Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

Recent papers from Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

1. Enhance food plant diversity conservation and use through greater coordination between genebanks and botanic gardensPlants People Planet · 2026
2. Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) invasion is associated with reduced plant diversity and changes in carbon storage in the Sonoran DesertJournal of Arid Environments · 2026
3. The potential for seed rescue and secondary dispersal in rattlesnakesRoyal Society Open Science · 2026
4. Preserved reptile scales retain microscopic features, revealing a new instance of convergent evolutionJournal of The Royal Society Interface · 2025
5. Uric Acid Monohydrate Nanocrystals: An Adaptable Platform for Nitrogen and Salt Management in ReptilesJournal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
6. Drought stress detected in tree rings suggests an impending tipping point for forests on the Navajo NationTrees Forests and People · 2025
7. Bees modulate behavior during nectar foraging in response to direct ant aggression (Hymenoptera: Apidae and Formicidae)Journal of Insect Science · 2025
8. Characterizing full-shift worker exposures to VOCs in small-sized auto repair shops in the Tucson, Arizona, USA metropolitan areaScientific Reports · 2025
9. Differential Species Richness and Ecological Success of Epiphytes and Hemiepiphytes of Neotropical Araceae and CyclanthaceaePlants · 2023
10. Hunting behavior and feeding ecology of Mojave rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus), prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis), and their hybrids in southwestern New MexicoEcology and Evolution · 2023
11. Relationship between local-scale topography and vegetation on the invasive C₄ perennial bunchgrass buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) size and reproductionInvasive Plant Science and Management · 2023
12. Effectiveness of a decade of treatments to reduce invasive buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare)Invasive Plant Science and Management · 2023
13. Outcomes of Treatment of Snake and Scorpion Envenomation in Birds of Prey, With and Without AntivenomJournal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine · 2023
14. Why Partner with a Zoo or Garden? Selected Lessons from Seventy Years of Regional Conservation Partnerships at the Arizona-Sonora Desert MuseumJournal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens · 2022
15. Bridging the Research Gap between Live Collections in Zoos and Preserved Collections in Natural History MuseumsBioScience · 2022
16. Secondary Seed Ingestion in Snakes: Germination Frequency and Rate, Seedling Viability, and Implications for Dispersal in NatureFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution · 2022
17. Dominant Sonoran Desert Plant Species Have Divergent Phenological Responses to Climate ChangeMadroño · 2021
18. Asynchronous flowering patterns in saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea)Ecosphere · 2021
19. Grassification and Fast-Evolving Fire Connectivity and Risk in the Sonoran Desert, United StatesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution · 2021
20. Genome-wide data implicate terminal fusion automixis in king cobra facultative parthenogenesisScientific Reports · 2021