Professor Mike Bruford

FLSW

Dean for Environmental Sustainability, Co-director Sustainable Places Research Institute

School of Biosciences

We are sad to announce the recent passing of Professor Mike Bruford. He will be missed by all in the School of Biosciences. Professor Bruford was a tremendous force for good, enthusiastic for and about everything, an amazing and inspiring mentor to colleagues and students alike and an inspirational leader.

Messages of condolence for the family should be directed to BIOSI-SchoolOffice@cardiff.ac.uk.

I am a molecular ecologist interested in studying the demographic and evolutionary processes affecting populations, species and ecosystems of conservation concern. We focus on understanding the determinants of genomic diversity, population structure and fitness across species and at a variety of spatio-temporal scales, including studying the behaviour and movements of individuals within their breeding territories, examining how demography and social structure interact with genetic diversity in fragmented ecosystems, through to understanding the partitioning of genomic diversity in species with high vagility and continent-wide ranges. We focus our projects on trying to understand basic evolutionary processes but we place substantial emphasis on provision of data and recommendations to management authorities for action and policy development.

Our work includes wild and domestic species, including livestock breeds, for which demographic history is often well understood and where genome resources are abundant. We use methods from forensic DNA profiling through to whole genome sequencing and integrate these data with environmental data and genealogical and stochastic population modelling in an effort to provide comprehensive information for biodiversity management and conservation. Much of our work is carried out in collaboration with applied conservation organisations, including the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Bristol Zoological Society, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, the Ryeland and Lleyn Sheep Societies. We also work directly within and in collaboration with the IUCN Species Survival Commission, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and Welsh Government.

I am also Dean for Environmental Sustainability with University-wide remit for helping the University achieve its plans steeming from our climate emergency declaration in 2019, including our drive towards carbon net zero status for Scopes 1 and 2 by 2030 for for Scope 3 as soon as possible thereafter. In 2020 our team produced the University's first climate emergency white paper and Ecosystem Resilience and Biodiversity Action Plan (ERBAP).

I did my PhD at the University of Leicester on the development of DNA fingerprinting techniques in birds and genome mapping in chickens using minisatellite DNA markers between 1986 and 1990. Between 1990 and 1999 I worked as a postdoctoral research associate, research fellow and then Head of Conservation Genetics at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. I joined Cardiff University in 1999 and led the Organisms and Environment Division between 2010 and 2015. I am currently a co-Director of the University's Sustainable Places Research Institute, where I am involved in a variety of projects linking natural and social sciences in place-based sustainability research.

I am on the editorial boards of Conservation Genetics Resources, Frontiers in Genetics, Integrative Zoology and Endangered Species Research. I have previously served on the editorial review board for Molecular Ecology and was a founding editor for the journal Animal Conservation. I served as Editor-in-Chief of Heredity between 2012 and 2016

Honours and awards

I was awarded the Zoological Society of London's Scientific Medal in 2003, was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2010 and I was a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder (2012-2016). I am co-Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Conservation Genetics Specialist Group (2015-2020).

I was elected a member of the Academia Europaea and received the Marsh Award for Conservation Biology (Zoological Society of London) in 2020. I was given the Chimelong Award for foreign scientists for services to zoology in China (China Zoological Society) in 2021. I was appointed an Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria in 2020.

