La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science

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

Published Work 2023 | Ecosystems

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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

Published Work 2023 | PLoS ONE

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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

Published Work 2023 | Functional Ecology, Volume 37, Issue 11

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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

Published Work 2023 | Journal of Heredity, Volume 114, Issue 6

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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

Published Work 2023 | Journal of Heredity

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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

Published Work 2023 | Scientific Reports

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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

Published Work 2023 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Volume 290, Issue 2005

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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

Published Work 2023 | Restoration Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 8

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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

Published Work 2023 | The Canadian Entomologist

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Quantifying uncertainty in inferences of landscape genetic resistance due to choice of individual-based genetic distance metric

J. Beninde, J. Wittische, A.C. Frantz

Published Work 2023 | Molecular Ecological Resources

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