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Perry, G., B. W. Buchanan, R. N. Fisher, M. Salmon, and S. E. Wise. In press. Effects of artificial night lighting on reptiles and amphibians in urban environments. Book Chapter in Urban Herpetology [Book Chapter] Biotic and Abiotic Controls of Argentine Ant Invasion Success at Local and Landscape Scales (January 2008) [Publication Brief] Vandergast, A. G., D. Weissman, A. J. Bohonak and R. N. Fisher 2007. Phylogeography and landscape genetics of a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus). Invited Talk. Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Portland, OR. [Presentation] Ervin, Edward L. and Robert N. Fisher. 2007. Thamnophis hammondii foraging behavior. Herpetological Review. 38:345-346. [Journal Article] Bohonak, A.J., J. Boys, S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher and A. G. Vandergast. 2007. Comparative phylogeography in southern California: evolutionary processes and current reserve design. Poster Presentation. Evolutionary Change in Human Altered Environments: An International Summit. University of California, Los Angeles, CA [Poster] Ervin, E.L., Kisner, D.A. & R.N. Fisher. 2006. Bufo californicus Mortality. Herpetological Review 37(2):199. [Journal Article] Boydston, E. E., Lyren, L. M., Fisher, R. N., Turschak, G., Tracey, J., Smith, T. V., & Crooks, K. R. 2006. Space utilization patterns of bobcats (Lynx rufus) in the Santa Ana Mountains in southern California. Society for Conservation Biology 20th Annual Meeting. San Jose, California. [Presentation with Abstract] Brehme, C.S., S.L. Schuster, C.J. Rochester, S.A. Hathaway and R.N. Fisher, 2006. MCBCP Arroyo Toad Monitoring Program: 3-Year Trend Analyses for 2003-2005. U.S. Geological Survey Data Summary prepared for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 102pp. [Other] Vandergast, A. G., E. Lewallen, J. Deas Jr, A. J. Bohonak and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Multi-taxa assessment of the genetic impacts of fragmentation and urbanization in southern California: Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera Stenopemelmatidae). Oral Presentation. The Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting. San Jose, CA. [Presentation] Fisher, R. N., African Clawed Frog in Southern California (April 2005) [Publication Brief] Carroll, S.L., Ervin, E.L. & R.N. Fisher. 2005. Overwintering Larva: Taricha torosa torosa (Coast Range Newt). Herpetological Review 36(3):297. [Journal Article] Warburton, M.L., R.N. Fisher and S.A. Hathaway. 2004. 2000-2002 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey. Prepared for California State Parks. 39pp. [Technical Report] Mendelsohn, M.B. and R.N. Fisher. 2004. Post-Cedar Fire Arroyo Toad Monitoring Surveys at CRSP. Presentation from 16-17 October 2004 symposium “The Cedar Fire and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park One Year Later: Recovery Expectations and Realities,” presented by the Anza-Borrego Institute and California State Parks, held at Cuyamaca Outdoor Camp, Descanso, CA. [Presentation with Abstract] Atkinson, A. J., R. N. Fisher, C. J. Rochester, and C. W. Brown. 2003. Sampling design optimization and establishment of baselines for herpetofauna arrays at the Point Loma Ecological Reserve. U. S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center Technical Report prepared for Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service. 39 pages. (Julie Yee, Robert N. Fisher) [Technical Report] Vandergast, A. G., D. Weissman, M. Caterino and R. N. Fisher 2003. Phylogeography of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket in Southern California. Oral Presentation. The Society for the Study of Evolution. Chico, CA. [Presentation] Vandergast, A. G. and R. N. Fisher 2003. Phylogeography of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket. Oral Presentation. California Population and Evolutionary Genetics Meeting. Irvine, CA [Presentation] Brehme, C.S. (R. Fisher, co-chair). 2003. Responses of small terrestrial vertebrates to roads in a coastal sage scrub ecosystem. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University. [Thesis/Dissertation] Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Inventory and Management Needs Study of Point Loma Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians) With Comments on Mammals and Invertebrates, 2001. Prepared for National Park Service, Cabrillo National Monument. 33pp. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N., Suarez, A.V. and T.J. Case. 2002. Spatial patterns in the abundance of the coastal horned lizard. Conservation Biology 16:205-215. [Journal Article] Haas, C.D., Backlin, A.R., Rochester, C.J., and R.N. Fisher. 2002. Monitoring reptiles and amphibians at long-term biodiversity monitoring stations: the Puente-Chino Hills. Prepared for California State Parks and the Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority. 62 pp. [Technical Report] Lovich, R.E., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Camp Pendleton's Herpetofauna: Tracking the success of monitoring practices in a vanishing landscape. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri. [Abstract] Toure, T.A., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Long-term monitoring in Fragmented habitats in coastal Southern California. