Estimating species richness and modelling habitat preferences of tropical forest mammals from camera trap data

F Rovero, E Martin, M Rosa, JA Ahumada, D Spitale - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Medium-to-large mammals within tropical forests represent a rich and functionally diversified
component of this biome; however, they continue to be threatened by hunting and habitat …

Homo heidelbergensis

LT Buck, CB Stringer - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
the last common ancestor, the name H. rhodesiensis would take priority if the Broken Hill
fossil is included. However, a study on Pleistocene and modern human mandibles argues …

Passerine life history

DV Gesicki - Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
Packet theory (Kirkpatrick 2002; Kirkpatrick and Church 2003) was originally developed to
provide a bridge between classical conditioning and interval timing. These two fields …

[HTML][HTML] An annotated checklist of mammals of Kenya

S Musila, A Monadjem, PW Webala… - Zoological …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kenya has a rich mammalian fauna. We reviewed recently published books and papers
including the six volumes of Mammals of Africa to develop an up-to-date annotated checklist …

Habitat preferences, estimated abundance and behavior of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax sp.) in fragmented montane forests of Taita Hills, Kenya

H Rosti, J Heiskanen, J Loehr, H Pihlström… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We studied a previously almost unknown nocturnal mammal, an apparently undescribed
species of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax sp.) in the moist montane forests of Taita Hills, Kenya …

Seasonal and diel variations in the acoustic communication of tree hyraxes in Taita Hills, Kenya

H Rosti, H Pihlström, S Bearder, E Maeda, J Loehr… - Mammalian …, 2024 - Springer
Tree hyraxes (Dendrohyrax spp.) are highly vocal, elusive nocturnal mammals that live in
forests across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we studied how tree hyrax acoustic …

[HTML][HTML] Vocalization analyses of nocturnal arboreal mammals of the Taita Hills, Kenya

H Rosti, H Pihlström, S Bearder, P Pellikka, J Rikkinen - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Three poorly known nocturnal mammal species from the montane forests of the Taita Hills in
Kenya, were studied via vocalization analysis. Here, their acoustic behaviour is described …

A new species of tree hyrax (Procaviidae: Dendrohyrax) from West Africa and the significance of the Niger–Volta interfluvium in mammalian biogeography

JF Oates, N Woodman, P Gaubert… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Tree hyraxes (Dendrohyrax) are one of only three genera currently recognized in
Procaviidae, the only extant family in the mammalian order Hyracoidea. Their taxonomy and …

Hemispheric specialization

M Manns - Encyclopedia of animal cognition and behavior, 2022 - Springer
Have you ever been stuck on a noisy train car? When you first got on the train, you were
probably annoyed by the conductor's loud voice over the speaker, the screeching sounds of …

Species identity and behavior of cave‐dwelling tree hyraxes of the Kenyan coast

H Rosti, H Pihlström, N Rottcher, S Bearder… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We surveyed tree hyrax populations living in forests, limestone rocky formations, and caves
in coastal Kenya to identify the species and estimate the threat‐level populations are in …