Karen Mock

Publications | Book Chapters

• Latch, E.K, Mock, K.E, Rhodes, O.E, (2008). The use of molecular markers in wild turkey management: Wild Turkey Management: Accomplishments, Strategies, and Opportunities. Ninth National Wild Turkey Symposium. National Wild Turkey Federation

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Bishop, M., Furniss, T.J, Mock, K.E, Lutz, J., (2019). Genetic and spatial structuring of Populus tremuloides in a mixed-species forest of southwestern Utah, USA. Western North American Naturalist, 79:1, 63-71.
• Lopes-Lima, M., Froufe, E., Do, V., Ghamizi, M., Mock, K.E, Kebapci, U., Klishko, O., Kovitvadhi , S., Kovitvadhi , U., Paulo, O.S, Pfeiffer, J.M, Raley, M., Riccardi, N., Şereflişan, H., Sousa, R., Teixeira, A., Varandas, S., Wu, X., Zanatta, D., Zeiritz, A., Bogan, A., (2017). Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes. . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106, 174-191. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.021
• Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, Zaman, B., McKee, M., (2016). Life on the edge: reproductive mode and rate of invasive Phragmites australis patch expansion. Biological Invasions, 18, 2475-2495.
• Chalmers, J.W, Mock, K.E, Kohl, K., Madsen, K.J, Nadkarni, N.M, (2015). Clonality and dynamics of leaf abscission of Gambel oaks at small spatial scales in Utah. Forest Science , 61, 829-833. doi: doi:10.5849/forsci.14-204
• Rodgers, T.W, Mock, K.E, (2015). Drinking water as a source of environmental DNA for the detection of terrestrial wildlife species. . Conservation Genetics Resources, 7, 693. doi: 10.1007/s12686-015-0478-7
• Ellis, M.W, Wolf, P.G, Bardot, S., Walton, J.A, Rowe, C.A, Mock, K.E, (2015). Further examination of the geographic range of Eriogonum corymbosum var.nilesii (Polygonaceae, Eriogoneae). Phytotaxa , 203, 279-286.
• Madritch, M.M, Clayton, K., Singh, A., Mock, K.E, Lindroth, R., Townsend, P., (2014). Imaging spectroscopy links aspen genotype with belowground processes at landscape scales. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, 369, 20130194. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0194
• Schilling, M.P, Wolf, P.G, Duffy, A.M, Rai, H.S, Richardson, B.A, Mock, K.E, (2014). Genotyping-by-sequencing for Populus population genomics: an assessment of genome sampling patterns and filtering approaches. PLoS ONE, 9:4, e95292. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095292
• Fairweather, M.L, Rokala, E.A, Mock, K.E, (2014). Aspen seedling establishment and growth following wildfire and during drought in central Arizona: an instructive case history. Forest Science, 4, 703-712. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5849/forsci.13-048
• Sweetman, A.C, Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2013). The pattern and structure of genetic diversity of Schoenoplectus maritimus: implications for wetland revegetation.. Aquatic Botany, 104, 47-54.
• Mock, K.E, Brim Box, J.C, Chong, J.P, Furnish, J., Howard, J.K, (2013). Comparison of population genetic patterns in two widespread freshwater mussels with contrasting life histories in western North America (Margaritifera falcata) of western North America. . Molecular Ecology, 22, 5963-6197. doi: 10.1111/mec.12557
• Callahan, C.M, Rowe, C.A, Ryel, R.J, Shaw, J.D, Madritch, M.D, Mock, K.E, (2013). Continental-scale assessment of genetic diversity and population structure in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). Journal of Biogeography, 40, 1780-1791. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12115
• Rai, H.S, Mock, K.E, Richardson, B.A, Cronn, R.C, Hayden, K.J, Wright, J.W, Knauss, B.J, Wolf, P.G, (2013). Transcriptome Characterization and Detection of Gene Expression Differences in Aspen (Populus tremuloides). Tree Genetics and Genomes, 9, 1031-1041. doi: DOI: 10.1007/s11295-013-0615-y
