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Leah Jacobs

Calatayud, N.E., L.E. Jacobs, C.L. Williams, C.C. Steiner, D.M. Shier. 2022. Recovering an endangered frog species through integrative reproductive technologies. Theriogenology 191. 141-152.

Hammond, T.T., R.R. Swaisgood, L.E. Jacobs, M.J. Curtis, B.A. McCormick, J.A. Hornfeldt, E.M. Trotman, D.M. Shier. 2022. Age-dependent effects of developmental experience on morphology, performance, dispersal and survival in a translocated, endangered species. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14182.

Hammond, T.T., M.J. Curtis, L.E. Jacobs, P.M. Gaffney, M.M. Clancy, R.R. Swaisgood, D.M. Shier. 2021. Overwinter behavior, movement, and survival in a recently reintroduced, endangered amphibian, Rana muscosa. Journal for Nature Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126086.

Jacobs, L.E., T.T. Hammond, P.M. Gaffney, M.J. Curtis, D.M. Shier, B.S. Durrant, A. Righton, C.L. Williams, N.E. Calatayud. 2021. Using reproductive technologies to assess the development of secondary sexual characteristics, ovarian senescence and hermaphroditism in the endangered mountain yellow-legged frog Rana muscosa. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 33(9). 610-614.

Shier, D.M., T.T. Hammond, M.J. Curtis, L.E. Jacobs, N.E. Calatayud, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Conservation breeding and reintroduction of the endangered mountain yellow-legged from in Southern California, USA. Pages 65-69 in Global conservation translocation perspectives : 2021. Case studies from around the globe. Edited by P.S. Soorae. IUCN SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi & Calgary Zoo, Canada, Gland, Switzerland.

Hammond, T.T., M.J. Curtis, L.E. Jacobs, M.W. Tobler, R.R. Swaisgood. 2020. Behavior and detection method influence detection probability of a translocated, endangered amphibian. Animal Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12645.

Jacobs, L.E., A. Vega, S. Dudgeon, K. Kaiser, J.M. Robertson. 2016. Local not vocal: assortative female choice in divergent populations of red-eyed treefrogs, Agalychnis callidryas (Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120. 171-178.

Jacobs, L.E., J.M. Robertson, K. Kaiser. 2016. Variation in male spermiation response to exogenous hormones among divergent populations of Red-eyed Treefrogs. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 14. 83.

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