La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science

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Brad Shaffer in The Los Angeles Times: This architect is trying to save cougars from becoming roadkill on California freeways

Brad Shaffer, an evolutionary biologist at UCLA, has high hopes the wildlife crossing will reshape not just the landscape for its top predator but the character of Southern California. “From…

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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.

Turtles ‘in horrible shape’ with grim future due to rising sea levels

Expansive phylogenetic tree reveals clues about the animals’ past, future

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Turtles ‘in horrible shape’ with grim future due to rising sea levels

About 60% of the world’s turtle species are considered threatened or endangered, making them one of the most vulnerable groups of animals on the planet. A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals new findings about turtles’ evolution so far and the tough prospects they face for survival.

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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…