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Robert E. Espinoza

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California State University--Northridge

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College of Science and Mathematics

Department Of Biology

School Of Science And Mathematics

Robert E. Espinoza is currently serving as a College Of Science And Mathematics Professor at California State University--Northridge.

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ecology evolutionary biology avian biology phylogenetics physiology biology zoology biogeography entomology marine biology evolutionary ecology animal behavior speciation veterinary medicine ecology and evolutionary biology climate change systematics functional ecology animal ecology wildlife zoonotic diseases nature vertebrate paleontology ethology catena systematic entomology marine drug tropical animal health thermal engineering animal physiology fungal diversity microbial systematics microbial diversity microbial physiology zoological taxonomy zoogeography zooplankton ecology animal taxonomy taxonomy (biology) morphological evidence arthropod taxonomy terrestrial arthropods thermophysical properties thermophysics thermoanalytical method thermal therapies thermally activated delayed fluorescence ecosystem interactions comparative physiology wildlife ecology specie interaction predator-prey interactions ecophysiology invasion biology landscape ecology wildlife management reference genome evolutionary genetics phylogenomics phylogeny comparison multiscale microbial diversity communal catalogue reveals phylogenetic relationships viviparous reproduction phylogenetic scale south american lizards critical review systematic discussion liolaemid lizards elongatus group liolaemus lizards northwestern argentina northern subclade southernmost gecko comparative thermal tolerances argentine puna physical anthropology pattern formation sociobiology ecology evolution coevolution population biology biosystems mammalian biology conservation biology anatomy fitness palaeontologia electronica ecological monograph evolutionary anthropology human biology quantitative biology human evolution mammalogy systematics (systems theory) historical biology biological conservation morphology biodiversity behavioral ecology biological anthropology evolutionary psychology morphology (biology) zooarchaeology community (ecology)

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A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of a Vernal Pool Specialist Amphibian, the Western Spadefoot, Spea Hammondii. Journal of Heredity (2026)

geneticsheredityreference genomegenomicsbiologyevolutionary biologymolecular ecologygenetic variationgenome biology

A New Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) From the Shan Hills and the Biogeography of Bent-Toed Geckos From Eastern Myanmar. The Catalogue of Life (2026)

Speciation Genomics in the Tiger Whiptail Lizards ( Aspidoscelis Tigris Complex). Genome Biology and Evolution (2025)

evolutionary geneticsspeciation genomicsecology evolutiontiger whiptail lizardsphylogenomicsevolutionary ecologygenetic variationevolutionary applicationsmolecular evolutiongeneticsphylogeny comparisonpopulation geneticsmolecular evolutionary ecologygenomicsmolecular ecologyphylogeneticsbiologyevolutionary biologyzoologyspeciation

Prioritizing the Risk and Management of Introduced Species in a Landscape With High Indigenous Biodiversity. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences (2023)

Jonathan Q. RichmondJennifer KingstonBrittany A.I. EwingWendy BearStacie A. HathawayCedric LeeCamm SwiftKristine L. PrestonAllison J. SchultzBarbara E. KusKerwin RusselPhilip UnittBradford D. HollingsworthRobert E. EspinozaMichael WallScott TremorKai PalenscarRobert N. Fisher

introduced specieswildlifeinvasion biologyrisk managementconservation biologylandscape ecologyenvironmental scienceecologywildlife managementbiodiversity

Warmer Isn't Always Better: Performance Eurythermy in a Cold‐Climate Gecko. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology (2020)

Denita M. WeeksRobert E. Espinoza

avian biologycold-climate geckoanimal behaviorecophysiologyzoologyphysiologyperformance eurythermyecologyentomology

A New Species of Crocodile Newt Tylototriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) From Northern Myanmar (Burma). Journal of Natural History (2019)

A Phylogenetic Taxonomy of the Cyrtodactylus Peguensis Group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) With Descriptions of Two New Species From Myanmar. PeerJ (2018)

