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• Drivers of Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Aggregation Size in South Carolina, U.S.A.

  Authors:Anna C. Doty, Matthew B. Connior, and Thomas S. RischFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 188, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20225,517 words Article 1310LAlthough it is known that southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans) nest in larger groups to offset the energetic costs of low temperatures, the influence of other variables on aggregation size remains relatively...

• Benefits of subcutaneous implantation of radiotransmitters in pocket gophers

  Authors:Matthew B. Connior and Thomas S. RischFrom:Southwestern Naturalist (Vol. 54, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20091,863 words Report 1330LConventional attachment of radiotransmitters may not be feasible in pocket gophers due to their unique morphology and fossorial lifestyle. We implanted radio transmitters subcutaneously in Ozark pocket gophers, Geomys...

• The burden of motherhood: gliding locomotion in mammals influences maternal reproductive investment

  Authors:H. Bobby Fokidis and Thomas S. RischFrom:Journal of Mammalogy (Vol. 89, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  June 2008239 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• An experimental test of snake skin use to deter nest predation/Una prueba experimental del uso de pieles de serpientes para ahuyentar a los depredadores de nidos

  Authors:Elizabeth C. Medlin and Thomas S. RischFrom:The Condor (Vol. 108, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2006351 words Author abstract 60L

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• Distribution and habitat attributes of an endemic subspecies of pocket gopher

  Authors:Matthew B. Connior, Audrey A. Kershen, Rex E. Medlin, Jr., Douglas A. Elrod, D. Blake Sasse, and Thomas S. RischFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 164, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20104,678 words Report 1330LOzark pocket gophers, Geomys bursarius ozarkensis, are endemic to Izard County, Arkansas with a distribution of ~2300 [km.sup.2]. Limited data exists on this subspecies; thus, we collected vegetation and soil habitat...

• First observation of cavity nesting by a female Blue Grosbeak

  Authors:Thomas S. Risch and Thomas J. RobinsonFrom:The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Vol. 118, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20061,295 words Article 1520LOn 21 May 2003, we discovered a completed Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) nest in an Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) nest box. On 28 May, the nest contained four whitish-tan eggs with light-brown, streaky and spotty...

• Seasonal tradeoffs in reproductive investment in a multi-brooded passerine/Soluciones de compromiso estacionales en la inversion reproductiva en un ave paseriforme de nidadas multiples

  Authors:Thomas J. Robinson, Lynn Siefferman, and Thomas S. RischFrom:The Condor (Vol. 112, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2010591 words Author abstract

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• Reproductive and resource benefits to large female body size in a mammal with female-biased sexual size dimorphism

  Authors:H. Bobby Fokidis, Thomas S. Risch, and Travis C. GlennFrom:Animal Behaviour (Vol. 73, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2007272 words Author abstract 60L

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• Variation in litter size: a test of hypotheses in Richardson's ground squirrels

  Authors:Thomas S. Risch, Gail R. Michener, and F. Stephen DobsonFrom:Ecology (Vol. 88, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

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• Habitat use of female gray bats assessed using aerial telemetry

  Authors:Patrick R. Moore, Thomas S. Risch, D. Keith Morris, and Virginie RollandFrom:The Journal of Wildlife Management (Vol. 81, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 2017295 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• Live trap for pocket gophers

  Authors:Matthew B. Connior and Thomas S. RischFrom:Southwestern Naturalist (Vol. 54, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20092,697 words Report 1310LWe presented a new trap for pocket gophers and compared its effectiveness with the Baker and Williams live trap. Our box trap readily captured juveniles [greater than or equal to] 44 g and adults [less than or equal to]...

• Isolation and Identification of an Extracellular Subtilisin-Like Serine Protease Secreted by the Bat Pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans

  Authors:Evan L. Pannkuk, Thomas S. Risch, and Brett J. SavaryFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 18, 20157,222 words Article 1510LWhite nose syndrome (WNS) is a cutaneous fungal disease of bats. WNS is responsible for unprecedented mortalities in North American cave bat populations. There have been few descriptions of enzyme activities that may...

• Sex-specific foraging habits and roost characteristics of Nycticeius humeralis in north-central Arkansas

  Authors:Daniel R. Istvanko, Thomas S. Risch, and Virginie RollandFrom:Journal of Mammalogy (Vol. 97, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2016197 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• Home range and survival of the Ozark pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius ozarkensis) in Arkansas

  Authors:Matthew B. Connior and Thomas S. RischFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 164, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20104,390 words Report The Ozark pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius ozarkensis) has recently been described as a new subspecies of the plains pocket gopher (G. bursarius) inhabiting north-central Arkansas and is considered a "species of greatest...

• Habitat associations of Bottomland bats, with focus on Rafinesque's big-eared bat and southeastern myotis

  Authors:Rex E. Medlin, Jr. and Thomas S. RischFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 160, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20084,129 words Report Bottomland forests in the eastern United States are used by bat populations for both roosting and foraging. To quantify habitat characteristics important to bat presence in the Mississippi River alluvial valley, we...

• Glycerophospholipid profiles of bats with white-nose syndrome

  Authors:Evan L. Pannkuk, Liam P. McGuire, Lisa Warnecke, James M. Turner, Craig K. R. Willis, and Thomas S. RischFrom:Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Vol. 88, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

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• Trap height and capture success of arboreal small mammals: evidence from southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans)

  Authors:Thomas S. Risch and Matthew J. BradyFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 136, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19962,622 words Article Studies of small mammals often use live traps, but the effect of different trapping heights on capture effectiveness of arboreal mammals has not been directly addressed. We compared the capture success of three trap...

• Is mean litter size the most productive? A test in Columbian ground squirrels

  Authors:Thomas S. Risch, F. Stephen Dobson, and Jan O. MurieFrom:Ecology (Vol. 76, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  July 19958,233 words Article We studied the evolution of litter size in natural and experimentally manipulated populations of Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus) in eastern Washington state and southwest Alberta. Litter size at...

• How do land-use practices affect human--elephant conflict in Nepal?

  Authors:Dinesh Neupane, Ronald L. Johnson, and Thomas S. RischFrom:Wildlife Biology (Vol. 2017, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20176,325 words Report 1460LAsian elephants Elephas maximus are an endangered species and human--elephant conflict (HEC) is the major threat to their survival. HEC causes crop and property loss and occasionally results in the death of both humans...

• First observation of cavity nesting by a female Blue Grosbeak

  Authors:Thomas S. Risch and Thomas J. RobinsonFrom:The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Vol. 118, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20061,294 words Article On 21 May 2003, we discovered a completed Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) nest in an Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) nest box. On 28 May, the nest contained four whitish-tan eggs with light-brown, streaky and spotty...