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

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

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

Molecular Ecology, 2023.

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A draft reference genome assembly of the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor hirsuta

S. Chaturvedi, M. Escalona, M.P.A. Marimuthu, O. Nguyen, N. Chumchim, C.W. Fairbairn, W. Seligmann, C. Miller, H.B. Shaffer, N.K. Whiteman

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

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Assessing the potential for successful translocation and co-management of two endangered aquatic species

S.K., Snowden, D.M., Shier, K.M., Stemp, G.F., Grether

Animal Conservation, 2023.

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A genome assembly for the southern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus helleri, in the western rattlesnake species complex

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

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

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Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA

T.W. Rodgers, R.E. Lovich, J.A. Walton, D.J. Prince, B.R. Gonzalez, H.B. Shaffer, K.E. Mock

Freshwater Science, Volume 42, 2023.

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The importance of cryptic diversity in the conservation of wide-ranging species: The red-footed tortoise Chelonoidis carbonarius in Colombia

N. Gallego-Garcia, M. Vargas-Ramírez, H.B. Shaffer

Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 16, 2023.

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Assembly of the largest squamate reference genome to date: The western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis

A.P. Bishop, E.P. Westeen, M.L. Yuan, M. Escalona, E. Beraut, C. Fairbairn, M.P.A Marimuthu, O. Nguyen, N. Chumchim, E. Toffelmier, R.N. Fisher, H.B. Shaffer, I.J. Wang

Journal of Heredity, Volume 114, Issue 5, 2023.

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Harnessing iNaturalist to quantify hotspots of urban biodiversity: the Los Angeles case study

J. Beninde, T.W. Delaney, G. Gonzalez, H.B. Shaffer

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023.

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Phenotypic plasticity in the anthropause: does reduced human activity impact novel nesting behaviour in an urban bird?

S.A. Bressler, E.S. Diamant, C. Cen, P.J. Yeh

Animal Behaviour, Volume 203, 2023.

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Reference genome of an iconic lizard in western North America, Blainville’s horned lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii

J.Q. Richmond, J.A. McGuire, M. Escalona, M.P.A. Marimuthu, O. Nguyen, S. Sacco, E. Beraut, E. Toffelmier, R.N. Fisher, I.J. Wang, H.B. Shaffer