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*undergraduate student coauthor | †shared first author
Whitby, MD, O’Mara MT, Hein CD, Huso M, Frick WF. 2024. A decade of curtailment studies demonstrates a consistent and effective strategy to reduce bat fatalities at wind turbines in North America. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 5: e12371. doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12371
Challéat, S., Farrugia, N., Froidevaux, J.S.P. et al. 2024. A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data 11, 928. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03611-7
Kays, R, … O'Mara MT + 114 authors, Parsons A. 2024. Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States. Diversity and Distributions. doi:10.1111/ddi.13900.
Cheng TL, Bennett AB, O'Mara MT, Auteri, GG, Frick WF. 2024. Persist or Perish: Can Bats Threatened with Extinction Persist and Recover from White-nose Syndrome?, Integrative and Comparative Biology, icae018, doi: 0.1093/icb/icae018
Shamon H, Maor R , Cove MV, Kays R, Adley J, Alexander PD, Allen DN … O’Mara MT, + 136 authors … McShea WJ. 2024. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A Third Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United States. Ecology 105(6): e4318. doi: 10.1002/ecy.4318
Burton AC, Beirne C, … O'Mara MT, …+ 220 authors, Kays R, 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. 2024. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2.
Plowright RK, Ahmed AN, Coulson T, Crowther TW, Ejotre I, Faust CL, Frick WF, Hudson PJ, Kingston T, Nameer PO, O'Mara MT, Peel AJ, Possingham H, Razgour O, Reeder DM, Ruiz-Aravena M, Simmons NB, Srinivas PN, Tabor GM, Tanshi I, Thompson IG, Vanak AT, Vora NM, Willison CE, Keeley ATH, 2024. Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics. 2024. Nature Communications 15:2577. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46151-9.
Jonasson KA, Adams AM, Brokaw AF, Whitby MD, O'Mara MT, Frick WF. 2024. A multisensory approach to understanding bat responses to wind energy developments. Mammal Review, 54: 229-242. doi: 10.1111/mam.12340
Frick WF, de Wit LA, Ibarra A, Lear K, O’Mara MT. 2024. Conserving bats and their foraging habitats. In: Russo D & Fenton B (Eds), A Natural History of Bat Foraging. Academic Press, pp. 305-325. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91820-6.00002-4 [PDF]
Weber N, Nagy M, Markotter W, Schaer J, Puechmaille SJ, Sutton J, Dávalos LM, Dusabe M-C, Ejotre I, Fenton MB, Knörnschild M, López-Baucells A, Medellin RA, Metz M, Mubareka S, Nsengimana O, O'Mara MT, Racey PA, Tuttle M, Twizeyimana I, Vicente-Santos A, Tschapka M, Voigt CC, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN, Reeder DM. 2023. Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies: a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats. Biology Letters 19: 20230358. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0358. [PDF]
O'Mara MT, Dechmann DKN, 2023. Greater spear-nosed bats commute long distances alone, rest together, but forage apart. Anim Behav 204:37-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.001. [PDF]
Koger B, Hurme E, Costelloe BR, O'Mara MT, Wikelski M, Kays R, Dechmann DKN, 2023. An automated approach for counting groups of flying animals applied to one of the world's largest bat colonies. Ecosphere 14. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4590. [PDF]
O’Mara MT. 2023. Conservation: Tracking bats around wind turbines. Current Biology 33:R136-R138. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.048. [PDF]
Eppley T, …. O’Mara MT, … (+ 116 coauthors), Santini L. 2022. Descending from the trees: Factors leading to terrestriality in arboreal primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 119(42): e2121105119. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2121105119 [PDF]
Kohles J, O’Mara MT, Dechmann DKN. 2022. A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements. Biological Reviews. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12881 [PDF]
Hurme E, Fahr J, Eidolon Monitoring Network, Fils EB, Hash CT, O’Mara MT, Richter H, Tanshi I, Webala P, Weber N, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN. 2022. Fruit bat migration matches green wave in seasonal landscapes. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14097 [PDF]
Kays R, …., O’Mara MT, (+ 149 co-authors), McShea, WJ. 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3775 [Data]
Jetz W, Grigori T, Kays R, Mueller U, Wikelski M, …, O’Mara MT + 143 authors.) 2022. Biological Earth observation with animal sensors. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37(4):293-298. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.011 [PDF]
Linek N, Shipley JR, O’Mara MT, Schmidt A, Tiainen J, Brzek P, Taylor J, Pokrovsky I, Wikelski M, Partecke J. 2021. A partial migrant relies upon a range-wide cue set but uses population-specific weighting for migratory timing. Movement Ecology 9:63. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-021-00298-y [PDF]
Cove M, Kays R, …., O’Mara MT, (+ 140 co-authors), McShea, WJ. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: A coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology. 102(6):e03353. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3353
O’Mara MT, Amorim F, Scacco M, McCracken G, Safi K, Mata V, Tomé R, Swartz S, Wikelski M, Beja P, Rebelo H, Dechmann DKN. 2021. European free-tailed bats use topography and nocturnal updrafts to fly high and fast. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.042 [PDF] [Movebank Data]
Calderón-Capote MC, Dechmann DKN, Fahr J, Wikelski M, Kays R, O’Mara MT. 2020. Foraging movements are density-independent among straw-colored fruit bats. Royal Society Open Science. 7:200274. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200274 [PDF] [Movebank Data]
Schaeffer PJ†, O’Mara MT†, Breiholz J*, Keicher L, Lazaro J, Muturi M, Dechmann DKN. 2020. Metabolic rate in common shrews is unaffected by temperature, leading to lower energetic costs through seasonal size reduction. Royal Society Open Science. 7:191989. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191989. [PDF] [Dryad Data]
O'Mara MT, Kranstauber B, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN. 2019. First three‐dimensional tracks of bat migration reveal large amounts of individual behavioral flexibility. Ecology. [PDF] [Movebank Data]
O’Mara MT, Scharf A, Fahr J, Abedi-Lartey M, Wikelski M, , Dechmann DKN, Safi K. 2019. Overall dynamic body acceleration in straw-coloured fruit bats increases in headwinds but not with airspeed. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. [PDF] [Movebank Data].
van Toor ML, O’Mara MT, Abedi-Lartey M, Wikelski M, Fahr J, Dechmann DKN. 2019. Linking colony size with quantitative estimates of ecosystem services of African fruit bats. Current Biology 29:R225-R240. [PDF] {Supplemental Methods] [R Code and Examples] [Movebank Data].
O’Mara MT, Wikelski M, Kranstauber B, Dechmann DKN. 2019. Common noctules exploit low levels of the aerosphere. Royal Society Open: 6. [PDF] {Movebank Data} {Dryad Data]
Hiller T, Rasche A, Brändel SD, König A, Jeworowski L, O’Mara MT, Cottontail V, Page RA, Glebe D, Drexler JF, Tschapka M . 2019. Host biology and anthropogenic factors affect hepadnavirus infection in a Neotropical bat. Ecohealth 26: 82-94. [View PDF]
Kohles, JE*, Page RA, Dechmann DKN, O’Mara MT. 2018. Rapid behavioral changes during early development in Peters' tent-making bat (Uroderma bilobatum). PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205351. [View PDF] [Data at PLoS]
O’Mara MT, Rikker S, ter Maat A, Pollock HS, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN. 2017. Heart rate reveals torpor at high body temperatures in lowland tropical free-tailed bats. Royal Society Open Science. 4:171359. [View PDF] [Data in Dryad]
