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Overview

Michael S. Mooring is affiliated with Point Loma Nazarene University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Zoonotic diseases and public health. This diverse range of subjects reflects a broad perspective on biological and ecological systems, particularly relating to wildlife and their interactions with changing environments.

Mooring has contributed to several publications in notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • UNED Research Journal
  • Tropical Conservation Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Diversity

Among recent papers, the following are authored or coauthored by Mooring or frequently associated collaborators:

  • "Natural Selection of Melanism in Costa Rican Jaguar and Oncilla: A Test of Gloger's Rule and the Temporal Segregation Hypothesis," 2020, Tropical Conservation Science
  • "Circadian activity patterns of mammalian predators and prey in Costa Rica," 2020, Journal of Mammalogy
  • "Does Moonlight Increase Predation Risk for Elusive Mammals in Costa Rica?", 2020, Tropical Conservation Science
  • "Ecological modeling, biogeography, and phenotypic analyses setting the tiger cats' hyperdimensional niches reveal a new species," 2024, Scientific Reports
  • "Do Wildlife Crossings Mitigate the Roadkill Mortality of Tropical Mammals? A Case Study from Costa Rica," 2022, Diversity

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mooring include:

  • Amy A. Eppert
  • S. R. Blankenship
  • Ryan T. Botts
  • Tadeu Gomes de Oliveira
  • Lester Alexander Fox-Rosales

Best Publications

  • Animal Grouping for Protection From Parasites: Selfish Herd and Encounter-Dilution Effects

    Michael S. Mooring;Benjamin L. Hart

  • The evolution of parasite-defence grooming in ungulates

    Michael S. Mooring;Daniel T. Blumstein;Chantal J. Stoner

  • Biological basis of grooming behaviour in antelope: the body-size, vigilance and habitat principles

    Benjamin L. Hart;Lynette A. Hart;Michael S. Mooring;Reardon Olubayo

  • VIGILANCE, PREDATION RISK, AND THE ALLEE EFFECT IN DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP

    Michael S. Mooring;Thomas A. Fitzpatrick;Tara T. Nishihira;Dominic D. Reisig

  • Costs of allogrooming in impala : distraction from vigilance

    Michael S. Mooring;Benjamin L. Hart

  • Grooming in impala: Role of oral grooming in removal of ticks and effects of ticks in increasing grooming rate

    Michael S. Mooring;Andrew A. McKenzie;Benjamin L. Hart

  • Testing the interspecific body size principle in ungulates: the smaller they come, the harder they groom.

    Michael S. Mooring;Jill E. Benjamin;Cynthia R. Harte;Nathan B. Herzog

  • SEXUAL SEGREGATION IN DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS MEXICANA)

    Michael S. Mooring;Thomas A. Fitzpatrick;Jill E. Benjamin;Ian C. Fraser

  • Glucocorticoids of bison bulls in relation to social status

    M.S. Mooring;M.L. Patton;V.A. Lance;B.M. Hall

  • The effect of tick challenge on grooming rate by impala

    Michael S. Mooring

  • Amplitude of bison bellows reflects male quality, physical condition and motivation

    Megan T. Wyman;Michael S. Mooring;Brenda McCowan;M. Cecilia T. Penedo

  • Premature loss of winter hair in free-ranging moose (Alces alces) infested with winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) is correlated with grooming rate

    Michael S Mooring;W M Samuel

  • The biological basis of grooming in moose: programmed versus stimulus-driven grooming

    Michael S Mooring;W.M Samuel

  • Acoustic cues to size and quality in the vocalizations of male North American bison, Bison bison

    M.T. Wyman;M.S. Mooring;B. McCowan;M.C.T. Penedo

  • Role of sex and breeding status in grooming and total tick load of impala

    Michael S. Mooring;Andrew A. McKenzie;Benjamin L. Hart

  • Differential grooming rate and tick load of territorial male and female impala, Aepyceros melampus

    Michael S. Mooring;Benjamin L. Hart

  • Sexual segregation in bison: a test of multiple hypotheses

    Michael S. Mooring;Dominic D. Reisig;Eric R. Osborne;Adam L. Kanallakan

  • Circadian activity patterns of mammalian predators and prey in Costa Rica

    Ryan T Botts;Amy A Eppert;Timothy J Wiegman;Abner Rodriguez

  • Differential foraging of oxpeckers on impala in comparison with sympatric antelope species

    Benjamin L. Hart;Benjamin L. Hart;Lynette A. Hart;Lynette A. Hart;Michael S. Mooring;Michael S. Mooring

  • TICK DEFENSE STRATEGIES IN BISON: THE ROLE OF GROOMING AND HAIR COAT

    Michael S. Mooring;William M. Samuel

  • Self grooming in impala mothers and lambs: testing the body size and tick challenge principles

    Michael S. Mooring;Benjamin L. Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin L. Hart
Benjamin L. Hart University of California, Davis
Lynette A. Hart
Lynette A. Hart University of California, Davis
Brenda McCowan
Brenda McCowan University of California, Davis
Daniel T. Blumstein
Daniel T. Blumstein University of California, Los Angeles
Guy Beauchamp
Guy Beauchamp University of Montreal
Todd K. Fuller
Todd K. Fuller University of Massachusetts Amherst

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