Course Policy & General Expectations
Readings
Aug. 22 - Mammalian origins
Hopson, J. 1973. Endothermy, small size, and the origin of mammalian reproduction. Am. Nat. 107: 446-452.
Crompton, A.W., and P. Parker. 1978. Evolution of the mammalian masticatory apparatus. Amer. Scientist 66: 192-201.
Rowe, T.B. T.E. Macrini, and Z.H. Luo. 2011. Fossil evidence on the origin of the mammalian brain. Science 332: 955-957.
Northcutt, R.G. 2011. Evolving large and complex brains. Science 332: 926-927. (OPTIONAL)
Aug. 29 - Mammalian origins and dentition
Luo, Z.X. 2007. Transformation and diversification in early mammal evolution. Nature Reviews 450: 1011-1019.
Pond, C.M. 1977. The significance of lactation in the evolution of mammals. Evolution 31: 177-199.
Farmer, C.G. 2000. Understanding endothermy and other convergent features of birds and mammals. American Naturalist 155: 4326-334. (OPTIONAL)
Sept. 5 - 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.
Kelt, D.A., M.S. Hafner, and The American Society of Mammalogists Ad Hoc Committee for Guidelines on Handling Rodents in the Field. 2010. Updated guidelines for protection of mammalogists and wildlife researchers from Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). J. Mammalogy 91: 1524-1527.
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.
Sept. 12 - Locomotion
Hildebrand, M. 1987. The mechanics of horse legs. Amer. Scientist 75: 594-601.
Sept. 19 - Systematics and the mammalian radiation
Springer, M.S., M.J. Stanhope, O. Madsen, and W.W. deJong. 2004. Molecules consolidate the placental mammal tree. Trends Ecol. Evol. 19: 430-438.
Sept. 26 - Physiological ecology
Schmidt-Nielsen, K. 1979. Desert Animals; Physiological Problems of Heat and Water, (Chapter 11). Dover Publications, Inc. New York.
Tracy, R.L., and G.E. Walsberg. 2002. Kangaroo rats revisited: re-evaluating a classic case of desert survival. Oecologia 133: 449-457. (OPTIONAL)
Oct. 3 - Physiological ecology
Taylor, C.R. 1969. The eland and the oryx. Scientific American 220: 88-95.
Oct. 10 - Reproduction
Renfree, M. 1993. Ontogeny, genetic control, and phylogeny of female reproduction in monotreme and therian mammals. pp. 4-20 in Mammal Phylogeny, Szalay, F.S. and M.J. Novacek, eds. Springer-Verlag.
Oct. 17 - Echolocation
Barber, J.R., and W.E. Conner, 2007. Acoustic mimicry in a predator-prey interaction. PNAS 104(22): 9331-9334.
Corcoran, A.J., J.R. Barber, and W.E. Conner, 2009. Tiger moth jams bat sonar. Science 325: 325-327.
Neuweiler, G. 1989. Foraging ecology and audition in echolocating bats. Trends Ecol. Evol. 4: 160-166.
Oct. 24 - Behavior and social systems
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.
Lim, M.M., Z. Wang, D.E. Olazabal, X. Ren, E.F. Terwilliger, and L.J. Young. 2004. Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene. Nature 429: 754-757.
Clutton-Brock, T.H., and P.H. Harvey. 1978. Mammals, resources and reproductive strategies. Nature 273: 191-195.
Oct. 31 - Population ecology
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.
Nov. 7 - Community ecology
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. 14 - 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.
Anderson, T.M., B.M. vonHoldt, S.I. Candillee, M. Musiani, C. Greco, D.R. Stahler, D.W. Smith, B. Padhukasahasram, E. Randi, J.A. Leonard, C.D. Bustamante, E.A. Ostrander, H. Tang, R.K. Wayne, and G.S. Barsh. 2009. Molecular and evolutionary history of melanism in North American gray wolves. Science 323: 1339-1343.
Nov. 21 - 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. 28 - 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.
