Lengagne, Thierry
Ferrandiz-Rovira, Mariona http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8548-2851
Superbie, Clara
Figueroa, Irene
Bichet, Coraline
Claramunt-Lopez, Bernat
Cohas, Aurélie
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017 SGR 1006)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
FR project (FR41-2014-22)
Région Rhône-Alpes COOPERA project (15.005146.01)
“la Caixa” Foundation (Francia 2011)
Article History
Received: 5 December 2019
Revised: 26 May 2020
Accepted: 28 May 2020
First Online: 13 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All work adheres to the ASAB/ABS Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research. The laboratory “Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive” is authorized to use animals in research (arrêté préfectoral no. DDPP69-2013-008), the protocol was approved by the University of Lyon 1 Ethical Committee (CEEA-55, protocol BH2012-92-V1), and the authorization to capture Alpine marmots was issued by the Préfecture de Savoie (arrêté préfectoral no. 2013/02) after approval by the advisory committee of the Nature Reserve of La Grande Sassière. Fieldwork was conducted under permit number AP n82010/121 by the Préfecture de la Savoie. All handling and sampling were done by three co-authors (MFR, AC, and IF) who are authorized for the experimentation with animals by the French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries or Catalan Government (diplomas 0ETRY20090520, R45GRETAF110, and 53707-UAB-FELASA).
: Subjects gave their prior consent to participate in the study. To protect personal information, all data were collected anonymously.