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Sara J. Oyler-McCance
Director,
Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics
Conservation Geneticist, U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science
Center
E-mail: soyler@du.edu
Tel. 303.871.7782
Education
Ph.D., Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University,
1999.
M.S., Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, 1993.
B.S., Biology, University of Michigan, 1991.
Research Interests
My research focuses on the application of molecular genetic techniques to conservation biology and wildlife management. In particular, our work comprises population genetics research, phylogenetic studies, analysis of mating systems using maternity and paternity analysis, and the use of molecular markers for mark/recapture studies. Ongoing research involves population genetics studies of Sage-Grouse, trumpeter swan, lesser prairie-chicken, midget-faded rattlesnake, white-tailed kite, and mountain plover. Additionally, we are using paternity analysis to study the lek mating system of Sage-Grouse. We are also investigating the use of DNA as an individual marker for mark /recapture studies in Sage-Grouse.
Publications
Oyler-McCance, S.J., F. A. Ransler, L. K. Berkman and T. W. Quinn. 2007 A Rangewide Population Genetic Study of Trumpeter Swans.Conservation Genetics 8: 1339-1353.
St John J., R.F. Kysela, and S.J. Oyler-McCance. 2007. Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated in Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus). Molecular Ecology Notes 7, 802-804.
St John J., F.A. Ransler, T.W. Quinn, and S.J. Oyler-McCance. 2006. Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated in trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator). Molecular Ecology Notes 6:1083-1085.
Oyler-McCance, S. J., S. E. Taylor, and T. W. Quinn. 2005. A Multilocus Population Genetic Survey of Greater Sage-Grouse Across Their Range. Molecular Ecology 14:1293-1310.
Oyler-McCance, S. J., J. St. John, S. E. Taylor, and T. W. Quinn. 2005. Population Genetics of Gunnison Sage-Grouse: Implications for Management. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(2): 630-637.
Oyler-McCance, S. J., J. St. John, F. L. Knopf, and T. W. Quinn. 2005. Population Genetic Analysis of Mountain Plover Using Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data. Condor 107:353-362.
Oyler-McCance, S. J., J. St. John, J. M. Parker, and S. H. Anderson. 2005. Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated in Midget-faded Rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis concolor). Molecular Ecology Notes 5:452-453.
Oyler-McCance, S. J. and P. L. Leberg. 2005. Conservation Genetics in Wildlife Management. Pages 632-657 in C. E. Braun, editor. Techniques for wildlife investigations and management. Sixth edition. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Taylor, S. E., S. J. Oyler-McCance, and T. W. Quinn. 2003. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Molecular Ecology Notes 3:262-264.
Benedict, N. B., S. J. Oyler-McCance, S. E. Taylor, C. E. Braun, and T. W. Quinn. 2003. Evaluation of the Eastern (Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus) and Western (Centrocercus urophasianus phaios) subspecies of Sage-Grouse using mitochondrial control-region sequence data. Conservation Genetics 4:301-310.
Oyler-McCance, S. J., K. P. Burnham, and C. E. Braun. 2001. Modeling management and conservation strategies for Gunnison sage grouse in Colorado. Pp. 305-307 in Wildlife, Land, and People: Priorities for the 21st Century, R. Field, R. Warren, H. Okarma, and P. Sievert (Editors). Proceedings of the Second International Wildlife Management Congress. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Aldridge, C. L., S. J. Oyler-McCance, and R. M. Brigham. 2001. Occurrence of Sage X Sharp-tailed Grouse hybrids in Alberta. The Condor 103:657-660.
Oyler-McCance, S. J., K. P. Burnham, and C. E. Braun. 2001. Quantifying changes in sagebrush habitat in southwestern Colorado: implications for Gunnison sage grouse. Southwest Naturalist 46:323-331.
Young, J. R., C. E. Braun, S. J. Oyler-McCance, J. W. Hupp, and T. W. Quinn. 2000. A new species of sage grouse (Phasianidae: Centrocercus) from southwestern Colorado, USA. Wilson Bulletin 112:445-453.
Oyler-McCance, S. J., N. W. Kahn, K. P. Burnham, C. E. Braun, and T. W. Quinn. 1999. A population genetic comparison of large and small-bodied sage grouse in Colorado using microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers. Molecular Ecology 8:1457-1466.
Oyler, S. J., C.E. Braun, and K. P. Burnham. 1997. Use of a habitat-based model to predict sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) occupancy of patches in southwestern Colorado. Wildlife Biology 3:282.