Author: David P. Barash
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804715348
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
In this book, based on over twenty years of study around the world, the author summarizes and synthesizes virtually everything that is known of the social behaviour and ecology of marmots. The organizing principle of the author's approach is evolution by natural selection - and thus, the degree to which the social behaviour of free-living animals can be interpreted as representing adaptations to particular environmental conditions. This book is essentially a single, widespread genus (genus Marmota comprising fourteen species found in North America and Eurasia. As such, it represents a productive union of theoretical insights from Darwinism and modern sociobiology, accompanied by a wealth of empirical data. Marmots are notable in that they constitute a relatively homogeneous group, made up of numerous species which greatly resemble each other. However, they occupy widely varying habitats - from temperate, lowland elevations to (more often) alpine meadows - and theory would predict behavioural adaptations to match their habitats.
Marmot Biology
Author: Kenneth B. Armitage
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107053943
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
"Marmot Biology Sociality, Individual Fitness and Population Dynamics"--
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107053943
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
"Marmot Biology Sociality, Individual Fitness and Population Dynamics"--
Montague Island Marmot
Author: Ellen Weintraub Lance
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Montague Island hoary marmot
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Montague Island hoary marmot
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The Ecology of Place
Author: Ian Billick
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226050440
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Ecologists can spend a lifetime researching a small patch of the earth, studying the interactions between organisms and the environment, and exploring the roles those interactions play in determining distribution, abundance, and evolutionary change. With so few ecologists and so many systems to study, generalizations are essential. But how do you extrapolate knowledge about a well-studied area and apply it elsewhere? Through a range of original essays written by eminent ecologists and naturalists, The Ecology of Place explores how place-focused research yields exportable general knowledge as well as practical local knowledge, and how society can facilitate ecological understanding by investing in field sites, place-centered databases, interdisciplinary collaborations, and field-oriented education programs that emphasize natural history. This unique patchwork of case-study narratives, philosophical musings, and historical analyses is tied together with commentaries from editors Ian Billick and Mary Price that develop and synthesize common threads. The result is a unique volume rich with all-too-rare insights into how science is actually done, as told by scientists themselves.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226050440
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Ecologists can spend a lifetime researching a small patch of the earth, studying the interactions between organisms and the environment, and exploring the roles those interactions play in determining distribution, abundance, and evolutionary change. With so few ecologists and so many systems to study, generalizations are essential. But how do you extrapolate knowledge about a well-studied area and apply it elsewhere? Through a range of original essays written by eminent ecologists and naturalists, The Ecology of Place explores how place-focused research yields exportable general knowledge as well as practical local knowledge, and how society can facilitate ecological understanding by investing in field sites, place-centered databases, interdisciplinary collaborations, and field-oriented education programs that emphasize natural history. This unique patchwork of case-study narratives, philosophical musings, and historical analyses is tied together with commentaries from editors Ian Billick and Mary Price that develop and synthesize common threads. The result is a unique volume rich with all-too-rare insights into how science is actually done, as told by scientists themselves.
Marmots
Author: David P. Barash
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804715348
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
In this book, based on over twenty years of study around the world, the author summarizes and synthesizes virtually everything that is known of the social behaviour and ecology of marmots. The organizing principle of the author's approach is evolution by natural selection - and thus, the degree to which the social behaviour of free-living animals can be interpreted as representing adaptations to particular environmental conditions. This book is essentially a single, widespread genus (genus Marmota comprising fourteen species found in North America and Eurasia. As such, it represents a productive union of theoretical insights from Darwinism and modern sociobiology, accompanied by a wealth of empirical data. Marmots are notable in that they constitute a relatively homogeneous group, made up of numerous species which greatly resemble each other. However, they occupy widely varying habitats - from temperate, lowland elevations to (more often) alpine meadows - and theory would predict behavioural adaptations to match their habitats.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804715348
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
In this book, based on over twenty years of study around the world, the author summarizes and synthesizes virtually everything that is known of the social behaviour and ecology of marmots. The organizing principle of the author's approach is evolution by natural selection - and thus, the degree to which the social behaviour of free-living animals can be interpreted as representing adaptations to particular environmental conditions. This book is essentially a single, widespread genus (genus Marmota comprising fourteen species found in North America and Eurasia. As such, it represents a productive union of theoretical insights from Darwinism and modern sociobiology, accompanied by a wealth of empirical data. Marmots are notable in that they constitute a relatively homogeneous group, made up of numerous species which greatly resemble each other. However, they occupy widely varying habitats - from temperate, lowland elevations to (more often) alpine meadows - and theory would predict behavioural adaptations to match their habitats.
Little Marmots
Author: Anne Royer
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Learning Library
ISBN: 9780836844399
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes the behavior, size, senses, habitiat, and relatives of marmots.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Learning Library
ISBN: 9780836844399
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes the behavior, size, senses, habitiat, and relatives of marmots.
Parasite Transmission, Condition, and Immune Function in Yello-bellied Marmots (Marmota Flaviventris)
Predation Hazard Assessment and Management in Golden Marmots (Marmota Caudata Aurea)
Author: Daniel Thomas Blumstein
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Social Behavior, Foraging, and Reproduction in Female Yellow-bellied Marmots (Marmota Flaviventris).
Author: Elizabeth L. Stallman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Harmsworth Natural History
Report - British Columbia Provincial Museum
Author: British Columbia Provincial Museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description