SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Lab members are in bold. Find a complete publication list on Google Scholar.
Paper themes: [B] = biogeography & population genetics; [C] = conservation; [U] = urbanization; [M] = macrogenetics field
PRE-PRINTS
Schmidt C, Hoban S, Leigh DM, Jetz W, Garroway CJ (submitted) Variability, drivers, and utility of genetic diversity-area relationships in terrestrial vertebrates. [C]
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Schmidt C, Mäkinen J, Lessard JP, Garroway CJ (in review) Natural selection is less efficient at species range edges. [B]
2025
Paz-Vinas I, Vandergast A, Schmidt C, Leigh DM, Blanchet S, Clark RD, Crandall E, De Kort H, Falgout J, Garroway CJ, Karachaliou E, Kershaw F, O’Brien F, Pinsky M, Segelbacher G, HunterM (Accepted) Uneven genetic data limits biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. preprint link [C]
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Karachaliou E, Schmidt C, de Greef E, Docker MF, Garroway CJ (2025) Urbanization is associated with reduced genetic diversity in marine fish populations. Molecular Ecology 34, e17711 [U]
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Schmidt C, Karachaliou E, Vandergast AJ, Crandall ED, Falgout J, Hunter ME, Kershaw F, Leigh DM, O’Brien D, Paz-Vinas I, Segelbacher G, Garroway CJ (2025) A survey of mammal and fish genetic diversity across the global protected area network. Conservation Letters 18, e13092 (preprint)​ [C]
2024
Leigh D, Vandergast A, Hunter M, Crandall E, Funk WC, Garroway CJ, Hoban S, Oyler-McCance S, Rellstab C, Segelbacher G, Schmidt C, Vázquez-Domínguez E, Paz-Vinas I (2024) Best practices for genetic and genomic data archiving. Nature Ecology and Evolution 8, 1224–1232 (preprint) [M]
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Kinnunen R, Fraser KC, Schmidt C, Garroway CJ (2024) Structural and socioeconomic features of cities predict migratory bird species richness. Journal of Avian Biology, e03189​ [U]
2023
Schmidt C, Hoban S, Hunter M, Paz-Vinas I, Garroway CJ (2023) Genetic diversity does not predict IUCN Red List status. Conservation Biology 37, e14064 (preprint) [C]
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Schmidt C, Hoban S, Jetz W (2023) Conservation macrogenetics: harnessing genetic data to meet conservation commitments. Trends in Genetics 39(11), 816–829 (preprint) [C][M]
2022
Schmidt C, Garroway CJ (2022) Systemic racism alters wildlife genetic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, e2102860119 (pre-print) [U]
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Schmidt C, Munshi-South J, Garroway CJ (2022) Determinants of genetic diversity and species richness of North American amphibians. Journal of Biogeography 49, 2005-2015 (preprint) [B]
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Schmidt C, Muñoz G, Lancaster LT, Lessard JP, Marske KA, Marshall KE, Garroway CJ (2022) Population demography maintains biogeographic boundaries. Ecology Letters 25, 1905–1913 [B]
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Schmidt C, Dray S, Garroway CJ (2022) Genetic and species-level biodiversity patterns are linked by demography and ecological opportunity. Evolution 76, 86-100 (preprint) [B]
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Kinnunen RP, Fraser KC, Schmidt C, Garroway CJ (2022) The socioeconomic status of cities covaries with avian life-history strategies. Ecosphere e03918 [U]
2021
Leigh DM, van Rees CB, Millette KL, Breed MF, Schmidt C et al. (2021) Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies. Nature Reviews Genetics 22, 791–807 [M]
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Schmidt C, Garroway CJ (2021) The conservation utility of mitochondrial genetic diversity in macrogenetic research. Conservation Genetics 22, 323–327 [M]
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Schmidt C, Garroway CJ (2021) The population genetics of urban and rural amphibians in North America. Molecular Ecology 30, 3918-3929 [U]
2020
Schmidt C, Domaratzki M, Kinnunen RP, Bowman J, Garroway CJ (2020) Continent-wide effects of urbanization on genetic diversity of birds and mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287, 20192497 [U]
