No. 3-4, Vol. 21, December 2009

CONTENTS

Conference
Proceedings of the VI International Marmot Conference Cogne, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, 3-6 September 2008 «MARMOTS IN A CHANGING WORLD»

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ARMITAGE K.B. — Fur color diversity in marmots 183-194
ARMITAGE K.B. — Home range area and shape of yellow-bellied marmots 195-207
CARDINI A., NAGORSEN D., O'HIGGINS P., POLLY P.D., THORINGTON R.W. JR and TONGIORGI P. — Detecting biological distinctiveness using geometric morphometrics: an example case from the Vancouver Island marmots 209-223
LÓPEZ B.C., FIGUEROA I., PINO J., LÓPEZ A. and POTRONY D. — Potential distribution of the alpine marmot in Southern Pyrenees 225-235
ERBAJEVA M.A. and ALEXEEVA N.V. — A new look at Pleistocene marmot diversity of Transbaikalia 237-241
RAMOUSSE R., MÉTRAL J. and LE BERRE M. — Twenty-seventh year of the Alpine marmot introduction in the agricultural landscape of the Central Massif (France) 243-250
FIGUEROA I., LÓPEZ B.C., LÓPEZ A. and POTRONY D. — What happens to ptarmigan when marmots arrive? 251-260
WOODS B.C. — Using multivariate techniques to determine if yellow-bellied marmots feed selectively 261-276
RONKIN V., SAVCHENKO G. and TOKARSKY V. — The place of the steppe marmot in steppe ecosystems of Ukraine: an historical approach 277-284
KOLESNIKOV V.V., BRANDLER O.V. and BADMAEV B.B. — Folk use of marmots in Mongolia 285-287
BRANDLER O.V. and LYAPUNOVA E.A. — Molecular phylogenies of the genus Marmota (Rodentia Sciuridae): comparative analysis 289-298
FENN A.M., ZERVANOS S.M. and FLORANT G.L. — Energetic relationships between field and laboratory woodchucks (Marmota monax) along a latitudinal gradient 299-315
BORGO A., VETTORAZZO E. and MARTINO N. — Dynamics of the colonization process in reintroduced populations of the Alpine marmot 317-323
TOWNSEND S.E. — Estimating Siberian marmot (Marmota sibirica) densities in the Eastern Steppe of Mongolia 325-338
ERBAJEVA M.A. and ALEXEEVA N.V. — Pliocene-Recent Holarctic marmots: overview 339-348
VETTORAZZO E., BORGO A. and MARTINO N. — Communication activities about alpine marmot reintroduction in the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park project (Italy) 349-353
FERRARI C., BOGLIANI G. and VON HARDENBERG A. — Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota) adjust vigilance behaviour according to environmental characteristics of their surrounding 355-364
LEVYKIN S.V., FEDORENKO O.N. and KAZACHKOV G.V. — Reconstruction of marmot resources in Orenburgskaya oblast of Russia 365-370
KOLESNIKOV V.V., BRANDLER O.V., BADMAEV B.B., ZOJE D. and ADIYA YA. — Factors that lead to a decline in numbers of Mongolian marmot populations 371-379
WOODS B.C., BROWN C.L. and COBB M.A. — Elevation variation in life-history characteristics of populations of yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) 381-392
NIKOL'SKII A.A. — The hibernation temperature niche of the steppe marmot Marmota bobak Müller 1776 393-401
LEE T.N., BARNES B.M. and BUCK C.L. — Body temperature patterns during hibernation in a free-living Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri) 403-413
LENTI BOERO D., CLERICI T. and PERRUCCI V. — Children and marmots: a pilot study in mountain primary schools 415-427
Acknowledgements 428
Contents of Volume 21 429-431