• Mock, K.E, Richardson, B.A, Wolf, P.G, (2013). Molecular tools and aspen management: a primer and prospectus. Forest Ecology and Management, 299, 6-13.
• Long, J.N, Mock, K.E, (2012). Changing perspectives on regeneration ecology and genetic diversity in western quaking aspen: implications for silviculture. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42, 2011-2021. doi: doi:10.1139/x2012-143
• Samarasekera, N., Bartell, N., Lindgren, S., Cooke, J., Davis, C., James, P., Coltman, D., Mock, K.E, Murray, B., (2012). Spatial genetic structure of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak in western Canada: historical patterns and contemporary dispersal. . Molecular Ecology, 21, 2931-2948. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05587.x
• O'Donnell, R.P, Mock, K.E, (2012). Two frogs or one? A multi-marker approach to assessing the distinctiveness of genetic lineages in the northern leopard frog. . Conservation Genetics, 13, 1167-1182.
• Mock, K.E, Callahan, C.M, Islam-Faridi, M.N, Shaw, J.D, Rai, H.S, Rowe, C.A, Ryel, R.J, Madritch, M.D, Gardner, R.S, Wolf, P.G, (2012). Widespread triploidy in western North American aspen (Populus tremuloides). PLoS ONE , 7:10, e48406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048406
• Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2012). Genetic diversity, reproductive mode, and dispersal differ between the cryptic invader, Phragmites australis, and its native conspecific. Biological Invasions, 14, 2489-2504. doi: 10.1007/s10530-012-0246-5
• Shivik, J.A, Ruid, D., Willging, R.C, Mock, K.E, (2011). Are the same bears repeatedly translocated from corn crops in Wisconsin? . Ursus, 22, 114-119.
• Bracewell, R.R, Pfender, M.E, Mock, K.E, Bentz, B.J, (2011). Cryptic postzygotic isolation in an eruptive species of bark beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Evolution65, 961-975. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01201.x
• Bentz, B.J, Bracewell, R.R, Mock, K.E, Pfrender, M.E, (2011). Genetic architecture and phenotypic plasticity of thermally-regulated traits in an eruptive species, . Evolutionary Ecology, 25, 1269-1288. doi: 10.1007/s10682-011-9474-x
• Chaves, L.D, Faile, G.M, Hendrickson, J.A, Mock, K.E, Reed, K.M, (2010). A locus-wide approach to assessing variation in the avian MHC: the B-locus of the wild turkey. Heredity, 107, 40-49. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2010.153
• Blackburn, T.M, Pettorelli, N., Katzner, T., Mock, K.E, Gompper, M.E, Garner, T., Altwegg, R., Redpath, S., Fordon, S., (2010). Editorial: Dying for conservation: eradicating invasive alien species in the face of opposition. Animal Conservation13, 227-228.
• Gordon, I.J, Pettorelli, N., Katzner, T., Gompper, M.E, Mock, K.E, Redpath, S., Gardner, T., Altwwegg, R., (2010). Editorial: International year of biodiversity: missed targets and the need for better monitoring, real action and global policy. Animal Conservation13, 113-114.
• Penteriani , V., Pettorelli , N., Gordon , I.J, Katzner , T., Mock, K.E, Redpath , S., Altwegg , R., Gompper , M.E, (2010). Editorial: New European Union fisheries regulations could benefit conservation of marine animals. Animal Conservation13, 1-2.
• Pettorelli, N., Gordon, I.J, Katzner, T., Gompper, M.E, Mock, K.E, Redpath, S., Altwegg, T., (2010). Editorial: Protected areas: the challenge of maintaining a stong backbone for conservation strategies worldwide. Animal Conservation13, 333-334.
• St.Clair, S.B, Mock, K.E, LaMalfa , E.M, Campbell , R.B, Ryel, R.J, (2010). Genetic contributions to phenotypic variation in physiology, growth and vigor of western aspen (Populus tremuloides) clones. Forest Science56, 222-230.
• Mock, K.E, Brim Box, J., Chong , J.P, Howard, J.H, Nez, D., Wolf , D., Gardner , R., (2010). Genetic structuring in the freshwater mussel Anodonta corresponds with major hydrologic basins in the western United States. Molecular Ecology19, 569-591.
