Passive acoustic surveys and the BirdNET algorithm reveal detailed spatiotemporal variation in the vocal activity of two anurans

CM Wood, S Kahl, S Barnes, R Van Horne, C Brown - Bioacoustics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Passive acoustic monitoring has proven effective for broad-scale population surveys of
acoustically active species, making it a valuable tool for conserving threatened species …

Landscape genetics of a sub-alpine toad: climate change predicted to induce upward range shifts via asymmetrical migration corridors

PA Maier, AG Vandergast, SM Ostoja, A Aguilar… - Heredity, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is expected to have a major hydrological impact on the core breeding
habitat and migration corridors of many amphibians in the twenty-first century. The Yosemite …

Using landscape genomics to delineate future adaptive potential for climate change in the Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus)

PA Maier, AG Vandergast… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An essential goal in conservation biology is delineating population units that maximize the
probability of species persisting into the future and adapting to future environmental change …

Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) transcriptome reveals interplay between speciation genes and adaptive introgression

PA Maier, AG Vandergast, AJ Bohonak - Molecular Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genomes are heterogeneous during the early stages of speciation, with small 'islands' of
DNA appearing to reflect strong adaptive differences, surrounded by vast seas of relative …

De Novo Genome Assembly for an Endangered Lemur Using Portable Nanopore Sequencing in Rural Madagascar

L Hauff, NE Rasoanaivo, A Razafindrakoto… - Ecology and …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most threatened mammalian taxa, lemurs of Madagascar are facing
unprecedented anthropogenic pressures. To address conservation imperatives such as this …

Mitochondrial DNA and Population Genomics Reveal Additional Cryptic Diversity in the Green Salamander (Subgenus Castaneides) Species Complex

ML Niemiller, MA Davis, M Tan, JJ Apodaca… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cryptic species present particular challenges to biodiversity conservation, as true species
diversity and distributional boundaries remain obscured. However, modern molecular tools …