K Doan, A Schnitzler, F Preston, C Griggo, G Lang, F Belhaoues, E Blaise, ..., M Pilot (2023). Evolutionary history of the extinct wolf population from France in the context of global phylogeographic changes throughout the Holocene. Molecular Ecology 32:4627–4647. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17054
Ruiz-García D, García-Salinas P, Raga JA, Moura AE, Dromby M, Barría C (2023). New record of Hexanchus griseus in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea with insights into its biology and feeding ecology: predator or scavenger? Mediterr Mar Sci 24:109–116. doi: 10.12681/mms.29940
GJ Spatola, RM Buckley, M Dillon, EV Dutrow, JA Betz, M Pilot, HG Parker, W Bogdanowicz, R Thomas, I Chyzhevskyi, G Milinevsky, N Kleiman, M Breen, E A Ostrander, T A Mousseau (2023). The dogs of Chernobyl: Demographic insights into populations inhabiting the nuclear exclusion zone. Science Advances 9 (9), eade2537. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.ade2537
Heino, M. T., Nyman, T., Palo, J. U., Harmoinen, J., Valtonen, M., Pilot, M., S. Översti, E. Salmela, M. Kunnasranta, R. Väinölä, A. R. Hoelzel, & Aspi, J. (2023). Museum specimens of a landlocked pinniped reveal recent loss of genetic diversity and unexpected population connections. Ecology and Evolution 13(1), e9720. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9720
L Martínez-Íñigo, Rismayanti, A Engelhardt, M Agil, M Pilot, B Majolo (2023). Factors Affecting the Outcome and Intensity of Intergroup Encounters in Crested Macaques (Macaca nigra). International Journal of Primatology 44 (4), 696-721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00382-7
2022
Hammond, A., Rowland, T., Mills, D. S., & Pilot, M. (2022). Comparison of behavioural tendencies between “dangerous dogs” and other domestic dog breeds–Evolutionary context and practical implications. Evolutionary Applications 15(11), 1806-1819. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13479
Bergström, A., Stanton, D. W., Taron, U. H., Frantz, L., Sinding, M. H. S., Ersmark, E., S. Pfrengle, M. Cassatt-Johnstone, O. Lebrasseur, L. Girdland-Flink, D. M. Fernandes, M. Ollivier, L. Speidel, S. Gopalakrishnan, M. V. Westbury, J. Ramos-Madrigal, T. R. Feuerborn, E. Reiter, J. Gretzinger, S. C. Münzel, P. Swali, N. J. Conard, Christian Carøe, J. Haile, A. Linderholm, S. Androsov, I. Barnes, C. Baumann, N. Benecke, H. Bocherens, S. Brace, R. F. Carden, D. G. Drucker, S. Fedorov, M. Gasparik, M. Germonpré, S. Grigoriev, P. Groves, S. T. Hertwig, V. V. Ivanova, L. Janssens, R. P. Jennings, A.K. Kasparov, I. V. Kirillova, I. Kurmaniyazov, Y. V. Kuzmin, P. A. Kosintsev, M. Lázničková-Galetová, C. Leduc, P. Nikolskiy, M. Nussbaumer, C. O’drisceoil, L. Orlando, A. Outram, E. Y. Pavlova, A. R. Perri, Pilot M., V. V. Pitulko, V. V. Plotnikov, A. V. Protopopov, A. Rehazek, M. Sablin, A. Seguin-Orlando, J. Storå, C. Verjux, V. F. Zaibert, G. Zazula, P. Crombé, A. J. Hansen, E. Willerslev, J. A. Leonard, A. Götherström, R. Pinhasi, V. J. Schuenemann, M. Hofreiter, M. T. P. Gilbert, B. Shapiro, G. Larson, J. Krause, L. Dalén, & Skoglund, P. (2022). Grey wolf genomic history reveals a dual ancestry of dogs. Nature 607(7918), 313-320. www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04824-9
Pilot M. Disentangling the admixed trails of grey wolf evolution. Molecular Ecology 30 (24), 6509-6512. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16261
Natoli A., Moura A.E., Sillero N. 2021. Citizen science data of cetaceans in the Arabian/Persian Gulf: Occurrence and habitat preferences of the three most reported species. Marine Mammal Science, 38(1), 235-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/MMS.12865