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri. [Abstract] Ervin, E.L., Warburton, M., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Cattle Ponds: Are we overlooking an existing resource for the conservation of native aquatic breeding amphibian species?. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri. [Abstract] Brown, C., R.N. Fisher, and S.A. Hathaway. 2002. Multitaxa Survey at Rancho Jamul 2001-2002. [Database Spatial] Juha Laakkonen, Robert N. Fisher and Ted J. Case. 2002. Factors influencing the variation in capture rates of shrews in southern California, USA [Journal Article] Mullin, S.J., Imbert, H., Ervin, E.L., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Predatory Responses of a Native Semi-aquatic Snake to the Introduced anuran Xenopus laevis. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri. [Abstract] Laakkonen, J., Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2001. Pneumocystis carinii in wild small mammals from California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37:408-412. [Journal Article] Warburton, M.L., R.N. Fisher and C.C. Swift. 2001. Dramatic Effects of Rainfall on Fish Species in the Santa Margarita River. 15th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, July 29-August 1 2001, Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract] Warburton, M.L, R.N. Fisher, B.I. Kuperman, V.E. Matey and E.E. Ervin. 2001. The Silent Invasion: Parasites of Exotic Aquatic Species in Southern California. 131st Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, August 21st-August 23rd 2001, Phoenix, Arizona. [Abstract] Laakkonen, J., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 2001. Effects of different land cover, habitat fragmentation, and ant colonies on the distribution and abundance of shrews in southern California. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:776-788. [Journal Article] Ervin, E. L., R. N. Fisher 2001. Prey: Thamnophis hammondii (Two-striped Garter Snake). Herpetological Review 32(4): 265-266. [Journal Article] Ervin, E. L., N. J. Scott, S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher. 2001. Initial Report on the Monitoring of a California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii) Population in San Francisquito Canyon. Angeles National Forest, California: Year 2000. Report to Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, California. [Technical Report] Ervin, E. L., N. J. Scott, and R. N. Fisher. 2001. California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii), Reconnaissance / Habitat Suitability Analysis in San Gabriel Canyon (West, North, and East Forks) Angeles National Forest, California: Year 2000. Report to Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, California. [Technical Report] Toure, T. A. and R. N. Fisher 2001. Vertebrate abundance and diversity in fragmented habitats of coastal southern California. 15th Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology. July 29- August 1, 2001, Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract] Backlin, A., R. Hirsch, C. Brown, R.N. Fisher, 2001. Angeles and San Bernardino National Forest mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys, 2000. Final report submitted to the Angeles National Forest, Supervisor’s Office, Arcadia, California. 10pp. [Technical Report] Ver Hoef, J.M., Cressie, N., Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2001. Spatial linear models in ecology. In: Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology. Hunsaker, C., M. Goodchild, M. Friedl and T. Case (Eds.). 440 pgs. Springer-Verlag, New York. [Book Chapter] Case, T.J. & R.N. Fisher. 2001. Coastal Sage Scrub Case Study. In: Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology. Hunsaker, C., M. Goodchild, M. Friedl and T. Case (Eds.). 440 pgs. Springer-Verlag, New York. [Book Chapter] Suarez, A., Fisher, R.N., Case, T.J., 2001. Bottom-Up Effects on Persistence in a Fragmented Landscape: Argentine Ants and Coastal Horned Lizards. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001. [Abstract] Brown, C.W., Fisher, R.N., Case, T.J., 2001. Impacts of Fragmentation of a Coastal Dune/Marsh Complex on Terrestrial Vertebrates. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii, July 29-August 1, 2001. [Abstract] Ervin, E.L., Fisher, R.N., Crooks, K.R., 2001. Roads and Toads: Amphibian Mortality in Relation to Rainfall, Roadway Surface Moisture, and Traffic Volume. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001. [Abstract] Fisher, R.N., Kuperman, B., Matey, V., Ervin, E.L., Warburton, M., 2001. The Silent Invasion: Parasites of Exotic Aquatic Species in Southern California. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001 [Abstract] Lovich, R.E., Fisher, R.N., Ervin, E.L., 2001. Macroinvertebrate Community Composition of Arundo Donax in a Southern California Riparian Habitat. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29- August 1, 2001. [Abstract] Rochester, C., Hathaway, S., Brown, C., Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Herpetofaunal Monitoring in MSCP Region of San Diego. Prepared for City of San Diego. 91pp. [Technical Report] Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., Hearst, M., Lowe, S., 2001. Assessment of the Impact of Urbanization and Exotic Ants on Native Ant Diversity in Orange County, California. