Curriculum vitae

Gordon LUIKART	 							  August 2025

RESEARCH INTERESTS & expertise:  Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Population Genomics, Landscape Genetics, Environmental DNA

Current appointments:
Professor in Wildlife Biology, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson MT, 59860

Education:   Ph.D., University of Montana, Missoula MT,1997, Organismal Biology and Ecology
  		          	Supervisor: Dr. Fred Allendorf; Field supervisor: Dr. J. T. Hogg
		M.S., University of Montana, 1992, Zoology
		B.S., Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 1988, General Biology, minor in Animal Ecology

POST-DOCTORAL:  
Research Fellow, Population Genetics and Demography, CNRS, Grenoble, France, 1999-2000.
NSF-NATO Postdoc Fellowship, Conservation Biology and Population Genetics, France, 1998-1999
Advisors: P. Taberlet (Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, Grenoble, France), J.-M. Cornuet                  (Institue Nationale Recherche Agriculture, Montpellier, France).
European Postdoc Fellow, Conservation & Evolutionary Genetics, Université Joseph Fourier, 1997-1998.

employment:
2014-current, Professor, FLBS, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, USA
2010-2014, Associate Professor, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, USA
2005-2010, Research Associate Professor, Organismal Biology and Ecology, University of Montana, USA
2005~2015, Senior Researcher (or Visiting) Scientist, Centro de Investigacio em Biodiversidade e 
Recoursos Geneticos (CIBIO), University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal
2003-2005, Faculty Affiliate, University of Montana, USA
2004-2005, Research Scientist, Montana Conservation Science Institute (MOCSI), USA
2001-2005, Research Scientist (CR1), CNRS (Centre National Recherche Scientifique), France
2000-2001, CNRS, Research Fellow, Statistical and Population Genetics, France
1991-1992, Teaching Assistantships, Flathead Lake Biological Station, U. of Montana (Botany, Mammalogy)
1989-1995, Teaching Assistantships, U. of Montana (Genetics & Evolution, Conservation Genetics,
       Mammalogy, Ecology, Anatomy & Physiology, General Biology)  

Academic honors:       
Named a top scholar (0.05% worldwide) by the ScholarGPS platform in 2024 using metrics of scholarly 
	activity like productivity, impact, and quality of publications.
Named one of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” in 2014-2016 & 2018 by Thomson Reuters 
for publishing highly-cited papers during the past decade (e.g., see:              https://mcyt.educa.madrid.org/empleo/documentos/doc/The_Worlds_Most_Influential_Scientific_Minds_2015.pdf
Adjunct Professor Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University, 2019–current 
Professor, Wildlife Biology Program and Systems Ecology Program, University of Montana, 2010-current
Bronze medal, a top scientist in France CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique), 2004-2005 
Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Montana, 1996 
Fulbright Fellow, La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, Australia, 1994-95 (Genetics of endangered marsupials)

Professional Activities:  2001-2004, Journal editorial board member for Conservation Biology
				 2003-2006, Journal associate editor for Molecular Ecology Resources
				 2009-2011, Associate Editor for Journal of Heredity
				 2010-current, Member Swan Ecosystem Center Native Fish Committee	
				 2010-current, Member IUCN Conservation Genetics Specialist Group 
				 2018-current, Member GEO BON Genetics Composition working group	
				 2019-current, Journal editorial board member for Environmental DNA
			 	 2023-current, Journal associate editor for Conservation Science & Practice	
TEACHING: 2010-current, Conservation Ecology, 3 credits (advanced undergrads), field course
	        2006-current, Population Genetic Data Analysis, 3 credits (grad students & postdocs) 
			      http://www.umt.edu/sell/cps/congen2018/; www.popgen.net/congen2013
	        2007-current, Population Genetics Seminar, 1 credit (undergrads, grads), Spring & Autumn
	        2019-current, Seminars in Ecology & Resource Management, 1 credit, undergrads 
                     2018-2021,    Advanced Population Genetics, 3 credits (advanced undergrads, grad students)
	        2014-2017,    Conservation Genetics, 3 credits (advanced undergrads and graduate students)
      	        2007-2010,    Genetics and Evolution, 3 credits (graduate students in NSF-IGERT)
	        2006, 2010,   Frontiers in Conservation Genetics, 2 credits (team taught) 	

Societies (Last five years):  American Fisheries Society, American Genetic Association (AGA)
				Ecological Society of America, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
				Wildlife Society, Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society
									
PRODUCTS:

Books:

Allendorf, F.W. and G. Luikart. 2007. Conservation and the Genetics of Populations. Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. ~600.   
Allendorf, F.W., G. Luikart, and S. Aitken. 2013. Conservation and the Genetics of Populations [2nd Edition]. Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 642.  
Allendorf, F.W., W.C. Funk, S.N. Aitken, M. Byrne, G. Luikart. 2022. Conservation and the Genomics of Populations. [3rd Edition]. Oxford University Press. Pp. 784

Book chapters: 

Scribner, K., M. Kardos, G. Luikart, R.S. Waples, N. Sard, J. Homola, J. Kanefsky, and *S. Smith.  Application of genetic data and theory in fisheries management. Chapter 20 in
Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data. 2nd ed. Eds: Guy, Brown, and Brenden. In revision.
Luikart, G., B.K. Hand, ^M. Kardos, O.P. Rajora, S. Aitkin, and P. Hohenlohe. 2018.  Population genomics: Advancing understanding of nature.  Chapter 1 in Population Genomics Concepts, Approaches and Applications.  Ed: Om P. Rajora. 
Hohenlohe, P., ^M. Kardos, B. Hand, K. Andrews, and G. Luikart.  2018. Population genomics revolutionizes ecology and evolution.  In Population Genomics Concepts, Approaches and Applications.  Editor: Om P. Rajora.  DOI: 10.1007/13836_2018_20
Pierson, J.C., G. Luikart, and M.K. Schwartz. 2015. The application of genetic indicators in wild populations: potential and pitfalls for genetic monitoring. In Surrogates and Indicators in Ecology, Conservation and Environmental Management. Eds: Lindenmayer, D.B., J.C. Pierson, and P. Barton. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. CRC Press, London.
Schwartz, M.K., G. Luikart, K.S. McKelvey, and S. Cushman.  2009.  Landscape genomics: a brief perspective.  Chapter 19 in Spatial Complexity, Informatics and Animal Conservation, Eds: S.A. Cushman and F. Huettman. Springer, Tokyo.
Geffen, E., G. Luikart, and R.S. Waples. 2006. Impacts of modern molecular techniques on 
conservation biology. Chapter 4 In: Key Topics in Conservation Biology, Eds: D.W. Macdonald and K. Service, Blackwell Publishing. 
Luikart, G., H. Fernandez, M. Mashkour, P.R. England, and P. Taberlet. 2006.  Origins and diffusion 
of domestic goats inferred from DNA markers: example analyses of mtDNA, Y-chromosome and microsatellites. In: Documenting Domestication, Eds: M. Zeder, B. Smith, and D. Bradley, Smithsonian Press, USA.
Taberlet, P., G. Luikart, and E. Geffen. 2001.  Novel approaches for obtaining and analyzing genetic 
	data for conserving wild carnivore populations, In: Carnivore Conservation, Eds: Gittleman, J.L., Funk, S.M., Macdonald, D., and Wayne, R. Cambridge University Press.

