Kenneth B. Armitage (Emeritus) - Behavioral Ecology
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Phone: (785) 864-3236
Fax: (785) 864-5431
Research Program
* Social biology of the yellow-bellied marmot
* Biodiversity of marmots
* Life history strategies of ground-dwelling sciurids
Current Research
* Energetics of hibernation
* Population biology of marmots
Ozgul, A., M. K. Oli, K. B. Armitage, D. T. Blumstein and D. H. Van Vuren. 2009. Influence of local demography on asymptotic and transient dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot metapopulation. The American Naturalist 173:517–530.
Armitage, K. B. 2008. Phylogeny and patterns of energy conservation in marmots. Pages 591–602 In S. Morris & A. Vosloo, eds. 4th CPB Meeting In Africa: Mara 2008. Molecules to Migration: The Pressures of Life. Medimond Publishing, Bologna.
Oli, M. K. and K. B. Armitage. 2008. Indirect fitness benefits do not compensate for the loss of direct fitness in yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 89:874–881.
Borrego, N., A. Ozgul, K. B. Armitage, D. T. Blumstein and M. K. Oli. 2008. Spatiotemporal variation in survival of male yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 89:365–373.
Ozgul, A., M. K. Oli, L. E. Olson, D. T. Blumstein and K. B. Armitage. 2007. Spatiotemporal variation in reproductive parameters of yellow-bellied marmots. Oecologia 154:95–106.
Armitage, K. B. 2007. Evolution of sociality in marmots: it begins with hibernation. Pp. 356–367 In J.O. Wolff & P. W. Sherman, eds. Rodent Societies: An Ecological & Evolutionary Perspective. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Ozgul, A., K. B. Armitage, D. T. Blumstein & M. K. Oli. 2006. Spatiotemporal variation in survival rates: implications for population dynamics of yellow-bellied marmots. Ecology 87:1027–1037.
Armitage, K. B. 2005. Intraspecific variation in marmots. Pp. 39–48 In V. Sanchez-Cordero & R. A. Medellin, eds. Contribuciones Mastozoologicas En Homenaje A Bernardo Villa. Instituto de Biologia, UNAM; Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM; CONABIO, Mexico.
Armitage, K. B. 2004. Lifetime reproductive success of territorial male yellow-bellied marmots. Oecologia Montana 13:28–34.
Oli, M. K. & K. B. Armitage. 2004. Yellow-bellied marmot population dynamics: demographic mechanisms of growth and decline. Ecology 85:2446–2455.
Oli, M. K. & K. B. Armitage. 2003. Sociality and individual fitness in yellow-bellied marmots: insights from a long-term study (1962-2001). Oecologia 136:543–550.
Armitage, K. B. 2003. Dynamics of immigration into yellow-bellied marmot colonies. Oecologia Montana 12:15–18.
Armitage, K. B. & D. H. Van Vuren. 2003. Individual differences and reproductive success in yellow-bellied marmots. Ethology Ecology Evolution 15:207–233.
Armitage, K. B. & O. A. Schwartz. 2000. Social enhancement of fitness in yellow-bellied marmots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97:12149–12152.
Armitage, K.B. 1999. Evolution of sociality in marmots. Journal of Mammalogy 80:1–10.
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