Martínez-Íñigo L, Engelhardt A, Pilot M., Majolo B. 2021. Intergroup lethal gang attacks in wild crested macaques, Macaca nigra. Animal Behavior 180, 81–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ANBEHAV.2021.08.002
Pilot M., Moura A.E., Okhlopkov I.M., Mamaev N.V., Manaseryan N.H., Hayrapetyan V., Kopaliani N., Tsingarska E., Alagaili A.N., Mohammed O.B., Ostrander A.E., Bogdanowicz W. 2021. Human‐modified canids in human‐modified landscapes: the evolutionary consequences of hybridisation for grey wolves and free‐ranging domestic dogs. Evolutionary Applications, 14, 2433-2456. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13257
Natoli E., Bonanni R., Cafazzo S., Mills D.S., Pontier D., Pilot M. 2021. Genetic inference of the mating system of free-ranging domestic dogs. Behavioral Ecology 32, 646-656. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab011. Full text of the final manuscript is available under this link:
Gray H.W.I., Chen I., Moura A.E., Natoli A., Nishida S., Tanabe S., Minton G., Ponnampalam L.S., Kiani M.S., Culloch R., Gore M., Särnblad A., Amir O., Berggren P., Collins T., Willson A.J., Baldwin R., Hoelzel A.R. (2021). Comparative biogeography and the evolution of population structure for bottlenose and common dolphins in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Biogeography 48, 1654-1668. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14102
2020
Moura A.E., Shreves K., Pilot M., Andrews K.R., Moore D.M., Kishida T., Möller L., Natoli A., Gaspari S., McGowen M., Chen I., Gray H., Gore M., Culloch R.M., Kiani M.S., Willson M.S., Bulushi A., Collins T., Baldwin R., Willson A., Minton G., Ponnampalam L., Hoelzel A.R. 2020. Phylogenomics of the genus Tursiops and closely related Delphininae reveals extensive reticulation among lineages and provides inference about eco-evolutionary drivers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146, 106756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106756
2019
Pilot M., Moura A.E., Okhlopkov I.M., Mamaev N.V., Alagaili A.N., Mohammed O.B., Yavruyan E.G., Manaseryan N.H., Hayrapetyan V., Kopaliani N., Tsingarska E., Krofel M., Skoglund P., Bogdanowicz W. 2019. Global Phylogeographic and Admixture Patterns in Grey Wolves and Genetic Legacy of An Ancient Siberian Lineage. Scientific Reports 9, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53492-9
Waterman J. O., Campbell L. A. D., Marechal L., Pilot M., Majolo B. 2019. Effect of human activity on habitat selection in the endangered Barbary macaque. Animal Conservation. doi:10.1111/acv.12543
Donfrancesco V., Ciucci P., Salvatori V., Benson D., Andersen L.W., Bassi E., Blanco J.C., Boitani L.,Caniglia R., Canu A., Capitani C., Chapron G., Czarnomska S.D., Fabbri E., Galaverni M., Galov A., Gimenez O., Godinho R., Greco C., Hindrikson M., Huber D., Hulva P., Jedrzejewski W., Kusak J., Linnell J.D.C., Llaneza L., Lopez-Bao J.V., Mannil P., Marucco F., Mattioli L., Milanesi P., Milleret C., Myslajek R.W., Ordiz A., Palacios V., Pedersen H.C., Pertoldi C., Pilot M., Randi E., Rodriguez A., Saarma U., Sand H., Scandura M., Stronen A.V., Tsingarska E., Mukherjee N. 2019. Unravelling the Scientific Debate on How to Address Wolf-Dog Hybridization in Europe. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7, 175. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00175
Bencatel J., Álvares F., Moura A.E., Barbosa A.M. (2019) Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, 2nd edn. Universidade de Évora, Portugal (http://atlas-mamiferos.uevora.pt/)
Gaspari S., Marsili L., Natali C., Airoldi S., Lanfredi C., Deeming C., Moura A.E. (2019). Spatio-temporal patterns of genetic diversity in the Mediterranean striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57: 721-734.
