Sara Oyler-McCance - USGS

Trust Species & Habitats

Research Geneticist

Duty Station:
Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics
C/O Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Denver
Boettcher West, Room 14
Denver, Colorado 80208-0001

Phone: 303-871-7782
Fax: 303.871.3471
Email: soyler@du.edu

Current Research

• Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics
• Metapopulation Dynamics of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken in Southwestern Kansas
• Population Structure and Dynamics of the Midget Faded Rattlesnake
• Gender Identification of White-winged Doves
• Analysis of White-tailed Kite Population Bottleneck Using Museum Specimens
• Population Genetics of Wood Frogs in Rocky Mountain National Park
• Using DNA as an Individual Marker for Mark-Recapture Analysis of Gunnison Sage-Grouse
• Using Genetics Tools to Obtain Information about the Biology of Summer Roosting Bats
• Evaluation of Black Bear Population Structure in Colorado
• Degradation Rates of DNA Extracted from Fecal Samples for Use with Molecular Markers
• Assessing Family Relationships in Broad-tailed Hummingbird
• Effects of Climate Change on White-tailed Ptarmigan

Products

Publications

Total Records:24

• Population structure of Mountain Plover as determined using nuclear microsatellites
• When morphology matters most: Assessing the importance of morphological difference in grouse
• Climate change: The science of impacts
• Gender identification of white-winged doves
• Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated in Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
• A rangewide population genetic study of trumpeter swans
• A rangewide genetic comparison of trumpeter swans using mitochondrial and nuclear markers
• A population genetic survey of trumpeter swans across their range
• Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated in trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator)
• Rocky Mountain Center for Conservation Genetics and Systematics
• Conservation genetics in wildlife biology
• Population genetic analysis of Mountain Plover using mitochondrial DNA sequence data
• Population genetics of Gunnison sage-grouse: implications for management
• A multilocus population genetic survey of greater sage-grouse across their range
• Characterization of microsatellite loci isolated in midget-faded rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis concolor)
• Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centlocerus urophasianus)
• Evaluation of the eastern (Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus) and western (Centrocercus urophasianus phaios) subspecies of Sage-grouse using mitochondrial control-region sequence data
• Influence of changes in sagebrush on Gunnison sage grouse in Southwestern Colorado
• Modeling management and conservation strategies for Gunnison sage grouse in Colorado
• Occurrence of Greater Sage-Grouse X Sharp-tailed Grouse hybrids in Alberta
• A new species of sage-grouse (Phasianidae: Centrocercus) from southwestern Colorado
• A population genetic comparison of large and small-bodied sage grouse in Colorado using microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA markers
• Genetic and habitat factors underlying conservation strategies for Gunnison sage grouse
• A bird of a different feather: DNA research reveals new, yet familiar species