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Sandra L. Talbot

Title: Research Wildlife Geneticist
Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626
Phone: (907) 786-7188
Fax: (907) 786-7021
Email: stalbot@usgs.gov

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Education and/or Training

Ph.D.1999University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AKBiology
M.S.1985Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UTZoology
B.S.1981Brigham Young University, Provo, UTRange and Wildlife Management
BFAFine Arts University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Evolutionary and population genetics of circumpolar vertebrate and plant species, conservation biology of circumpolar wildlife species.

Professional Experience

1998 - PresentResearch Geneticist (Wildlife), USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1997Wildlife Geneticist, Self-employed contractor
1991 - 1994Research Fellow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
1991 - 1994Biological Technician, USFWS, Anchorage, Alaska
1990 -1991Teaching Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
1987 - 1989Biological Technician, USFWS, Anchorage, Alaska
1987Veterinary Assistant, Faith Veterinary Clinic, Eagle River, Alaska
1985 - 1986Wildlife Biologist, USFWS, Nowitna NWR, Galena, Alaska
1984 - 1985Research Associate, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
1981 - 1984Teaching Assistant, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1981 - 1984Editorial Assistant, Raptor research Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1978 - 1981Research Technician, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
1974 - 1977Morse Systems Operator, U.S. Air Force

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Present:
Society for the Study of Evolution
Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution
Society of Systematic Biologists
The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
The Audubon Society
Past:
The Raptor Research Foundation
The International Bear Association

Significant Recent Publications

Pearce, J. M., S. L. Talbot, B. J. Pierson, M. R. Petersen, K. T. Scribner, D. L. Dickson, and A. Mosbech. 2004. Lack of spatial genetic structure among nesting and wintering king eiders. Condor 106:229-240.

Talbot, S. L., J. M. Pearce, B. J. Pierson, D. V. Derksen, and K. T. Scribner. 2003. Molecular status of the Dusky Canada Goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis): A genetic assessment of a translocation effort. Conservation Genetics 4:367-381.

Scribner, K. T., S. L. Talbot, J. M. Pearce, B. J. Pierson, K. S. Bollinger, and D. V. Derksen. 2003. Phylogeography of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in western North America. Auk 120:889-907.

Schofield, W. B., S. S. Talbot, and S. L. Talbot. 2002. Bryophytes from Tuxedni Wilderness Area, Alaska. J. Hat. Bot. Lab. 92:91-123.

Talbot, S. L. and S. S. Talbot. 2002. A new population of Aleutian shield fern (Polystichum aleuticum C. Christens) on Adak Island. Am. Fern J. 92:71-76.

Talbot, S. S., S. L. Talbot, J. W. Thomson, F. J. A. Daniels, and W. B. Schofield. 2002. Lichens from Simeonof Wilderness, Shumagin Island, Southwestern Alaska. The Bryologist 105:111-121.

Scribner, K. T., M. R. Petersen, R. L. Fields, S. L . Talbot, J. M. Pearce, and R. K. Chesser. 2001. Sex-biased gene flow in Spectacled Eiders (Anatidae): infereces from molecular markers with contrasting modes of inheritance. Evolution. 55(10):2105-2115.

Talbot, S. S., S. L. Talbot, J. W. Thomson, and W. B. Schofield. 2001. Lichens from St. Matthew and St. Paul Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska. The Bryologist 104-47-58.

Talbot, S. L. 2001. Molecular population genetics and systematics of Alaskan brown bear (Ursus arctos L.). Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Pierson, B. J., J. M. Pearce, S. L. Talbot, G. F. Shields, and K. T. Scribner. 2000. Molecular genetic status of Aleutian Canada geese from Buldir and the Semidi Islands, Alaska. The Condor. 102:172-180.

Pearce, J. M., B. J. Pierson, S. L. Talbot, D. V. Derksen, D. Kraege, and K. T. Scribner. 2000. A genetic evaluation of morphology used to identify harvested Canada geese. Journal of Wildlife Management 64(3):863-874.

Talbot, S. S., S. L. Talbot, J. W. Thomson, and W. B. Schofield. 2000. Lichens of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, westernmost Alaska Peninsula. The Bryologist 103:379-389.

Lanctot, R. B., B. Goatcher, K. T. Scribner, S. L. Talbot, B. J. Pierson, D. Esler, and D. Zwiefelhofer. 1999. Harlequin duck recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill: a population genetics perspective. Auk 116:781-791.

Websites of Interest

Using genetic markers to determine population status and management strategies of mammals
Using genetic markers to determine population status and management strategies of migratory birds

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