Publications (in peer-reviewed journals): (*my students, ^students helped, **postdocs)
	
	From Google Scholar – August 2025 – 58,990 total citations h-index = 86

*Dahlquist, Z., *D. Miller, S. Amish, *L. Howard, M. McCartney, G. Luikart. 2025.  Invasive species monitoring: Combining environmental DNA qPCR and traditional microscopy methods improves early detection. Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, e70075. doi.org/10.1002/aff2.70075.  
**Jordan, S, ^S. Naderi, ^H-R. Rezaei, G. Luikart. 2025. A phylogeny for genus Capra based on extensive sampling of wild populations. PLoS One 20: e0334624. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334624
^Lee, A., W. Hemstrom, *N. Molea, G. Luikart, M.R. Christie. 2025. ‘Highly-informative’ genetic markers can bias conclusions: examples and general solutions. Molecular Ecology Resources, doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70011.
Flores, A.M., K. Christensen, T. Godin, Y. Palti, M. Campbell, G. Waldbieser, S. Simpson, B. Scheffler, S. Smith, A. Whiteley, R. Kovach, G. Luikart, M. Boyer, M. Kardos, S. Relyea, C. Wells, Be. Koop. 2025. The genome assembly of the westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus lewisi, reveals interspecific chromosomal rearrangements with the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. G3 (Genes Genomes & Genetics), 15(5), doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf064.
Kirtane, A., *L. Howard, C. Beaver, M.E. Hunter, G. Luikart, and K. Deiner. 2025. How, what, and where you sample environmental DNA affects diversity estimates and species detection. In press. Environmental DNA, 6: e70042. DOI:10.1002/edn3.70042
**Hemstrom, W., **J. Grummer, G. Luikart, and M. Christie. 2024. Next-generation data-filtering in the genomics era. Nature Reviews Genetics. Invited Review, 25:750–767 doi.org/10.1038/s41576-024-00738-6
*Miller, D., S. Amish, L. Howard, R. Bajno, M. McCartney, and G. Luikart. 2024. Improved eDNA detection using high-volume sampling: the effect of sampling methods on qPCR signal of invasive zebra mussels. Environmental DNA. 6: e511. doi.org/10.1002/edn3.511
*Strait, J.T., **J. Grummer, ^N.F. Hoffman, C.C. Muhlfeld, S.R. Narum, and G. Luikart. 2024. No effect of invasive hybridization on cardiac performance in native trout. Evolutionary Applications, 17: e13663.  10.1111/eva.13663.
Schiebelhut, L., A.S. Guillaume, A. Kuhn, R.M. Schweizer, E.E. Armstrong, M.A. Beaumont, M. Byrne, T. Cosart, B.K. Hand, *L. Howard, S.M. Mussmann, S.R. Narum, R. Rasteiro, A.G. Rivera-Colón, N. Saarman, A. Sethuraman, H.R. Taylor, G.W.C. Thomas, M. Wellenreuther, G. Luikart. 2023. Practical guidance in conservation genomics: from study design to application. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24: e13893.  doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13893
^Moreno, N., *L. Howard, S. Relyea, J. Dunnigan, M. Boyer, M. Kardos, S. Glaberman, G. Luikart, 
and Y. Chiari. 2023. Influence of RNA‐Seq library construction, sampling methods, and tissue harvesting time on gene expression estimation. Molecular Ecology Resources. 23:803-818
Amish, S.J., S. Bernall, P. DeHaan, M. Miller, S. O’Rourke, M.C. Boyer, C. Muhlfeld, S. Painter, R.F. 
Leary, and G. Luikart. 2022. Rapid SNP genotyping, sex identification, and hybrid-detection in threatened bull trout. Conservation Genetics Resources, 14:421–427. DOI:10.1007/s12686-022-01289-w
^Ritter, M.N., B.K. Hand, R. Malison, S.E. Lower, J. Stanford, G. Luikart, S. Jordan. 2022. Population structure of obligate groundwater amphipod crustaceans (Stygobromus spp.) in alluvial aquifers. Hydrobiologia, 850:1503–1513. DOI.org/10.1007/s10750-022-05096-0
**Malison, R.L., B.K. Hand, E. Winter, J.J. Giersch, S.J. Amish, D. Whited, J.A. Stanford, and G. Luikart. 2022. Landscape connectivity and genetic structure in a mainstem and a tributary stonefly (Plecoptera) species using a novel reference genome. Journal of Heredity, 113:453-71.
Her, C., ^H-R. Rezaei, S. Hughes, S. Naderi, M. Duffraisse, M. Mashkour, *H-R. Naghash, A. Bălășescu, G. Luikart, **S. Jordan, ^D. Özüt, A. Kence, M.W. Bruford, A. Tresset, J-D. Vigne, P.Taberlet, C. Hänni, and F. Pompanon. 2022. Extensive maternal origin of domestic sheep in Anatolia and the Zagros. Animal Genetics, 53:452-459. doi: 10.1111/age.13191. 
Nagarajan, R.P., M. Bedwell, A.E. Holmes, T. Sanches, S. Acuña, M. Baerwald, M.A. Barnes, S. Blankenship, R.E. Connon, K. Deiner, D. Gille, C.S. Goldberg, M.E. Hunter, C.L. Jerde, G. Luikart, R.S. Meyer, A. Watts, and A. Schreier. 2022. Environmental DNA methods for ecological monitoring and biodiversity assessment in estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts, 45:2254–2273. doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01080-y
**van Rees, C.B., B.K. Hand, ^S.C. Carter, C. Bargeron, T.J. Cline, W. Daniel, J.A. Ferrante, K. Gaddis, M.E. Hunter, C.S. Jarnevich, M.A. McGeoch, J.T. Morisette, M.E. Neilson, H.E. Roy, M.A. Rozance, A. Sepulveda, R.D. Wallace, D. Whited, T. Wilcox, J.S. Kimball, and G. Luikart, 2022. A framework to integrate innovations in invasion science for proactive management. Biological Reviews, 97:1712-1735, https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12859.
*Howard, L., **C.B. van Rees, B.K. Hand, and G. Luikart. 2022. A review of invasive species reporting 
apps for citizen science and opportunities for innovation. NeoBiota, 71:165-88.  
^Carter, S., **C.B. van Rees, B.K. Hand, C. Muhlfeld, G. Luikart, J.S. Kimball. 2021.  Aquatic invasive species target screening: a case study using machine learning species distribution models on an invasive trout. Frontiers in Big Data, 4:734990. doi:10.3389/fdata.2021.734990.
*^Smith, S.R., E. Normandeau, H. Djambazian, P.M. Nawarathna, P. Berube, A.M. Muir, J. Ragoussis, 
C.M. Penney, K.T. Scribner, G. Luikart, C.C. Wilson, and L. Bernatchez.  2022.  A chromosome-anchored genome assembly for lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Molecular Ecology Resources, 2:679-694.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13483 
VarGoats Consortium, et al.  2022.  Geographical contrasts of Y‐chromosomal haplogroups from wild 
and domestic goats reveal ancient migrations and recent introgressions. Molecular Ecology, 31: 4364-4380.
**Kardos, M., and G. Luikart. 2021. The genomic architecture of fitness drives population viability in 
changing environments. American Naturalist, 197:511–525.  doi.org/10.1086/713469
^Myers, B.J.E., S.R. Weiskopf, A.N. Shiklomanov, S. Ferrier, E. Weng, K.A. Casey, M. Harfoot, S.T. 
Jackson, A.K. Leidner, T.M. Lenton, G. Luikart, H. Matsuda, N. Pettorelli, I.M.D. Rosa, A.C. Ruane, G.B. Senay, S.P. Serbin, D.P. Tittensor, and T.D. Beard. 2021. A new approach to evaluate and reduce uncertainty of model-based biodiversity projections for conservation policy formulation. Biosciences, 71:1261–1273. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab094
Leigh, D.M., C.B. **van Rees, K.L. Millette, G. Luikart et al. 2021. Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies. Nature Reviews Genetics, 22:791–807. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-021-00394-0
Schweizer, R.M., N. Saarman, K.M. Ramstad, B.R. Forester, J.L. Kelley, B.K. Hand, R.L. Malison, A.S. Ackiss, M. Watsa, T.C. Nelson, A. Beja-Pereira, R.S. Waples, W.C. Funk, and G. Luikart.  2021. Big data in conservation genomics: boosting skills, hedging bets, and staying current in the field. Journal of Heredity, 112:313-327.  doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esab019 
*Strait, J., L.A. Eby, R.P. Kovach, C.C. Muhlfeld, M.C. Boyer, S.J. Amish, *S. Smith, W.H. Lowe, and G. Luikart. 2021. Hybridization alters growth and migratory life history expression of native trout.  Evolutionary Applications, 8:821-833. doi.org/10.1111/eva.13163
Luikart, G., T. Antao, B.K. Hand, C.C. Muhlfeld, M.C. Boyer, T. Cosart, ^B. Trethewey, R. Al-Chockhachy, and R. Waples. 2021. Detecting population declines via estimating the effective number of breeders (Nb).  Molecular Ecology Resources. 21: 379-393. doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13251
