochemistry and PhysiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Niche differentiation in the golden mantel ground squirrel, Citellus lateralis and the least chipmunk, Eutamias minimus, as found in the area of Gothic, Colorado

1971Role: text_match

article

Food habits of two sympatric Colorado sciurids

1966Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

Show 24 more documents

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination for the Gunnison Sage-grouse as a Threatened or Endangered Species

federal register notice

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status and Critical Habitat Designation for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Listing Determination for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse as Threatened or Endangered

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Designation of the Gunnison Sage Grouse as a Candidate Species

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Intent to Conduct a Status Review of Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus)

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse and Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse and Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

federal register notice

Environmental Assessment and Receipt of an Application for a Permit To Enhance the Survival of the Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Southwestern Colorado Through a Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances

Document

Gunnison Basin Power

federal register notice

Incidental Take Permit Application; Habitat Conservation Plan and Categorical Exclusion for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse; Gunnison County, Colorado

Document

Management of Livestock Herbivory in Relationship to Sage-grouse Habitats and Populations

Document

Moist Forests

correspondence

National Public Lands Grazing Campaign

federal register notice

Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus), Colorado and Utah

federal register notice

Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus), Colorado and Utah

federal register notice

Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus), Colorado and Utah

federal register notice

Notice of Intent to Amend Multiple Resource Management Plans Regarding Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) Conservation and Prepare an Associated Environmental Impact Statement, Colorado and Utah

correspondence

Proposed Union Park Reservoir Part 4

environmental assessment

Signed Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances with its included Certifcate of Inclusion template for Gunnison Sage Grouse

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

correspondence

Tamias minimus

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

Publications (99)

Assessing anthropogenic effects on golden-mantled ground squirrel and least chipmunk flight initiation distances

Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in <i>Centrocercus minimus</i> (Gunnison sage‐grouse)

Visitors to Red-Naped Sapsucker sap wells and the effectiveness of artificial wells

A habitat‐centered framework for wildlife climate change vulnerability assessments: Application to Gunnison sage‐grouse

Scaling Landscape Fire History: Wildfires Not Historically Frequent in the Main Population of Threatened Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Daily roadkill monitoring and long-term population census reveal female-biased mortality for a small mammal along a wildland-urban interface

Historical fire regimes and contemporary fire effects within sagebrush habitats of Gunnison Sage‐grouse

Documents (34)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocerucus minimus) between the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Department Of Energy Compliance With Floodplain – Wetlands Environmental Review Requirements

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Draft Environmental Statement Related to the Homestake Mining Company- Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project

Draft: Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Remedial Action at the Gunnison Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the North American Wolverine as Endangered or Threatened

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 6-Month Extension of Final Determinations on the Proposed Endangered Status and Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Gunnison Sage-Grouse

Co-occurring Species

Centrocercus

Centrocercus urophasianus

Centrocercus urophasianus or Centrocercus minimus

sage grouse

Centrocercus minimus

Gunnison sage-grouse

Spermophilus

Callospermophilus lateralis

Tamias

Artemisia tridentata

Sage-Grouse

Using GIS techniques to test a model of the coexistence of the golden-mantled ground squirrel, Callospermopholis lateralis, and the least chipmunk, Tamias minimus

Balancing model generality and specificity in management-focused habitat selection models for Gunnison sage-grouse

Causes and consequences of pre-hibernation body mass in golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

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

Survival rates of translocated Gunnison sage‐grouse

Bridging animal personality with space use and resource use in a free-ranging population of an asocial ground squirrel

Changes in hunting season regulations (1870s–2019) reduce harvest exposure on greater and Gunnison sage-grouse

Development of Keras image classification model for use with a study on the effects of recreational trail use on small mammal species richness and activity

Seasonal habitat suitability models for a threatened species: the Gunnison sage-grouse

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

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

The effects of recreational trail use on small mammal species richness and abundance

Are Lek Disturbance Buffers Equitable for All Gunnison Sage-Grouse Populations?

Effects of avalanches on rodent populations

Effects of recreational trails on small mammal communities in north-central Gunnison County, Colorado

Evaluation of genetic change from translocation among Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) populations

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

Comparing Longworth live traps to hair tubes for describing small mammal communities

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

White-Crowned Sparrow respond to the alarm calls of local species but do not discriminate among them

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

A cost of being amicable in a hibernating marmot.

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee <i>Hoplitis fulgida</i>

The effect of maternal glucocorticoid levels on juvenile docility in yellow-bellied marmots

Captive-breeding of captive and wild-reared Gunnison sage-grouse

Declining recruitment of Gunnison Sage-Grouse highlights the need to monitor juvenile survival

Reproductive Ecology of Female Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels

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

Captive‐rearing of Gunnison sage‐grouse from egg collection to adulthood to foster proactive conservation and recovery of a conservation‐reliant species

Nest Success of Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Colorado, USA

Survival of Gunnison sage‐grouse <i>Centrocercus minimus</i> in Colorado, USA

An integrated modeling approach to estimating Gunnison sage‐grouse population dynamics: combining index and demographic data

Are social network measures associated with the propensity to alarm call in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)?

Environmental, social, morphological and behavioural constraints on opportunistic multiple paternity

Prey responses to predatorâ€™s sounds: a review and empirical study.

The historical distribution of Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Colorado

Crucial nesting habitat for gunnison sage‐grouse: A spatially explicit hierarchical approach

Do mule deer respond to the sounds of their predators?

Evolving communicative complexity: insights from rodents and beyond

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

The effect of human activity on the vigilance rates of <i>Spermophilis lateralis</i> and <i>Tamias minimus</i>

The value of dihydrogen monoxide to a jumping mouse: habitat use and preference in <i>Zapus princeps</i>.

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

Testing predictions of the coexistence of golden-mantled ground squirrels, <i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>, and least chipmunks, <i>Tamias minimus</i>, in meadows with various distances from cover

Characterization of small microsatellite loci for use in non invasive sampling studies of Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus)