News tagged with marmot
Hanging with the boys – female Alpine marmots benefit from a bit of pre-natal testosterone
Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota) live in extended family groups of up to 20 individuals. The groups consist of a dominant territorial pair and a number of subordinate individuals, typically descendants of the dominant pair. ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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A willingness to be bullied may be inherited
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the behavior of marmots suggests that a willingness to accept some extent of bullying, rather than shying away from interactions that could lead to conflict, may be inherited.
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Climate change causes larger, more plentiful marmots, study shows
This week, one of the world's foremost scientific journals will publish results of a decades-long research project founded at the University of Kansas showing that mountain rodents called marmots are growing ...
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Marmots can teach us about obesity
A nutrient that's common to all living things can make hibernating marmots hungry - a breakthrough that could help scientists understand human obesity and eating disorders, according to a new study by a Colorado State University ...
Jun 02, 2010 |
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The alpine marmot spreads into the Catalan Pyrenees
Researchers from the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have demonstrated, using a map of the potential distribution, the alpine ...
Mar 09, 2010 |
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