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Overview

Kim T. Scribner is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on ecological and genetic studies related to aquatic environments and species management.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study cover diverse areas such as ecology, nature and landscape conservation, genetics, molecular biology, and immunology.

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology

Scribner's research emphasizes topics including fish ecology and management studies, genetic diversity and population structure, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior.

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior

Recent publications by Scribner include:

  • eDNA metabarcoding in lakes to quantify influences of landscape features and human activity on aquatic invasive species prevalence and fish community diversity (2021, Diversity and Distributions)
  • RAPTURE (RAD capture) panel facilitates analyses characterizing sea lamprey reproductive ecology and movement dynamics (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Wild at heart: Programs to diminish negative ecological and evolutionary effects of conservation hatcheries (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • A chromosome-anchored genome assembly for Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) (2021, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • Ecological and Ontogenetic Components of Larval Lake Sturgeon Gut Microbiota Assembly, Successional Dynamics, and Ecological Evaluation of Neutral Community Processes (2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)

Frequent co-authors include Jeannette Kanefsky, Nicholas M. Sard, Douglas L. Larson, Edward A. Baker, and John D. Robinson.

Kim T. Scribner has published multiple articles in several prominent venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in the Journal of Great Lakes Research, followed by Ecology and Evolution, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Biology of Fishes, and Journal of Applied Ichthyology.

  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes
  • Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Best Publications

  • Use of resistance surfaces for landscape genetic studies: considerations for parameterization and analysis

    Stephen F. Spear;Niko Balkenhol;Marie-Josée Fortin;Brad H. Mcrae

  • Isolation and characterization of novel salmon microsatellite loci: cross-species amplification and population genetic applications

    Kim T. Scribner;Judy R. Gust;Raymond L. Fields

  • Considering spatial and temporal scale in landscape-genetic studies of gene flow

    Corey Devin Anderson;Bryan K. Epperson;Marie Josée Fortin;Rolf Holderegger

  • Hybridization in freshwater fishes: a review of case studies and cytonuclear methods of biological inference

    Kim T. Scribner;Kevin S. Page;Meredith L. Bartron

  • Conserved genetic basis of a quantitative plumage trait involved in mate choice

    Nicholas I. Mundy;Nichola S. Badcock;Tom Hart;Kim Scribner

  • Perspectives on the use of landscape genetics to detect genetic adaptive variation in the field

    Stéphanie Manel;Stéphanie Manel;Stéphane Joost;Bryan K. Epperson;Rolf Holderegger

  • Utility of computer simulations in landscape genetics

    Bryan K Epperson;Brad H. McRae;Kim T. Scribner;Samuel A. Cushman

  • Reproductive skew among males in a female-dominated mammalian society

    Anne L. Engh;Stephan M. Funk;Russell C. Van Horn;Kim T. Scribner

  • Comparative analysis of intra- and interpopulation genetic diversity in Bufo bufo, using allozyme, single-locus microsatellite, minisatellite, and multilocus minisatellite data.

    Kim T. Scribner;J. W. Arntzen;Terry Burke

  • Landscape genetics and the spatial distribution of chronic wasting disease.

    Julie A. Blanchong;Michael D. Samuel;Kim T. Scribner;Byron V. Weckworth

  • Environmental correlates of toad abundance and population genetic diversity

    Kim T Scribner;J.W Arntzen;N Cruddace;R.S Oldham

  • Genetic variability and systematics of Gambusia in the southeastern United States.

    Michael C. Wooten;Kim T. Scribner;Michael H. Smith

  • Patterns of invasion and colonization of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in North America as revealed by microsatellite genotypes.

    M. B. Bryan;D. Zalinski;K. B. Filcek;S. Libants

  • Behavioural structuring of relatedness in the spotted hyena ( Crocuta crocuta ) suggests direct fitness benefits of clan-level cooperation

    Russell C. Van Horn;Anne L. Engh;Kim T. Scribner;Stephan M. Funk

  • SEX‐BIASED GENE FLOW IN SPECTACLED EIDERS (ANATIDAE): INFERENCES FROM MOLECULAR MARKERS WITH CONTRASTING MODES OF INHERITANCE

    Kim T. Scribner;Margaret R. Petersen;Raymond L. Fields;Sandra L. Talbot

  • Environmental and Genetic Components of Antler Growth in White-Tailed Deer

    Kim T. Scribner;Michael H. Smith;Paul E. Johns

  • Population Demographics and Genetic Diversity in Remnant and Translocated Populations of Sea Otters

    James L. Bodkin;Brenda E. Ballachey;M.A. Cronin;K.T. Scribner

  • Isolation and characterization of novel waterfowl microsatellite loci: cross-species comparisons and research applications

    R.L. Fields;Kim T. Scribner

  • Cytonuclear genetic architecture in mosquitofish populations and the possible roles of introgressive hybridization

    Kim T. Scribner;John C. Avise

  • Association patterns among male and female spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) reflect male mate choice

    Micaela Szykman;Anne L. Engh;Russell C. Van Horn;Stephan M. Funk

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Smith
Michael H. Smith University of Georgia
Sandra L. Talbot
Sandra L. Talbot United States Geological Survey
Ronald K. Chesser
Ronald K. Chesser Texas Tech University
Richard B. Lanctot
Richard B. Lanctot United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Bryan K. Epperson
Bryan K. Epperson Michigan State University
Kay E. Holekamp
Kay E. Holekamp Michigan State University
Marie-Josée Fortin
Marie-Josée Fortin University of Toronto
John C. Avise
John C. Avise University of California, Irvine
Michael L. Jones
Michael L. Jones Michigan State University
James R. Bence
James R. Bence Michigan State University

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