Essays on Mammal

The disappearance of various genera (groups of taxonomic categories) of fauna from across the globe during the Pleistocene era remains a mystery for paleontologists. The Pleistocene era dates from about 2.58 million BP (before present) to about 12000 years BP and was characterized by episodes…

Researchers have long focused on how the biotic factors, rather than abiotic factors, impact small mammal population dynamics. This study focuses on how the abiotic factors (e.g., climatic variation) impact small mammal population densities in southeastern Ontario. I analyzed a long-term (1964-2013) live-trapping dataset from…

Marine mammals are major consumers of production at most trophic levels. Larger marine mammals such as polar bears, killer whales, etc. are thought to have a major influence on the structure and function of some communities. All marine mammals influence their ecosystem in some way….