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Overview

Clint C. Muhlfeld is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, genetics, and atmospheric science.

Their work covers a range of topics related to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, including fish ecology and management studies, species distribution and climate change, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, genetic diversity and population structure, and fish biology and ecology studies.

Recent publications by Clint C. Muhlfeld include:

  • Climate change and expanding invasive species drive widespread declines of native trout in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA, 2021, Science Advances
  • Species invasion progressively disrupts the trophic structure of native food webs, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Specialized meltwater biodiversity persists despite widespread deglaciation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Detecting population declines via monitoring the effective number of breeders (Nb), 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • High dispersal rates in hybrids drive expansion of maladaptive hybridization, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The frequent co-authors in Muhlfeld's research collaborations are:

  • Timothy J. Cline
  • Robert Al-Chokhachy
  • Ryan P. Kovach
  • Gordon Luikart
  • J. Joseph Giersch

Key venues where Muhlfeld has published multiple articles include:

  • Science Advances
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Conservation Genetics Resources

Their research contributes to understanding ecological and genetic aspects of environmental change and species interactions, particularly in freshwater ecosystems. Muhlfeld's work integrates field studies, genetic analysis, and ecological modeling to address issues such as invasive species impacts, population declines, and biodiversity persistence in response to climate change and habitat alteration.

Best Publications

  • Hybridization rapidly reduces fitness of a native trout in the wild

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Steven T. Kalinowski;Thomas E. McMahon;Mark L. Taper

  • Invasive hybridization in a threatened species is accelerated by climate change

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Ryan P. Kovach;Leslie A. Jones;Leslie A. Jones;Robert K. Al-Chokhachy

  • Specialized meltwater biodiversity persists despite widespread deglaciation

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Timothy Joseph Cline;J. Joseph Giersch;Erich Peitzsch

  • Gravel-bed river floodplains are the ecological nexus of glaciated mountain landscapes

    F. Richard Hauer;Harvey Locke;Victoria J. Dreitz;Mark Hebblewhite

  • Genomic patterns of introgression in rainbow and westslope cutthroat trout illuminated by overlapping paired‐end RAD sequencing

    Paul A. Hohenlohe;Mitch D. Day;Stephen J. Amish;Michael R. Miller

  • Spread of hybridization between native westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi, and nonnative rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

    Nathaniel P. Hitt;Christopher A. Frissell;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Fred W. Allendorf

  • A century of climate and ecosystem change in Western Montana: what do temperature trends portend?

    Gregory T. Pederson;Gregory T. Pederson;Lisa J. Graumlich;Daniel B. Fagre;Todd Kipfer

  • Legacy introductions and climatic variation explain spatiotemporal patterns of invasive hybridization in a native trout.

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Ryan P. Kovach;Robert K. Al-Chokhachy;Stephen J. Amish

  • Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) invasion and the spread of hybridization with native westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi)

    Matthew C Boyer;Clint C Muhlfeld;Fred W Allendorf

  • Dispersal and selection mediate hybridization between a native and invasive species

    Ryan P. Kovach;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Matthew C. Boyer;Winsor H. Lowe

  • Impacts of climatic variation on trout: a global synthesis and path forward

    Ryan P. Kovach;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Robert Al-Chokhachy;Jason B. Dunham

  • Climate change links fate of glaciers and an endemic alpine invertebrate

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Jonathan J. Giersch;F. Richard Hauer;Gregory T. Pederson

  • Landscape community genomics: understanding eco-evolutionary processes in complex environments

    Brian K. Hand;Winsor H. Lowe;Ryan P. Kovach;Ryan P. Kovach;Clint C. Muhlfeld

  • Seasonal Movement and Habitat Use by Subadult Bull Trout in the Upper Flathead River System, Montana

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Brian Marotz

  • Climate-induced glacier and snow loss imperils alpine stream insects

    J. Joseph Giersch;Scott Hotaling;Ryan P. Kovach;Leslie A. Jones

  • Climate change and expanding invasive species drive widespread declines of native trout in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA

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  • Observer Error Structure in Bull Trout Redd Counts in Montana Streams: Implications for Inference on True Redd Numbers

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Mark L. Taper;David F. Staples;Bradley B. Shepard

  • Local Habitat, Watershed, and Biotic Factors Influencing the Spread of Hybridization between Native Westslope Cutthroat Trout and Introduced Rainbow Trout

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Thomas E. McMahon;Matthew C. Boyer;Robert E. Gresswell

  • ESTIMATING THERMAL REGIMES OF BULL TROUT AND ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE WARMING ON CRITICAL HABITATS

    Leslie A. Jones;Leslie A. Jones;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Lucy A. Marshall;Brian L. McGlynn

  • The past as prelude to the future for understanding 21st-century climate effects on Rocky Mountain Trout

    Daniel J. Isaak;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Andrew S. Todd;Robert Al‐chokhachy

  • Spatial and temporal spawning dynamics of native westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi, introduced rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and their hybrids.

    Clint C. MuhlfeldC.C. Muhlfeld;Thomas E. McMahonT.E. McMahon;Durae BelcerD. Belcer;Jeffrey L. KershnerJ.L. Kershner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon Luikart
Gordon Luikart University of Montana
Winsor H. Lowe
Winsor H. Lowe University of Montana
Fred W. Allendorf
Fred W. Allendorf University of Montana
F. Richard Hauer
F. Richard Hauer University of Montana
Robert E. Gresswell
Robert E. Gresswell United States Geological Survey
Paul A. Hohenlohe
Paul A. Hohenlohe University of Idaho
Erin L. Landguth
Erin L. Landguth University of Montana
Andrew R. Whiteley
Andrew R. Whiteley University of Montana
Mark Hebblewhite
Mark Hebblewhite University of Montana
Jason B. Dunham
Jason B. Dunham United States Geological Survey

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