Article du Bulletin
La marmotte (Marmota marmota) en principauté d'Andorre. Données démographiques et sanitaires [Alpine marmot in the Principality of Andorra. Demographic and sanitary status].
Riba L. , J. Tena · 2000 · 5ème Journée d'Étude sur la Marmotte Alpine, Ramousse R. & Le Berre M. eds., 27-32.
Résumé
The study of the alpine marmot, introduced in the princiality of Andorra (Eastern Pyrenees) in 1980, started in 1997 at the request of the Andorran Government.The first emigrant marmots came from Cerdagne (Catalonia). Group family size was 4.8 ± 1.7 individuals. Marmot density, 1.4 individual/ha, was similar to densityoberved in Western Pyrenees, but lower than density in Central Pyenees. Two coccids of the Emeria genera, specific of the Marmota genera, but previously absent in Pyrenees, were found through coproscopic analysis. The survey of this marmot population will allow to use marmots as bio-indicator of High mountain ecosystems.