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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Victoria L. Sork is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Victoria L. Sork has contributed to numerous academic publications. Some recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • "Creating inclusive classrooms by engaging STEM faculty in culturally responsive teaching workshops," 2020, International Journal of STEM Education
  • "Landscape Genomics to Enable Conservation Actions: The California Conservation Genomics Project," 2022, Journal of Heredity
  • "High-quality genome and methylomes illustrate features underlying evolutionary success of oaks," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Landscape genomics of Quercus lobata reveals genes involved in local climate adaptation at multiple spatial scales," 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • "Sharing and reporting benefits from biodiversity research," 2020, Molecular Ecology

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 5 publications
  • Journal of Heredity with 4 publications
  • Molecular Ecology with 3 publications
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics with 2 publications
  • Madroño with 2 publications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Victoria L. Sork include:

  • Sorel Fitz-Gibbon (11 co-authored papers)
  • Alayna Mead (8 co-authored papers)
  • Jessica W. Wright (4 co-authored papers)
  • John Knapp (4 co-authored papers)
  • Merly Escalona (3 co-authored papers)

Victoria L. Sork received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Spatial genetic structure of a tropical understory shrub, PSYCHOTRIA OFFICINALIS (RuBIACEAE)

    Bette A. Loiselle;Victoria L. Sork;John Nason;Catherine Graham

  • MAST SEEDING IN PERENNIAL PLANTS: Why, How, Where?

    Dave Kelly;Victoria L. Sork

  • Ecology of mast-fruiting in three species of North American deciduous oaks.

    Victoria L. Sork;Judy Bramble;Owen Sexton

  • Landscape approaches to historical and contemporary gene flow in plants.

    Victoria L. Sork;John Nason;Diane R. Campbell;Juan F. Fernandez

  • Genetic analysis of landscape connectivity in tree populations

    Victoria L. Sork;Peter E. Smouse

  • Putting the landscape into the genomics of trees: approaches for understanding local adaptation and population responses to changing climate

    V. L. Sork;S. N. Aitken;R. J. Dyer;A. J. Eckert

  • Using genetic markers to estimate the pollen dispersal curve

    Frederic Austerlitz;Christopher W. Dick;Cyril Dutech;Cyril Dutech;Etienne K. Klein;Etienne K. Klein

  • Two-generation analysis of pollen flow across a landscape. I. Male gamete heterogeneity among females

    Peter E. Smouse;Rodney J. Dyer;Robert D. Westfall;Victoria L. Sork

  • Genomic landscape of the global oak phylogeny

    Andrew L. Hipp;Paul S. Manos;Marlene Hahn;Michael Avishai

  • Gene movement and genetic association with regional climate gradients in California valley oak (Quercus lobata Née) in the face of climate change.

    Victoria L. Sork;Frank W. Davis;Robert Westfall;Alan L. Flint

  • Effects of Predation and Light on Seedling Establishment in Gustavia Superba

    Victoria L. Sork

  • Epigenetics in ecology and evolution: what we know and what we need to know.

    Koen J.F. Verhoeven;Bridgett Marie vonHoldt;Victoria L. Sork

  • Pollen movement in declining populations of California Valley oak, Quercus lobata: where have all the fathers gone?

    V. L. Sork;F. W. Davis;P. E. Smouse;V. J. Apsit

  • Measuring pollen flow in forest trees: an exposition of alternative approaches

    Peter E Smouse;Victoria L Sork

  • Lianas and Trees in a Liana Forest of Amazonian Bolivia1

    Diego R. Pérez-Salicrup;Victoria L. Sork;Francis E. Putz

  • Evolutionary ecology of mast-seeding in temperate and tropical oaks (Quercus spp.)

    V. L. Sork

  • Examination of Seed Dispersal and Survival in Red Oak, Quercus Rubra (Fagaceae), Using Metal-Tagged Acorns

    Victoria L. Sork

  • Evidence for Local Adaptation in Closely Adjacent Subpopulations of Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra L.) Expressed as Resistance to Leaf Herbivores

    Victoria L. Sork;Kirk A. Stowe;Cris Hochwender

  • Landscape genomics to enable conservation actions: The California Conservation Genomics Project.

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  • Dissecting components of population‐level variation in seed production and the evolution of masting behavior

    Walter D. Koenig;Dave Kelly;Victoria L. Sork;Richard P. Duncan

  • Contributions of landscape genetics - approaches, insights, and future potential.

    Victoria L. Sork;Lisette Waits

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter E. Smouse
Peter E. Smouse Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Silke Werth
Silke Werth Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Frank W. Davis
Frank W. Davis University of California, Santa Barbara
Raúl Bonal
Raúl Bonal University of Extremadura
Antonio González-Rodríguez
Antonio González-Rodríguez National Autonomous University of Mexico
Andrew L. Hipp
Andrew L. Hipp Morton Arboretum
Robert J. Marquis
Robert J. Marquis University of Missouri–St. Louis
Ken Oyama
Ken Oyama National Autonomous University of Mexico
Christophe Plomion
Christophe Plomion University of Bordeaux
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles

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