O’Mara MT, Wikelski M, Voigt CC, ter Maat A, Pollock HS, Burness GP, Desantis LM, Dechmann DKN. 2017. Cyclic bouts of extreme bradycardia counteract the high metabolism of frugivorous bats. eLife 6:e26686. [View PDF] [Figures] [Data in Dryad]
Dechmann DKN, Wikelski M, Elis-Soto D, Safi K, O’Mara MT. 2017. Determinants of spring migration departure decision in a bat. Biology Letters 13:20170395. [View PDF] [Bio Lett Data File]
Jones PJ, Hämsch F, Page RA, Kalko EKV, O’Mara MT. 2017. Foraging and roosting behavior of the fringe-lipped bat on Barro Colorado Island, Panamá. Acta Chiropterologica. [View PDF] [Data in Movebank Data Repository]
Keicher L, O'Mara MT, Voigt CC, Dechmann DKN. 2017. Stable carbon isotopes in breath reveal fast incorporation rates and seasonally variable but rapid fat turnover in the common shrews (Sorex aranaeus). Journal of Experimental Biology 220:2834-2841. [View PDF] [JEB Data File]
O'Mara MT, Blank D*, Bauer K*, Baldwin J*, Dechmann DKN. 2016. Common noctule bats are sex dimorphic in migratory behaviour and size but not wing shape. PLOS ONE 11(11):e0167027. [View PDF] [P1 Data File]
Ramakers J, Dechmann DKN, Page RA, O'Mara MT. 2016. Frugivorous bats prefer information from novel social partners. Animal Behaviour 116:83-87. [View PDF] [Data File]
Gager Y, Gimenez O, O'Mara MT, Dechmann DKN. 2016. Group size, survival and surprisingly short lifespan in socially foraging bats. BMC Ecology 16:2 [View PDF] [BMCE Data]
Stockmaier S, Dechmann DKN, Page RA, O'Mara MT. 2015. No fever and leucocytosis in response to a lipopolysaccharide challenge in an insectivorous bat. Biology Letters 11: 20150576 [View PDF] [Bio Lett Data File]
Fugère V, O'Mara MT, Page RA. 2015. Perceptual bias does not explain preference for prey call adornment in the frog-eating bat. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 1353-1364. [View PDF]
O'Mara MT. 2015. Ecological risk aversion and juvenile ring-tailed lemur feeding and foraging. Folia Primatologica 86: 96-105. [View PDF]
Sauther ML, Gould L, Cuozzo FP, O'Mara MT. 2015. Ring-tailed lemurs: a species re-imagined. Folia Primatologica 86: 5-13. [View PDF]
Dechmann DKN, Wikelski M, Varga K, Yohannes E, Fiedler W, Safi K, Burkhard W-D, O'Mara MT. 2014. Tracking post-hibernation behavior and early migration does not reveal the expected sex-differences in a "female-migrating" bat. PLOS ONE 9(12): e114810. [View PDF]. [Data in Movebank Data Repository]
O'Mara MT, Dechmann DKN, Page RA. 2014. Frugivorous bats evaluate the quality of social information when choosing novel foods. Behavioral Ecology 25(5): 1233-1239. [View PDF]
O'Mara MT & Hickey CM. 2014. The development of sex difference in ring-tailed lemur feeding ecology. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68(8): 1273-1286. [View PDF]
O'Mara MT, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN. 2014. 50 years of bat tracking: device attachment and future directions. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 5(4): 311-319. [View PDF] [MEE Data File]
Cuozzo FP, Head BR, Sauther ML, Ungar PS, O'Mara MT. 2014. Sources of tooth wear variation early in life among known-aged wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology 76(11): 1037-1048. [View PDF] *Featured article
O'Mara MT & Hickey CM. 2012. Social influences on the development of ringtailed lemur feeding ecology. Animal Behaviour 84(6): 1547-1555.[VIew PDF]
O'Mara MT, Gordon AD, Catlett KK, Terranova CJ, Schwartz GT. 2012. Growth and the development of sexual size dimorphism in lorises and galagos. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 147(1): 11-20. [View PDF]
O'Mara MT. 2012. Development of feeding in ring-tailed lemurs. PhD dissertation. [View PDF]
Challéat, S., Farrugia, N., Froidevaux, J.S.P. et al. 2024. A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data 11, 928. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03611-7
Kays, R, … O'Mara MT + 114 authors, Parsons A. 2024. Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States. Diversity and Distributions. doi:10.1111/ddi.13900.
