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1. 1989 Mooring, M.S. Ontogeny of allogrooming in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Journal of Mammalogy 70: 434-437.
2. 1990 Hart, B.L., Hart, L.A., & Mooring, M.S. Differential foraging of oxpeckers on impala in comparison with sympatric antelope species. African Journal of Ecology 28: 240-249.
3. 1991 Mooring, M.S. & Rubin, E.S. Nursing behavior and early development of Kenyan impala at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Zoo Biology 9: 329-339.
4. 1992 Mooring, M.S. & Hart, B.L. Reciprocal allogrooming in dam-reared and hand-reared impala fawns. Ethology 90: 37-51.
5. 1992 Hart, B.L., Hart, L.A., Mooring, M.S. & Olubayo, R. Biological basis of grooming behaviour in antelope: The body size, vigilance and habitat principles. Animal Behaviour 44: 615-631.
6. 1992 Mooring, M.S. & Hart, B.L. Animal grouping for protection from parasites: Selfish herd and encounter-dilution effects. Behaviour 123: 173-193.
7. 1993 Mooring, M.S. & Hart, B.L. Effects of relatedness, dominance, age, and association on reciprocal allogrooming by captive impala. Ethology 94: 207-220.
8. 1993 Mooring, M.S. Predation on a newborn impala by a martial eagle. Ostrich 64: 185-186.
9. 1994 Mooring, M.S. Allogrooming, an essential activity in impala behaviour. Zimbabwe Wildlife, January 1994: 19-22.
10. 1994 Mooring, M.S., Mazhowu, W. & Scott, C.A. The effect of rainfall on tick challenge at Kyle Recreational Park, Zimbabwe. Experimental & Applied Acarology 18: 507-520.
11. 1995 Mooring, M.S. & Hart, B.L. Differential grooming rate and tick load of territorial male and female impala, Aepyceros melampus. Behavioral Ecology 6: 94-101.
12. 1995 Mooring, M.S. The effect of tick challenge on grooming rate by impala. Animal Behaviour 50: 377-392.
13. 1995 Mooring, M.S. & Hart, B.L. Costs of allogrooming in impala: Distraction from vigilance. Animal Behaviour 49: 1414-1416.
14. 1995 Mooring, M.S. & McKenzie, A.A. The efficiency of patch sampling for determination of relative tick burdens in comparison with total tick counts. Experimental & Applied Acarology 19: 533-547.
15. 1995 Mooring, M.S. & Mazhowu, W. Geographic distribution of ticks and comparison of tick load on male and female impala from three sites in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Veterinary Journal 26: 76-85.
16. 1996 Mooring, M.S. & Mundy, P.J. Interactions between impala and oxpeckers at Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Ecology 34: 54-65.
17. 1996 Mooring, M.S., McKenzie, A.A. & Hart, B.L. Grooming in impala: Role of oral grooming in removal of ticks and effects of ticks in increasing grooming rate. Physiology and Behavior 59: 965-971.
18. 1996 Mooring, M.S. & Mundy, P.J. Factors influencing host selection by yellow-billed oxpeckers at Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. African Journal of Ecology 34: 177-188.
19. 1996 Mooring, M.S., McKenzie, A.A. & Hart, B.L. Role of sex and breeding status in grooming and total tick load of impala. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 39: 259-266.
20. 1997 Mooring, M.S. & Hart, B.L. Self grooming in impala mothers and lambs: Testing the body size and tick challenge principles. Animal Behaviour 53: 925-934.
21. 1997 Mooring, M.S. & Hart, B.L. Reciprocal allogrooming in impala lambs. Ethology 103: 665-680.
22. 1998 Mooring, M.S. & Samuel, W.M. Tick-removal grooming by elk (Cervus elaphus): testing principles from the programmed-grooming hypothesis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 740-750.
23. 1998 Mooring, M.S. & Samuel, W.M. Tick defense strategies in bison: the role of grooming and hair coat. Behaviour 135: 693-718.
24. 1998 Mooring, M.S., Gavazzi, A.J., & Hart, B.L. Effects of castration on grooming in goats. Physiology and Behavior 64: 707-713.
