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Seth P. D. Riley is affiliated with the National Park Service in the United States. Their research activity spans key areas within environmental science, particularly focusing on ecology and genetics. The scientist's work includes investigations into wildlife ecology and conservation, genetic diversity and population structure, and species responses to environmental challenges in urban and fragmented habitats.

The main fields of study addressed by Riley consist of:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader disciplines, subfields of particular emphasis include:

  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Small Animals
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling

Riley's research covers several main topics, such as:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

The scientist has contributed to research published in a range of venues, with recurring publications in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Journal of Heredity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE

Recent papers by Seth P. D. Riley include:

  • "Big Cats in the Big City: Spatial Ecology of Mountain Lions in Greater Los Angeles," 2021, Journal of Wildlife Management
  • "The ecology of human-caused mortality for a protected large carnivore," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Effects of urbanization on resource use and individual specialization in coyotes (Canis latrans) in southern California," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Amphibian responses in the aftermath of extreme climate events," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "The influence of species life history and distribution characteristics on species responses to habitat fragmentation in an urban landscape," 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Riley include:

  • Jeff A. Sikich
  • John F. Benson
  • T. Winston Vickers
  • Robert N. Fisher
  • Justin A. Dellinger

Best Publications

  • A southern California freeway is a physical and social barrier to gene flow in carnivores.

    Seth P. D. Riley;John P. Pollinger;Raymond M. Sauvajot;Raymond M. Sauvajot;Eric C. York

  • Effects of Urbanization and Habitat Fragmentation on Bobcats and Coyotes in Southern California

    Seth P. D. Riley;Raymond M. Sauvajot;Todd K. Fuller;Eric C. York

  • Use of highway undercrossings by wildlife in southern California

    Sandra J Ng;Sandra J Ng;Jim W Dole;Raymond M Sauvajot;Seth P.D Riley

  • 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

  • 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

  • Population density, survival, and rabies in raccoons in an urban national park

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  • Urban carnivores : ecology, conflict, and conservation

    Stanley D. Gehrt;Seth P. D. Riley;Brian L. Cypher

  • Anticoagulant Exposure and Notoedric Mange in Bobcats and Mountain Lions in Urban Southern California

    Seth P. D. Riley;Cassity Bromley;Robert H. Poppenga;Francisco A. Uzal

  • Hybridization between a rare, native tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) and its introduced congener

    Seth P. D. Riley;H. Bradley Shaffer;S. Randal Voss;Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick

  • Barriers and flow as limiting factors in the spread of an invasive crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in southern California streams

    Jacob L. Kerby;Seth P.D. Riley;Lee B. Kats;Paul Wilson

  • EXPOSURE TO FELINE AND CANINE PATHOGENS IN BOBCATS AND GRAY FOXES IN URBAN AND RURAL ZONES OF A NATIONAL PARK IN CALIFORNIA

    Seth P D Riley;Seth P D Riley;Janet E Foley;Bruno B Chomel

  • 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

  • Interactions between demography, genetics, and landscape connectivity increase extinction probability for a small population of large carnivores in a major metropolitan area

    John F. Benson;Peter J. Mahoney;Jeff A. Sikich;Laurel E. K. Serieys

  • Individual Behaviors Dominate the Dynamics of an Urban Mountain Lion Population Isolated by Roads

    Seth P.D. Riley;Seth P.D. Riley;Laurel E.K. Serieys;John P. Pollinger;Jeffrey A. Sikich

  • Spatial Ecology of Bobcats and Gray Foxes in Urban and Rural Zones of a National Park

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  • Puma genomes from North and South America provide insights into the genomic consequences of inbreeding

    Nedda F Saremi;Megan A Supple;Ashley Byrne;James A Cahill;James A Cahill

  • Estimating Bobcat Population Sizes and Densities in a Fragmented Urban Landscape Using Noninvasive Capture–Recapture Sampling

    Emily W. Ruell;Seth P. D. Riley;Marlis R. Douglas;John P. Pollinger

  • Anticoagulant rodenticides in urban bobcats: exposure, risk factors and potential effects based on a 16-year study

    Laurel E.K. Serieys;Tiffany C. Armenta;Joanne G. Moriarty;Erin E. Boydston

  • Disease and freeways drive genetic change in urban bobcat populations.

    Laurel E. K. Serieys;Amanda Lea;John P. Pollinger;Seth P. D. Riley

  • Effects of urbanization on resource use and individual specialization in coyotes (Canis latrans) in southern California

    Rachel N. Larson;Justin L. Brown;Tim Karels;Seth P. D. Riley

  • Extinction vortex dynamics of top predators isolated by urbanization

    John F. Benson;John F. Benson;Peter J. Mahoney;T. Winston Vickers;Jeff A. Sikich

  • Genetic source–sink dynamics among naturally structured and anthropogenically fragmented puma populations

    Kyle D. Gustafson;Kyle D. Gustafson;Roderick B. Gagne;T. Winston Vickers;Seth P. D. Riley

  • Urbanization and anticoagulant poisons promote immune dysfunction in bobcats.

    Laurel E.K. Serieys;Laurel E.K. Serieys;Laurel E.K. Serieys;Amanda J. Lea;Marta Epeldegui;Tiffany C. Armenta

  • Novel Gammaherpesviruses in North American Domestic Cats, Bobcats, and Pumas: Identification, Prevalence, and Risk Factors

    Ryan M. Troyer;Julia A. Beatty;Kathryn R. Stutzman-Rodriguez;Scott Carver

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin R. Crooks
Kevin R. Crooks Colorado State University
Walter M. Boyce
Walter M. Boyce University of California, Davis
Robert K. Wayne
Robert K. Wayne University of California, Los Angeles
Robert N. Fisher
Robert N. Fisher United States Geological Survey
Lee B. Kats
Lee B. Kats Pepperdine University
Christopher C. Wilmers
Christopher C. Wilmers University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael R. Lappin
Michael R. Lappin Colorado State University
Warren E. Johnson
Warren E. Johnson Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Beth Shapiro
Beth Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis

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