Recent Publications

2008

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.

Williams, B.W., D.R. Etter, D.W. Linden, K.F. Millenbah, S.R. Winterstein, and K.T. Scribner. 2008. Noninvasive hair sampling and genetic tagging of co-distributed fishers and American martens. Journal of Wildlife Management. In Press.

Lukas, P.M., K.P. Burnham, B.P. Dreher, K.T. Scribner, and S.R. Winterstein. Extending the robust design for DNA-based capture-recapture data incorporating genotyping error and multiple data sources. Journal of Environmental and Ecological Statistics. In Press.

2007

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.

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.

Alacs, E., F. Janzen, and K.T. Scribner. 2007. Genetic Issues in Freshwater Turtle and Tortoise Conservation. Chelonian Conservation and Biology.4: 107-123..

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.

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. 71: 2684-2683..

2006

Cronin, M., S. Amstrup, and K.T. Scribner. 2006. No genetic differentiation between polar bears from the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Can. J. Zool. 84:655-660.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2005

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.

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.

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.

Scribner, K.T., J. A. Blanchong, D. J. Bruggeman, B. K. Epperson, C-Y. Lee, Y-W. Pan, R. I. Shorey, B. W. Williams, H. H. Prince, S. R. Winterstein, D. R. Luukkonen. 2005. Geographical genetics: conceptual foundations and empirical applications of spatial genetic data in wildlife management. Journal of Wildlife Management. 69:1434-1453.

Scribner, K.T., B.A. Green, and C. Gorbics. 2005. Verification of field-reported sex from harvested sea otters using DNA testing. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 33:1027-1032.

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.

2004

Bartron, M. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bowman, T.D., R.A. Stehn, and K.T. Scribner. 2004. Glaucous gull predation of goslings on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. 2004. Condor 106: 288-298.

Pearce, J.M., S.L. Talbot, B.J. Pierson, and K.T. Scribner. 2004. A genetic characterization of breeding and wintering king eiders. Condor. 106: 229-240.

Mundy, N.I., N. Badcock, T. Hart, K.T. Scribner, K. Janssen, and N. J. Nadeau. 2004. The melanocortin-1 receptor is a conserved evolutionary switch for melanic plumage in birds. Science. 303: 1870-1873.

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.

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.

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

2003

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.

Scribner, K.T ., J.A. Warrillow, J.O. Leafloor, H.H. Prince, R.L. Inman, D.R. Luukkonen, and C.S. Flegel. 2003. Genetic methods for determining racial composition of Canada goose harvests. J. Wildlife Manage. 67: 123-136.

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.

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 .

Szykman, M., A.L. Engh, R.C. Van Horn, 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.

Bergstedt, R.A., R.L. Argyle, J.G. Seelye, K.T. Scribner, and G.L. Curtis. 2003. In Situ determination of the annual thermal habitat use by Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Lake Huron. J. Great Lakes Research. 29, Suppl. 1: 347-361.

Talbot, S.L., J.M. Pearce, B.J. Pierson, D.V. Derksen, and K.T. Scribner. 2003. Molecular status of the dusky Canada goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis): a genetic assessment of a translocation effort. Conservation Genetics. 4: 367-381 .

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.

Scribner, K.T . S.L. Talbot, J.M. Pearce, B.J. Pierson, K.S. Bollinger, and D.V. Derksen. 2003. Phylogeography of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in western North America. Auk. 120: 889-907.

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.

Scribner, K.T ., R.A. Malecki, B.D.J. Batt, R.L. Inman, S. Libants, and H. Prince. 2003. Identification of source population for Greenland Canada Geese: Genetic Assessment of a recent colonization. Condor 105: 771-782.

2002

Engh, A., S.M. Funk, R. Van Horn, 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.

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.

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

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.

2001

Scribner, K.T ., and R.K. Chesser. 2001. Group-structured models in analyses of he population and behavioral ecology of poikilothermic vertebrates. J. Heredity. 98: 180-189.

Szykman, M., A.L. Engh, S.M. Funk, R.C. 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.

Scribner, K.T ., R. Fields, S. Talbot, J. Pearce, and M. Petersen. 2001. Sex-biased dispersal in threatened Spectacled eiders: evaluation using molecular markers with contrasting modes of inheritance. Evolution. 55: 2105-2115.

Scribner, K.T. and H. H. Prince. 2001. Definition of spatial genetic structure in mid-continent Canada geese. In Management of Urban Canada Geese Symposium, W. Rapley (ed.). Toronto Univ.

Scribner, K.T ., K. Page, and M. Bartron. 2001. Life history and behavioral ecology impact rates and direction of evolutionary change in fish hybrid zones: a cytonuclear perspective. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 10: 293-323.

2000

Pierson, B.J., J.M. Pearce, and S.L. Talbot, G.F. Shields, and K.T. Scribner. 2000. Molecular genetic status of Aleutian Canada Geese from Buldir Island and Semidi Islands, Alaska. Condor. 102:172-180.

Pearce, J.M., B.J. Pierson, S.L. Talbot, D.V. Derksen, D. Kraege, and K.T. Scribner. 2000. A genetic evaluation of morphology used to identify hunter-harvested Canada geese. J. Wildl. Manage. 64:863-874.

Scribner, K.T ., J.W. Arntzen, T. Burke, N. Cruddace, and R.S. Oldham. 2000. Environmental correlates of toad abundance and inter-population variation in measures of genetic diversity: estimates derived from single locus minisatellites. Biological Conservation. 98: 201-210.

