Nebraska Staff Member
Sarah A. Sonsthagen
Assistant Unit Leader
Phone: (402) 472 - 0985
Email: ssonsthagen@usgs.gov
Faculty Email: ssonsthagen2@unl.edu
Biography
Dr. Sonsthagen joined the Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit in 2020 from the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center where she studied the evolutionary relationships among Arctic vertebrate populations. Dr. Sonsthagen was a post-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History and National Zoo, awarded her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.S. in Zoology from Brigham Young University, and B.S. in Biology from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Her research focuses on investigating ecological drivers of connectivity and adaptive capacity of species of conservation concern using both field- and laboratory-based methods. Movement underlies many key processes in ecology and evolution and is critical for species response to environmental change, as such, she applies population and community driven approaches to evaluate genomic and demographic connectivity across the landscape, adaptive capacity, and the influence of species biology in shaping spatial and temporal genomic diversity to inform management decisions. Dr. Sonsthagen has taught Population genetics, Application of genomics in conservation, and Ornithology.
Areas of Expertise
Conservation Genetics/Genomics, Evolutionary Ecology, Grassland Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Movement Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, T&E Species Management, Wildlife Management
Taxon Groups Studied
Gamebirds, Marine Mammals, Nongame Fish/Wildlife, Songbirds, Species of Greatest Conservation Need, Waterfowl
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
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| van Rees, C.B., Reed, M.J., Wilson, R.E., Underwood, J.G., and Sonsthagen, S.A., 2018. Landscape genetics identifies streams and drainage infrastructure as dispersal corridors for an endangered wetland bird. Ecology and Evolution 8:8328–8343. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4296 | July 2018 |
| van Rees, C.B., Reed, J.M., Wilson, R.E., Underwood, J.G., and Sonsthagen, S.A., 2018. Small-scale genetic structure in an endangered wetland specialist: possible effects of landscape change and population recovery. Conservation Genetics, 19, 129–142. doi: 10.1007/s10592-017-1020-0 | January 2018 |
| Wilson, R.E., S.A. Sonsthagen, and J.C. Franson. 2013. Sex determination of duck embryos: observations on syrinx development. Avian Biology Research. 6:243–246. | January 2013 |
| Wilson, R.E., S.A. Sonsthagen, C.P. Barger, and K.G. McCracken. 2007. Asymmetric molt or feather wear in Flying Steamer Ducks (Tachyeres patachonicus) from coastal habitats in Argentina. Ornitologia Neotropical. 18:293–300. | January 2007 |
| Wilson, R.E., M.D. Eaton, S.A. Sonsthagen, J.L. Peters, K.P. Johnson, B. Simarra, and K.G. McCracken. 2011. Speciation and subspecies divergence in Cinnamon Teal and Blue-winged Teal. Condor. 13:747–761 | July 2011 |
| Wilson, R. E., and S. A. Sonsthagen. Species-specific responses to landscape features shaped genomic structure within Alaska galliformes. IUCN Galliformes Specialists Group Newsletter | July 2022 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. W. Boyd, S. A. Sonsthagen, D. H. Ward, P. Clausen, K. M. Dickson, B. S. Ebbinge, G. A. Gudmundsson, G. K. Sage, J. R. Rearick, D. V. Derksen, and S. L. Talbot. 2024. Where east meets west: phylogeography of the high Arctic North American brant goose. Ecology and Evolution.14: e11245. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11245 | April 2024 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. M. Matsuoka, L. L. Powell, J. A. Johnson, D. Demarest, D. Stralberg, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2021. Implications of historical and contemporary processes on genetic differentiation of a declining boreal songbird: the rusty blackbird. Diversity. 13:103. | February 2021 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. A. Sonsthagen, P. Lavretsky, A. Majewski, E. Arnason, K. Halldórsdóttir, A. W. Einarsson, K. Wedemeyer, and S. L. Talbot. 