Publications from Scribner Lab Graduate Students

James Crossman (PhD 2009, MSU)

Crossman, J.A., Patrick S. Forsythe, Edward A. Baker, K. T. Scribner. Experimental releases of lake sturgeon. Fisheries Management and Ecology. In press.

Crossman, J.A., Patrick S. Forsythe, Edward A. Baker, K. T. Scribner. 2009. Over-winter survival of stocked age-0 lake sturgeon reared in natal and non-natal environments. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 25: 516-521.

Kristin Bott (MS 2007, MSU)

Bott, K., K.T. Scribner, G. Kornely, M. Donofrio, and R.F. Elliott. 2009. Mixed-stock analysis of lake sturgeon harvest mixtures and from adjoining open waters of western Lake Michigan. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29: 1636-1643.

Bronwyn Williams (MS 2006, MSU)

B.W. Williams , D.R. Etter, D.W. Linden, K.F. Millenbah, S.R. Winterstein, and K.T. Scribner. 2009. Noninvasive hair sampling and genetic tagging of co-distributed fishers and American martens. J. Wildlife Management. 73: 26-34.

B.W. Williams and K.T. Scribner. 2010. Multiple founder populations, heterogeneous landscapes and development of spatial genetic associations among reintroduced American martens. Molecular Ecology. 19:227-240.

Laura McKinnon (MS 2005, MSU)

McKinnon, L., G. Glichrist, and K.T. Scribner. 2006. Genetic evidence for kin-based female social structure in common eiders (Somateria mollissima). Behavioral Ecology. 17: 614-621.

McKinnon, L., B. Brua, and K.T. Scribner. Genetic evidence for male promiscuity in ruddy ducks. Auk. In prep.

McKinnon, L., K.T. Scribner and others. Spatial genetic structuring in eastern breeding and wintering groups of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). Condor. In prep.

Brian Dreher (MS 2004, MSU)

Dreher, B.P., S.R. Winterstein, P.M. Lukas, K.T. Scribner, G.J.M. Rosa, D.R. Etter, and V.A. Lopez. 2007. Estimation of black bear abundance in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan using microsatellite DNA markers. Journal of Wildlife Management. In Press.

Lukas, P.M., K.P. Burnham, B.P. Dreher, K.T. Scribner, and S.R. Winterstein. 2008. Extending the robust design for DNA-based capture-recapture data incorporating genotyping error and laboratory data. Pages 711-726. In D.L. Thomson, E.G. Cooch, M.J. Conroy. Modelign demographic processes in marked populations. Environmental and Ecological Statistics: Volume 3. Springer, New York.

Dreher, B.P., G. Rosa, P.M. Lukas, K.T. Scribner, and S.R. Winterstein. 2009. Effects of genotyping error and sub-sampling hair samples on black bear abundance estimates. Journal of Wildlife Management. 73: 1184-1188.

Julie Blanchong (PhD 2003, MSU)

Blanchong, J.A ., K.T. Scribner, and S.R. Winterstein. 2002. assignment of individuals topopulations: Bayesian methods and multilocus genotypes. J. Wildl. Manage 66: 321-329.

Blanchong, J.A., K.T. Scribner, B.K. Epperson, and S.R. Winterstein. 2006. Changes in artificial feeding regulations impact white-tailed deer microgeographic genetic structure. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70:1037-1043.

Blanchong, J.A., K.T. Scribner, A. N. Kravchenko, and S.R. Winterstein. 2007. A genealogical basis for disease infection risk in free-ranging wildlife. Biol. Lett. 2007: 103-107.

Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, K.T. Scribner, B. Weckworth, J. Langenberg, and K. Filcek. 2008. Landscape genetics and the spatial distribution of chronic wasting disease. Biological Letters. 4: 130-133.

Blanchong, J.A., D. M. Heisey, K.T. Scribner, S.V. Libants, C. Johnson, J.M. Aiken, J.A. Langenberg, and M.D. Samuel. 2009. Genetic susceptibility to chronic wasting disease in a free-ranging population of white-tailed deer: Complement component C1q and Prnp polymorphisms. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 9: 1329-1335.

