Peer reviewed publications
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* indicates graduate student in the Brzeski lab.
Hoy S, Hedrick P, Peterson R, Vucetich L, Brzeski KE, Vucetich J. in press. The far-reaching ecological effects of genetic fitness in a keystone predator species, grey wolves. Science Advances. Preprint DOI: 10.22541/au.163255275.55328133/v1
DeGroot T*, Wolfe JD, Powell L, Ensono F, Ebana Ebana A, Barrientos C, Brzeski KE. 2023. Human impacts on mammal communities in Rio Campo Nature Reserve, Equatorial Guinea. African Journal of Ecology, 61(2), 262-276. DOI: 10.1111/aje.13108
Kyriazis CC, Beichman AC, Brzeski KE, Hoy SR, Peterson RO, Vucetich JA, ... Wayne RK. 2023. Genomic underpinnings of population persistence in Isle Royale moose. Molecular biology and evolution, 40(2), msad021.
Barnes T*, Karlin M, vonHoldt B, Adams J, Waits L, Hinton J, Henderson J, Brzeski KE. 2022. Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22(1), 1-14. DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02084-9. Brzeski corresponding author.
vonHoldt BM, Hinton J, Shutt A, Murphy S, Karlin M, Adams J, Waits L, Brzeski KE. 2022. Reviving ghost alleles: Gulf Coast coyotes are critical for saving the endangered red wolf. Science Advances, 8(26), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn7731. vonHoldt and Brzeski co-corresponding authors.
Tobias JA,… Brzeski KE,… [106 authors]. 2022. AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25 (3), 581-597. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898
vonHoldt BM, Brzeski KE, Aardema ML, Schell C, Rutledge LY, Fain SR, Shutt A, ... Murphy WJ. 2021. Persistence and expansion of cryptic endangered red wolf genomic ancestry along the American Gulf coast. Molecular Ecology 31 (21): 5440-5454. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16200
Hervey SD*, Rutledge LY, Patterson BR, Romanski MC, Vucetich JA, Belant JL, Beyer DE, Brzeski KE*. 2021. A first genetic assessment of the newly introduced Isle Royale Gray Wolves (Canis lupus). Conservation Genetics, 22 (6), 913-926. DIO: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01373-y Hervey and Brzeski co-corresponding authors
Jarret C, Smith T, Tabe C, Ferreira D, Tchoumbou M, Malange D, Wolfe JD, Brzeski KE,…Powell L. 2021. Bird communitied in African cocoa agroforestry are diverse but lack specialized insectivores. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58 (6), 1237-1247. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13864
Ferreira D, Torrent L, Wolfe JD, Brzeski KE, Powell L. 2020. First record of a piebald Large-eared Slit-faced Bat, Nycteris hispida (Chiroptera: Nycteridae) from Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. Journal of Bat Research & Conservation. 13(1), 88-92. https://doi.org/10.14709/BarbJ.13.1.2020.14
Batcher K, Dickinson P, Maciejczyk K, Brzeski KE, Rasouliha SH, Letko A... Bannasch D. 2020. Multiple FGF4 retrocopies recently derived within canids. Genes, 11(8), 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11080839
Heppenheimer E, Brzeski KE, Hinton J, Chamberlain M, Robinson J, Wayne R, vonHoldt B. 2020. A Genome-wide perspective on the persistence of red wolf ancestry in southeastern canids. Journal of Heredity. 111(3), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa006
vonHoldt B, DeCandia A, Heppenheimer E, Koch I, Shi R, Zhou H, German C, Brzeski KE, Cassidy K, Stahler D, Sinsheimer J. 2020. Heritability of inter-pack aggression in a wild pedigreed population of North American gray wolves. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15349. Cover article
DeCandia A, Brzeski KE, Heppenheimer E, Carol C, Camenisch G, Wandeler P, Driscoll C, vonHoldt B. 2019. Urban colonization through multiple genetic lenses: The city-fox phenomenon revisited. Ecology and Evolution. 9(4), 2046-2060. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4898
Heppenheimer E, Brzeski KE, Wooten R, Waddell W, Rutledge L, Chamberlain M, Stahler B, Hinton J, vonHoldt B. 2018. Rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population along the American Gulf Coast. Genes. 9(12):618. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9120618 Brzeski co-lead & corresponding author.
Heppenheimer E, Brzeski KE, Hinton J, Patterson B, Rutledge L, DeCandia A, Wheeldon T, Fain S, Hohenlohe P, Kays R, White B, vonHoldt B. 2018. High genomic diversity and candidate genes under selection associated with range expansion in eastern coyote (Canis latrans) populations. Ecology and Evolution. 8(24):12641-12655. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4688
vonHoldt B, Brzeski KE, Wilcove D, Rutledge L. 2018. Redefining the impact of admixture and genomics in endangered species conservation. Conservation Letters. 11(2): https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12371
Heppenheimer E, Harrigan R, Rutledge L, Koepfli K, DeCandia A, Brzeski KE, Benson J, Wheeldon T, Patterson B, Kays R, Hohenlohe P, vonHoldt B. 2018. Population genomic analysis of North American eastern wolves (Canis lycaon) supports their conservation priority status. Genes. 9(12):606. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9120606
Heppenheimer E, Cosio D, Brzeski KE, Caudill D, Chamberlain M, Hinton J, vonHoldt B. 2018. Demographic history influences spatial patterns of genetic diversity in recently expanded coyote (Canis latrans) populations. Heredity. 120:183-195. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-017-0014-5
Cooper J, Johnson O, Davis T, Terrill R, Brzeski KE, Wolfe J, Etingüe A, Powell L. 2017. Notes on the distribution of the avifauna of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, with one new country record. Malimbus. 39(1):1-15.
