Blumstein, D.T. 1995. An ecotourist's guide to Khunjerab National Park. World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan, Lahore, 126 pages.
Research Publications
Blumstein, D.T. and S. Henderson. 1996. Cheek-rubbing in golden marmots (Marmota caudata aurea). Journal of Zoology, London, 238:113-124.
Blumstein, D.T. 1995 a. Golden-marmot alarm calls. I. The production of situationally specific vocalizations. Ethology, 100:113-125.
Blumstein, D.T. 1995 b. Golden-marmot alarm calls. II. Asymmetrical production and perception of situationally specific vocalizations? Ethology, 101:25-32.
Blumstein, D.T. and W. Arnold. 1995. Situational specificity in alpine-marmot alarm communication. Ethology, 100:1-13.
Blumstein, D.T. and M. Robertson. 1995. Summer diets of Tibetan red foxes in Khunjerab National Park, Pakistan. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 60:243-245.
Blumstein, D.T. 1993. New records of Mustela from Khunjerab National Park, Pakistan. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 90:500-501.
Blumstein, D.T. and J.M. Foggin. 1993. Playing with fire? Alpine Choughs play with a Tibetan red fox. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 90:513-515.
Blumstein, D.T. and J. Lopez. 1993. Habitat use by Himalayan Snowcocks. Pp. 142-143, In: Pheasants in Asia 1992 (D. Jenkins, ed.). World Pheasant Association, Reading, UK.
Blumstein, D.T. 1992. Multivariate analysis of golden marmot maximum running speed: a new method to study MRS in the field. Ecology, 73(5):1757-1767.
Bouskila, A. and D.T. Blumstein. 1992. Rules of thumb for predation hazard assessment: predictions from a dynamic model. The American Naturalist, 139:161-176.
Blumstein, D.T. 1990. An observation of social play in Bearded Vultures. The Condor, 92:779-781.
Blumstein, D.T. 1989. Food habits of Red-tailed Hawks in Boulder County, Colorado. The Journal of Raptor Research, 23:53-55.
Blumstein, D.T. 1986. The diets and breeding biology of Red-tailed Hawks in Boulder County: 1985 nesting season. Boulder County Nature Association Publication No. 5, iv + 1-78.
Blumstein, D.T. In Press-a. Khunjerab National Park: an alpine paradise in jeopardy? In: Himalayan Crucible: North Pakistan in Transition (N.J.R. Allan, ed.). St. Martins Press.
Blumstein, D.T. In Press-b. Khunjerab National Park: present environmental status and threats. Pakistan Journal of Environmental Science
Blumstein, D.T. In Revision. Components of predation risk for refuging animals: A field study of golden marmots. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Blumstein, D.T. In Revision. How much does group size influence golden marmot vigilance? Behaviour
Blumstein, D.T. In Review. Female preferences and effective population size. Evolution
Blumstein, D.T. In Review. Infanticide as a major cause of pup mortality in golden marmots (Marmota caudata aurea). Ethology Ecology & Evolution
Blumstein, D.T. and K.B. Armitage. In Revision. Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: I. The meaning of situationally variable alarm calls. Animal Behaviour
Blumstein, D.T. and W. Arnold. In Review. Social behavior of golden marmots: a sister group comparison of marmot social behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Blumstein, D.T. and A. Bouskila. In Review. Assessment and decision making in animals: a mechanistic model underlying behavioral complexity can prevent ambiguity. Oikos
Blumstein, D.T. and J.M. Foggin. In Revision. Effects of natural vegetative variation on weaning success, overwinter survival, and social group density in golden marmots (Marmota caudata aurea). Canadian Journal of Zoology
Blumstein, D.T., Steinmetz, J., Armitage, K.B. and J.C. Daniel. In Revision. Alarm calling in yellow-bellied marmots: II. The importance of direct fitness. Animal Behaviour
Blumstein, D.T. MS. More thoughts on data pooling and some alternatives.
Blumstein, D.T. MS. Minimizing predation costs of behavior.
Blumstein, D.T. MS. Effects of herbivory on a high alpine Karakoram meadow.
Blumstein, D.T. and K.B. Armitage. MS. Does sociality drive the evolution of communicative complexity? A comparative test with ground-dwelling sciurid alarm calls.
Blumstein, D.T. and J.C. Daniel. MS. Inter- and intraspecific variation in the acoustic habitats of three marmot species.
Lopez, J.E., Blumstein, D.T. and J.A. Stamps. MS. Factors influencing summer habitat selection in Himalayan Snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis).
Book Reviews, Letters, and Replies
Bouskila, A., Blumstein, D.T. and M. Mangel. 1995. Prey under stochastic conditions should almost always overestimate predation risk: a reply to Abrams. The American Naturalist, 145:1015-1019.
Blumstein, D.T. 1993. Making humans part of the solution: a reply to Willers. Conservation Biology, 7:223-224.
Blumstein, D.T. 1993. Book review: The Birds of Pakistan (by T.J. Roberts). Mountain Research and Development, 13:112-113.
Blumstein, D.T. 1987. Book review: Medicine for mountaineering, third ed. (by J.A. Wilkerson). Rock and Ice 19:69-70.
Blumstein, D.T. 1987. Book review: Hypothermia, frostbite and other cold injuries (by J.A. Wilkerson). Rock and Ice 19:70-71.
