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Christopher J. Lortie

University of California, Santa Barbara · US
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Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Research interest
Research interests include Ecology, Biology, Facilitation, Habitat, Biodiversity, and Shrub.
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187
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Recent publications

Artificial shelters provide microclimatic refuges from increasing desertification for resident vertebrates
Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2026cited by 0position: lastdoi
The shrub density effect: unraveling vertebrate community dynamics along an aridity gradient in Southern California
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2025cited by 2position: lastdoi
Prey Distribution Mapping to Support Conservation Planning
Diversity and Distributions 2025cited by 2position: lastdoi
Projected Climate Change Scenarios Spatially Decouple Desert Extrafloral Nectary–Bearing Plant–Ant Interactions
Journal of Biogeography 2025cited by 1position: lastdoi
Controlled temperature contrasts of three native and one highly invasive annual plant species in California
PeerJ 2025cited by 1position: lastdoi
The influence of native shrub density on bird communities in the southern drylands of California, USA
BMC Ecology and Evolution 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
The Effects of Intraspecific Cylindropuntia Ramosissima Density on Morphology and Animal Associations in the Mojave Desert, California
SSRN Electronic Journal 2025cited by 0position: lastdoi
Using Open Science Tools to Teach Environmental Sciences
Ecology and Evolution 2025cited by 0position: lastdoi
The effect of herbivory on pollinators: a revisited meta-analysis
Annals of Botany 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Experimental resource supplementation shifts ant‐mediated defence on silver cholla
Journal of Ecology 2025cited by 0position: lastdoi
A systematic review and meta-analysis of Old-World bluestem control in the United States
Rangelands 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Shrub‐facilitated invasion accelerates desertification
Ecological Applications 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
THE EFFECTS OF CONSPECIFIC CYLINDROPUNTIA RAMOSISSIMA DENSITY ON MORPHOLOGY AND ANIMAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA
The Southwestern Naturalist 2025cited by 0position: lastdoi
Positive interactions and interdependence in communities
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2024cited by 23position: middledoi
The importance of native shrubs on the distribution and diversity of reptiles and amphibians in the central drylands of Southwestern USA.
Biodiversity and Conservation 2024cited by 9position: lastdoi
Key concepts and a world‐wide look at plant recruitment networks
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
Patronus charm: a comparison of benefactor plants and climate mediation effects on diversity
Oikos 2024cited by 8position: firstdoi
The relative effects of artificial shrubs on animal community assembly
Restoration Ecology 2024cited by 7position: lastdoi
Ten Simple Rules for Incorporating the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Environmental and Natural Science Courses
Sustainability 2024cited by 6position: lastdoi
The importance of facilitative interactions in mediating climate change impact on biodiversity
Oikos 2024cited by 5position: middledoi
An experimental test of lignocellulosic fabrics for potential use in artificial habitat construction in deserts.
Global Ecology and Conservation 2024cited by 2position: lastdoi
Native shrub densities predict burrow co-occurrence patterns in Central California Drylands
BMC Ecology and Evolution 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Plant networks are more connected by invasive brome and native shrub facilitation in Central California drylands
Scientific Reports 2024cited by 2position: firstdoi
Environmental filtering mediates desert ant community assembly at two spatial scales
Oecologia 2024cited by 2position: lastdoi
The microclimatic effects of the native shrub Ephedra californica (Mormon tea) in California drylands
Frontiers in Plant Science 2024cited by 1position: lastdoi
Environmental drivers of arthropod communities across the endangered predator <i>Gambelia sila</i> 's current and historic range
Conservation Science and Practice 2024cited by 1position: lastdoi
Animal burrow presence patterns and local shrub density in Central California Deserts
Research Square 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
The influence of native shrub density on bird communities in the Central Drylands of California, USA
Research Square 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: Minimum standards for data and code
Ecology and Evolution 2023cited by 68position: middledoi
Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science
Ecosphere 2023cited by 23position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Alessandro Filazzola · York University28 papers (2014–2025)Mario Zuliani · York University25 papers (2020–2026)Nargol Ghazian · York University22 papers (2020–2026)Jenna Braun · York University22 papers (2018–2025)Michael Westphal · University of California, Riverside20 papers (2016–2025) · 20 papers (2013–2025) · 16 papers (2013–2024)Jacob E. Lucero · Texas A&M University14 papers (2019–2025)Stephanie Haas-Desmarais · York University12 papers (2019–2025)Malory Owen · York University12 papers (2018–2023) · 11 papers (2013–2023)Bradley J. Butterfield · University of California, Berkeley11 papers (2013–2023) · 11 papers (2016–2023)Amanda Liczner · York University9 papers (2014–2024)Anya Reid · York University9 papers (2012–2015) · 9 papers (2017–2023)Taylor Noble · York University8 papers (2016–2020) · 8 papers (2013–2023) · 7 papers (2013–2023) · 7 papers (2013–2023)
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