La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science

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 for the American rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana

G.F. Grether, J. Beninde, E. Beraut, N. Chumchim, M. Escalona, Z.G. MacDonald, C. Miller, R. Sahasrabudhe, A.M. Shedlock, E. Toffelmier, H.B. Shaffer

Journal of Heredity, Volume 114, Issue 4, 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

Journal of Heredity, Volume 114, Issue 4, 2023.

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Reference genome of the black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis 

L.A. Hall, I.J. Wang, M. Escalona, E. Beraut, S. Sacco, R. Sahasrabudhe, O. Nguyen, E. Toffelmier, H.B. Shaffer, S.R. Beissinger

Journal of Heredity, Volume 114, Issue 4, 2023.

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Two transects reveal remarkable variation in gene flow on opposite ends of a European toad hybrid zone

I. van Riemsdijk, J.W. Arntzen, G.M. Bucciarelli, E. McCartney-Melstad, M. Rafajlovic, P.A. Scott, E. Toffelmier, H.B. Shaffer, B. Wielstra

Heredity, Volume 131, 2023.

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Reference genome of the Virginia rail, Rallus limicola 

L.A. Hall, I.J. Wang, M. Escalona, E. Beraut, S. Sacco, R. Sahasrabudhe, O. Nguyen, E. Toffelmier, H.B. Shaffer, S.R. Beissinger

Journal of Heredity, Volume 114, Issue 4, 2023.

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Biodiversity in a box: three non-native invertebrates preferentially find refugia in green space management infrastructure across urban Los Angeles

J. Beninde, J.E. Vendetti, H.B. Shaffer

Biological Invasions, 2023.

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Reference genome of the long-jawed orb-weaver, Tetragnatha versicolor (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

S.A. Adams, N.R. Graham, A.J. Holmquist, M.M. Sheffer, E.C. Steigerwald, R. Sahasrabudhe, O. Nguyen, E. Beraut, C. Fairbairn, S. Sacco, W. Seligmann, M. Escalona, H.B. Shaffer, E. Toffelmier, R.G. Gillespie

Journal of Heredity, Volume 114, Issue 4, 2023.

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Managing invasive hybrids with pond hydroperiod manipulation in an endangered salamander system

R.D. Cooper, H.B. Shaffer

Conservation Biology, 2023.

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