Amy G. Vandergast

Research interests

Publications

• Best practices for genetic and genomic data archiving

  Nature Ecology & Evolution · 2024 · 10.1038/s41559-024-02423-7

• Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea:Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of Stenopelmatus

  Zootaxa · 2021 · 10.11646/zootaxa.4917.1.1

• Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise

  Movement Ecology · 2020 · 10.1186/s40462-020-00224-8

• Distinguishing recent dispersal from historical genetic connectivity in the coastal California gnatcatcher

  Scientific Reports · 2019 · 10.1038/s41598-018-37712-2

• Pleistocene glacial cycles drove lineage diversification and fusion in the Yosemite toad ( Anaxyrus canorus )

  Evolution · 2019 · 10.1111/evo.13868

• Prioritizing conserved areas threatened by wildfire and fragmentation for monitoring and management

  PLoS ONE · 2018 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0200203

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

  Molecular Ecology · 2017 · 10.1111/mec.14125

• Tackling an intractable problem: Can greater taxon sampling help resolve relationships within the Stenopelmatoidea (Orthoptera: Ensifera)?

  Zootaxa · 2017 · 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.1.1

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

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2016 · 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.008

• Metabarcoding of Fecal Samples to Determine Herbivore Diets: A Case Study of the Endangered Pacific Pocket Mouse

  PLoS ONE · 2016 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0165366

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

  Diversity and Distributions · 2015 · 10.1111/ddi.12398

• Habitat fragmentation in coastal southern C alifornia disrupts genetic connectivity in the cactus wren ( C ampylorhynchus brunneicapillus)

  Molecular Ecology · 2015 · 10.1111/mec.13176

• Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest

  Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World · 2014 · 10.3133/ofr20141134

• Evolutionary Hotspots in the Mojave Desert

  Diversity · 2013 · 10.3390/d5020293

• Evolutionary dynamics of a rapidly receding southern range boundary in the threatened C alifornia R ed‐ L egged F rog ( R ana draytonii)

  Evolutionary Applications · 2013 · 10.1111/eva.12067

• Species Differentiation on a Dynamic Landscape: Shifts in Metapopulation Genetic Structure Using the Chronology of the Hawaiian Archipelago

  Evolutionary Biology · 2012 · 10.1007/s11692-012-9184-5

• Comparative phylogeography reveals deep lineages and regional evolutionary hotspots in the M ojave and S onoran Deserts

  Diversity and Distributions · 2012 · 10.1111/ddi.12022

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

  Molecular Ecology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05211.x

• The value of DNA sequence data for studying landscape genetics

  Molecular Ecology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05122.x

• Genetic landscapes GIS Toolbox: tools to map patterns of genetic divergence and diversity

  Molecular Ecology Resources · 2010 · 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02904.x

• Loss of genetic connectivity and diversity in urban microreserves in a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus n. sp. “santa monica”)

  Journal of Insect Conservation · 2008 · 10.1007/s10841-008-9176-z

• Are hotspots of evolutionary potential adequately protected in southern California?

  Biological Conservation · 2008 · 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.009

• 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 · 2006 · 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.03216.x

• Influence of volcanic activity on the population genetic structure of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders: fragmentation, rapid population growth and the potential for accelerated evolution

  Molecular Ecology · 2004 · 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2004.02179.x

• Effects of Natural Forest Fragmentation on a Hawaiian Spider Community

  Environmental Entomology · 2004 · 10.1603/0046-225x-33.5.1296

• Mermithid parasitism of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders in a fragmented landscape

  Journal of Invertebrate Pathology · 2003 · 10.1016/j.jip.2003.08.004

Current projects

No projects listed.