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A Description And Analysis Of Behavior Patterns Among Uinta Ground Squirrels, Thomas Earl Morse
A Description And Analysis Of Behavior Patterns Among Uinta Ground Squirrels, Thomas Earl Morse
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This research describes and analyzes the behavior of free-living Uinta ground squirrels (Spermophilus armatus) temporally, spatially and with reference to differences in sex, age, population density and habitat. In addition, the relationships between local meteorological parameters and time spent above ground are described and analyzed.
The frequency of eight behaviors, feeding, moving, encounters, upright, motionless, grooming, nest gathering and calling, among ground squirrels was found to be labile, varying in frequency with time of day, period of the season, sex, age, population density and habitat, and varying in spatial distribution within the home range.
The dominant behavior, feeding, …