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Leslie Rissler

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#9198

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#2076

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Leslie Rissler's Degrees

Masters Biology University of Alabama
Bachelors Biology University of Alabama

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According to Wikipedia, Leslie Jane Rissler is an American biologist best known for her work on amphibian and reptile biogeography, evolutionary ecology, systematics, and conservation, and for her strong advocacy of improving the public’s understanding and appreciation of evolution. She is currently Program Officer in the Evolutionary Processes Cluster of the Division of Environmental Biology and Directorate of Biological Sciences at the National Science Foundation.

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Leslie Rissler's Published Works

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Phylogeography's past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2000. (2010) (569)
Can mechanism inform species' distribution models? (2010) (492)
Do species' traits predict recent shifts at expanding range edges? (2011) (486)
Adding more ecology into species delimitation: ecological niche models and phylogeography help define cryptic species in the black salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus). (2007) (456)
Abiotic and biotic constraints across reptile and amphibian ranges (2016) (188)
Phylogeographic Lineages and Species Comparisons in Conservation Analyses: A Case Study of California Herpetofauna (2006) (180)
Congruence, Consensus, and the Comparative Phylogeography of Codistributed Species in California (2005) (135)
Testing Pleistocene refugia theory: phylogeographical analysis of Desmognathus wrighti, a high‐elevation salamander in the southern Appalachians (2003) (102)
The relative importance of religion and education on university students’ views of evolution in the Deep South and state science standards across the United States (2014) (82)
Competition at the range boundary in the slimy salamander: using reciprocal transplants for studies on the role of biotic interactions in spatial distributions. (2009) (74)
Mapping amphibian contact zones and phylogeographical break hotspots across the United States (2010) (73)
Winter Activity of Bats at a Mine Entrance in Vermillion County, Indiana (1992) (65)
The Scientific Foundations of Habitat Conservation Plans: a Quantitative Assessment (2001) (59)
Union of phylogeography and landscape genetics (2016) (53)
The phylogenetics of Desmognathine salamander populations across the southern Appalachians. (2003) (46)
The Influence of Ecology and Genetics on Behavioral Variation in Salamander Populations across the Eastern Continental Divide (2004) (45)
A striking lack of genetic diversity across the wide-ranging amphibian Gastrophryne carolinensis (Anura: Microhylidae) (2009) (40)
Ecogeographic isolation: a reproductive barrier between species and between cytotypes in Houstonia (Rubiaceae) (2012) (39)
Phylogeographic analysis and environmental niche modeling of the plain-bellied watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster) reveals low levels of genetic and ecological differentiation. (2010) (39)
SEASONAL ACTIVITY OF BATS AT COPPERHEAD CAVE (1992) (36)
Do Bats Feed in Winter (1993) (35)
Population structure and gene flow in a heavily disturbed habitat: implications for the management of the imperilled Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) (2012) (33)
Phylogeographic analyses of the southern leopard frog: the impact of geography and climate on the distribution of genetic lineages vs. subspecies (2011) (33)
History matters more when explaining genetic diversity within the context of the core–periphery hypothesis (2015) (29)
Taxonomic Revision of Desmognathus wrighti (Caudata: Plethodontidae) (2010) (27)
Shifts in frog size and phenology: Testing predictions of climate change on a widespread anuran using data from prior to rapid climate warming (2017) (26)
Geophysiology of Wood Frogs: Landscape Patterns of Prevalence of Disease and Circulating Hormone Concentrations across the Eastern Range. (2015) (25)
Resolving taxonomic turbulence and uncovering cryptic diversity in the musk turtles (Sternotherus) using robust demographic modeling. (2018) (22)
A new species of leopard frog (Anura: Ranidae) from the urban northeastern US. (2012) (21)
Gender Differences in Grant Submissions across Science and Engineering Fields at the NSF (2020) (21)
Genetic diversity in a narrowly endemic, recently described dusky salamander, Desmognathus folkertsi, from the southern Appalachian Mountains (2010) (20)
Spatial and behavioral interactions between a native and introduced salamander species (2000) (19)
Quantifying Disturbance in Terrestrial Communities: Abundance–Biomass Comparisons of Herpetofauna Closely Track Forest Succession (2010) (18)
Demographic consequences of climate variation along an elevational gradient for a montane terrestrial salamander (2018) (10)
Reproductive consequences of a gall-inducing fungal pathogen (Exobasidium vaccinii) on Rhododendron calendulaceum (Ericaceae) (1999) (10)
Ecological associations and genetic divergence in Black-bellied Salamanders (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) of the Southern Appalachian Mountains (2011) (8)
Formation of a recent hybrid zone offers insight into the geographic puzzle and maintenance of species boundaries in musk turtles (2019) (7)
The influence of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers on local insect community structure (1995) (7)
Integrating dynamic occupancy modeling and genetics to infer the status of the imperiled flattened musk turtle (2015) (6)
An experimental approach to understanding elevation limits in a montane terrestrial salamander, plethodon montanus (2017) (4)
Distribution modelling of an introduced species: do adaptive genetic markers affect potential range? (2020) (3)
Development and characterization of twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci in the threatened Red Hills salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti (2009) (3)
Life history variation along an elevational gradient in Plethodon montanus: implications for conservation (2017) (2)
Museum Specimens Reveal Life History Characteristics in Plethodon montanus (2019) (2)
A demographic approach to understanding the effects of climate on population growth (2019) (1)
Ecological adaptation drives wood frog population divergence in life history traits (2021) (1)
Combining biotic surveys, GIS modeling, and ecological genetics to prioritize land purchases for the conservation of the federally threatened Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) (2011) (0)
Instructions to contributors (1970) (0)
Instructions to Contributors (2001) (0)
THE IMPACT OF PRESCRIBED FIRE AND SEASON OF BURN ON AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS IN NORTHERN LONGLEAF ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION (2008) (0)
The Editorial Staff of Herpetological Conservation and Biology would like to acknowledge the following 137 peer-reviewers for their expert opinions in 2006-2007. Your efforts, dedication, and professionalism have ensured that Herpetological Conservation and Biology is a success. (2008) (0)
Life history variation along an elevational gradient in Plethodon montanus : implications for 1 conservation 2 3 (2017) (0)
Instructions to Contributors (2007) (0)
The possible influence of sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius varius, presence on insect community structure. (1992) (0)
Ecogeographic isolation: a reproductive barrier between species and between cytotypes in Houstonia (Rubiaceae) (2011) (0)
FRIEND OR FOE: BEHAVIORAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AN INTRODUCED AND NATIVE SALAMANDER SPECIES. (2008) (0)
Gauging Satisfaction with the New Proposal Process in DEB and IOS at the NSF (2014) (0)
Population structure and gene flow in a heavily disturbed habitat: implications for the management of the imperilled Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) (2012) (0)
Geophysiology ofWoodFrogs:Landscape PatternsofPrevalenceof DiseaseandCirculatingHormoneConcentrationsacrosstheEastern Range (2015) (0)
Neuroendocrine correlates of juvenile amphibian behaviors across a latitudinal cline (2022) (0)
Instructions to contributors (1999) (0)
UNCOVERING GENETIC DIVERSITY WITHIN THE THREE-LINED SALAMANDER: PHYLOGENETICS AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING (2008) (0)
Corrigendum: Gender Differences in Grant Submissions across Science and Engineering Fields at the NSF (2020) (0)
The relative importance of religion and education on university students’ views of evolution in the Deep South and state science standards across the United States (2014) (0)

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