Species We Study: Terrestrial Mammals Active
USGS research into environmental stressors (e.g., climate, drought, floods, wildland fire) and anthropogenic stressors (e.g., energy production, urban encroachment, water abatement) provides managers with information to reduce or eliminate impacts from stressors to fish and wildlife populations and advances our understanding of the efficacy of conservation and adaptation actions to mitigate land-use and climate change impacts on sensitive species.
Terrestrial Mammal Research
USGS Scientists Receive Award for Pioneering Work on White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
Environmental Stressors and Wildlife Health
Invasive Mammals of the Pacific
Habitat Dynamics
Ecology and Distribution of the Endangered Hawaiian Hoary Bat
Monitoring and Researching Bat Activity at Wind Turbines with Videography
Population Demographic Models for the Conservation of Endangered Indiana Bats at Risk to White-Nose Syndrome
Bats in Forests Managed for Wildlife
Predation of Desert Bighorn Sheep by Mountain Lions in Grand Canyon National Park
Wildlife use of Highway Underpasses in Southern California
Counting America’s Wild Horses and Burros: Better Estimates for Population Management
Non-invasive Surveillance of Bat Hibernacula to Investigate Potential Behavioral Causes of Mortality Associated with White Nose Syndrome
Recent data related to USGS terrestrial mammal research are listed below. A broader listing of USGS mammal-related data is available from the button below. To see USGS resources about a specific species, use the search box in the blue page header on the top right corner of the page.
Wolf survival and cause-specific mortality from 1968-2018 in the Superior National Forest. In
Hair and blood total mercury concentrations in raccoons and striped skunks from Suisun Marsh 2016 to 2019
Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Hoary Bat Genetic Sexing 2009-2020 (ver. 6.0, January 2021)
Small mammal captures at the Picayune Strand State Forest, October 2014 - April 2016
Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States, Volume 1
Mammalian biodiversity data for four bottomland hardwood restoration sites in Northeastern Indiana USA May 2015-August 2016
Hawaii Island, Hawaiian hoary bat roosting ecology and detection 2018-2019
Lanai habitat and ecological associations of two non-native ungulate species 2011
Wolf Hematology in the Superior National Forest, 1989-1993
Maui Island, Hawaiian hoary bat behavior at wind turbines, 2018
Bighorn sheep Ovine HD array genotypes from National Parks, 2004-2011
Hawaii Army National Guard Hawaiian Hoary Bat Acoustic Monitoring 2012-2018 and Keaukaha Military Reservation Prey Study 2018
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS terrestrial mammal research are listed below. A listing of USGS mammal-related publications is available from the button below. To see publications about a specific species, use the search box in the blue page header.
Diet composition of Fishers (Pekania pennanti) reintroduced on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Agent-based models for collective animal movement: Proximity-induced state switching
Dynamic selection for forage quality and quantity in response to phenology and insects in an Arctic ungulate
Physiological consequences of consuming low-energy foods: Herbivory coincides with a stress response in Yellowstone bears.
Energetic and health effects of protein overconsumption constrain dietary adaptation in an apex predator
Comparison of aerial thermal infrared imagery and helicopter surveys of bison (Bison bison) in Grand Canyon National Park, USA
Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: A cross-taxa test of the forage maturation hypothesis
Predicted distribution of a rare and understudied forest carnivore: Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis)
Be a wolf researcher! Wolf pup ethogram
The importance of wilderness to wolf (Canis lupus) survival and cause-specific mortality over 50 years
Spring phenology drives range shifts in a migratory Arctic ungulate with key implications for the future
Effects of elk and bison herbivory on narrowleaf cottonwood
See what's new!
USGS research into environmental stressors (e.g., climate, drought, floods, wildland fire) and anthropogenic stressors (e.g., energy production, urban encroachment, water abatement) provides managers with information to reduce or eliminate impacts from stressors to fish and wildlife populations and advances our understanding of the efficacy of conservation and adaptation actions to mitigate land-use and climate change impacts on sensitive species.
Terrestrial Mammal Research
USGS Scientists Receive Award for Pioneering Work on White-Nose Syndrome in Bats
Environmental Stressors and Wildlife Health
Invasive Mammals of the Pacific
Habitat Dynamics
Ecology and Distribution of the Endangered Hawaiian Hoary Bat
Monitoring and Researching Bat Activity at Wind Turbines with Videography
Population Demographic Models for the Conservation of Endangered Indiana Bats at Risk to White-Nose Syndrome
Bats in Forests Managed for Wildlife
Predation of Desert Bighorn Sheep by Mountain Lions in Grand Canyon National Park
Wildlife use of Highway Underpasses in Southern California
Counting America’s Wild Horses and Burros: Better Estimates for Population Management
Non-invasive Surveillance of Bat Hibernacula to Investigate Potential Behavioral Causes of Mortality Associated with White Nose Syndrome
Recent data related to USGS terrestrial mammal research are listed below. A broader listing of USGS mammal-related data is available from the button below. To see USGS resources about a specific species, use the search box in the blue page header on the top right corner of the page.
Wolf survival and cause-specific mortality from 1968-2018 in the Superior National Forest. In
Hair and blood total mercury concentrations in raccoons and striped skunks from Suisun Marsh 2016 to 2019
Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Hoary Bat Genetic Sexing 2009-2020 (ver. 6.0, January 2021)
Small mammal captures at the Picayune Strand State Forest, October 2014 - April 2016
Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States, Volume 1
Mammalian biodiversity data for four bottomland hardwood restoration sites in Northeastern Indiana USA May 2015-August 2016
Hawaii Island, Hawaiian hoary bat roosting ecology and detection 2018-2019
Lanai habitat and ecological associations of two non-native ungulate species 2011
Wolf Hematology in the Superior National Forest, 1989-1993
Maui Island, Hawaiian hoary bat behavior at wind turbines, 2018
Bighorn sheep Ovine HD array genotypes from National Parks, 2004-2011
Hawaii Army National Guard Hawaiian Hoary Bat Acoustic Monitoring 2012-2018 and Keaukaha Military Reservation Prey Study 2018
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS terrestrial mammal research are listed below. A listing of USGS mammal-related publications is available from the button below. To see publications about a specific species, use the search box in the blue page header.
Diet composition of Fishers (Pekania pennanti) reintroduced on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Agent-based models for collective animal movement: Proximity-induced state switching
Dynamic selection for forage quality and quantity in response to phenology and insects in an Arctic ungulate
Physiological consequences of consuming low-energy foods: Herbivory coincides with a stress response in Yellowstone bears.
Energetic and health effects of protein overconsumption constrain dietary adaptation in an apex predator
Comparison of aerial thermal infrared imagery and helicopter surveys of bison (Bison bison) in Grand Canyon National Park, USA
Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: A cross-taxa test of the forage maturation hypothesis
Predicted distribution of a rare and understudied forest carnivore: Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis)
Be a wolf researcher! Wolf pup ethogram
The importance of wilderness to wolf (Canis lupus) survival and cause-specific mortality over 50 years
Spring phenology drives range shifts in a migratory Arctic ungulate with key implications for the future
Effects of elk and bison herbivory on narrowleaf cottonwood
See what's new!