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Lisa Lyren

   Supervisory Ecologist

Lisa Lyren
Santa Monica Mountains Field Station
Carlsbad Sub Station
6010 Hidden Valley Road
Carlsbad, CA 92009
Phone: (760) 931-1101
Fax: (760) 918-0638
Email: llyren@usgs.gov 		Lisa Lyren
Bio
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Carnivore Behavior & Conservation
  • Connectivity Conservation
  • Road Ecology
  • Urban Ecology
  • Wildlife-human conflicts

EDUCATION
  • M.S., Biology / Ecology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2001
  • B.S., Biology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 1997

PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY SOCIETIES AND SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
  • American Society of Mammologists
  • Society for Conservation Biology
  • The Wildlife Society
  • Wild Felid Research and Management Association

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Supervisory Ecologist, USGS, Western Ecol. Research Ctr, Nov 2003 - present
  • Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Western Ecol. Research Ctr, Jan 2002 - Nov 2003
  • Biological Sciences Tech, USGS, Western Ecol. Research Ctr, Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
  • Graduate Research Assistant, California State University Pomona Foundation, Jan 1998 – Jan 2000

All Products
Journal_Article
2013 Tracey, JA, J Zhu, E Boydston, L Lyren, RN Fisher, KR Crooks. 2013. Mapping behavioral landscapes for animal movement: A finite mixture modeling approach. Ecological Applications 23(3): 654-669. doi: 10.1890/12-0687.1 [Journal_Article]
2012 Ruell, E. W., Riley, S. P. D., Douglas, M. R., Antolin, M. F., Pollinger, J. P., Tracey, J. A., Lyren, L. M., Boydston, E. E., Fisher, R. N., & Crooks, K. R. (2012). Urban habitat fragmentation and genetic population structure of bobcats in coastal southern California. American Midland Naturalist, 168, 265-280. [Journal_Article]
2012 Lee, JS, EW Ruell, EE Boydston, LM Lyren, RS Alonso, JL Troyer, KR Crooks, S VandeWoude. 2012. Gene flow and pathogen transmission among bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a fragmented urban landscape. Molecular Ecology, 21, 1617-1631 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05493.x [Journal_Article]
2012 Bevins, SN, S Carver, EE Boydston, LM Lyren, M Alldredge, KA Logan, SPD Riley, RN Fisher, TW Vickers, W Boyce, M Salman, MR Lappin, KR Crooks, S VandeWoude. 2012. Three pathogens in sympatric populations of pumas, bobcats, and domestic cats: implications for infections disease transmission. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31403. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031403 [Journal_Article]
2011 Milan J. Mitrovich, Elizabeth A. Gallegos, Lisa M. Lyren, Robert E. Lovich, and Robert N. Fisher Habitat Use and Movement of the Endangered Arroyo Toad (Anaxyrus californicus) in Coastal Southern California. Journal of Herpetology 45(3):319-328. 2011 [Journal_Article]
2010 Ordeñana, M.A., K.R. Crooks, E.E. Boydston, R.N. Fisher, L.M. Lyren, S. Siudyla, C.D. Haas, S. Harris, S.A. Hathaway, G.M. Turschak, A.K. Miles, and D.H. Van Vuren. 2010. Effects of urbanization on carnivore species distribution and richness. Journal of Mammalogy.  91:1322-1331 [Journal_Article]
2010 Burdett, Christopher L., Kevin R. Crooks, David M. Theobald, Kenneth R. Wilson, Erin E. Boydston, Lisa M. Lyren, Robert N. Fisher, T. Winston Vickers, Scott A. Morrison, and Walter M. Boyce. 2010. Interfacing models of wildlife habitat and human development to predict the future distribution of puma habitat. Ecosphere 1:art4. [doi:10.1890/ES10-00005.1] [Journal_Article]
2009 Brehme, C. S., W. I. Boarman, S. A. Hathaway, A. Herring, L. Lyren, M. Mendelsohn, K. Pease, M. Rahn, C. Rochester, D. Stokes, G. Turschak, and R. N. Fisher. 2009. Spatial and temporal patterns across an ecological boundary: allochthonous effects of a young saltwater lake on a desert ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 73:811-820. [Journal_Article]
