Maldonado, Jesus
Research Geneticist
Systematics and evolution of mammals, conservation genetics, molecular ecology
Positions
- Research Geneticist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute , National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute 1998 -
Geographic Focus
- Americas Transnational Region
- Asia Continent
- Australia Country
- Colombia Country
- Europe Continent
- Germany Country
- Guyana Country
- Italy Country
- Oceania Transnational Region
- Puerto Rico
- United States of America Country
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Country
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.S., Shippensburg University
- M.S., Shippensburg University
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Awards And Honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2019
Public Biography
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Jesus Maldonado has been a research geneticist at the Center for Conservation Genomics at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) since 1998. His research applies molecular genetics tools to answer basic and applied questions in conservation and evolutionary biology in mammals. Much of his research involves assessment of genetic variation within and among populations and species to document levels of inbreeding and determine units of evolutionary, taxonomic and conservation significance. He has a long list of Smithsonian collaborators and has established partnerships with several researchers in Latin American, India and Africa. This allowed him to design a strong conservation genetics program that is international in scope. Beyond theoretical aspects of his research, outcomes from many studies have direct applications to helping address critical conservation issues in a variety of threatened and endangered mammals. Maldonado developed a research program that follows an academic model, and most of his projects over the past several years are based on collaborations established with students, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists/curators at the Smithsonian and other academic institutions and conservation communities. He is also interested in studying micro-evolutionary processes that shape genetic variation and evolutionary trajectories, as well as landscape genetics and genomics. During the last 16 years, he has developed and utilized non-invasive genetic techniques and ancient DNA technologies for obtaining reliable information to study many elusive endangered mammal species. Maldonado has over 100 peer reviewed publications in scientific journals including Science, Molecular Ecology, PLoS ONE, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Proceedings Royal Society B and has served in the editorial board of several journals including the Journal of Mammalogy, Conservation Genetics, PLos ONE and Therya.
Maldonado is very active in educational programs and has mentored more than 26 undergraduate students on research projects dealing with the population genetics of mammals, birds and reptiles, learning new and valuable molecular laboratory genetic and genomic techniques and bioinformatics and analytical pipelines. Students also participate in weekly lab meetings and journal club discussions. Maldonado also advises graduate and postdoctoral fellows that come through Smithsonian Institution fellowship programs along with others that actively seek means to obtain funding to support their work.
Maldonado is a native Spanish speaker and has collaborated extensively with Latin American and Spanish biologists. He has also attended and presented papers in Spanish at several international conferences and has given training courses in Spanish on conservation genetics in Mexico and Venezuela. Maldonado has also participated in training workshops in Brazil and India. He is an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University and the University of Maryland and has co-taught a graduate level seminar in Topics in Conservation Biology for George Mason graduate students, and has also taught a professional course entitled 'Non-Invasive Genetic Techniques in Wildlife Conservation' for the Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at Front Royal, Virginia.
Maldonado grew up in the suburbs of Mexico City and moved to Pennsylvania in 1979, where he attended Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and subsequently obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in biology. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a curatorial assistant at the Section of Mammals at the Natural History Museum of the Los Angeles County until 1989. He earned his doctorate in organismic biology, ecology and evolution at the University of California Los Angeles in 2001. He's been with the Smithsonian Institution since 1998 working at SCBI and the National Museum of Natural History prior to current position.
Research And Grants
Co-principal Investigator On
Investigator On
- Genetic Structure of Ornate Shrews in the San Joaquin Valley awarded by U.S. Department of the Interior
- Investigating patterns and processes of mammalian evolution in an emblematic biodiversity hotspot awarded by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards
- Using Non-invasive Fecal DNA Analysis to Estimate the Presence Distribution and Abundance of Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes awarded by Bureau of Land Management
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Bornbusch, Sally L., Bamford, Alexandra, Thacher, Piper, Crosier, Adrienne, Marinari, Paul, Bortner, Robyn, Garelle, Della, Livieri, Travis, Santymire, Rachel, Comizzoli, Pierre, Maslanka, Michael, Maldonado, Jesús E., Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Muletz-Wolz, Carly, and DeCandia, Alexandra L. 2024. "Author Correction: Markers of fertility in reproductive microbiomes of male and female endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)." Communications Biology, 7, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06793-3. 2024
- Segura-Trujillo, Cintya, Iñiguez-Dávalos, Luis Ignacio, Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul, Castañeda-Rico, Susette, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2024. "Interaction of sound-audition traits between eared insects and arthropodophagous bats: using a DNA approach to assess diet." Journal of mammalogy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae037. 2024
- Segura-Trujillo, Cintya, Iñiguez-Dávalos, Luis Ignacio, Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul, Castañeda-Rico, Susette, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2024. "Interaction of sound-audition traits between eared insects and arthropodophagous bats: using a DNA approach to assess diet." Journal of mammalogy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae037. 2024
- Bornbusch, Sally L., Bamford, Alexandra, Thacher, Piper, Crosier, Adrienne, Marinari, Paul, Bortner, Robyn, Garelle, Della, Livieri, Travis, Santymire, Rachel, Comizzoli, Pierre, Maslanka, Michael, Maldonado, Jesús E., Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Muletz-Wolz, Carly, and DeCandia, Alexandra L. 2024. "Markers of fertility in reproductive microbiomes of male and female endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)." Communications Biology, 7, (1) 224. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05908-0. 2024
- Pasciullo Boychuck, Samantha, Brenner, Lara J., Gagorik, Calypso N., Schamel, Juliann T., Baker, Stacy, Tran, Elton, VonHoldt, Bridgett M., Koepfli, Klaus‐Peter, Maldonado, Jesús E., and DeCandia, Alexandra L. 2024. "The gut microbiomes of Channel Island foxes and island spotted skunks exhibit fine‐scale differentiation across host species and island populations." Ecology and Evolution, 14, (2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11017. 2024
- Gutiérrez, Edgar G., Maldonado, Jesus E., Castellanos-Morales, Gabriela, Eguiarte, Luis E., Martínez-Méndez, Norberto, and Ortega, Jorge. 2024. "Unraveling genomic features and phylogenomics through the analysis of three Mexican endemic Myotis genomes." PeerJ, 12. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17651. 2024
- Castañeda-Rico, Susette, Edwards, Cody W., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2023. "An 1896 specimen helps clarify the phylogenetic placement of the Mexican endemic Hooper’s deer mouse." Therya, 14, (1) 181–195. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-23-2243. 2023