25. 1998 Mooring, M.S. & Samuel, W.M. The biological basis of grooming in moose (Alces alces): programmed versus stimulus-driven grooming. Animal Behaviour 56: 1561_1570.
26. 1999 Mooring, M.S. & Samuel, W.M. Premature loss of winter hair in free-ranging moose (Alces alces) infested with winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) is correlated with grooming rate. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 148-156
27. 1999 Mooring, M.S. & Dennis, N.J. Impala, the living fossil. Africa Environment & Wildlife 7: 52-61.
28. 2000 Samuel, W.M., Mooring, M.S., Aalangdong, O.I. Adaptations of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) to invade moose and moose to evade ticks. Alces 36: 183-195.
29. 2000 Mooring, M.S., Benjamin, J.E., Harte, C.R., & Herzog, N.B. Testing the interspecific body size principle in ungulates: the smaller they come, the harder they groom. Animal Behaviour 60: 35-45.
30. 2002 Mooring, M.S., Reisig, D.D., Niemeyer, J.M., and Osborne, E.R. Sexually and developmentally dimorphic grooming: a comparative survey of the Ungulata. Ethology 108: 911-934.
31. 2003 Mooring, M.S., Fitzpatrick, T.A, Fraser, I.C., Benjamin, J.E., Reisig, D.D. & Nishihira, T.T. Insect-defense behavior by desert bighorn sheep. Southwestern Naturalist 48: 635-643.
32. 2003 Mooring, M.S., Fitzpatrick, T.A, Benjamin, J.E., Fraser, I.C., Nishihira, T.T., Reisig, D.D, & Rominger, E.M. Sexual segregation in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana). Behaviour 140: 183-207.
33. 2004 Mooring, M.S., Blumstein, D.T. & Stoner, C.J. The evolution of parasite-defence grooming in ungulates. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 17-37.
34. 2004 Mooring, M.S. & Rominger, E.M. 2004. Reply – Is the activity budget the holy grail of sexual segregation? Behaviour 141: 521-530.
35. 2004 Mooring, M.S., Fitzpatrick, T.A, Nishihira, T.T., & Reisig, D.D. Vigilance, predation risk, and the Allee effect in desert bighorn sheep. Journal of Wildlife Management 68: 519-532.
36. 2004 Mooring, M.S., Patton, M.L., Lance, V.A., Hall., B.M., Schaad, E.W., Fortin, S.S., Jella, J.E., & McPeak, K.M. Fecal androgens of bison bulls during the rut. Hormones & Behavior 46: 392-398.
37. 2005 Mooring, M.S., Reisig, D.D., Osborne, E.R., Kanallakan, A.L, Wiseman, D.S., Huber, R.R. Sexual segregation in bison (Bison bison): a test of multiple hypotheses. Behaviour 142: 897-927.
38. 2006 Mooring, M.S., Patton, M.L., Lance, V.A., Hall., B.M., Schaad, E.W., Fetter, G.A., Fortin, S.S., & McPeak, K.M. Glucocorticoids of bison bulls in relation to social status. Hormones & Behavior 49: 369-375.
39. 2006 Mooring, M.S., Hart, B.L., Fitzpatrick, T.A, Benjamin, J.E., Fraser, I.C., Nishihira, and Reisig, D.D. Grooming in desert bighorn sheep and the ghost of parasites past. Behavioral Ecology 17: 364-371.
40. 2006 Mooring, M.S., Patton, M.L., Reisig, D.D., Osborne, E.R., Kanallakan, A.L., and Aubery, S.M. Sexually dimorphic grooming in bison: influence of body size and testosterone. Animal Behaviour 72: 737-745.
41. 2007 Mooring, M.S., Blumstein, D.T., Reisig, D.D., Niemeyer, J.M., and Osborne, E.R. Insect-repelling behaviour in bovids: role of mass, tail length, and group size. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91: 383-392.
42. 2008 Wyman, M.T., Mooring, M.S., McCowan, B., Penedo, M.C.T., and Hart, L.A. Bellow amplitude of bison reflects male quality, seasonal condition, and motivation. Animal Behaviour 76: 1625-1639.
