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Datasets

  • McLean, B., Bloom, D., Lafrance, R., Guralnick, R., Santana, S., & Davis, E. (2026). Ranges Network collected mammal trait measurements and summary from western North America (Version 1.0). Data set. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18201648

Journals

2025

  • Bryan S McLean, David Bloom, Edward B Davis, Robert P Guralnick, Sharlene E Santana, Julie M Allen, Heidi Amarilla-Stevens, Kayce C Bell, David C Blackburn, Jeffrey E Bradley, Robert D Bradley, Matthew D Carling, Alexandra Coconis, Jocelyn P Colella, Chris J Conroy, Joseph A Cook, Helena de Bastos Cruz Machado, John R Demboski, Katrina M Derieg, Andrew Doll, John P Dumbacher, William D Duncan, Jonathan L Dunnum, Chris Feldman, Adam W Ferguson, Kendall E Fitzgerald, Maureen E Flannery, Kelly Hood, Angela D Hornsby, Dianna Krejsa, Raphael LaFrance, Jessica E Light, Silvia E Pavan, Shalina Peterson, Adrienne Raniszewski, Eric A Rickart, Shannen Robson, Rebecca J Rowe, Dakota M Rowsey, Alyssa Semerdjian, Theodore Stankowich, Laura Steger, Richard Stevens, Katherine M Thibault, Cody W Thompson, Nathan S Upham, Alyson Wilkins, Elizabeth A Wommack, Extending mammal specimens with their essential phenotypic traits, Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 106, Issue 5, October 2025, Pages 1282–1291, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf062
  • Bryan S McLean, Eric A Rickart, Joseph A Cook, Robert P Guralnick, Connor J Burgin, Kristin Lohr, Integrative species delimitation reveals an Idaho-endemic ground squirrel, Urocitellus idahoensis (Merriam 1913), Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 106, Issue 2, April 2025, Pages 405–429, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae135
  • Roxanne S. Beltran, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Stephanie K. Adamczak, Larissa T. Beumer, Max F. Czapanskiy, Sarah C. Davidson, Bryan S. McLean, Thomas Mueller, Allison R. Payne, Carmen D. Soria, Brian C. Weeks, Terrie M. Williams, Roberto Salguero-Gómez; Integrating animal tracking and trait data to facilitate global ecological discoveries. J Exp Biol 15 February 2025; 228 (Suppl_1): JEB247981. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247981

2024

  • Belinne H. G., Vrla SC, Czap JE, Stevens RD. 2024. Wing measurements for differentiating three cryptic species of Myotis (Mammalia: Chiroptera) that co-occur in the southeastern United States. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University. 388: 1-11. PDF

Conference presentations and papers

2025

  • Pittman C., Doll A., Demboski J. (2025). Historical Taxidermy Documents Provide Hidden Trait Data. The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Annual Meeting. Lawrence, KS.
  • Pittman C., Doll A., Demboski J. (2025). Mouse Feet, The Jonas Brothers, and multitudes of traits: A RANGES TCN project. The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Annual Meeting. Lawrence, KS.

2024

  • Alberts T. (2024). Uncovering a history of our natural history collections: an early-career experience digitizing Californian museum specimens. Oral talk at the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections meeting. Okinawa, Japan. September 2024.
  • Alberts, T., & Oakman J. C. (2024). Uncovering a history of our natural history collections: an early-career experience digitizing Californian museum specimens. Oral Presentation, American Society of Mammalogists, Boulder, CO
  • Davis, E., Balk, M., Deck, J., Emery, K., Guralnick, R., Lawing, A.M., Brenskelle, L., Sewnath, N. (2024). High-precision mammal mass from skeletal remains using FuTRES ontology database. World Biodiversity Forum, Davos Switzerland.
  • *Decker S., Martinez-Fonseca JG, de Souza Rothier Duarte P, Tanis BP.. Panel speakers within: The importance of 3D imaging in current trait-based mammal research: iDigBio Thematic Collection Networks Webinar Series. 7 Nov 2024.
  • Koutsogiannis S, Upham, N., Rowsey, D. (2024). Using trait data from specimen tags to identify Peromyscus specimens: A RANGES TCN project. American Society of Mammalogists meeting in Boulder, Colorado.
  • Koutsogiannis S, Upham N, Rowsey D. (2024). Bringing dark mammalian trait data to light through standardized digitization. CAP LTER All-Hands Meeting.
  • *HUANG, G. *, & B. P. TANIS. Burrowing Deeper: Investigating the relationship between bite force and soil texture in the camas pocket gopher. Oregon State University Spring Poster Symposium. Corvallis, OR 16 May 2024.
  • *TANIS, B.P.. Leveraging Spatial and temporal variation to inform dynamic eco-evolutionary patterns. Utah Valley University. 13 Dec 2024.
  • *MIRHO, M. *, & B. P. TANIS. Influence of time and space on jaw shape in the camas pocket gopher (Thomomys bulbivorus). Oregon State University Spring Poster Symposium. Corvallis, OR 16 May 2024.

  • Wirth, H. Pavan, S., & Semerdjian, A. (2024). Exploring diversity in Cal Poly Humboldt’s Vertebrate Museum. Poster. IdeaFest, Arcata, CA.

  • Ranges Imaging Mini Award Recipient

2023

  • Bloom D, McLean BS, Santana S, Davis E, Guralnick RP. (2023). Ranges Digitization Network - Extending mammal specimens in western North America. 13th International Mammal Congress/American Society of Mammalogists 102nd Annual Mtg, oral pres. (July 2023)
  • Derieg K, Cofrin M, Liphardt S, Wilkins A. (2023). Merging citizen science and natural history collections for large-scale mobilization of trait data. Abstract 033. 102nd annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. Anchorage AK
  • Light J. (2023). Mice, lice, and museums: Leveraging natural history collections to understand diversity, distributions, and diseases in a rapidly changing world. Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX (in-person; October 2023)
  • Light J. (2023). Mice, lice, and museums: Leveraging natural history collections to understand diversity, distributions, and diseases in a rapidly changing world. Genetics & Genomics (G2) and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (in-person; October 2023)
  • Light J. (2023). Lice, mice, and museums: Leveraging natural history collections to understand diversity, distributions, and disease in a rapidly changing world. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL (in-person; February 2023)
  • McLean BS. (2023). Assembling trait data resources for mammal conservation in the temperate zone. East Tennessee State University Biology Seminar Series, invited oral pres. (Feb. 2023).
  • McLean BS, Bloom D, Santana S, Davis E, Guralnick RP. (2023). Ranges Digitization Network - Extending mammal specimens from western North America. BioDigiCon, oral pres. (Jul. 2023).

Webinars

Other Publications

Thesis/Dissertations

  • Research enabled by Ranges Imaging Mini-Awards will contribute to the dissertation of Sydney K. Decker (awardee) which will be completed and made publicly available in 2025.