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W. Chris Funk is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science as the primary field, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Funk's work encompasses various subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's main research topics cover a diverse range of subjects such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Physiological and biochemical adaptations.

Funk has authored or contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • The crucial role of genome-wide genetic variation in conservation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition, 2022, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible, 2021, BioScience

Frequent co-authors contributing to Funk's research include Brenna R. Forester, Cameron K. Ghalambor, Sean Hoban, Margaret E. Hunter, and Ivan Paz-Vinas.

Funk's research appears regularly in a number of scientific venues. These include:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Conservation Genetics
  • BioScience
  • Ecology Letters

Best Publications

  • Harnessing genomics for delineating conservation units

    W. Chris Funk;John K. McKay;Paul A. Hohenlohe;Fred W. Allendorf

  • Genetic rescue to the rescue

    Andrew R. Whiteley;Sarah W. Fitzpatrick;W. Chris Funk;David A. Tallmon

  • Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management

    Paul A. Hohenlohe;W. Chris Funk;Om P. Rajora

  • Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

    Sean Hoban;Michael Bruford;Josephine D'Urban Jackson;Margarida Lopes-Fernandes

  • What Is Missing in Amphibian Decline Research: Insights from Ecological Sensitivity Analysis

    Roman Biek;W. Chris Funk;Bryce A. Maxell;L. Scott Mills

  • The crucial role of genome-wide genetic variation in conservation.

    Marty Kardos;Ellie E Armstrong;Sarah W Fitzpatrick;Samantha Hauser

  • Population structure of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) is strongly affected by the landscape

    W. Chris Funk;Michael S. Blouin;Paul Stephen Corn;Bryce A. Maxell

  • High levels of cryptic species diversity uncovered in Amazonian frogs

    W. Chris Funk;Marcel Caminer;Santiago R. Ron

  • Sexual selection drives speciation in an Amazonian frog.

    Kathryn E. Boul;W. Chris Funk;Catherine R. Darst;David C. Cannatella

  • Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition

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  • The Exciting Potential and Remaining Uncertainties of Genetic Rescue

    Donovan A. Bell;Zachary L. Robinson;W. Chris Funk;Sarah W. Fitzpatrick

  • Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains.

    Nicholas R. Polato;Brian A. Gill;Alisha A. Shah;Miranda M. Gray

  • Unbroken: RADseq remains a powerful tool for understanding the genetics of adaptation in natural populations

    Julian M. Catchen;Paul A. Hohenlohe;Louis Bernatchez;W. Chris Funk

  • Improving conservation policy with genomics: a guide to integrating adaptive potential into U.S. Endangered Species Act decisions for conservation practitioners and geneticists

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  • Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible.

    Sean Hoban;Michael W Bruford;W Chris Funk;Peter Galbusera

  • High dispersal in a frog species suggests that it is vulnerable to habitat fragmentation

    W. Chris Funk;Allison E Greene;Paul Stephen Corn;Fred W Allendorf

  • Conservation and the Genomics of Populations

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  • Locally adapted traits maintained in the face of high gene flow.

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  • Genomic and Fitness Consequences of Genetic Rescue in Wild Populations

    Sarah W. Fitzpatrick;Gideon S. Bradburd;Colin T. Kremer;Patricia E. Salerno

  • Climate variability predicts thermal limits of aquatic insects across elevation and latitude

    Alisha A. Shah;Brian A. Gill;Andrea C. Encalada;Alexander S. Flecker

  • Adaptive divergence despite strong genetic drift: genomic analysis of the evolutionary mechanisms causing genetic differentiation in the island fox (Urocyon littoralis)

    W. Chris Funk;Robert E. Lovich;Paul A. Hohenlohe;Courtney A. Hofman;Courtney A. Hofman;Courtney A. Hofman

  • Small effective population size in the long‐toed salamander

    W. Chris Funk;David A. Tallmon;Fred W. Allendorf

  • Tests of biogeographic hypotheses for diversification in the Amazonian forest frog, Physalaemus petersi.

    W. Chris Funk;Janalee P. Caldwell;Colin E. Peden;José M. Padial

  • Alternative views of amphibian toe-clipping.

    W. Chris Funk;Maureen A. Donnelly;Karen R. Lips

  • Cryptic species diversity reveals biogeographic support for the 'mountain passes are higher in the tropics' hypothesis.

    B. A. Gill;B. C. Kondratieff;K. L. Casner;A. C. Encalada

Frequent Co-Authors

Cameron K. Ghalambor
Cameron K. Ghalambor Norwegian University of Science and Technology
N. LeRoy Poff
N. LeRoy Poff Colorado State University
Kevin R. Crooks
Kevin R. Crooks Colorado State University
T. Scott Sillett
T. Scott Sillett Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Kelly R. Zamudio
Kelly R. Zamudio Cornell University
Juan M. Guayasamin
Juan M. Guayasamin Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Paul A. Hohenlohe
Paul A. Hohenlohe University of Idaho
Fred W. Allendorf
Fred W. Allendorf University of Montana
Alexander S. Flecker
Alexander S. Flecker Cornell University

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