Assessing Barriers to California Quail (Callipepla californica) Gene Flow in the Santa Monica Mountains
2020-2021 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
PROJECTS
Investigating ringtail ecology and behavior in the Santa Monica Mountains
2020-2021 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Monitoring of artificial reef restoration in Palos Verdes using eDNA
2020-2021 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Urbanization effects on the disease dynamics of haemosprodian infections in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis)
2020-2021 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Using Environmental DNA to Assess the Community Composition of Eelgrass Meadows in Santa Monica Bay and Catalina Island
2020-2021 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Wildlife Post-Woolsey Fire: Recovery and Recolonization
2020-2021 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Effects of urbanization on the diet, gut microbiome and prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)
2019-2020 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Environmental DNA as a tool for assessing microbial diversity & ecological impacts by contaminants at The Bowtie parcel Brownfield site in Southern California
2019-2020 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Assessment of Helminth Biodiversity in Los Angeles County Coyotes through Fecal Meta-barcoding
2018-2019 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Intestinal pathogen surveillance in Los Angeles region mammals
2018-2019 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Only one way to succeed in a city? Urban Dark-eyed Junco adaptation across multiple novel environments
2018-2019 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Intestinal Pathogen Surveillance in Los Angeles Region Coyotes
2017-2018 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Long-term urban adaptation in a nesting raptor community
2017-2018 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Urban ecology meets citizen science: monitoring reptile diversity and measuring landscape genetic connectivity in the Los Angeles area
2017-2018 La Kretz Center Graduate Research and Stunt Ranch Reserve Combined Grant
Does Fear Filter Lizards from Urban Areas in Los Angeles?
La Kretz Center Graduate Research / Stunt Ranch Reserve Grants 2016-2017
La Kretz postdocs partner with National Park Service on mountain lion study
La Kretz Postdoc John Benson's work suggests that a new immigrant lion every two to four years is necessary for the Santa Monica Mountains population to remain viable
Using Citizen Science to Assess Urban Carnivore Communities in Los Angeles
La Kretz Center Graduate Research / Stunt Ranch Reserve Grants 2015-2016
Butterfly survey by La Kretz Center and Natural History Museum scientist
As a La Kretz/Natural History Museum postdoc, Elizabeth Long conducted a comprehensive resurvey of butterflies across the Santa Monica Mountains and Los Angeles