Cheng TL, Bennett AB, O'Mara MT, Auteri, GG, Frick WF. 2024. Persist or Perish: Can Bats Threatened with Extinction Persist and Recover from White-nose Syndrome?, Integrative and Comparative Biology, icae018, doi: 0.1093/icb/icae018
Shamon H, Maor R , Cove MV, Kays R, Adley J, Alexander PD, Allen DN … O’Mara MT, + 136 authors … McShea WJ. 2024. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A Third Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United States. Ecology 105(6): e4318. doi: 10.1002/ecy.4318
Burton AC, Beirne C, … O'Mara MT, …+ 220 authors, Kays R, 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape. 2024. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2.
Plowright RK, Ahmed AN, Coulson T, Crowther TW, Ejotre I, Faust CL, Frick WF, Hudson PJ, Kingston T, Nameer PO, O'Mara MT, Peel AJ, Possingham H, Razgour O, Reeder DM, Ruiz-Aravena M, Simmons NB, Srinivas PN, Tabor GM, Tanshi I, Thompson IG, Vanak AT, Vora NM, Willison CE, Keeley ATH, 2024. Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics. 2024. Nature Communications 15:2577. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46151-9.
Jonasson KA, Adams AM, Brokaw AF, Whitby MD, O'Mara MT, Frick WF. 2024. A multisensory approach to understanding bat responses to wind energy developments. Mammal Review, 54: 229-242. doi: 10.1111/mam.12340
Frick WF, de Wit LA, Ibarra A, Lear K, O’Mara MT. 2024. Conserving bats and their foraging habitats. In: Russo D & Fenton B (Eds), A Natural History of Bat Foraging. Academic Press, pp. 305-325. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91820-6.00002-4 [PDF]
Weber N, Nagy M, Markotter W, Schaer J, Puechmaille SJ, Sutton J, Dávalos LM, Dusabe M-C, Ejotre I, Fenton MB, Knörnschild M, López-Baucells A, Medellin RA, Metz M, Mubareka S, Nsengimana O, O'Mara MT, Racey PA, Tuttle M, Twizeyimana I, Vicente-Santos A, Tschapka M, Voigt CC, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN, Reeder DM. 2023. Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies: a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats. Biology Letters 19: 20230358. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0358. [PDF]
O'Mara MT, Dechmann DKN, 2023. Greater spear-nosed bats commute long distances alone, rest together, but forage apart. Anim Behav 204:37-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.001. [PDF]
Koger B, Hurme E, Costelloe BR, O'Mara MT, Wikelski M, Kays R, Dechmann DKN, 2023. An automated approach for counting groups of flying animals applied to one of the world's largest bat colonies. Ecosphere 14. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4590. [PDF]
O’Mara MT. 2023. Conservation: Tracking bats around wind turbines. Current Biology 33:R136-R138. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.048. [PDF]
Eppley T, …. O’Mara MT, … (+ 116 coauthors), Santini L. 2022. Descending from the trees: Factors leading to terrestriality in arboreal primates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 119(42): e2121105119. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2121105119 [PDF]
Kohles J, O’Mara MT, Dechmann DKN. 2022. A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements. Biological Reviews. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12881 [PDF]
Hurme E, Fahr J, Eidolon Monitoring Network, Fils EB, Hash CT, O’Mara MT, Richter H, Tanshi I, Webala P, Weber N, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN. 2022. Fruit bat migration matches green wave in seasonal landscapes. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14097 [PDF]
Kays R, …., O’Mara MT, (+ 149 co-authors), McShea, WJ. 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3775 [Data]
