Kristin Berry
Dr. Kristin Berry has been working as a Wildlife Biologist for the Western Ecological Research Center since 1993.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Behavioral ecology of vertebrates
- Conservation biology
- Cumulative effects
- Desert Ecology
- Ecotoxicology
- Environmental impacts
- Invasive species ecology
- Monitoring methodology
- Natural areas and preserves
- Population biology
- Species/Population management
- Threatened and endangered species
Professional Experience
Research Wildlife Biologist, Station Mgr., USGS, Western Ecological Science Center, Box Springs Field Station, Riverside, CA, Feb 1997-Present
Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Western Ecological Science Center, Riverside Field Station, Riverside, CA, Nov 1993-Feb 1997
Staff Supervisor and Research Scientist, Research Branch, Desert Biology US Bureau of Land Management, Riverside, CA, 1988-1993
Leader: Desert Tortoise Res. & Monitoring Prog., US Bureau of Land Mgt., Riverside, CA, 1983-1988
Coordinator: Research, Studies, and Monitoring, US Bureau of Land Management, Riverside, CA, 1980-1983
Staff Leader for Wildlife, CA Desert Plan Prog., US Bureau of Land Management, Riverside, CA, 1974-1980
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 1972
M.A., Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1968
B.A., Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 1964
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Ecological Society of America
Herpetologists' League
Research Society of America, Sigma Xi
Society for Conservation Biology
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Southern California Academy of Sciences
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 95
Mycoplasmosis and upper respiratory tract disease of tortoises: a review and update
Tortoise mycoplasmosis is one of the most extensively characterized infectious diseases of chelonians. A 1989 outbreak of upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) in free-ranging Agassiz's desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) brought together an investigative team of researchers, diagnosticians, pathologists, immunologists and clinicians from multiple institutions and agencies. Electron...
Authors
Elliott R. Jacobson, Mary E. Brown, Lori Wendland, Daniel T. Brown, Paul A. Klein, Mary M. Christopher, Kristin H. Berry
Models of invasion and establishment of African Mustard (Brassica tournefortii)
Introduced exotic plants can drive ecosystem change. We studied invasion and establishment ofBrassica tournefortii (African mustard), a noxious weed, in the Chemehuevi Valley, western Sonoran Desert, California. We used long-term data sets of photographs, transects for biomass of annual plants, and densities of African mustard collected at irregular intervals between 1979 and 2009. We...
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Timothy A. Gowan, David M. Miller, Matthew Brooks
Protection benefits desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) abundance: the influence of three management strategies on a threatened species
We surveyed an area of ∼260 km2 in the western Mojave Desert to evaluate relationships between condition of Agassiz's Desert Tortoise populations (Gopherus agassizii) and habitat on lands that have experienced three different levels of management and protection. We established 240 1-ha plots using random sampling, with 80 plots on each of the three types of managed lands. We conducted...
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Lisa M. Lyren, Julie L. Yee, Tracy Y. Bailey
Threats and conservation needs for North American tortoises
No abstract available
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Matthew J. Aresco
Multiple factors affect a population of Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Northwestern Mojave Desert
Numerous factors have contributed to declines in populations of the federally threatened Agassiz's Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and continue to limit recovery. In 2010, we surveyed a low-density population on a military test facility in the northwestern Mojave Desert of California, USA, to evaluate population status and identify potential factors contributing to distribution and...
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Julie L. Yee, Ashley A. Coble, William M. Perry, Timothy M. Shields
Biogeographic perspective of speciation among desert tortoises in the genus Gopherus: a preliminary evaluation
The enduring processes of time, climate, and adaptation have sculpted the distribution of organisms we observe in the Sonoran Desert. One such organism is Morafka’s desert tortoise, Gopherus morafkai. We apply a genomic approach to identify the evolutionary processes driving diversity in this species and present preliminary findings and emerging hypotheses. The Sonoran Desert form of the...
Authors
Taylor Edwards, Mercy Vaughn, Cristina Meléndez Torres, Alice E. Karl, Philip C. Rosen, Kristin H. Berry, Robert W. Murph
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 95
Mycoplasmosis and upper respiratory tract disease of tortoises: a review and update
Tortoise mycoplasmosis is one of the most extensively characterized infectious diseases of chelonians. A 1989 outbreak of upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) in free-ranging Agassiz's desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) brought together an investigative team of researchers, diagnosticians, pathologists, immunologists and clinicians from multiple institutions and agencies. Electron...
Authors
Elliott R. Jacobson, Mary E. Brown, Lori Wendland, Daniel T. Brown, Paul A. Klein, Mary M. Christopher, Kristin H. Berry
Models of invasion and establishment of African Mustard (Brassica tournefortii)
Introduced exotic plants can drive ecosystem change. We studied invasion and establishment ofBrassica tournefortii (African mustard), a noxious weed, in the Chemehuevi Valley, western Sonoran Desert, California. We used long-term data sets of photographs, transects for biomass of annual plants, and densities of African mustard collected at irregular intervals between 1979 and 2009. We...
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Timothy A. Gowan, David M. Miller, Matthew Brooks
Protection benefits desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) abundance: the influence of three management strategies on a threatened species
We surveyed an area of ∼260 km2 in the western Mojave Desert to evaluate relationships between condition of Agassiz's Desert Tortoise populations (Gopherus agassizii) and habitat on lands that have experienced three different levels of management and protection. We established 240 1-ha plots using random sampling, with 80 plots on each of the three types of managed lands. We conducted...
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Lisa M. Lyren, Julie L. Yee, Tracy Y. Bailey
Threats and conservation needs for North American tortoises
No abstract available
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Matthew J. Aresco
Multiple factors affect a population of Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Northwestern Mojave Desert
Numerous factors have contributed to declines in populations of the federally threatened Agassiz's Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and continue to limit recovery. In 2010, we surveyed a low-density population on a military test facility in the northwestern Mojave Desert of California, USA, to evaluate population status and identify potential factors contributing to distribution and...
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Julie L. Yee, Ashley A. Coble, William M. Perry, Timothy M. Shields
Biogeographic perspective of speciation among desert tortoises in the genus Gopherus: a preliminary evaluation
The enduring processes of time, climate, and adaptation have sculpted the distribution of organisms we observe in the Sonoran Desert. One such organism is Morafka’s desert tortoise, Gopherus morafkai. We apply a genomic approach to identify the evolutionary processes driving diversity in this species and present preliminary findings and emerging hypotheses. The Sonoran Desert form of the...
Authors
Taylor Edwards, Mercy Vaughn, Cristina Meléndez Torres, Alice E. Karl, Philip C. Rosen, Kristin H. Berry, Robert W. Murph
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