Ezenwa, V.O., S.A. Budischak, P. Buss, M. Seguel, and G. Luikart, A.E. Jolles, and K. Sakamoto. 2021. Natural resistance to worms exacerbates bovine tuberculosis severity independently of worm coinfection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 118 (3) e201508011.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015080118
^Robinson, Z., ^Bell, D., ^Dhendup, T., Luikart, G., Whiteley, A., and **Kardos, M. 2021. Evaluating 
genetic rescue attempts in the Anthropocene. Conservation Biology, 35: 666-677. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13596
Paz-Vinas I., E. Jensen, L. Bertola, M. Breed, B.K. Hand, M.E. Hunter, F. Kershaw D.M. 
Leigh, G. Luikart, J. Mergeay, J.M. Miller, **C.B. Van rees, G. Segelbacher, S. Hoban. 2020. Macro-genetic studies must not ignore limitations of genetic markers and scale. Ecology Letters, 24:1282-1284.
Antao, T., Cosart, T., ^B. Trethway, R.S. Waples, M.W. Ackerman, G. Luikart, and B.K. Hand. 2020. AgeStrucNb: Software for simulating and detecting changes in the effective number of breeders (Nb). Journal of Heredity, 111:491–497.
*Garner, B.A., S. Hoban, and G. Luikart. 2020. IUCN red list and the value of integrating genetics. 
Conservation Genetics, 21:795–801.
Sepulveda, A., N. Nelson, C. Jerde, and G. Luikart. 2020. Are environmental DNA methods ready for aquatic invasive species management? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35:668-678. 
Malison, R.L., A. DelVecchia, A. Woods, B.K. Hand, G. Luikart, and J.A. Stanford. 2020. Tolerance of 
aquifer stoneflies to repeated hypoxia exposure and oxygen dynamics in an alluvial aquifer. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.225623
Malison, R.L., B.K. Ellis, A.G. DelVecchia, H.N. Jacobson, B.K. Hand, G. Luikart, H.A. Woods, M. 
Gamboa, K. Watanabe, and J.A. Stanford. 2020. Remarkable anoxia tolerance by stoneflies 
from a floodplain aquifer. Ecology 101: e03127. 10.1002/ecy.312
Smith, S., S.A. Amish, L. Bernatchez, J. Le Luyer, C. Wilson, O. Boeberitz, G. Luikart, and K. Scribner. 2020. Mapping of adaptive traits enabled by a high-density linkage map for lake trout. Genes Genomes and Genetics, 1929–1947. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.120.401184
Schabacker J., S.J. Amish, A. Sepulveda, B. Gardner, D. Miller, Y. Wang, and G. Luikart. 2020. Sensitive eDNA detection using large-volume water samples and seasonal sampling. Environmental DNA, 2: 244-251. 
^Stahlke A, ^D. Bell, ^T. Dhendup, ^B. Kern, *S. Pannoni, ^Z. Robinson, *J. Strait, *S. Smith, **B.K. Hand, P.A. Hohenlohe, and G. Luikart. 2020. Population genomics training for the next generation of conservation geneticists: ConGen 2018 Workshop. J Heredity, 111: 227–236, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa001
Jordan, S., B.K. Hand, S. Hotaling, ^A. DelVecchia, R. Malison, C. Nissley, J. Stanford, and G. Luikart. 2019. Genomic data reveal similar genetic differentiation in aquifer species with different dispersal capabilities and life histories. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 129:315–322.
Kotzé, A., ^R.M. Smith, Y. Moodley, G. Luikart, C. Birss, A.M. Van Wyk, J.P. Grobler, and D.L. Dalton. 2019. Lessons for conservation management: Monitoring temporal changes in genetic diversity of Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra). PloS one 14 (7), e0220331
Haines, M.L., G. Luikart, S.J. Amish, *S. Smith, and E.K. Latch. 2019. Evidence for adaptive introgression of exons across a hybrid swarm in deer. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19:199- . doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1497-x 
Sepulveda, A., S.A. Amish. *J. Schabacker, *D. Miller, and G. Luikart.  2019.  Improved detection of rare, endangered and invasive trout in using a new large-volume sampling method for eDNA capture. Environmental DNA, 1: 227–237.  DOI: 10.1002/edn3.23
Grummer, J., L.B. Beheregaray, L. Bernatchez, B.K. Hand, G. Luikart, S.R. Narum, and E.B. Taylor. 
2019. Aquatic landscape genomics and environmental effects on genetic variation. 
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34:641-654.
Hand, B.K., C.G. Flint, C. Frissell, C.C. Muhlfeld, S. Devlin, B. Kennedy, R. Crabtree, A. McKee, G. 
Luikart, and J.A. Stanford.  2019. Challenges in Columbia River fisheries conservation.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 17: 11-13. doi:10.1002/fee.1990
^Hendricks, S., E. Anderson, T. Antao, L. Bernatchez, B. Forester, *B.A. Garner, B. Hand, P. 
Hohenlohe, M. Kardos, L.B. Koop, R. Waples, and G. Luikart.  2018.  Recent advances in 
population genomics data analysis:  Improving bioinformatics and computational approaches. 
Evolutionary Applications, 11:1197–1211.  doi.org/10.1111/eva.12659
Hand, B.K., C.G. Flint, C. Frissell, C.C. Muhlfeld, S. Devlin, B. Kennedy, R. Crabtree, A. McKee, G. 
Luikart, and J.A. Stanford.  2018. Social-ecological systems approach for riverscape sustainability in the Columbia River Basin. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, S23-S33. doi.org/10.1002/fee.1752
Amish, S.J., ^A.O. Ali, M. Peacock, M. Miller, M. Robinson, *S. Smith, G. Luikart, and H. Neville. 2018. Assessing thermal adaptation using family-based association and FST-outlier tests in a threatened trout.  Molecular Ecology, 28:2573-2593.
^Cross, P.R., B.N. Sacks, G. Luikart, M.K. Schwartz, K.W. Van Etten, and R.L. Crabtree.  2018. Red fox ancestry and connectivity assessments reveal minimal fur farm introgression in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Journal of Fisheries and Wildlife Management, 9:519-30.  DOI: 10.3996/092017-JFWM-073
**Kardos, M., G. Luikart, and F.W. Allendorf. 2018.  Predicting the evolutionary effects of hunting 
requires an understanding of genetics. Journal of Wildlife Management and Wildlife Monographs. 82: 889-891. doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21475
^Harrisson, K.A., S. Amish, A. Pavlova, S. Narum, M. Telonis-Scott, M.L. Rourke, J. Lyon, Z. Tonkin, 
D. Gilligan, B. Ingram, M. Lintermans, H.M. Gan, C.M. Austin, G. Luikart, and P. Sunnucks.  2017. Signatures of polygenic adaptation associated with climate across the range of an Australian freshwater fish species.  Molecular Ecology, 28: 6253-6269.  DOI: 10.1111/mec.14368  
^Hotaling, S., C.C. Muhlfeld, J.J. Giersch, ^O.A. Ali, S. Jordan, M.R. Miller, G. Luikart, and D.W. 
Weisrock.  2018. Demographic modelling reveals a history of divergence with gene flow for a glacially tied stonefly in a changing post-Pleistocene landscape. J of Biogeography, 45: 304-317.   DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13125.
Kovach, R., C.C. Muhlfeld, R. Al-Chokhachy, S.J. Amish, J.L. Kershner, R.F. Leary, W.H. Lowe, G. Luikart, P. Matson, D.A. Schmetterling, B.B. Shepard, P.A.H. Westley, D. Whited, A. Whiteley, and F.W. Allendorf. 2017.  No evidence for ecological segregation protecting native trout from invasive hybridization. Global Change Biology, e11-12.  DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13825
Muhlfeld C.C., R.P. Kovach, R. Al-Chokhachy, S.J. Amish, J.L. Kershner, R.F. Leary, W.H. Lowe, 
G. Luikart, P. Matson, D.A. Schmetterling, B.B. Shepard, P.A.H. Westley, D. Whited, A. Whiteley, and F.W. Allendorf.  2017. Legacy introductions and climatic variation explain spatiotemporal patterns of invasive hybridization in a native trout. Global Change Biology, 23: 4663-4674. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13681
**Kovach, R., B.K. Hand, P. Hohenlohe, T. Cosart, M. Boyer, H. Neville, C. Muhlfeld, S. Amish, K. 
Carim, S. Narum, W. Lowe, F.W. Allendorf, and G. Luikart. 2016.  Vive la résistance: genome-wide selection against introduced alleles in invasive hybrid zones of trout. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 283: 4663-4674.
Wade A.A., B.K. Hand, **R.P. Kovach, C.C. Mulhfeld, R. Waples, and G. Luikart.  2017.  Assessments of species’ vulnerability to climate change: from pseudo to science. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26: 223–229.
^Rezaeia, H.R., G. Luikart, et al. 2016.  Corrigendum to “Evolution and taxonomy of the wild species of the genus Ovis (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Bovidae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 54:315–326.
