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9761
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4202
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1463

Overview

Robert N. Fisher is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Ecology and related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The main topics addressed in Fisher's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Plant and Animal Studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fisher include Jonathan Q. Richmond, Adam R. Backlin, H. Bradley Shaffer, Cheryl S. Brehme, and Brian J. Halstead.

Publication venues where Fisher has frequently appeared are:

  • Journal of Heredity
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Conservation Science and Practice

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Fisher include:

  • Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) not detected in an intensive survey of wild North American amphibians, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Amphibian responses in the aftermath of extreme climate events, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Influence of niche breadth and position on the historical biogeography of seafaring scincid lizards, 2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Gut microbial ecology of the Critically Endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis): Effects of captivity status and host reintroduction on endogenous microbiomes, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • The influence of species life history and distribution characteristics on species responses to habitat fragmentation in an urban landscape, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology

Best Publications

  • The Decline of Amphibians in California’s Great Central Valley

    Robert N. Fisher;H. Bradley Shaffer

  • A comparative analysis of clinging ability among pad‐bearing lizards

    Duncan J. Irschick;Christopher C. Austin;Ken Petren;Robert N. Fisher;Robert N. Fisher

  • The role of natural history collections in documenting species declines.

    H.Bradley Shaffer;Robert N Fisher;Carlos Davidson

  • Effects of urbanization on carnivore species distribution and richness

    Miguel A. Ordeñana;Kevin R. Crooks;Erin E. Boydston;Robert N. Fisher

  • Effects of Urbanization on the Distribution and Abundance of Amphibians and Invasive Species in Southern California Streams

    Seth P. D. Riley;Gary T. Busteed;Lee B. Kats;Thomas L. Vandergon

  • Quantitative evidence for the effects of multiple drivers on continental-scale amphibian declines

    Evan H. Campbell Grant;David A. W. Miller;Benedikt R. Schmidt;Michael J. Adams

  • A Rapid, Strong, and Convergent Genetic Response to Urban Habitat Fragmentation in Four Divergent and Widespread Vertebrates

    Kathleen Semple Delaney;Seth P. D. Riley;Robert N. Fisher

  • Quantifying ecological, morphological, and genetic variation to delimit species in the coast horned lizard species complex (Phrynosoma).

    Adam D. Leaché;Michelle S. Koo;Carol L. Spencer;Theodore J. Papenfuss

  • Trends in Amphibian Occupancy in the United States

    Michael J. Adams;David A. W. Miller;David A. W. Miller;Erin Muths;Paul Stephen Corn

  • Are hotspots of evolutionary potential adequately protected in southern California

    Amy G. Vandergast;Andrew J. Bohonak;Stacie A. Hathaway;Joshua Boys

  • A systematic survey of the integration of animal behavior into conservation

    Oded Berger-Tal;Daniel T. Blumstein;Scott Carroll;Robert N. Fisher

  • Effect of species rarity on the accuracy of species distribution models for reptiles and amphibians in southern California

    Janet Franklin;Katherine E. Wejnert;Stacie A. Hathaway;Carlton J. Rochester

  • The Status and Distribution of the Freshwater Fishes of Southern California

    Camm C. Swift;Thomas R. Haglund;Mario Ruiz;Robert N. Fisher

  • EffEcts of ArtificiAl Night lightiNg oN AmphibiANs ANd rEptilEs iN UrbAN ENviroNmENts

    Gad Perry;Bryant W. Buchanan;Robert N. Fisher;Mike Salmon

  • Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities

    David A. W. Miller;Evan H. Campbell Grant;Erin Muths;Staci M. Amburgey

  • 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)

    Amy G. Vandergast;Andrew J. Bohonak;David B. Weissman;Robert N. Fisher

  • Globally important islands where eradicating invasive mammals will benefit highly threatened vertebrates.

    Nick D. Holmes;Dena R. Spatz;Steffen Oppel;Bernie Tershy

  • Permeability of Roads to Movement of Scrubland Lizards and Small Mammals

    Cheryl S. Brehme;Jeff A. Tracey;Leroy R. Mcclenaghan;Robert N. Fisher

  • BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC CONTROLS OF ARGENTINE ANT INVASION SUCCESS AT LOCAL AND LANDSCAPE SCALES

    S. B. Menke;R. N. Fisher;W. Jetz;D. A. Holway

  • Spatial Patterns in the Abundance of the Coastal Horned Lizard

    Robert N. Fisher;Andrew V. Suarez;Andrew V. Suarez;Ted J. Case

  • Trace Elements in Stormflow, Ash, and Burned Soil following the 2009 Station Fire in Southern California

    Carmen A. Burton;Todd M. Hoefen;Geoffrey S. Plumlee;Katherine L. Baumberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted J. Case
Ted J. Case University of California, San Diego
Seth P. D. Riley
Seth P. D. Riley National Park Service
Kevin R. Crooks
Kevin R. Crooks Colorado State University
Erin Muths
Erin Muths United States Geological Survey
H. Bradley Shaffer
H. Bradley Shaffer University of California, Los Angeles
Evan H. Campbell Grant
Evan H. Campbell Grant United States Geological Survey
Susan C. Walls
Susan C. Walls United States Geological Survey
Donald W. Duszynski
Donald W. Duszynski University of New Mexico
Lee B. Kats
Lee B. Kats Pepperdine University
Juha Laakkonen
Juha Laakkonen University of Helsinki

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