Brzeski KE, Wolfe JD, Cooper J, Powell L. 2016. Camera sighting of Congo Clawless otter in the midst of rapid development on mainland Equatorial Guinea. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin. 33 (1), 96-101.
Brzeski KE, DeBiasse M, Rabon D, Chamberlain M, Taylor S. 2016. Mitochondrial DNA variation in Eastern pre-Columbian canids. Journal of Heredity, 107:287-293. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esw002
Hinton J, Brzeski KE, Rabon D, Chamberlain M. 2016. Effects of anthropogenic mortality on red wolf breeding pairs: Implications for red wolf recovery, Oryx:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605315000770
Brzeski KE, Bartel B, Waddell W, Wolf K, Rabon D, Taylor S. 2015. Infectious disease and red wolf conservation: assessment of disease occurrence and associated risks. Journal of Mammalogy, 96:751-761. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv080
Brzeski KE, D. Rabon, M. Chamberlain, L. Waits, S. Taylor. 2014. Inbreeding and inbreeding depression in endangered red wolves (Canis rufus). Molecular Ecology, 23:4241–4255. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12871
Brzeski KE, Gunther MS, Black J. 2013. Evaluating river otter demography using noninvasive genetic methods. Journal of Wildlife Management, 77:1523-1531. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.610
Wolfe JD, Johnson E, Stouffer P, Owens F, DeLeon E, Liffmann E, Brzeski KE, et al. 2013. Annual survival of birds captured in a habitat island bordered by the urban matrix of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. South Eastern Naturalist, 12:492-499. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.012.0306
Wolfe JD, Johnson E, Stouffer P, Liffmann E, DeLeon E, Mokross K, Brzeski KE. 2013. Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) with bill deformity captured at Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Journal of Louisiana Ornithology, 9:27-30.
Hoy S, Hedrick P, Peterson R, Vucetich L, Brzeski KE, Vucetich J. in press. The far-reaching ecological effects of genetic fitness in a keystone predator species, grey wolves. Science Advances. Preprint DOI: 10.22541/au.163255275.55328133/v1
DeGroot T*, Wolfe JD, Powell L, Ensono F, Ebana Ebana A, Barrientos C, Brzeski KE. 2023. Human impacts on mammal communities in Rio Campo Nature Reserve, Equatorial Guinea. African Journal of Ecology, 61(2), 262-276. DOI: 10.1111/aje.13108
Kyriazis CC, Beichman AC, Brzeski KE, Hoy SR, Peterson RO, Vucetich JA, ... Wayne RK. 2023. Genomic underpinnings of population persistence in Isle Royale moose. Molecular biology and evolution, 40(2), msad021.
Barnes T*, Karlin M, vonHoldt B, Adams J, Waits L, Hinton J, Henderson J, Brzeski KE. 2022. Genetic diversity and family groups detected in a coyote population with red wolf ancestry on Galveston Island, Texas. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22(1), 1-14. DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02084-9. Brzeski corresponding author.
vonHoldt BM, Hinton J, Shutt A, Murphy S, Karlin M, Adams J, Waits L, Brzeski KE. 2022. Reviving ghost alleles: Gulf Coast coyotes are critical for saving the endangered red wolf. Science Advances, 8(26), DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn7731. vonHoldt and Brzeski co-corresponding authors.
