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Overview

A. Rus Hoelzel is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their research primarily focuses on ecology and genetics, with notable subfields including molecular biology, atmospheric science, and oceanography.

The scientist's main topics of work cover diverse areas such as marine animal studies overview, genetic diversity and population structure, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, wildlife ecology and conservation, identification and quantification in food, genomics and phylogenetic studies, and marine and coastal plant biology.

Recent publications by A. Rus Hoelzel demonstrate a focus on evolutionary biology and ecology related to marine and terrestrial organisms. Selected papers include:

  • Where to now with the evolutionarily significant unit? (2023) Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey (2022) Global Change Biology
  • Comparative genomics provides insights into the aquatic adaptations of mammals (2021) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SambaR: An R package for fast, easy and reproducible population-genetic analyses of biallelic SNP data sets (2021) Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers (2020) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

A. Rus Hoelzel frequently collaborates with other scientists, with notable co-authors including Menno de Jong, Howard Gray, Axel Janke, Małgorzata Pilot, and Andreanna J. Welch.

Their work is often published in several key venues, indicating areas of disciplinary focus. These include:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • Whale-call response to masking boat noise

    Andrew D. Foote;Richard W. Osborne;A. Rus Hoelzel

  • GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN PARAPATRIC 'NEARSHORE' AND 'OFFSHORE' POPULATIONS OF THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN

    A. Rus Hoelzel;Charles W. Potter;Peter B. Best

  • Low genetic variation among killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the eastern north Pacific and genetic differentiation between foraging specialists.

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  • Habitat structure and the dispersal of male and female bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

    Ada Natoli;Alexei Birkun;Alex Aguilar;Alfredo Lopez

  • Population Structure and Speciation in the Genus Tursiops Based on Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Analyses

    Ada Natoli;Victor M. Peddemors;A. Rus Hoelzel

  • Killer whale predation on marine mammals at Punta Norte, Argentina; food sharing, provisioning and foraging strategy

    A. Rus Hoelzel;A. Rus Hoelzel

  • Pig Domestication and Human-Mediated Dispersal in Western Eurasia Revealed through Ancient DNA and Geometric Morphometrics

    Claudio Ottoni;Linus Girdland Flink;Linus Girdland Flink;Allowen Evin;Allowen Evin;Christina Geörg;Christina Geörg

  • Marine mammal biology : an evolutionary approach

    A. Rus Hoelzel

  • Genetic differentiation between sympatric Killer whale populations

    A Rus Hoelzel;Gabriel A Dover

  • Evolution of Population Structure in a Highly Social Top Predator, the Killer Whale

    A. Rus Hoelzel;Jody Hey;Marilyn E. Dahlheim;Colin Nicholson

  • Bringing genetic diversity to the forefront of conservation policy and management

    Sean M. Hoban;Heidi C. Hauffe;SIlvia Perez-Espona;Jan W. Arntzen

  • Low worldwide genetic diversity in the killer whale (Orcinus orca): implications for demographic history

    A. Rus Hoelzel;Ada Natoli;Marilyn E. Dahlheim;Carlos Olavarria

  • Does Presence of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Enhance Biomass and Biodiversity?

    Imants G. Priede;Odd Aksel Bergstad;Peter I. Miller;Michael Vecchione

  • Genetic structure of cetacean populations in sympatry, parapatry, and mixed assemblages: implications for conservation policy

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  • Rapid evolution of a heteroplasmic repetitive sequence in the mitochondrial DNA control region of carnivores.

    A Rus Hoelzel;Jose V. Lopez;Gabriel A. Dover;Stephen James O'Brien

  • Low worldwide genetic diversity in the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

    A Rus Hoelzel;Mahmood S Shivji;Jennifer Magnussen;Malcolm P Francis

  • Comparative evaluation of potential indicators and temporal sampling protocols for monitoring genetic erosion

    Sean Hoban;Sean Hoban;Jan A. Arntzen;Michael William Bruford;José A. Godoy

  • Female philopatry in coastal basins and male dispersion across the North Atlantic in a highly mobile marine species, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).

    Daniel Engelhaupt;A. Rus Hoelzel;Colin Nicholson;Alexandros Frantzis

  • Alpha-male paternity in elephant seals

    A. Rus Hoelzel;Burney J. Le Boeuf;Joanne Reiter;Claudio Campagna

  • Molecular Population Genetics of the Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina

    Robert W. Slade;Craig Moritz;A. Rus Hoelzel;Harry R. Burton

  • Sex-specific foraging strategies and resource partitioning in the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina).

    Rebecca Lewis;Tamsin C O'Connell;Tamsin C O'Connell;Mirtha Lewis;Claudio Campagna;Claudio Campagna

  • Impact of population bottlenecks on genetic variation and the importance of life-history; a case study of the northern elephant seal

    A. Rus Hoelzel

  • Principles of Conservation Biology

    A. Rus Hoelzel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle R. Gaither
Michelle R. Gaither University of Central Florida
Gabriel A. Dover
Gabriel A. Dover University of Leicester
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
Oscar E. Gaggiotti
Oscar E. Gaggiotti University of St Andrews
Sean Hoban
Sean Hoban Morton Arboretum
Claudio Campagna
Claudio Campagna Wildlife Conservation Society
Keith Dobney
Keith Dobney University of Sydney
Halvor Knutsen
Halvor Knutsen University of Agder
Andrew S. Brierley
Andrew S. Brierley University of St Andrews
Mark Inall
Mark Inall Scottish Association For Marine Science

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