In plant conservation, restoration (the augmentation or reestablishment of an extinct
population or community) is a valuable tool to mitigate the loss of habitat. However …

The subspecies concept influences multiple aspects of biology and management. The
'molecular revolution'altered traditional methods (morphological traits) of subspecies …

Ecological niche models (ENMs) provide a means of characterizing the spatial distribution of
suitable conditions for species, and have recently been applied to the challenge of locating …

Both gene-tree discordance and unrecognized diversity are sources of error for accurate
estimation of species trees, and can affect downstream diversification analyses by obscuring …

One of the most important hotspots of herpetological biodiversity in the United States,
California is home to many endemic amphibians and reptiles found nowhere else on earth …

Many phylogeographic studies have revealed strongly diverged lineages within species that
are masked by a lack of congruent morphological differentiation. To assess the extent to …

Habitat loss and fragmentation due to urbanization are the most pervasive threats to
biodiversity in southern California. Loss of habitat and fragmentation can lower migration …

Reserves are often designed to protect rare habitats, or “typical” exemplars of ecoregions
and geomorphic provinces. This approach focuses on current patterns of organismal and …

The subspecies concept has received considerable debate throughout the past century.
Subspecies were originally used to delineate potential incipient species, but were later …

Crotalus viridis, the western rattlesnake, ranges throughout western North America and has
been divided into at least eight subspecies. However, the validity of and relationships …