2018
Pilot M., Greco C., vonHoldt B.M., Randi E., Jędrzejewski W., Sidorovich V.E., Konopiński M.K., Ostrander E.A., Wayne R.K. 2018. Widespread, long-term admixture between grey wolves and domestic dogs across Eurasia and its implications for the conservation status of hybrids. Evolutionary Applications, 11: 662–680 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eva.12595
Gray H.W.I., Nishida S., Welch A.J., Moura A.E., Tanabe S., Kiani M.S., Culloch R., Möller L., Natoli A,. Ponnampalam L.S., Minton G., Gore M., Collins T., Willson A., Baldwin R., Hoelzel A.R. (2018). Cryptic lineage differentiation among indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in the northwest Indian Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 122: 1-14
2017
Ball L., Shreves K., Pilot M., Moura A.E. 2017. Temporal and geographic patterns of kinship structure in common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) suggest site fidelity and female-biased long-distance dispersal. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 71 (8), 123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2351-z
Hindrikson M., Remm J., Pilot M., Godinho R., Stronen A.V., Baltrunaite L., Czarnomska S.D., Leonard J.A., Randi E., Nowak C., Akesson M., Lopez-Bao J.V., Alvares F., Llaneza L., Echegaray J., Vila C., Ozolins J., Rungis D., Aspi J., Paule L., Skrbinsek T., Saarma U. 2017. Wolf population genetics in Europe: a systematic review, meta-analysis and suggestions for conservation and management. Biological Reviews 92 (3), 1601-1629. doi:10.1111/brv.12298
Bencatel J., Álvares F., Moura A.E., Barbosa A.M. (2017) Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, 1st edn. Universidade de Évora, Portugal (http://atlas-mamiferos.uevora.pt/)
2016
Pilot M., Malewski T., Moura A.E., Grzybowski T., Oleński K., Kamiński S., Fadel F.R., Alagaili A., Mohammed O., Bogdanowicz W. 2016. Diversifying selection between pure-breed and free-breeding dogs inferred from genome-wide SNP analysis. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 6: 2285-2298. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.116.029678
Fadel F.R., Driscoll P., Pilot M., Wright H., Zulch H., Mills D. 2016. Differences in Trait Impulsivity Indicate Diversification of Dog Breeds into Working and Show Lines. Scientific Reports 6, 22162. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22162
De Groot G.A., Nowak C., Skrbinsek T., Andersen L.W., Aspi J., Fumagalli L., Godinho R., Harms V., Jansman H.A.H., Liberg O., Marucco F., Myslajek R.W., Nowak S., Pilot M., Randi E., Reinhardt I., Smietana W., Szewczyk M., Taberlet P., Vila C., Munoz-Fuentes V. 2016. Decades of population genetic research reveal the need for harmonization of molecular markers: the grey wolf Canis lupus as a case study. Mammal Review 46 (1), 44-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12052
Hoelzel A.R., Moura A.E. (2016). Killer whales differentiating in geographic sympatry facilitated by divergent behavioural traditions. Heredity, 117: 481-482
2015
Pilot M., Malewski T., Moura A.E., Grzybowski T., Oleński K., Ruść A., Kamiński S., Fadel F.R., Mills D.M., Alagaili A., Mohammed O., Kłys G., Okhlopkov, I., Suchecka, E., Bogdanowicz, W. 2015. On the origin of mongrels: evolutionary history of free-breeding dogs in Eurasia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282: 20152189. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2189
Hoelzel A.R., Moura A.E. (2015). Resource specialisation and the divergence of killer whale populations. Heredity, 115: 93-95
Gaspari S., Scheinin A., Holcer D., Fortuna C., Natali C., Genov T., Frantzis A., Chelazzi G., & Moura A.E. (2015). Drivers of population structure of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Evolutionary Biology, 42: 177-190.
Moura A.E., Kenny J.G., Chaudhuri R.R., Hughes M.A., Reisinger R.R., de Bruyn P.J.N., Dahlheim M.E., Hall N., Hoelzel A.R. (2015). Phylogenomics of the killer whale indicates ecotype divergence in sympatry. Heredity, 114: 48-55.
