Mammalian Biology

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Advanced image recognition: a fully automated, high-accuracy photo-identification matching system for humpback whales	37
Sharp decline in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) survival and reproductive success in southeastern Alaska during and after the 2014–2016 Northeast Pacific marine heatwave	26
Individual identification and photographic techniques in mammalian ecological and behavioural research—Part 1: Methods and concepts	24
Individual identification and photographic techniques in mammalian ecological and behavioural research—Part 2: Field studies and applications	24
Integrative taxonomy of the southernmost tucu-tucus in the world: differentiation of the nominal forms associated with Ctenomys magellanicus Bennett, 1836 (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha, Ctenomyidae)	21
Flukebook: an open-source AI platform for cetacean photo identification	19
Basic considerations on seasonal breeding in mammals including their testing by comparing natural habitats and zoos	18
Primer biases in the molecular assessment of diet in multiple insectivorous mammals	18
The timing of breeding and independence for snow leopard females and their cubs	17
Movement, space-use and resource preferences of European golden jackals in human-dominated landscapes: insights from a telemetry study	17
“When the felid’s away, the mesocarnivores play”: seasonal temporal segregation in a neotropical carnivore guild	15
Opportunity and peril: how wolves use a dense network of forest roads	15
The dynamics of pine marten predation on red and grey squirrels	15
Camera traps reveal overlap and seasonal variation in the diel activity of arboreal and semi-arboreal mammals	14
Estimating wild boar density and rooting activity in a Mediterranean protected area	14
Patterns of activity rhythms of invasive coypus Myocastor coypus inferred through camera-trapping	14
Effects of oil palm and human presence on activity patterns of terrestrial mammals in the Colombian Llanos	13
Guest or pest? Spatio-temporal occurrence and effects on soil and vegetation of the wild boar on Elba island	13
Winter activity of boreal bats	13
First assessment of habitat suitability and connectivity for the golden jackal in north-eastern Italy	12
Factors affecting the crop damage by wild boar (Sus scrofa) and effects of population control in the Ticino and Lake Maggiore Park (North-western Italy)	12
Anthropogenic habitat disturbance and food availability affect the abundance of an endangered primate: a regional approach	11
Changes in the social behavior of urban animals: more aggression or tolerance?	11
A review of the impacts of invasive wild pigs on native vertebrates	11
Artificial intelligence for right whale photo identification: from data science competition to worldwide collaboration	11

Predation of invasive raccoon (Procyon lotor) on hibernating bats in the Nietoperek reserve in Poland	11
Are Asian elephants afraid of honeybees? Experimental studies in northern Thailand	10
Home range and core area utilisation of three co-existing mongoose species: large grey, water and white-tailed in the fragmented landscape of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa	10
Genetic diversity and population structure of the grey wolf (Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758) and evidence of wolf × dog hybridisation in the centre of European Russia	10
Diet compositions of two sympatric ungulates, the Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) and the sika deer (Cervus nippon), in a montane forest and an alpine grassland of Mt. Asama, central Japan	10
Temporal overlap among small- and medium-sized mammals in a grassland and a forest–alpine meadow of Central Asia	10
Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you…where you live: an updated review of the worldwide distribution and foraging ecology of the fallow deer (Dama dama)	9
Can prey occupancy act as a surrogate for mesopredator occupancy? A case study of ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)	9
Adverse effects of noise pollution on foraging and drinking behaviour of insectivorous desert bats	9
Feasibility of using convolutional neural networks for individual-identification of wild Asian elephants	9
Ecological drivers of group size variation in sika deer: habitat structure, population density, or both?	9
How the South was won: current and potential range expansion of the crested porcupine in Southern Italy	9
Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh splits red panda into two phylogenetic species	8
From the Antarctic Peninsula to eastern Australia: the longest migration of a humpback whale through the South Pacific Ocean	8
Growth trajectories of wild Assamese macaques (Macaca assamensis) determined from parallel laser photogrammetry	8
Pre-trained models are not enough: active and lifelong learning is important for long-term visual monitoring of mammals in biodiversity research—Individual identification and attribute prediction with	8
spaceNtime: an R package for estimating abundance of unmarked animals using camera-trap photographs	8
Size matters: penis size, sexual maturity and their consequences for giant armadillo conservation planning	8
