Thomas O'Shea, PhD (Former Employee)
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Phthalate plasticizers: Accumulation and effects on weight and food consumption in captive starlings Phthalate plasticizers: Accumulation and effects on weight and food consumption in captive starlings
No abstract available.
Authors
T. J. O'Shea, C. J. Stafford
Monitoring fish and wildlife for environmental pollutants Monitoring fish and wildlife for environmental pollutants
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas J. O’Shea, Bob Hines, J. Larry Ludke
Nocturnal and seasonal activities of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus Nocturnal and seasonal activities of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus
Nocturnal and seasonal activities of pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) were observed in central Arizona. The pallid bat night is characterized by two roaming periods with an intervening period of night roosting. Foraging pallid bats have a characteristic style of flight well suited to the taking of relatively large, substrate-roving or slow flying prey. After the initial foraging period...
Authors
Thomas J. O'Shea, Terry A. Vaughan
Fat content in migratory central Arizona Brazilian free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis (Molossidae) Fat content in migratory central Arizona Brazilian free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis (Molossidae)
Fat content of migratory Tadarida brasiliensis was determined during the spring, summer and fall of 1972 in the Verde Valley of Arizona. Fat indices were highest in March arrivals, generally declined throughout the summer, and were lowest in September. In both 1972 and 1973 bats had arrived at the study area by mid-March. In 1971 bats were last noted at the area in mid-October while in...
Authors
Thomas J. O'Shea
Home range, social behavior, and dominance relationships in the African unstriped ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus Home range, social behavior, and dominance relationships in the African unstriped ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus
A field study of home range, social behavior, and dominance relationships in the African unstriped ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus, was conducted in semi-arid bushland near Kibwezi, Kenya. Ground squirrels lived alone or in small groups in isolated burrow systems and had broadly overlapping home ranges. They were neither territorial or colonial. Home ranges were estimated by visual...
Authors
Thomas J. O'Shea
Roosting ecology of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus Roosting ecology of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus
Daytime roosting behavior of pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) was studied in central Arizona. Bats were present in the area from March or April until November and roosted in cliffs in colonies generally including 20 or more individuals. Pallid bats were highly selective in their choice of roost sites and minimized diurnal energy output by adaptive hypothermia and behavioral thermo...
Authors
Terry A. Vaughan, Thomas J. O'Shea
Further comments on punch-marking bats Further comments on punch-marking bats
No abstract available.
Authors
Tom J. O’Shea
Two bighorn sheep-coyote encounters Two bighorn sheep-coyote encounters
No abstract available.
Authors
Alan D. Woolf, Tom J. O’Shea
Non-USGS Publications**
Helm, R.C., D.P. Costa, T.D. DeBruyn, T.J. O'Shea, R.S. Wells, and T.M. Williams. 2015. Overview of effects of oil on marine mammals. P. 455-484, in M. Fingas (ed.) Handbook of Oil Spill Science and Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ
Luis, A.D., T.J. O'Shea, D.T.S. Hayman, J.L.N. Wood, A.A. Cunningham, A. T. Gilbert, J.N. Mills, and C.T. Webb. 2015. Network analysis of host-virus communities in bats and rodents reveals determinants of cross-species transmission. Ecology Letters 18:1153-1162. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12491
Marsh, H., T. O’Shea, and J. Reynolds. 2011. Ecology and conservation of the Sirenia: dugongs and manatees. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 538 p.
O’Shea, T.J. 2014. Family Trichechidae. P. 548-562 in D.E. Wilson and R.A. Mittermeier, eds. Handbook of Mammals of the World 4. Sea Mammals. Lynx Editions, Barcelona.
Peel, A.J., J. R. C. Pulliam, A. D. Luis, R. K. Plowright, T. J. O’Shea, D. T. S. Hayman, J. L. N. Wood, C. T. Webb, and O. Restif. 2014. The effect of seasonal birth pulses on pathogen persistence in wild mammal populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences B 281: 20132962 (pages 1-9).
Restif, O., Hayman, D.T.S., J.R.C. Pulliam, R.K. Plowright, D.B. George, A.D. Luis, A.A. Cunningham, R.A. Bowen, A.R. Fooks, T.J. O'Shea, J.L.N. Wood, and C.T. Webb. 2012. Model-guided fieldwork: practical guidelines for multidisciplinary research on wildlife ecological and epidemiological dynamics. Ecology Letters 15:1083-1094. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01836.x
Son, N.T., T.J. O’Shea, J.A. Gore, G. Csorba, V.T. Tu, T. Oshida, H. Endo, and M. Motokawa. 2016. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8:8953-8969. DOI: httpdx.dofi.org/10.11609/jot.2785.8.7.8953-8969
Webber, Q.M.R., Brigham, R.M., Park, A.D., Gillam, E.H., O'Shea, T.J., and Willis, C.K.R. 2016, Social network characteristics and predicted pathogen transmission in summer colonies of female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 701-712. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2093-3
Woolf, A. and T. J. O'Shea. 1968. Two bighorn sheep-coyote encounters. Journal of Mammalogy 49: 770. DOI: 10.2307/1378747
Woolf, A., T. J. O'Shea and D. L. Gilbert. 1970. Movements and behavior of bighorn sheep on summer ranges in Yellowstone National Park. Journal of Wildlife Management 34: 446-450. DOI: 10.2307/3799031
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 116
Phthalate plasticizers: Accumulation and effects on weight and food consumption in captive starlings Phthalate plasticizers: Accumulation and effects on weight and food consumption in captive starlings
No abstract available.
