Publications

First author equal-contribution are found underlined, the corresponding author is represented by * and students supervised by me are represented with ^s

• Almost all publications are open-access, but in the few cases where this is not the case, a PDF of the following publications can be found here

2023

Capurso G^s, Carroll B, Stewart KA*. 2023. Transforming marin monitoring: using eDNA metabarcoding to improve the monitoring of the Mediterranean Marine Protected Area network. Marine Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105807

Banerjee P, Stewart KA, et al. The unseen invaders: tracking phylogeographic dynamics and genetic diversity of cryptic Pomacea spp. (Golden Apple Snails) across Taiwan. In Review.

2022

Didaskalou EA^s*, Trimbos KB, Stewart KA. 2022. Environmental DNA. Current Biology. Quick Guide.32(22):PR1250-R1252

Zeeman AN^s, Smallegange IM, Burdfield Steel E, Groot AT, Stewart KA*. 2022. Toward an understanding of the chemical ecology of alternative reproductive tactics in the bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus robini). BMC Ecology and Evolution. 22(5). DOI:10.1186/s12862-021-01956-w

Banerjee P, Stewart KA, Antognazza CM, et al. 2022. Plant-animal interactions in the era of environmental DNA (eDNA) – a review. Environmental DNA. DOI:10.1002/edn3.308

Banerjee P, Stewart KA, Dey G, et al. 2022. Environmental DNA analysis as an emerging non-destructive method for plant biodiversity monitoring: a review. AoB Plants. plac031. DOI:10.1093/aobpla/plac031

Rhebergen FT^s, Stewart KA, Smallegange IM.* 2022. Nutrient-dependent allometric plasticity in a male-diphenic mite. Ecology and Evolution 12. e9145. DOI:10.1002/ece3.9145

Banerjee P, Stewart KA, Dey G, et al. 2022. When conventional methods fall short: identification of invasive cryptic Pomacea spp. (Pomacea canaliculata; P. maculata) using environmental DNA. Hydrobiologia (in press).

2021

Rodriguez-Ezpeleta N*,…Stewart KA, et al. 2021.Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on “Environmental DNA: what’s behind the term?” by Pawlowski et al. 2020. Molecular Ecology 30(19): 4601-4605. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15942

Cairns N*, Cicchino AS, Stewart KA, Austin J, Lougheed SC. Cytonuclear discordance, reticulation and cryptic diversity in one of North America’s most common frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107042.

2020

Stewart KA*, Taylor SA. 2020. Leveraging eDNA to expand the study of hybrid zones. Molecular Ecology. 29(15):2768-2776.

Qu C^s, Stewart KA, Clemente-Carvalho R, Zheng J, Wang J-X, Gong C, Ma L, Zhao J, Lougheed S*. Comparing fish prey diversity for a critically endangered aquatic mammal in a reserve and the wild using eDNA metabarcoding. Scientific Reports. 10:16715.

2019

Smallegange IM*, Rhebergen FT^s, Stewart KA. Cross-level considerations for explaining selection pressures and the maintenance of genetic variation in condition-dependent male morphs. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 36: 66-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.08.005

Stewart KA*. 2019. Understanding the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on sources of aquatic environmental DNA. Biodiversity and Conservation. 28(5):983-1001. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-019-01709-8

Qu C^s, Stewart KA*. 2019. Evaluating monitoring options for conservation: traditional and environmental DNA tools for a critically endangered mammal. Science of Nature: Naturwissenschaften. 106:9. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-019-1605-1 

Stewart KA*, Draaijer R^s, Kolasa MR, Smallegange IM. 2019. The role of genetic diversity in the evolution and maintenance of environmentally-cued, male alternative reproductive tactics.  BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19:58. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1385-4

2018

Stewart KA*, Van den Beuken TPG, Rhebergen FT^s, Deere JA, Smallegange IM. 2018. Evidence for a third male type in a male-dimorphic model species. Ecology. 99(7):1685-1687

2017

Stewart KA*, Ma H^s, Zheng J, Zhao J. 2017. Using environmental DNA to assess population-wide spatiotemporal reserve use. Conservation Biology. 31(5):1173-1182

Zhou Y, Yin G, Asplund L, Stewart KA, Ruokojärvi P, Bignert A, Athanassiadis I, Rantakokko P,Qiu Y, Huang Q, Ma Z, Zhu  Z, Zhao J, Bergman A*. 2017. Human exposure to PCDDs and their precursors from heron and tern eggs in the Yangtze River Delta indicate PCP origin. Environmental Pollution. 225: 184-192

Stewart KA*, Hudson C^s, Lougheed SC. 2017. Can alternative male mating tactics facilitate introgression across a hybrid zone by circumventing female choice? Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30(2): 412-421.

Ma L, Chen S^s,Yuan J, Yang P^s, Liu Y, Stewart KA*. 2017. Rapid biodegradation of atrazine by Ensifer sp. strain and its degradation genes. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 116. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2016.10.022

2016

Ma H^s, Stewart KA*, Lougheed SC, Zheng J, Wang Y, J Zhao. 2016. Characterization, optimization, and validation of environmental DNA (eDNA) markers to detect endangered aquatic mammals. Conservation Genetic Resources. doi:10.1007/s12686-016-0597-9

Stewart, KA, Austin, JD, Zamudio KR, & SC Lougheed*. 2016. Contact zone dynamics during the early stages of speciation in a chorus frog (Pseudacris crucifer). Heredity. 116(2): 239-247.

Stewart KA*, Wang R^s, Montgomerie R. 2016. Extensive variation in sperm morphology in a frog with no sperm competition. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16(1):29.

Earlier

Ma H^s*, Stewart KA, Ma L, Ren W, J Zhao. 2015. Environmental DNA and its application in protecting aquatic ecosystems. Chinese Journal of Ecology. 35(2):516-523.

Stewart KA, Lougheed SC*. 2013. Testing for intraspecific postzygotic isolation between cryptic lineages of Pseudacris crucifer. Ecology and Evolution. 3(14): 4621-4630.

Stewart KA*. 2009. The Northern Spring Peeper / Rainette Crucifère (Pseudacris crucifer crucifer). Species Account. Opinicon Natural History Notes. Available online Sept. 2009. http://opinicon.wordpress.com/species-accounts/spring-peeper/

MacDougall-Shackleton SA, Dindia L, Newman A, Potvin D, Stewart,KA, MacDougall-Shackleton EA*. 2009. Songs, stress and survival in sparrows. Biology Letters. 5 (6): 746-748.

MacDougall-Shackleton EA*, Stewart KA, Potvin DA, Tennenhouse E. 2009. The rich get richer: song complexity predicts song element sharing and song output in song sparrows Melospiza melodia. Animal Behaviour 78 (1): 141-146.

Stewart KA, MacDougall-Shackleton EA*. 2008. Local song elements indicate local genotypes and predict physiological condition in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia. Biology Letters 4 (3): 240-242

Other Publications

Stewart KA. 2013. Contact zone dynamics and the evolution of reproductive isolation in a North American tree frog, the spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer). Ph.D. Dissertation, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, Canada.