43. 2012 Wyman, M.T., Mooring, M.S., McCowan, B., Penedo, M.C.T., Reby, D., and Hart, L.A. Acoustic cues to size and quality in the vocalizations of male North American bison, Bison bison. Animal Behaviour 84: 1381-1391.
44. 2014 Li, Z., Beauchamp, G., and Mooring, M.S. Relaxed selection for tick-defense grooming in Père David’s deer? Biological Conservation 178: 12–18.
45. 2014 Mooring, M.S. and Penedo, M.C.T. Behavioral versus genetic measures of fitness in bison bulls (Bison bison). Journal of Mammalogy 95: 913-924.
46. 2018 Zhongqiu, L., Yang, L., Luo, Y., Tan, M., Jiang, Z. and Mooring, M.S. Tick-defense grooming patterns of two sympatric Tibetan ungulates. Journal of Zoology 307: 1-7.
47. 2019 Sáenz-Bolaños, C., Fuller, T.K., Mooring, M.S., Porras, J., Sievert, P.R., Montalvo, V.H., Carrillo, E. Bush dogs in Central America: recent range expansion, cryptic distribution, or both? Tropical Conservation Science 12: 1-5.
48. 2020 Mooring, M. S., Eppert, A. A., and Botts, R. T. Natural selection of melanism in Costa Rican jaguar and oncilla: a test of Gloger’s Rule and the temporal segregation hypothesis. Tropical Conservation Science 13: 1-15.
49. 2020 Botts, R. T, Eppert, A. A., Wiegman, T. J., Blankenship, S. R., Rodriguez, A., Wagner, A. P., Ullrich, S. E., Allen, G. R., Garley, W. M., Asselin, E. M., and Mooring, M. S. Does moonlight increase predation risk for elusive mammals in Costa Rica? Tropical Conservation Science 13: 1–21. DOI: 10.1177/1940082920952405
50. 2020 Botts, R. T, Eppert, A. A., Wiegman, Rodriguez, A., T. J., Blankenship, S. R., Asselin, E. M., Garley, W. M., Wagner, A. P., Ullrich, S. E., Allen, G. R., and Mooring, M. S. Circadian activity patterns of mammalian predators and prey in Costa Rica. Journal of Mammalogy XX: 1-19. DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa103 (in press).
50. 2020 Botts, R. T, Eppert, A. A., Wiegman, Rodriguez, A., T. J., Blankenship, S. R., Asselin, E. M., Garley, W. M., Wagner, A. P., Ullrich, S. E., Allen, G. R., and Mooring, M. S. Circadian activity patterns of mammalian predators and prey in Costa Rica. Journal of Mammalogy 101: 1313–1331. DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa103
51. 2021 Wyman, M. T., Pinter-Wollman, N., and Mooring, M. S. Trade-offs between fighting and breeding: a social network analysis of bison male interactions. Journal of Mammalogy (Advance article). DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa172
52. 2021 González-Tenorio, R., Eppert, A. A., and Mooring, M.S. Diversidad y patrones de actividad de mamíferos silvestres medianos y grandes en la Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. UNED Research Journal 13: e3621. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v13i2.3621
53. 2022 Eppert, A. A., Botts, R. T., and Mooring, M. S. Selección natural del melanismo en jaguar y tigrillo (Carnivora: Felidae). UNED Research Journal 14(Supl.1): e3857. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v14iS1.3857
54. 2022 Mooring, M. S., and Eppert, A. A. Patrones de actividad circadiana y lunar del jaguar y el puma en relación con sus presas y competidoras (Carnivora: Felidae). UNED Research Journal 14(Supl.1): e3858. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v14iS1.3858
55. 2022 Villalobos-Hoffman, R., Ewing, J.E., Mooring, M.S. Do wildlife crossings mitigate the roadkill mortality of tropical mammals? A case study from Costa Rica. Diversity 14: 665. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14080665
56. 2023 Mooring, M., Cordero, A. M., Ewing, J. (2023). Wildlife Crossings in Costa Rica: Are wildlife crossing structures effective in mitigating roadkill mortality on tropical highways? OCELOTS Incubator: Creating an online module in tropical biology, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/88B0-9411