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Social behaviour of a colony of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

Authors: Armitage, K. B.
Year: 1962
Journal: Animal Behaviour, Vol. 10, pp. 319-331
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1016/0003-3472(62)90055-6
Keywords: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, MARMOT, RMBL, SOCIALITY

Abstract

It is postulated that agonistic behaviour is one of the factors that limits the number of marmots on a colony site.

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