2014
Ukkonen P., Aaris-Sørensen K., Arppe L., Daugnora L., Halkka A., Lõugas L., Oinonen M.J., Pilot M., Storå J. 2014. An Arctic seal in temperate waters: History of the ringed seal (Pusa hispida) in the Baltic Sea and its adaptation to the changing environment. The Holocene 24 (12), 1694-1706. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683614551226
Moura A.E., van Rensburg C.J., Pilot M., Tehrani A., Best P.B., Thornton M., Plön S., Bruyn P.J.N., Worley K.C., Gibbs R.A., Dahlheim M.E., Hoelzel A.R. 2014. Killer Whale Nuclear Genome and mtDNA Reveal Widespread Population Bottleneck during the Last Glacial Maximum, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 31, Issue 5:1121–1131. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu058
Pilot M., Greco C., vonHoldt B.M., Jędrzejewska B., Randi E., Jędrzejewski W., Sidorovich V.E., Ostrander E.A., Wayne R.K. 2014. Genome-wide signatures of population bottlenecks and diversifying selection in European wolves. Heredity, 112: 428–442. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2013.122
Pilot M., Dąbrowski M.J., Hayrapetyan V., Yavruyan E.G., Kopaliani N., Tsingarska E., Bujalska B., Kamiński S., Bogdanowicz W. 2014. Genetic variability of the grey wolf Canis lupus in the Caucasus in comparison with Europe and the Middle East: Distinct or intermediary population? PLoS ONE, 9(4): e93828. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093828
Moura A.E., Tsingarska E., Dąbrowski M.J., Czarnomska S.D., Jędrzejewska B., Pilot M. 2014. Unregulated hunting and genetic recovery from a severe population decline: the cautionary case of Bulgarian wolves. Conservation Genetics, 15: 407-415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-013-0547-y
Dąbrowski M.J., Pilot M., Kruczyk M., Żmihorski M., Umer H.M. and Gliwicz J. 2014. Reliability assessment of null allele detection: inconsistencies between and within different methods. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14: 361-373. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12177
Moura A.E., Kenny J.G., Chaudhuri R., Hughes M.A., Welch A., Reisinger R.R., de Bruyn P.J.N., Dahlheim M.E., Hall N., Hoelzel A.R. (2014). Population genomics of the killer whale indicates ecotype evolution in sympatry involving both selection and drift. Molecular Ecology, 23: 5179-5192.
2013
Stronen A.V., Jedrzejewska B., Pertoldi C., Demontis D., Randi E., Niedzialkowska M., Pilot M., Sidorovich V.E., Dykyy I., Kusak J., Tsingarska E., Kojola I., Karamanlidis A.A., Ornicans A., Lobkov V.A., Dumenko V., Czarnomska S.D. 2013. North-South Differentiation and a Region of High Diversity in European Wolves (Canis lupus). PLoS ONE, 8(10), e76454. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076454
Czarnomska S.D., Jedrzejewska B., Borowik T., Niedzialkowska M., Stronen A.V., Nowak S., Myslajek R.W., Okarma H., Konopinski M., Pilot M., Smietana W., Caniglia R., Fabbri E., Randi E., Pertoldi C., Jedrzejewski W. 2013. Concordant mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA structuring between Polish lowland and Carpathian Mountain wolves. Conservation Genetics, 14 (3), 573-588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-013-0446-2
Bogdanowicz W., Pilot M., Gajewska M., Suchecka E., Golachowski M. 2013. Genetic diversity in a moulting colony of southern elephant seals in comparison with breeding colonies. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 478, 287-300. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10196
Moura A.E., Nielsen S.C.A., Vilstrup J.T., Moreno-Mayar J.V., Gilbert M.T.P., Gray H.G., Natoli A., Möller L., Hoelzel A.R. (2013). Recent diversification of a marine genus (Tursiops spp.) tracks habitat preference and environmental change. Systematic Biology, 62: 865-877.
Moura A.E., Natoli A., Rogan E., Hoelzel A.R. (2013) Atypical panmixia in a European dolphin species (Delphinus delphis): implications for the evolution of diversity across oceanic boundaries. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26: 63-75.
Moura A.E., Natoli A., Rogan E., Hoelzel A.R. (2013). Evolution of functional genes in cetaceans driven by natural selection on a phylogenetic and population level. Evolutionary Biology, 40: 341-354.
2012
Pilot M., Jędrzejewski W., Sidorovich V. E., Meier-Augenstein W., Hoelzel A.R. 2012. Dietary differentiation and the evolution of population genetic structure in a highly mobile carnivore. PLoS ONE, 7: e39341. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039341
Moura A.E., Sillero N., Rodrigues A. (2012) Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) habitat preferences using data from two platforms of opportunity. Acta Oecologica, 38: 24-32.
