THE MAIN PUBLICATIONS OF
Kenneth B.. ARMITAGE


  • Armitage, K. B. 1959. Behavior patterns of juvenile yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris nosophora). The Anatomical Record 134:529.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1961. Frequency of melanism in the golden-mantled marmot. Journal of Mammalogy 42:100-101.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1962. Social behaviour of a colony of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris). Animal Behaviour 10:319-331.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1965. Vernal behaviour of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris). Animal Behaviour 13:59-68.
  • Armitage, K. B. & J. F. Downhower. 1970. Interment behavior in the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris). Journal of Mammalogy 51:177-178.
  • Downhower, J. F. & K. B. Armitage. 1971. The yellow-bellied marmot and the evolution of polygamy. The American Naturalist 105:355-370.
  • Travis, S. E. & K. B. Armitage. 1972. Some quantitative aspects of the behavior of marmots. Transactions Kansas Acadamy of Science 75:308-321.
  • Svendsen, G. E. & K. B. Armitage. 1973. Mirror-image stimulation applied to field behavioral studies. Ecology 54:623-627.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1973. Population changes and social behavior following colonization by the yellow-bellied marmot. Journal of Mammalogy 54:842-855.
  • Armitage, K. N. 1974. Male behaviour and territoriality in the yellow-bellied marmot. Journal of Zoology,London 172:233-265.
  • Armitage, K. B. & J. F. Downhower. 1974. Demography of yellow-bellied marmot populations. Ecology 55:1233-1245.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1975. Social behavior and population dynamics of marmots. Oikos 26:341-354.
  • Andersen, D. C., K. B. Armitage & R. S. Hoffmann. 1976. Socioecology of marmots: female reproductive strategies. Ecology 57:552-560.
  • Armitage, K. B., J. F. Downhower & G. E. Svendsen. 1976. Seasonal changes in weights of marmots. American Midland Naturalist 96:36-51.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1976. Scent marking by yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 57:583-584.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1977. Social variety in the yellow-bellied marmot: a population-behavioural system. Animal Behaviour 25:585-593.
  • Kilgore, D. L. Jr. & K. B. Armitage. 1978. Energetics of yellow-bellied marmot populations. Ecology 59:78-88.
  • Armitage, K. B., D. W. Johns & D. C. Andersen. 1979. Cannibalism among yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 60:205-207.
  • Johns, D. W. & K. B. Armitage. 1979. Behavioral ecology of alpine yellow-bellied marmots. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 5:133-157.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1979. Food selectivity by yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 60:628-629.
  • Nowicki, S. & K. B. Armitage. 1979. Behavior of juvenile yellow-bellied marmots: play and social integration. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 51:85-105.
  • Schwartz, O. A. & K. B. Armitage. 1980. Genetic variation in social mammals: the marmot model. Science 207:665-667.
  • Schwartz, O. A. & K. B. Armitage. 1981. Social substructure and dispersion of genetic variation in the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris). pp. 139-159 in M. H. Smith & J. Joule, eds. Mammalian Population Genetics. University of Georgia Press.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1981. Sociality as a life-history tactic of ground squirrels. Oecologia 48:36-49.
  • Ward, J. M. Jr. & K. B. Armitage. 1981. Circannual rhythms of food consumption, body mass, and metabolism in yellow-bellied marmots. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 69A:621-626.
  • Ward, J. M. Jr. & K. B. Armitage. 1981. Water budgets of montane-mesic and lowland-xeric populations of yellow-bellied marmots. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 69A:627-630.
  • Downhower, J. F. & K. B. Armitage. 1981. Dispersal of yearling yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris). Animal Behaviour 29:1064-1069.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1982. Marmots and coyotes: behavior of prey and predator. Journal of Mammalogy 63:503-505.
  • Armitage, K. B. & D. W. Johns. 1982. Kinship, reproductive strategies and social dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 11:55-63.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1982. Social dynamics of juvenile marmots: role of kinship and individual variability. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 11:33-36.
  • Armitage, K. B. Yellow-bellied marmot. pp. 148-149 in D. E. Davis, ed. CRC Handbook of Census Methods for Terrestrial Vertebrates. CRC Press, Boca Raton,Florida.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1983. Hematological values for free-ranging yellow-bellied marmots. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 74A:89-93.
  • Schwartz, O. A. & K. B. Armitage 1983. Problems in the use of genetic similarity to show relatedness. Evolution 37:417-420.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1984. Recruitment in yellow-bellied marmot populations: kinship, philopatry, and individual variability. pp. 377-403 in J. O.
  • Murie & G. R. Michener, eds. Biology of Ground-Dwelling Squirrels: Annual Cycles, Behavioral Ecology, and Sociality. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
  • Frase, B. A. & K. B. Armitage. 1984. Foraging patterns of yellow-bellied marmots: role of kinship and individual variability. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16:1-10.
