Get outside! A hands-on lab manual for instructors incorporating fieldwork into their courses on mammalogy.

Mammals inhabit nearly every continent and every sea. They have adapted to life underground, in the frozen Arctic, the hottest deserts, and every habitat in-between. In Mammalogy Techniques Lab Manual-the only field manual devoted to training the next generation of mammalogists-biologist and educator James M. Ryan details the modern research techniques today's professionals use to study mammals wherever they are found.

Ideal for any mammalogy or wildlife biology course, this clear and practical guide aids students by getting them outside to study mammals in their natural environments. Twenty comprehensive chapters cover skull and tooth identification, radio and satellite GPS tracking, phylogeny construction, mark and recapture techniques, camera trapping, museum specimen preparation, optimal foraging, and DNA extraction, among other topics. Each chapter includes several exercises with step-by-step instructions for students to collect and analyze their own data, along with background information, downloadable sample data sets (to use when it is not practical to be out in the field), and detailed descriptions of useful open-source software tools.

This pragmatic resource provides students with real-world experience practicing the complex techniques used by modern wildlife biologists. With more than 60 applied exercises to choose from in this unique manual, students will quickly acquire the scientific skills essential for a career working with mammals.

Get outside! A hands-on lab manual for instructors incorporating fieldwork into their courses on mammalogy.

About the Author

James M. Ryan is a professor of biology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is the coauthor of Mammalogy and the author of Adirondack Wildlife: A Field Guide.

Reviews
The content makes for a book of such a range of mammal study methods it is difficult to think all that can be in just 179 pages.
-Pat Sang MRSB, The Biologist
A student contemplating mammalian field research would be well-served utilizing this lab manual.
-Robert E. Hoopes, Wildlife Activist
[Mammalogy Techniques Lab Manual] will surely inspire a new generation of mammalogists . . . A strength of the book is that it is self-contained. Supplementary materials specific to this book, public online resources, and smart practical suggestions enable the reader to perform most of the exercises from anywhere in the world . . . [Mammalogy Techniques Lab Manual] will be a great addition for introductory courses . . . Instructors should ask their libraries to purchase some copies. This book will lead new generations of students to say "When I grow up I want to be a mammalogist!"
-Andrea Ravignani, Vrije Universiteit, Journal of Mammalogy
This book can be recommended to anyone working (or those who wish to work) with mammals in the field and is a must have for students of mammalogy (including researchers) as well as any biology department covering mammalogy.
-Carsten Schradin, CNRS, Quarterly Review of Biology



Book Information
ISBN 9781421426075
Author James M. Ryan
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 12mm