2022. Low levels of hybridization between sympatric cold-water adapted Arctic cod and Polar cod in Beaufort Sea confirms genetic distinctiveness. Arctic Science. doi.org/10.1139/AS-2021-0030 | February 2022 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. A. Sonsthagen, N. Sme, A. J. Gharett, A. Majewski, K. Wedemeyer, R. J. Nelson, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Mitochondrial genome diversity and population mitogenomics of Polar cod (Boreogadus saida) and Arctic dwelling gadoids. Polar Biology. 43:979–994. | June 2020 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. A. Sonsthagen, J. M. DaCosta, M. D. Sorenson, A. D. Fox, M. Weaver, D. Skalos, A. Kondratyev, K. T. Scribner, A. Walsh, C. R. Ely, and S. L. Talbot. 2022. As the goose flies: Migration routes and timing of strategies influence genetic diversity patterns of a circumpolar goose. Diversity. 14:1067. doi.org/10.3390/d14121067 | December 2022 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. A. Sonsthagen, J. M. DaCosta, C. R. Ely, M. D. Sorenson, and S. L. Talbot. 2019. Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms for use in a genetic stock identification system for greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) subspecies wintering in California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1040, 18 p. | April 2019 |
| Wilson, R. E., G. K. Sage, K. Wedemeyer, S. A. Sonsthagen, D. M. Menning, M. C. Gravley, M. G. Sexson, R. J. Nelson, and S. L. Talbot. 2019. Micro-geographic population genetic structure within Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) in Beaufort Sea of Alaska. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 76:1713–1721. | April 2019 |
| Williams, I., B.M. Guzzetti, J.R. Gust, G.K. Sage, R.E. Gill Jr., T.L. Tibbitts, S.A. Sonsthagen, and S.L. Talbot. 2012. Polymorphic microsatellite loci identified through development and cross-species amplification within shorebirds. Journal of Ornithology. 153:593–601. | July 2012 |
| White, C.M., S.A. Sonsthagen, G.K. Sage, C.M. Anderson, and S.L. Talbot. 2013. Genetic relationships among some subspecies of Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus L.), inferred from mitochondrial DNA control region sequences. Auk. 130:1–10. | October 2013 |
| Talbot, S.L., S.A. Sonsthagen, J.M. Pearce, and K.T. Scribner. 2015. Chapter 2: Phylogenetics, Phylogeography and Population Genetics of North American Sea Ducks (Tribe: Mergini). Ecology and Conservation of North American Sea Ducks. Studies in Avian Biology 46, 610 p. | January 2015 |
| Talbot, S.L., A.G. Palmer, G.K. Sage, S.A. Sonsthagen, T. Swem, D.J. Brimm, and C.M. White. 2011. Lack of genetic polymorphism within Peregrine Falcons of Fiji. Journal of Avian Biology. 42:415–428. | January 2011 |
| Talbot, S.L, Sage, G.K., Sonsthagen, S.A., Gravley, M.C., Swem, T., Williams, J.C., Longmire, J.L., Ambrose, S., Flamme, M.J., Lewis, S.B., Phillips, L., Anderson, C., and White, C.M. 2017. Intraspecific evolutionary relationships among peregrine falcons in western North American high latitudes. PLoS One, 12, e0188185. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188185 | July 2017 |
| Sweet, A. D., R. E. Wilson, S. A. Sonsthagen, and K. P. Johnson. 2020. Lousy grouse: Comparing evolutionary patterns in Alaska galliform lice to understand host evolution and host-parasite interactions. Ecology and Evolution. 10:8379–8393. | July 2020 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., Wilson, R.E., and Underwood, J.G., 2018, Interisland genetic structure of two endangered Hawaiian waterbirds: The Hawaiian Coot and Hawaiian Gallinule, The Condor, 120:863-873, https://doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-18-98 | October 2018 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., Wilson, R.E., and Underwood, J.G. 2017. Genetic implications of bottleneck effects of differing severities on genetic diversity in naturally recovering populations: An example from Hawaiian coot and Hawaiian gallinule. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 9925-9934. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3530 | October 2017 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., Wilson, R.E., Chesser, R.T., Pons, J.M., Crochet, P.A., Driskell, A.C., and Dove, C.J. 2016. Recurrent hybridization and recent origin obscure phylogenetic relationships within the 'white-headed' gull (Larus sp.) complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103:41-54. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.06.008 | July 2016 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., T.L. Tibbitts, R.E. Gill Jr., I. Williams, and S.L. Talbot. 