Jetz W, Grigori T, Kays R, Mueller U, Wikelski M, …, O’Mara MT + 143 authors.) 2022. Biological Earth observation with animal sensors. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37(4):293-298. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.011 [PDF]
Linek N, Shipley JR, O’Mara MT, Schmidt A, Tiainen J, Brzek P, Taylor J, Pokrovsky I, Wikelski M, Partecke J. 2021. A partial migrant relies upon a range-wide cue set but uses population-specific weighting for migratory timing. Movement Ecology 9:63. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-021-00298-y [PDF]
Cove M, Kays R, …., O’Mara MT, (+ 140 co-authors), McShea, WJ. 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: A coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology. 102(6):e03353. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3353
O’Mara MT, Amorim F, Scacco M, McCracken G, Safi K, Mata V, Tomé R, Swartz S, Wikelski M, Beja P, Rebelo H, Dechmann DKN. 2021. European free-tailed bats use topography and nocturnal updrafts to fly high and fast. Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.042 [PDF] [Movebank Data]
Calderón-Capote MC, Dechmann DKN, Fahr J, Wikelski M, Kays R, O’Mara MT. 2020. Foraging movements are density-independent among straw-colored fruit bats. Royal Society Open Science. 7:200274. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200274 [PDF] [Movebank Data]
Schaeffer PJ†, O’Mara MT†, Breiholz J*, Keicher L, Lazaro J, Muturi M, Dechmann DKN. 2020. Metabolic rate in common shrews is unaffected by temperature, leading to lower energetic costs through seasonal size reduction. Royal Society Open Science. 7:191989. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191989. [PDF] [Dryad Data]
O'Mara MT, Kranstauber B, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN. 2019. First three‐dimensional tracks of bat migration reveal large amounts of individual behavioral flexibility. Ecology. [PDF] [Movebank Data]
O’Mara MT, Scharf A, Fahr J, Abedi-Lartey M, Wikelski M, , Dechmann DKN, Safi K. 2019. Overall dynamic body acceleration in straw-coloured fruit bats increases in headwinds but not with airspeed. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. [PDF] [Movebank Data].
van Toor ML, O’Mara MT, Abedi-Lartey M, Wikelski M, Fahr J, Dechmann DKN. 2019. Linking colony size with quantitative estimates of ecosystem services of African fruit bats. Current Biology 29:R225-R240. [PDF] {Supplemental Methods] [R Code and Examples] [Movebank Data].
O’Mara MT, Wikelski M, Kranstauber B, Dechmann DKN. 2019. Common noctules exploit low levels of the aerosphere. Royal Society Open: 6. [PDF] {Movebank Data} {Dryad Data]
Hiller T, Rasche A, Brändel SD, König A, Jeworowski L, O’Mara MT, Cottontail V, Page RA, Glebe D, Drexler JF, Tschapka M . 2019. Host biology and anthropogenic factors affect hepadnavirus infection in a Neotropical bat. Ecohealth 26: 82-94. [View PDF]
Kohles, JE*, Page RA, Dechmann DKN, O’Mara MT. 2018. Rapid behavioral changes during early development in Peters' tent-making bat (Uroderma bilobatum). PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205351. [View PDF] [Data at PLoS]
O’Mara MT, Rikker S, ter Maat A, Pollock HS, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN. 2017. Heart rate reveals torpor at high body temperatures in lowland tropical free-tailed bats. Royal Society Open Science. 4:171359. [View PDF] [Data in Dryad]
O’Mara MT, Wikelski M, Voigt CC, ter Maat A, Pollock HS, Burness GP, Desantis LM, Dechmann DKN. 2017. Cyclic bouts of extreme bradycardia counteract the high metabolism of frugivorous bats. eLife 6:e26686. [View PDF] [Figures] [Data in Dryad]
