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Too warm to sleep
phenological mismatchRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryGothicColoradoRockiesMarmota flaviventrisSpermophilus lateralis
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Six months ago, David Inouye of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado, reported that yellow-bellied marmots in the Rockies were rising early from their hibernation. In 23 years, he found, the date when they surface from their long sleep has moved forward by 38 days. This corre
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