@article{c550172ba8054f85829a5f6d8d24f6ae,
title = "Temporal separation between philopatric juvenile pikas and their parents limits behavioural conflict",
abstract = "Most juvenile pikas, Ochotoma princeps, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado remain on the home ranges of their parents throughout the summer of their birth and eventually settle close to their natal home range. Because conflicts potentially exist between these philopatric young and their individually territorial parents, tests were done to see whether periods of juvenile activity on parental territories were independent of adult activity. Data were gathered with focal-animal sampling on a fully marked population of pikas during July and August in 1980 and 1981. Juvenile activity on the territory of a parent was dependent on parental activity; juveniles were most likely to be active when their parents were inactive. The temporal separation between parents and juveniles appears doubly advantageous in that it allows juveniles to avoid adult aggression and may facilitate their settlement nearby.",
author = "Smith, {Andrew T.} and Ivins, {Barbara L.}",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to our hard-working field assistants: Lynette McLamb, Linda Murch, Lisa Pri-chard, Gary Rosenberg, Marcia Rosenberg, Liz Shore, Scott Snead, Lori Terwilliger, Mike Williams and Nena Williams. We thank the many personnel of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory who helped us overcome logistical needs associated with setting up and maintaining our field camp. The Colorado Division of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service granted us permission to conduct the field work. Arizona State University provided the computer time. Our research was supported, in part, by grants from Arizona State University (Faculty Grant-in-Aid, Dean's Research Fund) to A.T.S. and the American Museum of Natural History (Theodore Roosevelt Fund), National Academy of Sciences (Alex- ander Bache Fund), University of California at Berkeley (Chancellor's Patent Fund) and the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory to B.L.I. John Addicott provided valuable statistical assistance. We thank Jan Murie, Mark Newton, William Shields and Harriet Smith for their comments on the manuscript.",
year = "1987",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/S0003-3472(87)80178-1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "35",
pages = "1210--1214",
journal = "Animal Behaviour",
issn = "0003-3472",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "4",
}