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Mammal Review

Published in association with the Mammal Society

Edited by:

Robbie McDonald and John Durban


ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 7/124 (Zoology)
Impact Factor: 2.854

Mammal Review is the official scientific periodical of The Mammal Society. The journal has a broad scope and covers all aspects of mammalian biology and ecology. The Editor will particularly welcome analytical reviews of current theoretical and applied research on mammals, practical assessments of techniques for studying mammals and large-scale considerations of the status, conservation and management of mammals.

Mammal Review is primarily a review journal. Review papers are regularly invited by the Editorial Board and will be treated as priority contributions. Authors are invited to consult any member of the Board about potential topics for these invited contributions. Unsolicited review papers are welcome. Short papers of no more than six published pages that describe original work are also welcome. Exceptionally, original research may be published when on a particularly timely and important topic but authors of such work should consult the Editor prior to submission. The journal is also the primary place of publication for the scientific work of The Mammal Society. Work that is entirely or mostly published elsewhere will not be accepted.

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NEW: Press Release from Mammal Review
A recent article published OnlineEarly details the discovery of a mammal which has never been seen before in Ireland.The shrew, which has been spotted in Tipperary and Limerick, is only the third new mammal to be found on the island in almost 60 years.

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Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) in conjunction with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme.

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The following articles demonstrate some of the topics recently published in the journal. Click on any article title to download the paper for free.
 
A quantitative analysis of the abundance and demography of European hares Lepus europaeus in relation to habitat type, intensity of agriculture and climate
R. Smith, N. Vaughan Jennings and S. Harris

Potential causes and life-history consequences of sexual size dimorphism in mammals
J. Isaac

Population status, trends and a re-examination of the hypotheses explaining the recent declines of the southern elephant seal Mirounga leonine
C McMahon, M. Bester, H. Burton, M. Hindell, C. Bradshaw

The response of mammals to forest fire and timber harvest in the North American boreal forest
J. Fisher and L. Wilkinson

Historic and current habitat use by North Pacific right whales Eubalaena japonica in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska
K. Shelden, S. Moore, J. Waite, P. Wade, D. Rugh

The effects of captivity on the morphology of captive, domesticated and feral mammals
H. O'Regan and A. Kitchener

Phylogeny and evolutionary origins of the Leporidae: a review of cytogenetics, molecular analyses and a supermatrix analysis
T. Robinson and C. Matthee

Highly accessed papers
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The evolution of flight and echolocation in bats: another leap in the dark
John R. Speakman

Methods of monitoring red foxes Vulpes vulpes and badgers Meles meles: are field signs the answer?
L. Sadlier, C. Webbon, P. Baker, S. Harris

The origins and character of 'aboriginal subsistence' whaling: a global review
R. Reeves

Highly cited papers
The following three papers were the most highly cited articles in 2003 published in Mammal Review. Click on each link to view the Abstracts. If you do not have a subscription to the journal you can purchase single articles by clicking the Buy Now option within Synergy.

The decline of Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus in Alaska: a review of the nutritional stress hypothesis
Trites, AW; Donnelly, CP

Factors affecting the distribution of small mammals in an urban area
Baker, PJ; Ansell, RJ; Dodds, PAA; Webber, CE; Harris, S

Press responses to the presence of free-living Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in southern England
Goulding, MJ; Roper, TJ

Links to other relevant sites
The Mammal Society Homepage
The British Ecological Society Homepage
The British Ecological Society publications
Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
South African Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Scientists
Italian Society of Ecology
Blackwell Ecology - Blackwell Publishing's ecology subject site