Robert N Fisher

USGS San Diego Field Station
4165 Spruance Road
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 225-6422
Fax: (619) 225-6436
Email: rfisher@usgs.gov

• Allozymes
• Biodiversity
• Biogeography
• Chaparral Ecology
• Coastal Sage Ecology
• Conservation biology
• Conservation genetics
• Desert Ecology
• DNA
• Ecological monitoring
• Endangered habitat
• Environmental impacts
• Environmental management
• Environmental planning
• Evolution
• Extinction
• Fire ecology
• Geographic Information Systems
• Habitat Fragmentation
• Habitat modeling
• Herpetology
• Ichthyology
• In situ conservation
• Invasive species ecology
• Landscape ecology
• Mammalogy
• Natural areas and preserves
• Natural history
• Phylogeny
• Population biology
• Reserve Design and Management
• Restoration ecology
• Species introduction
• Species inventory
• Systematics
• Telemetry (radio and/or satellite)
• Threatened and endangered species
• Vernal Pool Conservation

• Ph.D., Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 1995
• M.S., Zoology, University of California, Davis, CA 1991
• B.S., Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 1988

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• Society of the Study of Evolution

• Research Biologist, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Mar 1998-Present
• Conservation Scientist, Field Stations, San Diego State University, Jan 1998-Dec 1999
• Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, Aug 1997-Present
• Project Scientist, Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, Sep 1996-Dec 1997
• Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, Feb 1995-Aug 1996