  • Brody, A. K. & K. B. Armitage.1985. The effects of adult removal on dispersal of yearling yellow-bellied marmots. Canadian Journal of Zoolgy 63:2560-2564.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1986. Individual differences in the behavior of juvenile yellow-bellied marmots. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology18:419-424.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1986. Individuality, social behavior,and reproductive success in yellow-bellied marmots. Ecology 67:1186-1193.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1986. Marmot polygyny revisted: determinants of male and female reproductive strategies. pp. 303-331 in D. I. Rubenstein & R. W.
  • Wrangham, eds. Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution. University of Princeton Press, Princeton, NJ
  • Jamieson, S. & K. B. Armitage. 1986. Sex differences in the play behavior of yearling yellow-bellied marmots. Ethology 74:237-253.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1987. Do female yellow-bellied marmots adjust the sex ratio of their offspring? American Naturalist 129:501-519.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1987. Social dynamics of mammals: reproductive success kinship, and individual fitness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2:279-284.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1988. Resources and social organization of ground-dwelling squirrels. pp. 131-155 in C. N. Slobodchikoff, ed. The Ecology of Social Behavior. Academic Press, NY
  • Armitage, K. B. 1989. The function of kin discrimination. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 1:111-121.
  • Melcher, J. C., K. B. Armitage & W. P. Porter. 1989. Energy allocation by yellow-bellied marmots. Physiological Zoology 62:429-448.
  • Frase, B. A. & K. B. Armitage. 1989. Yellow-bellied marmots are generalist herbivores. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 1:353-366.
  • Melcher, J. C., K. B. Armitage & W. P. Porter. 1990. Thermal influences on the activity and energetics of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris). Physiological Zoology 63:803-820.
  • Armitage, K. B., J. C. Melcher & J. M. Ward Jr. 1990. Oxygen consumption and body temperature in yellow-bellied marmot populations from montane-mesic and lowland-xeric environments. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 160:491-502.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1991. Factors affecting corticosteroid cocentrations in yellow-bellied marmots. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 98A:47-54.
  • Rayor, L. S. & K. B. Armitage. 1991. Social behavior and space-use of young ground-dwelling squirrel species with different levels of sociality. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 3:185-205.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1991. Social and population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots: results from long-term research. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 22:379-407.
  • Van Vuren, D. & K. B. Armitage. 1991. Duration of snow cover and its influence on life history variation in yellow-bellied marmots. Canadian Journal of Zology 69:1755-1758.
  • Armitage, K. B. & C. M. Salsbury. 1992. Factors affecting oxygen consumption in wild-caught yellow-bellied marmots(Marmota flaviventris). Comparative Biocheistry and Physiology 103A:729-737.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1992. Social organization and fitness strategies of marmots. pp.89-94 in B. Bassano, P. Durio, U. Gallo Orsi & E. Macchi, eds. First International Symposium on Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) and on genus Marmota. Torino, Italy.
  • Armitage, K. B. & C. M. Salsbury. 1993. The effect of molt on oxygen consumption of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 106A:667-670.
  • Van Vuren, D. & K. B. Armitage. 1994. Survival of dispersing and philopatric yellow-bellied marmots: what is the cost of dispersal? Oikos 69:179-181.
  • Salsbury, C. M. & K. B. Armitage. 1994. Resting and field metabolic rates of adult male yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventris. Comparative Biochemistry and Physioslogy 108A:579-588.
  • Salsbury, C. M. & K. B. Armitage. 1994. Home-range size and exploratory excursions of adult, male yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 75:648-656.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1994. Unusual mortality in a yellow-bellied marmot population. pp. 5-13 in V. Rumiantsev, ed. Actual Problems of Marmots Investigation. ABF Publishing House, Moscow.
  • Armitage, K. B. & G. E. Glass. 1994. Communal nesting in yellow-bellied marmots. pp. 14-26 in V. Rumiantsev, ed. Actual Problems of Marmots Investigation. ABF Publishing House, Moscow.
  • Van Vuren, D. & K. B. Armitage.1994. Reproductive success of colonial and noncolonial female yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris). Journal of Mammalogy 75:950-955.
  • Armitage, K. B. & M. Chiesura-Corona. 1994. Time and wariness in yellow-bellied marmots. IBEX JME 2:1-8.
  • Salsbury, C. M. & K. B. Armitage. 1995. Reproductive energetics of adult male yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris). Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:1791-1797.
  • Armitage, K. B., C. M. Salsbury, E. L. Barthelmess, R. C. Gray & A.
