Barash, David P. Marmots: Social Behavior and Ecology. 1989. Stanford: Stanford University Press, pgs 3-336.

Barash, David P. Sociobiology and Behavior. 1977 New York: Elsevior, pgs. 1-325.

Biology of Ground-Dwelling Squirrels: Annual Cycles, Behavioral Ecology, and Sociality, eds. J.O. Murie and G.R. Michener. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Periodicals

Allaine, Dominique. (2000) Sociality, Mating System and Reproductive Skew in Marmots: Evidence and Hypothesis. Behavioral Processes. 51(1-3): 21-34.

Armitage, K.B. (1974) Male behaviour and territoriality in the yellow-bellied marmot. Journal of Zoology, London 172:233-265.

Armitage, K.B. (1976) Scent-marking by yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 57:583-584.

Armitage, K.B. (1984) Recruitment in yellow-bellied marmot populations: kinship, philopatry, and individual variability. Pages 377-403 in Biology of Ground-Dwelling Squirrels: Annual Cycles, Behavioral Ecology, and Sociality, eds. J.O. Murie and G.R. Michener. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Armitage, K.B. (1986) Individuality, social behavior, and reproductive success in yellow-bellied marmots. Ecology 67(5):1186-1193.

Armitage,KB; Gurri-Glass,GE (1994) Communal nesting in yellow-bellied marmots. In: Actual Problems of Marmots [sic] Investigation. (Ed: Rumiantsev,V) ABF Publishing House, Moscow, 14-26.

Armitage, K. B. (2001) The Evolution, Ecology, and Systematics of Marmots. Oecologia-Montana. 9(1-2): 1-18.

Blumstein, DT; Armitage, KB (1997) Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls. Animal Behaviour 53(1), 143-171.

Blumstein, DT; Steinmetz, J; Armitage, KB; Daniel, JC (1997) Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: II. The importance of direct fitness. Animal Behaviour 53(1), 173-184.

Brody, A.K. and J.C. Melcher. (1984) Infanticide in yellow-bellied marmots. Animal Behaviour 33:673-674.

Downhower, J.F. and K.B. Armitage. (1971) The yellow-bellied marmot and the evolution of polygamy. American Naturalist 105:355-370.

Frase, B.A. and K.B. Armitage. (1984) Foraging patterns of yellow-bellied marmots: role of kinship and individual variability. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16:1-10.

Frase, B.A. and K. B. Armitage. (19890 Yellow-bellied marmots are generalist herbivores. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 1(4):353-366.

Lenihan,C. and D. Van Vuren. (1996) Costs and benefits of sociality in yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris): do noncolonial females have lower fitness? Ethology, Ecology and Evolution 8: 177-189.

Orians, G. H. (1969) On the evolution of mating systems in birds and mammals. American Naturalist, 103: 589-603.

Owings, Donald H. and David F. Hennessy. (1984) The Importance of Variation in Sciurid Visual and Vocal Communication. Pages 169-200 in Biology of Ground-Dwelling Squirrels: Annual Cycles, Behavioral Ecology, and Sociality, eds. J.O. Murie and G.R. Michener. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Schwartz, O.A. and K.B. Armitage. (1981) Social substructure and dispersion of genetic variation in the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris). Pages 139-159 in Mammalian Population Genetics, eds. M.H. Smith and J. Joule. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.

Svendsen, G.E. (1976) Structure and location of burrows of yellow-bellied marmot. Southwestern Naturalist 20:487-494.

Travis, S.E. and K.B. Armitage. (1972) Some quantitative aspects of the behavior of marmots. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 75:308-321.

Van Vuren, D. and K.B. Armitage (1991) Duration of snow cover and its influence on life-history variation in yellow-bellied marmots. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:1755-1758.

Van Vuren, D. and K.B. Armitage. (1994a) Reproductive success of colonial and noncolonial female yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 75(4):950-955.

Online Resources

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Bibikov, Dimitri. The World of Marmots. Kenneth B. Armitage, ed. (can't find other information) <http://cons-dev.univ-lyon1.fr/MARMOTTE/PUBLILABO/Theses/Bibikov/bibtex/bib22.html>.
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Johnson, V. and J. Harris. California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System. <http://www.dfg.ca.gov/whdab/cwhr/M066.html>. Accessed 2002 Feb. 2.

B.C. Woods, K.B. Armitage, D.T. Blumstein.1997. Circadian Rhythm Is Maintained During Hibernation in Yellow-bellied Marmots. Holarctic Marmots as a factor of Biodiversity.
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