2014. Spatial genetic structure of Bristle-thighed Curlews (Numenius tahitiensis): breeding area differentiation not reflected on the non-breeding grounds. Conservation Genetics. 16:226–233. | October 2014 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., T.J. Coonan, B.C. Latta, G.K. Sage, and S.L. Talbot. 2012. Effect of a recent colonization on genetic diversity of a territorial raptor the Golden Eagle. Biological Conservation. 146:116–122. | January 2012 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., T. Chesser, D.A. Bell, and C. Dove. 2012. Hybridization among Arctic white-headed gulls (Larus spp.) obscures the genetic legacy of the Pleistocene. Ecology and Evolution. 2:1278–1295. | January 2012 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., S.L. Talbot, and K.G. McCracken. 2007. Genetic characterization of Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) breeding in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Condor. 109:879–894. | April 2007 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., S.L. Talbot, and C.M. White. 2004. Gene flow and genetic characterization of Northern Goshawks breeding in Utah. Condor. 106:826–836. | January 2004 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., S.L. Talbot, R.E. Wilson, M. Petersen, and K.G. McCracken. 2013. Genetic structure and asymmetrical gene flow in Common Eiders breeding on the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, prior to fox eradication. Condor. 115:28–39. | July 2013 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., S.L. Talbot, R.B. Lanctot, and K.G. McCracken. 2010. Do waterfowl nest in kin groups? Microgeographic structure in a philopatric seaduck. Molecular Ecology. 19:647–657. | January 2010 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., S.L. Talbot, R.B. Lanctot, K. Scribner, and K.G. McCracken. 2009. Hierarchical spatial genetic structure of Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) along a migratory corridor. Auk. 126:744–754. | July 2009 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., S.L. Talbot, K.T. Scribner, and K.G. McCracken. 2011. Multilocus phylogeography of Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) breeding in North America and Scandinavia. Journal of Biogeography. 38:1368–1380. | January 2011 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., R.N. Rosenfield, J. Bielefeldt, R.K. Murphy, A.C. Stewart, W.E. Stout, T.G. Driscoll, M.A. Bozek, B.L. Sloss, and S.L. Talbot. 2012. Genetic and morphological divergence among Cooper’s Hawk populations breeding in north-central and western North America. Auk. 129:427–437. | January 2012 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., R.E. Wilson, and J.G. Underwood. 2014. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the Hawaiian Coot, Fulica alai, and Hawaiian Gallinule, Gallinula galeata sandvicensis, through next-generation sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources. 6:765–767. doi: 10.1007/s12686-014-0210-z | April 2014 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., R. Rodriguez, and C.M. White. 2006. Satellite telemetry of Northern Goshawks breeding in Utah–II. Annual habitats. Studies in Avian Biology. 31:252–259. | January 2006 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., R. Rodriguez, and C.M. White. 2006. Satellite telemetry of Northern Goshawks breeding in Utah–I. Annual movements. Studies in Avian Biology. 31:239–251. | January 2006 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., K. Fales, C. Jay, and S.L. Talbot. 2014. Spatial variation and low diversity in the Major Histocompatibility Complex in walrus. Polar Biology. 37:497–506. doi: 10.1007/s00300-014-1450-9 | January 2014 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., J. Williams, G.S. Drew, C.M. White, G.K. Sage, and S.L. Talbot. 2017. Legacy or colonization? Post-eruption establishment of peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) on a volcanically active sub-arctic island. Ecology and Evolution. 7:107–114. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2631 | January 2017 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., G.K. Sage, M. Fowler, A. Hope, J. Cook, and S.L. Talbot. 2013. Development and characterization of 21 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the barren-ground shrew, Sorex ugyunak (Mammalia: Sorcidae), through next-generation sequencing, and cross-species amplification in the masked shrew, S. cinereus. Conservation Genetics Resources. 5:315–318. | January 2013 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., E. McClaren, F. Doyle, R.E. Wilson, K. Titus, J.R. Gust, and G.K. Sage, S.L. Talbot. 2012. Identification of metapopulation dynamics in Northern Goshawk of the Alexander Archipelago and coastal British Columbia. Conservation Genetics. 13:1045–1057. | October 2012 |