2009

Blumenthal, J. M. et al. 2009. Turtle groups or turtle soup: Dispersal patterns of hawksbill turtles in the Caribbean. Molecular Ecology 18(23), pp. 4841-4853. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04403.x)
Rodrigues, T. M., Sousa, C., Vicente, L. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Sex-biased dispersal affecting the social relationships in two colobine monkeys in Guinea Bissau [Abstract]. Folia Primatologica 80(2), pp. 167.
Sa, R., Sousa, C. and Bruford, M. 2009. Conservation Genetics and Phylogeography of Chimpanzees in Guineau-Bissau [Abstract]. Folia Primatologica 80(2), pp. 172. (10.1159/000225941)
Rönn, A. et al. 2009. First generation microarray-system for identification of primate species subject to bushmeat trade. Endangered Species Research 9(2), pp. 133-142. (10.3354/esr00191)
Bruford, M. W. 2009. Future-proofing genetic units for conservation: time’s up for subspecies as the debate gets out of neutral!. In: Bertorelle, G. et al. eds. Population genetics for animal conservation. Conservation Biology Vol. 17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 227-240.
Goossens, B. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Non-invasive genetic analysis in conservation. In: Bertorelle, G. et al. eds. Population Genetics for Animal Conservation. Conservation Biology Vol. 17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 167-201.
Vernesi, C. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Recent developments in molecular tools for conservation. In: Bertorelle, G. et al. eds. Population Genetics for Animal Conservation. Conservation Biology Vol. 17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 321-344.
Chessa, B. et al. 2009. Revealing the history of sheep domestication using retrovirous integrations. Science 324(5926), pp. 532-536. (10.1126/science.1170587)
Moodley, Y., Bruford, M. W., Bleidorn, C., Wronski, T., Apio, A. and Plath, M. 2009. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA data reveals non-monophyly in the bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) complex. Mammalian Biology 74(5), pp. 418-422. (10.1016/j.mambio.2008.05.003)
Xiangjiang, Z. et al. 2009. Accurate population size estimates are vital parameters for conserving the giant panda. Ursus 20(1), pp. 56-62.
Craul, M., Dawson, D. A., Radespiel, U., Zimmermann, E. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Erratum: Isolation of sixteen autosomal Ioci and a sex-linked polymorphic microsatellite locus from the Milne-Edwards sportive lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi) Corrects article in 9(1) p.333-3335. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(4), pp. 1274-1275. (10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02721.x)
Craul, M., Dawson, D. A., Radespiel, U., Zimmermann, E. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Isolation of sixteen autosomal loci and a sex-linked polymorphic microsatellite locus from the Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi). Molecular Ecology Resources 9(1), pp. 333-335. (10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02226.x)
Fernandes, C. A., Rodrigues, M., Hajji, G. M., Vercammen, P., Bruford, M. W. and Santos-Reis, M. 2009. Isolation and characterisation of 11 tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the common genet (Genetta genetta). Conservation Genetics 10(6), pp. 1931-1934. (10.1007/s10592-009-9858-4)
Harwood, J. D. et al. 2009. Invertebrate biodiversity affects predator fitness and hence potential to control pests in crops. Biological Control 51(3), pp. 499-506. (10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.09.007)
Rodrigues, M., Fernandes, C. A., Palomares, F., Amorim, I. R., Bruford, M. W. and Santos-Reis, M. 2009. Isolation and characterization of 11 tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon). Molecular Ecology Resources 9(4), pp. 1205-1208. (10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02624.x)
Pinto-Juma, G. A., Quartau, J. A. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Mitochondrial DNA variation and the evolutionary history of the Mediterranean species of Cicada L. (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155(2), pp. 266-288. (10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00437.x)
Pires, A. E. et al. 2009. Molecular structure in peripheral dog breeds: Portuguese native breeds as a case study. Animal Genetics 40(4), pp. 383-392. (10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01849.x)
Richardson, P. et al. 2009. Marine Turtles in the Turks and Caicos Islands: Remnant Rookeries, Regionally Significant Foraging Stocks, and a Major Turtle Fishery. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8(2), pp. 192-207. (10.2744/CCB-0871.1)
Roeder, A. D., Bonhomme, M., Heijamans, C., Bruford, M. W., Crouau-Roy, B., Doxiadis, G. and Otting, N. 2009. A large panel of microsatellite markers for genetic studies in the infra-order catarrhini. Folia Primatologica 80(2), pp. 63-69. (10.1159/000211121)
Stanton, D. W. G., Hobbs, G. I., Chadwick, E. A., Slater, F. M. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Mitochondrial genetic diversity and structure of the European otter (Lutra lutra) in Britain. Conservation Genetics 10(3), pp. 733-737. (10.1007/s10592-008-9633-y)
Zhan, X., Hu, Y., Yin, Y., Wei, F. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Microsatellite loci for the Chinese bamboo rat Rhizomus sinensis. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(4), pp. 1270-1272. (10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02664.x)
Bray, T. C., Chikhi, L., Sheppy, A. J. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. The population genetic effects of ancestry and admixture in a subdivided cattle breed. Animal Genetics 40(4), pp. 393-400. (10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01850.x)
Da Silva, M. J. F., Godinho, R., Casanova, C. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Population Structure and Hunting of Guinea Baboons in Guinea-Bissau [Abstract]. Folia Primatologica 80(2), pp. 158-159. (10.1159/000225941)
Seabra, S. G., Quartau, J. A. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Spatio-temporal genetic variation in sympatric and allopatric Mediterranean Cicada species (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96(2), pp. 249-265. (10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01116.x)
Abercrombie, L. G. et al. 2009. Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources database 1 January 2009 - 30 April 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(5), pp. 1375-1379. (10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02746.x)
Almany, G. R. et al. 2009. Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources 9(6), pp. 1460-1466. (10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02759.x)
Pariset, L., Joost, S., Marsan, P. A., Valentini, A. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Landscape genomics and biased FST approaches reveal single nucleotide polymorphisms under selection in goat breeds of North-East Mediterranean. BMC Genetics 10, article number: 7. (10.1186/1471-2156-10-7)
Bertorelle, G., Bruford, M. W., Hauffe, H. C., Rizzoli, A. and Vernesi, C. 2009. Population genetics for animal conservation. Conservation Biology. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Bruford, M. W. 2009. Future-proofing genetic units for conservation: time's up for subspecies as the debate gets out of neutral!. In: Bruford, M. W. et al. eds. Population Genetics for Animal Conservation. Conservation Biology Vol. 17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 227-240., (10.1017/CBO9780511626920.011)
Goossens, B. and Bruford, M. W. 2009. Non-invasive genetic analysis in conservation. In: Bertorelle, G. et al. eds. Population Genetics for Animal Conservation. Conservation Biology Vol. 17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 167-201., (10.1017/CBO9780511626920.009)