A cat in paradise: hunting and feeding behaviour of Eurasian lynx among abundant naive prey	8
Structure and inter-specific relationships of a felid community of the upper Amazonian basin under different scenarios of human impact	8
Drone-based photogrammetry assessments of body size and body condition of Antillean manatees	8
Not avian but mammalian scavengers efficiently consume carcasses under heavy snowfall conditions: a case from northern Japan	8
Space use and movement patterns of translocated bighorn sheep	7
Influence of topography gradient and seasonality on primate habitat use in Central Amazonia	7
Population genetics of the African wolf (Canis lupaster) across its range: first evidence of hybridization with domestic dogs in Africa	7
Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)	7
Fine-scale habitat selection of a small mammalian urban adapter: the West European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)	7
Dynamics of threatened mammalian distribution in Iran’s protected areas under climate change	7
Genetic identifications challenge our assumptions of physical development and mother–calf associations and separation times: a case study of the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)	7
Morphometrics and body condition of southern right whales on the calving grounds at Port Ross, Auckland Islands	7
Automated, high-throughput image calibration for parallel-laser photogrammetry	7
First evaluation of the population structure, genetic diversity and landscape connectivity of the Endangered Arabian tahr	7
Multispecies facial detection for individual identification of wildlife: a case study across ursids	7
Conservation status of the world’s carnivorous mammals (order Carnivora)	7
The rhythm of the night: patterns of activity of the European wildcat in the Italian peninsula	7
Methodological improvements for detecting and identifying scats of an expanding mesocarnivore in south-western Europe	7
The value of individual identification in studies of free-living hyenas and aardwolves	6
En route to the North: modelling crested porcupine habitat suitability and dispersal flows across a highly anthropized area in northern Italy	6
Assessing social structure: a data-driven approach to define associations between individuals	6
Everyone matters: identification with facial wrinkles allows more accurate inference of elephant social dynamics	6
Flexible habitat use and range extension by the striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) in Brazil	6
Modelling the effect of covariates on the detectability and density of native blackbucks and invasive feral-horse using Multiple Covariate Distance Sampling at Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary, South	6
Predation and survival in reintroduced populations of the Common hamster Cricetus cricetus in the Netherlands	6
Effects on carrion consumption in a mammalian scavenger community when dominant species are excluded	6
Habitat use patterns and conservation of small carnivores in a human-dominated landscape of the semiarid Caatinga in Brazil	6
The phylogenetic relationships within the Eastern Afromontane clade of Crocidura based on mitochondrial and nuclear data	6
Investigating local population dynamics of bottlenose dolphins in the northern Bahamas and the impact of hurricanes on survival	6
Sexual dimorphism in toothed whales (Odontoceti) follows Rensch’s rule	6
Activity pattern, budget and diurnal rhythmicity of the brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) in northeastern Brazil	6
Preliminary evidence for a forestomach washing mechanism in llamas (Lama glama)	6

Wolf diet and livestock depredation in North Bosnia and Herzegovina	6
The longest recorded movement of an inshore common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)	6
Threatened Andean bears are negatively affected by human disturbance and free-ranging cattle in a protected area in northwest Peru	6
Fire impacts on a forest obligate: western gray squirrel response to burn severity	5
Bat selfies: photographic surveys of flying bats	5
Similarity learning networks for animal individual re-identification: an ecological perspective	5
Adapting photo-identification methods to study poorly marked cetaceans: a case study for common dolphins and harbor porpoises	5
eDNA and metabarcoding for rewilding projects monitoring, a dietary approach	5
Phylogeography of subspecies of the sable (Martes zibellina L.) based on mitochondrial genomes: implications for evolutionary history	5
The elephant at the dump: how does garbage consumption impact Asian elephants?	5
Application of multi-species photo-ID database management systems: a user’s perspective	5
Genetic adaptation to urban living: molecular DNA analyses of wild boar populations in Budapest and surrounding area	5
Spatially explicit population estimates of African leopards and spotted hyenas in the Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area of southwestern Uganda	5
No genetic signature of glacial refugia in current European fallow deer (Dama dama dama L., 1758) populations: a comment on Baker et al. (2017)	5
Understanding the diversification pattern of three subspecies of swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii) during the Pleistocene–Holocene based on mitochondrial and Y chromosome markers	5
