Sensory integration theory predicts natural selection should favour adaptive responses of
animals to multiple forms of information, yet empirical tests of this prediction are rare …

Quantifying the niche of contemporary and fossil organisms is key to identifying the primary
factors driving species and community dynamics through time, in particular teasing apart …

This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands
considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services …

Using venom for predation often leads to the evolution of resistance in prey. Understanding
individual variation in venom resistance is key to unlocking basic mechanisms by which …

Research on sociality in temperate ground-dwelling squirrels has focused on female
philopatry and other life history trade-offs, which are influenced by constraints in the duration …

Understanding why social relationships vary among conspecifics is central to studies of
animal behaviour. For many species, patterns of space use provide important insights into …

In some species, populations routinely contain a mixture of lone and group-living
individuals. Such facultative sociality may reflect individual differences in behavior as well as …

The use of color markings (eg, non-toxic paint, dye, or pens) is frequently employed by
herpetologists to track individuals within a population, but effects of these markings on study …

Otospermophilus douglasii, the Douglas ground squirrel, was first described as a species
and then relegated to a subspecies of the California ground squirrel, O. beecheyi. However …

An annotated checklist of the terrestrial mammals of Los Angeles County was compiled
based on over 3,000 museum records. A total of 84 species of terrestrial mammals have …