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La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
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Samantha Catella: Causes and consequences of spatial structure in plant communities
Samantha Catella’s proposed research will determine whether plants sourced from urban habitats are locally adapted to urban conditions using a reciprocal transplant experiment.
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Zac MacDonald: Ecological and evolutionary mechanisms structuring diversity in space and time
In this seminar, UCLA La Kretz postdoc finalist Zac MacDonald focuses on a series of studies addressing mechanisms that structure patterns of butterfly and vascular plant diversity in space and time.
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Announcing La Kretz Center and Stunt Ranch Reserve 2021 conservation science research awards
The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science and the UC Natural Reserve System Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve are pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of our…
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State of fire research: patterns and prevention
UCLA researchers are in a race to understand climate change’s impact on California’s fire seasons to help curb the severity of wildfire devastation. La Kretz Center director Brad Shaffer is…
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The big data of biodiversity
The California Conservation Genomics Project, led by the UCLA/La Kretz Center, will use powerful genomics technology to shape the future of conservation in the state
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UCLA study of threatened desert tortoises offers new conservation strategy
A new study, co-authored by La Kretz Center director Brad Shaffer and published today in Science, shows that animals with more genetic variation are more likely to survive translocation.
