Area of research
Ecological Modeling · Nature and Landscape Conservation
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology, Shrub, Biology, Habitat, Arid, and Species richness.
Artificial shelters provide microclimatic refuges from increasing desertification for resident vertebrates
The shrub density effect: unraveling vertebrate community dynamics along an aridity gradient in Southern California
Controlled temperature contrasts of three native and one highly invasive annual plant species in California
The influence of native shrub density on bird communities in the southern drylands of California, USA
The Effects of Intraspecific Cylindropuntia Ramosissima Density on Morphology and Animal Associations in the Mojave Desert, California
Using Open Science Tools to Teach Environmental Sciences
THE EFFECTS OF CONSPECIFIC CYLINDROPUNTIA RAMOSISSIMA DENSITY ON MORPHOLOGY AND ANIMAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA
The importance of native shrubs on the distribution and diversity of reptiles and amphibians in the central drylands of Southwestern USA.
The relative effects of artificial shrubs on animal community assembly
Native shrub densities predict burrow co-occurrence patterns in Central California Drylands
The microclimatic effects of the native shrub Ephedra californica (Mormon tea) in California drylands
Animal burrow presence patterns and local shrub density in Central California Deserts
The influence of native shrub density on bird communities in the Central Drylands of California, USA
A meta‐analysis of shrub density as a predictor of animal abundance
Shrub density effects on the presence of an endangered lizard of the Carrizo Plain National Monument, California
The importance of native shrubs on the distribution and diversity of reptiles and amphibians in the central deserts of California
The Importance of Variation Shrub Densities on Local Vertebrate Association Across an Aridity Gradient
Increasing global aridity destabilizes shrub facilitation of exotic but not native plant species
Shrub density effects on the community structure and composition of a desert animal community
Facilitation promotes plant invasions and indirect negative interactions
Too much of a good thing: Shrub benefactors are less important in higher diversity arid ecosystems
A workflow for selecting seeding density in desert species experiments
Thermal ecology of the federally endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila)
Shrub and vegetation cover predict resource selection use by an endangered species of desert lizard
Micro-Climatic Amelioration in a California Desert: Artificial Shelter Versus Shrub Canopy