Publications of our laboratory

Ecology and Genetics for Wildlife Population Health
Laboratory of Holly Ernest

• Crosbie SP, Koenig WD, Reisen WK, Kramer VL, Marcus L, Carney R, Pandolfino E, Bolen GM, Crosbie LR, Bell DA, Ernest HB. Early Impact of West Nile virus on the Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli). In press. Auk- Journal of the American Ornithologists' Union.
• Hull JM, Savage WK, Bollmer JL, Kimball RT, Parker PG, Whiteman NK, Ernest HB. On the origin the Galápagos hawk: An examination of phenotypic differentiation and mitochondrial paraphyly. In press, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
• Hull JM, Hull AC, Sacks BN, Smith JP, Ernest HB. Landscape characteristics influence morphological and genetic differentiation in a widespread raptor (Buteo jamaicensis). In press, Molecular Ecology.
• Sacks BN, DL Bannasch, BB Chomel, HB Ernest.  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; doi:10.1093/molbev/msn082.
• Hull J, J Keane, L Tell, and H Ernest. Published Online First 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   OnlineEarly. DOI 10.1007/s10592-007-9489-6.
• Pitzer S, Hull J, Ernest H, Hull A. Sex determination of three raptor species using morphology and molecular techniques. 2008, Journal of Field Ornithology. 79(1):71–79.
• Ernest HB, Well JA, and J. Kurushima. 2007, Development of nine microsatellite loci for Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) and corvid ecology and West Nile virus studies. Molecular Ecology Notes (OnlineEarly Articles).
• Hull J.M., R. Anderson, M. Bradbury, J. Estep, H. B. Ernest. Published Online First 2007. Population structure and genetic diversity in Swainson’s Hawks (Buteo swainsoni), implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics
• 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. In press 2007. Microsatellite analysis of three Elk (Cervus elaphus) subspecies in California. Journal of Mammalogy.
• 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.