Blumstein, D.T. 1986. Book review: The ABC of avalanche safety, second ed. (by E.R. LaChapelle). Rock and Ice 16:95.
Blumstein, D.T. 1986. Book review: The avalanche book (by B.A. Armstrong and K. Williams). Rock and Ice 16:95.
Training Manuals
Blumstein, D.T., R. Bowen, L. Boggs, J. Daniel, E.F. Loomis, and J.W. McNutt. In Press. A training manual for Khunjerab National Park guides. World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan, Lahore.
Blumstein, D.T. 1994. Marmots--a species account. For International Snow Leopard Trust training manual (ed. by R. Jackson).
Unpublished Research Reports
Blumstein, D.T. 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992. The behavioral ecology of golden marmots and community ecology of Dhee Sar (Khunjerab National Park): A progress report. National Council for the Conservation of Wildlife, Islamabad, Pakistan and World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan, Lahore.
Popular Publications
Blumstein, D.T. with help from J.C. Daniel, and K.B. Armitage. 1995, 1996. The marmot burrow. http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~marmota/marmotburrow.html
Blumstein, D.T. 1993. Infanticide: a search for an adaptive explanation. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 19(3): 14-15.
Blumstein, D.T. 1993. Territoriality: an economic approach. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 19(2): 8-10.
Blumstein, D.T. 1993. Mating systems: together with man and nature. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 19(2): 11-13.
Blumstein, D.T. 1993. Dhee Sar: portrait of a high alpine meadow. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 18(1):4-7.
Blumstein, D.T.1992. Boxing marmots: functions of play. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 17(4):8-10.
Blumstein, D.T. 1992. Flying feathers--some theory of animal conflict. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 16(3):9-10.
Blumstein, D.T. 1992. Why did the peafowl scream?--Functions of animal vocalizations. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 14(1):26-28.
Blumstein, D.T. 1991. Why do male Himalayan ibex have large horns? Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 13(4):22-23.
Blumstein, D.T. 1991. Mountain marmots of the Karakoram. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 12(3):8-11.
Blumstein, D.T. 1987. Africa by bicycle. Outside (February):40.
Blumstein, D.T. 1987. Cliff-nesting raptors and cliff-climbing humans. Rock and Ice 18:16-17.
Blumstein, D.T. 1986. Avalanche hazards and the extreme skier and big mountain climber. Rock and Ice 16:93-94.
Blumstein, D.T. 1986. Product review: Rump riders. Mountain Bike Magazine (July/August).
Children's Stories
Blumstein, D.T. 1994. The lessons of Naveed the marmot. Mithu Begum--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Children's Comic Book.
Blumstein, D.T. 1993. Naveed's first lesson. Natura--World Wide Fund for Nature--Pakistan, Newsletter, 18(1):14-15.
Blumstein, D.T. In Revision. Marmots in the summer. Highlights for Children.
Invited Lectures
University of Kansas, Department of Systematics and Ecology (January 1996)
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, "Graduate Student Seminar Series" (July 1995)
University of Kansas, "Evolutionists" (April 1995)
Konrad Lorenz-Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung, Vienna, Austria (October 1994)
Universität Wien, Institut für Zoologie, Vienna, Austria (October 1994)
Universität Bochm, Germany (October 1994)
Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Germany (September 1994)
University of California, Davis, Animal Behavior Program (April 1994)
University of California, Davis, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology (March 1994)
Pakistan Science Foundation and National Museum (April 1993)
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan (April 1993)
University of Karachi, Pakistan (April 1993)
Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan (April 1993)
Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar (April 1993)
United States National Zoological Park (January 1993)
National University of Singapore, Department of Zoology (October 1992)
National University of Singapore, Department of Zoology (September 1991)
Papers Presented at Meetings
Animal Behavior Society--Lincoln (July 1995). Do alpine marmots have referentially-specific alarm calls?
International Society of Behavioral Ecology--Nottingham (August 1994). Does behavior contribute to predation risk?
Animal Behavior Society--Seattle (July 1994). Does behavior contribute to predation risk?
Best Student Paper: American Society of Zoologists--Los Angeles (December 1993). Does behavior contribute to predation risk? Abstract published in American Zoologist, 1993, 33(5):107A.
Symposium Participant
Konrad Lorenz-Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung, Vienna, Austria (October 1994). Theoretical and practical conservation problems in different geographical regions.
World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan and World Pheasant Association-Pakistan symposium (April 1993). On the brink of extinction.
Popular and School Talks
Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan (April 1993)
F.C.N.A. Military Middle School, Gilgit, Pakistan (April 1993)
The American School, Islamabad, Pakistan (April 1993)
American Center, Karachi, Pakistan (April 1993)
American Center, Lahore, Pakistan (April 1993)
Rotary Club of Karachi, Pakistan (April 1993)
Recreational Equipment Incorporated, Citrus Heights, California (March 1993)
Recreational Equipment Incorporated, Berkeley, California (March 1992)
Professional Posters
American Society of Zoologists (Vancouver--December 1992): Some factors influencing space use in golden marmots.
World Pheasant Association (Lahore, Pakistan--September 1992): Habitat selection in the Himalayan Snowcock at Dhee Sar, Khunjerab National Park, Pakistan. (co-author: J. Lopez).