Selected Publications by my graduate students *

McLean, I.G. 1984. Spacing behavior and aggression in female ground squirrels. Pp. 321-335. In Biology of ground-dwelling squirrels: annual cycles, behavioral ecology, and sociality. (J.O. Murie and G.R. Michener, eds.). University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 459 pp.

Davis, L.S. 1984. Behavioral interactions of Richardson's ground squirrels; asymmetries based upon kinship. P. 424-443. In Biology of ground-dwelling squirrels: annual cycles, behavioral ecology, and sociality. (J.O. Murie and G.R. Michener, eds.). University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 459 pp.

Davis, L.S. 1984. Alarm calling in Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii). Zeitschrift fŸr Tierpsychologie 66:152-164.

Davis, L.S. 1984. Kin selection and adult female Richardson's ground squirrels: a test. Can. J. Zool. 62:2344-2348.

King, W.J. 1989. Kin-differential behaviour of adult female Columbian ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour 38:354-356.

Young, P.J. 1990. Structure, location and availability of hibernacula of Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus). American Midland Naturalist 123:357-364.

Young, P.J. 1990. Hibernating patterns of free-ranging Columbian ground squirrels. Oecologia 83:504-511. King, W.J., M. Festa-Bianchet and S.E. Hatfield. 1991. Determinants of reproductive success in female Columbian ground squirrels. Oecologia 86:528-534.

MacWhirter, R.B. 1991. Effects of reproduction on activity and foraging behaviour of adult Columbian ground squirrels. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:2209-2216.

Hare, J.F. 1992. Colony member discrimination by juvenile Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus). Ethology 92:301-315.

MacWhirter, R.B. 1992. Vocal and escape responses of Columbian ground squirrels to simulated terrestrial and aerial predator attacks. Ethology 91:311-325.

Hare, J.F. 1994. Group member discrimination by Columbian ground squirrels via familiarity with substrate-borne chemical cues. Animal Behaviour 47:803-813.

Kildaw, S.D. 1995. The effect of group size manipulations on the foraging behavior of black-tailed prairie dogs. Behavioral Ecology 6:353-358.

Stevens, S., J. Coffin and C. Strobeck. 1997. Microsatellite loci in Columbian ground squirrels Spermophilus columbianus. Molecular Ecology 6: 493-495.

Steven, S.D. 1998. High incidence of infanticide by lactating females in a population of Columbian ground squirrels Spermophilus columbianus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 1183-1187.

Bennett, R.P. 1999. Effects of food quality on growth and survival of juvenile Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 1555-1561.

*My general policy is not to coauthor papers resulting from theses of graduate students under my supervision unless my contribution is well beyond a normal supervisory role.

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