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Rachel Chock, Ph.D.

Chock, R.Y., D.M. Shier, G.F. Grether. 2022. Niche partitioning in an assemblage of granivorous rodents, and the challenge of community‑level conservation. Oecologia 198. 553-565.

Chock, R.Y., W.B. Miller, S.N.D. King, C.S. Brehme, R.N. Fisher, H. Sin, P. Wilcox, J. Terp, S. Tremor, M.R. Major, K. Merrill, W.D. Spencer, S. Sullivan, D.M. Shier. 2022. Quantitative SWOT analysis: A structured and collaborative approach to reintroduction site selection for the endangered Pacific pocket mouse. Journal for Nature Conservation 70. 1-10.

Chock, R.Y., B. Clucas, E.K. Peterson, B.F. Blackwell, D.T. Blumstein, K. Church, E. Fernández-Juricic, G. Francescoli, A.L. Greggor, P. Kemp, G.M. Pinho, P.M. Sanzenbacher, B.A. Schulte, P. Toni. 2021. Assessing Potential Impacts of Solar Power Facilities on Wildlife Utilizing Animal Behavior Research. Annual Meeting of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society. DOI: http://wildlifeprofessional.org/western/tws_abstract_detail.php?abstractID=2733&k=Wkv801R/V0PDw.

Shier, D.M., R.Y. Chock, E. Gray, R.R. Swaisgood. 2021. Translocation of Stephens’ kangaroo rat preserving familiar neighbor groups in California, USA. Pages 173-177 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.

Chock, R.Y., S. McCullough Hennessy, T.B. Wang, E. Gray, D.M. Shier. 2020. A multi-model approach to guide habitat conservation for the endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat. Global Ecology and Conservation 21.

Chock, R.Y., B. Clucas, E.K. Peterson, B.F. Blackwell, D.T. Blumstein, K. Church, E. Fernández-Juricic, G. Francescoli, A.L. Greggor, P. Kemp, G.M. Pinho, P.M. Sanzenbacher, B.A. Schulte, P. Toni. 2020. Evaluating potential effects of solar power facilities on wildlife from an animal behavior perspective. Conservation Science and Practice 319.

Chock, R.Y., G.F. Grether, D.M. Shier. 2019. Cache pilfering in a granivore guild: implications for reintroduction management. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83. 1607-1616.

Chock, R.Y., D.M. Shier, G.F. Grether. 2018. Body size, not phylogenetic relationship or residency status, drives interspecific dominance interactions in the little pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris) community. Animal Behaviour 137. 197-204.

Chock, R.Y., T.W. Wey, L.A. Ebensperger, L.D. Hayes. 2017. Evidence for a behavioural syndrome and negative social assortment by exploratory personality in the communally nesting rodent, Octodon degus. Behaviour 154 (5). 541-562.

Baker, J.A., M.A. Wund, R.Y. Chock, L. Ackein, R. Elsemore, S.A. Foster. 2010. Predation history and vulnerability: conservation of the stickleback adaptive radiation. Biological Conservation 143 (5). 1184-1192.

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