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)
- 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)
- Introducing a unique animal ID and digital life history museum for wildlife metadata , METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2024)
- Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape , Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024)
- New surveys reveal a population stronghold for the Hoary-throated Spinetail Synallaxis kollari and Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria along the Guyana-Brazil border , BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL (2024)
- Non-invasive methods for monitoring weasels: emerging technologies and priorities for future research , MAMMAL REVIEW (2024)
- People or predators? Comparing habitat-dependent effects of hunting and large carnivores on the abundance of North America's top mesocarnivore , ECOGRAPHY (2024)
- SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States , ECOLOGY (2024)