Staff Member
Karla Vargas
PhD
Phone: (469) 396 - 2434
Email: karlavargas@arizona.edu
Phone: (469) 396 - 2434
Email: karlavargas@arizona.edu
Education
- MS Texas A&M University 2012
- BS Earth University 2001
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Vargas K, Kraberger S, Custer JM, Paietta EN, Culver M, Munguia-Vega A, Dolby GA and A Varsani 2023. Identification of novel polyomavirus in wild Sonoran Desert rodents of the family Heteromyidae. Archives of Virology, 168:253. doi: 10.1007/s00705-023-05877-5. | Abstract | October 2023 |
| Vargas K, Brown DE, Wisely E, and M. Culver. 2019. A resurrection of the Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit, Lepus altamira, based on DNA sequence data. Revista. Mexicana. Biodiv. vol.90, http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.2520; Epub May 27, 2019 | January 2019 |
| Erwin JA, Vargas K, Blais BR, Bennett K, Muldoon J, Findysz S, Christie C, Heffelfinger JR and M Culver. 2018. Genetic assessment of a bighorn sheep population expansion in the Silver Bell Mountains, Arizona. Peer J, DOI 10.7717/peerj.5978 | October 2018 |
| Cassaigne, I, Thompson, RW, Medellin, RA, Culver M, Ochoa A, Vargas K, Childs JL, Galaz, M and Sanderson J. 2021. Augmentation of natural prey reduces cattle predation by puma (Puma concolor) and jaguar (Panthera once) on a ranch in Sonora, Mexico. Southwest Naturalist, 65:123-130. | October 2021 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Emerging viral diseases in at-risk populations of felids and ungulates | February 2027 |
| Genetic lineage assessment of Gila topminnow in Arizona | December 2018 |
| Phylogeography of the masked bobwhite | December 2020 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Vargas, K; Culver, M. 2017. Genetic lineage assessment of unknown and rediscovered Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis). The Wildlife Society - AZ/NM TWS-AFS Conference. | February 2017 |
| Vargas, K; Brown, D; Wisely, E; Culver, M. 2017. A resurrection of the Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit, Lepus altamirae, based on DNA sequence data. University of Arizona. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Earth Week 2016 | March 2017 |
| Vargas, K; Brown, D; Wisely, E; Culver, M. 2016 Relatedness of the Tamaulipas jackrabbit (Lepus altamirae): The case of Mexico’s missing white-sided jackrabbit. The Wildlife Society - AZ/NM TWS-AFS Conference. | February 2016 |
| Vargas, K; Brown, D; Wisely, E; Culver, M. 2016 A resurrection of the Tamaulipas white-sided jackrabbit, Lepus altamirae, based on DNA sequence data. University of Arizona. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Earth Week 2016 | March 2016 |
| Vargas, K; Brown, D; Culver, M. 2018. Phylogenomic analysis of bobwhite quail in Southern Arizona and Mexico. The Wildlife Society - AZ/NM TWS-AFS Conference. | February 2018 |
| Vargas, K; Brown, D; Culver, M. 2016. Phylogenomic analysis of bobwhite quail in Southern Arizona and Mexico. The Wildlife Society - AZ/NM TWS-AFS Conference. | February 2016 |
| Vargas, K. 2019. The endangered masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgewayi). Class lecture. Natural Resources Management Practices-RNR 384. University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment | February 2019 |
| Vargas, K. 2018. Application of genomic analyses to inform management of the endangered masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgewayi). Research Results. Masked Bobwhite Recovery Team Meeting | June 2018 |
| Vargas, K. 2018. Application of genomic analyses to inform management of the endangered masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgewayi). Annual AZ Cooperative Research Unit Cooperator’s Meeting. | January 2018 |
| Vargas, K. 2017. Phylogenomic Analysis of bobwhite quail in Southern Arizona and Mexico. Graduate and Professional Student Council - Student Showcase 2017. | February 2017 |
| Vargas, K. 2016. Conservation Genetics of the endangered Masked bobwhite quail. Graduate and Professional Student Council - Grad Slam | March 2016 |
| Vargas, K. 2015. Phylogenomic analysis of Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) in Southern Arizona and Mexico-Research update. Masked Bobwhite Recovery Team Meeting | October 2015 |
| Karla L. Vargas, Simona Kraberger, Michael C. Lund, Joy M. Custer, Elise N. Paietta, Melanie Culver, Adrian Munguia-Vega, Greer A. Dolby, Arvind Varsani. Bacteriophage diversity and biogeographic dynamics in wild rodents from the Baja California peninsula. 2025 Joint Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society. Albuquerque, NM. February 6-8th, 2025 | February 2025 |
| Karla L. Vargas, Simona Kraberger, Michael C. Lund, Joy M. Custer, Elise N. Paietta, Melanie Culver, Adrian Munguia-Vega, Greer A. Dolby, Arvind Varsani. 2024. DNA viral diversity associated with Baja California wild rodents. TWS/AFS JAM, Flagstaff, AZ, February 1-3, 2024. | February 2024 |
| Culver M, Payne N, and Vargas K. Wildlife viral monitoring to detect emerging viral diseases and differing viral loads in urban versus wild populations. OneHealth Symposium, University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center. September 28, 2022 | September 2022 |
| Bogan, M., Grageda, M.A., Hollien, K., Washko, S., Vargas, K., <b>Culver, M</b>. and P Holm. 2020. Imperiled oases: conservation of perennial freshwater habitats and aquatic species in the Rio Sonoyta Basin. 6<sup>th</sup> Tri-national symposium 2020, March 9-12, 2020, Ajo, Arizona. | March 2020 |
| Alex Erwin, Karla Vargas, Jim Heffelfinger, Ron Thompson, Raul Valdez, Melanie Culver. 2020. Shepherding students from the lab to publication: teaching students conservation genetics in the laboratory setting with actual case studies. The AZ/NM JAM of TWS, Prescott, AZ January 31-February 1, 2020. | February 2020 |