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small mammals

Common names: small mammals

Taxonomy: Animalia

Roles: managed species

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 125 | Mentions: 163

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

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Publications (125)

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Experimental warming decouples plant-fungal symbiont interactions and leads to a more conservative ecosystem

2026PNASRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2025Role: text_match

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Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species

2025New PhytologistRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Coexistence in Burying Beetles: The Niche of Reproductive Temperatures

Documents (33)

technical report

Beaver in Western North America: An Annotated Bibliography 1966 to 1986

technical report

Beavers: Biologists "Rediscover" a Natural Resource

technical report

Colorado Ranch Management School (Part 2)

federal proposed rule

Curecanti National Recreation Area, Personal Watercraft Use

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Gunnison's Prairie Dog as an Endangered or Threatened Species

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To Change the Final Listing of the Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx To Include New Mexico

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa Skyrocket) and Threatened Status for Penstemon debilis (Parachute Beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque Phacelia)

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Colorado Hookless Cactus From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

management plan

Environmental Agenda- Colorado 1989

environmental assessment

Environmental Analysis Report from Castle Mountain Company

Co-occurring Species

Perymiscus species

Cricetidae163 shared papers

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae60 shared papers

Spermophilus

Sciuridae59 shared papers

Marmota

Sciuridae52 shared papers

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae50 shared papers

Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Salicaceae42 shared papers

Picea engelmannii

Pinaceae39 shared papers

Callospermophilus saturatus

Sciuridae34 shared papers

Peromyscus maniculatus

Cricetidae30 shared papers

Microtus montanus

Cricetidae29 shared papers

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Does current weather or seasonality influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of trophic phenological synchrony or dyssynchrony on maternal investment of a small herbivorous mammal (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the role of climate on juvenile Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) growth and behavior

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Nowhere to go but Up: Investigating Bumble Bee population Shifts over Elevational Gradients

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Surface Temperature Variability Across the East River Watershed

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

The Fate of Burying Beetles and their Carcasses: Hardships, Competition and Environmental Factors

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Are juvenile female golden mantle ground squirrels dispersing from their natal burrow due to high-stress levels?

2023Role: text_match

article

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

2023Proceedings of the Royal Society BRole: text_match

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DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits

2023ScienceRole: text_match

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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

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Differential response of three large mammal species to human recreation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA

2023Frontiers in Conservation ScienceRole: text_match

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Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Extending the social cohesion hypothesis: Is group cohesion associated with dispersal?

2023Role: text_match

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Group social structure has limited impact on reproductive success in a wild mammal

2023Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

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Optimal reproductive strategy in yellow-bellied marmots: Unveiling the consequences of age at first reproduction on survival and lifetime reproductive success

2023Role: text_match

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Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

2023Ecological MonographsRole: 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: text_match

thesis

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

2022Role: text_match

article

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

2022Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Early-life trade-offs in golden-mantled ground squirrel sociality and growth rate

2022Role: text_match

article

Efficacy and Uses of PIT Tag Telemetry in Salamanders From the Western USA: , Aneides vagrans , Ensatina eschscholtzii , and Ambystoma mavortium

2022Herpetological Conservation and BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Habitat Quality Affecting the Body Mass of Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

2022Role: text_match

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

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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

2022EcographyRole: text_match

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Marmot mass gain rates relate to their group’s social structure

2022Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

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Maternal survival costs in an asocial mammal

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

2022Arctic ScienceRole: text_match

article

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

2021Animal BehaviourRole: 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: text_match

article

DynaMETE: a hybrid MaxEnt-plus-mechanism theory of dynamic macroecology

2021Ecology LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of climate change on the elevational distribution of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: comparing data across 47 years

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the comparison between bird diversity and apex aquatic predators in sub-alpine beaver ponds

2021Role: text_match

thesis

Relationships matter: How the social environment affects individual fitness-related behaviors

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

The Influence of Summer Precipitation and Temperature on Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel Pup Foraging.

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2021Role: text_match

thesis

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

2020Role: text_match

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Contrasting effects of climate change on seasonal survival of a hibernating mammal.

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of the United StatesRole: text_match

student_paper

Determining whether tourist abundance and reproductive status predispose golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis) to vehicular accidents

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

Heritability of Maternal Investment in 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: text_match

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Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of avalanches on rodent populations

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2019Role: text_match

thesis

King of the hill? How biotic interactions affect biogeographical pattern and species responses to climate change

2019Role: text_match

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Late Quaternary vertebrates from the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado, and small-mammal community resilience to climate change since the last glacial maximum

2019Quaternary ResearchRole: text_match

student_paper

Stridulation in Nicrophorus investigator as a Possible Means of Cooperation during Carcass Sequestration

2019Role: text_match

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Trap behavior of Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha at different elevations in the West Elk Mountains, Colorado

2019Role: text_match

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Behavioral correlates of innovation success in facultatively social marmots (Marmota flaviventer)

2018Role: text_match

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

2018Role: text_match

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Developmental and social constraints on early reproduction in an asocial ground squirrel

2018Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

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Effects of Ant Presence on Nicrophorus investigatorâ€™s Reproductive Success

2018Role: text_match

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Invasion and restoration of western rivers dominated by Tamarix spp.