- Hinckley, Arlo, Camacho-Sanchez, Miguel, Chua, Marcus A. H., Ruedi, Manuel, Lunde, Darrin, Maldonado, Jesús E., Omar, Hasmahzaiti, Leonard, Jennifer A., and Hawkins, Melissa T. R. 2023. "An integrative taxonomic revision of lesser gymnures (Eulipotyphla: Hylomys) reveals five new species and emerging patterns of local endemism in Tropical East Asia." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177. 2023
- Hopken, Matthew W., Piaggio, Antoinette J., Abdo, Zaid, Chipman, Richard B., Mankowski, Clara P., Nelson, Kathleen M., Hilton, Mikaela Samsel, Thurber, Christine, Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Gilbert, Amy T. 2023. "Are rabid raccoons (Procyon lotor) ready for the rapture? Determining the geographic origin of rabies virus‐infected raccoons using RADcapture and microhaplotypes." Evolutionary Applications, https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13613. 2023
- Kliver, Sergei, Houck, Marlys L., Perelman, Polina L., Totikov, Azamat, Tomarovsky, Andrei, Dudchenko, Olga, Omer, Arina D., Colaric, Zane, Weisz, David, Aiden, Erez Lieberman, Chan, Saki, Hastie, Alex, Komissarov, Aleksey, Ryder, Oliver A., Graphodatsky, Alexander, Johnson, Warren E., Maldonado, Jesús E., Pukazhenthi, Budhan S., Marinari, Paul E., Wildt, David E., and Koepfli, Klaus-Peter. 2023. "Chromosome-length genome assembly and karyotype of the endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)." Journal of Heredity, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad035. 2023
- Hinckley, Arlo, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2023. "Evolutionary history and patterns of divergence in three tropical east Asian squirrels across the Isthmus of Kra." Journal of Biogeography, 50, (6) 1090–1102. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14598. 2023
- Escobedo-Morales, Luis, Castañeda-Rico, Susette, Mandujano, Salvador, León-Paniagua, Livia, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2023. "First description of the mitochondrial genomes of the Central American brocket deer Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792) and the Yucatán Peninsula brocket deer Odocoileus pandora Merriam, 1901." Molecular biology reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-023-08407-3. 2023
- Prado, Natalia A., Armstrong, Ellie E., Brown, Janine L., Goldenberg, Shifra Z., Leimgruber, Peter, Pearson, Virginia R., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Campana, Michael G. 2023. "Genomic resources for Asian (Elephas maximus) and African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana) conservation and health research." Journal of Heredity, 114, (5) 529–538. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad034. 2023
- DeCandia, Alexandra L., Adeduro, Laura, Thacher, Piper, Crosier, Adrienne, Marinari, Paul, Bortner, Robyn, Garelle, Della, Livieri, Travis, Santymire, Rachel, Comizzoli, Pierre, Maslanka, Michael, Maldonado, Jesús E., Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Muletz-Wolz, Carly, and Bornbusch, Sally L. 2023. "Gut bacterial composition shows sex-specific shifts during breeding season in ex situ managed black-footed ferrets." Journal of Heredity, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad065. 2023
- Castañeda-Rico, Susette, Parker, Lillian D., Sánchez, Evelyn, Rivas-Trasvina, Sheccid, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Edwards, Cody W., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2023. "Novel genomic resources contribute to the systematics of threatened arboreal deer mice of the genus Habromys Hooper & Musser, 1964 (Cricetidae, Neotominae) within a neotomine–peromyscine phylogeny." ZooKeys, 1179, (1) 157–168. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1179.108759. 2023
- Cláudio, Vinícius C., Novaes, Roberto L. M., Gardner, Alfred L., Nogueira, Marcelo R., Wilson, Don E., Maldonado, Jesús E., Oliveira, João A., and Moratelli, Ricardo. 2023. "Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus." Zoologia (Curitiba), 40. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v40.e22029. 2023
- Speer, Kelly A., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Flores, Mary Faith C., McGowen, Michael R., Fleischer, Robert C., Maldonado, Jesús E., Campana, Michael G., and Muletz-Wolz, Carly. 2022. "A comparative study of RNA yields from museum specimens, including an optimized protocol for extracting RNA from formalin-fixed specimens." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.953131. 2022
- Novaes, Roberto Leonan M., Claudio, Vinicius C., Carrion-Bonilla, Carlos, Abreu, Edson F., Wilson, Don E., Maldonado, Jesus E., and Weksler, Marcelo. 2022. "Erratum to Variation in the Myotis keaysi complex (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Ecuador(Dec, 10.1093/jmammal/gyab139, 2021)." Journal of mammalogy, 103, (2) 481–481. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac001. 2022
- Castañeda-Rico, Susette, Maldonado, Jesús E., Dowler, Robert C., and Edwards, Cody W. 2022. "First mitochondrial genome of the Amazonian marsh rat Holochilus sciureus Wagner 1842 (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae)." Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources, 7, (8) 1562–1564. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2107956. 2022
- Parker, Lillian D., Quinta, Jessica D., Rivera, Isabel, Cypher, Brian L., Kelly, Erica C., Campana, Michael G., Fleischer, Robert C., Boarman, Ryan, Boarman, William I., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2022. "Genetic analyses are more sensitive than morphological inspection at detecting the presence of threatened Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) remains in canid scat and raven pellets." Conservation Science and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12689. 2022
- Tavares, Valéria da C., Gardner, Alfred L., McDonough, Molly M., Maldonado, Jesús E., Gutiérrez, Eliécer E., Velazco, Paúl M., and Garbino, Guilherme S. T. 2022. "Historical DNA of rare yellow-eared bats Vampyressa Thomas, 1900 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) clarifies phylogeny and species boundaries within the genus." Systematics and Biodiversity, 20, (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2022.2117247. 2022
- Clark, Jonathan D., Benham, Phred M., Maldonado, Jesus E., Luther, David A., and Lim, Haw Chuan. 2022. "Maintenance of local adaptation despite gene flow in a coastal songbird." Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14538. 2022
- Camargo, Issac, Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul, Polly, P. David, Stuhler, John D., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Esselstyn, Jacob. 2022. "Molecular phylogenetic and taxonomic status of the large-eared desert shrew Notiosorex evotis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)." Journal of mammalogy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac069. 2022
- Castañeda-Rico, Susette, Edwards, Cody W., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2022. "Museomics and the holotype of a critically endangered cricetid rodent provide key evidence of an undescribed genus." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.930356. 2022
- Castañeda-Rico, Susette, Edwards, Cody W., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2022. "Museomics and the holotype of a critically endangered cricetid rodent provide key evidence of an undescribed genus." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.930356. 2022
- Abreu, Edson F., Pavan, Silvia E., Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., McLean, Bryan S., Wilson, Don E., Percequillo, Alexandre R., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2022. "Old specimens for old branches: Assessing effects of sample age in resolving a rapid Neotropical radiation of squirrels." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107576. 2022
- McDonough, Molly M., Ferguson, Adam W., Dowler, Robert C., Gompper, Matthew E., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2022. "Phylogenomic systematics of the spotted skunks (Carnivora, Mephitidae, Spilogale): Additional species diversity and Pleistocene climate change as a major driver of diversification." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107266. 2022
- Segura-Trujillo, Cintya A., Ticul Alvarez-Castaneda, Sergio, Castaneda-Rico, Susette, and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2022. "Taxonomic versus ecological prey traits among arthropodophagous bats: implications for surveying trophic partitioning patterns." Journal of mammalogy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac027. 2022