| Sonsthagen, S.A., C.V. Jay, A.S. Fischbach, G.K. Sage, and S.L. Talbot. 2012. Spatial genetic structure and asymmetrical gene flow within the Pacific walrus. Journal of Mammalogy. 93:1512–1524. | July 2012 |
| Sonsthagen, S. A., T. Swem, S. Ambrose, M. Flamme, C. M. White, G. K. Sage, and S. L. Talbot. 2022. The DDT-induced decline influenced genetic diversity in two naturally recovered populations of peregrine falcons nesting within the Alaska Arctic and eastern Interior. The Ibis. 164:1265-1272. doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13095 | July 2022 |
| Sonsthagen, S. A., R. E. Wilson, and S. L. Talbot. 2022. Species-specific responses to landscape features shaped genomic structure within Alaska galliformes. Journal of Biogeography, 49:261-273. doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14294 | January 2022 |
| Sonsthagen, S. A., R. E. Wilson, P. Lavretsky, and S. L. Talbot. 2019. Coast to coast: High genomic connectivity in North American scoters. Ecology and Evolution. 9:7246–7261. | June 2019 |
| Sonsthagen, S. A., C. Jay, R. S. Cornman, A. Fischbach, J. Grebmeier, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. DNA metabarcoding to infer summer diet of Pacific walrus. Marine Mammal Science. 36:1196-1211. | July 2020 |
| Sonsthagen, S. A., C. Haughey, M. G. Sexson, D. V. Solovyeva, M. R. Petersen, and A. Powell. 2020. Temporal variation in genetic structure within the threatened spectacled eider. Conservation Genetics. 21:175–179. | January 2020 |
| Rosenfield, R.N., S.A. Sonsthagen, W. Stout, and S.L. Talbot. 2015. High frequency of extra-pair paternity in an urban population of Cooper's Hawks. Journal of Field Ornithology. 86:144–152. doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12097 | April 2015 |
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Rosenfield, R.N., S.A. Sonsthagen, W.E. Stout, T.G. Driscoll, A.C. Stewart, P.N. Frater, and S.L. Talbot. Combined high rates of alternative breeding strategies unexpectedly found among populations of a solitary nesting raptor. Ecology and Evolution. 14: e70190 doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70190 |
August 2024 |
| Rosenfield, R.N., J. Bielefeldt, S. Sonsthagen, and T. Booms. 2000. Comparable reproductive success at conifer plantation and non-plantation nest sites for Cooper’s Hawks in Wisconsin. Wilson Bulletin. 112:417–421. | April 2000 |
| Rosenfield, R. N., S. A. Sonsthagen, A. E. Riddle-Berntsen, and E. Kuhel. 2021. Record fledging count from a seven-egg clutch in the Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 132:460-463. | November 2020 |
| Rosenfield, R. N., A. C. Stewart, W. E. Stout, S. A. Sonsthagen, and P. N. Frater. 2019. Do British Columbia Cooper’s Hawks have big feet? British Columbia Birds. 30:10–14. | May 2019 |
| Ramey, A.M., A. Reeves, S.A. Sonsthagen, J. TeSlaa, S. Nashold, T. Donnelly, B. Casler, and J. Hall. 2015. Dispersal of H9N2 influenza A viruses between East Asia and North America by wild birds. Virology. 482:79–83. doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2015.03.028 | July 2015 |
| Pons, J.-M., S.A. Sonsthagen, C. Dove, P.A. Crochet. 2014. Extensive mitochondrial introgression in North American Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus) from the American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) with little nuclear DNA impact. Heredity. 112:226–239. doi:10.1038/hdy.2013.98 | January 2014 |
| Petersen, M.R., G.V. Byrd, S.A. Sonsthagen, and M.G. Sexson. 2015. Recolonization of the Aleutian Archipelago by Pacific common eiders following fox removal. Journal of Avian Biology. 37:58–68. doi.org/10.1111/jav.00626 | April 2015 |
| Peters, J.L., S.A. Sonsthagen, P. Lavretsky, M. Rezsutek, W.P. Johnson, and K.G. McCracken. 2014. Interspecific hybridization contributes to high genetic diversity and apparent effective population size in an endemic population of Mottled Ducks (Anas fulvigula maculosa). Conservation Genetics. 15:509–520. doi: 10.1007/s10592-013-0557-9 | January 2014 |