2018Role: text_match

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Is Plant Fitness Proportional to Seed Set? An Experiment and a Spatial Model

2017The American NaturalistRole: text_match

student_paper

Native ant (Formica rufa, Formica fusca), Nicrophorus spp. interactions at small mammal carcass resources in the southern Rocky Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.

2017Role: text_match

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Reproductive Ecology of Female Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels

2016Role: 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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Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

2015Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match

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Habitat Selection in Nicrophoryus investigator and defodiens.

2015Role: text_match

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Determinants of pika population density vs. occupancy in the Southern Rocky Mountains

2014Ecological ApplicationsRole: 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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Pocket gopher activity across elevation gradients.

2014Role: text_match

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Talus turnover: A study of the distribution of lichens along elevational gradients

2013Role: 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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Parasite infection and host dynamics in a naturally fluctuating rodent population

2012Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

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Sex differences in play behavior, personality, and philopatry in golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2012Role: text_match

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Stable isotopes reflect the ecological stability of two high-elevation mammals from the late Quaternary of Colorado

2012Quaternary ResearchRole: text_match

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

2012Role: text_match

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

2011Role: text_match

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Influence of population density and climate on the demography of subalpine golden-mantled ground squirrels

2011Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

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Investigating patterns of juvenile dispersal in golden mantled ground squirrels, Callospermophilus lateralis

2011Role: text_match

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Late Quaternary Paleoecology of Two High-Elevation Mammal Species from the Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

2011Role: text_match

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On the generality of a climate-mediated shift in the distribution of the American pika (Ochotona princeps)

2011EcologyRole: text_match

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Parental investment in burying beetles (Nicrophorus investigator): influence of seasonal timing and prior experience and efficacy of minimally guided instructional strategies in K-12 and undergraduate science classrooms: a meta-analysis

2011Role: text_match

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

2011EcologyRole: 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: text_match

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Vigilance in the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis): effect of age and distance to human-created structures

2010Role: text_match

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A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

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The effect of willow proximity on species richness and abundance of birds nesting in aspen Populus tremuloides woodlands.

2009Role: text_match

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Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators on metacommunities of competing prey

2008EcologyRole: text_match

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Microbes on mountainsides: contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity

2008PNASRole: text_match

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Life-history consequences of vegetative damage in scarlet gilia, a monocarpic plant

2007OikosRole: text_match

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Rodent societies

2007Role: text_match

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Activity of American pikas, Ochotona princeps with respect to temperature along an elevational gradient

2006Role: text_match

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The effects of slope orientation and temperature upon activity of the north american pika, Ochotona princeps

2006Role: text_match

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Conservation and Status of North American Amphibians

2005Role: text_match

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Impacts of Mule Deer Herbivory on Herbaceous Vegetation in the Gothic Area, with Focus on Aquilegia coerulea

2005Role: text_match

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Locomotor ability and wariness in yellow-bellied marmots

2004EthologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

2004Role: text_match

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

2004Role: text_match

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The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

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Yellow-bellied marmot population dynamics: demographic mechanisms of growth and decline

2004EcologyRole: text_match

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Yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) hibernate socially

2004Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

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Effects of food addition on life history of yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

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Sociality and individual fitness in yellow-bellied marmots: insights from a long-term study (1962-2001)

2003OecologiaRole: text_match

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Holarctic marmots as a factor of biodiversity

2002Role: text_match

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Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002OecologiaRole: text_match

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Predation on yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

2001American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

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

2001Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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The matrix matters: effective isolation in fragmented landscapes

2001American NaturalistRole: text_match

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

2000Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

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

1998Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

An assessment of the effects of powdertracking on small mammals

1993Role: text_match

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The effects of avalanche disturbance on the diversity and abundance of small mammals in an aspen stand near Gothic, Colorado

1993Role: text_match

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Ectoparasitic insects of small mammals in the Gothic, Colorado area

1985Role: text_match

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Reproductive tactics of pikas: why have two litters?

1983Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Yes, but is it art? (or, ectoparasites of small mammals)

1982Role: text_match

student_paper

Small mammal habitats and morphologies: patterns and correlations

1981Role: text_match

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Home range of small mammals

1980Role: text_match

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Presence and population characteristics of small mammals in the krummholz of Mt. Galena, Colorado

1979Role: text_match

student_paper

Collection of ectoparasites of small mammals - a methodology

1977Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of predation by small mammals on a grass community

1974Role: text_match

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Weather and the "regulation" of subalpine populations

1972EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Habitat preference and observations of red-backed voles (Clethrionomys gapperi) and associated small mammals in Colorado

1970Role: text_match

student_paper

The activity schedules of some small mammals of the Gothic Area

1968Role: text_match

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2,4‐D Herbicide, Vegetation, and Pocket Gopher Relationships Black Mesa, Colorado

1967EcologyRole: text_match

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Plant succession on a subalpine earthflow in Colorado