^Ackerman, M.W., B.K. Hand, R.K. Waples, G. Luikart, R.S. Waples, C. Steele, *B.A. Garner, J. McCane, N. Vu, and M. Campbell. 2017.  Effective number of breeders estimated from sibship reconstruction: empirical evaluations using hatchery steelhead. Evolutionary Applications, 10: 146–160.
*O’Brien, M.P., A. Beja-Pereira, N. Anderson, R.M. Ceballos, H. Edwards, B. Harris, R. Wallen, and G. 
Luikart. 2017.  Brucellosis transmission among wildlife and livestock in the Greater 
Yellowstone Ecosystem: Inferences from DNA genotyping. J. of Wildlife Diseases, 53:339-343.
**Kardos, M., H. Taylor, H. Ellegren, G. Luikart, and F.W. Allendorf. 2016. Genomics advances the 
study of inbreeding depression in the wild, Evolutionary Applications, 9:1205-1218.
Wade, A.A., B.K. Hand, C.C. Muhlfeld, **R.P. Kovach, D.C. Whited, J. Kimball, and G. Luikart. 2016. Accounting for adaptive capacity and uncertainty in species’ climate change vulnerability assessments. Conservation Biology, 31: 136-149.  DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12764
Muhlfeld, C.C., V.S. D’Angelo, C. Downs, J. Powel, A. Amish, G. Luikart, **R. Kovach M. Boyer, and 
	S. Kalinowski. 2016. Genetic status and conservation of westslope cutthroat trout in Glacier 
National Park. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 145: 1093-1109.
^Benestan, L., ^A.L. Ferchaud P. Hohenlohe, *B.A. Garner, G. Naylor, I. Baums, M.K. Schwartz, J. 
Kelley, and G. Luikart. 2016. Conservation genomics of natural and managed populations: 
building a conceptual and practical framework for genomicist. Molecular Ecology 25:2967-77. 
doi: 10.1111/mec.13647.
*Della Croce, P.P., G.C. Poole, and G. Luikart.  2016. Simplifying assumptions yield overconfidence in detecting and quantifying introgression in hybridized populations.  Molecular Ecology 
Resources, 16: 1287–1302.  DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12520
*Roffler, G.H., M.K. Schwartz, K. Pilgrim, S.L. Talbot, G.K. Sage, L.G. Adams, and G. Luikart. 2016.
	Identification of landscape features influencing gene flow: how useful are habitat 
selection models?  Evolutionary Applications, 9: 805–817.
Powell, J., S.J. Amish, G. Haynes, G. Luikart, and E. Latch.  2016.  Identifying SNPs and candidate genes associated with lineage divergence: use of next-generation targeted re-sequencing in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus).  Molecular Ecology Resources, 16:1165-1172
*Stetz, J.B., *S. Smith, M.A. Sawaya, A.B. Ramsey, S.J. Amish. M.K. Schwartz, and G. Luikart. 2016. Discovery of 20,000 RAD–SNPs and development of a 52-SNP array for monitoring river otters. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8: 299–302.  doi:10.1007/s12686-016-0558-3. 
*Roffler, G.H., S.J. Amish, *S. Smith, T. Cosart, *M. Kardos, M.K. Schwartz, and G. Luikart. 2016.  SNP discovery in candidate adaptive genes using exon capture in a free-ranging alpine ungulate. Molecular Ecology Resources, 16:1147–1164.
Jordan, S., J.J. Giersch, C.C. Muhlfeld, *S. Hotaling, L. Fanning, and G. Luikart.  2016. Loss of 
genetic diversity and increased subdivision in an endemic alpine stonefly threatened by climate change. PLOS ONE, e0157386. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157386.
Kamath, P.L., J.T. Foster, K.P. Drees, G. Luikart, C. Quance, N.J. Anderson, P.R. Clarke, E.K. Cole, 
M.L. Drew, W.H. Edwards, J.C. Rhyan, J.J. Treanor, R.L. Wallen, P.J. White, S. Robbe-Austerman, and P.C. Cross.  2016. Genomics reveals historic and contemporary transmission dynamics of a bacterial disease among wildlife and livestock. Nature Communications, 7:11448.
Hand, B.K., C.C. Muhlfeld, A.A. Wade, R.P. Kovach, D.C. Whited, S.R. Narum, A.P. Matala, M.W. 
Ackerman, *B.A. Garner, J.S. Kimball. J.A. Stanford, and G. Luikart. 2016. Climate variables 
explain neutral and adaptive variation within salmonid metapopulations: the importance of replication in landscape genetics.  Molecular Ecology, 25:689–705.
*Ali, O.A., S.M. O'Rourke, S.J. Amish, M.H. Meek, G. Luikart, C. Jefferys, and M.R. Miller. 2016.  
RAD Capture (Rapture): Flexible and efficient sequence-based genotyping. BioRxiv preprint doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/028837.  Genetics, 202:389–400.
Andrews, K.R., P.A. Hohenlohe, M.R. Miller, J. Good, and G. Luikart.  2016. Harnessing the power of RADseq for ecological and evolutionary genomics.  Invited review, Nature Review Genetics, 17:81–92. 
Kamath, P.L., M.A. Haroldson, G. Luikart, D. Paetkau, C. Whitman, and F.T. van Manen. 2015.  Multiple estimates of effective population size for monitoring a long-lived vertebrate: an application to Yellowstone grizzly bears. Molecular Ecology, 24:5507–5521.
*Garner, B.A, B.K. Hand, *B. Addis, S.J. Amish, L. Bernatchez, J.T. Foster, K.M. Miller, P.A. Morin, S.R. Narum, S.J. O’Brien, *G. Roffler, J. Seeb, L. Seeb, W.D. Templin, P. Sunnucks, *J. Strait, K.I. Warheit, T.R. Seamons, J. Wenburg, J. Olsen, and G. Luikart.  2016. Genomics in conservation: case studies for bridging the gap between data and application.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31:81–83.
Kovach, R.P., G. Luikart, W.H. Lowe, M.C. Boyer, and C.C. Muhlfeld. 2016. Human-enabled interspecific hybridization for climate adaptation is risky and unlikely to work: reply to Hamilton and Miller.  Conservation Biology, 20:428-430.
Scribner K.T., W. Lowe, E. Landguth, G. Luikart, D. Infante, G. Whelan, and C. Muhlfeld.  2016. Applications of genetic data to improve management and conservation of river fishes and their habitats. Fisheries, 41: 174-188.
^Kovach, R., C.C. Muhlfeld, B.K. Hand, D. Whited, A.A. Wade, P.W. DeHaan, R. Al-Chokhachy, and G. Luikart.  2015.  Climatic and habitat variation is related to genetic diversity in bull trout: implications for vulnerability to climate change.  Global Change Biology, 21: 2510–2524.  doi: 10.1111/gcb.12850
Hand, B.K., W.H. Lowe, R.P. ^Kovach, C.C. Muhlfeld, and G. Luikart.  2015. Landscape community genomics: understanding eco-evolutionary processes in complex environments. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30:161–168.
Hand, B.K., T.D. Hether, R.P. Kovach, C.C. Muhlfeld, S.J. Amish, M.C. Boyer, S.M. O’Rourke, M.R. Miller, W.H. Lowe, P.A. Hohenlohe, and G. Luikart.  2015.  Genomics of introgression: discovery and mapping of thousands of species-diagnostic SNPs using RAD sequencing in trout. Invited paper for a special edition on hybridization, Current Zoology, 61: 146–154.
Kovach, R., C.C. Muhlfeld, M.C. Boyer, W. Lowe, F.W. Allendorf, and G.  Luikart et al.  2015. Dispersal and selection mediate hybridization between a native and invasive species.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2454.
*Kardos, M., G. Luikart, R. Bunch, S. Dewey, W. Edwards, S. McWilliam, J. Stephenson, F.W. Allendorf, J.T. Hogg, and J. Kijas.  2015. Genome sequencing reveals selective sweeps for horn size and other traits in bighorn sheep.  Molecular Ecology, 24: 5616–5632.  
Schoenecker, K.A., M.K. Watry, L.E. Ellison, M.K. Schwartz, and G. Luikart. 2015. Estimating
bighorn sheep abundance using noninvasive sampling at a mineral lick within a national park wilderness area. Western North American Naturalist, 75: 181–191.
Muhlfeld C.C., R.P. Kovach, *L.A. Jones, M.C. Boyer, R.F. Leary, W.H. Lowe, G. Luikart, and F.W. Allendorf.  2014. Invasive hybridization in a threatened species is accelerated by climate change. Nature Climate Change, 4:620-624.  DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2252.	
Landguth, E.L., C.C. Muhlfeld, R.S. Waples, *L.A. Jones, W.H. Lowe, D. Whited, J. Lucotch, H.
Neville, and G. Luikart.  2014.  Combining demographic and genetic factors to assess population vulnerability in-stream species.  Ecological Applications, 24: 1505–1524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/13-0499.1.
Andrews, K.R., P.A. Hohenlohe, M.R. Miller, *B.K. Hand, J.E. Seeb, and G. Luikart. 2014. Trade-offs and utility of alternative RADseq methods. Molecular Ecology, 23:1661–1667.  doi: 10.1111/mec.12964.
