Notes on the Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)

http://www.marmots.org/notes_vim.html

Andrew A. Bryant
Chief Scientist,
Marmot Recovery Foundation
updated: January 21, 2001

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to serve as a “road-map” to the primary scientific literature concerning Vancouver Island Marmots (Marmota vancouverensis).

Contents:
Purpose
What’s a Vancouver Island marmot?
History
Prehistoric distribution
Historical distribution
Current distribution
Population trends
Habitat characteristics
Reproduction
Hibernation
Dispersal and metapopulations
Causes of mortality
So where do we go from here?
Literature cited