email: seth_riley@nps.gov
phone: 74746
office: RM 5324, LSB C/O DR. BOB WAYNE
lab:
research interests: Ecology and conservation of wildlife in fragmented urban landscapes.
Research Interests
Seth's research focuses on the ecology and conservation of wildlife in fragmented urban landscapes. Specifically, this includes the behavior and ecology of wide-ranging mammalian carnivores such as mountain lions and bobcats, the effects of fragmentation and roads on the population genetic structure of wildlife (including carnivores, reptiles, and birds), and the effects of urbanization on the diversity and abundance of reptile and amphibian communities. Seth is also interested in conservation and management of wildlife in National Parks, and in the effective long-term monitoring of National Park resources.
Selected Publications
Riley, S. P. D., J. Pollinger, R. K. Wayne, R. M. Sauvajot, E. C. York, and T. K. Fuller. 2006. A southern California freeway in a physical and social barrier to gene flow in carnivores Molecular Ecology 15: 1733-1741 .
Riley, S. P. D., G. Busteed, L. Kats, T. Vandergon, L. Lee, R. Dagit, J. Kerby, R. M. Sauvajot, and R. N. Fisher. 2005. Effects of urbanization on the distribution and abundance of amphibians and exotic species in southern California streams Conservation Biology 19: 1894-1907 .
Riley, S. P. D., J. E. Foley, and B. B. Chomel. 2004. Exposure to feline and canine pathogens in bobcats and gray foxes in urban and rural zones of a national park in California Journal of Wildlife Diseases 40: 11-22 .
Ng., S., R. M. Sauvajot, J. Dole, S. P. D. Riley, and T. Valone. 2004. Use of freeway undercrossings by wildlife in a fragmented urban landscape in southern California Biological Conservation 115: 499-507 .
Riley, S. P. D., H. B. S. Shaffer, S. R. Voss, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2003. Hybridization between a rare, native tiger salamander and its introduced congener Ecological Applications 13: 1263-1275 .
Riley, S. P. D., R. M. Sauvajot, D. Kamradt, E. C. York, C. Bromley, T. K. Fuller, and R. K. Wayne. 2003. Effects of urbanization and fragmentation on bobcats and coyotes in urban southern California Conservation Biology 17: 566-576 .
Riley, S. P. D. 2001. Spatial and resource overlap of bobcats and gray foxes in urban and rural zones of a National Park Proceedings of a Symposium on Current Bobcat Research Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign-Urbana, IL 32-39 .
Riley, S. P. D., J. Hadidian and D. A. Manski. 1998. Population density, survival, and rabies in raccoons in an urban national park Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 1153-1164 .
Foin, T. C., S. P. D. Riley, A. L. Pawley, D. R. Ayres, T. M. Carlsen, P. J. Hodum and P. V. Switzer. 1998. Improving recovery planning for the conservation of threatened and endangered taxa Bioscience 48: 177-184 .