Publications

PUBLICATIONS: (*denotes student)

Millikin, A.R, Coster, S.S., Welsh, A., and J.T. Anderson 2023. Pool age and local habitat are associated with effective number of breeders in spotted salamander populations colonizing created vernal pools. Diversity,15:1-17.  doi: 10.3390/d15020124.

Millikin, A.R, Davis, D.R., Brown, D.J., Woodley, S.K., Coster, S.S., Welsh, A., Kerby, J.L, and J.T. Anderson 2023. Prevalence of Ranavirus in Spotted Salamander larvae from created vernal pools in West Virginia, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.

Kays, R., Cove, M.V., J. Diaz, K. Todd… S.S. Coster …et al. 2022. Snapshot USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ecology, e3775.

Coster, S.S., M.N. Dllion*, W. Moore*, and G.T. Merovich Jr. 2021. The update and optimization of an eDNA assay to detect the invasive rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus). PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259084

Vilgats*, M.S., R. Ott, and S.S. Coster. 2021. Camera trap survey suggests forestry and prescribed burns attract wildlife, but may not enhance diversity. Virginia Journal of Science, 72:1-19.

Webster*, N., S. Price*, C. Gowan, and S.S. Coster. 2021. Rapid genetic sex identification in Brook Trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 41:112-23.

Cove, M.V., R. Kays, H. Bontrager, C. Bresnan… S.S. Coster …et al. 2021. Snapshot USA 2019: A coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology, 102:e03353.

Coster, S.S., A.B. Welsh, G. Costanzo, S.R. Harding, J.T. Anderson, T.E. Katzner. 2019. Gene flow connects coastal populations of a habitat specialist, the Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans). Ibis, 161: 66-78.

Coster, S.S., A.B. Welsh, G. Costanzo, S.R. Harding, J.T. Anderson, T.E. Katzner. 2018. Genetic analyses reveal cryptic  introgression in secretive marsh bird populations. Ecology and Evolution, 8: 9870-9879.

Palmer*, E., and S.S. Coster. 2018. Play behavior varies by age class in wild African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Papers & Publications: Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research. 

Coster, S.S., K.J. Babbitt, A.I. Kovach.  2015. High genetic connectivity in Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) and Spotted Salamanders  (Ambystoma maculatum) in a managed forest. Herpetological Conservation & Biology, 10: 64-89.

Coster, S.S., K.J. Babbitt, A. Cooper, A.I. Kovach.  2015. Limited influence of local and landscape factors on finescale gene flow in two pond-breeding amphibians. Molecular Ecology, 24: 742-758.    

Coster, S.S., J.S. Veysey Powell, K.J. Babbitt.  2014. Characterizing the width of amphibian movements during postbreeding migration. Conservation Biology, 28: 756-762.

Coster, S.S., A.I. Kovach. 2012. Anthropogenic influences on the spatial genetic structure of black bears. Conservation Genetics, 13: 1247-1257.

Coster, S.S., A.I. Kovach, P. Pekins, A. Cooper, A. Timmins.  2011. Genetic mark-recapture population estimation in black bears and issues of scale. Journal of Wildlife Management, 75: 1128-1136.

Coster, S.S., D.O. Ribble. 2005.  Density and cover preferences of the Black-and-rufous elephant-shrew in Chome Forest Reserve Tanzania. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 135: 175-177.

POPULAR PUBLICATION:

Coster, S.S. 2007. Better black bear management. Newsletter of the NH Dept. of Environmental Services, Jan/Feb: 4.