James Austin

1) Townsend JH*, Medina-Flores M, Murillo JL, Austin JD. 2011. Cryptic diversity in Chortís Highland moss salamanders (Plethodontidae: Nototriton) revealed using mtDNA barcodes and phylogenetics, with a new species from eastern Honduras. Systematics and Biodiversity 9: 275-287

2) Hekkala E, Shirley MH*, Austin JD, Amato G, Thorbjarnarson J, Vliet KA, Houck ML, Charter S, DeSalle R, Blum M. 2011. An ancient icon reveals new mysteries: Mummy DNA resurrects a cryptic species within the Nile crocodile. Molecular Ecology 20: 4199-4215.

3) Austin JD, Gorman T, Bishop D, Moler P. 2011. Genetic evidence of contemporary hybridization in one of North America’s rarest anurans, the Florida bog frog. Animal Conservation. In press 

4) Austin JD, Johnson A^‡, Matthews M, Tringali M, Porak WF, Allen MS. 2011. An assessment of hatchery effects on Florida bass (Micropterus salmoides floridanus) microsatellite genetic diversity and sibship reconstruction. Aquaculture Research. In press DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02873.x

5) Austin JD, Jelks HJ, Johnson AR^‡, Tate W, Jordan F. 2011. Population genetic structure and conservation genetics of endangered Okaloosa darters (Etheostoma okaloosae). Conservation Genetics. 12: 984-989.

6) Austin JD, Gorman T, Bishop D. 2011. Assessing fine-scale genetic structure and relatedness in the micro-endemic Florida bog frog. Conservation Genetics. 12: 833-838.

7) Hargrove JS^‡, Saarinen EV^‡, Chapman F, Austin JD. 2011. Isolation of 15 microsatellite loci specific to Gulf of Mexico sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi). Molecular Ecology Resources. 11:757-758. 

8) Butler JM*, Dodd K, Aresco M, Austin JD. 2011. Morphological and molecular evidence indicates that the Gulf Coast Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina major) is not a distinct evolutionary lineage in the Florida Panhandle. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 889-901.

9) Saarinen EV^‡, Flowers J, Pine B, Parauka F, Austin JD. 2011. Molecular kin estimation from eggs in the threatened Gulf sturgeon. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 27: 492-495.

10) Saarinen EV^‡, Austin JD. 2010. When technology meets conservation: microsatellite marker production using 454 genome sequencing on the endangered Okaloosa darter (Etheostoma okaloosae). Journal of Heredity 101: 784-788. 

11) Townsend JH*, Butler JM,* Wilson LD, Austin JD. 2010. An enigmatic new species of moss salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Nototriton) from an imperiled Honduran endemism hotspot. Zootaxa 2434: 1-16

12) Linnell JDC, Rondeau D, Read DH, Williams R, Altwegg R, Raxworthy C, Austin JD, Hanley N, Fritz H, Evans DM, Gordon I, Reyers B, Pettorelli N. 2010. Confronting the costs and conflicts associated with biodiversity. Animal Conservation 13: 429-431.

13) Saarinen EV^‡, Austin JD, Daniels JC. 2010. Unbiased estimates of N_e in an endangered butterfly reveals a possible role of genetic compensation. Evolutionary Applications 3: 28-39.