1956EcologyRole: text_match

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environmental assessment

Environmental Assessment Mt. Emmons Iron Bog Proposed Mineral Withdrawal

environmental assessment

Environmental Assessment Taylor Loop Recreation Project

environmental assessment

Environmental Assessment of Ground Water Compliance at the Gunnison, CO UMTRA Project Site

Document

Ft. Lyon Canal Company Water Transfer Alternatives Study Phase 1 Report

Document

Grand Valley Water Management

Document

Gunnison County Wilderness Alert

Document

Letter to BLM from RMBL on the Mt. Emmons Iron Fen

Document

Moist Forests

environmental assessment

Project Summary Taylor Loop Recreation Project

other

Rediscovering the Other America: Picking up the Threads of the Agrarin Community

federal register notice

San Luis Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Alamosa, CO; Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement

federal register notice

San Luis Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Alamosa, Rio Grande, and Saguache, CO; Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement

environmental assessment

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

wildlife survey

Small Mammal Survey, Acid Fen, Mt. Emmons Gunnison, Colorado

wildlife survey

Small Mammals: A Beaver Pond Ecosystem and Adjacent Riparian Habitat in Idaho

technical report

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

technical report

Summary, Recommendations and the Future of Reclaiming Surface Mines for Fish and Wildlife

management plan

The Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program

other

The Legacy Newsletter of the Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy

technical report

Trees for Conservation: A Buyers Guide

environmental assessment

UMTRA Application for Land Use Change For Gunnison, CO without maps

management plan

Undeveloped Area Inventory Descriptions

environmental assessment

small mammals

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

Publications (125)

Experimental warming decouples plant-fungal symbiont interactions and leads to a more conservative ecosystem

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

Climatic variation and risk assessment in a highly seasonal mammal

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

Females know best: dispersal polymorphism maintained by sex-specific foraging

Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species

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

Coexistence in Burying Beetles: The Niche of Reproductive Temperatures

Documents (33)

Beaver in Western North America: An Annotated Bibliography 1966 to 1986

Beavers: Biologists "Rediscover" a Natural Resource

Colorado Ranch Management School (Part 2)

Curecanti National Recreation Area, Personal Watercraft Use

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Gunnison's Prairie Dog as an Endangered or Threatened Species

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To Change the Final Listing of the Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx To Include New Mexico

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa Skyrocket) and Threatened Status for Penstemon debilis (Parachute Beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque Phacelia)

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Colorado Hookless Cactus From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

Environmental Agenda- Colorado 1989

Environmental Analysis Report from Castle Mountain Company

Co-occurring Species

Perymiscus species

Callospermophilus lateralis

Spermophilus

Marmota

Marmota flaviventris

Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Picea engelmannii

Callospermophilus saturatus

Peromyscus maniculatus

Microtus montanus

Does current weather or seasonality influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Effects of trophic phenological synchrony or dyssynchrony on maternal investment of a small herbivorous mammal (Callospermophilus lateralis)

Investigating the role of climate on juvenile Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) growth and behavior

Nowhere to go but Up: Investigating Bumble Bee population Shifts over Elevational Gradients

Surface Temperature Variability Across the East River Watershed

The Fate of Burying Beetles and their Carcasses: Hardships, Competition and Environmental Factors

Are juvenile female golden mantle ground squirrels dispersing from their natal burrow due to high-stress levels?

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits

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

Differential response of three large mammal species to human recreation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA

Dispersal of the golden-mantled ground squirrel

Extending the social cohesion hypothesis: Is group cohesion associated with dispersal?

Group social structure has limited impact on reproductive success in a wild mammal

Optimal reproductive strategy in yellow-bellied marmots: Unveiling the consequences of age at first reproduction on survival and lifetime reproductive success

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

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

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

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

Early-life trade-offs in golden-mantled ground squirrel sociality and growth rate

Efficacy and Uses of PIT Tag Telemetry in Salamanders From the Western USA: ,<i> Aneides vagrans </i>, <i> Ensatina eschscholtzii </i>, and <i> Ambystoma mavortium </i>

Habitat Quality Affecting the Body Mass of Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

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

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

Marmot mass gain rates relate to their group’s social structure

Maternal survival costs in an asocial mammal

Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

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

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

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

DynaMETE: a hybrid MaxEnt-plus-mechanism theory of dynamic macroecology

Effects of climate change on the elevational distribution of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: comparing data across 47 years

Investigating the comparison between bird diversity and apex aquatic predators in sub-alpine beaver ponds

Relationships matter: How the social environment affects individual fitness-related behaviors

The Influence of Summer Precipitation and Temperature on Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel Pup Foraging.

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>)

Contrasting effects of climate change on seasonal survival of a hibernating mammal.

Determining whether tourist abundance and reproductive status predispose golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>) to vehicular accidents

Heritability of Maternal Investment in Golden Mantled Ground Squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

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

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Effects of avalanches on rodent populations

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

King of the hill? How biotic interactions affect biogeographical pattern and species responses to climate change

Late Quaternary vertebrates from the Upper Gunnison Basin, Colorado, and small-mammal community resilience to climate change since the last glacial maximum

Stridulation in <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> as a Possible Means of Cooperation during Carcass Sequestration