Rainy Inman Shorey (PhD, 2005, MSU)

Inman, R ., K.T. Scribner, J. Warrillow, H.H. Prince, and D. Luukkonen. 2003. Canada goose harvest derivation from genetic analysis of tail feathers. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 31: 1126-1131.

Shorey, R., K.T. Scribner, H.H. Prince, A.N. Kravchenko, D.R. Luukkonen, and P.I. Padding. 2007. Spatial and temporal variability in the composition of Canada Goose harvests in Michigan: Genetic analysis of standardized collections. Journal of Wildlife Management. 71:1458-1466.

Shorey, R.I. , K. F. Abraham, R.T. Alisauskas, D. Daswell, and K.T. Scribner. Identification of lesser Snow goose x Ross’s goose hybrids across North American breeding populations through Bayesian admixture analysis of microsatellite genotypes. Condor, in prep.

Shorey, R.I., T.J. Moser, D.R. Luukkonen, J. Nichols, K.T. Scribner, H.H. Prince, Paul I. Padding. A comparative analysis of waterfowl harvest derivation techniques: assessing Michigan’s Canada goose harvest using band returns, morphometrics, and genetics. Journal of Wildlife Management. In prep.

Shorey, R.I., K.T. Scribner, S.V. Libants, and M.D. Samuel. Dispersal and gene flow among western arctic populations of lesser snow geese. Condor. In prep.

Shory, R.I., K.T. Scribner, S.V. Libants. Phylogeography of North American white geese. Condor. In prep.

Patrick DeHaan (MS 2001, MSU)

DeHaan, P., S.T. Libants, R.F. Elliott, and K.T. Scribner. 2006. Genetic population structure of remnant lake sturgeon populations in the upper Great Lakes basin. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 135:1478-1492.

DeHaan, P., K.T. Scribner, E.A. Baker, and K. Smith. Reproductive ecology and conservation status of lake sturgeon. Molecular Ecology. In review.

DeHaan, P., A.M. Schueller, K.M. Smith, D. Hayes, E. A. Baker, and K. T. Scribner. Effects of supportive breeding efforts on a remnant lake sturgeon population. J. Heredity. In prep.

Meredith Bartron (PhD, 2003, MSU)

Bartron, M.L., and K.T. Scribner. Effects of hatchery practices on levels of gene diversity. Conservation Genetics. In Review.

Bartron, M.L., P. W. DeHaan, and K. T. Scribner. Temporal and microgeographic genetic structure in Lake Michigan Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. In Review.

Bartron, M.L . and K.T. Scribner. 2004. Comparisons of historical and contemporary patterns of genetic structure and diversity of steelhead in Lake Michigan. Envir. Biol. Fishes. 69: 395-407.

Bartron, M.L., D. Swank, K. T. Scribner, and E. Rutherford. 2004. Methodological bias in estimates of strain composition and straying rates of hatchery-produced steelhead to Lake Michigan tributaries. N. Amer. J. Fish. Manage. 24:1288-1299.

Kevin Page (MS 2001, MSU)

Page, K.S., K.T. Scribner, D. Bast, M. Holey, and M. Burnham-Curtis. 2005. Influences on the genetic diversity in the lake trout hatchery program used for restoration efforts in the upper Great Lakes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 105:872-891.

Page, K.S ., K.T. Scribner, and M.K. Burnham-Curtis. 2004. Assessing levels and partitioning of genetic diversity in wild and hatchery lake trout populations: relevance for Lake Trout management and restoration in the Great Lakes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 133: 674-691.

Page, K.S ., K.T. Scribner, K. R. Bennett, L. M. Garzel, and M.K. Burnham-Curtis. 2003. Molecular genetic assessment of stocking success and sources of natural lake trout recruitment in the Great Lakes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 132: 877-894.

Publications from Affiliated Graduate Students

Dan Grear (M.S. 2005, Univ. WI)

Grear, D.A., M. D. Samuel, K.T. Scribner, B.V. Weckworth, and J.A. Langenberg. Influence of genetic relatedness and spatial proximity on CWD transmission among female white-tailed deer. J. Animal Ecology. In review.