2011
vonHoldt B.M., Pollinger J.P, Earl D.A., Knowles J.C., Boyko A.R., Parker H., Geffen E., Pilot M., Jedrzejewski W., Jedrzejewska B., Sidorovich V., Greco C., Randi E., Musiani M., Kays R., Bustamante C.D., Ostrander E.A., Novembre J., Wayne R.K. 2011. A genome-wide perspective on the evolutionary history of enigmatic wolf-like canids. Genome Research, 21: 1294-1305. doi:10.1101/gr.116301.110
2010
Pilot M., Branicki W., Jędrzejewski W., Goszczyński J., Jędrzejewska B., Dykyy I., Shkvyrya M., Tsingarska E. 2010. Phylogeographic history of grey wolves in Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10: 104. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-104
Pilot M., Dabrowski M.J, Jancewicz E., Schtickzelle N., Gliwicz J.2010. Temporally stable genetic variability and dynamic kinship structure in a fluctuating population of the root vole Microtus oeconomus. Molecular Ecology, 19: 2800-2812. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04692.x
vonHoldt B., Pollinger J., Lohmueller K.E., Han E.J., Parker H.G., Quignon P., Degenhardt J.D., Boyko A.R., Earl D.A., Auton A., Reynolds A., Bryc K., Brisbin A., Knowles J.C., Mosher D.S., Spady T.C., Elkahloun A., Geffen E., Pilot M., Jedrzejewski W., Greco C., Randi E., Bannasch D., Wilton A., Shearman J., Musiani M., Cargill M., Jones P.G., Qian Z.W., Huang W., Ding Z.L., Zhang Y.P., Bustamante C.D., Ostrander E.A., Novembre J., Wayne R.K. 2010. Genome-wide SNP and haplotype analyses reveal a rich history underlying dog domestication. Nature 464, 898–902 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08837
Korczynska J., Gajewska M., Pilot M., Czechowski W., Radchenko A. 2010. Genetic polymorphism in "mixed" colonies of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Finland and its possible origin. European Journal of Entomology, 107 (2), 157. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.021
Pilot M., Dahlheim M.E., Hoelzel A.R. 2010. Social cohesion among kin, gene flow without dispersal and the evolution of population genetic structure in the killer whale (Orcinus orca). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 (1), 20-31. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01887.x
2009
Korsten M., Ho S.Y.W., Davison J., Pahn B., Vulla E., Roht M., Tumanov I.L., Kojola I., Andersone-Lilley Z., Ozolins J., Pilot M., Mertzanis Y., Giannakopoulos A., Vorobiev A.A., Markov N.I., Saveljev A.P., Lyapunova E.A., Abramov A.V., Mannil P., Valdmann H., Pazetnov S.V., Pazetnov V.S., Rokov A.M., Saarma U. 2009. Sudden expansion of a single brown bear maternal lineage across northern continental Eurasia after the last ice age: a general demographic model for mammals? Molecular Ecology 18 (9), 1963-1979. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04163.x
2007
Goszczyński J., Posłuszny M., Pilot M., Gralak B. 2007. Patterns of winter locomotion and foraging in two sympatric marten species: Martes martes and Martes foina. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 85 (2), 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1139/Z06-212
Pilot M., Gralak B., Goszczyński J., Posłuszny M. 2007. A method of genetic identification of pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina) and its application to faecal samples. Journal of Zoology 271 (2), 140-147. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00179.x
Posłuszny M., Pilot M., Goszczyński J., Gralak B. 2007. Diet of sympatric pine marten (Martes martes) and stone marten (Martes foina) identified by genotyping of DNA from faeces. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 269-284. www.jstor.org/stable/23736771
2006
Pilot M., Jędrzejewski W., Branicki W., Sidorovich V.E., Jędrzejewska B., Stachura K., Funk S.M. 2006. Ecological factors influence population genetic structure of European grey wolves. Molecular Ecology, 15: 4533-4553. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03110.x
2005
Jedrzejewski W., Branicki W., Veit C., Medugorac I., Pilot M., Bunevich A.N., Jedrzejewska B., Schmidt K., Theuerkauf J., Oyarma H., Gula R., Szymura L., Forster M. 2005. Genetic diversity and relatedness within packs in an intensely hunted population of wolves Canis lupus. Acta Theriologica 50 (1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03192614
Pilot M. 2005. Altruism as an advertisement - a model of the evolution of cooperation based on Zahavi's handicap pirinciple. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 17 (3), 217-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2005.9522593