Roland Kays
Research Associate Professor and Director, Biodiversity & Earth Observation Lab, Nature Research Center, NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Area(s) of Expertise
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of Mammals
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
Publications
- A Novel Framework to Protect Animal Data in a World of Ecosurveillance (2020)
- An empirical evaluation of camera trap study design: How many, how long and when? (2020)
- Animal species classification using deep neural networks with noise labels (2020)
- Born‐digital biodiversity data: Millions and billions (2020)
- COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife (2020)
- Coyotes living near cities are bolder: implications for dog evolution and human-wildlife conflict (2020)
- Data from: The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats [United States] (2020)
- Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements (2020)
- Foraging movements are density-independent among straw-coloured fruit bats (2020)
- High variability within pet foods prevents the identification of native species in pet cats’ diets using isotopic evaluation (2020)