- Parker, Lillian D., Campana, Michael G., Quinta, Jessica D., Cypher, Brian, Rivera, Isabel, Fleischer, Robert C., Ralls, Katherine, Wilbert, Tammy R., Boarman, Ryan, Boarman, William, I., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2021. "An efficient method for simultaneous species, individual, and sex identification via in-solution single nucleotide polymorphism capture from low-quality scat samples." Molecular Ecology Resources, https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13552. 2021
- Parker, Lillian D., Campana, Michael G., Quinta, Jessica D., Cypher, Brian, Rivera, Isabel, Fleischer, Robert C., Ralls, Katherine, Wilbert, Tammy R., Boarman, Ryan, Boarman, William I., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2021. "An efficient noninvasive method for simultaneous species, individual, and sex identification of sympatric Mojave Desert canids via in-solution SNP capture." Authorea, https://doi.org/10.22541/au.162818800.02355889/v1. 2021
- Prado, Natalia A., Brown, Janine L., Zoller, Joseph A., Haghani, Amin, Yao, Mingjia, Bagryanova, Lora R., Campana, Michael G., Maldonado, Jesús E., Raj, Ken, Schmitt, Dennis, Robeck, Todd R., and Horvath, Steve. 2021. "Epigenetic clock and methylation studies in elephants." Aging Cell, https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13414. 2021
- Boukhdoud, Liliane, Saliba, Carole, Parker, Lillian D., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Ishac Mouawad, Ghiwa, Kharrat, Mariane, Kahale, Rhea, Chahine, Tony, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Bou Dagher Kharrat, Magda. 2021. "First DNA sequence reference library for mammals and plants of the Eastern Mediterranean Region." Genome, 64, (1). https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2019-0194. 2021
- Boukhdoud, Liliane, Parker, Lillian D., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Saliba, Carole, Kahale, Rhea, Cross, Hugh, Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Kharrat, Magda Bou Dagher. 2021. "First mitochondrial genome of the Caucasian squirrel Sciurus anomalus (Rodentia, Sciuridae)." Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6, (3) 883–885. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1886012. 2021
- Boukhdoud, Liliane, Parker, Lillian D., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Saliba, Carole, Kahale, Rhea, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Bou Dagher Kharrat, Magda. 2021. "First mitochondrial genome of the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon (Carnivora, Herpestidae)." Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6, (2) 624–626. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1875927. 2021
- Boukhdoud, Liliane, Parker, Lillian D., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Saliba, Carole, Kahale, Rhea, Cross, Hugh, Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Bou Dagher Kharrat, Magda. 2021. "First mitochondrial genome of the marbled polecat Vormela peregusna (Carnivora, Mustelidae)." Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6, (3) 1009–1011. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.1894997. 2021
- Muletz-Wolz, Carly R., Wilson Rankin, Erin, McGrath-Blaser, Sarah, Venkatraman, Madhvi, Maldonado, Jesus E., Gruner, Daniel S., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2021. "Identification of novel bacterial biomarkers to detect bird scavenging by invasive rats." Ecology and Evolution, 11, (4) 1814–1828. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7171. 2021
- Reding, Dawn M., Castaneda-Rico, Susette, Shirazi, Sabrina, Hofman, Courtney A., Cancellare, Imogene A., Lance, Stacey L., Beringer, Jeff, Clark, William R., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2021. "Mitochondrial Genomes of the United States Distribution of Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Reveal a Major Phylogeographic Break at the Great Plains Suture Zone." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.666800. 2021
- Camargo, Issac, Ticul Alvarez-Castaneda, Sergio, Polly, P. David, Stuhler, John D., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2021. "RETRACTION: Molecular phylogenetic and taxonomic status of the large-eared desert shrew Notiosorex evotis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), with the designation of a neotype (Retraction of Vol 102, art no GYAA178, 2021)." Journal of mammalogy, 102, (4) 1202. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa178. 2021
- Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E., Ossa-López, Paula Andrea, Lasso-Lasso, Luis, Rivera-Páez, Fredy A., Roncancio-Duque, N., Escobedo-Morales, Luis, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2021. "Range extension of the Central American Red Brocket, Mazama temama (Kerr, 1792) (Artiodactyla, Cervidae), in Colombia." Check List, 17, (4) 1095–1102. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1095. 2021
- Novaes, Roberto Leonan M., Cláudio, Vinícius C., Carrión-Bonilla, Carlos, Abreu, Edson F., Wilson, Don E., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Weksler, Marcelo. 2021. "Variation in the Myotis keaysi complex (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Ecuador." Journal of mammalogy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab139. 2021
- Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., Dikow, Rebecca B., Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Frandsen, Paul B., Rockwood, Larry L., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2021. "Whole-Genome Sequencing of Procyonids Reveals Distinct Demographic Histories in Kinkajou (Potos flavus) and Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)." Genome Biology and Evolution, 13, (1) Article evaa255–Article evaa255. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa255. 2021
- Brand, Colin M., Johnson, Mireille B., Parker, Lillian D., Maldonado, Jesús E., Korte, Lisa, Vanthomme, Hadrien, Alonso, Alfonso, Ruiz-Lopez, Maria, Wells, Caitlin P., and Ting, Nelson. 2020. "Abundance, density, and social structure of African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in a human-modified landscape in southwestern Gabon." PLOS ONE, 15, (4) Article–e0231832. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231832. 2020
- Castaneda-Rico, Susette, Leon-Paniagua, Livia, Edwards, Cody W., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2020. "Ancient DNA From Museum Specimens and Next Generation Sequencing Help Resolve the Controversial Evolutionary History of the Critically Endangered Puebla Deer Mouse." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 94–94. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00094. 2020
- Hinckley, Arlo, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Achmadi, Anang S., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2020. "Ancient Divergence Driven by Geographic Isolation and Ecological Adaptation in Forest Dependent Sundaland Tree Squirrels." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00208. 2020
- Gooley, Rebecca M., Tamazian, Gaik, Castaneda-Rico, Susette, Murphy, Katherine R., Dobrynin, Pavel, Ferrie, Gina M., Haefele, Holly, Maldonado, Jesus E., Wildt, David E., Pukazhenthi, Budhan S., Edwards, Cody W., and Koepfli, Klaus-Peter. 2020. "Comparison of genomic diversity and structure of sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) in zoos, conservation centers, and private ranches in North America." Evolutionary Applications, 13, (8) 2143–2154. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12976. 2020
- Parker, Lillian D., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Camacho-Sanchez, Miguel, Campana, Michael G., West-Roberts, Jacob, Wilbert, Tammy R., Lim, Haw Chuan, Rockwood, Larry L., Leonard, Jennifer A., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2020. "Little genetic structure in a Bornean endemic small mammal across a steep ecological gradient." Molecular ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15626. 2020
- de Abreu-Junior, Edson Fiedler, Pavan, Silvia E., Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., Wilson, Don E., Percequillo, Alexandre R., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2020. "Museomics of tree squirrels: a dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, (1) 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01639-y. 2020
