Ecological Reserves
3521 14 Mile House Road
Forest Ranch, CA 95942
530-898-5010
530-342-1371

Mailing Address
Ecological Reserves - Chico State Enterprises
25 Main St. Suite 203
Chico, CA 95928-5388

Mammal Research

The BCCER is wintering habitat for the declining population of the Tehama herd of Columbian black-tailed mule deer. We also have a long-term bat research project that has identified 17 species of bats via acoustic monitoring. See our Mammal list (PDF).

Bright, Lisa (2011). Taphonomic Signatures of Animal Scavenging in Northern California: A Forensic Anthropological Analysis (PDF)

Moore et al. (2017). Acoustic Monitoring of Bat Diversity in Northern California (poster) (PDF)

Wittsell, Rick (2008). Density-Dependent Seasonal Home Range Size Change in Female Columbian Black-Tailed Deer (PDF)

Yang, Tony (2021). Habituation Behavior of the California Ground Squirrel (PDF)