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  1. Smartphone location data show park use patterns in extreme heat (Los Angeles, California, USA)

    Article • Landscape and Urban Planning, January 2026, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  2. Artificial light at night outweighs temperature in lengthening urban growing seasons

    Article • Nature Cities, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  3. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century

    Article • Science, March 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  4. Phenological constancy and management interventions predict population trends in at‐risk butterflies in the United States

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, September 2024, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  5. Correspondence: Plain talk about artificial light

    Article • Lighting Research & Technology, August 2024, SAGE Publications

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  6. Relative importance of intensity and spectrum of artificial light at night in disrupting behavior of a nocturnal rodent

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, July 2024, The Company of Biologists

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  7. Do social vulnerability indices correlate with extreme heat health outcomes?

    Article • The Journal of Climate Change and Health, July 2024, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  8. A compendium of photopigment peak sensitivities and visual spectral response curves of terrestrial wildlife to guide design of outdoor nighttime lighting

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, December 2023, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  9. Nearby night lighting, rather than sky glow, is associated with habitat selection by a top predator in human-dominated landscapes

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  10. Measurement and Analysis of Exposure to Light at Night in Epidemiology

    Article • October 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  11. Historical racial redlining and contemporary patterns of income inequality negatively affect birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles, California

    Article • Ornithological Applications, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  12. Fugitive gypsum dust deposition on a neighboring wildlife refuge, Antioch Dunes, California, USA

    Article • Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, September 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  13. The animal welfare, environmental impact, pest control functions, and disease effects of free‐ranging cats can be generalized and all are grounds for humanely reducing their numbers

    Article • Conservation Science and Practice, September 2023, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  14. Historical Routes for Diversification of Domesticated Chickpea Inferred from Landrace Genomics

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Eric von Wettberg, Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  15. Outdoor artificial light at night, air pollution, and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the California Linkage Study of Early-Onset Cancers

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  16. Smartphone locations reveal patterns of cooling center use as a heat mitigation strategy

    Article • Applied Geography, January 2023, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  17. Misunderstanding the free‐ranging cat issue: Response to Debrot et al. 2022

    Article • Conservation Science and Practice, October 2022, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  18. A science-based policy for managing free-roaming cats

    Article • Biological Invasions, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  19. Zhong et al. Respond to “There’s No Place Like Home”

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, May 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  20. Nocturnal lighting in animal research should be replicable and reflect relevant ecological conditions

    Article • Biology Letters, March 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  21. A plea for a worldwide development of dark infrastructure for biodiversity – Practical examples and ways to go forward

    Article • Landscape and Urban Planning, March 2022, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  22. 11 Pressing Research Questions on How Light Pollution Affects Biodiversity

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, December 2021, Frontiers

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore, Dr Gregor Kalinkat

  23. Determining the Effects of Artificial Light at Night on the Distributions of Western Snowy Plovers (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) and California Grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) in Southern California

    Article • Journal of Coastal Research, December 2021, Coastal Education and Research Foundation

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  24. Effect of gypsum dust on lepidopterous larvae

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, December 2021, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  25. Environmental influences on sleep in the California Teachers Study Cohort

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  26. A high-resolution record of coastal clouds and fog and their role in plant distributions over San Clemente Island, California

    Article • Environmental Research Communications, October 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  27. Outdoor artificial light at night, air pollution, and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Article • ISEE Conference Abstracts, August 2021, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  28. A Case for a New Satellite Mission for Remote Sensing of Night Lights

    Article • Remote Sensing, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  29. Genomic Data Support the Elevation of the Federally Listed El Segundo Blue (Euphilotes bernardino/Battoides allyni) to Species Status

    Article • Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, June 2021, Lepidopterists' Society

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  30. Reducing the blue spectrum of artificial light at night minimises insect attraction in a tropical lowland forest

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, March 2021, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  31. Historical trade routes for diversification of domesticated chickpea inferred from landrace genomics

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  32. Outdoor artificial light at night and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among women in the California Teachers Study cohort

    Article • Cancer Epidemiology, December 2020, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  33. Commentary: Brightness of the Night Sky Affects Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) Sea Turtle Hatchling Misorientation but Not Nest Site Selection

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, September 2020, Frontiers

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  34. Nearly all California Monarch overwintering groves require non-native trees

    Article • California Fish and Wildlife Journal, August 2020, California Fish and Wildlife Journal, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  35. Predicted effects of Chinese national park policy on wildlife habitat provisioning: Experience from a plateau wetland ecosystem

    Article • Ecological Indicators, August 2020, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  36. What factors influence the willingness of protected area communities to relocate? China's ecological relocation policy for Dashanbao Protected Area

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2020, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  37. High correlation but high scale-dependent variance between satellite measured night lights and terrestrial exposure

    Article • Environmental Research Communications, February 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  38. The One Health Approach to Toxoplasmosis: Epidemiology, Control, and Prevention Strategies

    Article • EcoHealth, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  39. Landscape Modeling of the Potential Natural Vegetation of Santa Catalina Island, California