Evolution of sexual size dimorphism and sexual segregation in artiodactyls: the chicken or the egg?	5
Cannibalistic necrophagy in red foxes: do the nutritional benefits offset the potential costs of disease transmission?	5
Feeding ecology of the wolf (Canis lupus) in a near-natural ecosystem in Mongolia	5
Assessing molar wear in narrow-headed voles as a proxy for diet and habitat in a changing Arctic	5
Immune differences in captive and free-ranging zebras (Equus zebra and E. quagga)	5
The potential for acoustic individual identification in mammals	5
Unravelling the drivers of maned wolf activity along an elevational gradient in the Atlantic Forest, south-eastern Brazil	5
Health conditions of Guiana dolphins facing cumulative anthropogenic impacts	5
Challenging hibernation limits of hoary bats: the southernmost record of Lasiurus cinereus hibernating in North America	5
Preserving identity in capture–mark–recapture studies: increasing the accuracy of minimum number alive (MNA) estimates by incorporating inter-census trapping efficiency variation	5
Using camera traps to study hyenas: challenges, opportunities, and outlook	5
Tracing the geographic origin of common pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) swarming at a mass hibernaculum	5
The relative role of intrinsic and extrinsic drivers in regulating population change and survival of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)	5
Spatial distribution of the pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina) in the Italian Alps	5
Extreme moulting site fidelity of the Saimaa ringed seal	5
Human-canid relationship in the Americas: an examination of canid biological attributes and domestication	5
Diversity and distribution of the Myotis nattereri complex (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Middle East: filling the gaps	4
Beaver (Castor fiber) activity and spatial movement in response to light and weather conditions	4
Climate refugia for two Colombian endemic tamarin primates are critically under-protected	4
Estimating population parameters of African elephants: a photographic mark-recapture application in a South African protected area	4
Tracking red deer population size using deterministic cohort analysis	4
Topography and disturbance explain mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) occupancy at its southernmost global range	4
Social environment with high intrasexual competition enhances the positive relationship between faecal testosterone and cortisol metabolite levels in red deer	4
Proposing a framework for monitoring demographic parameters in local cetacean populations: the case of short-finned pilot whales in Madeira	4
Population density estimate of leopards (Panthera pardus) in north-western Mpumalanga, South Africa, determined using spatially explicit capture–recapture methods	4
A novel technique for aging male African elephants (Loxodonta africana) using craniofacial photogrammetry and geometric morphometrics	4
Habitat characteristics and life history explain reproductive seasonality in lagomorphs	4
First genetic analysis of introduced axis deer from Croatia	4
Positional behavior, habitat use, and forelimb morphology of Père David’s Rock Squirrels Sciurotamias davidianus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) (Sciuridae, Rodentia) in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China	4
D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier (chief editors): Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9. Bats.	4
Asynchronous breeding in red brocket deer (Mazama americana): seasonal changes in male reproductive characteristics, seminal parameters, androgen levels, and antler cycle	4
Habitat selection of jaguars in a seasonally flooded landscape	4
A system for designating taxonomic certainty in mammals and other taxa	4
Signatures of genetic isolation of the three lineages of the narrow-headed vole Lasiopodomys gregalis (Cricetidae, Rodentia) in a mosaic steppe landscape of South Siberia	4
Comprehensive cytogenetic analysis of the most chromosomally variable mammalian genus from South America: Ctenomys (Rodentia: Caviomorpha: Ctenomyidae)	4
Potential distribution models from two highly endemic species of subterranean rodents of Argentina: which environmental variables have better performance in highly specialized species?	4
The phylogeographic structure of the mountain coati (Nasuella olivacea; Procyonidae, Carnivora), and its phylogenetic relationships with other coati species (Nasua nasua and Nasua narica) as inferred	4
catRlog: a photo-identification project management system based in R	4
Systematics and taxonomy of Platyrrhinus chocoensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) based on morphometric and genetic analyses: implications for biogeography and conservation	4
Predicting the individual identity of non-invasive faecal and hair samples using biotelemetry clusters	4
Camera-trapping reveals new insights in the ecology of three sympatric muntjacs in an overhunted biodiversity hotspot	4
An update on the distribution of the coypu, Myocastor coypus, in Asia and Africa through published literature, citizen-science and online platforms	4
