Lauren Chan

Peer-reviewed publications

* mentored undergraduate or graduate student co-author

• Fitzgerald, L.A., W.A. Ryberg, D. Walkup, T. Hibbitts, M.T. Hill, D.J. Leavitt, L.M. Chan, and M.R. Parker. 2022. Ecology and conservation of the imperiled Dunes Sagebrush Lizard: an ecological specialist in a threatened ecosystem. The future for reptiles: advances and challenge in the Anthropocene. Pp 163-174. In: Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation. Eds. D.A. Dellasala, M.I. Goldstein. Elsevier. Online. Email me for PDF.
• Chan, L.M., C.W. Painter, M.T. Hill, T.J. Hibbitts, D.J. Leavitt, W.A. Ryberg, D. Walkup, and L.A. Fitzgerald. 2020. Phylogeographic structure of the dunes sagebrush lizard, an endemic habitat specialist. PLOS ONE 15(9): e0238194. OpenAccess
• Odden, J.P. *W. Eng, K. Lee, H. Donelick, M. Hiefield, J. Steach, and L.M. Chan. 2019. Novel host-bacterial symbioses revealed: characterization of Wolbachia in arthropods of western North America. Western North American Naturalist. 79: 534-550. pdf
• Baranzelli, M.C., A.Cosacov, A. Espíndola, M. del Rosario Iglesias, L.M. Chan, L.A. Johnson, and A.N. Sérsic. 2018. Echoes of the whispering land: interacting roles of vicariance and selection in shaping the evolutionary divergence of two Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae) species from Patagonia and Malvinas/Falkland Islands. Evolutionary Ecology pdf
• Robertson, J.M., S.W. Fitzpatrick, B.B. Rothermel, and L.M. Chan. 2018. Fire does not strongly affect genetic diversity or structure of a common treefrog in the endangered Florida Scrub. Journal of Heredity 109: 2433-252. pdf
• Pabijan, M., J.L. Brown, L.M. Chan, H.E. Rakontondravony, A.P. Raselimanana, A.D. Yoder, F. Glaw, and M. Vences. 2015. Phylogeography of the arid-adapted Malagasy bullfrog, Laliostoma labrosum, influenced by past connectivity and habitat stability. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 11-24. pdf
• *Shi, J.J., †L.M. Chan, A. Peel, *R. Lai, A.D. Yoder, and S.M. Goodman. 2014. A deep divergence time between sister species of Eidolon (Pteropodidae) with evidence for widespread panmixia. Acta Chiropterologica 16(2): 279-292. († corresponding author) pdf
• Jenkins et al. (one of 39 authors). 2014. Extinction risks and the conservation of Madagascar's reptiles.PLoS ONE 9(8): e100173. pdf
• Yoder, A.D., †L.M. Chan, †M. dos Reis, †P. Larsen, C. Campbell, R. Rasolarison, M. Barrett, C. Roos, P. Kappeler, J. Bielawski, and Z. Yang. 2014. Molecular Evolutionary Characterization of a V1R Subfamily Unique to Strepsirrhine Primates. Genome Biology and Evolution 6: 213-227. pdf †: authors contributed equally
• *Shi, J.J., †L.M. Chan, *Z. Rakotomalala, *A.M. Heilman, S.M. Goodman, and A.D. Yoder. 2013. Latitude drives diversification in Madagascar's endemic dry forest rodent, Eliurus myoxinus (sub-family Nesomyinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 500-517. († corresponding author) pdf
• Chan, L.M., J.W. Archie, A.D. Yoder, and L.A. Fitzgerald. 2013. Review of the systematic status of Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt and Jones, 1972 with an estimate of divergence time. Zootaxa 3664(3): 312-320. pdf | appendices
• Chan, L.M., *D. Choi, A.P. Raselimanana, H.E.. Rakotonadravony, and A.D. Yoder. 2012. Defining spatial and temporal patterns of phylogeographic structure in Madagascar's iguanid lizards (genus Oplurus). Molecular Ecology 21: 3839-3851. pdf
• Johnson, L.A., L.M. Chan, R. Pozner, *L.D. Glazier. 2012. Allotetraploids in Patagonia with affinities to Western North American diploids: did dispersal or genome doubling occur first? Botanical Review 78: 288-306. pdf
• Johnson, L.A., L.M. Chan, *K. Burr, and D. Hendrickson. 2012. Navarretia furnissii (Polemoniaceae), a new diploid species from the intermountain western United States distinguished from tetraploid Navarretia saximontana. Phytotaxa 42: 51-61. pdf
