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Marmota

Known as: woodchuck, Marmotas, Marmots 
A genus of Sciuridae consisting of 14 species. They are shortlegged, burrowing rodents which hibernate in winter.
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Eastern Woodchuck
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SciuromorphaSquirrels

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2001
2001
Smoking and Endogenous Mortality: Does Heterogeneity in Life Expectancy Explain Differences in Smoking Behavior?
This paper proposes a joint model of tobacco consumption and mortality over the life-cycle. The decision to smoke is a trade off… 
1995
1995
Natal dispersal and genetic structure in a population of the European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
A combination of behavioural observation, DNA fingerprinting, and allozyme analysis were used to examine natal dispersal in a… 
1992
1992
Mycorrhizal fungi and their relationship to plant succession in subalpine habitats
approved: Dr. James M. Trappe These studies were conducted primarily in the Lyman glacier area in the subalpine zone of the North… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Predator risk affects foraging behaviour of pikas: observational and experimental evidence
1988
1988
Thermoregulation as a limit to habitat use in alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)
SummaryThe body temperature (Tb) of free-living alpine marmots rose with activity; the higher the effective environmental… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Heterotrophic activity and biodegradation of labile and refractory compounds by groundwater and stream microbial populations
The bacteriology and heterotrophic activity of a stream and of nearby groundwater in Marmot Basin, Alberta, Canada, were studied… 
1981
1981
The importance of groundwater in the transportation of allochthonous dissolved organic matter to the streams draining a small mountain basin
The importance of groundwater in the dissolved organic matter (DOM) budget of small upland streams is not well understood. This… 
1978
1978
THE HANDICAP PRINCIPLE IN SEXUAL SELECTION
  • G. Bell
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1978
  • Corpus ID: 14111218
The theory of the selection of epigamic color, structure and behavior was originally due to Darwin (1874) and was later… 
1975
1975
Responses to preoptic temperature manipulation in the awake and hibernating marmot.
Responses of normothermic and hibernating marmots to manipulations of the preoptic-hypothalamic temperature (TPO) were studied… 
1960
1960
The haptoglobins, hemoglobins and serum proteins of the Alaskan fur seal, ground squirrel and marmot.
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