*Kardos, M., G. Luikart, and F.W. Allendorf.  2014. Measuring individual inbreeding in the age of genomics: marker-based measures are better than pedigrees. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14:519-30. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.  
Giersch, J.J., S. Jordan, G. Luikart, *L.A. Jones, F.R. Hauer, and C.C. Muhlfeld.  2014.  Range contraction of a rare alpine stonefly, Zapada glacier, under climate change.  Freshwater Science, 34: 53-65.  DOI: 10.1086/679490
Andrews, K.R., and G. Luikart. 2014. Recent novel approaches for population genomics data analysis. Molecular Ecology, 23:1661-7. doi: 10.1111/mec.12686.
Waples, R.A., T. Antao, and G. Luikart.  2014. Effects of overlapping generations on linkage 
disequilibrium estimates of effective population size.  Genetics, 197: 769–780.  
*Cosart, T., A. Beja-Pereira, and G. Luikart.  2014. ExonSampler: A computer program for genome-wide sequence sampling to facilitate new-generation sequencing. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14:1296-301. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12267.
Benavides, J.A., P.C. Cross, S. Creel, and G. Luikart.  2014. Limitations to estimating bacterial cross-species transmission using genetic and genomic markers: inferences from simulation modeling. Evolutionary Applications, DOI: 10.1111/eva.12173. 
*Roffler, G.H., S.L. Talbot, G. Luikart, G.K. Sage, K.L. Pilgrim, L.G. Adams, and M.K. Schwartz.  2014. Lack of sex-biased dispersal promotes fine-scale genetic structure in alpine ungulates.  Conservation Genetics, DOI 10.1007/s10592-014-0583-2.
*Hand, B.K., S. Chen, N. Anderson, A. Beja-Pereira, P. Cross, M. Ebinger, H. Edwards, B. Garrett, M. Kardos, H. Edwards, M. Kauffman, E.L. Landguth, A. Middleton, B. Scurlock, P.J. White, P. Zager, M. Schwartz, and G. Luikart.  2013. Sex-biased gene flow among elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 5:124-132. http://dx.doi.org/10.3996/022012-JFWM-017
Lane-deGraaf, K.E., S.J. Amish, *F. Gardipee, A. Jolles, G. Luikart, and V.O. Ezenwa. 2015. 
Signatures of natural and unnatural selection: evidence from an immune system gene in African buffalo.  Conservation Genetics, 16:289–300.  DOI 10.1007/s10592-014-0658-0
*Kardos, M., G. Luikart, and F.W. Allendorf.  2014.  Evaluating the role of inbreeding depression in 
heterozygosity-fitness correlation: how useful are tests of identity disequilibrium?  Molecular Ecology Resources, 14:519-530.
Colli, L., S. Joost, R. Negrini, L. Nicoloso, P. Crepald, P. Ajmone-Marsan, and ECONOGENE Consortium. 2014. Assessing the spatial dependence of adaptive loci in 43 European and Western Asian goat breeds using AFLP markers.  PLoS One, 9:e86668. 
Hohenlohe, P.A., M.D. Day, S.J. Amish, M.R. Miller, *N. Kamps-Hughes, M.C. Boyer, C.C. Muhlfeld, F.W. Allendorf, E.A. Johnson, and G. Luikart.  2013. Genomic patterns of introgression in rainbow and westslope cutthroat trout illuminated by overlapping paired-end RAD sequencing.  Invited paper on next generation sequencing. Molecular Ecology, 22:3002–3013.
Waples, R.A., G. Luikart, D.A. Tallmon, and J. Faulkner.  2013.  Simple life history traits explain key effective population size ratios across diverse taxa.  Proceedings of Royal Society B.  280: 20131339 doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1339.
Cross, P.C., E. Maichak, *A. Brennan, M.R. Ebinger, B.M. Scurlock, J. Henningsen, and G. Luikart.  2013. An ecological perspective on the changing face of Brucella abortus in the western United States.  Invited review, OIE Revue Scientifique. 32:79-87.
Campbell, N.R., S.J. Amish, V. Pritchard, K. McKelvey, M. Young, M.K. Schwartz, J.C. Garza, G. Luikart, and S. Narum.  2012.  Development and evaluation of 200 novel SNP assays for population genetic studies of westslope cutthroat trout and genetic identification of related taxa. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12:942-9.
Amish, S.J., P.A. Hohenlohe, R.F. Leary, C. Muhlfeld, F.W. Allendorf, and G. Luikart.  2012.  Next-generation RAD sequencing to develop species-diagnostic SNPs chips:  An example from westslope cutthroat and rainbow trout.  Molecular Ecology Resources. 12:653–660.  doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03157.x
Pérez-Figueroa, A., R. Wallen, T. Antao, *J. Coombs, M.K. Schwartz, P.J. White and G. Luikart.  2012.  Conserving genetic variability in large mammals:  Effect of population fluctuations and variance in male reproductive success on genome-wide variation in Yellowstone bison.  Biological Conservation, 50:159-166.
*See W., H. Edwards, *C. Almendra, *M. Kardos, J. Lowell, R. Wallen, S. Cain, B. Holben, and G. Luikart.  2012.  Yersinia enterocolitica: an unlikely cause of positive brucellosis tests in greater Yellowstone ecosystem bison.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 3:537-41.
Landguth, E.L., C.C. Muhlfeld, and G. Luikart.  2011.  CDFISH: an individual-based, spatially-explicit, landscape genetics simulator for aquatic species in complex riverscapes.  Conservation Genetics Resources, 4:133–136.
Ferreira, A.C., *C. Almendra, R. Cardoso, M.S. Pereira, A. Beja-Pereira, G. Luikart, and M.I.C. de Sá.  2012. Development and evaluation of a selective medium for improved isolation of Brucella suis. Research in Veterinary Science, 93:565-567.
*Cosart, T., A. Beja-Pereira, S. Chen, J. Shendure, and G. Luikart.  2011.  Exome-wide DNA capture and next generation sequencing in domestic and wild species.  BMC Genomics, 12:347-355.
Muhlfeld, C.C. J.J. Giersch, F.R Hauer, G.T. Pederson, G. Luikart, D.P. Peterson, C.C. Downs, and D.B. Fagre.  2011.  Climate change links fate of glaciers and a rare alpine invertebrate. Climate Change Letters, 106:327-345.
Luikart, G., S.J. Amish, J. Winnie, R. Godinho, A. Beja-Pereira, F.W. Allendorf, and R.B. Harris.  2011. High connectivity among Argali from Afghanistan and adjacent countries: Assessment using neutral and candidate gene microsatellites.  Conservation Genetics, 12:921-931.
Hohenlohe, P., Amish, S.J., J. Catchen, F.W. Allendorf, and G. Luikart.  2011. RAD sequencing identifies thousands of SNPs for assessing hybridization in rainbow and westslope cutthroat trout.  Invited paper, Molecular Ecology Resources, 11:117–122.
*Johnson, H.E., L.S. Mills, J.D. Wehausen, T.R. Stephenson, and G. Luikart.  2011.  Translating effects of inbreeding depression on component vital rates to overall population growth in endangered bighorn sheep.  Conservation Biology, 25:1240-1249.
*Short Bull, R.A, R. Mace, S.A. Cushman, *E.L Landguth, T. Chilton, K. Kendall, M.K. Schwartz, K.S. McKelvey, F.W. Allendorf, and G. Luikart.  2011.  Why replication is important in landscape genetics: Case of the American black bear in the Rocky Mountains.  Molecular Ecology, 6: 1092–1107.
Allendorf, F.W., P. Hohenlohe, and G. Luikart.  2010. Genomics and the future of conservation.  Invited Review, Nature Reviews Genetics, 11:697-709.
*Antao, T., A. Pérez-Figueroa, and G. Luikart.  2010.  Detecting population declines: High power of genetic monitoring using effective population size estimators.  Evolutionary Applications, 4:144–154.
*Landguth, E.L., S.A. Cushman, M. Murphy, and G. Luikart.  2010.  Quantifying landscape connectivity: Assessing lag time until barrier signals are detectable.  Molecular Ecology Resources, 19:4179–4191.
England, P.R., G. Luikart, and R.S. Waples.  2010. Early detection of population fragmentation using linkage disequilibrium estimation of effective population size.  Conservation Genetics, 11:2425–2430.
Landguth, E.L., S.A. Cushman, M.K. Schwartz, K.S. McKelvey, M. Murphy, and G. Luikart.  2010.  Relationships between migration rates and landscape resistance assessed using individual-based simulations.  Molecular Ecology Resources, 10:854-862.
Luikart, G., N. Ryman, D.A. Tallmon, M.K. Schwartz, and F.W. Allendorf.  2010.  Estimating census and effective population sizes:  Increasing usefulness of genetic methods.  Invited Review, Conservation Genetics, 11: 355-373.
