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A McDevitt

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Name:

A McDevitt

Email:

A.McDevitt@salford.ac.uk

Department:

School of Science, Engineering & Environment

Organisation:

University of Salford

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Biography

Expertise:

Genomics, Population genetics, Phylogeography, Mammals, Invasive species

Job title:

Lecturer in Global Ecology and Conservation

Biography:

I obtained my BSc (Honours) in Zoology in University College Dublin in 2003. I began my PhD in the same university that same year, using genetics to study the origins of Irish mammals. After completing my PhD in 2008, I undertook a short post-doc in Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland focussing on the origins and hybridisation in Irish deer. I then spent two years in the University of Calgary in Canada, working on the phylogeography and landscape genetics of caribou and elk. I then spent 2011 in the Mammal Research Institute in Poland on the phylogeography and landscape genetics of mustelids and voles. I was then awarded a Government of Ireland postdoctoral fellowship to study the range dynamics, ecological consequences and adaptation of an invasive shrew in Ireland. After commore...

Qualifications:

PhD in Zoology (2008) BSc (Honours) in Zoology (2003) BSc in Science (2002)

My Most Viewed

#	Item title
1.	Ecogeographical patterns of morphological variation in pygmy shrews Sorex minutus (Soricomorpha: Soricinae) within a phylogeographic and continental-and-island framework	271	155
2.	Post-glacial colonisation of Europe by the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus : evidence of a northern refugium and dispersal with humans	251	277
3.	Molecular and morphological insights into the origin of the invasive greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) in Ireland	218	15
4.	Revisiting the phylogeography and demography of European badgers (Meles meles) based on broad sampling, multiple markers and simulations	201	6
5.	Invading and expanding : range dynamics and ecological consequences of the Greater White-Toothed Shrew (Crocidura russula) invasion in Ireland	172	130
6.	Tests of multiple molecular markers for the identification of Great Spotted and Syrian Woodpeckers and their hybrids	164	81
7.	Land-bridge calibration of molecular clocks and the post-glacial colonization of Scandinavia by the Eurasian field vole microtus agrestis	148	126
8.	Post-glacial colonization of eastern Europe from the Carpathian refugium : evidence from mitochondrial DNA of the common vole Microtus arvalis	143	15
9.	Contrasting and congruent patterns of genetic structuring in two Microtus vole species using museum specimens	139	146
10.	Retracing the history and planning the future of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Ireland using non-invasive genetics	137	158

My Latest

Broadhurst, HA, Gregory, LM, Bleakley, EK, Perkins, JC, Lavin, JV, Bolton, P, Browett, S, Howe, CV, Singleton, N, Tansley, D, Guimarães Sales, N and McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833 2021, 'Mapping differences in mammalian distributions and diversity using environmental DNA from rivers' , Science of the Total Environment, 801 , p. 149724.
Prasetyo, AP, McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833, Murray, JM, Barry, J, Agung, F ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-9839, Muttaqin, E and Mariani, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5329-0553 2021, 'Shark and ray trade in and out of Indonesia : addressing knowledge gaps on the path to sustainability' , Marine Policy, 133 , p. 104714.
Mariani, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5329-0553, Harper, LR, Collins, RA, Baillie, C, Wangensteen, OS, McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833, Heddell-Cowie, M and Genner, MJ 2021, 'Estuarine molecular bycatch as a landscape-wide biomonitoring tool' , Biological Conservation, 261 , p. 109287.
Harrison, XA, McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833, Dunn, J, Grifftihs, S, Benvenuto, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-8168, Birtles, RJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4216-5044, Boubli, JP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-9264, Bown, K ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9312-7224, Bridson, C, Brooks, DR, Browett, SS, Carden, R, Clever, F, Coscia, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-4675, Edwards, KL, Ferry, N ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3728-4302, Goodhead, IB ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3110-9442, Highlands, A, Hopper, J, Jackson, J, Jehle, R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0545-5664, Kaizer, M, King, T, Lea, J, Lenka, JL, McCubbin, A, McKenzie, J, Moraes, B, O’Meara, D, Pescod, P, Preziosi, RF, Rowntree, JK, Shultz, S, Silk, M, Stockdale, JE, Symondson, WOC, de la Pena, M, Walker, S, Wood, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0635-2387, Meade, E and Antwis, RE ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8849-8194 2021, 'Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome' , Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 (1957) , p. 20210552.
Jackman, JM, Benvenuto, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-8168, Coscia, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-4675, Carvalho, C, Ready, JS, Boubli, JP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-9264, Magnusson, W, McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833 and Sales, NG 2021, 'eDNA in a bottleneck : obstacles to fish metabarcoding studies in megadiverse freshwater systems' , Environmental DNA, 3 (4) , pp. 837-849.
Coscia, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-4675 and McDevitt, AD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833 2021, 'Are we using eDNA metabarcoding to its full potential?' , Fish and Fisheries, 22 (4) , pp. 665-666.
Browett, SS, Curran, TG, O’Meara, DB, Harrington, AP, Guimaraes Sales, N, Antwis, RE ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8849-8194, O’Neill, D and McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833 2021, 'Primer biases in the molecular assessment of diet in multiple insectivorous mammals' , Mammalian Biology, 101 (3) , pp. 293-304.
Sales, NG, Wangensteen Fuentes, OS ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5593-348X, Carvalho, DC, Deiner, K, Praebel, K, Coscia, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-4675, McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833 and Mariani, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5329-0553 2021, 'Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding' , Science of the Total Environment, 754 , p. 142096.
Coscia, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-4675, Wilmes, SB, Ironside, JE, Goward-Brown, A, O'Dea, E, Malham, SK, McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833 and Robins, PE 2020, 'Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach' , Evolutionary applications, 13 (8) , pp. 1854-1867.
Sales, NG, Da Cruz Kaizer, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9105-9478, Coscia, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-4675, Perkins, JE, Highlands, A, Boubli, JP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-9264, Magnusson, W, da Silva, M, Benvenuto, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-8168 and McDevitt, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-7833 2020, 'Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals : a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil' , Mammal Review, 50 (3) , pp. 221-225.