- Karuppannan, K., V., Mohamed, K. A., Abdul-Razak, M. F. A., Ahmad-Tahir, N. F. D., Mohd-Naim, N. A., Keliang, C., Yaakop, S., Maldonado, J. E., and Md-Zain, B. M. 2020. "Sex Ratio and Age Structure Patterns of Asian Elephants from Peninsular Malaysia Revealed by Non-Invasive Surveys." Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences-Japs, 30, (6) 1415–1423. https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2020.6.0163. 2020
- de Abreu-Junior, Edson Fiedler, Pavan, Silvia E., Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., Wilson, Don E., Percequillo, Alexandre R., and Maldonado, Jesus E. 2020. "Spatiotemporal Diversification of Tree Squirrels: Is the South American Invasion and Speciation Really That Recent and Fast?" Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 230–230. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00230. 2020
- Dommain, René, Andama, Morgan, McDonough, Molly M., Prado, Natalia A., Goldhammer, Tobias, Potts, Richard, Maldonado, Jesús E., Nkurunungi, John Bosco, and Campana, Michael G. 2020. "The Challenges of Reconstructing Tropical Biodiversity With Sedimentary Ancient DNA: A 2200-Year-Long Metagenomic Record From Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda." Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 Article 218. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00218. 2020
- Weinstein, Sara B., Malanga, Katrina Nyawira, Agwanda, Bernard, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Dearing, M. Denise. 2020. "The secret social lives of African crested rats, Lophiomys imhausi." Journal of mammalogy, 101, (6) 1680–1691. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa127. 2020
- Akre, Thomas S., Parker, Lillian D., Ruther, Ellery, Maldonado, Jesús E., Lemmon, Lorien, and McInerney, Nancy Rotzel. 2019. "Concurrent visual encounter sampling validates eDNA selectivity and sensitivity for the endangered wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)." PloS One, 14, (4) 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215586. 2019
- Wilbertl, Tammy R., Woollett, Deborah A. Smith, Westphal, Michael F., Whitelaw, Alice, Ralls, Katherine, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2019. "Distribution, fine-scale subdivision, and population size of San Joaquin kit foxes in the Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area, California." Conservation Genetics, 20, (3) 405–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-018-1122-3. 2019
- Camacho-Sanchez, Miguel, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Tuh, Yit Yu, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2019. "Endemism and diversity of small mammals along two neighboring Bornean mountains." PeerJ, 7 31608182. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7858. 2019
- Karuppannan, Kayal Vizi, Aifat, Nor Rahman, Mohamed, Khairul Amirin, Ahmad-Tahir, Nurul Farad Diyana, Nordin, Fatin Mardhiah, Yaakop, Salmah, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Md-Zain, Badrul Munir. 2019. "Genetic variations among selected wild Asian elephant populations in Peninsular Malaysia based on mitochondrial D-loop region DNA sequences." Biodiversitas, 20, (9) 2494–2502. 2019
- Karuppannan, Kayal Vizi, Ariff Abdul Razak, Mohd Firdaus, Diyana Ahmad Tahir, Nurul Farah, Rosli, Norsyamimi Rosli, Yaakop, Salmah, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2019. "Influence Of Asian Elephant Dung Decay on DNA Recovery." Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 14, (5) 175–181. 2019
- Castañeda-Rico, Susette, Johnson, Sarah A., Clement, Scott A., Dowler, Robert C., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Edwards, Cody W. 2019. "Insights into the evolutionary and demographic history of the extant endemic rodents of the Galápagos Islands." Therya, 10, (3) 213–228. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-19-873. 2019
- Johnson, Mireille B., Parker, Lillian D., Vanthomme, Hadrien, Tchignoumba, Landry, Deichmann, Jessica L., Maldonado, Jesús E., Korte, Lisa, and Alonso, Alfonso. 2019. "Patterns of genetic diversity in African forest elephants living in a human-modified landscape in southwest Gabon." Conservation Science and Practice, 1, (8) e76. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.76. 2019
- Card, Leah R., McShea, William J., Fleischer, Robert C., Maldonado, Jesús E., Stewardson, Kristin, Campana, Michael G., Jansen, Patrick A., and Calabrese, Justin M. 2019. "Tick Burdens in a Small-Mammal Community in Virginia." Northeastern Naturalist, 26, (3) 641–655. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.026.0317. 2019
- Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Tamazian, Gaik, Wildt, David E., Dobrynin, Pavel, Kim, Changhoon, Frandsen, Paul B., Godinho, Raquel, Yurchenko, Andrey A., Komissarov, Aleksey, Krasheninnikova, Ksenia, Kliver, Sergei, Kolchanova, Sofia, Gonçalves, Margarida, Carneiro, Miguel, Vaz Pinto, Pedro, Ferrand, Nuno, Maldonado, Jesús E., Ferrie, Gina M., Chemnick, Leona, Ryder, Oliver A., Johnson, Warren E., Comizzoli, Pierre, O'Brien, Stephen J., and Pukazhenthi, Budhan S. 2019. "Whole Genome Sequencing and Re-sequencing of the Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger): A Resource for Monitoring Diversity in ex Situ and in Situ Populations." G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 9, (6) 1785–1793. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400084. 2019
- Leimgruber, Peter, Campana, Michael G., Maldonado, Jesús E., Harris, Tara R., Dejid, Nandintsetseg, Cao, Qing, and Songer, Melissa A. 2018. "As wild as they come: Study confirms that Przewalski's horses are the best of the rest." 2018
- Kadariya, Rabin, Shimozuru, Michito, Maldonado, Jesús E., Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed, Sashika, Mariko, and Tsubota, Toshio. 2018. "High genetic diversity and distinct ancient lineage of Asiatic black bears revealed by non-invasive surveys in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal." PLOS ONE, 13, (12) e0207662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207662. 2018
- Camacho-Sanchez, Miguel, Quintanilla, Irene, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Tuh, Fred Y. Y., Wells, Konstans, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2018. "Interglacial refugia on tropical mountains: Novel insights from the summit rat (Rattus baluensis), a Borneo mountain endemic." Diversity and Distributions, 24, (9) 1252–1266. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12761. 2018
- McDonough, Molly M., Parker, Lillian D., McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Campana, Michael G., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2018. "Performance of commonly requested destructive museum samples for mammalian genomic studies." Journal of mammalogy, 99, (4) 789–802. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy080. 2018
- Mannise, N., Trovati, R. G., Duarte, J. M. B., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Gonzalez, S. 2018. "Using non-invasive genetic techniques to assist in maned wolf conservation in a remnant fragment of the Brazilian Cerrado." Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 41, (2) 315–319. 2018
- Mannise, N., Trovati, R. G., Duarte, J. M. B., Maldonado, J. E., and Gonzalez, S. 2018. "Using non-invasive genetic techniques to assist in maned wolf conservation in a remnant fragment of the Brazilian Cerrado." Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 41, (2) 315–319. https://doi.org/10.32800/abc.2018.41.0315. 2018
- Gutierrez, Eliecer E., Helgen, Kristofer M., McDonough, Molly M., Bauer, Franziska, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Escobedo-Morales, Luis A., Patterson, Bruce D., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2017. "A gene-tree test of the traditional taxonomy of American deer: the importance of voucher specimens, geographic data, and dense sampling." Zookeys, (697) 87–131. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.697.15124. 2017
- Henson, Lauren H., Songsasen, Nucharin, Waddell, Will, Wolf, Karen N., Emmons, Louise H., Gonzalez, Susana, Freeman, Elizabeth, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2017. "Characterization of Genetic Variation and Basis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Toll-like Receptor 5 Gene of the Red Wolf and Maned Wolf." Endangered Species Research, 32 135–144. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00790. 2017
