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
Changes in riparian vegetation in the Southwestern United States: Historical Changes along the Mojave River, California
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Upper Patapsco aquifer in the Patapsco Formation of Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 1999. The map is based on water-level measurements in 49 wells. The potentiometric surface was 119 feet above sea level near the northern boundary and outcrop area of the aquifer in a topographically high area of...
Authors
Robert Webb, Diane E. Boyer, Kristin H. Berry
Reference intervals and physiologic alterations in hematologic and biochemical values of free-ranging desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert
Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations have experienced precipitous declines resulting from the cumulative impact of habitat loss, and human and disease-related mortality. Evaluation of hematologic and biochemical responses of desert tortoises to physiologic and environmental factors can facilitate the assessment of stress and disease in tortoises and contribute to management...
Authors
Mary M. Christopher, Kristin H. Berry, I.R. Wallis, K.A. Nagy, Brian T. Henen, C.C. Peterson
Seroepidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise of California
Several factors have combined with an upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) to produce declines on some population numbers of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the western USA. This study was designed to determine the seroepidemiology of URTD in a population of wild adult tortoises at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area (DTNA) study site in Kern County (California, USA)...
Authors
Mary E. Brown, Kristin H. Berry, Isabella M. Schumacher, Kenneth A. Nagy, Mary M. Christopher, Paul A. Klein
Geochemical and geologic studies of desert tortoise habitat
No abstract available at this time
Authors
B. B. Houser, Maurice Chaffee, K.H. Berry, G. B. Haxel
Pathology of diseases in wild desert tortoises from California
Twenty-four ill or dead desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) were received between March 1992 and July 1995 for necropsies from the Mojave and Colorado deserts of California (USA). Diseases observed in these animals included cutaneous dyskeratosis (n = 7); shell necrosis (n = 2); respiratory diseases (n = 7); urolithiasis (n = 3); and trauma (n = 5). In tortoises with cutaneous...
Authors
B.L. Homer, K.H. Berry, Mary E. Brown, G. Ellis, E.R. Jacobson
Effects of climatic variation on field metabolism and water relations of desert tortoises
We used the doubly labeled water method to measure the field metabolic rates (FMRs, in kJ kg-1 day-1) and water flux rates (WIRs, in ml H2O kg-1 day-1) of adult desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in three parts of the Mojave Desert in California over a 3.5-year period, in order to develop insights into the physiological responses of this threatened species to climate variation among...
Authors
Brian T. Henen, C.C. Peterson, I.R. Wallis, K.H. Berry, K.A. Nagy
Staining and morphology of bone marrow hematopoietic cells in desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)
No abstract available.
Authors
M. M. Garner, B.L. Homer, E.R. Jacobson, R.E. Raskin, B.J. Hall, W.A. Weis, K.H. Berry
Common ravens in the southwestern United States, 1968-92
The common raven (Corvus corax) is a large black passerine bird found throughout the northern hemisphere including western and northern North America. Ravens are scavengers that frequently feed on road-killed animals, large dead mammals, and human refuse. They kill and eat prey including rodents, lambs (Larsen and Dietrich 1970), birds, frogs, scorpions, beetles, lizards, and snakes...
Authors
William III Boarman, Kristin H. Berry
Desert tortoises in the Mojave and Colorado deserts
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a widespread species of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Within the United States, desert tortoises live in the Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran deserts of southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and western Arizona (Fig. 1). A substantial portion of the habitat is on lands administered by the U.S. Department of the...
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Philip A. Medica
The California Desert Conservation Area database for vegetation, wildlife, soils and hydrology with examples of research needs for land management
No abstract available at this time
Authors
K.H. Berry, T.A. Rado, P.D. Mack
Measuring the effectiveness of a tortoise-proof fence and culverts: status report from first field season
No abstract available.
Authors
W. I. Boarman, M. Sazaki, K. H. Berry, G. O. Goodlett, W. Bryan Jennings, A. Peter Woodman
Cutaneous dyskeratosis in free-ranging desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in the Colorado Desert of Southern California
No abstract available.