Sarah Sonsthagen (PhD 2006, Univ. Alaska)

Sonsthagen , S.A. , S. L. Talbot, R. B. Lanctot, K. T. Scribner, and K. G. McCracken. 2009. Hierarchical Spatial Genetic Structure of Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) Breeding along a Migratory Corridor. Auk 126: 744-754.

Robert Olendorf (PhD 2001, MSU)

Olendorf, R., T. Getty, and K. Scribner. The contributions of within pair and extra-pair reproduction to variance in reproductive success and selection for increased size in male red-winged blackbirds. Amer. Nat. In review

Olendorf, R ., T. Getty, and K.T. Scribner. 2004. Cooperative nest defense in red-winged blackbirds: by-product mutualism or reciprocal altruism? Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 271: 177-182.

Olendorf, R ., T. Getty, K.T. Scribner, and S. Robinson. 2004. Male red-winged blackbirds distrust unreliable and sexually attractive neighbors. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 271: 1033-1038.

Russell Van Horn (PhD, 2004, MSU)

Szykman, M., A.L. Engh, S.M. Funk, RC. Vanhorn, K.T. Scribner, and K.E. Holekamp. 2001.association patterns among male and female spotted hyenas (crocuta crocuta) reflect male mate choice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 50: 231-238.

Engh, A., S.M. Funk, R.C. VanHorn, M. Bruford, K.T. Scribner, S. Libants, L. Smale, and K.E. Holekamp. 2002. Reproductive skew among males in a female-dominated mammalian society. Behavioral Ecology. 13: 193-200.

Szykman, M., A.L. Engh, R.C. VanHorn, E.E. Boydson, K.T. Scribner, L. Smale, and K.E. Holekamp. 2003. Rare male aggression directed toward females in a female-dominated society: baiting behavior in the spotted hyena. J. Aggressive Behavior. 29: 457-474.

VanHorn, R.C ., A.L. Engh, K.T. Scribner, S.M. Funk, and K.E. Holekamp. 2004. Patterns of genetic relatedness in a social carnivore, the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Molecular Ecology. 13: 449-458.

Anna Bess Sorin (PhD, 2001, Univ. MI)

Sorin, A.B ., J. Blanchong, and K.T. Scribner. Socially induced genetic structuring in white-tailed deer. M olecular Ecology. In Review.

Heather Watts (PhD 2007, MSU)

Watts, H.E., K.T. Scribner, and K.E. Holekamp. Genetic diversity maintained in a population of large carnivores despite a recent bottleneck. Conservation Genetics. In review.

Amy Derosier (MS 2003, MSU)

Derosier, A.L., M.L. Jones, and K.T. Scribner. 2007. Dispersal of sea lamprey larvae during early life: relevance for recruitment dynamics. Envir. Biol. Fishes. 78: 271-284.

Mara Bryan (PhD, 2004, MSU)

Bryan , M.B ., S.V. Libants, J.A. Warrillow, W. Li., and K.T. Scribner. 2003. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. Conservation Genetics. 4: 113-116.

Bryan, M.B., D. Zalinski, K.R. Filcek, S. Libants, W. Li, and K.T. Scribner. 2005. Patterns of invasions and colonization of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in North America as revealed by microsatellite genotypes. Molecular Ecology. 14: 3757-3773.

Douglas Bruggeman (PhD, 2005, MSU)

Bruggeman, D.J., M.L. Jones, F. Lupi, and K.T. Scribner. 2005. Landscape equivalency analysis: methodology for estimating spatially explicit biodiversity credits. Environmental Biology 36: 518-534.

Bruggeman, D.J. M. L. Jones, K.T. Scribner, and F. Lupi. 2009. Relating Tradable Credits for Biodiversity to Sustainability Criteria at a Landscape-Scale. Landscape Ecology. 24: 775-790.

Alexander Topchy (PhD, 2005, MSU)

Topchy, A., K.T. Scribner, and W. Punch. 2004. Accuracy-driven loci selection and assignment of individuals. Molecular Ecology Notes. 4: 798-800.

Chris Spencer (MS 1998, SW Louisiana State)

Spencer, C.C . , C.A. Chlan, J.E. Neigel, K.T. Scribner, M.C. Wooten, and P.L. Leberg. 1999. Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Western Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. Molecular Ecology. 8: 157-158.

