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
- Animal Scanner: Software for classifying humans, animals, and empty frames in camera trap images (2019)
- Citizen Science in Schools: Students Collect Valuable Mammal Data for Science, Conservation, and Community Engagement (2019)
- Hot monkey, cold reality: surveying rainforest canopy mammals using drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors (2019)
- Free-ranging domestic cats (Felis catus) on public lands: Estimating density, activity, and diet in the Florida Keys (2018)
- High genomic diversity and candidate genes under selection associated with range expansion in eastern coyote (Canis latrans) populations (2018)
- Historically native to open country in the West, this canid now lives in all habitats across the continent (2018)
- Is the red wolf a listable unit under the US Endangered Species Act? (2018)
- Joint Temporal Point Pattern Models for Proximate Species Occurrence in a Fixed Area Using Camera Trap Data (2018)
- Mammal communities are larger and more diverse in moderately developed areas (2018)
- Mapping the expansion of coyotes (Canis latrans) across North and Central America (2018)