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

Burger, C.V., K. T. Scribner, C.O. Swanton, and W.J. Spearman. 2000. Genetic evaluation of use of multiple donor stocks to introduce sockeye salmon to Frazer Lake, Alaska. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 57: 2096-2111.

1999

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.

Wooten, M.C., K.T. Scribner, and J.T. Krehling. 1999. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in an endangered subspecies of beach mice, Peromyscus polionotus. Molecular Ecology. 8:171-173.

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.

Scribner, K.T ., S. Datta, J. Arnold, and J.C. Avise. 1999. Temporal changes in cytonuclear disequilibrium in experimental Gambusia hybrid zones: deviations from expectations under genetic drift and tests for neutrality of mtDNA variants. Genetica. 105:101-108.

Bodkin, J.L., B.E. Ballachey, M.A. Cronin, and K.T. Scribner. 1999. Population demographics and genetic diversity: case histories from remnant and reestablished populations of sea otters (Enhydra lutris). Conservation Biology. 13: 1378-1385.

1998

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.

Scribner, K. T. , P. A. Crane, W.J. Spearman, and L.W. Seeb. 1998. DNA and allozyme markers provide concordant estimates of population differentiation: analyses of U.S. and Canadian populations of Yukon River fall-run chum salmon. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 55:1748-1758.

Scribner, K.T . and T.D. Bowman. 1998. Microsatellites identify depredated waterfowl remains from glaucous gull stomachs. Molecular Ecology. 7:1401-1405.

Buchholz, W.G., J.M. Pearce, B.J. Pierson, and K.T. Scribner. 1998. Dinucleotide repeat polymorphisms in watefowl (family Anatidae): characterization of a sex-linked (Z-specific) and 14 bi-parentally inherited loci. Animal Genetics. 29:322-332.

1997

Fields, R.L., and K.T. Scribner. 1997. Isolation and characterization of novel waterfowl microsatellites: cross- species comparisons and research applications. Mol. Ecol. 6:199-202.

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

Scribner, K.T ., R.K. Chesser, and M.H. Smith. 1997. Defining genetically contiguous sub-populations of white-tailed deer: spatial and temporal permeability of microgeographic structure. J. Mammal. 78: 744-755.

Scribner, K.T ., T. Burke, and W.A. Arntzen. 1997. Age-specific genetic variation and estimates of effective population size for Bufo Bufo based on single-locus minisatellites. Molecular Ecology 6: 701-712.

Pearce, J, R.L. Fields, and K.T. Scribner. 1997. Nest materials as a source of genetic data for avian behavioral studies. J. Field Ornithol. 68: 471-481.

1996

Cronin, M.A., B. Grand, D. Esler, D. Dirksen, and K.T. Scribner. 1996. Breeding populations of northern pintails have similar mitochondrial DNA. Can. J. Zool. 74:992-999.

Scribner, K.T. , J.R. Gust, and R.L. Fields. 1996. Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite loci: cross-species amplification and population genetic applications. Can. J. Fish. & Aquatic Sci. 53:685-693.

1995

Scribner, K.T ., S. Morreale, M.H., Smith, and J.W. Gibbons. 1995. Factors contributing to temporal and age-specific genetic variation in the freshwater turtle Trachemys scripta. Copeia. 1995:970-977.

1994

Stuwe, M., K.T. Scribner, and D. Gauthier. 1994. Caracteristiques genetiques des populations francaises de bouquetin des alpes (Capra i.ibex) et consequences pour leur gestion. Travaux Scientifigues du Park National de la Vanoise. 18:33-44.

Scribner, K.T . and J.C. Avise. 1994. Cytonuclear genetics of experimental fish hybird zones inside Biosphere II. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. ( USA) 91:5066-5069.

Ely, C.R. and K.T. Scribner. 1994. Genetic diversity in arctic nesting geese: implications of management and conservation. Trans. N. Amer. Wild. Nat. Res. Conf. 59: 91-110.

Scribner, K.T ., J.W. Arntzen, and T. Burke. 1994. Comparative analysis of intra- and interpopulation genetic diversity in Bufo bufo, using allozyme, single-locus microsatellite, minisatellite, and multilocus minisatellite data. Mol. Biol. Evol. 11:737-748.

1993

Scribner, K.T . and M. Stuwe. 1993. Genetic relationships among alpine ibex Capra Ibex populations re-established from a common ancestral source. Biol. Cons. 69:137-143.

Scribner, K.T . and Ronald K. Chesser. 1993. Environmental and demographic components of spatial genetic structure in populations of the eastern cottontail rabbit. J. Mammal. 74:1026-1044.

Scribner, K.T . 1993. Conservation genetics of managed ungulate populations. Acta. Theolo. 38, Suppl. 2:89-101.

Scribner, K.T . 1993. Hybrid zone dynamics are influenced by genotype-specific variation in life-history traits: Experimental evidence from hybridizing Gambusia species. Evolution. 47:632-646.

Scribner, K.T . and J.C. Avise. 1993. Molecular evidence for phylogeographic structuring and introgressive hybridization in mosquitofish. Molecular Ecology. 2:139-149.

Scribner, K.T. , J. Congdon, R.K. Chesser, and M.H. Smith. 1993. Temporal variation in recruitment and female nest site fidelity affects cohort-specific levels of genetic variability in painted turtles. Evolution. 47:1360-1373.

Scribner, K.T . and J.C. Avise. 1993. "Population cage" experiments with a vertebrate: the temporal demography and cytonuclear genetics of hybridization in Gambusia fishes. Evolution. 48:155-171.