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List of works by Dustin A. Wood

A century of landscape disturbance and urbanization of the San Francisco Bay region affects the present-day genetic diversity of the California Ridgway’s rail (Rallus obsoletus obsoletus)

An evaluation of the efficacy of using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect giant gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas)

article published in 2017

Ancient lakes, Pleistocene climates and river avulsions structure the phylogeography of a large but little-known rock scorpion from the Mojave and Sonoran deserts

article

Combining genetic and demographic monitoring better informs conservation of an endangered urban snake

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Comparative phylogeography reveals deep lineages and regional evolutionary hotspots in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts

article

Conservation genetics of evolutionary lineages of the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa (Amphibia: Ranidae), in southern California

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Conservation genomics of the Mogollon Narrow-headed gartersnake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) and Northern Mexican gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops)

scientific article published in 2018

Defining population structure and genetic signatures of decline in the giant gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas): implications for conserving threatened species within highly altered landscapes

Desert tortoise annotated bibliography, 1991-2015

scientific article published in 2016

Drifting to oblivion? Rapid genetic differentiation in an endangered lizard following habitat fragmentation and drought

scientific article published in 2015

Evolutionary Hotspots in the Mojave Desert

article

Fuzzy boundaries: color and gene flow patterns among parapatric lineages of the western shovel-nosed snake and taxonomic implication

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Genome-wide SNP data and morphology support the distinction of two new species of Kovarikia Soleglad, Fet & Graham, 2014 endemic to California (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Historical Habitat Barriers Prevent Ring-like Genetic Continuity Throughout the Distribution of Threatened Alameda Striped Racers (Coluber lateralis euryxanthus)

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Lineage diversification of fringe-toed lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Uma notata complex) in the Colorado Desert: Delimiting species in the presence of gene flow

scientific article

Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest

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Molecular and phenotypic diversity in Chionactis occipitalis (Western Shovel-nosed Snake), with emphasis on the status of C. o. klauberi (Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake)

article published in 2007

Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California in the Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata).

scientific article

Persistence of historical population structure in an endangered species despite near-complete biome conversion in California's San Joaquin Desert

scientific article

Reference genome of the California glossy snake, <i>Arizona elegans occidentalis</i>: A declining California Species of Special Concern

scientific article published in 2022

Refugial isolation and divergence in the Narrowheaded Gartersnake species complex (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) as revealed by multilocus DNA sequence data.

scientific article

Reptilian Prey of the Sonora Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) with Comments on Saurophagy and Ophiophagy in North American Turtles

Sampling across 20 years (1996–2017) reveals loss of diversity and genetic connectivity in the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard ( Uma inornata )

scientific article published in 2019

Subspecies differentiation and range‐wide genetic structure are driven by climate in the California gnatcatcher, a flagship species for coastal sage scrub conservation

scientific article published in 2022

Testing for multiple invasion routes and source populations for the invasive brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis) on Guam: implications for pest management

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