Body size of Italian greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) increased over one century and a half: a response to climate change?	4
Molecular characterization of Acomys louisae from Somaliland: a deep divergence and contrasting genetic patterns in a rift zone	4
Dynamics of short-finned pilot whales long-term social structure in Madeira	4
Direct and indirect effects of roads on activity patterns of the largest South American artiodactyl (Lama guanicoe) in a hyper-arid landscape	4
Genetic diversity of cytochrome b in Iberian ibex from Andalusia	4
An unknown component of a well-known population: socio-demographic parameters of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) at the western reaches of the Pearl River Delta region	4
Phenotypic variability and developmental instability in rodents from different agricultural farming systems: organic vs. conventional	3
Identifying individual ungulates from fecal DNA: a comparison of field collection methods to maximize efficiency, ease, and success	3
Incisor microwear of Arctic rodents as a proxy for microhabitat preference	3
16S rRNA gene polymorphism supports cryptic speciation within the lesser blind mole rat Nannospalax leucodon superspecies (Rodentia: Spalacidae)	3
Population structure, gene flow and relatedness of Natterer’s bats in Northern England	3
Association patterns and community structure among female bottlenose dolphins: environmental, genetic and cultural factors	3
A review of the diet of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in the context of anthropogenic change	3
Spatial patterns of carnivore roadkill in a high-traffic-volume highway in the endangered Brazilian Atlantic Forest	3
Spatio-temporal response of forest-dwelling chamois to red deer presence	3
Decreasing dietary diversity following habitat loss: the case of the thin-spined porcupine in the Atlantic forest	3
A simple tool for linking photo-identification with multimedia data to track mammal behaviour	3
Conservation genetics of the European fallow deer: a reply to Marchesini et al.	3
Genetic diversity and population structure of the northern red muntjac (Muntiacus vaginalis) in Indian Himalayan region	3
Quantifying mammalian diets	3
Resident European ground squirrels exhibit higher stress levels than translocated individuals after conservation reinforcement	3
How to leave the church: light avoidance by brown long-eared bats	3
A method for marking individual animals in motion-triggered camera studies	3

Mammalian assemblages in Southern Mistbelt Forests of the northern Eastern Cape, and southern KwaZulu-Natal Provinces, South Africa, and their response to bordering land-use	3
Population genetics of the snow leopards (Panthera uncia) from the Western Himalayas, India	3
Matching individual Ladoga ringed seals across short-term image sequences	3
Body length and growth pattern of free-ranging Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins off Mikura Island estimated using an underwater 3D camera	3
Alien versus alien: spatiotemporal overlaps among introduced ungulates in a Mediterranean island ecosystem	3
Ecological evidence of hierarchy and competition in Didelphis aurita females	3
Identifying prey of the Javan mongoose (Urva javanica) in Java from fecal samples using next-generation sequencing	3
Structure and roles in pollination networks between phyllostomid bats and flowers: a systematic review for the Americas	3
Chromosomal evolution of tribe Oryzomyini (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)	3
The overlap of sympatric sun bears and Asiatic black bears in space and time	3
Kill rates and associated ecological factors for an apex predator	3
Invasive water buffalo population trends and competition-related consequences for native rusa deer in eastern Indonesian protected areas	3
Tree diversity mediates individual diet specialization of the maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus)	3
Down a hole: missing GPS positions reveal birth dates of an underground denning species, the red fox	3
Eyes, ears, or nose? Comparison of three non-invasive methods to survey wolf recolonisation	3
Burrowing activity by large hairy armadillos (Chaetophractus villosus) increases in plots under no-till farming	3
On the reappearance of the Indian grey wolf in Bangladesh after 70 years: what do we know?	3
Social responses to the natural loss of individuals in Barbary macaques	3
Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon	2
Temporal and individual variation in the diet of the Neotropical otter, Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) (Carnivora, Mustelidae), as revealed by stable isotope analysis of vibrissae	2
Parturition dates in wild Eurasian lynx: evidence of a second oestrus?	2
Microevolution operating in domestic animals: evidence from the Colombian Paso horses	2
Influence of land use and artificial water bodies on the habitat use of Myocastor coypus and Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris in the Argentine Pampas	2
Rutting behavior of male Balkan chamois	2
Diverging ecological traits between the Balkan lynx and neighbouring populations as a basis for planning its genetic rescue	2
