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Lawlor, T.E. 1979. Handbook to the orders and families of living mammals. Mad River Press, Eureka, CA. (Out of print)

The Mammalian Skeleton Order Lagomorpha
Classification of Mammals Order Rodentia
Key to Orders of Mammals Order Carnivora
Order Monotremata Order Pinnipedia
Order Marsupialia Order Mysticeti
Order Insectivora Order Odontoceti
Order Dermoptera Order Sirenia
Order Chiroptera Order Proboscidea
Order Primates Order Hyracoidea
Order Edentata Order Perissodactyla
Order Pholidota Order Artiodactyla
Order Tubulidentata Order Rhinogradentia
 

Additional Lecture Readings - Schedule

Feldhamer, G.A., L.C. Drickamer, S.H. Vessey, J.F. Merritt, and C. Krajewski. 2007. Mammalogy:  Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology. 3rd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

Front Matter        Chapter 1        Chapter 2        Chapter 3        Chapter 4        Chapter 5

 

Aug. 20 - Mammalian origins

Hopson, J. 1973. Endothermy, small size, and the origin of mammalian reproduction.  Am. Nat. 107: 446-452.

Crompton, A.W., C. R. Taylor, and J.A. Jagger. 1978. Evolution of homeothermy in mammals. Nature 272: 333-336.

Simpson, G.G. 1958.  Mesozoic mammals and the polyphyletic origin of mammals.  Evolution 13: 405-414

 

Aug. 27 - Zoonoses

Childs, J.E., J.N. Mills, and G.E. Glass. 1995. Rodent borne hemorrhagic fever viruses: a special risk for mammalogists?  J. Mamm. 76: 664-680.

Krebs, J.W., M.L. Wilson, and J.E. Childs.  1995.  Rabies - epidemiology, prevention, and future research.  J. Mamm. 76: 681-694.

Gage, K.L., R.S. Ostfeld, and J.G. Olson. 1995. Nonviral vector-borne zoonoses associated with mammals in the United States J. Mamm. 76: 695-715. 

CDC guidelines: “Precautions for risk reduction of hantavirus infection for trapping and field operations” reprinted by the University of Arizona Department of Risk Management and Safety.

 

Sept. 3 - Mammalian origins and dentition

Pond, C.M. 1977.  The significance of lactation in the evolution of mammals. Evolution 31: 177-199.

Crompton, A.W., and P. Parker. 1978. Evolution of the mammalian masticatory apparatus.  Amer. Scientist 66: 192-201.

 

Sept. 10 - Locomotion

Hildebrand, M. 1987. The mechanics of horse legs.  Amer. Scientist 75: 594-601.

 

Sept. 17 - Systematics (Discussion on Sept. 19)

Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P., M. Cardillo, K. E. Jones. R. D. E. MacPhee, R. M. D., Beck, R. Grenyer, S. A. Price, R. A. Vos, J. L. Gittleman, and A. Purvis. 2007. The delayed rise of present-day mammals. Nature 446:507-512.

Springer, M.S., M.J. Stanhope, O. Madsen, and W.W. deJong. 2004. Molecules consolidate the placental mammal tree. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 430-438.  

 

Sept. 24 - Physiological ecology

Schmidt-Nielsen, K. 1979.  Desert Animals; Physiological Problems of Heat and Water, (Chapter 11).  Dover Publications, Inc., New York.

 

Oct. 1 - Physiological ecology

Taylor, C.R. 1969.  The eland and the oryx.  Scientific American 220: 88-95.

 

Oct. 8 - Reproduction

Renfree, M. 1993. Ontogeny, genetic control, and phylogeny of female reproduction in monotreme and therian mammals.  pp. 4-20 in Mammalian Phylogeny, Szalay, F.S. and M.J. Novacek, eds. Springer-Verlag.

 

Oct. 15 - Echolocation

Neuweiler, G. 1989. Foraging ecology and audition in echolocating bats.  Trends Ecol. Evol. 4: 160-166.

Fenton, M.B., 2003. Eavesdropping on the echolocation and social calls of bats.  Mammal Rev. 33: 193-204.

 

Oct. 22 - Behavior and social systems

Clutton-Brock, T.H., and P.H. Harvey. 1978. Mammals, resources and reproductive strategies. Nature 273: 191-195.

Jarvis, J.U.M., M.J. O'Riain, N.C. Bennett, and P.W. Sherman. 1994.  Mammalian eusociality: a family affair. Trends Ecol. Evol. 9: 47-51.

 

Oct. 29 - Population and community ecology

Populations:

Krebs, C.J., S. Boutin, R. Boonstra, A.R.E. Sinclair, J.N.M. Smith, M.R.T. Dale, K. Martin, and R. Turkington. 1995.  Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle.  Science 269: 1112-1115.

Stenseth, N.C. 1995. Snowshoe hare populations: squeezed from below and above.  Science 269: 1061-1062.

 

Communities:

Brown, J.H., and E.J. Heske. 1990.  Control of a desert-grassland transition by a keystone rodent guild.  Science 250: 1705-1707.

Valone, T.J., and J.H. Brown. 1995.  Effects of competition, colonization, and extinction on rodent species diversity.  Science 267: 880-883.

 

Nov. 5 - Population genetics and geographic variation

Daly, J.C., and J.L. Patton. 1990. Dispersal, gene flow, and allelic diversity between local populations of Thomomys bottae pocket gophers in the coastal ranges of California. Evolution 44: 1283-1294.

Mercure, A., K. Ralls, K.P. Koepfli, and R.K. Wayne. 1993. Genetic subdivisions among small canids: mitochondrial DNA differentiation of swift, kit, and arctic foxes.  Evolution 47: 1313-1328.

 

Nov 12 - Speciation

Patton, J.L., and M.F. Smith. 1992. MtDNA phylogeny of Andean mice: a test of diversification across ecological gradients. Evolution 46: 174-183.

Patton, J.L., M.N.F. daSilva, and J.R. Malcolm. 1994. Gene genealogy and differentiation among arboreal spiny rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae) of the Amazon basin: a test of the riverine barrier hypothesis.  Evolution 48: 1314-1323.

 

Nov. 19 - Biogeography

Marshal, L.G. 1988. Land mammals and the great American interchange.  American Scientist 76: 380-388.

Brown, J.H. 1971. Mammals on mountaintops: nonequilibrium insular biogeography.  American Naturalist 105: 467-478.

 

Nov. 26 - Conservation

Ceballos, G., and J.H. Brown. 1995. Global patterns of mammalian diversity, endemism, and endangerment. Conservation Biology 9: 559-568.