L. Lee GrismerPerry L. WoodEvan S.H. QuahMatthew L. MurdochMarta S. GrismerMark W. HerrRobert E. EspinozaRafe M. BrownAung Lin

phylogeneticsecologyphylogenetic taxonomy

A Communal Catalogue Reveals Earth’s Multiscale Microbial Diversity. Nature (2017)

LR ThompsonJG SandersD McDonaldA AmirJ LadauKJ Locey...

microbiologyfungal diversitymicrobial ecologymicrobial systematicsmicrobiomemicrobial diversitynaturemicrobial consortiummicrobial physiologymultiscale microbial diversitycommunal catalogue reveals

Lizards on Ice: Comparative Thermal Tolerances of the World's Southernmost Gecko. Journal of Thermal Biology (2013)

Denita M. WeeksRobert E. Espinoza

extreme environmentsanimal ecologyavian biologyterrestrial arthropodssouthernmost geckoevolutionary biologycomparative thermal tolerancesecologyclimate changeentomology

A New Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) From the Southern Extreme of the Argentine Puna. Copeia (2012)

Fernando LoboRobert E. EspinozaEduardo A. SanabriaLorena B. Quiroga

avian biologymarine biologyargentine punaecologysouthern extreme

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Robert E. Espinoza

Professor

California State University--Northridge

Affiliations

College of Science and Mathematics

Department Of Biology

School Of Science And Mathematics

Robert E. Espinoza is currently serving as a College Of Science And Mathematics Professor at California State University--Northridge.

Honors

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Robert E. Espinoza

California State University--Northridge

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of a Vernal Pool Specialist Amphibian, the Western Spadefoot, Spea Hammondii. Journal of Heredity (2026)

geneticsheredityreference genomegenomicsbiologyevolutionary biologymolecular ecologygenetic variationgenome biology

A New Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) From the Shan Hills and the Biogeography of Bent-Toed Geckos From Eastern Myanmar. The Catalogue of Life (2026)

Speciation Genomics in the Tiger Whiptail Lizards ( Aspidoscelis Tigris Complex). Genome Biology and Evolution (2025)

Prioritizing the Risk and Management of Introduced Species in a Landscape With High Indigenous Biodiversity. Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences (2023)

introduced specieswildlifeinvasion biologyrisk managementconservation biologylandscape ecologyenvironmental scienceecologywildlife managementbiodiversity

Warmer Isn't Always Better: Performance Eurythermy in a Cold‐Climate Gecko. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology (2020)

Denita M. WeeksRobert E. Espinoza

avian biologycold-climate geckoanimal behaviorecophysiologyzoologyphysiologyperformance eurythermyecologyentomology

A New Species of Crocodile Newt Tylototriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) From Northern Myanmar (Burma). Journal of Natural History (2019)

A Phylogenetic Taxonomy of the Cyrtodactylus Peguensis Group (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) With Descriptions of Two New Species From Myanmar. PeerJ (2018)

L. Lee GrismerPerry L. WoodEvan S.H. QuahMatthew L. MurdochMarta S. GrismerMark W. HerrRobert E. EspinozaRafe M. BrownAung Lin

phylogeneticsecologyphylogenetic taxonomy

A Communal Catalogue Reveals Earth’s Multiscale Microbial Diversity. Nature (2017)

LR ThompsonJG SandersD McDonaldA AmirJ LadauKJ Locey...

microbiologyfungal diversitymicrobial ecologymicrobial systematicsmicrobiomemicrobial diversitynaturemicrobial consortiummicrobial physiologymultiscale microbial diversitycommunal catalogue reveals

Lizards on Ice: Comparative Thermal Tolerances of the World's Southernmost Gecko. Journal of Thermal Biology (2013)

Denita M. WeeksRobert E. Espinoza

extreme environmentsanimal ecologyavian biologyterrestrial arthropodssouthernmost geckoevolutionary biologycomparative thermal tolerancesecologyclimate changeentomology

A New Phymaturus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) From the Southern Extreme of the Argentine Puna. Copeia (2012)

Fernando LoboRobert E. EspinozaEduardo A. SanabriaLorena B. Quiroga

avian biologymarine biologyargentine punaecologysouthern extreme

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