Marmot Biology

Sociality, Individual Fitness, and Population Dynamics

Kenneth B. Armitage (University of Kansas)

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Cambridge University Press
14 November 2019

Zoology: Mammals

Focusing on the physiological and behavioral factors that enable a species to live in a harsh seasonal environment, this book places the social biology of marmots in an environmental context. It draws on the results of a forty-year empirical study of the population biology of the yellow-bellied marmot near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in the Upper East River Valley in Colorado, USA. The text examines life-history features such as body-size, habitat use, environmental physiology, social dynamics, and kinship. Considerable new data analyses are integrated with material published over a fifty-year period, including extensive natural history observations, providing an essential foundation for integrating social and population processes. Finally, the results of research into the yellow-bellied marmot are related to major ecological and evolutionary theories, especially inclusive fitness and population regulation, making this a valuable resource for students and researchers in animal behavior, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation.

By: Kenneth B. Armitage (University of Kansas)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 170mm, Width: 243mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9781107656529
ISBN 10: 1107656524
Pages: 419
Publication Date: 14 November 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kenneth B. Armitage is Baumgartner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas. His forty-year research project on the yellow-bellied marmot in the Upper East River Valley, Colorado, is the second longest continuous study of a mammal. He is an elected Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an Honorary Member of the American Society of Mammalogists for 'distinguished service to the science of mammalogy'.

Reviews for Marmot Biology: Sociality, Individual Fitness, and Population Dynamics

'Armitage … presents a lifetime thesis (22 chapters in six parts) incorporating forty years of fieldwork, highlighting the yellow-bellied marmot as a representative example among the better-studied species from North America to Russia.' Dr Rajith Dissanayake, The Biologist 'This thought-provoking volume miraculously condenses more than 41 years of research on the evolution and ecology of not only the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) but incorporates the comparative biology of the other 14 species of marmots into only 400 pages of text.' John L. Koprowski, The Quarterly Review of Biology