• 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]
• Wood, D. A., J. M. Meik, A. T. Holycross, R. N. Fisher, and A. G. Vandergast. In Press. Molecular and phenotypic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake, with emphasis on the status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis klauberi). Conservation Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9482-0.[Journal Article]
• Biotic and Abiotic Controls of Argentine Ant Invasion Success at Local and Landscape Scales (January 2008)[Publication Brief]
• Effect of Species Rarity on the Accuracy of Species Distribution Models (November 2008), Robert Fisher[Publication Brief]
• Turschak, G. M., C. S. Brehme, S. L. Schuster, C. J. Rochester and R. N. Fisher. 2008. MCBCP Arroyo Toad Monitoring Results for 2006 with Multi-Year Trend Analysis. U.S. Geological Survey Data Summary prepared for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 55 pp.[Technical Report]
• Vandergast, A. G., E. A. Lewallen, J. Deas, A. J. Bohonak, D. B. Weissman, and R. N. Fisher. 2008. Loss of genetic connectivity and diversity in urban microreserves in a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus “santa monica”) Journal of Insect Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10841-008-9176-z.[Journal Article]
• Vandergast, A. G., S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher, J. Boys, and A. J. Bohonak. 2008. Are hotspots of evolutionary potential adequately protected in southern California? Biological Conservation 141:1648-1664.[Journal Article]
• Wood, D. A., T. W. Reeder, and R. N. Fisher. 2008. Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California in the Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:484-502.[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]
• Diffendorfer, J.E., Fleming, G.M., Duggan, J.M., Chapman, R.E., Rahn, M.E., Mitrovich, M.J., and R.N. Fisher. 2007. Developing terrestrial, multi-taxon indices of biological integrity: An example from coastal sage scrub. Biological Conservation 140:130-141.[Journal Article]
• Ervin, Edward L. and Robert N. Fisher. 2007. Thamnophis hammondii foraging behavior. Herpetological Review. 38:345-346.[Journal Article]
• Mendelsohn, M.B., Boarman, W.I., Fisher, R.N. & S.A. Hathaway. 2007. Diversity of terrestrial avifauna in response to distance from the shoreline of the Salton Sea. Journal of Arid Environments 68:574–587[Journal Article]
• Menke, S. B., R. N. Fisher, W. Jetz, and D. A. Holway. 2007. Biotic and abiotic controls of Argentine ant invasion success at local and landscape scales. Ecology 88:3164–3173.[Journal Article]
• 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]
• Vandergast, A. G., J. Bohonak Andrew, D. B. Weissman, and R. N. Fisher. 2007. 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). Molecular Ecology 16:997-992.[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]
• Ervin, E.L., Kisner, D.A. & R.N. Fisher. 2006. Bufo californicus Mortality. Herpetological Review 37(2):199.[Journal Article]
• Fisher, R., A. Backlin, C. Brehme, D. Clark, S. Hathaway, C. Hitchcock, T. Matsuda, M. Mendelsohn, C. Rochester, S. Schuster, D. Stokes, G. Turschak, and A. Vandergast. 2006. Differential animal responses to the 2002-2003 wildfires in southern California. Third International Fire Management Congress, November 13-17, San Diego, California.[Presentation with Abstract]
• Lyren L., G. Turschak, E. Ambat, C. Haas, J. Tracey, E. Boydston, S. Hathaway, R. Fisher, and K. Crooks. 2006. Carnivore activity and movement in a Southern California protected area, the North/Central Irvine Ranch. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report. 115 pp.[Technical Report]
• Stokes, D. C., and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Monitoring Bat Roosts in Mines at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, California, 2005. U. S. Geological Survey final report prepared for Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division, Twentynine Palms MCAGCC, United States Marine Corps. Twentynine Palms, CA. 37 pp.[Technical Report]
• 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]
• Wood, D. A., Vandergast, A. G., and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Assessment of genetic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis), with special emphasis on the subspecific status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (C. o. klauberi). Prepared for Arizona Game and Fish Department. U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego Field Station.[Technical Report]
• Brehme, C., Burnham, K., Kelt, D., Olsen, A., Montgomery, S., Hathaway, S., and R. Fisher. 2005. Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensi) Monitoring Protocol for MCB Camp Pendleton. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. 50 pp.[Technical Report]
• 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]
• Compton, S. L., A. R. Backlin, C. J. Hitchcock, R. N. Fisher and S. A. Hathaway. 2005. Data summary for the 2005 mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys conducted in the Angeles National Forest. U. S. Geological Survey data summary prepared for the Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, CA. 11 pp.[Technical Report]
• Compton, S. L., A. R. Backlin, C. J. Hitchcock, R. N. Fisher and S. A. Hathaway. 2005. Data summary for the 2005 mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys conducted in the San Bernardino National Forest. U. S. Geological Survey data summary prepared for the San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino, CA. 14 pp.[Technical Report]
• Fisher, R. N., African Clawed Frog in Southern California (April 2005) [Publication Brief]
• Hitchcock, C. J., A. R. Backlin, R. N. Fisher and S. A. Hathaway. 2005. Data Summary for the 2005 California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) surveys conducted in the Angeles National Forest. U. S. Geological Survey data summary prepared for the Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, CA. 10 pp.[Technical Report]
• Hitchcock, C. J., A. R. Backlin, S. L. Compton, R. N. Fisher and S. A. Hathaway. 2005. Data summary for the 2005 arroyo toad (Bufo californicus) surveys conducted in the San Bernardino National Forest. U. S. Geological Survey data summary prepared for the San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino, CA. 18 pp.[Technical Report]
• Madden-Smith, M. C., E. L. Ervin, K. P. Meyer, S. A. Hathaway, and R. N. Fisher. 2005. Distribution and Status of the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) and Western Pond Turtle (Emys marmorata) in the San Diego MSCP and Surrounding Areas. U. S. Geological Survey final report prepared for County of San Diego and California Department of Fish and Game. San Diego, CA. 183 pp.[Technical Report]
• Mendelsohn, M.B., M.C. Madden-Smith, and R.N. Fisher. 2005. Post-Cedar Fire Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) Monitoring Surveys at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, 2004. Final Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA. Prepared for California State Parks. 42 pp.[Technical Report]
• Muths, Erin, Robin E. Jung, Larissa L. Bailey, Michael J. Adams, P. Stephen Corn, C. Kenneth Dodd Jr., Gary M. Fellers, Walter J. Sadinski, Cecil R. Schwalbe, Susan C. Walls, Robert N. Fisher, Alisa L. Gallant, William A. Battaglin, and David E. Green. 2005. The U.S. Department of Interior's Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): A Successful Start to a National Program. Applied Herpetology. 2(4): 355-436.[Journal Article]
