Publications

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 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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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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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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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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