| Species distribution models of an endangered rodent offer conflicting measures of habitat quality at multiple scales WT Bean, LR Prugh, R Stafford, HS Butterfield, M Westphal, JS Brashares Journal of Applied Ecology 51 (4), 1116-1125, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| Multilocus sequence data reveal dozens of putative cryptic species in a radiation of endemic Californian mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae) DH Leavitt, J Starrett, MF Westphal, M Hedin Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 91, 56-67, 2015 | 74 | 2015 |
| Non-trophic interactions in deserts: Facilitation, interference, and an endangered lizard species A Filazzola, M Westphal, M Powers, AR Liczner, DAS Woollett, B Johnson, ... Basic and Applied Ecology 20, 51-61, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
| The dark side of facilitation: native shrubs facilitate exotic annuals more strongly than native annuals JE Lucero, T Noble, S Haas, M Westphal, HS Butterfield, CJ Lortie NeoBiota 44, 75-93, 2019 | 49 | 2019 |
| Contemporary Drought and Future Effects of Climate Change on the Endangered Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizard, Gambelia sila MF Westphal, JAE Stewart, EN Tennant, HS Butterfield, B Sinervo Plos One 11 (5), e0154838, 2016 | 40 | 2016 |
| Overwintering tadpoles in the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) GM Fellers, AE Launer, G Rathbun, S Bobzien, J Alvarez, D Sterner, ... Herpetological Review 32 (3), 156-157, 2001 | 39 | 2001 |
| Thermal ecology of the federally endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila) KN Ivey, M Cornwall, H Crowell, N Ghazian, E Nix, M Owen, M Zuliani, ... Conservation Physiology 8 (1), coaa014, 2020 | 33 | 2020 |
| Persistence of historical population structure in an endangered species despite near‐complete biome conversion in California's San Joaquin Desert JQ Richmond, DA Wood, MF Westphal, AG Vandergast, AD Leaché, ... Molecular Ecology 26 (14), 3618-3635, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| The Groot Effect: Plant facilitation and desert shrub regrowth following extensive damage CJ Lortie, E Gruber, A Filazzola, T Noble, M Westphal Ecology and evolution 8 (1), 706-715, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
| An efficient noninvasive method for discriminating among faeces of sympatric North American canids CA Bozarth, YR Alva-Campbell, K Ralls, TR Henry, DA Smith, ... Conservation Genetics Resources 2, 173-175, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| The effect of consumer pressure and abiotic stress on positive plant interactions are mediated by extreme climatic events A Filazzola, AR Liczner, M Westphal, CJ Lortie New Phytologist 217 (1), 140-150, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
| Habitat restoration opportunities, climatic niche contraction, and conservation biogeography in California's San Joaquin Desert JAE Stewart, HS Butterfield, JQ Richmond, DJ Germano, MF Westphal, ... Plos One 14 (1), e0210766, 2019 | 24 | 2019 |
| Shrubs indirectly increase desert seedbanks through facilitation of the plant community A Filazzola, AR Liczner, M Westphal, CJ Lortie PLoS One 14 (4), e0215988, 2019 | 23 | 2019 |
| A test of desert shrub facilitation via radiotelemetric monitoring of a diurnal lizard MF Westphal, T Noble, HS Butterfield, CJ Lortie Ecology and Evolution 8 (23), 12153-12162, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Shrub and vegetation cover predict resource selection use by an endangered species of desert lizard CJ Lortie, J Braun, M Westphal, T Noble, M Zuliani, E Nix, N Ghazian, ... Scientific Reports 10 (1), 4884, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
| Harnessing cross-border resources to confront climate change O Aburto-Oropeza, AF Johnson, M Agha, EB Allen, MF Allen, JA González, ... Environmental science & policy 87, 128-132, 2018 | 21 | 2018 |
| Facilitation promotes plant invasions and indirect negative interactions CJ Lortie, A Filazzola, C Brown, J Lucero, M Zuliani, N Ghazian, S Haas, ... Oikos 130 (7), 1056-1061, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Responses of greater roadrunners during attacks on sympatric venomous and nonvenomous snakes WC Sherbrooke, MF Westphal The Southwestern Naturalist, 41-47, 2006 | 17 | 2006 |
| Seizing the moment: the opportunity and relevance of the California Conservation Genomics Project to state and federal conservation policy PL Fiedler, B Erickson, M Esgro, M Gold, JM Hull, JM Norris, B Shapiro, ... Journal of Heredity 113 (6), 589-596, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| Species specificity challenges the predictability of facilitation along a regional desert gradient A Filazzola, CJ Lortie, MF Westphal, R Michalet Journal of Vegetation Science 31 (5), 887-898, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
