• DOI:10.1139/Z05-055
Corpus ID: 86639329

Timing and causes of mortality in the endangered Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)

@article{Bryant2005TimingAC,
  title={Timing and causes of mortality in the endangered Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)},
  author={Andrew A. Bryant and R. Page},
  journal={Canadian Journal of Zoology},
  year={2005},
  volume={83},
  pages={674-682}
}

Andrew A. Bryant, R. Page

Published 2005

Biology

Canadian Journal of Zoology

We used radiotelemetry to evaluate seasonal survival rates and mortality factors for a critically endangered island endemic, the Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis Swarth, 1911). Recovery of radio transmitters and marmot remains suggested that predation was the major cause of mortality, accounting for at least 24 of 29 (83%) known-fate deaths recorded since radiotelemetry efforts began in 1992. Wolves (Canis lupus L., 1758) and cougars (Puma concolor (L., 1771)) apparently… CONTINUE READING

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