Robert N Fisher
Dr. Robert Fisher is a conservation biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center and works as part of a large integrated team.
His focus has been on how natural systems are responding to the Anthropocene, and what types of resiliency they have or lack as it relates to maintaining ecological integrity and biodiversity. Additionally, through understanding individual species and community responses to perturbations through modern monitoring techniques, he and his team can determine appropriate management experiments or options to possibly recover resiliency. Geographically they have two foci, the first is southern California where urbanization and conservation planning bring various direct and indirect drivers of ecological change, and climate variability is currently extreme and drives landscape level drought and wildfires. Their second foci are the tropical islands of the Pacific Basin, from Palau and Papua New Guinea east to Hawai’i. These islands have also been driven by human change and are on the front line as extreme recent weather variability in the cyclone belt impact terrestrial ecosystems. Understanding how biodiversity was generated in this ecoregion is critical to managing its loss, and their team focuses across time and space (biogeography) to understand these processes utilizing molecular tools tied to expeditions of discovery in this poorly studied ecoregion.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Conservation biology
- Biogeography
- Modelling
- Natural history
- Speciation
- Invasive species
- Climate variability
- Anthropocene
Education and Certifications
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
Science and Products
Prey: Thamnophis hammondii (Two-striped Garter Snake)
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
Herpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area
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
Herpetofaunal Monitoring in MSCP Region of San Diego
Inventory and Manage Point Loma Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians); and secondarily, Shrews, and Macroinvertebrates
Reptile and Amphiban survey on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
Design and implementation of a wildlife monitoring program for the Tenaja Corridor
Final Report on Herpetofauna Monitoring in the Tijuana Estuary
Southern California Herpetofauna Research and Monitoring:
Monitoring Reptile and Amphibians at Long-Term Biodiversity Monitoring Stations: Nature Reserve of Orange County
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey
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Prey: Thamnophis hammondii (Two-striped Garter Snake)
Pox infection has occurrcd in mourning doves in at least 8 states on 12 separate occasions. Unsuccessful attempts were made to transmit both fowl pox (chicken isolate) and passerine pox (cowbird isolate) to mourning doves.AuthorsE.L. Ervin, Robert N. FisherCalifornia 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
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsE.L. Ervin, N.J. Scott, Robert N. FisherHerpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsC. Brown, Robert N. FisherInitial Report on the Monitoring of a California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii) Population in San Francisquito Canyon. Angeles National Forest, California: Year 2000
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsE.L. Ervin, N.J. Scott, S.A. Hathaway, Robert N. FisherHerpetofaunal Monitoring in MSCP Region of San Diego
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsC. Rochester, S. Hathaway, C. Brown, K. Pease, Robert N. FisherInventory and Manage Point Loma Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians); and secondarily, Shrews, and Macroinvertebrates
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsS. Weber, Robert N. FisherReptile and Amphiban survey on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsRobert N. FisherDesign and implementation of a wildlife monitoring program for the Tenaja Corridor
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsRobert N. Fisher, K. CrooksFinal Report on Herpetofauna Monitoring in the Tijuana Estuary
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsRobert N. Fisher, T. J. CaseSouthern California Herpetofauna Research and Monitoring:
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsRobert N. Fisher, T. J. CaseMonitoring Reptile and Amphibians at Long-Term Biodiversity Monitoring Stations: Nature Reserve of Orange County
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsRobert N. Fisher, C. RochesterAnza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey
No abstract available at this timeAuthorsM.L. Warburton, Robert N. Fisher - News
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