- West, Catherine, Hofman, Courtney A., Ebbert, Steve, Martin, John, Shirazi, Sabrina, Dunning, Samantha, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2017. "Integrating archaeology and ancient DNA to address invasive species colonization in the Gulf of Alaska." Conservation Biology, 31, (5) 1163–1172. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12865. 2017
- Mannise, Natalia, Cosse, Mariana, González, Susana, Emmons, Louise H., Barbanti Duarte, José Mauricio, Beccaceci, Marcelo D., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2017. "Maned wolves retain moderate levels of genetic diversity and gene flow despite drastic habitat fragmentation." Endangered Species Research, 34 449–462. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00859. 2017
- Ralls, Katherine, McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Gagne, Roderick B., Ernest, Holly B., Tinker, M. T., Fujii, Jessica, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2017. "Mitogenomes and relatedness do not predict frequency of tool-use by sea otters." Biology Letters, 13, (3). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0880. 2017
- Silva-Caballero, Adrian, León-Ávila, Gloria, Valenzuela-Galván, David, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Ortega, Jorge. 2017. "Patterns of Genetic Diversity of the White-Nosed Coati Reveals Phylogeographically Structured Subpopulations in Mexico." Natural Resources, 8, (1) 31–53. https://doi.org/10.4236/nr.2017.81003. 2017
- Barbanti Duarte, Jose Mauricio, Talarico, Angela Cristina, Vogliotti, Alexandre, Garcia, Jose Eduardo, Oliveira, Marcio Leite, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Gonzalez, Susana. 2017. "Scat detection dogs, DNA and species distribution modelling reveal a diminutive geographical range for the Vulnerable small red brocket deer Mazama bororo." Oryx, 51, (4) 656–664. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605316000405. 2017
- Funk, W. Chris, Lovich, Robert E., Hohenlohe, Paul A., Hofman, Courtney A., Morrison, Scott A., Sillett, T. Scott, Ghalambor, Cameron K., Maldonado, Jesús E., Rick, Torben C., Day, Mitch D., Polato, Nicholas R., Fitzpatrick, Sarah W., Coonan, Timothy J., Crooks, Kevin R., Dillon, Adam, Garcelon, David K., King, Julie L., Boser, Christina L., Gould, Nicholas, and Andelt, William F. 2016. "Adaptive divergence despite strong genetic drift: genomic analysis of the evolutionary mechanisms causing genetic differentiation in the island fox (Urocyon littoralis)." Molecular ecology, 25, (10) 2176–2194. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13605. 2016
- Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Leonard, Jennifer A., Helgen, Kristofer M., McDonough, Molly M., Rockwood, Larry L., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2016. "Evolutionary history of endemic Sulawesi squirrels constructed from UCEs and mitogenomes sequenced from museum specimens." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16, (1) 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0650-z. 2016
- Escobedo-Morales, Luis, Mandujano, Salvador, Eguiarte, Luis E., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Marco A., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2016. "First phylogenetic analysis of Mesoamerican brocket deer Mazama pandora and Mazama temama (Cetartiodactyla: Cervidae) based on mitochondrial sequences: Implications on Neotropical deer evolution." Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 81, (3) 303–313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2016.02.003. 2016
- Campana, Michael G., Parker, Lillian D., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Young, Hillary S., Helgen, Kristofer M., Szykman Gunther, Micaela, Woodroffe, Rosie, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2016. "Genome sequence, population history, and pelage genetics of the endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)." BMC Genomics, 17, (1) 1013. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3368-9. 2016
- Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Hofman, Courtney A., Callicrate, Taylor, McDonough, Molly M., Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., Gutiérrez, Eliécer E., Helgen, Kristofer M., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2016. "In-Solution Hybridization for Mammalian Mitogenome enrichment: Pros, Cons, and Challenges Associated with Multiplexing Degraded DNA." Molecular Ecology Resources, 16, (5) 1173–1188. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12448. 2016
- Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Helgen, Kristofer M., Maldonado, Jesús E., Rockwood, Larry L., Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N., and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2016. "Phylogeny, biogeography and systematic revision of plain long-nosed squirrels (genus Dremomys, Nannosciurinae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94, (Part B) 752–764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.023. 2016
- Haynie, Michelle L., Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin, Ospina-Garcés, Sandra Milena, Maldonado, Jesús E., Polaco, Oscar J., Medellín, Rodrigo A., and Tsuchiya, Mirian T. N. 2016. "Placement of the rediscovered Myotis planiceps (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) within the Myotis phylogeny." Journal of mammalogy, 97, (3) 701–712. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv216. 2016
- Campana, Michael G., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Henson, Lauren H., Stewardson, Kristin, Young, Hillary S., Card, Leah R., Lock, Justin, Agwanda, Bernard, Brinkerhoff, Jory, Gaff, Holly D., Helgen, Kristofer M., Maldonado, Jesús E., McShea, William J., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2016. "Simultaneous identification of host, ectoparasite and pathogen DNA via in-solution capture." Molecular Ecology Resources, 16, (5) 1224–1239. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12524. 2016
- Hofman, Courtney A., Rick, Torben C., Maldonado, Jesús E., Collins, Paul W., Erlandson, Jon M., Fleischer, Robert C., Smith, Chelsea, Sillett, T. Scott, Ralls, Katherine, Teeter, Wendy, Vellanoweth, René L., and Newsome, Seth D. 2016. "Tracking the origins and diet of an endemic island canid (Urocyon littoralis) across 7300 years of human cultural and environmental change." Quaternary Science Reviews, 146 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.06.010. 2016
- Hofman, Courtney A., Rick, Torben C., Fleischer, Robert C., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Conservation archaeogenomics: ancient DNA and biodiversity in the Anthropocene." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30, (9) 540–549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.008. 2015
- Dutta, Trishna, Sharma, Sandeep, Maldonado, Jesús E., Panwar, Hemendra Singh, and Seidensticker, John. 2015. "Genetic Variation, Structure, and Gene Flow in a Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) Meta-Population in the Satpura-Maikal Landscape of Central India." PloS One, 10, (5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123384. 2015
- Maldonado, Jesús E., Young, Sarah, Simons, Lee H., Stone, Sheridan, Parker, Lillian D., and Ortega Reyes, Jorge. 2015. "Genética de la conservación y filogenia de la musaraña de Arizona en las "islas del cielo" del Suroeste de los Estados Unidos." Therya, 6, (2) 401–420. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-15-250. 2015
- Hofman, Courtney A., Rick, Torben C., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Funk, W. C., Ralls, Katherine, Boser, Christina L., Collins, Paul W., Coonan, Tim, King, Julie L., Morrison, Scott A., Newsome, Seth D., Sillett, T. Scott, Fleischer, Robert C., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest Rapid Evolution of Dwarf California Channel Islands Foxes (Urocyon littoralis)." PloS One, 10, (2) 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118240. 2015
- He, Kai, Woodman, Neal, Boaglio, Sean, Roberts, Mariel, Supekar, Sunjana, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Molecular Phylogeny Supports Repeated Adaptation to Burrowing within Small-Eared Shrews Genus of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)." PloS One, 10, (10) 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140280. 2015
- Wilbert, Tammy R., Woolett, Debora A., Whitelaw, Alice, Dart, Jason, Hoyt, Joseph R., Galen, Spencer, Ralls, Katherine, Meade, Daniel, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Non-invasive baseline genetic monitoring of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox on a photovoltaic solar facility." Endangered Species Research, 27, (1) 31–41. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00649. 2015
