Mammalian Ecology and Conservation Unit at #UCDavis || Using genetic and genomic tools for wildlife conservation || we study 🦊🐭🦌🦁🐺🐻🐶💩
University of California, Davis
Joined November 2017
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What is a red wolf❓ Our team sequenced the mitogenomes of historical and modern canids to explore that question.
Our findings support that red wolves reflect an indigenous canid, distinct from the grey wolf and more closely related to the coyote.
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In the genes of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse, scientists have found evidence of SF Estuary’s ancient expansions & contractions. Mice populations shift with sea level rise, but now development hinders their adaptation. @cmaylward @MarkJStatham1 buff.ly/3Sk4lQ0
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Will SF Bay’s marshes survive the rising waters? In our latest issue, scientists experiment with strategically placing sediment to help replenish drowning marshes and use genetics to better understand how sea level rise impacts endangered marsh mice. conta.cc/3NRGLYo
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New Open Access Paper! (link.springer.com/article/10…) We examined the evolutionary and demographic history of @TheSaltyMouse using whole mitochondrial genomes. We correlated divergence events with changes in predicted marsh distribution over the past 10,000 years. 1/
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Perks of working alongside Wildlife Detection Dogs for endangered Sierra Nevada red fox surveys?
✔️We have the cutest, kindest, most hard working cowoofers.👇🏽
🥶Downsides? Packing up camp at 11,000 ft! Brr, right Filson?!
-with @ucdavis & @theMECU
#DetectionDogLife
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New Paper in @MolecularEcology! Using 🧬 we explore the distinct demographic histories of N. American gray fox lineages 🐾. Habitat shifts 🌍 & demographic changes 📈 likely drove ancient divergence & recent secondary contact ➡️⬅️
📄 doi.org/10.1111/mec.17105
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New paper alert! (link.springer.com/article/10…) We used non-invasive genetic surveys to test effects of patch size and connectivity on occupancy probabilities of salt marsh harvest mice @TheSaltyMouse throughout their range in the San Francisco Estuary. 1/
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Meet the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse! "Salties" are an Endangered Species found only in the salt marshes of the San Francisco Bay Area. They can survive drinking only salt water and they are star aquatic athletes capable of swimming non-stop for several hours!
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Out now in Journal of Mammalogy! We developed a new non-invasive genetic survey technique for small mammals (doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac…). Our technique focused on 5 rodent species in the SF Bay Area and is easily adapted to other small mammal systems. 1/
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My first publication on using noninvasive DNA to estimate black bear density in an urban-wildland interface is now available online!! So grateful for my advisor, my collaborators, and all the support I get from everyone @theMECU 😁
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Our paper out today in @Trends_Ecol_Evo discusses the role of behavior in urban evolution. I've worked on this with @naturalist_20, @cschell_canids, @MaxRLambert, & Andy Sih for ~2 years and am thrilled to finally share it!
Link for free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1fgrQ…
The MECU will miss you, Lauren!
After a formative and exciting journey at UC Davis, I've finished my PhD! I gave my exit seminar today, and moving to Denmark on Sunday to start my postdoc at University of Copenhagen! #PhDone ✅
Congratulations to Cody @cmaylward. The first of several diet #metabarcoding papers in the pipeline @theMECU lab.
Our paper using DNA metabarcoding to describe the diet of @TheSaltyMouse and sympatric competitors is out now (Open Access) in @Ecol_Evol. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9121 Details below… 1/
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Really excited to announce my #NSF #PRFB was recommended for funding! I'll be continuing and expanding my gray wolf genomics work at the University of Copenhagen @Globe_UCPH with Shyam Gopalakrishnan and @MhsSinding! 🐺🧬🐺 @NSF
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Hey skunk lovers! Our recent manuscript on the evolutionary history of island spotted skunks now is free open access and comes with an adorable cover photo!
Check it out: academic.oup.com/jmammal/iss…
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Island Spotted Skunk on the cover!! 🦨🦨🦨
Congrats @ecbolas, @stevizwan, @andy_muan, and other co-authors!
Read here to learn about the pattern and timing these little island spotted skunks made to the Channel Islands! ⬇️
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🧬Postdoc available in wildlife genomics 🧬
We seek a post doc to study Mule Deer landscape and disease genomics across California 🦌
Position will be with CDFW in collaboration with @theMECU. Apply soon!
More info here: evol.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evol…
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Island spotted skunk numbers have declined, influenced by interference competition with island foxes. Our new paper finds that skunks are making fine-scale adjustments in space and time to avoid foxes: doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab…
Aha, those poops in tubes sure look familiar. Check out this webinar if you'd like to learn about studying mountain lions in Yosemite 🐱📷🐕🦺💩🧬
Thanks for the shoutout @roguedetection !
1/ "Successful conservation and management of mountain lion populations throughout California requires an understanding of their current population sizes and habitat preferences. Yosemite National Park may act as an important refuge for mountain lions..."
#dogsoftwitter #cougar
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Our recent paper in Molecular Ecology @molecology was featured in a Perspective Piece! 💫
It's called "Disentangling the admixed trails of grey wolf evolution" by Dr. Malgorzata Pilot 🐺🐾🐺🐾🐺🐾
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📸🎥 - gray wolf from Balochistan at a zoo in Pakistan
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It's been a minute, so here's some more #coyote content! This fella lives on a golf course in #SanFrancisco. Golf courses are a unique type of urban green space, offering cover, prey, and refuge from domestic dogs. Currently, every golf course in SF is used by coyotes⛳️
