Publications

Wright, A. N., Barley, A. J., Pauly, G. B., Gray, L. N., and R. C. Thomson. 2024. A historical resurvey of flatland lizards in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Herpetology 58:188-197 https://doi.org/10.1670/23-045
Figueira, T. J., Kennedy-Gold, S., Piantoni, C., Screen, R. M., and A. N. Wright. 2023. Head shape predicts isotopic diet in anoles and day geckos. Functional Ecology 37:1553-1566 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14331
Carranza, J. A. 2022. Insights from foraging behavior on competitive interactions in introduced lizards in Hawai'i. MS Thesis, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Alascio, S. D. 2022. Life history differences along the fast-slow continuum in introduced lizards in Hawai'i. MS Thesis, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Screen, R. M. 2022. Insights from an introduced lizard on coping with environmental change: is it better to be behaviorally flexible or consistent? PhD Dissertation, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Wright, A. N., Kennedy-Gold, S., Naylor, E. R., Screen, R. M., Piantoni, C., and T. E. Higham. 2021. Clinging performance on natural substrates predicts habitat use in anoles and day geckos. Functional Ecology 35:2474-2482 link and blog post
Wright, A. N., Yang, L. H., Piovia-Scott, J., Spiller, D. A., and T. W. Schoener. 2020. Consumer responses to experimental pulsed subsidies in isolated vs connected habitats. The American Naturalist 196:369-381 link
Goodman, R. M., Tyler, J. A.*, Reinartz, D. M.*, and A. N. Wright. 2019. Survey of Ranavirus and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in introduced frogs in Hawaii. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55:668-672 *undergraduate researchers link
Higham, T. E., Russell, A. P., Niewiarowski, P., Wright, A. N., and T. Speck. 2019. The ecomechanics of gecko adhesion: natural surface topography, evolution, and biomimetics. Integrative and Comparative Biology 59:148-167 link
Kennedy-Gold, S. R. 2019. Indirect and direct effects of competitor presence on behavior of introduced anoles in Hawaii. MS Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Piovia-Scott, J., Yang, L. H., Wright, A. N., Spiller, D. A., and T. W. Schoener. 2019. Pulsed seaweed subsidies drive sequential shifts in the effects of lizard predators on island food webs. Ecology Letters 22:1850-1859 link
Wright, A. N.* 2019. Some thoughts on the use of experimental enclosures for studying anoles. pp. 306-217 in Stroud, J.T., Geneva, A.J., Losos, J.B. eds.. Anolis Newsletter VII. Washington University, St. Louis MO, https://doi.org/10.7936/gjg3-h168. *not peer-reviewed
Howard,J. K., Fesenmyer, K. A., Grantham, T. E., Viers, J. H., Ode, P. R., Moyle, P. B., Kupferburg, S. J., Furnish, J. L., Rehn, A., Slusark, J., Mazor, R. D., Santos, N. R., Peek, R. A., and A. N. Wright. 2018. A freshwater conservation blueprint for California: prioritizing watersheds for freshwater biodiversity. Freshwater Science 37:417-431. link
Kenny, H.*, Wright, A. N., Piovia-Scott, J., Yang, L. H., Spiller, D. A. and T. W. Schoener. 2017. Marine subsidies change short-term foraging activity and habitat utilization of terrestrial lizards. Ecology and Evolution 7:10701–10709. link *undergraduate co-author
Piovia-Scott, J., Yang, L. H., and A. N. Wright. Temporal variation in trophic cascades. 2017, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 48:281-300 link
Piovia-Scott, J., Yang, L. H., Wright, A. N., Spiller, D. A., and Schoener, T. W. 2017. The effect of lizards on spiders and wasps: variation with island size and seaweed subsidy. Ecosphere 8:e01909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1909
Wright, A. N., Schwartz, M. W., Hijmans, R. J., and H. B. Shaffer. 2016. Advances in climate models do not change predictions of future habitat suitability for California reptiles and amphibians. Climatic Change 134:579-591
Howard, J. K., Klausmeyer, K., Fesenmyer, K., Furnish, J., Gardali, T., Grantham, T., Katz, J., Kupferberg, S., McIntyre, P., Moyle, P., Ode, P., Peek, R., Quiñones, R., Rehn, A., Santos, N., Schoenig, S., Serpa, L., Shedd, J., Slusark, J., Viers, J., Wright, A., Morrison, S. 2015. Patterns of freshwater species richness, endemism, and vulnerability in California. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0130710. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130710
Wright, A. N., Hijmans, R. J., Schwartz, M. W., and H. B. Shaffer. 2015. Multiple sources of uncertainty affect metrics for ranking conservation risk under climate change. Diversity and Distributions 21:111-122
Warren, D. L.*, Wright, A. N.*, Seifert, S. N., and H. B. Shaffer. 2014. Incorporating model complexity and spatial sampling bias into ecological niche models of climate change risks faced by California vertebrate species of concern. Diversity and Distributions 20:334-343 *equal contribution
Wright, A.N., Piovia-Scott, J., Spiller, D. A., Takimoto, G., Yang, L. H., and T. W. Schoener. 2013. Pulses of marine subsidies amplify reproductive potential of lizards by increasing individual growth rate. Oikos 122:1496-1504
Lambert, M.R.*, Nielsen, S.N.*, Wright, A.N., Thomson, R.C., and H.B. Shaffer. 2013. Habitat features determine the basking distribution of introduced red-eared sliders and native western pond turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12: 192-199 *undergraduate co-authors
Piovia-Scott, J., Spiller, D. A., Takimoto, G., Yang, L. H., Wright, A. N., and T. W. Schoener. 2013. The effect of chronic seaweed subsidies on herbivory: plant-mediated fertilization pathway overshadows lizard-mediated predator pathways. Oecologia 172:1129-1135
Spiller, D.A., Piovia-Scott, J., Wright, A.N., Yang, L.H., Takimoto, G., Schoener, T.W., and T. Iwata. 2010. Marine subsidies have multiple effects on coastal food webs. Ecology 91:1424-1434
Yang, L.H., Edwards, K.F., Byrnes, J.E., Bastow, J.L., Wright, A.N., and K.O. Spence. 2010. A meta-analysis of resource pulse-consumer interactions. Ecological Monographs 80:125-151
Yang, L.H., Bastow, J.L., Spence, K.O., and A.N. Wright. 2008. What can we learn from resource pulses? Ecology 89:621-634 .pdf
Wright, A.N. and M.E. Gompper. 2005. Altered parasite assemblages in raccoons in response to manipulated resource availability. Oecologia 144:148-156
Gompper, M.E. and A.N. Wright. 2005. Altered prevalence of raccoon roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis, owing to manipulated contact rates of hosts. Journal of Zoology 266:215-219
Wright, A.N. and K.R. Zamudio. 2002. Color pattern asymmetry as a correlate of habitat disturbance in Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum). Journal of Herpetology 36:129-133

Conservation Projects

Thomson, R.C., Wright, A.N. and H.B. Shaffer. 2016. California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern. University of California Press, 408 pp. website
Wright, A.N., Hijmans, R.J., Schwartz, M.W., and H.B. Shaffer. 2013. California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Future Concern: Conservation and Climate Change. Final Report to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Nongame Wildlife Program, Task 12, Contract No. P0685904. .pdf
“Fear and Fishing in Lake Davis.” 2005. Documentary film exploring the invasion and management of a non-native fish, the northern pike, in California from social, economic, legal, and biological perspectives. This collaborative project was completed as a part of a National Science Foundation interdisciplinary graduate education and research traineeship program (IGERT) in Biological Invasions. Link to video