• Mock, K.E, Hanks, E.M, Hooten, M.B, McFarlane, L., (2010). Model-based approaches for characterizing spatial genetic flow. . American Statistical Association, JSM Proceedings, Biometrics Section. Alexandria, VA: , 4113-4126.
• Kulmatiski, A., Beard, K.H, Meyerson, L.A, Gibson, J.C, Mock, K.E, (2010). Nonnative Phragmites australis invasion into Utah wetlands. Western North American Naturalist, 70, 541-552.
• Pettorelli , N., Katzner , T., Gordon , I.J, Garner , T., Mock, K.E, Redpath , S., Gompper , M., (2009). Editorial: Possible consequences of the Copenhagen climate change meeting for conservation of animals. Animal Conservation12, 503-504.
• Chong, J.P, Brim Box, J.C, Nez, D.A, Mock, K.E, (2009). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the western pearlshell mussel Margaritifera falcata (Gould). Molecular Ecology Resources9, 995-999.
• Chong, J.P, Brim Box, J.C, Nez, D.A, Mock, K.E, (2009). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in western North American Anodonta species. Molecular Ecology Resources9, 939-943.
• Davis , C.S, Bentz, B.J, Mock, K.E, Bromilow, S., Bartell, N.V, Murray, B.W, Roe, A.D, Cooke, J., (2009). Isolation and characterization of sixteen microsatellite loci in the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Molecular Ecology Resources9, 1071-1073.
• Kanaga , M.K, Latta , L.C, Mock, K.E, Lindroth , R.L, Ryel, R.J, Pfrender , M.E, (2009). Plant genotypic diversity and environmental stress interact to negatively affect arthropod community diversity. Arthropod Plant Interactions3, 249-258.
• Mock, K.E, Rowe, C.A, Hooten, M.B, DeWoody, J., Hipkins, V.D, (2008). Clonal dynamics in western North American aspen (Populus tremuloides). Molecular Ecology17, 4827-4844. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03963.x
• Homel, K., Budy, P., Pfrender, M.E, Mock, K.E, (2008). Evaluating genetic structure among resident and migratory forms of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in Northeast Oregon. Ecology of Freshwater Fish10, 465-474.
• Peters, M.P, Beard, K.H, Hagen, C., O'Neill, E.M, Mock, K.E, Pitt, W.C, Glenn, T.C, (2008). Isolation of microsatellite loci from the coqui frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Molecular Ecology Notes8, 139-141. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01899.x
• Mock, K.E, Bjerregaard, L.S, Belk, M.C, Rowe, C., Johnson, J.B, (2008). Microsatellite markers for the leatherside chub (Lepidomeda aliciae and L. copei). Molecular Ecology Resources8, 172-174. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01915.x
• Cole, D.D, Mock, K.E, Cardall, B.L, Crowl, T.A, (2008). Morphological and genetic structuring in the Utah Lake sucker complex. Molecular Ecology17, 4827-4844. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03990.x
• Kanaga, M.K, Ryel, R.J, Mock, K.E, Pfender, M.E, (2008). Quantitative genetic variation morphological and physiological traits within a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) population. Canadian Journal of Forest Research38, 1690-1694. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03990.x
• Chong, J.P, Brim Box, J.C, Howard, J.K, Wolf, D., Myers, T.L, Mock, K.E, (2008). Three deeply divided lineages of the freshwater mussel genus Anodonta in western North America. Conservation Genetics9, 1303-1309. doi: 10.1007/s10592-007-9485-x
• DeWoody, J., Rowe, C.A, Hipkins, V.D, Mock, K.E, (2008). “Pando” lives: molecular genetic evidence of a giant aspen clone in central Utah. Western North American Naturalist68, 483-492.
• Mock, K.E, Bjerregaard, L.S, (2007). Genetic analysis of a recently discovered population of the Least Chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis). Western North American Naturalist67, 142-146.
• Mock, K.E, Bentz, B.J, O'Neill, E.M, Chong, J.P, Wilcox, B., Pfender, M.E, (2007). Landscape-scale genetic variation in a forest outbreak species, the mountain pine beetle. Molecular Ecology16, 553-568.