2009 Bevins, S. N., J. A. Tracey, S. P. Franklin, V. L. Schmit, M. L. MacMillan, K.L. Gage, M E. Schriefer, K. A. Logan, L. L. Sweanor, M. W. Alldredge, C. Krumm, W. M. Boyce, W. Vickers, S. P. D. Riley, L. M. Lyren, E. E. Boydston, R. N. Fisher, M. E. Roelke, M. Salman, K. R. Crooks, and S. VandeWoude. 2009. Wild felids as hosts for human plague, Western United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases 15(12):2021-2024. [Journal_Article]
2007 Franklin, S. P., J. L. Troyer, J. A. Terwee, L. M. Lyren, W. M. Boyce, S. P. D. Riley, M. E. Roelke, K. R. Crooks, and S. W. VandeWoude. 2007. Frequent Transmission of Immunodeficiency Viruses among Bobcats and Pumas. Journal of Virology 10961-10969. [Journal_Article]
2007 Franklin, S. P., J. L. Troyer, J. A. TerWee, L. M. Lyren, R. W. Kays, S. P. D. Riley, W. M. Boyce, K. R. Crooks, and S. VandeWoude. 2007. Variability in assays used for detection of lentiviral infection in bobcats (Lynx rufus), pumas (Puma concolor), and ocelots (Leopardus pardalis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43(4):700-710 [Journal_Article]
Technical_Report
2009 Haas, C. D., L. M. Lyren, and E. E. Boydston. 2009. Evaluation of Functional Connectivity for Medium to Large-bodied Carnivores and Mule Deer across CA-241 and Santiago Canyon Road in the North Irvine Ranch, Orange County, California. Evaluation Summary, 90 pp. [Technical_Report]
2006 Lyren, L. M., G. M. Turschak, E. S. Ambat, C. D. Haas, J. A. Tracey, E. E. Boydston, S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher, and K. R. Crooks. 2006. Carnivore activity and movement in a Southern California protected area, the North/Central Irvine Ranch. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report, 115 p. [Technical_Report]
2002 Haas, C. D., K. L. Raymond, L. M. Lyren, and R. N. Fisher. 2002. East Orange/Central Irvine Ranch Mammal Movement Study. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report prepared for University of Wisconsin-Madison. [Technical_Report]
2001 Brown, C., L. Lyren, and R. N. Fisher. 2001. Summary of Arroyo Toad Surveys in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests. Technical Report prepared for the Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest. [Technical_Report]
2000 Brown, C., E. Ervin, and L. Lyren. 2000. Arroyo Toad, Bufo californicus 2000 USGS/USFS Survey Data. Angeles, Cleveland, and San Bernardino National Forests, California: Year 2000. Report to Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. [Technical_Report]
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2009 Nogeire, T., E. E. Boydston, L. M. Lyren, K. R. Crooks, and F. W. Davis. April 2009. Selection and Use of Orchards by Bobcats and Coyotes. International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowbird, UT. [Presentation_with_Abstract]
2006 Boydston, E. E., Lyren, L. M., Fisher, R. N., Turschak, G., Tracey, J., Smith, T. V., & Crooks, K. R. 2006. Space utilization patterns of bobcats (Lynx rufus) in the Santa Ana Mountains in southern California. Society for Conservation Biology 20th Annual Meeting. San Jose, California. [Presentation_with_Abstract]
2005 Ruell, E. W., S. P. D. Riley, J. Pollinger, L. M. Lyren, M. R. Douglas, and K. R. Crooks. September 2005. Examining the utility of non-invasive sampling for population estimation of bobcats in coastal southern California. 12th Annual Conference of Wildlife Society, Madison, WI. [Presentation_with_Abstract]
2001 Lyren, L. M. and K. R. Crooks. September 2001. Factors influencing the movement, spatial patterns, and wildlife underpass use of coyotes and bobcats along SR-71 in southern CA. 2nd Meeting of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (ICOET), Keystone, CO. [Presentation_with_Abstract]
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