White Mountain Yellow-bellied Marmot Behavioral Observations

Data were collected in the summer of 2006. Behavioral observations were taken around Barcroft station in the White Mountains. Yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) were live trapped and individually marked with ear tags and fur dye. The purpose of collecting the data is to study social structure by looking at behavioral variances within and among marmot groups. The observations include date, time, location, individual identity, social affiliative and agonistic behaviors and alarm calls.