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Kinship, reproductive strategies, and social dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots

Authors: Armitage, K. B.; Johns, D. W.
Year: 1982
Journal: Behavioral Ecology, Vol. 11, pp. 55-63
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1007/bf00297667
Keywords: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL REPRODUCTION, GENETICS, MARMOT, RMBL, SOCIALITY

Abstract

Social behavior of yellow-bellied marmots was observed for three years in colonies where kinship was known and for one year in a high elevation colony where harems were contiguous, indicating that reproductive strategies limit nepotism.

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