• Riley, S.P.D., Busteed, G.T., Kats, L.B., Vandergon, T.L., Lee, L.F.S., Dagit, R.G., Kerby, J.L., Fisher, R.N. & R.M. Sauvajot. 2005. Effects of urbanization on the distribution and abundance of amphibians and invasive species in southern California streams. Conservation Biology 19:1894-1907.[Journal Article]
• Stokes, D. C., C. S. Brehme, S. A. Hathaway, and R. N. Fisher. 2005. Bat inventory of the Multiple Species Conservation Program Area in San Diego County, California, 2002-2004. Open File Report prepared for the county of San Diego and California Department of Fish and Game, San Diego, CA. 97pp.[Other]
• Atkinson, A. J., P. C. Trenham, R. N. Fisher, S. A. Hathaway, B. S. Johnson, S. G. Torres, and Y. C. Moore. 2004. Designing monitoring programs in an adaptive management context for regional multiple species conservation plans. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report. USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA. 69 pages.[Technical Report]
• Backlin, A. R., S. L. Compton, Z. B. Kahancza, and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Baseline biodiversity survey for Santa Catalina Island: Herpetofauna and ants with remarks on small mammals and others. U.S. Geological Survey final report submitted to Catalina Island Conservancy, Avalon, CA. 45 pp.[Technical Report]
• Hitchcock, C. J., A. R. Backlin, and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Monitoring arroyo toads (Bufo californicus) in the San Bernardino National Forest, 2004. US Geological Survey final report. 20pp.[Technical Report]
• Madden-Smith, M.C., A. J. Atkinson, R. N. Fisher, W. R. Danskin and G. O. Mendez. 2004. Assessing the Risk of Loveland Dam Operations to the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) in the Sweetwater River Channel, San Diego County, California. 58 pp.[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]
• Stokes, D. C. and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Bat inventory of the Descanso district of the Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California. US Geological Survey technical report prepared for the US Forest Service. 58 pp.[Technical Report]
• 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]
• Atkinson, A. J., B. S. Yang, R. N. Fisher, E. Ervin, T. J. Case, N. Scott, H. B. Shaffer. 2003. MCB Camp Pendleton Arroyo Toad Monitoring Protocol: 1. Summary of results from a workshop on August 27, 2002; 2. Monitoring protocol and targeted studies. Technical report prepared for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 42 pp.[Technical Report]
• 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.[Technical Report]
• 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]
• 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]
• Stokes, D.C., C.S. Brehme, R.N. Fisher. 2003. Bat inventory of the Point Loma Peninsula Including the Cabrillo National Monument. USGS Technical Report prepared for the Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service, 31 pp.[Technical Report]
• Stokes, D.C., C.S. Brehme, R.N. Fisher. 2003. Bat inventory of the San Diego County Multiple Species Conservation Program Area. USGS Technical Report prepared for the County of San Diego and the California Department of Fish and Game, 17 pp.[Technical Report]
• 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]
• 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]
• Backlin, A., Fisher, R., and C. Haas. 2002. Metropolitan Water District Inland Feeder Project: Mountain Yellow-legged Frog (Rana muscosa) and California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) surveys. Prepared for San Bernardino National Forest.[Technical Report]
• Backlin, A., Haas, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Angeles and San Bernardino National Forest, Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana muscosa) Surveys, 2001. Prepared for Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest.[Technical Report]
• 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]
• Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Survey results for the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) in the San Bernardino National Forest, 2001. Prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service. 53pp.[Technical Report]
• Brown, C., R.N. Fisher, and S.A. Hathaway. 2002. Multitaxa Survey at Rancho Jamul 2001-2002.[Database Spatial]
• 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]
• Fellers, G. M., R. N. Fisher and C. R. Schwalbe. 2002. Status of Amphibians in California and Arizona. USGS WERC Fact Sheet.[Fact Sheet]
• 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]
• Hirsch, R., Hathaway, S., and Fisher, R.N. 2002. Herpetofauna and Small Mammal Surveys on the Marine Corps Air Gound Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA. March 1999-October 2001. 21pp.[Technical Report]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Stokes, D.C., R.N. Fisher. 2002. Bat inventory of Descanso district of Cleveland National Forest. USGS Technical report prepared for the United States Forest Service, 3 pp.[Technical Report]
• 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]
• Warburton, M, Fisher, R.N., 2002. The Status and Distribution of Unarmored Threespine Stickleback in the Angeles National Forest. 2001 Final Report. Prepared of the U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest.[Technical Report]
• Warburton, M., Kuperman, B., Matey, V., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Parasite Analysis of Native and Non-native Fish in the Angeles National Forest. 2001 Final Report. Prepared for the U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest.[Technical Report]
• Backlin, A., R. Hirsch, C. Brown, R. N. Fisher. 2001. Current Status of Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs (Rana muscosa) in Southern California. 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]
• 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., 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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., R. N. Fisher 2001. Prey: Thamnophis hammondii (Two-striped Garter Snake). Herpetological Review 32(4): 265-266.[Journal Article]
• 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]
• Kuperman, B.I., V.E. Matey, R.N. Fisher and M.L. Warburton. 2001. Bothriocephalus Acheilognathi Infection of Fish in Southern California. American Society of Parasitologists, 76th Annual Meeting, June 29-July 3 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico.[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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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. 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]
• 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. and T.J. Case. 2000. A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of coastal southern California. Website: http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/[Web Page]
• 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]
• Warburton, M.L. and R.N. Fisher. 2000. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey. Prepared for California State Parks. 21pp.[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]
• Fisher, R. and B. Kus. 1999. Research support for urban-wildland planning in Southern California (poster).[Poster]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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. Dispersal and evolution of the Pacific Basin gekkonid lizards Gehyra oceanica and Gehyra mutilata. Evolution 51:906-921.[Journal Article]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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. 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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. 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]