- Yumnam, Bibek, Negi, Tripti, Maldonado, Jesús E., Fleischer, Robert C., and Jhala, Yadvendradev V. 2015. "Phylogeography of the Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) in India." PloS One, 10, (9) 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138497. 2015
- Leonard, Jennifer A., den Tex, Robert-Jan, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Muñoz-Fuentes, Violeta, Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Phylogeography of vertebrates on the Sunda Shelf: a multi-species comparison." Journal of Biogeography, 42, (5) 871–879. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12465. 2015
- González, Susana, Cosse, Mariana, Franco, María del Rosario, Emmons, Louise H., Vynne, Carly, Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti, Beccacesi, Marcelo D., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Population Structure of mtDNA Variation due to Pleistocene Fluctuations in the South American Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus, Illiger, 1815): Management Units for Conservation." The Journal of Heredity, 106 459–468. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esv043. 2015
- González, Susana, Mannise, Natalia, Repetto, Leticia, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Sex determination of three Neotropical canids by high resolution melting analysis." Conservation Genetics Resources, 7 643–645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-015-0466-y. 2015
- Gutiérrez, Eliécer E., Maldonado, Jesús E., Radosavljevic, Aleksandar, Molinari, Jesús, Patterson, Bruce D., Martínez-C, Juan M., Rutter, Amy R., Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Garcia, Franger J., and Helgen, Kristofer M. 2015. "The Taxonomic Status of Mazama bricenii and the Significance of the Táchira Depression for Mammalian Endemism in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela." PloS One, 10, (6) 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129113. 2015
- Bozarth, Christine A., Gardner, Beth, Rockwood, Larry L., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Using Fecal DNA and Spatial Capture-Recapture to Characterize a Recent Coyote Colonization." Northeastern Naturalist, 22, (1) 144–162. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.022.0124. 2015
- Hertel, Fritz, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Sustaita, Diego. 2015. "Wing and hindlimb myology of vultures and raptors (Accipitriformes) in relation to locomotion and foraging." Acta Zoologica, 96 283–285. https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12074. 2015
- Rick, Torben C., Sillett, T. Scott, Ghalambor, Cameron K., Hofman, Courtney A., Ralls, Katherine, Anderson, R. S., Boser, Christina L., Braje, Todd J., Cayan, Daniel R., Chesser, R. Terry, Collins, Paul W., Erlandson, Jon M., Faulkner, Kate R., Fleischer, Robert C., Funk, W. C., Galipeau, Russell, Huston, Ann, King, Julie, Laughrin, Lyndal, Maldonado, Jesús E., McEachern, Kathryn, Muhs, Daniel R., Newsome, Seth D., Reeder-Myers, Leslie, Still, Christopher et al. 2014. "Ecological Change on California's Channel Islands from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene." Bioscience, 64, (8) 680–692. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biu094. 2014
- Montiel-Reyes, F., Maldonado, Jesús E., del Real-Monroy, M., Martínez-Méndez, N., and Ortega, J. 2014. "Non-invasive sampling reveals fine-scale genetic structure in black bear Ursus americanus populations from northeastern Mexico." Endangered Species Research, 26, (2) 179–188. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00626. 2014
- Yumnam, Bibek, Jhala, Yadvendradev V., Qureshi, Qamar, Maldonado, Jesús E., Gopal, Rajesh, Saini, Swati, Srinivas, Y., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2014. "Prioritizing Tiger Conservation through Landscape Genetics and Habitat Linkages." PloS One, 9, (11) 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111207. 2014
- Eggert, L. S., Buij, R., Lee, M. E., Campbell, P., Dallmeier, Francisco, Fleischer, Robert C., Alonso, Alfonso, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2014. "Using Genetic Profiles of African Forest Elephants to Infer Population Structure, Movements, and Habitat Use in a Conservation and Development Landscape in Gabon." Conservation Biology, 28, (1) 107–118. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12161. 2014
- Woc-Colburn, Ana, Murray, Suzan, Lock, Justin, Dragoo, Jerry W., Guglielmo, Dell, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2013. "A Minimally Invasive Method for Gender Determination in the Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)." Zoo biology, 32, (4) 463–466. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21063. 2013
- Sharma, Sandeep, Dutta, Trishna, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., Panwar, Hemendra Singh, and Seidensticker, John. 2013. "A highly informative microsatellite panel for individual identification and sex determination of jungle cats (Felis chaus)." Conservation Genetics Resources, 5, (3) 863–866. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-013-9873-0. 2013
- Ahlering, Marissa A., Maldonado, Jesús E., Eggert, L. S., Fleischer, Robert C., Western, D., and Brown, Janine L. 2013. "Conservation outside Protected Areas and the Effect of Human-Dominated Landscapes on Stress Hormones in Savannah Elephants." Conservation Biology, 27, (3) 569–575. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12061. 2013
- González-Porter, Gracia P., Maldonado, Jesús E., Flores-Villela, Oscar, Vogt, Richard C., Janke, Axel, Fleischer, Robert C., and Hailer, Frank. 2013. "Cryptic Population Structuring and the Role of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec as a Gene Flow Barrier in the Critically Endangered Central American River Turtle." PLoS ONE, 8, (9) e71668. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071668. 2013
- Dutta, Trishna, Sharma, Sandeep, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., Panwar, H. S., and Seidensticker, John. 2013. "Fine-scale population genetic structure in a wide-ranging carnivore, the leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) in central India." Diversity & Distributions, 19, (7) 760–771. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12024. 2013
- Sharma, Sandeep, Dutta, Trishna, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., Panwar, Hemendra Singh, and Seidensticker, John. 2013. "Forest corridors maintain historical gene flow in a tiger metapopulation in the highlands of central India." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280, (1767). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1506. 2013
- Dutta, Trishna, Sharma, Sandeep, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., Panwar, Hemendra S., and Seidensticker, John. 2013. "Gene flow and demographic history of leopards (Panthera pardus) in the central Indian highlands." Evolutionary Applications, 6, (6) 949–959. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12078. 2013
- Cardoni, Daniel A., Greenberg, Russell S., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Isacch, Juan P. 2013. "Morphological adaptation to coastal marshes in spite of limited genetic structure in the Neotropical passerine Spartonoica maluroides (Aves: Furnariidae)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 109, (1) 78–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12019. 2013
- Sharma, Sandeep, Dutta, Trishna, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., Panwar, Hemendra Singh, and Seidensticker, John. 2013. "Selection of microsatellite loci for genetic monitoring of sloth bears." Ursus, 24, (2) 164–169. https://doi.org/10.2192/URSUS-D-13-00001.1. 2013
- Sharma, Sandeep, Dutta, Trishna, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., Panwar, Hemendra Singh, and Seidensticker, John. 2013. "Spatial genetic analysis reveals high connectivity of tiger (Panthera tigris) populations in the Satpura–Maikal landscape of Central India." Ecology and Evolution, 3, (1) 48–60. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.432. 2013
- Helgen, Kristofer M., Pinto, C. Miguel, Kays, Roland, Helgen, Lauren, Tsuchiya, Mirian, Quinn, Aleta J., Wilson, Don E., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2013. "Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito." ZooKeys, 324 1–83. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.324.5827. 2013
