Publications of our laboratory
Ecology and Genetics for Wildlife Population Health
Laboratory of Holly Ernest
Ernest HB, Hoar BR, Well, JA, O'Rourke K. In press 2009. Molecular genealogy tools for white-tailed deer with Chronic Wasting Disease. Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research.
Brown SK, Hull JM, Updike D, Fain S, Ernest HB. 2009. Black Bear Population Genetics in California: Signatures of Population Structure, Competitive Release and Historical Translocation. Journal of Mammalogy. 90:1066–1074.
Hull JM, Ernest HB, Harley JA, Fish AM, Hull AC. 2009. Differential Migration between Discrete Populations of Juvenile Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis). The Auk- Journal of the American Ornithologists' Union. 126:389–396.
Ernest HB, Well JA, and J. Kurushima. 2008. Development of nine microsatellite loci for Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) and corvid ecology and West Nile virus studies. Molecular Ecology Resources. 8:196 - 198
Hull JM, Savage WK, Bollmer JL, Kimball RT, Parker PG, Whiteman NK, Ernest HB. 2008. On the origin the Galápagos hawk: An examination of phenotypic differentiation and mitochondrial paraphyly. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 95:779 - 789.
Crosbie SP, Koenig WD, Reisen WK, Kramer VL, Marcus L, Carney R, Pandolfino E, Bolen GM, Crosbie LR, Bell DA, Ernest HB. 2008. Early Impact of West Nile virus on the Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli). The Auk- Journal of the American Ornithologists' Union.125: 542–550.
Hull JM, BN Strobel, CW Boal, AC Hull, CR Dykstra, AM Irish, AM Fish, HB Ernest, 2008. Comparative phylogeography and population genetics within Buteo lineatus reveals evidence of distinct evolutionary lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49:988-996.
Hull J, J Keane, L Tell, and H Ernest. 2008. Development of 37 microsatellite loci for Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa) with cross amplification in Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis) and Barred Owls (Strix varia). Conservation Genetics 9: 1357-1361.
Hull J.M., R. Anderson, M. Bradbury, J. Estep, H. B. Ernest. 2008. Population structure and genetic diversity in Swainson’s Hawks (Buteo swainsoni), implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics 9:305-316.
Pitzer S, Hull J, Ernest H, Hull A. 2008. Sex determination of three raptor species using morphology and molecular techniques. Journal of Field Ornithology. 79(1):71–79.
Hull JM, Hull AC, Sacks BN, Smith JP, Ernest HB. 2008. Landscape characteristics influence morphological and genetic differentiation in a widespread raptor (Buteo jamaicensis. Molecular Ecology. 17: 810 - 824
Sacks BN, DL Bannasch, BB Chomel, HB Ernest. 2008. Coyotes Demonstrate How Habitat Specialization by Individuals of a Generalist Species Can Diversify Populations in a Heterogeneous Ecoregion. Molecular Biology and Evolution 2008 25(7):1384-1394
Brown S.K., H.B. Ernest. 2007. Mountain lion ecological genetics. Wild Cat News. June. www.cougarnet.org
Hull J.M., W. Savage, J.P. Smith, N. Murphy, L. Cullen, A.D. Hutchins, H.B. Ernest. 2007. Hybridization among Buteos: Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) × Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology,.119(4):579–584.
Hull J.M., D. Tufts, J.R. Topinka, B.P. May, H.B. Ernest. 2007. Development of 19 microsatellite loci for Swainson’s Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) and other Buteos. Molecular Ecology Notes 7 (2), 346–349.
Meredith E.P., J.A. Rodzen, J.D. Banks, R. Schaefer, H.B. Ernest, T.R. Famula, B.P. May. 2007. Microsatellite analysis of three Elk (Cervus elaphus) subspecies in California. Journal of Mammalogy.88: 801–808
Kurushima J., J. Well, J. Collins, H.B.Ernest. 2006. Development of 21 microsatellite loci for puma (Puma concolor) ecology and forensics. Molecular Ecology Notes 6 (4), 1260–1262.
Hull J.M., A. Hull, H.B. Ernest. 2006. West Nile Virus Antibody Prevalence in Free-ranging California Raptors. Condor. 108:435–439.
Sacks B.N., H.B. Ernest, E.E. Boydston. 2006. San Francisco's Golden Gate: a bridge between historically distinct coyote (Canis latrans) populations? Western North American Naturalist. 66:263-264.
Sacks B.N., B.R. Mitchell, C.L. Williams, H.B. Ernest. 2005. Movements and social structure along a cryptic population genetic subdivision in the coyote. Molecular Ecology 14:1241-1249.
Sacks B.N., Sarah Brown, H.B. Ernest. 2004. Population structure of California coyotes corresponds to habitat-specific breaks and illuminates species history. Molecular Ecology. 13:1265-1275.
Ernest H.B., V.C. Bleich, B.P. May, S.Stiver, S. Torres, W.M. Boyce. 2003. Population Genetic Structure of Mountain Lions in California. Conservation Genetics. 4(3): 353-366.
Ernest H.B., E.S. Rubin, W.M. Boyce. 2002. Fecal DNA analysis and risk assessment of mountain lion predation of bighorn sheep. Journal of Wildlife Management 66(1) 75-85.
Ernest HB. 2001. Captive breeding Contingency plan: A Guide for Captive Breeding of Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep. Report for Interagency Agreement # P9980059 between California Department of Fish and Game and Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis CA. 147 pages.
Ernest H.B. DNA analysis for mountain lion conservation. Outdoor California. May-June. 61(3)16-19. Invited paper. 2000.
Ernest H.B. DNA sampling and research techniques. Outdoor California. May-June. 61(3)20-21. Invited paper. 2000.
Ernest, H.B., M.C.T. Penedo, B.P. May, M. Syvanen, and W.M. Boyce. 2000. Molecular tracking of mountain lions in the Yosemite Valley region in California: genetic analysis using microsatellites and fecal DNA. Molecular Ecology 9:433-441.
H.B. Ernest, W.M. Boyce. 2000. DNA Identification of mountain lions involved in livestock predation and public safety incidents. Proceedings of the 19th Vertebrate Pest Conference. T. P. Salmon and A. C. Crabb, Eds. Published at the University of California, Davis. 290-294.
Swift, P.K., J.D. Wehausen, H.B. Ernest, R.S. Singer, A.M. Pauli, H. Kinde, T.E. Rocke, and V.C. Bleich. 2000. Desert bighorn sheep mortality due to presumptive type C botulism. Journal of Wildlife Disease. 36(1):184-189.