Kristine Pilgrim

Laboratory Supervisor

Wildlife Ecology Research Unit
Rocky Mountain Research Station
800 E. Beckwith Ave.
Missoula MT 59801
Phone: 406-542-3255
E-mail: kpilgrim [at] fs.fed.us
Genetics Lab Website

Education

B.A. University of Montana 1996
M.S. University of Montana 1999

Research Interests

I am interested in population genetic applications with non-invasive samples on a wide variety of species. I am very interested in issues of hybridization, and population dynamics in our changing landscapes.

Publications

Pilgrim, K. P., S. H. Forbes and D. K. Boyd 1998. Testing for wolf-coyote hybridization in the Rocky Mountains using mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Wildlife Management 62(2):683-689.

Pilgrim, K. L., K. S. McKelvey, A. E. Riddle, and M. K. Schwartz. 2005. Felid sex identification based on non-invasive genetic samples. Molecular Ecology 5:60-61. [PDF]

Pilgrim, K. L., W. J. Zielinski, M. J. Mazurek, F. V. Schlexer, and M. K. Schwartz. 2006. Development and characterization of microsatellite markers in the Point Arena mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa nigra. Molecular Ecology Notes 6:800-802. [PDF]

Kukuk, P. F., S. H. Forbes, R. Zahorchack, A. Riddle, and K. L. Pilgrim. 2002. Highly polymorphic microsatellite markers developed for Lasioglossum hemichalceum a social bee species. Molecular Ecology 2(4):529-530. [PDF]

Leberg, P. L. M. R. Carloss, L. J. Dugas, K. L. Pilgrim, L. S. Mills, M. C. Green, and D. Scognamilo. 2004. Recent record of a couger (puma concolor) in Louisiana, with notes on diet, based on analysis of fecal materials. Southeastern Naturalist 3(4):653-658. [PDF]

Loew, S., D. Williams, K. Ralls, K. L. Pilgrim, and R. Fleischer. 2005. Population structure and genetic variation in the endangered Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens). Conservation Genetics 6:495-510. [PDF]

Mills, L. S., K. L. Pilgrim, M. K. Schwartz, and K. McKelvey 2000. Identifying lynx and other North American felids based on MtDNA analysis. Conservation Genetics 1(3):285-288. [PDF]

Ralls, K. K. L. Pilgrim, P. J. White, E. E. Paxinos, M. K. Schwartz, and R. C. Fleischer. 2001. Kinship, social relationships, and den sharing in kit foxes. Journal of Mammalogy 82(3):858-866.

Riddle, A., K. L. Pilgrim, L. S. Mills, K. S. McKelvey, and L. F. Ruggiero. 2003. Identification of mustelids using mitochondrial DNA and non-invasive sampling. Conservation Genetics 4:241-243. [DNA]

Schwartz, M., K. L. Pilgrim, K. McKelvey, E. Lindquist, J. Claar, S. Loch, and L. Rugiero. 2004. Hybridization between Canada lynx and bobcats: genetic results and management implications. Conservation Genetics 5:349-355. [PDF]

Schwartz, M., K. Ralls, D. F. Williams, B. L. Cypher, K. L. Pilgrim, and R. C. Fleischer. 2005. Gene flow among San Joaquin kit fox populations in a severely changed ecosystem. Conservation Genetics 8:1-13. [PDF]

Schwartz MK, Aubry KB, McKelvey KS, Pilgrim KL, Copeland JP, Squires JR, Inman RM, Wisely SM and Ruggiero LF. 2007. Inferring geographic isolation of wolverine in California using ancient DNA. Journal of Wildlife Management.

Spruell, P., K. L. Pilgrim, B. A. Greene, C. Habicht, K. L. Knudsen, K. R. Lindner, G. K. Sage, J. E. Seeb, and F. W. Allendorf. 1999. Inheritance of nuclear DNA markers in gynogenetic haploid pink salmon. Journal of Heredity 90:289-296.

Vinkey, R., M. Schwartz, K. McKelvey, K. Foresman, K. L. Pilgrim, and B. Giddings. 2006. When reintroductions are augmentations: the genetic legacy of fishers (Martes pennanti) in Montana. Journal of Mammalogy 87(2):265-271. [PDF]

Zielinski, W. J., F. V. Schlexer, K. L. Pilgrim, and M.K. Schwartz. 2006. Testing the efficacy of two methods for snaring hair from Mesocarnivores. The Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(4):1152-1161. [PDF]