La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science

Population genomic data reveal extreme geographic subdivision and novel conservation actions for the declining foothill yellow-legged frog

McCartney-Melstad, E., M. Gidiş, and H.B. Shaffer

Heredity 121:112-125, 2018.

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Genetic structure and environmental niche modeling confirm two evolutionary and conservation units within the western spadefoot (Spea hammondii)

Neal, K. M., B. B. Johnson, and H. B. Shaffer

Conservation Genetics 19:937-946, 2018.

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Molecular phylogeny and divergence of the Map Turtles (Emydidae: Graptemys)

Thomson, R.C., P. Q. Spinks, and H. B. Shaffer

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121: 61-70, 2018.

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The effect of newt toxin on an invasive snail

Ota, W.M., Olsen, B., Bucciarelli, G.M. et al.

Hydrobiologia (2018) 817: 341, 2018.

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Molecular toolkit and guidelines for the management of genetic pollution. Reptile, Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands

Wielstra, B., J.W. Arntzen, R.K. Butlin, J.J.C.W. van Delft, K. Vrieling & H.B. Shaffer

2018.

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Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in anurans of the Mediterranean region of Baja California, México

Peralta-García, A., Adams, A.J., Galina-Tessaro, P., Briggs, C.J., Valdez-Villavicencio, J.H., Hollingsworth, B.D., Shaffer, H.B., and R.N. Fisher

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 127:193-200, 2018.

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La Kretz Center 2017 Annual Report

2018.

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Urban Nature Gardens at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County attract “wildlife spectacle” of insect pollinators

E. Hartop, E. Long, C. Bornstein, L. Gonzalez, B. Brown

Zoosymposia 12: 029–050 (2018), 2018.

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Noxious newts and their natural enemies: Experimental effects of tetrodotoxin exposure on trematode parasites and aquatic macroinvertebrates

Calhoun, D.M., Bucciarelli, G.M., Kats, L.B, Zimmer, R.K., & Johnson, P.T.J.

Toxicon. 137: 120-127, 2017.

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Distribution, identification, landscape setting, and conservation of Rana kauffeldi in the northeastern U.S.

Schlesinger, M.D., J.A. Feinberg, N.H. Nazdrowicz, J.D. Kleopfer, J. Beane, J.F. Bunnell, J. Burger, E. Corey, K. Gipe, J.W. Jaycox, E. Kiviat, J. Kubel, D. Quinn, C. Raithel, S. Wenner, E.L. White, B. Zarate, and H.B. Shaffer

2017.

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