• Cardall, B.L, Bjerregaard, L.S, Mock, K.E, (2007). Microsatellite markers for the endangered June sucker (Chasmistes liorus mictus), Utah sucker (Catostomus ardens), and five other catostomid fishes of western North America. Molecular Ecology Notes7, 457-460.
• Wagner, E.J, Wilson, C., Arndt, R., Goddard, P., Miller, M.P, Hodgsen, A., Mock, K.E, Vincent, R., (2006). Evaluation of disease resistance of the Fish Lake-DeSmet, Wounded Man, and Harrison Lake strains of rainbow trout exposed to Myxobolus cerebralis. . Journal of Aquatic Animal Health,, 18, 128-135.
• Miller, M.P, Weigel, D., Mock, K.E, Roth, B., (2006). Evidence for an outcrossing reproductive strategy hermaphroditic heterobranch gastropod Valvata utahensis (Valvatidae), with notes on genetic differentiation of V. utahensis and V. humeralis. Journal of Molluscan Studies72, 397-403.
• Miller, M.P, Weigel, D., Mock, K.E, (2006). Patterns of genetic structure in the endangered aquatic gastropod Valvata utahensis (Mollusca: Valvatidae) at small and large spatial scales. Freshwater Biology51, 2362–2375.
• Mock, K.E, Evans, R.P, Crawford, M., Cardall, B.L, Janecke, S.U, Miller, M.P, (2006). Rangewide molecular structuring in the Utah sucker (Catostomus ardens). Molecular Ecology15, 2223-2238. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02932.x
• Spaulding, A.W, Mock, K.E, Schroeder, M.A, Warheit, K.I, (2006). Recency, range expansion, and unsorted lineages: implications for interpreting neutral genetic variation in the sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus). Molecular Ecology15, 2317-2332. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02935.x
• Mock, K.E, Miller, M.P, (2005). Patterns of molecular diversity in naturally occurring and refugial populations of the least chub. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society134, 267-278.
• Mock, K.E, Latch, E.K, Rhodes, O.E, (2004). Assessing losses of genetic diversity due to translocation: long-term case histories in Merriam’s turkey (Meleagris gallopavo merriami). Conservation Genetics5, 631-645.
• Mock, K.E, Brim Box, J.C, Miller, M.P, Downing, M.E, Hoeh, W.R, (2004). Genetic diversity and divergence among freshwater mussel (Anodonta) populations in the Bonneville Basin of Utah. Molecular Ecology13, 1085-1098.
• Mock, K.E, Theimer, T.C, Greenberg, D.L, Rhodes, O.E, Keim, P., (2002). Genetic variation across the historical range of the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). Molecular Ecology11, 643-657.
• Mock, K.E, Theimer, T.C, Wakeling, B.F, Rhodes, O.E, Greenberg, D.L, Keim, P., (2001). Verifying the origins of a reintroduced population of Gould’s wild turkey. Journal of Wildlife Management65, 871-879.
• DeRose, R.J, Mock, K.E, Long, J.N, Cytotype differences in radial increment provides novel insight into aspen reproductive ecology and stand dynamics. Canadian Journal of Forest Research , 45, 1-8. doi: dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2014-0382
• Hegeman, E.E, Miller, S.W, Mock, K.E, Modeling freshwater mussel distribution in relation to biotic and abiotic habitat variables at multiple spatial scales. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 71, 1483-1497 .
• O'Donnell, R.P, Drost, C.A, Mock, K.E, Development and characterization of 12 microsatellite markers for the Island Night Lizard (Xantusia riversiana), a threatened species endemic to the Channel Islands, California, USA. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6, 699-700.
• Bracewell, R.R, Pfrender, M.E, Mock, K.E, Bentz, B.J, Contrasting geographic patterns of genetic differentiation in body size and development time with reproductive isolation in Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). . Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 106, 385-391.