Authors
T. J. O'Shea, C. J. Stafford
Monitoring fish and wildlife for environmental pollutants Monitoring fish and wildlife for environmental pollutants
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas J. O’Shea, Bob Hines, J. Larry Ludke
Nocturnal and seasonal activities of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus Nocturnal and seasonal activities of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus
Nocturnal and seasonal activities of pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) were observed in central Arizona. The pallid bat night is characterized by two roaming periods with an intervening period of night roosting. Foraging pallid bats have a characteristic style of flight well suited to the taking of relatively large, substrate-roving or slow flying prey. After the initial foraging period...
Authors
Thomas J. O'Shea, Terry A. Vaughan
Fat content in migratory central Arizona Brazilian free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis (Molossidae) Fat content in migratory central Arizona Brazilian free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis (Molossidae)
Fat content of migratory Tadarida brasiliensis was determined during the spring, summer and fall of 1972 in the Verde Valley of Arizona. Fat indices were highest in March arrivals, generally declined throughout the summer, and were lowest in September. In both 1972 and 1973 bats had arrived at the study area by mid-March. In 1971 bats were last noted at the area in mid-October while in...
Authors
Thomas J. O'Shea
Home range, social behavior, and dominance relationships in the African unstriped ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus Home range, social behavior, and dominance relationships in the African unstriped ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus
A field study of home range, social behavior, and dominance relationships in the African unstriped ground squirrel, Xerus rutilus, was conducted in semi-arid bushland near Kibwezi, Kenya. Ground squirrels lived alone or in small groups in isolated burrow systems and had broadly overlapping home ranges. They were neither territorial or colonial. Home ranges were estimated by visual...
Authors
Thomas J. O'Shea
Roosting ecology of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus Roosting ecology of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus
Daytime roosting behavior of pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) was studied in central Arizona. Bats were present in the area from March or April until November and roosted in cliffs in colonies generally including 20 or more individuals. Pallid bats were highly selective in their choice of roost sites and minimized diurnal energy output by adaptive hypothermia and behavioral thermo...
Authors
Terry A. Vaughan, Thomas J. O'Shea
Further comments on punch-marking bats Further comments on punch-marking bats
No abstract available.
Authors
Tom J. O’Shea
Two bighorn sheep-coyote encounters Two bighorn sheep-coyote encounters
No abstract available.
Authors
Alan D. Woolf, Tom J. O’Shea
Non-USGS Publications**
Helm, R.C., D.P. Costa, T.D. DeBruyn, T.J. O'Shea, R.S. Wells, and T.M. Williams. 2015. Overview of effects of oil on marine mammals. P. 455-484, in M. Fingas (ed.) Handbook of Oil Spill Science and Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ
Luis, A.D., T.J. O'Shea, D.T.S. Hayman, J.L.N. Wood, A.A. Cunningham, A. T. Gilbert, J.N. Mills, and C.T. Webb. 2015. Network analysis of host-virus communities in bats and rodents reveals determinants of cross-species transmission. Ecology Letters 18:1153-1162. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12491
Marsh, H., T. O’Shea, and J. Reynolds. 2011. Ecology and conservation of the Sirenia: dugongs and manatees. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 538 p.
O’Shea, T.J. 2014. Family Trichechidae. P. 548-562 in D.E. Wilson and R.A. Mittermeier, eds. Handbook of Mammals of the World 4. Sea Mammals. Lynx Editions, Barcelona.
Peel, A.J., J. R. C. Pulliam, A. D. Luis, R. K. Plowright, T. J. O’Shea, D. T. S. Hayman, J. L. N. Wood, C. T. Webb, and O. Restif. 2014. The effect of seasonal birth pulses on pathogen persistence in wild mammal populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences B 281: 20132962 (pages 1-9).
Restif, O., Hayman, D.T.S., J.R.C. Pulliam, R.K. Plowright, D.B. George, A.D. Luis, A.A. Cunningham, R.A. Bowen, A.R. Fooks, T.J. O'Shea, J.L.N. Wood, and C.T. Webb. 2012. Model-guided fieldwork: practical guidelines for multidisciplinary research on wildlife ecological and epidemiological dynamics. Ecology Letters 15:1083-1094. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01836.x
Son, N.T., T.J. O’Shea, J.A. Gore, G. Csorba, V.T. Tu, T. Oshida, H. Endo, and M. Motokawa. 2016. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the southeastern Truong Son Mountains, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8:8953-8969. DOI: httpdx.dofi.org/10.11609/jot.2785.8.7.8953-8969
Webber, Q.M.R., Brigham, R.M., Park, A.D., Gillam, E.H., O'Shea, T.J., and Willis, C.K.R. 2016, Social network characteristics and predicted pathogen transmission in summer colonies of female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 701-712. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2093-3
Woolf, A. and T. J. O'Shea. 1968. Two bighorn sheep-coyote encounters. Journal of Mammalogy 49: 770. DOI: 10.2307/1378747
Woolf, A., T. J. O'Shea and D. L. Gilbert. 1970. Movements and behavior of bighorn sheep on summer ranges in Yellowstone National Park. Journal of Wildlife Management 34: 446-450. DOI: 10.2307/3799031
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government