Richard Lanctot (PhD 1997 Univ. Ottawa)

Lanctot, R. , B. Goatcher, K.T. Scribner, S. Talbot, B. Peirson, D. Esler, and D. Zwiefelhofer. 1999. Harlequin duck recovery after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: a population genetic perspective. The Auk 116:781-791.

Lanctot, R ., P. Weatherhead, B. Kempenaers, and K.T. Scribner. 1998. Male traits, mating tactics and reproductive success in the buff-breasted sandpiper. Animal Behaviour. 56:419-432.

Lanctot, R. , K.T. Scribner, B. Kempenaers, and P.J. Weatherhead. 1997. Aparadoxical lekking behavior in the buff-breasted sandpiper. Amer. Nat. 149:1051-1070.

Publications from Technical Staff

Kristi Bennett Filcek (Research Associate 2000-present)

Flicek, K.B., S.A. Gilmore, M.L. Jones, and K.T. Scribner. 2005. Discriminating lamprey species using multi-locus microsatellite genotypes. N. Amer. J. Fish. Manage. 25: 502-509.

Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, K.T. Scribner, B. Weckworth, J. Langenberg, and K. Filcek. 2008. Landscape genetics and the spatial distribution of chronic wasting disease. Biological Letters. 4: 130-133.

Scot Libants (Research Associate 1998-2006)

Libants, S., A. Kamarainen, J. Congdon, and K.T. Scribner. 2004. Polymorphic microsatellites for population analyses of freshwater turtles. Molecular Ecology Notes. 4:300-302.

Libants, S . E. Olle, K. Oswald, and K.T. Scribner. 2000. Microsatellite loci in the spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta. Molecular Ecology. 9: 1443-1445.

Publications from Post Docs

Bruno Guinand (Post Doc 2000-2002)

Guinand, B ., K.T. Scribner, K. Page, K. Bennett, L. Garzel, and M. Burnham-Curtis. 2006. Effects of coancestry on accuracy of individual assignments to population of origin. Genetica. 127: 329-340.

Guinand, B ., K.T. Scribner, A. Topchy, K.S. Page, W. Punch, and M.K. Burnham-Curtis. 2004. Sampling issues affecting accuracy of likelihood-based classification. Envir. Biol. Fish. 69: 245-259.

Guinand, B ., K.T. Scribner, K.S. Page, and M.K. Burnham-Curtis. 2003. Genetic variation over space and time: analyses of extinct and remnant lake trout populations in the upper Great Lakes. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 270: 425-434.

Guinand, B . and K.T. Scribner. 2003. Empirical evaluations of methodology for detection of genetic bottlenecks: inferences from temporally replicated lake trout populations. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 326:S61-S67 .

Guinand, B., A. Topchy, K.S. Page, M.K. Burnham-Curtis, W.F. Punch, and K.T. Scribner. 2002. Comparisons of likelihood and machine-learning methods of individual classification. J. Heredity. 93:260-269.

Publications from Undergraduates Affiliated with Lab

Toni Lynn Morelli

Hario, M., T. Holeman, T.L. Morelli, and K.T. Scribner. 2002. effects of male removal on the fecundity of individual common eider (somateria mollissima) females. Wildlife Biology. 8:167-174.

Amy Kamarainen

Libants, S., A. Kamarainen, J. Congdon, and K.T. Scribner. 2004. Polymorphic microsatellites for population analyses of freshwater turtles. Molecular Ecology Notes. 4:300-302.

Kamarainen , A.M ., K.T. Scribner, C. Mykut, H.H. Prince. Genetic Analysis of Alternative Mating Strategies of Resident Canada Geese (Branta canadensis maximus) at High and Low Density Nesting Sites in Michigan. Wilson Bulletin. In prep.

Kirsten Bendtro

K.S. Brendtro, K.T.. Scribner, and K. Mawhinney. Does sex-biased dispersal and female social structure affect levels of gene correlations within and among atlantic breeding popuations of american common eiders (Somateria sollissima dresseri). Condor. In prep.