Ezenwa V.O., R.S. Etienne, G. Luikart, A. Beja-Pereira, *F. Gardipee, and A. E. Jolles.  2010. Hidden consequences of living in a wormy world: nematode-induced immune-suppression facilitates tuberculosis invasion in African buffalo.  American Naturalist, 176:613–624.
Harris, R.B., J. Winnie, JR., S.J. Amish, A. Beja-Pereira, R. Godinho, and G. Luikart.  2010. Population estimation of argali (Ovis ammon) in the Afghan Pamir using capture-recapture modeling from fecal DNA.  Journal of Wildlife Management, 74:668–677.
Cross, P.C., E.K. Cole, A.P. Dobson, W.H. Edwards, K.L. Hamlin, G. Luikart, A. Middleton, B.M. Scurlock, and P.J. White.  2010. Probable causes of increasing elk brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 20:278-288. 
Haussler, D. et al. 2009. Genome 10K: A proposal to obtain whole-genome sequence for 10,000 vertebrate species. Journal of Heredity. 100:659-674.
*Gebremedhin, B., G.F. Ficetola, *S. Naderi, *H.-R. Rezaei, *C. Maudet, D. Rioux, G. Luikart, Ø. Flagstad, W. Thuiller, and P. Taberlet.  2009.  Frontiers in identifying conservation units: from neutral markers to adaptive genetic variation. Invited commentary, Animal Conservation, 12:107-109.
Archie, E.A., G. Luikart, and V. Ezenwa.  2009.  Infecting epidemiology with genetics: A new frontier in disease ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 24:21-30.  
Beja-Pereira, A., *R. Oliviera, P.C. Alves, M.K. Schwartz, and G. Luikart.  2009.  Advancing ecological understanding through technological transformations in noninvasive genetics. Invited Review, Molecular Ecology Resources, 9:1279-1301.
Beja-Pereira, A., B.J. Bricker, S. Chen, *C. Almendra, P.J. White, and G. Luikart.  2009. DNA genotyping suggests recent brucellosis outbreaks near Yellowstone National Park originate from elk. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 45:1174-1177.
*Oliveira, R., D. Castro, R. Godinho, G. Luikart, and P. C. Alves.  2009. Species identification using analysis of a nuclear gene: application to sympatric wild carnivores of Southwest Europe. Conservation Genetics, 11:1023-1032.
Chen, A. et al. 2009.  Zebu cattle are an exclusive legacy of the South Asia Neolithic.  Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27:1-6.
*Gebremedhin, B., *S. Naderi, *H-R. Rezaei, *C. Maudet, G.F. Ficetola, D. Rioux, G. Luikart, Ø. Flagstad, W. Thuiller, and P. Taberlet.  2009. Conservation status of the critically endangered Walia ibex (Capra walie): evidence from genetic data and environmental parameters.  Animal Conservation, 12:89-100.
Pariset, L., A. Cuteri, C. Ligda, P. Ajmone-Marsan, A. Valentini, and the Econogene Consortium.
2009. Geographical patterning of sixteen goat breeds from Italy, Albania and Greece assessed by Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms.  BMC Ecology, 9:20 (doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-9-20).
Pariset L., S. Joost, P.A. Marsan, A. Valentini, and the Econogene Consortium.  2009.  Landscape genomics and biased FST approaches reveal single nucleotide polymorphisms under selection in goat breeds of North-East Mediterranean.  BMC Genetics, 10:7 (doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-10-7).
*Da Silva, A., J.-M. Gaillard, N.G. Yoccoz, A.J.M. Hewison, M. Galan, T. Coulson, D. Allainé, *L. Vial, D. Delorme, G. Van Laere, F. Klein, and G. Luikart.  2009.  Heterozygosity-fitness correlations revealed by neutral and candidate gene markers in roe deer from a long-term study.  Evolution, 63:403-417.
Luikart, G., K. Pilgrim, J. Visty, V.O. Ezenwa, and M.K. Schwartz.  2008.  Candidate gene microsatellite variation is associated with parasitism in wild bighorn sheep.  Biology Letters, 4:228-231.
*Antao, T., A. Lopes, R.J. Lopes, A. Beja-Pereira, and G. Luikart.  2008. LOSITAN: A workbench to detect molecular adaptation based on an Fst-outlier method.  BMC Bioinformatics,  9:323.
*Almendra, C., *T.L. Silva, A. Beja-Pereira, A.C. Ferreira, L. Ferrão-Beck, M. I. Sá, B.J. Bricker, and G. Luikart.  2008. “HOOF-Print” VNTR genotyping and haplotype inference discriminates among Brucella spp isolates. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 9:104-107.
Allendorf, F.W., P.R. England, G. Luikart, G.A. Ritchie, and N. Ryman.  2008.  Genetic effects of harvest on wild animal populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 6:327-337.
Luikart, G., S., Zundel, D. Rioux, C. Miquel, K.A. Keating, J. T. Hogg, B. Steele, K. Foresman, and P. Taberlet.  2008.  Low genotyping error rates for microsatellite multiplexes and noninvasive fecal DNA samples from bighorn sheep. Journal of Wildlife Management, 72:299-304.
Tallmon, D., A. Koyuk, G. Luikart, and M. Beaumont.  2008.  OneSamp: a program to estimate effective population size using approximate Bayesian computation.  Molecular Ecology Resources, 8:299-301.
Chen, S., *V. Costa, V., M. Azevedo, G. Luikart, and A. Beja-Pereira.  2008.  New alleles of the bovine kappa-casein gene revealed by re-sequencing and haplotype inference analysis. J. Dairy Science, 91:3682-3686.
Manel, S., F. Berthoud, *E. Bellemain, M. Gaudeul, G. Luikart, J.E. Swenson, L.P. Waits, and P. Taberlet.  2007.  A new individual-based spatial approach for identifying genetic discontinuities in natural populations: example application in brown bears.  Molecular Ecology, 16:2031-2043.
*Antao, T.,  A. Beja-Pereira, and G. Luikart.  2007.  modeler4simcoal2: A user-friendly, extensible modeler of demography and linked loci for coalescent simulations. Bioinformatics, 23:1848-50.
Schwartz, M.K., G. Luikart, and R.S. Waples.  2007.  Genetic monitoring as a promising tool for conservation and management. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22:25-33.
*von Hardenberg, A., B. Bassano, M. Festa-Bianchet, G. Luikart, P. Lanfranchi, and D. Coltman.  2007. Age-dependent genetic effects on a secondary sexual trait in male Alpine ibex Capra ibex.  Molecular Ecology, 16:1969–1980.
England, J-M. Cornuet, *P. Berthier, D.A. Tallmon and G. Luikart.  2006. Estimating effective
population size from linkage disequilibrium: severe bias using small samples.  Conservation Genetics, 7:303-308.
Hogg, J.T., S.H. Forbes, B.M. Steele, and G. Luikart.  2006.  Genetic rescue of an insular population of large mammals.  Proceedings of the Royal Society, 273:1491-1499.
Jordan, S., C. Miquel, P. Taberlet, and G. Luikart.  2006. Sequencing primers and SNPs for five rapidly evolving reproductive loci in endangered ibex and their kin (Bovidae, Capra spp.), Molecular Ecology Notes, 6:776-779.
Liu, Y-P., G-S. Wu, Y-G. Yao, Y-W Miao, G. Luikart, *M. Baig, A. Beja-Pereira, Z-L. Ding, M G. 
Palanichamy, and Y-P. Zhang.  2006.  Multiple maternal origins of chickens: Out of the Asian jungles.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38:12-19.
Beja-Pereira, A., G. Luikart et al.  2006. Genetic evidence for multiple origins of European cattle in Near-East, Africa, and Europe.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 103:8113-8118.
*Valière, N., C. Bonenfant, C. Toïgo, G. Luikart, J-M. Gaillard, and F. Klein.  2006.  Importance of a pilot study for non-invasive genetic sampling: genotyping errors and population size estimation in red deer. 	, 
Fernández, H., G. Hodgins, C. Miquel, C. Hänni, G. Luikart, and P. Taberlet.  2006.  Divergent mtDNA lineages of goats in an early Neolithic site, far from the initial domestication areas.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 103:15375-15379. 
*Da Silva, A., G. Luikart, N.G. Yoccoz, A. Cohas, and D. Allainé.  2005. Genetic diversity-fitness 
correlation revealed by microsatellite analyses in European Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota).  Conservation Genetics, 7:371-382.
Fernández, H., P. Taberlet, M. Mashkour, J.-D. Vigne, and G. Luikart.  2005. Assessing the origin and 
diffusion of domestic goats using ancient DNA. In: The first steps of animal domestication: New archaeozoological approaches (Proceedings of the ICAZ Conference, Durham 2002). Pp. 50-54. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 
Beja-Pereira, A., P.R. England, N. Ferrand, A. Bakheit, M.A. Abdalla, M. Mashkour, J. Jordana, P. 
Taberlet, and G. Luikart.  2004.  African origins of the domestic donkey.  Science, 304:1781.
