Publications — Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA

Genomic and physiological changes in a sexually selected and frugivorous bird radiation

C. Balakrishnan, Y. Toda, M. Ko, M. Wirthlin, R. Driver, P. Bolton, E. Miller, D. Mendez-Aranda, R. Dikow, P. Frandsen, E. Shogren, K. Bennett, H. Anderson, M. Bursell, J. Cramer, K. Sadanandan, T. Nakagita, M. Pizo, D. Caetano, M. Anciães, C. Ferreira, J. Berv, K. Long, H. Lim, A. Moncrieff, S. Kingston, N. White Carreiro, S. Friedrich, C. Cuta, J. Pease, A. Nevue, C. Tomlinson, A. Zimin, M. Louder, M. Brewer, R. Bay, K. Ruegg, T. Smith, Y. Ishimaru, A. Pfenning, C. Frankl-Vilches, M. Gahr, C. Mello, R. Kimball, E. Braun, J. Blake, L. Day, T. Ryder, I. Moore, B. Horton, B. Schlinger, M. Fuxjager, W. Warren, E. DuVal, W. Boyle, B. Loiselle, M. Braun, M. Baldwin

Current Biology, Volume 36, Issue 12, p3061-3076., 2026.

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Landscape Genomic Tools Can Inform Future Rootstock and Farmland Selection for an Agricultural Tree Nut From Its Wild Relatives

R.C., Buck, D.J., Zapata, V.L., Sork

Molecular Ecology, 2026.

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Genomic Data Clarify Identities and Origins of Purported Hybrids and Anomalous Oaks on the Channel Islands of California

R.C., Buck, J., Knapp, H.S., Butterfield, J., Howard, V.L., Sork

California Botanical Society, 2026.

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Landscape Genomic Analyses of Quercus agrifolia Née Predict Patterns of Adaptedness to Future Climate and Provide Guidance for Conservation

R.C. Buck, H.S. Butterfield, E. Hiroyasu, J. Howard, J. Knapp, Z. Principe, V.L. Sork

Evolutionary Applications, 2026.

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Assessing and mapping taxon-specific effects of ecological light pollution for environmental impact analysis

T. Longcore, B. Lynch, K. Phelan, D. Melton, D. Sanders, M. Herf

Biological Conservation, 2026.

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Declines of ebony and ivory are inextricably linked in an African rainforest

Vincent Deblauwe, Matthew Scott Luskin, Serge Désiré Assola, Olivier J. Hardy, Simon Jansen, Céline Loubières, Gaston Guy Mempong, Jean Mathurin Ntsihe, Gilbert Oum Ndjock, Eric Rostand Onguene Kwecheu, Luke L. Powell, Bonaventure Sonké, and Thomas B. Smith

Science Advances, 2025.

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Haemosporidian Infection Risk Variation Across an Urban Gradient in a Songbird

W.S. Amaya-Mejia, L. Ma, S. Freimuth, R.N.M. Sehgal, P. Yeh

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 7, 2025.

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A Pathway to Recovery for the El Segundo Blue Butterfly (Euphilotes allyni)

Karena Caro, Alex Fu, Gianna Holliday, Prasheetha Karthikeyan, Eden Kessler, Megan Osawa, Ryan Shelburne, and Kennedy Smiley

2025.

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Artificial light at night outweighs temperature in lengthening urban growing seasons