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Reproductive phenology in golden-mantled ground squirrels

Principal Investigator: Caitlin Wells
Status: active
Field: Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas: Animal Behavior; Climate change; Genetics; Long-term research; Phenology; Vertebrate biology
Items: 96 (64 publications, 21 datasets, 11 documents)

Publications (64)

Thesis

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

2020
Article

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

2025Journal of MammalogyDOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae106
Article

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

2023Biological ConservationDOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109863
Article

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

2023Proceedings of the Royal Society BDOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2181
Article

Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse

2023Proceedings of the Royal Society BDOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0511
Article

Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species

2022Ecology LettersDOI: 10.1111/ele.14026
Article

Maternal survival costs in an asocial mammal

2022Ecology and EvolutionDOI: 10.1002/ece3.8874
Article

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

2022EcographyDOI: 10.1111/ecog.06056
Thesis

Reproductive Ecology of Female Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrels

2016
Article

Social and population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots: results from long-term research

1991Annual Review of Ecology and SystematicsDOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.22.1.379
Chapter

Biology of Ground-Dwelling Squirrels: Annual Cycles, Behavioral Ecology, and Sociality

1984
Thesis

Reproductive energetics of adult male yellow-bellied marmots

1993
Thesis

Socio-ecology of Marmota: reproductive strategies of female yellow-bellied marmots (<i>M. flaviventris</i>)

1975
Student Paper

Social interactions and natal dispersal of young golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>)

1997
Student Paper

Behavioral responses to predation risk: survival strategies of the golden-mantled ground squirrel

1994
Student Paper

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

1986
Student Paper

Foraging and predator avoidance in the golden-mantled ground squirrel (<i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>)

1987
Article

Reproductive success of colonial and noncolonial female yellow-bellied marmots

1994Journal of Mammalogy
Student Paper

Time distribution of young yellow-bellied marmots

1992
Thesis

Physiological ecology of the yellow-bellied marmot

1980
Thesis

Behavioral ecology of alpine yellow-bellied marmots

1978
Student Paper

Home range size, conspecific overlap, and weight gain of the golden-mantled ground squirrel, <i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>

2007
Thesis

Predation risk and the community organization of montane ground squirrels and a phylogenetic test of the association between diurnal activity and gregarious behavior in mammals

1991
Student Paper

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

1988
Chapter

Adaptive strategies and diversity in marmots

2003
Thesis

Ecological Genetics of Dispersal and Mating Systems in Populations of Yellow-Bellied Marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2003
Student Paper

Spacing postures and territorial behavior in the golden mantled ground squirrel (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

1975
Article

Demography of yellow-bellied marmot populations

1974Ecology
Thesis

Factors affecting the dispersal of yearling yellow-bellied marmots

1968
Student Paper

Dispersion of offspring in <i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>

1975
Student Paper

Effects of food supplementation on a population of golden-mantled ground squirrel, <i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>

1998
Student Paper

Effects of food supplementation on a population of golden-mantled ground squirrels, <i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>

1998
Student Paper

Effects of supplemental food on growth and mobility of the golden-mantled ground squirrel, <i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>

1998
Book

Marmot Biology. Sociality, Individual Fitness, and Population Dynamics

2014
Student Paper

How does incorporating microclimate data into ecological niche models change our estimates of the climatic niche of vascular plant species?

2021
Article

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

2018Journal of ZoologyDOI: 10.1111/jzo.12569
Article

Determinants of multiple paternity in a fluctuating population of ground squirrels

2017Behav Ecol SociobiolDOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2270-z
Article

Female kin density affects offspring sex ratio in an asocial mammal, the golden-mantled ground squirrell <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>

2017Animal Behaviour
Article

Who pays? Intra- versus inter-generational costs of reproduction

2016EcosphereDOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1236
Book

Partnerships for empowerment : participatory research for community-based natural resource management

2012Taylor and Francis eBooks
Thesis

Proximal Causes of Dispersal in Yellow-bellied Marmots

1984
Student Paper

Feeding habits of the golden-mantled squirrel (<i>Spermophilus lateralis</i>) in the Gothic area

1974
Thesis

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

1973
Article

Time and wariness in yellow-bellied marmots

1994Ibex J.M.E.
Student Paper

Foraging and vigilance behavior of social and solitary female marmots

1996
Article

Plasma melatonin rhythms in euthermic marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

1984Biology of Reproduction
Chapter

Holarctic Marmots as a Factor of Biodiversity

2002
Thesis

Dispersal of yellow-bellied marmots

1990
Thesis

Population-level consequences of phenotypic plasticity in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>).

2015
Thesis

Sex differences in the play behavior of yearling yellow-bellied marmots

1978

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Datasets (21)

Dataset

Osmia_iridis_summer_duration_expt_2014-15

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2dm56s/2
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.30
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.32
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.31
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.10
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.15
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.12
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.20
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.13
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.1
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.14
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.9
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.8
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.17
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.16
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Marmots

2006DOI: 10.5063/aa/bowdish.131.11
Dataset

Operational sex ratio analyses (R script)

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/20
Dataset

Marmot capture history data and growing season length data

2023DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ht76hdrcd
Dataset

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

2021DOI: 10.5068/d1x38h
Dataset

Social Behavior and Population Dynamics of Yellow-bellied Marmots 1965 and Continuing after 2001.

2020DOI: 10.5063/AA/bowdish.182.16
Dataset

Osmia_iridis_2015_summer_incubator_expt

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2dm56s/3

Documents (11)

Document

Beavers: Biologists "Rediscover" a Natural Resource

Document

Beavers in North Elk Meadows

Document

Gunnison County Sage-Grouse Stategic Plan Draft

Document

Wildlife Impacts

Document

Beavers Once Helped Settle America- Now They Unsettle Land Managers

Document

Colorado's Wildlife Company: Tales of Winter

Document

Wildlife 2000 Review

Document

Status of Gunison's [sic] sage grouse

Document

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

Document

The Beaver's Tale: Out of the Woods and Into Hot Water

Document

Beaver Management Plan