Morin, P.A., G. Luikart, R.K. Wayne, and SNP-workshop group.  2004. Applications of single 
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ecology, evolution, and conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 19:208-216.
Tallmon, D., G. Luikart, and M.A. Beaumont.  2004. Comparative evaluation of a new effective 
population size estimator based on approximate Bayesian summary statistics.  Genetics, 167: 977-988.
Tallmon, D.A., G. Luikart, and R.S. Waples.  2004. The alluring simplicity and complex reality of 
genetic rescue. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 19:489-496. 
Schonhuth, S., G. Luikart, and I. Doadrio.  2004. Effects of a founder event and supplementary 
introductions on genetic variation in a captive breeding population of the endangered Spanish 
Killifish (Aphanius iberus).  Journal of Fish Biology, 63, 1538-1551.
*Maudet, C., G. Luikart, D. Dubray, *A. Von Hardenberg, and P. Taberlet.  2004. Low genotyping 
error rates in ungulate feces sampled in winter. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4:772-775.
Beja-Pereira, A., P.R. England, N. Ferrand, A. Bakhiet, M.A. Abdalla, M. Mashkour, J. Jordana, S. Jordan, P. Taberlet, and G. Luikart.  2004.  Twenty polymorphic microsatellites in two of the most threatened ungulates: Gazella dorcas and Ammotragus lervia (Bovidae, Artiodactlya).  Molecular Ecology Notes, 4:452-455.  
*Jann, O.C., E.M. Prinzenberg, G. Luikart, A. Caroli, and G. Erhardt.  2004. High polymorphism
            in the [kappa]-casein (CSN3) gene from wild and domestic caprine species revealed by DNA                 
            sequencing. J. Dairy Science, 71:188-195.
*Maudet, C., *A. Beja-Pereira, *E. Zeyl, *H. Nagash, *D. Özüt, M-P Biju-Duval, *S. Boolormaa, A. 
Kence, P. Taberlet, and G. Luikart.  2004. A standard set of polymorphic microsatellites for 
threatened mountain ungulates (Caprini; Artiodactyla).  Molecular Ecology Notes, 4:49-55.
Manel, S., M. Schwartz, and G. Luikart, P. Taberlet. 2003.  Landscape Genetics: combining 
	landscape ecology and population genetics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18:189-197.
Luikart, G., P.R. England, D. Tallmon, S. Jordan, and P. Taberlet.  2003. The power and promise of population genomics: from genotyping to genome typing. Nature Reviews Genetics, 4:981-994.
*Vial, L., *Maudet C., and Luikart G.  2003. Thirty-four polymorphic microsatellites for European roe deer. 
	Molecular Ecology Notes, 3:523-525.
*Da Silva, A., Luikart G., D. Allainé, Gautier, P. Taberlet, and F. Pompanon.  2003. Isolation and 
characterization of microsatellites in European Alpine marmots, (Marmota marmota). Molecular Ecology Notes, 3:189-190.
Bruford, MW, D. Bradley, and G. Luikart.  2003. DNA markers reveal the complexity of livestock 
domestication. Nature Reviews Genetics, 4:900-910. 
*Beja-Pereira, A., G. Luikart, P.R. England, D.G. Bradley, *O.C. Jann, G. Bertorelle, A.T. 
Chamberlain, T.P. Nunes, S. Metodiev, N. Ferrand, and G. Erhardt.  2003. Gene-culture coevolution between cattle milk protein genes and human lactase genes. Nature Genetics, 35:311-313. 
*Maudet, C., C. Miller, B. Bassano, C. Breitenmoser-Würsten, D. Gauthier, G. Obexer-Ruff, J. 
Michallet, P. Taberlet, and G. Luikart.  2002.  Recent statistical genetic methods in wildlife 
conservation: applications in alpine ibex (Capra ibex [ibex]).  Molecular Ecology, 11:421-436.
Berthier, P., M. A. Beaumont, J-M. Cornuet, and G. Luikart.  2002.  Likelihood-based estimation of 
the effective population size using temporal changes in allele frequencies: a genealogical 
approach.  Genetics, 160:741-751.  
Manel, S., P. Berthier, and G. Luikart.  2002.  Detecting wildlife poaching: identifying the 
origin of individuals using Bayesian assignment tests and multi-locus genotypes.  
Conservation Biology, 16:650-657.
*Maudet, C., G. Luikart, and P. Taberlet.  2002. Genetic diversity and assignment tests among 
seven French cattle breeds based on microsatellite DNA analysis. J. Animal Sci, 80:942-50.
Waits, L, G. Luikart, and P. Taberlet.  2001.  Estimating the probability of identity among
genotypes in natural populations: cautions and guidelines. Molecular Ecology, 10:249-56.
Luikart, G., L. Gielly, L. Excoffier, J-D. Vigne, J. Bouvet, and P. Taberlet.  2001.  Multiple 
maternal origins and weak phylogeographic structure in domestic goats. Proceedings of the 
National Academy of Sciences, USA 98:5927-5930.  
*Maudet, C., G. Luikart, and P. Taberlet.  2001.  Development of microsatellite multiplexes for wild 
goats using primers designed from domestic Bovidae.  Genetics Selection and Evolution, 33:S193-S203 (Suppl. 1). 
Sih, A., B.G. Johnson, and G. Luikart.  2000.  Habitat loss: ecological, evolutionary and genetic 
	consequences. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15:132-34.
Ramey, R.R. II, G. Luikart, and F. Singer.  2000.  Genetic bottlenecks resulting from restoration 
efforts: the case of bighorn sheep in Badlands National Park.  Restoration Ecology, 8:85-90.
Luikart, G., J-M. Cornuet, and F.W. Allendorf.  1999. Temporal changes in allele frequencies provide 
	estimates of population bottleneck size.  Conservation Biology, 13:523-530.
Piry, S., G. Luikart, and J-M. Cornuet.  1999.  Bottleneck: A computer program for detecting recent reductions in effective population size from allele frequency data.  J. Heredity, 90:502-503.
Luikart, G. and J-M. Cornuet.  1999.  Estimating the effective number of breeders from
	heterozygote-excess in progeny.  Genetics, 151:1211-1216.
Luikart, G. and P.R. England.  1999.  Statistical analysis of microsatellite DNA data. Trends in
	Ecology and Evolution, 14:253-256.
Taberlet, P., L. Waits, and G. Luikart.  1999.  Non-invasive genetic sampling: look before you leap. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 14:323-327. 
Taberlet, P. and G. Luikart.  1999.  Non-invasive genetic sampling and individual identification.   	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68:41-55. 
Cornuet, J-M., S. Piry, and G. Luikart, A. Estoup, and M. Solignac. 1999.  New methods employing multilocus genotypes for selecting or excluding populations as origins of individuals. Genetics, 153:1989-2000.
Schwartz, M.K., D.A. Tallmon, and G. Luikart.  1999.  DNA-based methods for estimating 
population size: many methods, much potential, unknown utility.  Animal Conservation, 2:321-323. 
Luikart, G., M-P Bidju-Duval, O. Ertugrul, Y. Zagdsuren, C. Maudet, and P. Taberlet.  1999.  
Power of 22 microsatellite markers in fluorescent multiplexes for semi-automated parentage testing in goats (Capra hircus).  Animal Genetics, 30:31-38.
Taberlet, P. and G. Luikart.  1999.  Non-invasive genetic sampling and individual identification.   	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68:41-55. 
Luikart, G. and J-M. Cornuet.  1998.  Empirical evaluation of a test for detecting recent historical population bottlenecks.  Conservation Biology, 12:228-237.
Luikart, G., W. Sherwin, B. Steele, and F.W. Allendorf.  1998.  Usefulness of molecular markers for 
	detecting population bottlenecks via monitoring genetic change.  Molecular Ecology, 7:963-974. 
Luikart, G., J-M. Cornuet, F.W. Allendorf, and W.B. Sherwin.  1998.  Distortion of allele frequency distributions provides a test for recent population bottlenecks. J. Heredity, 89: 238-247.
Schwartz, M.K., D.A. Tallmon, and G. Luikart. 1998.  Review of DNA-based census and effective 
	population size estimators.  Animal Conservation, 1:293-299.  
Luikart, G., J. Painter, R. Crozier, and M. Westerman.  1997.  Characterization of microsatellite loci in the endangered long-footed potoroo, Potorous longipes.  Molecular Ecology, 6:497-498.   
Luikart, G., and F.W. Allendorf.  1996.  Mitochondrial DNA variation and genetic population structure in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.  Journal of Mammalogy, 77:123-131.
Cornuet, J-M. and G. Luikart.  1996.  Description and evaluation of two tests for detecting recent population bottlenecks from allele frequency data.  Genetics, 144:2001-2014.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS in review or revision: (*students, ^postdocs)

