PUBLICATIONS

Bruna, E. M., R. N. Fisher, and T. J. Case. 1995. Cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia): Further support from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1995:981-983.

Bruna, E. M., R. N. Fisher, and T. J. Case. 1996. Morphological and genetic evolution appear decoupled in Pacific skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Series B: Biological Sciences 263:681-688.

Davies, C. P., M. A. Simovich, and S. A. Hathaway. 1997. Population genetic structure of a California endemic branchiopod, Branchinecta sandiegonensis. Hydrobiologia 359:149-158.

Fisher, R. N. 1997. Dispersal and evolution of the Pacific Basin gekkonid lizards Gehyra oceanica and Gehyra mutilata. Evolution 51:906-921.

Hanley, K. A., R. N. Fisher, and T. J. Case. 1995. Lower mite infestations in an asexual gecko compared with its sexual ancestors. Evolution 49:418-426.

Hedin, M. C., and D. A. Wood. 2002. Genealogical exclusivity in geographically proximate populations of Hypochilus thorelli Marx (Araneae, Hypochilidae) on the Cumberland Plateau of North America. Molecular Ecology 11:1975-1988.

Mitrovich, M. 2006. Phylogeography of the coachwhip snake (Masticophis flagellum). Ph.D. San Diego State University, San Diego.

Ota, H., R. N. Fisher, I. Ineich, T. J. Case, R. R. Radtkey, and G. R. Zug. 1998. A new Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vanuatu. Herpetologica 54:325-332.

Radtkey, R. R., S. C. Donnellan, R. N. Fisher, C. Moritz, K. A. Hanley, and T. J. Case. 1995. When species collide: The origin and spread of an asexual species of gecko. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 259:145-152.

Vandergast, A. G., S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher, J. Boys, and A. J. Bohonak. in press. Are hotspots of evolutionary potential adequately protected in southern California? Biological Conservation.

Vandergast, A. G., A. J. Bohonak, D. B. Weissman, and R. N. Fisher. 2007. Understanding the genetic effects of recent habitat fragmentation in the context of evolutionary history: phylogeography and landscape genetics of a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus). Molecular Ecology 16: 997-992.

Vandergast, A. G., R. G. Gillespie, and G. K. Roderick. 2004. Influence of volcanic activity on the population genetic structure of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders: fragmentation, rapid population growth and the potential for accelerated evolution. Molecular Ecology 13:1729-1743.

Vandergast, A. G., and G. K. Roderick. 2003. Mermithid parasitism of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 84:128-136.

Wood, D. A., J. M. Meik, A. T. Holycross, R. N. Fisher, and A. G. Vandergast. 2008. Molecular and phenotypic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake, with emphasis on the status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis klauberi). Conservation Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9482-0.

Wood, D. A., T. W. Reeder, and R. N. Fisher. 2008. Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California in the Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:484-502.

Wood, D. A. 2002. Intraspecific phylogeny of the Rosy boa (Charina trivirgata): implications for phylogeography, taxonomy, and conservation. M.S. Thesis. San Diego State University, San Diego.

REPORTS

Bohonak, A. J. and A. G. Vandergast. 2006. Biodiversity in the southern California coastal ecoregion: Phylogeographic congruence and evolutionary processes. A preliminary report prepared for California State Parks. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Wood, D.A., A.G. Vandergast, and R.N. Fisher. 2006. Assessment of Genetic Diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed Snake (Chionactis occipitalis), with Special Emphasis on the Subspecific Status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake (C. o. klauberi). Project Report. Prepared for Arizona Game and Fish Department. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Vandergast, A. G. and D. Weissman 2008. Multiple origins of Channel Island Jerusalem crickets. Oral Presentation. 7th California Islands Symposium. Oxnard. CA.

Vandergast, A.G. 2007. Landscape characteristics shape population genetic structure in Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus sp.) Invited Talk. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. San Diego, CA.

Wood, D. A. 2007. Genetic and morphological diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake, with special emphasis on the conservation status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake. Oral Presentation. The Wildlife Society Meetings. Tucson, AZ.

Vandergast, A. G., A. J. Bohonak, D. B. Weissman, and R. N. Fisher. 2007. Understanding the genetic effects of recent habitat fragmentation in the context of evolutionary history: phylogeography and landscape genetics of a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket. Invited Oral Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America. Portland, OR

Bohonak, A. J., J. Boys, S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher and A. G. Vandergast. 2007. Comparative phylogeography in southern California: evolutionary processes and current reserve design. Poster Presentation. Evolutionary Change in Human Altered Environments: An International Summit. University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Delaney, K., R. N. Fisher and S. Riley. 2006. Multi-taxa assessment of the genetic impacts of fragmentation and urbanization in southern California: Lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis, Uta Stansburiana). Oral Presentation. The Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA

Schoville, S., T. Tunstall, V. Vredenburg and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Genetic structure in the endangered southern populations of the mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa). Oral Presentation. The Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA

Vandergast, A.G, E. Lewallen, J. Deas Jr., A. J. Bohonak, and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Multi-taxa assessment of the genetic impacts of fragmentation and urbanization in southern California: Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera Stenopemelmatidae). Oral Presentation. The Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA

Vandergast, A.G. and D. Weissman. 2005. Jerusalem! Cricket? 11 year update, or how morphology, cytology, behavior, and DNA can help with a recalcitrant group. Pacific Coast Entomological Society, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA

Vandergast, A.G. and D.Weissman. 2005. Evolution of acoustic behavior and diversification within the Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera Stenopelmatidae). Poster Presentation. Orthopterist’s Society Meeting, Canmore, Canada

Franklin,S.P., TerWee, J.A., Lyren, L., Crooks, K.R. and S. VandeWoude. 2004. High prevalence of lentivirus infection in bobcats (Lynx rufus) in southern California. 7th International Feline Retrovirus Research Symposium, Pisa, Italy

Vandergast, A.G., R.G. Gillespie and G.K. Roderick. 2004. Lava flow versus gene flow: habitat fragmentation and diversification in Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders. 16th International Congress of Arachnology. Gent, Belgium

Vandergast, A.G. and R. Fisher 2003. Phylogeography of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket. California Population and Evolutionary Genetics Meeting. Irvine, CA

Vandergast, A.G., D. Weissman, M. Caterino and R. Fisher. 2003. Phylogeography of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket in Southern California. The Society for the Study of Evolution. Chico,CA