Species We Study: Terrestrial Mammals
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
Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines—Investigating the Causes and Consequences
Bat Species of Concern: An Ecological Synthesis for Resource Managers
Surveillance for the Presence of White-Nose Syndrome in the Bat Community at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
Assessing Impacts to Ecosystems from Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region
High Elevation Cave Surveys for Bats and White Nose Syndrome
Assessment of Small Mammal Demographics and Communities in the Picayune Strand Restoration Area
Assessment of Small Mammal Demographics and Communities in Everglades National Park
Tracking and Modeling the Population of the Louisiana Black Bear Using “BearTRAK”
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
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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
Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines—Investigating the Causes and Consequences
Bat Species of Concern: An Ecological Synthesis for Resource Managers
Surveillance for the Presence of White-Nose Syndrome in the Bat Community at El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
Assessing Impacts to Ecosystems from Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region
High Elevation Cave Surveys for Bats and White Nose Syndrome
Assessment of Small Mammal Demographics and Communities in the Picayune Strand Restoration Area
Assessment of Small Mammal Demographics and Communities in Everglades National Park
Tracking and Modeling the Population of the Louisiana Black Bear Using “BearTRAK”
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!