*Strait, J.T., R.P. Kovach, L.A. Eby, C.C. Muhlfeld, M.C. Boyer, S.J. Amish, P.M. Lukacs, W.H. Lowe, and G. Luikart. Invasive hybridization has variable effects on trout survival in contrasting environments. In revision for resubmission to American Naturalist.
*Strait, J.T. et al. Migration-associated locus discovered in a hybrid zone via genome-wide SNP analysis. In revision for resubmission to Molec Ecol Resources.
*Howard, L., C.B. van Rees, S. Carter, T. Cosart, J. Naudet, W. Daniel, M. Nielson, J. Kimball, B.K. Hand, G. Luikart.  Improving invasive Species Spread Predictions with Remotely-Sensing, Biotic Predictors, and Machine-Learning. In revision for resubmission.
*Smith, S.R., G. Luikart, K. Scribner. The genomic basis for ecomorphological variation in Lake Superior Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaychus). In revision for Molecular Ecology.

Grants and Contracts Awarded (SelectED): 
	
USGS-Water Resources Research Program:  Predicting Invasive Species Spread by Integrating Big Data on the Environment and Species-occurrence Using Machine-learning Modeling. Funded 2025-2026.  PI.  
USGS-Water Resources Research Program: Next-Generation Monitoring: Satellite Remote Sensing and eDNA Integration for Management of Aquatic Invasive Plants.  2025-2027. PI is from Oklahoma State U.  
MISC (Montana Invasive Species Council): Protecting Western Lakes by Validating Novel LAMP eDNA Testing for Earlier-detection of Invasive Zebra Mussels and Eurasian Milfoil. 2024-2026. PI.
NASA-ROSES:  Predicting the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species Using Remote Sensing, Genetics, and Climate Modeling. Pending.  PI. 2025-2028
Frankie-UM (University of Montana): Predicting Aquatic Invasive Species spread by combining remote sensing & eDNA metabarcoding. Co-PI.  2023-2025.
TU (Trout Unlimited Donor): Predicting invasive hybridization, genetic diversity, and connectivity among conservation populations of cutthroat trout. PI, Co-IJ. Grummer. 2024-2025.  
MT-FWP (Fish Wildlife & Parks):  Effects of hybridization on reproductive success in native trout. PI. 2024-2025.
Donor gift: Development and application of eDNA assay for invasive mystery snail. 2025

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES & OUTREACH:
	
•	Development of young scientists – I’ve mentored or co-mentored >50 undergrad and grad students (& published with >30), mentored >6 postdocs, and helped occasional high school students in research projects. With collaborators, we’ve mentored >25 university undergrads from Montana and nationwide working on aquatic ecology projects for >2-40 weeks per student since 2010. I guest teach primary or high school students about science, ecology, & conservation. 
•	Organizing courses - Population Genetic Data Analysis for advanced undergrads, graduate students, postdocs, faculty & government researchers; Portugal, 2006, 2008; Montana, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013-current; e.g. https://www.umt.edu/ces/conferences/congen/, and Rwanda 2023. Also: Workshops on invasive species detection with citizen scientists and biologists from US Forest Service, US Geological Survey, Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks, County Weed Districts.
•	Development of educational and fundraising videos (with B. Garner & collaborators) – on ”Conservation Genetics” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlaQnjibMq0; and ”Aquatic invasive species” prevention and eDNA detection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONXV2hhTp44&feature=youtu.be ; and citizen science “sampling trout” training video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymETcLLm5QY;  and on sampling wildlife to understand and control disease transmission http://vimeo.com/33527913; http://www.gyebrucellosis.net/index.php. See also Brittany Garner’s CV (videographer).
•	Advising managers, agencies & specialist groups (selected examples) – Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks; Hatcheries or wild salmon NGOs and law firms 2011-present; Swan Valley Trout Restoration Program; MFWP bighorn sheep biologists and action plan authors. IUCN Caprinae Specialists Group 2001–2014. IUCN Genetics Specialist Group. GEO BON Species - Populations working group.  
•	Formal exchange program agreements – Established between The University of Montana and The University of Porto, Portugal, 2007--2020; and Zoological Gardens of South Africa (SANBI) 2018-present; Obtained funding for students and faculty from Montana to travel to or collaborate with Portugal and South Africa. 
•	Reviewer (recent)– for the US National Science Foundation, Genome Canada, South African Science Foundation, several journals (e.g., Science, Nature Reviews Genetics, Trends in Ecology & Evolution) and natural resource agencies. Advisory board member for the Journal Environmental DNA. Subject Editor for Conservation Science and Practice. 
•	Co-Director of eDNA Lab – research and monitoring to advance environmental DNA science and biodiversity conservation (with L. Howard, FLBS - Univ. of Montana).