    Article • Western North American Naturalist, December 2018, Western North American Naturalist

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  40. Correction to: Responding to misinformation and criticisms regarding United States cat predation estimates

    Article • Biological Invasions, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  41. Responding to misinformation and criticisms regarding United States cat predation estimates

    Article • Biological Invasions, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  42. Colors of attraction: Modeling insect flight to light behavior

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, June 2018, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  43. Genomic data indicate ubiquitous evolutionary distinctiveness among populations of California metalmark butterflies

    Article • Conservation Genetics, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  44. Rapid assessment of lamp spectrum to quantify ecological effects of light at night

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, June 2018, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  45. Determinants of native and non-native plant community structure on an oceanic island

    Article • Ecosphere, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Shishir Paudel, Gail Wilson, Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  46. Inventorying and Monitoring Nighttime Light Distribution and Dynamics in the Mediterranean Coast Network of Southern California

    Article • Natural Areas Journal, July 2017, Natural Areas Journal

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  47. Increased home size and hardscape decreases urban forest cover in Los Angeles County’s single-family residential neighborhoods

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, May 2017, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  48. Ecological and Organismic Effects of Light Pollution

    Article • November 2016, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  49. Belowground interactions with aboveground consequences: Invasive earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • Ecology, March 2016, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  50. GREEN BUILDING AND BIODIVERSITY: FACILITATING BIRD FRIENDLY DESIGN WITH BUILDING INFORMATION MODELS

    Article • Journal of Green Building, March 2016, College Publishing

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  51. Predicting spatial extent of invasive earthworms on an oceanic island

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Shishir Paudel, Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  52. Interactive Seismic Map of Los Angeles

    Article • December 2015, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  53. Belowground interactions with aboveground consequences: Invasive earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • Ecology, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Shishir Paudel, Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  54. Effects of light and noise pollution on evolution

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, September 2015, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore, Dr Graeme Shannon

  55. LED bulbs that attract fewer insects

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  56. Butterflies Are Not Grizzly Bears: Lepidoptera Conservation in Practice

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  57. Green Alley Programs: Planning for a sustainable urban infrastructure?

    Article • Cities, April 2013, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  58. Avian mortality at communication towers in the United States and Canada: which species, how many, and where?

    Article • Biological Conservation, February 2013, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  59. On Avian Mortality Associated with Human Activities

    Article • Avian Conservation and Ecology, January 2013, Resilience Alliance, Inc.

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  60. An Estimate of Avian Mortality at Communication Towers in the United States and Canada

    Article • PLOS One, April 2012, PLOS

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  61. Remote sensing to map influence of light pollution on Cory’s shearwater in São Miguel Island, Azores Archipelago

    Article • European Journal of Wildlife Research, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  62. A Review of “The Nature of Cities: Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920–1960”

    Article • The Professional Geographer, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  63. Sensory Ecology: Night Lights Alter Reproductive Behavior of Blue Tits

    Article • Current Biology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  64. Historical Ecology as a Tool for Assessing Landscape Change and Informing Wetland Restoration Priorities

    Article • Wetlands, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  65. Extracting useful data from imperfect monitoring schemes: endangered butterflies at San Bruno Mountain, San Mateo County, California (1982–2000) and implications for habitat management

    Article • Journal of Insect Conservation, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  66. Critical Assessment of Claims Regarding Management of Feral Cats by Trap-Neuter-Return

    Article • Conservation Biology, August 2009, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  67. A global inventory of coral reef stressors based on satellite observed nighttime lights

    Article • Geocarto International, October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  68. HEIGHT, GUY WIRES, AND STEADY-BURNING LIGHTS INCREASE HAZARD OF COMMUNICATION TOWERS TO NOCTURNAL MIGRANTS: A REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

    Article • Ornithology, April 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  69. The Nightsat mission concept

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, May 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  70. Management by Assertion: Beavers and Songbirds at Lake Skinner (Riverside County, California)

    Article • Environmental Management, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  71. Ecological Light Pollution

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, May 2004, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  72. Ecological light pollution.

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, May 2004, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  73. Applicability of Citygreen Urban Ecosystem Analysis Software to a Densely Built Urban Neighborhood

    Article • Urban Geography, March 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  74. Terrestrial Arthropods as Indicators of Ecological Restoration Success in Coastal Sage Scrub (California, U.S.A.)

    Article • Restoration Ecology, December 2003, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  75. Optimal Schemes to Detect the Presence of Insect Species

    Article • Conservation Biology, April 2003, Wiley

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  76. Article • Journal of Insect Conservation, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  77. ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING: Arthropod Monitoring for Fine-Scale Habitat Analysis: A Case Study of the El Segundo Sand Dunes

    Article • Environmental Management, April 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore

  78. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DOWNTOWN RESTRUCTURING: THE CASE OF NEW YORK CITY'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT

    Article • Urban Geography, May 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Adjunct Professor Travis Longcore