| Pearce, J. M., P. L. Flint, M. E. Whalen, S. A. Sonsthagen, J. Stiller, V. P. Patil, T. Bowman, S. Boyd, S. S. Badzinski, H. G. Gilchrist, S. G. Gilliland, C. Lepage, P. Loring, D. McAuley, N. R. McLellan, J. Osenkowski, E. T. Reed, A. J. Roberts, M. O. Robertson, T. Rothe, D. E. Safine, E. D. Silverman, and D. Spragens. 2019. Visualizing populations of North American Sea Ducks—Maps to guide research and management planning: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1142, 50 p., plus appendixes. | December 2019 |
| Peacock, E., S.A. Sonsthagen, M.E. Obbard, A. Boltunov, E.V. Regehr, N. Ovsyanikov, J. Aars, S.N. Atkinson, G.K. Sage, A.G. Hope, E. Zeyl, L. Bachmann, D. Ehrich, K.T. Scribner, S.C. Amstrup, S. Belikov, E. Born, A.E. Derocher, I. Stirling, M.K. Taylor, Ø. Wiig, D. Paetkau, and S.L. Talbot. 2014. Implications of the circumpolar genetic structure of polar bears for their ecology, evolution and conservation in a rapidly warming Arctic. PLoSOne. 10(1): e112021. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112021 | November 2014 |
| Osborne, D. C., R. E. Wilson, L. G. Carlson, S. A. Sonsthagen, and S. L. Talbot. 2019. DNA sequencing confirms Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris serrirostris) occurrence in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley in Arkansas, USA. Waterbirds. 42:333–342. | October 2019 |
| McCracken, K.G., C.P. Barger, M. Bulgarella, K.P. Johnson, S.A. Sonsthagen, T.H. Valqui, R.E. Wilson, K. Winker, and M.D. Sorenson. 2009. Parallel adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in the major hemoglobin of eight Andean duck species. Molecular Ecology. 18:3992–4005. | January 2009 |
| Lillie, K., Gese, E., Atwood, T.C., and Sonsthagen, S.A. 2018. Development of on-shore behavior among polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea: inherited or learned? Ecology and Evolution, 8, 7790-7799. doi:0.1002/ece3.4233. | April 2018 |
| Lavretsky, P., R. E. Wilson, S. L. Talbot, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2021. Phylogenomics reveals ancient and contemporary gene flow contributing to the evolutionary history of sea ducks (Tribe Mergini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 161:107164. | August 2021 |
| Lachance Linklater, E., S. A. Sonsthagen, G. J. Robertson, L. Colston-Nepali, F. Vigfúsdóttir, and V. L. Friesen. 2024. Reduced representation sequencing reveals weak genetic differentiation between Canadian and European Larus hyperboreus (Glaucous Gull). Ornithological Applications. doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duae037 | August 2024 |
| Krejsa, D. M., S. L. Talbot, G. K. Sage, S. A. Sonsthagen, T. S. Jung, A. J. Magoun, and J. A. Cook. 2021. Dynamic landscapes in northwestern North America structured populations of wolverines (Gulo gulo). Journal of Mammalogy. 3:891-908. | May 2021 |
| Hull, J. M., G. K. Sage, S. A. Sonsthagen, M. C. Gravley, B. L. Martinico, T. L. Booms, T. Swem, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in merlins (Falco columbarius) and cross-species amplification in gyrfalcons (F. rusticolus) and peregrine falcons (F. peregrinus). Molecular Biology Reports 47:8377–8383. | October 2020 |
| Haughey, C.L., G.K. Sage, G.R. DeGange, S.A. Sonsthagen, and S.L. Talbot. 2016. Development of novel microsatellite markers for the Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and their utility in cross-species amplification. Avian Biology Research. 9:195–199. doi.org/10.3184/175815516X14667737479433 | January 2016 |
| Haughey, C. L., A. Nelson, P. Napier, R. N. Rosenfield, S. A. Sonsthagen, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Genetic confirmation of a natural hybrid between a Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and a Cooper’s Hawk (A. cooperii). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 131:838–844. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-131.4.838 | January 2020 |
| Gustavson, K.E., S.A. Sonsthagen, R. Crunkilton, and J.M. Harkin. 2000. Groundwater toxicity assessment using bioassay, chemical, and TIE analyses. Environmental Toxicology. 15:421–430. | January 2000 |
| Greiman, S.E., Cook, J.A., Tkachc, V.V., Hobergb, E.P, Menning, D.M., Hope A.G., Sonsthagen, S.A., Talbot, S.L., 2018. Museum metabarcoding: a novel method revealing gut helminth communities of small mammals across space and time. International Journal for Parasitology 48:1061-1070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.08.001 | October 2018 |