  • Kovach. 1996. Population time budget for the yellow-bellied marmot. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 8:67-95.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1996. Social dynamics, kinship, and population dynamics of marmots. pp.113-128 in M. Le Berre, R. Ramousse & L. Le Guelte, eds. Biodiversity In Marmots. International Marmot Network, Moscow/Lyon.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1996. Resource sharing and kinship in yellow-bellied marmots. pp. 129-134 inM. Le Berre, R. Ramousse & L. Le Guelte, eds. Biodiversity In Marmots. International Marmot Network, Moscow/Lyon.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1996. Seasonal mass gain in yellow-bellied marmots. pp. 223-226 in M. Le Berre, R. Ramousse & L. Le Gulte, eds. Biodiversity In Marmots. International Marmot Network, Moscow/Lyon.
  • Blumstein, D. T. & K. B. Armitage. 1997. Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls. Animal Behaviour 53:143-171.
  • Blumstein, D. T., J. Steinmetz, K. B. Armitage & J. C. Daniel. 1997. Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: II. The importance of direct fitness. Animal Behaviour 53:173-184.
  • Blumstein, D. T. & K. B. Armitage. 1997. Does sociality drive the evolution of communicative complexity? A comparative test with ground-dwelling sciurid alarm calls. American Naturalist 150:179-200.
  • Blumstein, D. T. & K. B. Armitage. 1998. Life history consequences of social complexity: a comparative study of ground-dwelling sciurids. Behavioral Ecology 9:8-19.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1998. Reproductive strategies of yellow-bellied marmots: energy conservation and differences between the sexes. Journal of Mammalogy 74:385-393.
  • Blumstein, D. T. & K. B.Aritage 1998. Why do yellow-bellied marmots call? Animal Behaviour 56:1053-1055.
  • Schwartz, O. A., K. B. Armitage & D. Van Vuren. 1998. A 32-year demography of yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Zoology, London 246:337-346.
  • Schwartz, O. A. & K. B. Armitage. 1998. Empiracal considerations on the stable age distribution. Oecologia Montana 7:1-6.
  • Brady, K. M. & K. B. Armitage. 1999. Scent-marking in the yellow-bellied marmot. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 11:35-47.
  • Armitage, K. B. 1999. Evolution of sociality in marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 80:1-10.
  • Blumstein, D. T. & K. B. Armitage. 1999. Cooperative breeding in marmots. Oikos 84:369-382.
  • Inouye, D. W., B. Barr, K. B. Armitage & B. D. Inouye. 2000. Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 97:1630-1633.
  • Armitage, K. B. 2000. The evolution, ecology, and systematics of marmots. Oecologia Montana 9:1-18.
  • Armitage, K. B., B. C. Woods & C. M. Salsbury. 2000. Energetics of hibernation in woodchucks. pp. 73-80 in G. Heldmaier & M. Klingenspor, eds. Life In The Cold. Springer, Berlin.
  • Armitage, K. B. & O. A. Schwartz. 2000. Social enhancement of fitness in yellow-bellied marmots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 97:12149-12152.
  • Armitage, K. B. 2001. The roots of marmot sociality. pp. 612-613 in D. Macdonald, ed. The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press.
  • Armitage, K. B. 2001. Social dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots: strategies for evolutionary success. In press in K. B. Armitage & V. Yu. Rumiantsev, eds. Holarctic marmots As A Factor Of Biodiversity. ABF Publishing House, Moscow.
  • Armitage, K. B. & D. T. Blumstein. 2001. Body-mass diversity in marmots. In press in K. B. Armitage & V. Yu. Rumiantsev, eds. Holarctic Marmots As A Factor Of Biodiversity. ABF Publishing House, Moscow.
  • Armitage, K. B. & K. E. Wynne-Edwards. 2001. Progesterone concentrations in wild-caught yellow-bellied marmots. In press in K. B. Armitage & V. Yu. Rumiantsev, eds. Holarctic Marmots As A Factor Of Biodiversity. ABF
  • Publishing House, Moscow.
  • Schwartz, O. A. & K. B. Armitage. 2001. Correlations between weather factors and life-history traits of yellow-bellied marmots. In press in K. B. Armitage & V. Yu. Rumiantsev, eds. Holarctic Marmots As A Factor
  • Of Biodiversity. ABF Publishing House, Moscow.
  • Woods, B. C., K. B. Armitage & D. T. Blumstein. 2001. Yellow-bellied marmots depress metabolism to enter torpor. In press in K. B. Armitage & V. Yu. Rumiantsev, eds. Holarctic Marmots As A Factor Of Biodiversity. ABF Publishing House, Moscow.
  • Woods, B. C., K. B. Armitage & D. T. Blustein. 2001. Circadian rhythm is maintained during hibernation in yellow-bellied marmots. In press in K. B. Armitage & V. Yu. Rumiantsev, eds. Holarctic Marmots As A Factor Of
  • Biodiversity. ABF Publishing House, Moscow.
  • Armitage, K. B. 2003. Marmots (Marmota monax) and allies. In press in G. Feldhamer, B. C. Thompson & J. A. Chapman, eds. Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Conservation. 2nd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.