Mam·mal·o·gy / a branch of zoology dealing with mammals
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American Society of Mammalogists
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Guidelines for use of wild mammal species in research are updated from Sikes et al. (2011). These guidelines cover current professional techniques and regulations involving the use of mammals in ...
Robert S. Sikes and the Animal Care and Use Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists. 2016. 2016 Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and education
. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3):663-688.
Carrying capacity is 1 driver of wildlife population dynamics. Although in previous studies carrying capacity was considered to be a fixed entity, it may differ among locations due to environmental va...
Hayato Iijima, Mayumi Ueno. 2016. Spatial heterogeneity in the carrying capacity of sika deer in Japan. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3):734-743.
Fossil data are ambiguous regarding the evolutionary origin of contemporary desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis subspecies). To address this uncertainty, we conducted phylogeographic and popula...
Michael R. Buchalski, Benjamin N. Sacks, Daphne A. Gille, Maria Cecilia T. Penedo, Holly B. Ernest, Scott A. Morrison, Walter M. Boyce. 2016. Phylogeographic and population genetic structure of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in North American deserts. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3):823-838.
Sex identification of adult cetaceans is an important ecological parameter that should be incorporated into studies such as population dynamics and animal behavior. In Cuvier’s beaked whale (Zip...
Frazer Coomber, Aurelie Moulins, Paola Tepsich, Massimiliano Rosso. 2016. Sexing free-ranging adult Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) using natural marking thresholds and pigmentation patterns. Journal of Mammalogy 97(3):879-890.
We examined recordings from a 15-month (May 2009–July 2010) continuous acoustic data set collected from a bottom-mounted passive acoustic recorder at a sample frequency of 6kHz off Portland, Vic...
Joy S. Tripovich, Holger Klinck, Sharon L. Nieukirk, Tempe Adams, David K. Mellinger, Naysa E. Balcazar, Karolin Klinck, Evelyn J. S. Hall, and Tracey L. Rogers. 2015. Temporal segregation of the Australian and Antarctic blue whale call types (Balaenoptera musculus spp.). Journal of Mammalogy 96(3):603-610.
Reliable methods for identification of individual animals are advantageous for ecological studies of population demographics and movement patterns. Photographic identification, based on distinguishabl...
Sylvia K. Osterrieder, Chandra Salgado Kent, Carlos J. R. Anderson, Iain M. Parnum, Randall W. Robinson. 2015. Whisker spot patterns: a noninvasive method of individual identification of Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea). Journal of Mammalogy 96(5):988–997.
Data collected on life-history parameters of known-age animals from the northern (NR) and southern resident (SR) killer whales (Orcinus orca) of the eastern North Pacific were compared with life-histo...
Todd R. Robeck, Kevin Willis, Michael R. Scarpuzzi, Justine K. O’Brien. 2015. Comparisons of life-history parameters between free-ranging and captive killer whale (Orcinus orca) populations for application toward species management. Journal of Mammalogy 96(5):1055-1070.
Knowledge of feeding habits of small rodents is necessary for understanding food webs, trophic structure, and plant–animal interactions in Neotropical forests. Despite several studies that have ...
Catherine Teresa Sahley, Klauss Cervantes, Victor Pacheco, Edith Salas, Diego Paredes, Alfonso Alonso. 2015. Diet of a sigmodontine rodent assemblage in a Peruvian montane forest. Journal of Mammalogy 96(5):1071-1080.
For effective species management, understanding population structure and distribution is critical. However, quantifying population structure is not always straightforward. Within the Southern Hemisphe...
Naysa E. Balcazar, Joy S. Tripovich, Holger Klinck, Sharon L. Nieukirk, David K. Mellinger, Robert P. Dziak, Tracey L. Rogers. 2015. Calls reveal population structure of blue whales across the southeast Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean. Journal of Mammalogy 96(6):1184-1193.
Robinson’s mouse opossum (Marmosa robinsoni) typically inhabits xeric shrublands, savannas, and deciduous forests from Panama through Colombia and Venezuela, to the islands of Trinidad, Tobago, ...
Gutierrez, E.G., R.P. Anderson, R.S. Voss, J. Ochoa-G, M. Aguilera, and S.A. Jansa. 2014. Phylogeography of Marmosa robinsoni: insights into the biogeography of dry forests in northern South America. Journal of Mammalogy 95:1175-1188.