| Greiman, S. E., R. E. Wilson, B. Sesmundo, J. Reakoff, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2022. Detection of Splendidofilaria sp. (Onchocercidae: Splendidofilariinae) microfilaria within Alaskan ground dwelling birds in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae using TaqMan probe based real-time PCR. Journal of Parasitology. 108:192-198. | April 2022 |
| Greiman, S. E., J. A. Cook, T. Odom, K. Cranmer, S. W. Liphardt, D. M. Menning, S. A. Sonsthagen, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Microbiomes From Biorepositories? 16S rRNA Bacterial Amplicon Sequencing of Archived and Contemporary Intestinal Samples of Wild Mammals (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8:555386. | September 2020 |
| Gorman, K., Talbot, S., Sonsthagen, S., Sage, G., Gravely, M., Fraser, W., Williams, T. 2017. Population genetic structure and gene flow of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) breeding throughout the western Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, 29, 499-510. doi:10.1017/S0954102017000293 | October 2017 |
| Gangoso, L., M. Alcaide, J.M. Grande, J. Muñoz, S.L. Talbot, S.A. Sonsthagen, G.K. Sage, and J. Figuerola. 2012. Colonizing the world in spite of reduced MHC variation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25:1438–1447. | January 2012 |
| Franz, M., L. Whyte, T. Atwood, D. Menning, S. Sonsthagen, S. Talbot, K. Laidre, E. Gonzalez, and M. McKinney. 2023. Fecal DNA metabarcoding shows credible short-term prey detections and explains variation in the gut microbiome of two polar bear subpopulations. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 704:131–147. doi.org/10.3354/meps14228 | January 2023 |
| Eaton, M. D., P. Benites, L. Campillo, R. E. Wilson, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2022. Gull plumages are, and are not, what they appear to human vision. Annales Zoologici Fennici 59:187-203. | June 2022 |
| Dwyer, C., S. Gilliland, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2021. SDJV Annual Report #150: Improving our understanding of the population structure and harvest composition of American common eiders in the US and Canada. https://seaduckjv.org/ | October 2021 |
| Driskell, A.C., J.A. Norman, S. Pruett-Jones, E. Mangall, S.A. Sonsthagen, L. Christidis. 2011. A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-Papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 60:480–485. | January 2011 |
| Doyle, J.M., T.E. Katzner, G.W. Roemer, J.W. Cain III, B. Millsap, C. McIntyre, S.A. Sonsthagen, N. Fernandez, M. Wheeler, Z. Bulut, P.H. Bloom, and J.A. DeWoody. 2016. Genetic structure and viability selection in the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), a vagile raptor with a Holarctic distribution. Conservation Genetics. 17:1307–1322. doi.org/10.1007/s10592-016-0863-0 | April 2016 |
| De Amaral, F., R. E. Wilson, S. A. Sonsthagen, R. Sehgal. 2023. Diversity, distribution, and methodological considerations of Haemosporidian infections among Galliformes in Alaska. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 20:122-132. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.01.008 | January 2023 |
| Cooper, S.J., and S. Sonsthagen. 2007. Heat production from foraging activity contributes to thermoregulation in Black-capped Chickadees. Condor. 109:446–451. | January 2007 |
| Cibois, A., J.S. Beadell, G.R. Graves, E. Pasquet, B. Slika, S.A. Sonsthagen, J.-C. Thibault, and R.C. Fleischer. 2011. Charting the course of reed-warblers across the Pacific islands. Journal of Biogeography. 38:1963–1975. | January 2011 |
| Christie, K., R. E. Wilson, J. A. Johnson, C. Friis, C. Harwood, L. McDuffie, E. Nol, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2023. Movement and genomic methods reveal mechanisms promoting connectivity in a declining shorebird: the lesser yellowlegs. Diversity. 15:595. doi.org/10.3390/d15050595 | April 2023 |
| Brown, J. I., P. Lavretsky, R. E. Wilson, C. L. Haughey, W. S. Boyd, D. N. Elser, S. L. Talbot, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2020. High fidelity does not equate to population structure and low inter-specific gene flow for common goldeneye and barrow’s goldeneye in North America. Journal of Avian Biology 51:e02600. | October 2020 |
| Bayard de Volo, S., R.T. Reynolds, S.A. Sonsthagen, S.L. Talbot, and M.F. Antolin. 2013. Phylogeography, gene flow, and population history of Northern Goshawks in North America. Auk. 130:342–354. | January 2013 |
