A5066972472- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
University of Montana
2014-2024
Flathead High School
2021
We introduce UNIversal CORridor network simulator (UNICOR), a species connectivity and corridor identification tool. UNICOR applies Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm to individual‐based simulations. Outputs can be used designate movement corridors, identify isolated populations, prioritize conservation plans promote persistence. The key features include driver‐module framework, mapping with thresholding buffering, calculation of graph theory metrics. Through parallel‐processing,...
Abstract New computational methods and next‐generation sequencing (NGS) approaches have enabled the use of thousands or hundreds genetic markers to address previously intractable questions. The massive marker sets present both new data analysis challenges opportunities visualize, understand, apply population conservation genomic in novel ways. large scale complexity NGS also increases expertise effort required thoroughly thoughtfully analyze interpret data. To aid this endeavor, a recent...
Smartphone apps have enhanced the potential for monitoring of invasive alien species (IAS) through citizen science. They now capacity to massively increase volume and spatiotemporal coverage IAS occurrence data accrued in centralised databases. While more reporting are developed each year, innovation across diverse functionalities management this field occurring separately simultaneously amongst numerous research groups with little attention trends, priorities opportunities improvement. This...
Effective population size (Ne ) is among the most important metrics in evolutionary biology. In natural populations, it often difficult to collect adequate demographic data calculate Ne directly. Consequently, genetic methods estimate have been developed. Two estimators based on sibship reconstruction using multilocus genotype developed recent years: assignment and parentage analysis without parents. this study, we evaluated accuracy of a large empirical dataset from five hatchery steelhead...
Abstract Millette et al . (Ecology Letters, 2020, 23:55–67) reported no consistent worldwide anthropogenic effects on animal genetic diversity using repurposed mitochondrial DNA sequences. We reexamine data from this study, describe marker and scale limitations which might lead to misinterpretations with conservation implications, provide advice improve future macrogenetic studies.
Abstract Understanding how climatic variation influences ecological and evolutionary processes is crucial for informed conservation decision‐making. Nevertheless, few studies have measured genetic diversity within populations or distributed across space relative to future stress. Here, we tested whether patterns of (allelic richness) were related habitat features in 130 bull trout ( Salvelinus confluentus ) from 24 watersheds (i.e., ~4–7th order river subbasins) the Columbia River Basin, USA...
Evolutionary and ecological consequences of hybridization between native invasive species are notoriously complicated because patterns selection acting on non-native alleles can vary throughout the genome across environments. Rapid advances in genomics now make it feasible to assess locus-specific genome-wide natural introgression within among populations occupying diverse We quantified admixture multiple independent hybrid zones westslope cutthroat trout rainbow trout, world's most widely...
Understanding how environmental variation influences population genetic structure is important for conservation management because it can reveal human stressors influence connectivity, diversity and persistence. We used riverscape genetics modelling to assess whether climatic habitat variables were related neutral adaptive patterns of differentiation (population-specific pairwise FST ) within five metapopulations (79 populations, 4583 individuals) steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the...
Climate-change vulnerability assessments (CCVAs) are valuable tools for assessing species' to climatic changes, yet failure include measures of adaptive capacity and account sources uncertainty may limit their effectiveness. We took a more comprehensive approach that incorporates exposure, sensitivity, adapt climate change. applied our anadromous steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) nonanadromous bull (Salvelinus confluentus), threatened salmonids within the Columbia River Basin (U.S.A.)....
The increasing availability and complexity of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data sets make ongoing training an essential component conservation population genetics research. A workshop entitled "ConGen 2018" was recently held to train researchers in conceptual practical aspects NGS production analysis for ecological applications. Sixteen instructors provided helpful lectures, discussions, hands-on exercises regarding how plan, produce, analyze many important research questions. Lecture...
Abstract Invasive hybridization and introgression pose a serious threat to the persistence of many native species. Understanding effects on populations (e.g., fitness consequences) requires numerous species-diagnostic loci distributed genome-wide. Here we used RAD sequencing discover thousands single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are diagnostic between rainbow trout (RBT, Oncorhynchus mykiss), world’s most widely introduced fish, westslope cutthroat (WCT, O. clarkii lewisi) in...
Abstract Estimating the effective population size and number of breeders per year ( N b ) can facilitate early detection declines. We used computer simulations to quantify bias precision one‐sample LDNe estimator in age‐structured populations using a range published species life history types, sample sizes, DNA markers. estimates were biased by ~5%–10% when SNPs or microsatellites ranging from fishes mosquitoes, frogs, seaweed. The (high low) was similar for different types within suggesting...