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focal animal sampling (Sciuridae)

Subcategory: demographic and behavioral monitoring

Standard reference: Ferron, 1985

Papers: 98 | Mentions: 104

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Description

Live-trapping and marking of yellow-bellied marmots followed by systematic focal behavioral observations to quantify time allocation to different behaviors including vigilance. Uses established ethogram and continuous recording methods during standardized 2-minute observation periods.

Typical Equipment

Tomahawk live traps
metal tags
Nyanzol fur dye
spotting scopes
voice recorders
JWatcher 1.0 software

Output Measurements

proportion time vigilant
individual identity
behavioral sequences
capture histories

focal animal sampling (Sciuridae)

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Description

Typical Equipment

Output Measurements

Papers Using This Protocol (103)

Sick and alone? Evaluating how immune response is associated with social network position in yellow-bellied marmots

Is the propensity to alarm-call heritable and related across multiple contexts?

The sound of fear is heritable

Does rainfall or temperature influence antipredator vigilance in a hibernating mammal?

Conditional syndromes: Effect of human disturbance and age on the correlation between flight initiation distance and vigilance in marmots

Social security: individuals in socially reciprocal groups may perceive security from predators

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

Social Security: Do Individuals in Tight-Knit Social Groups Perceive Greater Security?

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

Agonistic and affiliative social relationships are associated with marmot docility but not boldness

The (surprising) importance of males in a matrilineal society: behavioural insights from a topological knockout study

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

Is flight initiation distance associated with longer-term survival in yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventer?

The social microbiome: gut microbiome diversity and abundance are negatively associated with sociality in a wild mammal

Take only pictures, leave only... Cameras influence marmot vigilance but not perceptions of risk

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

Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel (<i> Spermophilus lateralis </i>) and Yellow-Bellied Marmot ( <i> Marmota flaviventris </i>) Intraspecific and Interspecific Perch Use and Interaction Dynamics in Gothic, Colorado

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

How do humans impact yellow-bellied marmots? An integrative analysis

Habituation or sensitization? Long-term responses of yellow-bellied marmots to human disturbance

Social position indirectly influences the traits yellow-bellied marmots use to solve problems

Take only pictures, leave only… Cameras influence marmot vigilance but not perceptions of risk

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

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

Are vigilance and flight initiation distance correlated in yellow-bellied marmots?

Producer-scrounger relationships in yellow-bellied marmots

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

Is the propensity to emit alarm calls associated with health status?

Optimal multisensory integration

Mixed support for state maintaining risky personality traits in yellow-bellied marmots

Correlates of maternal glucocorticoid levels in a socially flexible rodent

Are Marmot Alarm Class Condition Dependent?

Strong social relationships are associated with decreased longevity in a facultatively social mammal

Social security: are socially connected individuals less vigilant?

Genetic basis of between-individual and within-individual variance of docility

Social security: Are socially connected individuals less vigilant?

Do Social Interactions Decrease Basal Stress Levels In Breeding Female Yellow-Bellied Marmots?

Habitat patch use, density, and territoriality of American Red Squirrels (<i>Tamiasciurus hudsonicus</i>) in the southwestern Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Does Stress Explain Variation in Marmot Parenting Behavior or Pup Survival?

Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots.

Assessing the sensitivity of foraging and vigilance to internal state and environmental variables in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>).

Behavioral strategies of golden-mantled ground squirrels, <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>

Do yellow-bellied marmots perceive enhanced predation risk when they are farther from safety?: an experimental study

Do yellow-bellied marmots perceive enhanced predation risk when they are farther from safety?: an experimental study

Exploring the behavioral rules influencing sociality in a facultatively social species, yellow-bellied marmots

Environmentally induced phenotypic variation in wild yellow-bellied marmots

Group size affects social relationships in yellow-bellied marmots <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i>

Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots

A critical evaluation of subjective ratings: unacquainted observers can reliably assess personality

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

Defensive and social aggression: repeatable but independent

Effects of spontaneous movement on alert distance and flight initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

Early play may predict later dominance relationships in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Development and structure of boldness and aggression in yellow-bellied marmots

Masculinized female yellow-bellied marmots initiate more social interactions

Functional relationships between early play behavior and adult dominance roles in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

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

Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent

Age and sex influence marmot antipredator behavior during periods of heightened risk

Proximate causes of natal dispersal in female yellow-bellied marmots, <i>Marmota flaviventris</i>

Quantifying human disturbance on antipredator behavior and flush initiation distance in yellow-bellied marmots

Factors that affect the repeatability of personality in yellow-bellied marmots, <i>Marmota flaviventris</i>

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

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

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

Heritability of anti-predatory traits: vigilance and locomotor performance in marmots

Is alarm calling risky? Marmots avoid calling from risky places

Is alarm calling risky? Marmots avoid calling from risky places

Applying the coalitionary-traits metric: sociality without cooperation in male yellow-bellied marmots

Social cohesion in yellow-bellied marmots is established through age and kin structuring

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

The sound of arousal: the addition of novel non-linearities increases responsiveness in marmot alarm calls

A test of the social cohesion hypothesis: interactive female marmots remain at home

Variation in vigilance of yellow-bellied marmots due to predator pressure