Search Results - "Journal of mammalogy"

2016 Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and education by Sikes, Robert S.

“…Guidelines for use of wild mammal species in research are updated from Sikes et al. (2011). These guidelines cover current professional techniques and…”
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How many species of mammals are there? by Burgin, Connor J., Colella, Jocelyn P., Kahn, Philip L., Upham, Nathan S.

“…Accurate taxonomy is central to the study of biological diversity, as it provides the needed evolutionary framework for taxon sampling and interpreting…”
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The functional roles of mammals in ecosystems by Lacher, Thomas E., Davidson, Ana D., Fleming, Theodore H., Gómez-Ruiz, Emma P., McCracken, Gary F., Owen-Smith, Norman, Peres, Carlos A., Vander Wall, Stephen B.

“…The diverse functional roles of over 6,000 species of extant mammals that range in body size across eight orders of magnitude, from blue whales (Balaenoptera…”
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Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research by Sikes, Robert S., Gannon, William L.

“…Guidelines for use of wild mammal species are updated from the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) 2007 publication. These revised guidelines cover current…”
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Rodent systematics in an age of discovery: recent advances and prospects by D'Elía, Guillermo, Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Lessa, Enrique P.

“…With almost 2,600 species, Rodentia is the most diverse order of mammals. Here, we provide an overview of changes in our understanding of the systematics of…”
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The species diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the terrestrial mammals of Iran by Yusefi, Gholam Hosein, Faizolahi, Kaveh, Darvish, Jamshid, Safi, Kamran, Brito, José Carlos

“…Located at the crossroad of the Palearctic, Saharo-Arabian, and Oriental zoogeographic realms, and with its great environmental diversity, Iran harbors a high…”
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Converting isotope values to diet composition: the use of mixing models by Phillips, Donald L.

“…A common use of stable isotope analysis in mammalogy is to make inferences about diet from isotope values (typically δ13C and δ15N) measured in tissues and…”
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What is a home range? by Powell, Roger A., Mitchell, Michael S.

“…“Home range” is a standard concept in animal ecology and behavior but few people try to understand what home ranges mean to the animals that have them and…”
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Building an integrated infrastructure for exploring biodiversity: field collections and archives of mammals and parasites by Galbreath, Kurt E., Hoberg, Eric P., Cook, Joseph A., Armién, Blas, Bell, Kayce C., Campbell, Mariel L., Dunnum, Jonathan L., Dursahinhan, Altangerel T., Eckerlin, Ralph P., Gardner, Scott L., Greiman, Stephen E., Henttonen, Heikki, Jiménez, F. Agustín, Koehler, Anson V. A., Nyamsuren, Batsaikhan, Tkach, Vasyl V., Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Tsvetkova, Albina, Hope, Andrew G.

“…Museum specimens play an increasingly important role in predicting the outcomes and revealing the consequences of anthropogenically driven disruption of the…”
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Spatiotemporal behavioral plasticity of wild boar (Sus scrofa) under contrasting conditions of human pressure: primeval forest and metropolitan area by Podgórski, Tomasz, Baś, Grzegorz, Jędrzejewska, Bogumiła, Sönnichsen, Leif, Śnieżko, Stanisław, Jędrzejewski, Włodzimierz, Okarma, Henryk

“…The aim of this study was to examine the effects of sex and age of individuals, season, and human pressure (both human presence and habitat structure) on…”
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Responses of invasive predators and native prey to a prescribed forest fire by Hradsky, Bronwyn A., Mildwaters, Craig, Ritchie, Euan G., Christie, Fiona, Stefano, Julian Di

“…Fire shapes biome distribution and community composition worldwide, and is extensively used as a management tool in flammable landscapes. There is growing…”
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Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the Use of Wild Mammals in Research by Gannon, William L., Sikes, Robert S.

“…General guidelines for use of wild mammal species are updated from the 1998 version approved by the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) and expanded to…”
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Linking population performance to nutritional condition in an alpine ungulate by Stephenson, Thomas R., German, David W., Cassirer, E. Frances, Walsh, Daniel P., Blum, Marcus E., Cox, Mike, Stewart, Kelley M., Monteith, Kevin L.

“…Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) can live in extremely harsh environments and subsist on submaintenance diets for much of the year. Under these conditions,…”
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The allometry of brain size in mammals by Burger, Joseph Robert, George, Menshian Ashaki, Leadbetter, Claire, Shaikh, Farhin

“…Why some animals have big brains and others do not has intrigued scholars for millennia. Yet, the taxonomic scope of brain size research is limited to a few…”
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An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria) by Eldridge, Mark D. B., Beck, Robin M. D., Croft, Darin A., Travouillon, Kenny J., Fox, Barry J.

“…Marsupials and their fossil relatives, which collectively comprise Metatheria, have been of scientific interest for centuries, with many aspects of their…”
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Resurrection of the genus Subulo Smith, 1827 for the gray brocket deer, with designation of a neotype by Bernegossi, Agda Maria, de Souza Borges, Carolina Heloisa, Pinto Sandoval, Eluzai Dinai, Cartes, José Luis, Cernohorska, Halina, Kubickova, Svatava, Vozdova, Miluse, Caparroz, Renato, González, Susana, Barbanti Duarte, José Maurício

“…The gray brocket deer, Mazama gouazoubira G. Fischer, 1814, occurs in South America and presents an extensive degree of morphological and genetic variability…”
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Do occupancy or detection rates from camera traps reflect deer density? by Parsons, Arielle Waldstein, Forrester, Tavis, McShea, William J., Baker-Whatton, Megan C., Millspaugh, Joshua J., Kays, Roland

“…Camera trapping is a powerful tool for studying mammal populations over large spatial scales. Density estimation using camera-trap data is a commonly desired…”
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Which mammals can be identified from camera traps and crowdsourced photographs? by Kays, Roland, Lasky, Monica, Allen, Maximilian L., Dowler, Robert C., Hawkins, Melissa T.R., Hope, Andrew G., Kohli, Brooks A., Mathis, Verity L., McLean, Bryan, Olson, Link E., Thompson, Cody W., Thornton, Daniel, Widness, Jane, Cove, Michael V.

“…While museum voucher specimens continue to be the standard for species identifications, biodiversity data are increasingly represented by photographic records…”
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Paleogene Xenarthra and the evolution of South American mammals by Gaudin, Timothy J., Croft, Darin A.

“…Recent studies show Xenarthra to be even more isolated systematically from other placental mammals than traditionally thought. The group not only represents 1…”
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Response of mesocarnivores to anthropogenic landscape intensification: activity patterns and guild temporal interactions by Gálvez, Nicolás, Meniconi, Paola, Infante, José, Bonacic, Cristian

“…Carnivores face important anthropogenic threats in agricultural areas from habitat loss and fragmentation, disturbance by domestic free-roaming dogs and cats,…”
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