California Department of Conservation

Recent papers from California Department of Conservation

1. Ranavirus risk depends on host community characteristics more than the presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidisOikos · 2026
2. From Lineage Discovery to Conservation Prioritisation: An Integrative Genomic Framework Applied to a Model Damselfly SystemMolecular Ecology · 2026
3. The Genomic Basis of Independent Marine Transitions in Turtles: Convergent Episodic Adaptation and Demographic ShiftsMolecular Biology and Evolution · 2026
4. Landscape Genomic Analyses of Quercus agrifolia Née Predict Patterns of Adaptedness to Future Climate and Provide Guidance for ConservationEvolutionary Applications · 2026
5. Applying Both Landscape Genomic and Ecological Niche Model Predictions to Inform Conservation Strategies of a California Foundational Oak SpeciesMolecular Ecology · 2026
6. Structural vibration monitoring with diffractive optical processorsScience Advances · 2026
7. Genome assembly and annotation of a deep-diving pinniped, the northern elephant seal ( Mirounga angustirostris )Journal of Heredity · 2025
8. Building genomically‐informed demographic models to guide management of invasive hybridsEcological Applications · 2025
9. Unravelling the dance of earthquakes: Evidence of partial synchronization of the northern San Andreas fault and Cascadia megathrustGeosphere · 2025
10. A Highly Contiguous Genome Assembly for the Wrentit (Chamaea Fasciata), the Sole Representative of the Babbler Radiation in the Americas.Journal of Heredity · 2025
11. Genome Resources—A chromosome-Level genome assembly for the long-nosed leopard lizard, Gambelia wislizenii, the first reference genome for the lizard family crotaphytidaeJournal of Heredity · 2025
12. Hands on the land: prioritizing inclusivity and continued intervention in restorationRestoration Ecology · 2025
13. Bringing fragile X-associated neuropsychiatric disorders into the phenotypic fold of premutation conditionsBrain · 2025
14. Cropland repurposing as a tool for water sustainability and just land transition in California: review and best practicesFrontiers in Water · 2025
15. Host species composition, not priority effects, determines infection risk in multihost-multiparasite amphibian communities2025
16. A chromosome-level reference genome assembly for Gilbert’s skink Plestiodon gilbertiJournal of Heredity · 2025
17. A near chromosome-level assembly of the serpentine endemic columbine, Aquilegia eximiaJournal of Heredity · 2025
18. Air pollution and Alzheimer disease phenotype deplete esterified proresolving lipid mediator reserves in the brainJCI Insight · 2025
19. Technoeconomic Potential for Carbon Mineralization with Enhanced Recovery of Critical Minerals in the Pacific NorthwestACS Sustainable Resource Management · 2025
20. Reference genome of the Gophersnake, Pituophis catenifer (Serpentes: Colubridae)Journal of Heredity · 2025