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dc.contributor.authorArmitage, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorVan Vuren, Dirk H.
dc.contributor.authorOzgul, Arpat
dc.contributor.authorOli, Madan K.
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-18T15:35:52Z
dc.date.available2014-03-18T15:35:52Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.identifier.citationArmitage, Kenneth; Van Vuren, Dirk H.; Ozgul, Arpat; Oli, Madan K. 2011. Proximate causes of natal dispersal in female yellow-bellied marmots, Marmota flaviventris. Ecology 92:218-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/10-0109.1
dc.identifier.issn0012-9658
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/13198
dc.description.abstractWe investigated factors influencing natal dispersal in 231 female yearling yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) using comprehensive analysis of 10 years (1983–1993) of radiotelemetry and 37 years (1963–1999) of capture–mark–recapture data. Only individuals whose dispersal status was verified, primarily by radiotelemetry, were considered. Univariate analyses revealed that six of the 24 variables we studied significantly influenced dispersal: dispersal was less likely when the mother was present, amicable behavior with the mother and play behavior were more frequent, and spatial overlap was greater with the mother, with matriline females, and with other yearling females. Using both univariate and multivariate analyses, we tested several hypotheses proposed as proximate causes of dispersal. We rejected inbreeding avoidance, population density, body size, social intolerance, and kin competition as factors influencing dispersal. Instead, our results indicate that kin cooperation, expressed via cohesive behaviors and with a focus on the mother, influenced dispersal by promoting philopatry. Kin cooperation may be an underappreciated factor influencing dispersal in both social and nonsocial species.
dc.publisherEcological Society of America
dc.rightsCopyright by the Ecological Society of America. This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://www.esa.org/esa/.
dc.subjectdensity dependence
dc.subjectdispersal
dc.subjectinbreeding avoidance
dc.subjectkinship
dc.subjectMarmota flaviventris
dc.subjectresource competition
dc.subjectsocial cohesion
dc.subjectspace-use overlap
dc.subjectyellow-bellied marmot
dc.titleProximate Causes of Natal Dispersal in Female Yellow-bellied Marmots, Marmota flaviventris
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorArmitage, Kenneth
kusw.kudepartmentEcology and Evolutionary Biology
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.1890/10-0109.1
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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