Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/kelliejcarim

Email:

kellie.carim@usda.gov

Address:

National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation
800 E. Beckwith Ave.
Missoula, MT 59801

Phone:

406-542-3252

Featured Publications

Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/jdysthe

Email:

joseph.dysthe@usda.gov

Address:

800 East Beckwith Avenue
Missoula, MT 59801-5801

Phone:

406-542-4150

Featured Publications

Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/mkyoung

Email:

michael.k.young@usda.gov

Address:

800 East Beckwith Avenue
Missoula, MT 59801-5801

Phone:

406-542-3254

Fax:

406-543-2663

Featured Publications

1. Climate, demography, and zoogeography predict introgression thresholds in salmonid hybrid zones in Rocky Mountain streams
2. The cold-water climate shield: Delineating refugia for preserving salmonid fishes through the 21st century
3. DNA barcoding at riverscape scales: Assessing biodiversity among fishes of the genus Cottus (Teleostei) in northern Rocky Mountain streams
4. Evidence of climate-induced range contractions in bull trout Salvelinus confluentus in a Rocky Mountain watershed, U.S.A.
5. Cottus schitsuumsh, a new species of sculpin (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) in the Columbia River basin, Idaho-Montana, USA
6. Patch size but not short-term isolation influences occurrence of westslope cutthroat trout above human-made barriers
7. Understanding environmental DNA detection probabilities: A case study using a stream-dwelling char Salvelinus fontinalis
8. Slow climate velocities of mountain streams portend their role as refugia for cold-water biodiversity
9. Sampling large geographic areas for rare species using environmental DNA: A study of bull trout Salvelinus confluentus occupancy in western Montana
10. Patterns of hybridization among cutthroat trout and rainbow trout in northern Rocky Mountain streams

Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/kmckelvey

Email:

kevin.mckelvey@usda.gov

Address:

800 East Beckwith
Missoula, MT 59801

Phone:

406-542-4163

Fax:

406-543-2663

Featured Publications

1. Patterns of hybridization among cutthroat trout and rainbow trout in northern Rocky Mountain streams
2. Climate change predicted to shift wolverine distributions, connectivity, and dispersal corridors
3. Repurposing environmental DNA samples: Detecting the western pearlshell (Margaritifera falcata) as a proof of concept
4. DNA barcoding at riverscape scales: Assessing biodiversity among fishes of the genus Cottus (Teleostei) in northern Rocky Mountain streams
5. Sampling large geographic areas for rare species using environmental DNA: A study of bull trout Salvelinus confluentus occupancy in western Montana
6. Wolverine gene flow across a narrow climatic niche
7. Chapter 6: Hair collection
8. Using anecdotal occurrence data for rare or elusive species: the illusion of reality and a call for evidentiary standards
9. Why sampling scheme matters: the effect of sampling scheme on landscape genetic results
10. Twentieth-century fire patterns on forest service lands

Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/mkschwartz

Email:

michael.k.schwartz@usda.gov

Address:

800 East Beckwith Avenue
Missoula, MT 59801

Phone:

406-542-4161

Fax:

406-543-2663

Featured Publications

1. Modeling the effects of dispersal and patch size on predicted fisher (Pekania [Martes] pennanti) distribution in the U.S. Rocky Mountains
2. Stand- and landscape-scale selection of large trees by fishers in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Idaho
3. Using environmental DNA sampling to monitor the invasion of nonnative Esox lucius (northern pike) in the Columbia River basin, USA
4. Using environmental DNA methods to improve winter surveys for rare carnivores: DNA from snow and improved noninvasive techniques
5. Integrative taxonomy refutes a species hypothesis: The asymmetric hybrid origin of Arsapnia arapahoe (Plecoptera, Capniidae)
6. Estimating abundance of a cryptic social carnivore using spatially explicit capture-recapture
7. Demographic fragmentation of a protected wolverine population bisected by a major transportation corridor
8. eDNA sampling: Not just for fisheries biologists anymore
9. Marine mammal subspecies in the age of genetics: Introductory remarks from the Associate Editor and Editor-in-Chief of Marine Mammal Science
10. Trade-offs and efficiencies in optimal budget-constrained multispecies corridor networks