Our Work, La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science — Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA

Woody Plant–Soil Relationships in Interstitial Spaces Have Implications for Future Forests Within and Beyond Urban Areas

G.A. Mejía, P.M., Groffman, M.L., Avolio, A.R., Bratt, J., Cavender-Bares, N.H., Grijseels, S.J., Hall, J., Heffernan, S.E., Hobbie, S.B., Lerman, J.L., Morse, D.L., Narango, C., Neill, J. Padullés Cubino, T.L.E., Trammell

Ecosystems, 2023.

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Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals distinct fish assemblages supported by seagrass (Zostera marina and Zostera pacifica) beds in different geographic settings in Southern California

T. Waters, Z. Gold, A. Obaza, R.F. Ambrose, R.A. Eagle

PLoS ONE, 2023.

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Predicting plant species climate niches on the basis of mechanistic traits

C.D. Medeiros, C. Henry, S. Trueba, I. Anghel, S.D.D. de Leon Guerrero, A. Pivovaroff, L.R. Fletcher, G.P. John, J.A. Lutz, R.M. Alonzo, L. Sack

Functional Ecology, Volume 37, Issue 11, 2023.

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A reference genome assembly for the continentally distributed ring-necked snake, Diadophis punctatus

E.P. Westeen, M. Escalona, E. Beraut, M.P.A. Marimuthu, O. Nguyen, R.N. Fisher, E. Toffelmier, H.B. Shaffer, I.J. Wang

Journal of Heredity, Volume 114, Issue 6, 2023.

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A genome assembly of the Yuma myotis bat, Myotis yumanensis

J.N. Curti, D. Fraser, M. Escalona, C.W. Fairbairn, S. Sacco, R. Sahasrabudhe, O. Nguyen, W. Seligmann, P.H. Sudmant, E. Toffelmier, , J.M. Vazquez, R. Wayne, H.B. Shaffer, M.R. Buchalski

Journal of Heredity, 2023.

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Pathogenic Leptospira are widespread in the urban wildlife of southern California

S.K., Helman, A.F.N., Tokuyama, R.O., Mummah, N.E., Stone, M.W., Gamble, C.E., Snedden, B., Borremans, A.C.R., Gomez, C., Cox, J., Nussbaum, I., Tweedt, D.A., Haake, R.L., Galloway, J., Monzón, S.P.D., Riley, J.A., Sikich, J., Brown, A., Friscia, J.W., Sahl, D.M., Wagner, J.W., Lynch, K.C., Prager, J.O., Lloyd-Smith

Scientific Reports, 2023.

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Urban birds become less fearful following COVID-19 reopenings

E.S. Diamant, I. MacGregor-Fors, D.T. Blumstein and P.J. Yeh

Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Volume 290, Issue 2005, 2023.

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Rethinking local seed sourcing for the restorationof a foundational grass species in California

M.P. Nolan, J.C. Luong, J.M. Valliere, S.J. Mazer, C.M. D'Antonio

Restoration Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 8, 2023.

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Genome-wide markers show continental structuring and mitonuclear discordance in the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

A.D. Roe, Z.G. MacDonald, K.L. Snape, F.A.H. Sperling