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In the field of mammalian conservation genetics (in collaboration with the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust)...
  • Bowkett, A.E., Jones, T., Laizzer, R.L., Plowman, A.B. and Stevens, J.R. (in press) Can molecular data validate morphometric identification of faecal pellets in Tanzanian forest antelope species?  Conservation Genetics Resources (accepted 27/4/13).

  • Jones, T. and Bowkett A.E. (2012) New populations of an Endangered Tanzanian antelope confirmed using DNA and camera-traps. Oryx 46: 14-15


In the field of marine connectivity and MPA design...
  • E. V. Kennedy, C. T. Perry, P. R. Halloran, R. Iglesias-Prieto, C.H.L. Schönberg, M. Wisshak, A.U. Form, J.P. Carricart-Ganivet, M. Fine, C.M. Eakin, P.J. Mumby. Avoiding coral reef functional collapse requires local and global action. Current Biology, in press (accepted 9/5/13)
  • Holland, L.P., D.A. Dawson, G.J. Horsburgh and J.R. Stevens (in press) Isolation and characterization of eleven microsatellite loci from the ubiquitous temperate octocoral Alcyonium digitatum (Linnaeus, 1758). Conservation Genetics Resources (accepted 7/3/13).
  • Holland, L.P., Dawson, D.A., Horsburgh, G.J., Krupa, A.P. and Stevens, J.R. (in press) Isolation and characterization of fourteen microsatellite loci from the endangered octocoral Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766). Conservation Genetics Resources (accepted 25/3/13). 
  • Mumby, P.J. Elliott, I.A., Eakin, C.M., Skirving, W., Paris, C.B., Edwards, H.J., Enríquez, S., Iglesias-Prieto, R., Cherubin, L.M. and Stevens, J.R. (2011) Reserve design for uncertain responses of coral reefs to climate change. Ecology Letters, 14: 132–140.
  • Foster, N.L., Paris, C.B., Kool, J.T., Baums, I.B., Stevens, J.R. … & Mumby, P.J. (2012) Complementary insights into coral connectivity from empirical and modelled gene flow.  Molecular Ecology, 21: 1143–1157.

In the field of fish conservation genetics...
  • Finnegan, A.K., Griffiths, A.M., King, R.A., Machado-Schiaffino, G., Porcher, J.-P., Garcia-Vazquez, E., Bright, D. and Stevens J.R. (in press) Use of multiple markers demonstrates a cryptic western refugium and postglacial colonisation routes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in northwest Europe.  Heredity (accepted 20/2/13).
  • Söffker, M., Stevens, J.R. & Tyler, C.R. (2012) Comparative breeding and behavioral responses to ethinylestradiol exposure in wild and laboratory maintained zebrafish (Danio rerio) populations.  Environmental Science & Technology, 46: 11377−11383.
  • Ikediashi, C., Billington, S. and Stevens, J.R (2012) The origins of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) recolonizing the River Mersey in northwest England. Ecology and Evolution 2, 10: 2537-2548.  [Download PDF – OPEN ACCESS] 
  • Ellis, J.S., Gilbey, J. et al and Stevens, J.R. (2011) Microsatellite standardization and evaluation of genotyping error in a large multi-partner research programme for conservation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Genetica, 139: 353–367. 
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  • Horreo, J.L., Machado-Schiaffino, G., Ayllon, F., Griffiths, A.M., Bright, D., Stevens, J.R. and Garcia-Vazquez, E. (2011) Impact of climate change and human-mediated introgression on southern European Atlantic salmon populations.  Global Change Biology, 17: 1778–1787. [Download PDF]
  • Ellis, J.S., Sumner K.J., Griffiths, A.M., Bright, D.I. and Stevens, J.R. (2011) Population genetic structure of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in the River Tamar, southwest England.  Fisheries Management and Ecology, 18: 233–245.
  • Horreo, J.L., Machado-Schiaffino, G., Griffiths, A.M., Bright, D., Stevens, J.R. & Garcia-Vazquez, E. (2011) Atlantic salmon at risk: Apparent rapid declines in effective population size in southern European populations.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 140: 605–610.
  • Griffiths, A.M., Ellis, J.S., Clifton-Dey, D., Machado-Schiaffino, G., Bright, D., Garcia-Vazquez, E. & Stevens, J.R. (2011) Restoration versus recolonisation; the origin of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) currently in the River Thames.  Biological Conservation, 144: 2733–2738. [Download PDF]
  • Durrant, C.J., Stevens, J.R., Hogstrand, C. and Bury, N.R. (2011) The effect of metal pollution on the population genetic structure of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) residing in the River Hayle, Cornwall, UK.  Environmental Pollution, 159: 3595-3603. 


In the field of trypanosomiasis...

  • Hamilton, P. B. and Stevens, J.R. (2011) Resolving relationships between Australian trypanosomes using DNA barcoding data.  Trends in Parasitology, 27 (3): 99. 
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  • Leonard, G., Soanes, D.M. and Stevens J.R. (2011) Resolving the question of trypanosome monophyly: A comparative genomics approach using whole genome data sets with low taxon sampling.  Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 11: 955–959. 
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  • Hamilton, P.B. Cruickshank, C., Stevens, J.R. Teixeira, M.M.G. and Mathews, F. (2012) Parasites reveal movement of bats between New and Old Worlds.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63: 521–526. [View PDF]
  • Hamilton, P. B., Teixeira, M.M.G. and Stevens, J.R. (2012) The evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi – the ‘bat seeding’ hypothesis. Trends in Parasitology, 28 (4): 136–141. [View PDF]

In the field of entomology...

  • McDonagh, L.M. & Stevens, J.R. (2011) The molecular systematics of blowflies and screwworm flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) using 28S rRNA, COX1 and EF-1α: insights into the evolution of dipteran parasitism. Parasitology, 138: 1760–1777. [View PDF]

  • Morgan, E.R., Clare, E.L., Jefferies, R. & Stevens, J. R. (2012) Parasite epidemiology in a changing world: can molecular phylogeography help us tell the wood from the trees? Parasitology [Link to PDF]



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