Movements and residency of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System	2
Mating system of Thrichomys fosteri in the Brazilian Pantanal: spatial patterns indicate promiscuity	2
Effects of environmental factors on the behaviour and nest group sizes of Smith's bush squirrels, Paraxerus cepapi, in a Zambezian bioregion	2
New morphological data and phylogenetic position of the rare short-tailed opossum Monodelphis ronaldi (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) with new records	2
Face markings in Northern chamois: cues of dominance?	2
Distribution modelling of the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus (Linnaeus, 1766) with novel climate change indicators	2
Inbreeding depression and population viability analysis of the South China tigers (Panthera tigris amoyensis) in captivity	2
Molecular data reveal a structured puma (Puma concolor) population in northern Patagonia, Argentina	2
Using radiotelemetry to identify the home range and daily movement of a “living fossil”: the Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus)	2
Inundation area drives hippo group aggregation and dispersal in a seasonal floodplain system	2
Assessing the performance of open-source, semi-automated pattern recognition software for harbour seal (P. v. vitulina) photo ID	2
Social integration of translocated wildlife: a case study of rehabilitated and released elephant calves in northern Kenya	2
Assessing neophobia and exploration while accounting for social context: an example application in scimitar-horned oryx	2
Phenotyping in the era of genomics: MaTrics—a digital character matrix to document mammalian phenotypic traits	2
Historical demography and climatic niches of the Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis) in the Zambezian region	2
Insights into cold tolerance in sable (Martes zibellina) from the adaptive evolution of lipid metabolism	2
Estimating the density of a small population of leopards (Panthera pardus) in central Iran using multi-session photographic‐sampling data	2
Urban habitat use and home ranges of fishing cats in Colombo, Sri Lanka	2
Multi-regional comparison of scarring and pigmentation patterns in Cuvier’s beaked whales	2
Mapping the Indian crested porcupine across Iraq: the benefits of species distribution modelling when species data are scarce	2
Assessment of social mixing and spatial overlap as a pathway for disease transmission in a northeast Florida estuarine dolphin community	2
The mysterious white deer: anomalous coloring in different Neotropical deer	2
Remote and non-invasive quantification of ‘Tattoo Skin Disease-Like’ dermatopathy in endangered Arabian Sea humpback whales using drone photography	2
Species identification of morphologically similar tropical dolphins and estimating group size using aerial imagery in coastal waters	2
Weakened inbreeding avoidance in a monogamous subterranean vole, Ellobius tancrei	2
Evidence of male alliance formation in a small dolphin community	2
Consistently high multiple paternity rates in five wild boar populations despite varying hunting pressures	2
Locomotion and postures of the Vietnamese pygmy dormouse Typhlomys chapensis (Platacanthomyidae, Rodentia): climbing and leaping in the blind	2
Eat what you can, when you can: relatively high arthropod consumption by frugivorous bats in Amazonian Peru	2
Effect of environmental gradients on community structuring of aerial insectivorous bats in a continuous forest in Central Amazon	2
Cryptic lineage diversity within Forest Dormice (Mammalia: Dryomys nitedula) revealed by deep genetic divergence among different subspecies on the Iranian Plateau and in adjacent areas	2
Early and late fawn mortality in a remnant population of Arabian gazelles (Gazella arabica)	2
Species richness, relative abundance and occupancy of ground-dwelling mammals denote the ineffectiveness of chimpanzee as flagship species	2
Male bats respond to adverse conditions with larger colonies and increased torpor use during sperm production	2
Leopard Panthera pardus camera trap surveys in the arid environments of northern Namibia	2
Using camera trap bycatch data to assess habitat use and the influence of human activity on African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Kasungu National Park, Malawi	2
Seasonal and interannual survivorship in the common shrew: the early bird catches the worm	2
Genetic diversity and population structure of the Western European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus: conservation status of populations in the Iberian Peninsula	2
The history of genetic diversity and effective population size of an isolated Microtus oeconomus population on Kis Balaton	2
Adolescence and the development of social behaviour in giraffes	2
Visits at artificial RFID flowers demonstrate that juvenile flower-visiting bats perform foraging flights apart from their mothers	2
Hair cortisol concentration as a marker of long-term stress: sex and body temperature are major determinants in wild-living Alpine marmots	2
Golden jackal expansion in northernmost Europe: records in Finland	2
Evaluating likelihood-based photogrammetry for individual recognition of four species of northern ungulates	2
A checklist of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Iraq	2