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001. [Abstract] Brown, C., Lyren, L., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Summary of Arroyo Toad Surveys in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests. Prepared for the Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest. [Technical Report] Rochester, C., J. Diffendorfer, and R.N. Fisher. 2001. Natural History of the Rosy Boa (Charina trivirgata). Prepared for U.S. Geological Survey-Species at Risk. 71pp. [Technical Report] Warburton, M., Swift, C., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Dramatic Effects of Rainfall on Species Distributions in the Santa Margarita River. Society for Conservation Biology. July 29- August 1, 2001, Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract] Pease, K.H., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Report on Pitfall Trapping of Ants at the Biospecies Sites in the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California. Prepared for the Nature Reserve of Orange County and The Irvine Co. Open Space Reserve. 15pp. [Technical Report] Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Herpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area. Prepared for the California Department of Parks and Recreation. 42pp. [Technical Report] Brown, C., Ervin, E., Lyren, L. and R.N. Fisher, 2000. Arroyo Toad, Bufo Californicus 2000. USGS/USFS Survey Data. [Database Nonspatial] Ervin, E, L., R. N. Fisher, K. Madden. 2000. Predation: Hyla cadaverina. Herpetological Review 31(4): 234. [Journal Article] Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 2000. Distribution of the herpetofauna of southern California with reference to elevation effects. Pages 137-143 in Keeley, J.E., M. Baer-Keeley, and C.J. Fotheringham (eds). 2nd Interface between ecology and land development in California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-Fire Report 00-62. [Book Chapter] Fisher, R.N., Rochester, C., 2000. Monitoring Reptile and Amphibians at Long-Term Biodiversity Monitoring Stations: Nature Reserve of Orange County. Prepared for the Nature Reserve of Orange County. [Technical Report] Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., 2000. Report on Pitfall Trapping of Ants at the Biospecies Sites in the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California. Prepared for Nature Reserve of Orange County and The Irvine Co. Open Space Reserve. 14pgs. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2000. Final Report on Herpetofauna Monitoring in the Tijuana Estuary. Final Report to USFWS NAFTA Research Program. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2000. Southern California Herpetofauna Research and Monitoring: 1995-1999 Data Summation Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Game (on Hardcopy (200 pp.) and CD). [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. 2000. Reptile and Amphiban survey on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Resource Management Division, MCB Camp Pendleton. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. & K. Crooks. 2000. Design and implementation of a wildlife monitoring program for the Tenaja Corridor. Annual Report to the Nature Conservancy. [Technical Report] Warburton, M.L., C.C. Swift, & R.N. Fisher. 2000. Status and Distribution of Fishes in the Santa Margarita River Drainage. Final Report to the Nature Conservancy. 27 pp. [Technical Report] Weber, S. & R.N. Fisher. 2000. Inventory and Manage Point Loma Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians); and secondarily, Shrews, and Macroinvertebrates. Annual Report to Canon, USA and National Park Foundation. [Technical Report] Warburton, M.L. and R.N. Fisher. 2000. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey. Prepared for California State Parks. 21pp. [Technical Report] Fisher, R. and B. Kus. 1999. Research support for urban-wildland planning in Southern California. Poster and Powerpoint Presentation developed for David Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior. [Presentation] Fisher, R.N., Swift, C.C., 1999. Second year of surveying for fishes on the Santa Margarita River, San Diego and Riverside counties, California: September-December, 1998. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy. [Technical Report] Griffin, P.C., Case, T.J., & R.N. Fisher. 1999. Radio telemetry study of Bufo californicus, arroyo toad movement patterns and habitat preferences. Contract Report for the California Department of Transportation Southern Biology Pool. 66 pp. [Technical Report] Fisher, R. and B. Kus. 1999. Research support for urban-wildland planning in Southern California (poster). [Poster] Griffin, P.C., Case, T.J., and R.N. Fisher. 1999. Radio telemetry study of Bufo californicus, arroyo toad movement patterns and habitat preferences. Contract Report for the California Department of Transportation Southern Biology Pool. 66 pp. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N., Swift, C.C., 1998. Preliminary Survey of the Fish of the Santa Margarita River Watershed, San Diego and Riverside Counties, California. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy. [Technical Report] Ota, H., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I., Case, T.J. and G.R. Zug. 1998. A new Lepidodactylus (Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Vanuatu. Herpetologica 54:325-332. [Journal Article] Shaffer, H.B., Fisher, R.N., and C. Davidson. 