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41. Mares, M. A. 1980. Convergent evolution among desert rodents: a global perspective. Bulletin Carnegie Museum, No. 16:1–51.
42. Mares, M. A. 1980. Desert mammals. Carnegie Magazine, 54:15–25.
43. Mares, M. A., M. R. Willig, and N. A. Bitar. 1980. Home range size in eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, as a function of number of captures: statistical biases of inadequate sampling. Journal of Mammalogy, 61:661–669.
44. Mares, M. A., R. Adams, T. E. Lacher, Jr., and M. R. Willig. 1980. Home range dynamics in chipmunks: responses to experimental manipulation of population density and distribution. Annals Carnegie Museum, 49:193–201.
45. Barquez, R. M., D. F. Williams, M. A. Mares, and H. H. Genoways. 1980. Karyology and morphometrics of three species of Akodon (Mammalia: Muridae) from northwestern Argentina. Annals Carnegie Museum, 49:379–403.
46. Mares, M. A., M. R. Willig, K. Streilein, and T. E. Lacher, Jr. 1981. The mammals of northeastern Brazil: a preliminary assessment. Annals Carnegie Museum, 50:81–137.