Society formation and maintenance in yellow-bellied marmots
Abstract
Yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventer , are facultatively social and may form multigenerational societies, which are characterized by individuals sharing and defending space, possessing the ability to distinguish group members from outsiders and potentially persisting for many generations. I review some 63 years of continuous study that has revealed a number of insights about the adaptive value of sociality and societies. Because of their facultative sociality and because we have studied social behaviour and societies a variety of different of ways over the years, this social variation makes it difficult to make simple summary statements about society structure and formation. None the less, this variation may make them a good system in which to study incipient society formation. • Yellow-bellied marmots are facultatively social and at times live in societies. • Societies form when adult females recruit their daughters. • Males may interact with one or more societies. • I discuss the structure of these societies and some outstanding questions about them.
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