Professional Journal

• Breidinger, L., Mock, K.E, Messmer, T.A, (2013). Greater sage-grouse and natural gas development in Utah: using population genetic data for conservation efforts.. Western North American Naturalist, 73, 73:177-183.

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Publications | MultiMedia

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Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• Mock, K.E, Wolf, P.G, Ellis, M.W, Bardot, S., Walton, J.A, (2015). Examination of the geographic range of the Niles’ Buckwheat. Phytotaxa
• Sweetman, A.C, Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2012). The ecology and genetics of alkali bulrush (Schoenoplectus maritimus): management implications. Final report to Great Salt Lake wetland managers *
• Belk, M.C, Rasmussen, J., Johnson, J.B, Mock, K.E, (2010). Effects of historical and contemporary fragmentation on speciation, gene flow, demography, and mortality in leatherside chub. Report to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
• Mock, K.E, (2010). Genetic analysis of mountain pine beetle populations. Final report prepared for the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2010). Spread and genetic relatedness of native vs. introduced Phragmites australis in Utah wetlands. Final report prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service *
• Kettenring, K., Mock, K.E, (2009). Spread and genetic relatedness of invasive, non-native Phragmites australis in wetlands in northern Utah. Report to the Intermountain West Joint Venture
• Mock, K.E, (2006). Assessment of Genetic Divergence and Diversity in Freshwater Mussels in the John Day and Umatilla Rivers.
• Mock, K.E, Cardall, B.L, Bjerregaard, L.S, (2006). Development of microsatellite markers for ongoing assessment of captive population genetic diversity. Report to the June Sucker Recovery and Implementation Team
• Kulmatiski, A., Mock, K.E, (2006). Project Summary: Phragmites Survey. Report to Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands
• Baker, J., Mock, K.E, (2005). Landscape-scale genetic structuring among populations of the leopard frog (Rana pipiens) in the Grand and Glen Canyons. Report to United States Geological Survey, Colorado Plateau Field Station
• Novak, M.A, Kershner, J.L, Mock, K.E, (2005). Molecular genetic investigation of Yellowstone cutthroat trout and finespotted Snake River cutthroat trout. Report to Wyoming Game and Fish Commission
• Mock, K.E, Miller, M.P, Cardall, B., (2004). Genetic analysis of spawning and refugium June sucker populations. Final report to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the June Sucker Recovery and Implementation Team
• Mock, K.E, Miller, M.P, (2003). Landscape-scale Patterns of Molecular Variation in the Utah Sucker (Catostomus ardens). Final report prepared for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
• Mock, K.E, Miller, M.P, (2003). Molecular Diversity Within and Among Extant Populations of the Least Chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis). Final report prepared for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
• Brim Box, J.C, Mock, K.E, (2003). Native Aquatic Species Genetics: Freshwater Mussels. Final report prepared for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
• Miller, M.P, Mock, K.E, (2003). Small and large spatial-scale patterns of genetic diversity in the endangered aquatic gastropod Valvata utahensis. Contract Final Report to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for cooperative agreement

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Publications | Other

Newsletter

• Mock, K.E, (2015). New perspectives on western U.S. aspen regeneration and persistence.. *
• Mock, K.E, Long, J.N, (2011). Landscape genetic studies raise new questions about old paradigms. Tremblings: Newsletter of the Western Aspen Alliance *

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