1998. The role of natural history collections in documenting species declines. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:27-30. [Journal Article] Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1997. Survey of reptiles and amphibians at risk in southern California forests. Contract report to the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1997. Torrey pines state reserve reptile and amphibian corridor and autecology study. Contract report to Torrey Pines State Reserve, State Parks Department, California. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1997. Autecology of coastal sage scrub herpetofauna on reserve lands: Southwestern Riverside County. Contract report to Metropolitan Water District. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. 1997. Dispersal and evolution of the Pacific Basin gekkonid lizards Gehyra oceanica and Gehyra mutilata. Evolution 51:906-921. [Journal Article] Fisher, R.N. 1997. Environmental: Snakes and Lizards. Instructional Video for San Diego Gas and Electric (now Sempra Energy), 1hr. 48 min. [Video] Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1997. A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of coastal southern California. Lazer Touch, San Mateo, California. 46 pp. [Book] Allen, E., Scott, T., Sanders, A., Boyd, S. & R.N. Fisher. 1997. Report on the Conservation Value of the Vail Lake Region. Prepared for the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. 1997. Kermit says the sky is falling, or amphibians as sentinels of change. Review of "Ecology and conservation of amphibians" by Trevor Beebee. 1996. Conservation Biology Series 7. Chapman and Hall, New York. Ecology 78:1288-1289. [Book Review] Case, T.J. and R.N. Fisher. 1996. Final report on coastal sage scrub amphibian and reptile autecology study. Contract report to the California Department of Fish and Game (Contract number: 4188ES). [Technical Report] Fisher, R.N. and H.B. Shaffer. 1996. The decline of amphibians in California's Great Central Valley. Conservation Biology 10:1387-1397. [Journal Article] Bruna, E.M., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 1996. Morphological and genetic evolution appear decoupled in Pacific skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 263:681-688. [Journal Article] Bruna, E.M., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 1996. New evidence of habitat segregation between two cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia cyanura and E. impar). Copeia 1996:998-1005. [Journal Article] Irschick, D.J., Austin, C.C., Petren, K., Fisher, R.N., Losos, J.B., and O. Ellers. 1996. A comparative analysis of clinging ability among pad-bearing lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 59:21-35. [Journal Article] Ota, H., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I. and T.J. Case. 1995. Geckos of the genusLepidodactylus (Squamata: Reptilia) in Micronesia: Description of a new species and re-evaluation of the status of Gecko moestus Peters, 1867. Copeia 1995:183-195. [Journal Article] Fisher, R. N. 1995. Tracing human impacts in natural systems: geckos in the Pacific and amphibians in the Central Valley. Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Calif., Davis. 124 p. [Thesis/Dissertation] Hanley, K.A., Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1995. Higher mite infestations in sexual geckos than their asexual congeners. Evolution 49:418-426. [Journal Article] Quinn, J.F. and R.N. Fisher. 1995. Final Report on Amphibians and Reptiles of the Natoma Unit, Folsom Lake State Recreational Area. Contract report to the California Department of Parks and Recreation [Technical Report] Radtkey, R.R., Donnellan, S.C., Fisher, R.N., Moritz, C., Hanley, K., and T.J. Case. 1995. When species collide: The origin and spread of an asexual species of gecko. Proc. of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 259:145-152. [Journal Article] Bruna, E.M., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 1995. Cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia): Further support from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1995:981-983. [Journal Article] Fisher, R.N., Hansen, G., Hansen, R.W. and G. Stewart. 1994. Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas). In: C.G. Thelander and M. Crabtree (eds.), Life on the Edge: a guide to California's endangered natural resources: Wildlife. Biosystems Books, Santa Cruz, CA. pp. 284-287. [Book Chapter] Swift, C.C., Haglund, T.R., Ruiz, M. & R.N. Fisher. 1993. The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 92:101-172. [Journal Article] Shaffer, H.B., Fisher, R.N., and S.E. Stanley. 1993. Status report: The California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense). Contract report to the California Department of Fish and Game, Inland Fisheries Division (Contract number: 9422 and 1383). [Technical Report] Scheidt, V.N. and R.N. Fisher. 1986. Reptiles and amphibians of New Zealand: Their conservation and current status. In: S. McKeown, F. Caporaso and K.H. Peterson (eds.), Herpetological Symposium on Captive Propagation and Husbandry. Zool. Consort. Inc., Thurmont, MD. pp. 23-30. [Book Chapter] |
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