- Dutta, Trishna, Sharma, Sandeep, Maldonado, Jesús E., Wood, Thomas C., and Seidensticker, John. 2012. "A reliable method for individual identification and gender determination of wild leopards (Panthera pardus fusca) using non-invasive samples." Conservation Genetics Resources, 4, (3) 665–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-012-9618-5. 2012
- Mannise, Natalia, Cosse, Mariana, Repetto, Leticia, Franco-Berriel, Maria R., Maldonado, Jesús E., and González, Susana. 2012. "AnáLisis Genético sobre la Presencia de Aguará Guazú (Carnivora, Mammalia) en Uruguay." Boletín de la Sociedad Zoológica del Uruguay, 21, (1-2) 30–38. 2012
- Ahlering, Marissa A., Maldonado, Jesús E., Fleischer, Robert C., Western, David, and Eggert, L. S. 2012. "Fine-scale group structure and demography of African savanna elephants recolonizing lands outside protected areas." Diversity and Distributions: A Journal of Conservation Biogeography, 18, (10) 952–961. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00896.x. 2012
- Rick, Torben C., Hofman, Courtney A., Braje, Todd J., Maldonado, Jesús E., Sillett, T. Scott, Danchisko, Kevin, and Erlandson, Jon M. 2012. "Flightless ducks, giant mice and pygmy mammoths: Late Quaternary extinctions on California's Channel Islands." World Archaeology, 44, (1) 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2012.646101. 2012
- Moncrief, Nancy D., Lack, Justin B., Maldonado, Jesús E., Bryant, Katherine L., Edwards, Cody W., and Van Den Bussche, Ronald A. 2012. "General lack of phylogeographic structure in two sympatric, forest obligate squirrels (Sciurus niger and S. carolinensis)." Journal of mammalogy, 93, (5) 1247–1264. https://doi.org/10.1644/11-MAMM-A-383.1. 2012
- Ahlering, Marissa A., Eggert, Lori S., Western, David, Estes, Anna, Munishi, Linus, Fleischer, Robert C., Roberts, Melissa, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2012. "Identifying Source Populations and Genetic Structure for Savannah Elephants in Human-Dominated Landscapes and Protected Areas in the Kenya-Tanzania Borderlands." PLoS ONE, 7, (12) 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052288. 2012
- Becker, Penny A., Miller, Philip S., Gunther, Micaela Szykman, Somers, Michael J., Wildt, David E., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2012. "Inbreeding Avoidance Influences the Viability of Reintroduced Populations of African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus)." PLoS ONE, 7, (5) 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037181. 2012
- Hirsch, Ben T., Stanton, Margaret A., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2012. "Kinship Shapes Affiliative Social Networks but Not Aggression in Ring-Tailed Coatis." PLoS ONE, 7, (5) 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037301. 2012
- Ortega, Jorge, Navarrete, Daya, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2012. "Non-invasive sampling of endangered neotropical river otters reveals high levels of dispersion in the Lacantun River System of Chiapas, Mexico." Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 35, (1) 59–69. 2012
- Matocq, Marjorie D., Kelly, Patrick A., Phillips, Scott E., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2012. "Reconstructing the evolutionary history of an endangered subspecies across the changing landscape of the Great Central Valley of California." Molecular Ecology, 21, (24) 5918–5933. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12079. 2012
- Bozarth, Christine A., Hailer, Frank, Rockwood, Larry, Edwards, Cody, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2011. "Coyote colonization of northern Virginia and admixture with Great Lakes Wolves." Journal of mammalogy, 92, (5) 1070–1080. https://doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-223.1. 2011
- Hirsch, Ben T. and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2011. "Familiarity breeds progeny: sociality increases reproductive success in adult male ring-tailed coatis (Nasua nasua)." Molecular Ecology, 20, (2) 409–419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04940.x. 2011
- Spiering, Penny A., Szykman, Micaela, Somers, Michael J., Wildt, David E., Walters, Michelle, Wilson, Amy S., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2011. "Inbreeding, heterozygosity and fitness in a reintroduced population of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)." Conservation Genetics, 2011, (12) 410–412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0147-z. 2011
- González-Porter, Gracia P., Hailer, Frank, Flores-Villela, Oscar, García-Anleu, Rony, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2011. "Patterns of genetic diversity in the critically endangered Central American river turtle: human influence since the Mayan age?" Conservation Genetics, 12, (5) 1229–1242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0225-x. 2011
- Bozarth, Christine A., Lance, Stacey L., Civitello, David J., Glenn, Julie L., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2011. "Phylogeography of the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in the Eastern United States." Journal of mammalogy, 92, (2) 283–294. https://doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-141.1. 2011
- Rodríguez-Clark, Kathryn M., Maldonado, Jesús E., Ascanio, David, Gamero, Emperatriz, Ovalle Moleiro, Leonel, Pérez-Emán, Jorge, and Braun, Michael J. 2011. "Using genetics to understand and conserve the Red Siskin (Carduelis cucullata)." Journal of the National Finch and Softbill Society, 25. 2011
- Bozarth, Christine A., Alva-Campbell, Yvette R., Ralls, Katherine, Henry, Tammy R., Smith, Deborah A., Westphal, Michael F., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2010. "An efficient noninvasive method for discriminating among faeces of sympatric North American Canids." Conservation Genetics Resources, 2, (1) 173–175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-010-9215-4. 2010
- Ralls, Katherine, Sharma, Sandeep, Smith, Deborah A., Bremner-Harrison, Samantha, Cypher, Brian L., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2010. "Changes in Kit Fox Defecation Patterns During the Reproductive Season: Implications for Noninvasive Surveys." Journal of Wildlife Management, 74, (7) 1457–1462. 2010
- Archie, Elizabeth A., Henry, Tammy, Maldonado, Jesús E., Moss, Cynthia J., Poole, Joyce H., Pearson, Virginia R., Murray, Suzan, Alberts, Susan C., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2010. "Major histocompatibility complex variation and evolution at a single, expressed DQA locus in two genera of elephants." Immunogenetics, 62, (2) 85–100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00251-009-0413-8. 2010
- den Tex, Robert-Jan, Maldonado, Jesús E., Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2010. "Nuclear copies of mitochondrial genes: another problem for ancient DNA." Genetica, 138, (9) 979–984. 2010
- Eggert, Lori S., Powell, David M., Ballou, Jonathan D., Malo, Aurelio F., Turner, Allison, Kumer, Jack, Zimmerman, Carl, Fleischer, Robert C., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2010. "Pedigrees and the study of the wild horse population of Assateague Island National Seashore." Journal of Wildlife Management, 74, (5) 963–973. https://doi.org/10.2193/2009-231. 2010
- Andree, K., Axtner, Jan, Bagley, M. J., Barlow, E. J., Beebee, T. J. C., Bennetzen, Jeffrey L., Bermingham, Eldredge, Boisselier-Dubayle, M. C., Bozarth, Christine A., Brooks, Christopher P., Brown, R. P., Catanese, Gaetano, Cavers, S., Cerón-Souza, Ivania, Chak, Solomon T. C., Chan, M. N., Charles-Dominique, P., Chen, C. Y., Chen, J. D., Chinchilla, Leah, Silva, D.,D.A., Dafreville, S., Daunt, F., Delatte, H., Dorge, T. et al. 2010. "Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2010 – 31 May 2010." Molecular Ecology Resources, 10, (6) 1098–1105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02898.x. 2010
- Spiering, Penny A., Somers, Michael J., Maldonado, Jesús E., Wildt, David E., and Gunther, Micaela Szykman. 2010. "Reproductive sharing and proximate factors mediating cooperative breeding in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64, (4) 583–592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-009-0875-6. 2010
