Connor James Burgin

University of New Mexico | UNM · Department of Biology

The “small-eared” species group of Urocitellus ground squirrels (Sciuridae: Xerinae: Marmotini) is endemic to the Great Basin, United States, and surrounding cold desert ecosystems. Most specific and subspecific lineages in this group occupy narrow geographic ranges, and some are of significant conservation concern; despite this, current taxonomy r...

Aim: Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography and conservation. Expert range maps often represent a species' only available distributional information and play an increasing role in conservation assessments and macroeco...