• Weisrock, D.W., S.D. Smith, L.M. Chan, K. Biebouw, P.M. Kappeler, and A.D.Yoder. 2012. Concatenation and concordance in the reconstruction of mouse lemur phylogeny: an empirical demonstration of the effect of allele sampling in phylogenetics. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29(6): 1615–1630. pdf
• Robertson, J.M. and L.M. Chan. 2011. Species richness in a tropical biodiversity hotspot (Commentary). Journal of Biogeography 38: 2043-2044. pdf
• Chan, L.M., J.L. Brown, and A.D. Yoder. 2011. Integrating statistical genetic and geospatial methods brings new power to phylogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59: 523-537. pdf | supplementary material
• Chan, L.M., S.M. Goodman, *M.D. Nowak, D.W. Weisrock, and A.D. Yoder. 2011. Increased population sampling confirms low genetic divergence among Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) fruit bats of Madagascar and other western Indian Ocean islands. PLoS Currents: Tree of Life online
• Vredenburg, V.T., J.R. Romansic, L.M. Chan, and T. Tunstall. 2010. Does UV-B radiation affect embryos of three high elevation amphibian species in California? Copeia, 2010 (3): 502-512. pdf
• Goodman, S.M., L.M. Chan, *M.D. Nowak, and A.D. Yoder. 2010. Phylogeny and phylogeography of western Indian Ocean Rousettus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae).Journal of Mammalogy, 91(3): 593-606. pdf
• Chan, L.M. and K.R. Zamudio. 2009. Population differentiation of temperate amphibians in unpredictable environments. Molecular Ecology, 18: 3185-3200. pdf
• Zamudio, K.R., J.M. Robertson, L.M. Chan, and I. Sazima. 2009. Population structure in an extreme narrow endemic: evidence for drift offset by asymmetrical migration in a tiny geographic range. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 259-274. pdf
• Chan, L.M., L.A. Fitzgerald, and K.R. Zamudio. 2009. The scale of genetic differentiation in the Dunes Sagebrush-Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus), an endemic habitat specialist. Conservation Genetics 10 (1): 131-142. pdf | Highlighted with additional data analyses in Marko and Hart, TREE 26 (9): 448-456 (DOI) .
• Johnson, L.A., L.M. Chan, T.L. Weese,* L.D. Busby, and S. McMurry. 2008. Nuclear and cpDNA sequences combined provide strong inference of higher phylogenetic relationships in the phlox family (Polemoniaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 997-1012. pdf
• Zamudio, K.R. and L.M. Chan. 2008. Alternative reproductive tactics in amphibians. In R. Oliveira, M. Taborsky, and J. Brockman eds. Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an Integrative Approach. Pp. 300-331. Cambridge University Press.
• Chan, L.M. 2003. Seasonality, microhabitat, and cryptic variation in tropical salamander reproductive cycles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78 (4): 489-496. pdf
• Chan, L.M., K.R. Zamudio, and D.B. Wake. 2001. Relationships of the salamandrid genera Paramesotriton, Pachytriton, and Cynops based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 2001 (4): 997-1009. pdf

Notes

• Chan, L.M., *W. Eng, *B. Hergert, *A. Osbrink, and C.N. Templeton. 2020. Lithobates catesbeianius. Diet. Herpetological Review, 51: 301. pdf
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• Chan, L.M. 2007. Twelve novel microsatellite markers for the Great Plains toad, Bufo cognatus. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 278-280. pdf
• Chan, L.M. 2007. Characterization of microsatellite markers for Couch's Spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchii) and cross-amplification in other species of the Family Scaphiopodidae. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 318-320. pdf
• Chan, L.M., L.A. Fitzgerald, and K.R. Zamudio. 2007. Characterization of microsatellite markers for the endemic sand dune lizard, Sceloporus arenicolus. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 337-339. pdf
• Chan, L.M. 2001. Pseudoeurycea goebeli, diet. Herpetological Review 32 (3): 179.
• Chan, L.M. 2001. Bufo canorus, larval cannibalism. Herpetological Review 32 (2): 101.
• Zamudio, K.R. and L.M. Chan. 2001. Book review, Herpetology. Copeia 2001 (1): 294-296.