| Augusto da Silva Coelho, F., S. Gill, C. M. Tomlin, M. Papavassiliou, S. D. Farley, J. A. Cook, S. A. Sonsthagen, G. K. Sage, T. H. Heaton, S. L. Talbot, and C. Lindqvist. 2023. Ancient bears provide insights into Pleistocene ice age refugia in Southeast Alaska. Molecular Ecology. 32:3641-3656. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16960 | April 2023 |
| Atwood, T.C., C. Duncan, K.A. Patyk, and S.A. Sonsthagen. 2016. Chapter 6.7 Holistic Monitoring of Polar Bear Populations in a Rapidly Changing Climate. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46994-2 | April 2016 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Garugu, S.G., and S.A. Sonsthagen. 2024. Does habitat configuration influence patterns of genetic diversity in Wild Turkeys? American Genetics Association Presidental Symposium, Tahoe, California, October 6-9. | October 2024 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. A. Sonsthagen, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Comparative genomic structure within Alaskan Galliforms. The Wildlife Society, Virtual. | October 2020 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. A. Sonsthagen, C. R. Ely, B. Nolet, D. Heard, M. van der Sluijs, R. J. M. Nuijten, and D. Solovyeva. 2024. Spatial genomic structure in Tundra Swans: a circumpolar perspective for population delineation. 142nd annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Fort Collins, CO. | October 2024 |
| Wilson, R. E., S. A. Sonsthagen, C. R. Ely, B. Nolet, D. Heard, M. van der Sluijs, R. J. M. Nuijten, and D. Solovyeva. 2022. Spatial genomic structure in Tundra Swans: a circumpolar perspective for population delineation. 7th International Swan Symposium and 26th Swan Conference, Jackson, Wyoming. | October 2022 |
| Wawers, J., and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2024. Development of a metagenomics approach to evaluate what is eating ground-nesting bird eggs in western Nebraska. American Genetics Association Presidental Symposium, Tahoe, California, October 6-9. | October 2024 |
| Talbot, S. L., Sage, G. K., Farley, S. D., Lindqvist, C., Cook, J. A., Rode, K., and Sonsthagen, S. A. 2023. Diversity at genes associated with immune response in two eastern Beringian ursids. The 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Anchorage, Alaska. | July 2023 |
| Talbot, S. L., S. A. Sonsthagen, and R. E. Wilson. 2022. Dark birds stay home in the cold and wet: Variation at genes associated with melanization and migratory propensity in four North Pacific migratory bird species. SEAK2022 Virtual Workshop. | May 2022 |
| Spooner, J., J. Spurgeon, S. Sonsthagen, R. Sonsthagen, T. Huenemann. 2024. Population demography and structure of glacial relict stream fish mediated via anthropogenic alteration. World Fisheries Congress. Seattle, WA. March 8, 2024. | March 2024 |
| Sosa, M., P. Lavretsky, S.A. Sonsthagen, R.E. Wilson, J.E. Mohl. 2025. Comparative Genomics Among Sea Ducks Reveals Ancestral Hybridization Resulting in Both Extensive Gene Flow and Hybrid Speciation. Plant and Animal Genome Conference, January 10-15, 2025. | January 2025 |
| Sonsthagen, S. A., R. E. Wilson, S. Matsuoka, L. Powell, J. Johnson, and D. Demarest. 2020. Genes on the landscape: population genomics of Rusty Blackbirds. Rusty Blackbird – Recent Research to Fuel Conservation Strategies Symposium, The Wildlife Society, Virtual. | October 2020 |
| Sonsthagen, S. A., R. E. Wilson, R. J. Harringan, R. S. Cornman, and S. L. Talbot. 2024. Life in the cold: Adaptation to the Arctic of Alaska galliforms. 142nd annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Fort Collins, CO. | October 2024 |
| Rusten, R. and S.A. Sonsthagen. 2024. Has Eastern Redcedar Removal Improved Grassland Bird Communities in the Sandhills Ecoregion? The Wildlife Society 31st Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD. October 19-23, 2024. | October 2024 |
| Koch, C.W., S.A. Sonsthagen, L.W. Cooper, J.M. Grebmeier, A.E. Riddle-Berntsen, and R.S. Cornman. 2024. DNA metabarcoding reveals diatom-rich diets and presence of toxic algae in Pacific Arctic clams. AGU, Washington, D.C., December 9-14, 2024. | December 2024 |
| Hafliger, T. J., R. E. Wilson, A. G. Hope, S. A. Sonsthagen. 2023. Landscape genomics of free-ranging deer (<i>Odocoileus</i>) within Kansas. The 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Anchorage, Alaska. | June 2023 |
| Franz, M., L. Whyte, T. C. Atwood, D. Menning, S. A. Sonsthagen, S. L. Talbot, K. L. Laidre, E. Gonzalez, and M. A. McKinney. 2022. Fecal DNA metabarcoding identifies recent prey consumed by polar bears from East Greenland and the Southern Beaufort Sea and explains variation in their gut microbiome. Society for Marine Mammalogy 2021 Biennial Conference, Palm Beach, Florida. | August 2022 |