Dechmann DKN, Wikelski M, Elis-Soto D, Safi K, O’Mara MT. 2017. Determinants of spring migration departure decision in a bat. Biology Letters 13:20170395. [View PDF] [Bio Lett Data File]
Jones PJ, Hämsch F, Page RA, Kalko EKV, O’Mara MT. 2017. Foraging and roosting behavior of the fringe-lipped bat on Barro Colorado Island, Panamá. Acta Chiropterologica. [View PDF] [Data in Movebank Data Repository]
Keicher L, O'Mara MT, Voigt CC, Dechmann DKN. 2017. Stable carbon isotopes in breath reveal fast incorporation rates and seasonally variable but rapid fat turnover in the common shrews (Sorex aranaeus). Journal of Experimental Biology 220:2834-2841. [View PDF] [JEB Data File]
O'Mara MT, Blank D*, Bauer K*, Baldwin J*, Dechmann DKN. 2016. Common noctule bats are sex dimorphic in migratory behaviour and size but not wing shape. PLOS ONE 11(11):e0167027. [View PDF] [P1 Data File]
Ramakers J, Dechmann DKN, Page RA, O'Mara MT. 2016. Frugivorous bats prefer information from novel social partners. Animal Behaviour 116:83-87. [View PDF] [Data File]
Gager Y, Gimenez O, O'Mara MT, Dechmann DKN. 2016. Group size, survival and surprisingly short lifespan in socially foraging bats. BMC Ecology 16:2 [View PDF] [BMCE Data]
Stockmaier S, Dechmann DKN, Page RA, O'Mara MT. 2015. No fever and leucocytosis in response to a lipopolysaccharide challenge in an insectivorous bat. Biology Letters 11: 20150576 [View PDF] [Bio Lett Data File]
Fugère V, O'Mara MT, Page RA. 2015. Perceptual bias does not explain preference for prey call adornment in the frog-eating bat. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 1353-1364. [View PDF]
O'Mara MT. 2015. Ecological risk aversion and juvenile ring-tailed lemur feeding and foraging. Folia Primatologica 86: 96-105. [View PDF]
Sauther ML, Gould L, Cuozzo FP, O'Mara MT. 2015. Ring-tailed lemurs: a species re-imagined. Folia Primatologica 86: 5-13. [View PDF]
Dechmann DKN, Wikelski M, Varga K, Yohannes E, Fiedler W, Safi K, Burkhard W-D, O'Mara MT. 2014. Tracking post-hibernation behavior and early migration does not reveal the expected sex-differences in a "female-migrating" bat. PLOS ONE 9(12): e114810. [View PDF]. [Data in Movebank Data Repository]
O'Mara MT, Dechmann DKN, Page RA. 2014. Frugivorous bats evaluate the quality of social information when choosing novel foods. Behavioral Ecology 25(5): 1233-1239. [View PDF]
O'Mara MT & Hickey CM. 2014. The development of sex difference in ring-tailed lemur feeding ecology. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68(8): 1273-1286. [View PDF]
O'Mara MT, Wikelski M, Dechmann DKN. 2014. 50 years of bat tracking: device attachment and future directions. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 5(4): 311-319. [View PDF] [MEE Data File]
Cuozzo FP, Head BR, Sauther ML, Ungar PS, O'Mara MT. 2014. Sources of tooth wear variation early in life among known-aged wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology 76(11): 1037-1048. [View PDF] *Featured article
O'Mara MT & Hickey CM. 2012. Social influences on the development of ringtailed lemur feeding ecology. Animal Behaviour 84(6): 1547-1555.[VIew PDF]
O'Mara MT, Gordon AD, Catlett KK, Terranova CJ, Schwartz GT. 2012. Growth and the development of sexual size dimorphism in lorises and galagos. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 147(1): 11-20. [View PDF]
O'Mara MT. 2012. Development of feeding in ring-tailed lemurs. PhD dissertation. [View PDF]
Photo courtesy of Christian Ziegler: A greater fruit bat (Artibeus literatus) forages for figs in Panama.
