
Kristina ChynU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · National Wildlife Refuge System
Kristina Chyn
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
Kristina Chyn is a conservation biologist with interests in biodiversity conservation, spatial ecology, road ecology, community science, and herpetology.
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June 2020 - September 2022
September 2014 - December 2019
September 2011 - May 2014
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Herpetofauna are globally declining but often overlooked in conservation efforts. Since many herpetofauna are susceptible to localized road mortality, we develop the first North American herpetofauna roadkill models to inform conservation planning. The iNaturalist Roadkills of Texas database is employed to develop and compare ensembles of feature-s...
Road mortality is a significant contributor to the global decline in herpetofauna, making regional roadkill models important for conservation planning. We used the iNaturalist Roadkills of Texas community science volunteered geographic information database to develop the first regional herpetofauna roadkill models in North America for: (1) all Texa...
Species range contractions both contribute to, and result from, biological annihilation, yet do not receive the same attention as extinctions. Range contractions can lead to marked impacts on populations but are usually characterized only by reduction in extent of range. For effective conservation, it is critical to recognize that not all range con...
Species range contractions both contribute to, and result from, biological annihilation, yet do not receive the same attention as extinctions. Range contractions can lead to marked impacts on populations but are usually characterized only by reduction in extent of range. For effective conservation, it is critical to recognize that not all range con...
Species range contractions are important contributors to biological annihilation, yet typically do not receive the same attention as extinctions. Range contractions can lead to marked impacts on populations but are often only characterized by measurements of reduced extent. For effective conservation efforts, it is critical to recognize that not al...
Robust, spatially explicit approaches accounting for ecological drivers are needed to identify environmental correlates of roadkill and set conservation priorities. We predicted wildlife road mortality across a nationwide road network using species distribution models with environmental covariates. We applied MaxEnt to a citizen science database of...
Roadkill is among the most severe and insidious causes of impoverishment of vertebrate populations. As large roadkill databases develop, inferences from roadkill data can inform landscape-scale studies with broad conservation aims. The Taiwan Roadkill Observation Network (TaiRON) is one of the largest roadkill databases, and we elucidated taxonomic...
The future for the Reptilia will be one of continued discovery of the extant diversity of species in every group and continued challenges for their conservation. Most species will persist, albeit in smaller and increasingly fragmented geographic ranges, and highly vulnerable species will require active conservation measures to ensure their survival...