Roland Kays
Research Professor and Director, Biodiversity & Earth Observation Lab, Nature Research Center, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Research Professor
Bio
Education
Ph.D. Zoology, University of Tennessee (1999)
B.S. Biology, Cornell University (1993)
Research Interests
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of Mammals
Courses
ZO 544 – Mammalogy
Favorite Links
www.movebank.org
www.emammal.org
http://agoutienterprise.wordpress.com
Area(s) of Expertise
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of Mammals
Publications
- Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States , Diversity and Distributions (2024)
- Combining camera trap surveys and IUCN range maps to improve knowledge of species distributions , CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (2024)
- From past habitats to present threats: tracing North American weasel distributions through a century of climate and land use change , LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY (2024)
- Geographic barriers but not life history traits shape the phylogeography of North American mammals , Global Ecology and Biogeography (2024)
- Guidelines for estimating occupancy from autocorrelated camera trap detections , METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2024)
- Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape , Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024)
- Non-invasive methods for monitoring weasels: emerging technologies and priorities for future research , MAMMAL REVIEW (2024)
- SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States , Ecology (2024)
- Sex and size matter: Intricate dominance relationships in an East African large carnivore guild , ECOSPHERE (2024)
- Shifting mammal communities and declining species richness along an elevational gradient on Mount Kenya , ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2024)