Tobias JA,… Brzeski KE,… [106 authors]. 2022. AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25 (3), 581-597. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898
vonHoldt BM, Brzeski KE, Aardema ML, Schell C, Rutledge LY, Fain SR, Shutt A, ... Murphy WJ. 2021. Persistence and expansion of cryptic endangered red wolf genomic ancestry along the American Gulf coast. Molecular Ecology 31 (21): 5440-5454. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16200
Hervey SD*, Rutledge LY, Patterson BR, Romanski MC, Vucetich JA, Belant JL, Beyer DE, Brzeski KE*. 2021. A first genetic assessment of the newly introduced Isle Royale Gray Wolves (Canis lupus). Conservation Genetics, 22 (6), 913-926. DIO: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01373-y Hervey and Brzeski co-corresponding authors
Jarret C, Smith T, Tabe C, Ferreira D, Tchoumbou M, Malange D, Wolfe JD, Brzeski KE,…Powell L. 2021. Bird communitied in African cocoa agroforestry are diverse but lack specialized insectivores. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58 (6), 1237-1247. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13864
Ferreira D, Torrent L, Wolfe JD, Brzeski KE, Powell L. 2020. First record of a piebald Large-eared Slit-faced Bat, Nycteris hispida (Chiroptera: Nycteridae) from Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. Journal of Bat Research & Conservation. 13(1), 88-92. https://doi.org/10.14709/BarbJ.13.1.2020.14
Batcher K, Dickinson P, Maciejczyk K, Brzeski KE, Rasouliha SH, Letko A... Bannasch D. 2020. Multiple FGF4 retrocopies recently derived within canids. Genes, 11(8), 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11080839
Heppenheimer E, Brzeski KE, Hinton J, Chamberlain M, Robinson J, Wayne R, vonHoldt B. 2020. A Genome-wide perspective on the persistence of red wolf ancestry in southeastern canids. Journal of Heredity. 111(3), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa006
vonHoldt B, DeCandia A, Heppenheimer E, Koch I, Shi R, Zhou H, German C, Brzeski KE, Cassidy K, Stahler D, Sinsheimer J. 2020. Heritability of inter-pack aggression in a wild pedigreed population of North American gray wolves. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15349. Cover article
DeCandia A, Brzeski KE, Heppenheimer E, Carol C, Camenisch G, Wandeler P, Driscoll C, vonHoldt B. 2019. Urban colonization through multiple genetic lenses: The city-fox phenomenon revisited. Ecology and Evolution. 9(4), 2046-2060. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4898
Heppenheimer E, Brzeski KE, Wooten R, Waddell W, Rutledge L, Chamberlain M, Stahler B, Hinton J, vonHoldt B. 2018. Rediscovery of red wolf ghost alleles in a canid population along the American Gulf Coast. Genes. 9(12):618. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9120618 Brzeski co-lead & corresponding author.
Heppenheimer E, Brzeski KE, Hinton J, Patterson B, Rutledge L, DeCandia A, Wheeldon T, Fain S, Hohenlohe P, Kays R, White B, vonHoldt B. 2018. High genomic diversity and candidate genes under selection associated with range expansion in eastern coyote (Canis latrans) populations. Ecology and Evolution. 8(24):12641-12655. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4688
vonHoldt B, Brzeski KE, Wilcove D, Rutledge L. 2018. Redefining the impact of admixture and genomics in endangered species conservation. Conservation Letters. 11(2): https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12371
Heppenheimer E, Harrigan R, Rutledge L, Koepfli K, DeCandia A, Brzeski KE, Benson J, Wheeldon T, Patterson B, Kays R, Hohenlohe P, vonHoldt B. 2018. Population genomic analysis of North American eastern wolves (Canis lycaon) supports their conservation priority status. Genes. 9(12):606. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9120606
Heppenheimer E, Cosio D, Brzeski KE, Caudill D, Chamberlain M, Hinton J, vonHoldt B. 2018. Demographic history influences spatial patterns of genetic diversity in recently expanded coyote (Canis latrans) populations. Heredity. 120:183-195. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-017-0014-5
Cooper J, Johnson O, Davis T, Terrill R, Brzeski KE, Wolfe J, Etingüe A, Powell L. 2017. Notes on the distribution of the avifauna of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, with one new country record. Malimbus. 39(1):1-15.
Brzeski KE, Wolfe JD, Cooper J, Powell L. 2016. Camera sighting of Congo Clawless otter in the midst of rapid development on mainland Equatorial Guinea. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin. 33 (1), 96-101.
Brzeski KE, DeBiasse M, Rabon D, Chamberlain M, Taylor S. 2016. Mitochondrial DNA variation in Eastern pre-Columbian canids. Journal of Heredity, 107:287-293. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esw002
Hinton J, Brzeski KE, Rabon D, Chamberlain M. 2016. Effects of anthropogenic mortality on red wolf breeding pairs: Implications for red wolf recovery, Oryx:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605315000770
Brzeski KE, Bartel B, Waddell W, Wolf K, Rabon D, Taylor S. 2015. Infectious disease and red wolf conservation: assessment of disease occurrence and associated risks. Journal of Mammalogy, 96:751-761. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv080
Brzeski KE, D. Rabon, M. Chamberlain, L. Waits, S. Taylor. 2014. Inbreeding and inbreeding depression in endangered red wolves (Canis rufus). Molecular Ecology, 23:4241–4255. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12871
Brzeski KE, Gunther MS, Black J. 2013. Evaluating river otter demography using noninvasive genetic methods. Journal of Wildlife Management, 77:1523-1531. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.610
Wolfe JD, Johnson E, Stouffer P, Owens F, DeLeon E, Liffmann E, Brzeski KE, et al. 2013. Annual survival of birds captured in a habitat island bordered by the urban matrix of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. South Eastern Naturalist, 12:492-499. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.012.0306
Wolfe JD, Johnson E, Stouffer P, Liffmann E, DeLeon E, Mokross K, Brzeski KE. 2013. Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) with bill deformity captured at Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Journal of Louisiana Ornithology, 9:27-30.