2020
  • Wilcox TM, KS McKelvey, MK Young, C Engkjer, RF Lance, A Lahr, LA Eby, MK Schwartz. 2020. Parallel, targeted analysis of environmental samples via high‐throughput quantitative PCR. Environmental DNA.  https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.80​
2019
  • Franklin TW, Wilcox TM, McKelvey KS, Greaves SC, Dysthe JC, Young MK, Schwartz MK, Lindstrom J. 2019. Repurposing environmental DNA samples to verify the range limits of tailed frogs in the Warm Springs basin, Montana. Northwest Science. 93(1):85-92. DOI: 10.3955/046.093.0108 

2018
  • Wilcox TM, MK Young, KS McKelvey, D Isaak, D Horan, MK Schwartz. 2018. Fine-scale environmental DNA sampling reveals climate mediated interactions between native and invasive trout species. Ecosphere. PDF
  • Wilcox TM, Zarn KE, Piggott MP, Young MK, McKelvey KS, Schwartz MK. 2018. Capture enrichment of aquatic environmental DNA: A first proof of concept. Molecular Ecology Resources. PDF
  • Wilcox TM, Carim CJ, Young MK, McKelvey KS, Franklin T, Schwartz MK. 2018. The importance of sound methodology in environmental DNA sampling. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. PDF
  • Wilcox TM, Schwartz MK, Lowe WH. 2018. Evolutionary community ecology: Time to think outside the (taxonomic) box. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 33(4): 240-250.  PDF

2017
  • Schwartz MK, Wilcox TM, Penaluna B. 2017. eDNA sampling: Not just for fish biologists anymore. The Wildlife Professional (November/December Issue). **Not peer-reviewed** PDF
  • Young MK, Isaak DJ, McKelvey KS, Wilcox TM, Campbell M, Corsi M, Horan  D, Schwartz M. 2017. Ecological Segregation Moderates a Climactic Conclusion to Trout Hybridization. Global Change Biology. 32(12):5021-3. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13828 PDF (Rebuttal PDF)

2016
  • Young MK, Isaak DJ, McKelvey KS, Wilcox TM, Bingham DM, Pilgrim KL, Carim KJ, Campbell MR, Corsi MP, Horan D, Nagel DE, Schwartz MK (2016) Climate, Demography, and Zoogeography Predict Introgression Thresholds in Salmonid Hybrid Zones in Rocky Mountain Streams. PLoS ONE. 11(12):e0163563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163563 
  • Carim KJ, Wilcox TM, Anderson M, Lawrence JD, Young MK, McKelvey KS, Schwartz MK (2016) An environmental DNA marker for detecting nonnative brown trout (Salmo trutta). Conservation Genetics Resources. 8(3):259-261. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-016-0548-5. PDF
  • Wilcox TM, McKelvey KS, Young MK, Sepulveda AJ, Shepard BB, Jane SF, Whiteley AR, Lowe WH, Schwartz MK (2016) Understanding environmental DNA detection probabilities: a case study using a stream-dwelling char Salvelinus fontinalis. Biological Conservation.194:209-216.  DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.023. PDF
  • *Padgett-Steward TM, Wilcox TM, Carim KJ, McKelvey KS, Young MK, Schwartz MK (2016) An eDNA assay for river otter detection: a tool for surveying a semi-aquatic mammal. Conservation Genetics Resources 8:5-7. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-015-0511 (1st author co-advised student) PDF
  • McKelvey KS, Young MK, Wilcox TM, Bingham DM, Pilgrim KL, Schwartz MK. (2016) Patterns of hybridization among cutthroat trout and rainbow trout in northern Rocky Mountain streams. Ecology and Evolution. 6(3):688-706. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1887. PDF
  • McKelvey KS, Young MK, Knotek WL, Carim KJ, Wilcox TM, Padgett-Steward TM, Schwartz MK (2016) Sampling large geographic areas for rare species using eDNA: a preliminary study of bull trout occupancy in western Montana. Journal of Fish Biology. 88:1215-1222.  DOI:10.1111/jfb.12863. PDF

2015
  • Wilcox TM, Carim KJ, McKelvey KS, Young MK, Schwartz MK (2015) The Dual Challenges of Generality and Specificity When Developing Environmental DNA Markers for Species and Subspecies of Oncorhynchus. PLoS ONE. 10(11): e0142008. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0142008
  • Wilcox TM, Lowe WH, McKelvey KS, Young MK, Schwartz MK (2015) Environmental DNA particle size distribution from Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Conservation Genetics Resources. 7:639-641. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-015-0465-z. PDF
  • Jane SF, Wilcox TM, McKelvey KS, Young MK , Schwartz MK, Lowe WH, Letcher BH, Whiteley AR (2015) Distance, flow, and PCR inhibition: eDNA dynamics in two headwater steams. Molecular Ecology Resources. 15(1):216-227. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12285 PDF

2013 - 2014
  • Wilcox TM, McKelvey KS, Young MK, Schwartz MK (2014) A blocking primer increases specificity in environmental DNA detection of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus). Conservation Genetics Resources 6(2):283-284. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-0113-4. PDF
  • Wilcox TM, McKelvey KS, Young MK, Jane SF, Lowe WH, Whiteley AR, Schwartz MK (2013) Robust detection of rare species using environment DNA: the importance of  primer specificity. PLoS ONE. 8(3):e59520. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0059520
  • Wilcox TM and MAH Webb. (2013) Cannibalism of embryos and larvae by adult woundfin: Application to conservation propagation of an endangered species. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 4(1):124-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.3996/042012-JFWM-029