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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Integrative Biology

Mark Allen Davis

Associate Research Scientist, Conservation Biology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Research Scientist, Conservation Biology, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Recent Publications

Corush, J. B., Cucalón, R. V., Metzke, B. A., Tan, M., & Davis, M. A. (2025). Pleistocene glaciation and Anthropocene fragmentation influence genetic variation in the Illinois state–listed mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii). Environmental Biology of Fishes. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-025-01686-8

Johnson, M. D., Tetzlaff, S. J., Katz, A. D., Tiemann, J., Smith, C., Dana, C. E., Pearce, S. E., Davis, M. A., Hartman, J. H., & Sperry, J. H. (2025). Environmental DNA Metabarcoding Elucidates Freshwater Mussel Diversity and Occupancy to Facilitate Improved Management and Conservation. Diversity and Distributions, 31(3), Article e70008. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70008

Laserna, A. V., Phillips, C. A., Kuhns, A. R., Davis, M. A., Corush, J. B., & Paige, K. N. (2025). Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Hybridization in an Alloploid Salamander (Ambystomatidae: Ambystoma) and Conservation Implications of Introgression in a Unisexual Vertebrate. Ecology and Evolution, 15(1), Article e70765. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70765

Samuels, L. R. N., Chandler, H. C., Hoffman, M., Kronenberger, J. A., Elmore, M., Aldredge, R., Stegenga, B. S., Bogan, J. E., Davis, M. A., Hertz, S., Schwartz, M. K., & Wilcox, T. (2025). Persistence of Reptile DNA in a Terrestrial Substrate: A Case Study Using the Eastern Indigo Snake. Environmental DNA, 7(1), Article e70053. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70053

Alexander, N., Dickinson, A., Benson, T. J., Ford, T. W., Mateus-Pinilla, N., Arneson, J., & Davis, M. A. (Accepted/In press). Waterbird disease in the United States Laurentian Great Lakes under climate change. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(6), Article 102450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102450

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