- den Tex, Robert-Jan, Thorington, Richard W., Jr., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Leonard, Jennifer A. 2010. "Speciation dynamics in the SE Asian tropics: Putting a time perspective on the phylogeny and biogeography of Sundaland tree squirrels, Sundasciurus." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 55, (2010) 711–720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.023. 2010
- Llambías, Paulo E., Ferretti, Valentina, Cardoni, Daniel A., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2009. "Breeding Success and Social Mating System of the Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail (Spartonoica maluroides)." Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 121, (4) 803–807. https://doi.org/10.1676/09-011.1. 2009
- González, Susana, Maldonado, Jesús E., Ortega, J., Talarico, A., Bidegaray, L., Garcia, J. E., and Barbanti-Durate, J. M. 2009. "Identification of the endangered small red brocket deer (Mazama bororo) using noninvasive genetic techniques (Mammalia; Cervidae)." Molecular Ecology Resources, 9 754–758. 2009
- Spiering, Penny A., Gunther, Micaela Szykman, Wildt, David E., Somers, Michael J., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2009. "Sampling error in non-invasive genetic analyses of an endangered social carnivore." Conservation Genetics, 10 2005–2007. 2009
- Cardoni, D. A., Maldonado, Jesús E., Isacch, J. P., and Greenberg, Russell S. 2009. "Subtle Sexual Dimorphism in the Bay-Capped Wren-Spinetail (Furnariidae) Uncovered through Molecular Sex Determination." Ornitologia Neotropical, 20 347–355. 2009
- Helgen, Kristofer M., Kays, Roland W., Helgen, Lauren E., Tsuchiya-Jerep, Mirian T. N., Pinto, C. Miguel, Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Eizirik, Eduardo, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2009. "Taxonomic boundaries and geographic distributions revealed by an integrative systematic overview of the mountain coatis, Nasuella (Carnivora: Procyonidae)." Small Carnivore Conservation, 41, (1) 65–74. 2009
- Ortega, Jorge, Antonio Guerrero, Jose, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2008. "Aggression and Tolerance by Dominant Males of Artibeus Jamaicensis: Strategies to Maximize Fitness in Harem Groups." Journal of Mammalogy, 89, (6) 1372–1378. https://doi.org/10.1644/08-MAMM-S-056.1. 2008
- Archie, Elizabeth A., Maldonado, Jesús E., Hollister-Smith, Julie A., Poole, Joyce H., Moss, Cynthia J., Fleischer, Robert C., and Alberts, Susan C. 2008. "Fine-scale population genetic structure in a fission-fusion society." Molecular Ecology, 17, (11) 2666–79. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03797.x. 2008
- Helgen, Kristofer M., Maldonado, Jesús E., Wilson, Don E., and Buckner, S. D. 2008. "Molecular Confirmation of the Origin and Invasive Status of West Indian Raccoons." Journal of Mammalogy, 89, (2) 282–291. https://doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-155R.1. 2008
- Munshi-South, Jason, Tchignoumba, L., Brown, J., Abbondanza, N., Maldonado, Jesús E., Henderson, A., and Alfonso, A. 2008. "Physiological indicators of stress in African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) in relation to petroleum operations in Gabon, Central Africa." Diversity & Distributions, 14 995–1003. 2008
- Ballou, Jonathan D., Traylor-Holzer, Kathy, Turner, Allison, Malo, Aurelio F., Powell, David M., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Eggert, Lori. 2008. "Simulation model for contraceptive management of the Assateague Island feral horse population using individual-based data." Wildlife Research, 35, (6) 502–512. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR07124. 2008
- Eggert, L. S., Patterson, G., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2008. "The Knysna elephants: a population study conducted using faecal DNA." African Journal of Ecology, 46, (1) 19–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00794.x. 2008
- Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti, González, S., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2008. "The surprising evolutionary history of South American deer." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49, (1) 17–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.07.009. 2008
- Archie, E. A., Hollister-Smith, J. A., Poole, J. H., Lee, P. C., Moss, C. J., Maldonado, Jesús E., Fleischer, Robert C., and Alberts, Susan C. 2007. "Behavioural inbreeding avoidance in wild African elephants." Molecular Ecology, 16, (19) 4138–4148. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03483.x. 2007
- Cosse, M., González, S., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2007. "Cross-amplification tests of ungulate primers in the endangered Neotropical pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)." Genetics and Molecular Research, 6, (4) 1118–1122. 2007
- Koepfli, Klaus-Peter, Gompper, Matthew E., Eizirik, Eduardo, Ho, Cheuk-Chung, Linden, Leif, Maldonado, Jesús E., and Wayne, Robert K. 2007. "Phylogeny of the Procyonidae (Mammalia: Carnivora): Molecules, morphology and the Great American Interchange." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43, (3) 1076–1095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.003. 2007
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Chapter
- González, Susana, Barbanti Duarte, Jose M., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2010. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution." In Neotropical Cervidology. Biology and Medicine of Latin American Deer. Barbanti Duarte, J. M. and González, Susana, editors. 12–17. Jaboticabal, Brazil: FUNEP/IUCN. 2010
- Guerrero, J. A., Ortega, J., Gonzalez, D., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2008. "Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Fruit-eating bats of the genus Artibeus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)." In Avances en el Estudio de los Mamiferos de Mexico. II. ECOSUR-San Cristobal de Las Casas.. Auxiliadora, Maria, editor. Chiapas, Mexico: San Cristobal de Las Casas. 2008
- Ortega, J. and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2007. "Caracterización y Evolución de Microsátelites en Murciélagos (Orden Chriroptera)." In Tópicos en Sistemática, Biogeografía, Ecología y Conservación de Mamíferos. Rojas, A. and Sanchez, G., editors. 71–79. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. 2007
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Dataset
- Prado, Natalia, Armstrong, Ellie E., Brown, Janine L., Goldenberg, Shifra, Leimgruber, Peter, Pearson, Virginia R., Maldonado, Jesús E., and Campana, Michael G. 2023. [Dataset] Annotation for Asian Elephant Em538 10x Hi-C Genome Assembly. Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.22041383.V1. 2023
- Castañeda-Rico, Susette, Parker, Lillian D., Sánchez, Evelyn, Rivas-Trasvina, Sheccid, Hawkins, Melissa T. R., Edwards, Cody W., and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2023. [Dataset] Dataset: Novel genomic resources contribute to the systematics of threatened arboreal deer mice of the genus Habromys Hooper & Musser, 1964 (Cricetidae, Neotominae) within a neotomine–peromyscine phylogeny. Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.23563929.V1. 2023
- Clark, Jonathan D., Luther, David A., Benham, Phred M., Maldonado, Jesus E., and Lim, Haw Chuan. 2022. [Dataset] Data from: Maintenance of local adaptation despite gene flow in a coastal songbird. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.GHX3FFBR5. 2022
- Weinstein, Sara, Malanga, Katrina Nyawira, M. Denise Dearing, Agwanda, Bernard, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2020. [Dataset] Lophiomys imhausi (crested rat) behavior in captive and natural environments. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.C.4948773.V1. 2020
- Dommain, René, Andama, Morgan, McDonough, Molly M., Prado-Oviedo, Natalia A., Goldhammer, Tobias, Potts, Richard, Maldonado, Jesús E., Nkurunungi, John Bosco, and Campana, Michael. 2020. [Dataset] Supporting data for "The challenges of reconstructing tropical biodiversity with sedimentary ancient DNA: a 2200-year-long metagenomic record from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda". Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.10072625.V2. 2020
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- Ortega, Jorge and Maldonado, Jesús E., editors. 2020. Conservation Genetics in Mammals: Integrative Research Using Novel Approaches. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33334-8. 2020
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Center for Conservation Genomics
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