| Type | Citation | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| Data Release | Talbot, S. L., B. J. Pierson, S. A. Sonsthagen, and C. L. Haughey. 2020. Genetic data from three accipiter species, North America, 1996-2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9U28F8X | September 2020 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S.A., Wilson, R.E., 2020, Genomic data from ptarmigan and grouse, Alaska (ver 2.0, December 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DDB01R | April 2021 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S.A., Talbot, S.L., 2020, Genetic data from Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperii), North America (ver 2.0, January 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P914SGB1 | December 2021 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S.A., Pierson, B.J. 2017. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) mtDNA and microsatellite genetic data, Alaska, Canada and Russia, 1880-2012 (ver 2.0, June 2022). U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7F18WV0 | January 2022 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S. A., and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Genetic data from Cooper's Hawks, North America, 2009-2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P914SGB1 | November 2019 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S. A., and R. E. Wilson. 2020. Genomic data from ptarmigan and grouse, Alaska, 2015-2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9DDB01R | April 2020 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S. A., R. E. Wilson, S. M. Matsuoka, J. A. Johnson, D. W. Demarest, D. Stralberg, and L. L. Powell. 2021. Rusty blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) genetic data, North America: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43R9Q | September 2020 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S. A., R. E. Wilson, P. Lavretsky, and S. L. Talbot. 2021. Genomic data of North American Sea Ducks: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43RK9 | February 2021 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S. A., R. E. Wilson, B. J. Pierson, K. G. Sage, S. L. Talbot, D. V. Derksen, and D. H. Ward. 2024. Brant (Branta bernicla) Genetic Data from North America, Europe, and Asia: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96G9LAJ | June 2022 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S. A., R. Cornman, A. Fischbach, C. Jay, J. M. Grebmeier, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) prey identified by DNA metabarcoding, Alaska, 2012–2015. U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WWMPLT | July 2020 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S. A., P. Lavretsky, C. L. Haughey, R. E. Wilson, W. S. Boyd, D. N. Esler, J. I. Brown, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Genetic data from Barrow's Goldeneye and Common Goldeneye: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9D8CN8M | August 2020 |
| Data Release | Sonsthagen, S. A., B. J. Pierson, R. E. Wilson, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Scoter (Melanitta sp.) ddRAD SNP and microsatellite genetic data, North America and Europe, 1977-2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9W7H2JK | July 2020 |
| Data Release | Sage, G. K., B. J. Pierson, S. A. Sonsthagen, M. C. Gravley, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Genetic Data for Merlin (Falco columbarius) and Cross-Species Microsatellite Amplification in Select Falco Species, North America, 2020 (ver. 1.0, August 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BOU6CP | July 2020 |
| Data Release | Krejsa, D. M., B. J. Pierson, S. L. Talbot, G. K. Sage, and S. A. Sonsthagen. 2020. Genetic data from wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus) of North America (ver. 1.0, October 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P908DV91 | September 2020 |
| Data Release | Greiman, S. E., B. J. Pierson, D. M. Menning, S. A. Sonsthagen, and S. L. Talbot. 2020. Shrew (Sorex sp.) gut contents identified by DNA metabarcoding, North America, 1968-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YH4C20 | September 2020 |
| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Ornithologists' Union - Elective Member | Sonsthagen | May 2017 | Present |