Vancouver Island marmot  (Marmota vancouverensis)

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Glossary

  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Hibernacula: sites where hibernation (A winter survival strategy in which an animal's metabolic rate slows down and a state of deep sleep is attained) takes place.
  • Hibernation: a winter survival strategy characteristic of some mammals in which an animal's metabolic rate slows down and a state of deep sleep is attained. Whilst hibernating, animals survive on stored reserves of fat that they have accumulated in summer. In insects, the correct term for hibernation is 'diapause', a temporary pause in development and growth. Any stage of the lifecycle (eggs, larvae, pupae or adults) may enter diapause, which is typically associated with winter.
  • Successional processes: the progressive sequence of changes in vegetation types and animal life within a community that, if allowed to continue, result in the formation of a 'climax community' (the last stage in a succession where the vegetation reaches equilibrium with the environment).

References

  1. IUCN Red List (October, 2002)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. Animal Info (January, 2002)
    http://www.animalinfo.org/species/rodent/marmvanc.htm
  3. The Marmot Burrow (January, 2002)
    http://www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu/vanc.html
  4. National Recovery Plan for the Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis). Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife 2000 (January, 2002)
    http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca
  5. The Vancouver Island Marmot Pages (January, 2002)
    http://www.marmots.org/
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