
Seth Riley
Wildlife Branch Chief; Adjunct Associate Professor
U.S. National Parks Service; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Wildlife Branch Chief; Adjunct Associate Professor
U.S. National Parks Service; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Awardee: Chloe Nouzille, M.S. student at UCLA, co-advised by Dr. Dan Blumstein and Dr. Seth Riley. Chloe is pursuing a research-based career studying social learning behavior to increase reintroduction success and conserve endangered species.
In collaboration with the National Park Service, La Kretz Postdoc Dr. Rachel Blakey is investigating how large wildfires, like the Woolsey fire of 2018, influence the movement and behavior of California's top carnivore: the mountain lion.
The UCLA La Kretz Center 10th Annual Public Lecture examined the impacts of wild fire on California conservation. Featuring preeminent ecologists Carla D’Antonio (UC Santa Barbara), Jon Keeley (US Geological…
The National Park Service (NPS) manages the most pristine, biologically intact parklands in the country, making it one of the La Kretz Center’s key partners. Surrounded by Los Angeles and…
E.C., Bolas, A.D., Pingatore, M., Mathur, D.T., Blumstein, J.A., Sikich, J.A., Smith, J.F., Benson, S.P.D., Riley, & R.V., Blakey
Published Work 2025 | Biological Conservation (Vol. 301)
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
Rachel V. Blakey, Jeff A. Sikich, Daniel T. Blumstein, Seth P.D. Riley
Published Work 2022 | Current Biology
Amphibian responses in the aftermath of extreme climate events
Bucciarelli, G.M., Clark, M.A., Delaney, K.S., Riley S.P.D.,Shaffer, H.B., Fisher, R.N., Honeycutt, Rodney L., Kats, Lee B.
Published Work 2020 | Sci Rep 10, 3409 (2020)
Survival and competing mortality risks of mountain lions in a major metropolitan area
J. Benson, J. Sikich, S. Riley
Published Work 2019 | Biological Conservation
Conserving ecological roles of top predators in isolated mountains
Benson, J. F., P. J. Mahoney, T. W. Vickers, J. A. Sikich, P. Beier, S. P. D. Riley, H. B. Ernest, and W. M. Boyce
Published Work 2019 | Ecological Applications 00(00):e02029
A southern California freeway is a physical and social barrier to gene flow in carnivores
Riley, S. P.; Pollinger, J. P.; Sauvajot, R. M.; York, E. C.; Bromley, C.; T. L.
Published Work 2006 | Molecular Ecology 15(7), 1733–1741