Dec. 5 - Conservation
Moritz, C., J.L. Patton, C.J. Conroy, J.L. Parra, G.C. White, and S.R. Beissinger, 2008. Impact of a century of climate change on small-mammal communities in Yosemite National Park, USA. Science 322: 261-264.
Davis, E.B. M.S. Koo, C. Conroy, J.L. Patton, and C. Moritz. 2008. The California hotspots project: identifying regions of rpid diversification in mammals. Molecular Ecology 17: 120-138. (OPTIONAL)
Lawlor, T.E. 1979. Handbook to the Orders and Families of Living Mammals. Mad River Press.
The Mammalian Skeleton
Classification of Mammals
Key to Orders of Mammals
Order Monotremata
Order Marsupialia
Order Insectivora
Order Dermoptera
Order Chiroptera
Order Primates
Order Edentata
Order Pholidota
Order Tubulidentata
Order Lagomorpha
Order Rodentia
Order Carnivora
Order Pinnipedia
Order Mysticeti
Order Odontoceti
Order Sirenia
Order Proboscidea
Order Hyracoidea
Order Perissodactyla
Order Artiodactyla
Order Rhinogradentia
Martin, R.E., R.H. Pine, and A.F. DeBlase, 2001. A Manual of Mammalogy. 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill.
A Manual of Mammalogy with Keys to Families of the World
De Blase, A.F. and R.E. Martin, 1981. A Manual of Mammalogy with Keys to Families of the World, Second Edition, Wm. C. Brown Company.
Chapter 29 Statistical Analysis and Representation of Data pp. 275-288.
Journals Specifically Oriented to Mammals
Acta Theriologica - Polish journal
Australian Mammalogy - Publication of the Australian mammal society
Bat Research News - Informal newsletter on bat biology
Bat Conservation Newsletter - Publication of Bat Conservation International
Folia Primatologia - Swiss journal, primate biology
Journal of Mammalogy - Publication of the American Society of Mammalogists
Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan - Japanese journal
Mammalia - French journal
Mammal Review - Publication of the British Mammal Society
Theriologia - Russian journal
Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde - German journal
Major mammalian literature reviews
(other than BioAbstracts or Zoo Record):Wildlife Review (published by the US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Recent Literature in Mammalogy (produced by the American Society of Mammalogists)
Volume 3 of the 1st Edition of Walker's Mammals of the World is a complete bibliography of papers on mammals published prior to 1964.
Additional General References
Precautions for Risk Reduction of Hantavirus Infection for Trapping and Field Operations. 1994. University of Arizona Department of Risk Management and Safety.
Anderson, S., and J.K. Jones, Jr. (eds.) 1984. Orders and Families of Recent mammals of the world. John Wiley & Sons.
Eisenberg, J.F. 1981. The mammalian radiations. An analysis of trends in evolution, adaptation, and behavior. The Chicago University Press.
Elbroch, M.E., 2006. Animal skulls: A guide to North American species. Stackpole Books.
Feldhamer, G.A., B.C. Thompson, and J.A. Chapman. (eds.) 2003. Wild mammals of North America: biology, management, and characteristics. 2nd edition. John Hopkins Univ Press.
Glass, B.P. 1972. A key to the skulls of North American mammals. 2nd Edition. Oklahoma State University.
Hall, E.R. 1981. The mammals of North America, vol. 1 and 2. John Wiley & Sons.
Hoffmeister, D.F. 1986. Mammals of Arizona. University of Arizona Press.
Kielan-Jaworowska, Z, R.L. Cifelli, and Z.X. Luo, 2004. Mammals from the age of dinosaurs. Columbia University Press, New York.
Macdonald, D. (ed.) 2009. The encyclopedia of mammals. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press.
Nowak, R.M., and J.L. Paradiso. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. 5th edition, vol. 1and 2. Johns Hopkins University Press. (also vol 3, 1st edition, 1964).
Rose, K.D. and J.D. Archibald, eds. 2005. The rise of placental mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Simpson, G.G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 85: 1-350.
Vaughn, T.A., J.M. Ryan, and N.J. Czaplewski. 2010. Mammalogy, 5rd Edition. Jones & Barlett Publishers.