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Description: |
xvi, 459 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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General Note: |
"This volume arises from a symposium on sociality in ground squirrels, prairie dogs, and marmots held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from 29 September to 3 October 1982"--Introduction. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Evolutionary relationships of the Nearctic Sciuridae / David J. Hafner -- Behavioral ontogeny analysis of sciurid rodents, with emphasis on the social behavior of ground squirrels / Jean Ferron -- Climatic influences on life-history tactics and behavior of North American tree squirrels / Lawrence R. Heaney -- Age, sex, and species differences in the annual cycles of ground-dwelling sciurids: implications for sociality / Gail R. Michener -- Environmental influences on reproduction in the golden-mantled ground squirrel / John A. Phillips -- Population differences in circannual cycles of thirteen-lined ground squirrels / Janet E. Joy -- Water balance, water stress, and the evolution of seasonal torpor in ground-dwelling sciurids / Gary L. Bintz -- The importance of variation in sciurid visual and vocal communication / Donald H. Owings and David F. Hennessy -- The role of olfactory communication in the social systems of ground-dwelling sciurids / Zuleyma Tang Halpin -- Environmental influences on sciurid mating systems / F. Stephen Dobson -- The ecological basis of monogamy in Alaskan hoary marmots / Warren G. Holmes -- Multiple mating and intersexual selection in thirteen-lined ground squirrels / P.L. Schwagmeyer -- Dispersal in ground-dwelling sciurids / Kay E. Holekamp -- Spacing behavior and aggression in female ground squirrels / Ian G. McLean -- Spatial and social behavior in a population of Uinta ground squirrels: interrelations with climate and annual cycle / David F. Balph -- The history of individuals in a population of Columbian ground squirrels: source, settlement, and site attachment / Jan O. Murie and Margaret A. Harris -- Recruitment in yellow-bellied marmot populations: kinship, philopatry, and individual variability / Kenneth B. Armitage -- Spatial and social relations of kin in thirteen-lined and other ground squirrels / Bedford M. Vestal and Howard McCarley -- Behavioral interactions of Richardson's ground squirrels: asymmetries based on kinship / Lloyd S. Davis -- Historical ventilations on a prairie dog town / John A. King. |
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Name Added Entry: |
Murie, Jan O., editor. edt |