Oklahoma Biological Survey

Recent papers from Oklahoma Biological Survey

1. Genomic Investigation of Population Structure in a Secretive, Semi‐Fossorial Snake (Colubridae: Tropidoclonion lineatum ) Across the Great PlainsEcology and Evolution · 2026
2. Global patterns in plant–pollinator specializationNature Ecology & Evolution · 2026
3. Future proofing black bass management: Modernizing the fisheries manager’s toolboxNorth American Journal of Fisheries Management · 2026
4. The impact of climate and habitat on body shape and size evolution in charontid whip spidersEvolution · 2026
5. Genetic swamping of endemic Neosho Bass by nonnative Smallmouth Bass in the Illinois River basin, OklahomaNorth American Journal of Fisheries Management · 2026
6. At the leading edge: advancing and bridging the science and management of range-shifting speciesBioScience · 2026
7. Effect of age class on the survivorship and spatial movement patterns of headstarted Texas horned lizards soft‐released into an urban populationJournal of Wildlife Management · 2026
8. Transfer Learning and Benchmarking for Induced Seismic Event Detection: Insights From OklahomaJournal of Geophysical Research Machine Learning and Computation · 2026
9. Active Crustal and Slab Seismicity in Hispaniola Revealed Through a Unified Machine-Learning-Derived Earthquake CatalogSeismological Research Letters · 2026
10. Evaluating Correlations Between Freshwater Mussel Shell Morphology and Valve‐Gaping Activity Across Riverine ConditionsFreshwater Biology · 2026
11. ML-based techniques for enriching databases2026
12. Upper-mantle earthquakes beneath East AntarcticaScience · 2026
13. Selective Pressures Influence a Grow Fast, Fly Young Strategy for Black Skimmer Populations in the Peruvian AmazonEcology and Evolution · 2026
14. Optimizing soil moisture sensor installation depths and number of sensors for in situ monitoring networksVadose Zone Journal · 2026
15. Linking Grassland Canopy Structure and Function Responses to Field Experimental Drought Both Seasonally and InterannuallyEcology and Evolution · 2026
16. Using spatially‐nested hierarchical species distribution models to estimate current and future distributions of a cryptic species at a regional scaleJournal of Animal Ecology · 2026
17. GO-Forward: Geothermal exploration and Optimization through FORWARD modelling and resource development2025
18. China's underestimated, characteristic herpetofauna pet trade highlights the importance of global efforts in conservationBiological Conservation · 2026
19. Intra‐ and Inter‐Specific Ecological Impacts Vary Across a Gradient of Abundance of an Invasive Species, Bothriochloa ischaemum , in a Mixed‐Grass PrairieEcology and Evolution · 2026
20. An evaluation of near-surface sediments enhancing ground motions excited by shallow local earthquakes near Union City, OklahomaNatural Hazards · 2026