Authors
E.R. Jacobson, T.J. Wronski, J. Schumacher, C. Reggiardo, K.H. Berry
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 95
Changes in riparian vegetation in the Southwestern United States: Historical Changes along the Mojave River, California
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Upper Patapsco aquifer in the Patapsco Formation of Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 1999. The map is based on water-level measurements in 49 wells. The potentiometric surface was 119 feet above sea level near the northern boundary and outcrop area of the aquifer in a topographically high area of...
Authors
Robert Webb, Diane E. Boyer, Kristin H. Berry
Reference intervals and physiologic alterations in hematologic and biochemical values of free-ranging desert tortoises in the Mojave Desert
Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) populations have experienced precipitous declines resulting from the cumulative impact of habitat loss, and human and disease-related mortality. Evaluation of hematologic and biochemical responses of desert tortoises to physiologic and environmental factors can facilitate the assessment of stress and disease in tortoises and contribute to management...
Authors
Mary M. Christopher, Kristin H. Berry, I.R. Wallis, K.A. Nagy, Brian T. Henen, C.C. Peterson
Seroepidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise of California
Several factors have combined with an upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) to produce declines on some population numbers of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the western USA. This study was designed to determine the seroepidemiology of URTD in a population of wild adult tortoises at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area (DTNA) study site in Kern County (California, USA)...
Authors
Mary E. Brown, Kristin H. Berry, Isabella M. Schumacher, Kenneth A. Nagy, Mary M. Christopher, Paul A. Klein
Geochemical and geologic studies of desert tortoise habitat
No abstract available at this time
Authors
B. B. Houser, Maurice Chaffee, K.H. Berry, G. B. Haxel
Pathology of diseases in wild desert tortoises from California
Twenty-four ill or dead desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) were received between March 1992 and July 1995 for necropsies from the Mojave and Colorado deserts of California (USA). Diseases observed in these animals included cutaneous dyskeratosis (n = 7); shell necrosis (n = 2); respiratory diseases (n = 7); urolithiasis (n = 3); and trauma (n = 5). In tortoises with cutaneous...
Authors
B.L. Homer, K.H. Berry, Mary E. Brown, G. Ellis, E.R. Jacobson
Effects of climatic variation on field metabolism and water relations of desert tortoises
We used the doubly labeled water method to measure the field metabolic rates (FMRs, in kJ kg-1 day-1) and water flux rates (WIRs, in ml H2O kg-1 day-1) of adult desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in three parts of the Mojave Desert in California over a 3.5-year period, in order to develop insights into the physiological responses of this threatened species to climate variation among...
Authors
Brian T. Henen, C.C. Peterson, I.R. Wallis, K.H. Berry, K.A. Nagy
Staining and morphology of bone marrow hematopoietic cells in desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)
No abstract available.
Authors
M. M. Garner, B.L. Homer, E.R. Jacobson, R.E. Raskin, B.J. Hall, W.A. Weis, K.H. Berry
Common ravens in the southwestern United States, 1968-92
The common raven (Corvus corax) is a large black passerine bird found throughout the northern hemisphere including western and northern North America. Ravens are scavengers that frequently feed on road-killed animals, large dead mammals, and human refuse. They kill and eat prey including rodents, lambs (Larsen and Dietrich 1970), birds, frogs, scorpions, beetles, lizards, and snakes...
Authors
William III Boarman, Kristin H. Berry
Desert tortoises in the Mojave and Colorado deserts
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a widespread species of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Within the United States, desert tortoises live in the Mojave, Colorado, and Sonoran deserts of southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and western Arizona (Fig. 1). A substantial portion of the habitat is on lands administered by the U.S. Department of the...
Authors
Kristin H. Berry, Philip A. Medica
The California Desert Conservation Area database for vegetation, wildlife, soils and hydrology with examples of research needs for land management
No abstract available at this time
Authors
K.H. Berry, T.A. Rado, P.D. Mack
Measuring the effectiveness of a tortoise-proof fence and culverts: status report from first field season
No abstract available.
Authors
W. I. Boarman, M. Sazaki, K. H. Berry, G. O. Goodlett, W. Bryan Jennings, A. Peter Woodman
Cutaneous dyskeratosis in free-ranging desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in the Colorado Desert of Southern California
No abstract available.
Authors
E.R. Jacobson, T.J. Wronski, J. Schumacher, C. Reggiardo, K.H. Berry
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