2008

Jalil, M. F., Cable, J., Sinyor, J., Lackman-Ancrenaz, I., Ancrenaz, M., Bruford, M. W. and Goossens, B. 2008. Riverine effects on mitochondrial structure of Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus) at two spatial scales. Molecular Ecology 17(12), pp. 2898-2909. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03793.x)
Fernandes, C. A., Ginja, C., Pereira, I., Tenreiro, R., Bruford, M. W. and Santos-Reis, M. 2008. Species-specific mitochondrial DNA markers for identification of non-invasive samples from sympatric carnivores in the Iberian Peninsula. Conservation Genetics 9(3), pp. 681-690. (10.1007/s10592-007-9364-5)
Bruford, M. W., Goossens, B. and Ancrenaz, M. 2008. Conservation of the Bornean elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis). Project Report. [Online]. London: Darwin Initiative, DEFRA. Available at: http://darwin.defra.gov.uk/documents/14014/5464/14-014%20FR%20-%20edited.pdf
Jones, R., Cable, J. and Bruford, M. 2008. An evaluation of non-invasive genetic analysis in Northern European reptiles. The Herpetological Journal 18(1), pp. 32-39.
Jones, R., Cable, J. and Bruford, M. W. 2008. An evaluation of non-invasive sampling for genetic analysis in northern European reptiles. Herpetological Journal 18(1), pp. 32-39.
Andres, O. et al. 2008. A microarray system for Y chromosomal and mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism analysis in chimpanzee populations. Molecular Ecology Notes 8(3), pp. 529-539. (10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.02000.x)
Marin, J. C. et al. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA variation and systematics of the Guanaco (Lama Guanicoe, Artiodactyla: Camelidae). Journal of Mammalogy 89(2), pp. 269-281. (10.1644/06-MAMM-A-385R.1)
Yang, G., Guo, L., Bruford, M. W., Wei, F. and Zhou, K. 2008. Mitochondrial phylogeography and population history of finless porpoises in Sino-Japanese waters. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95(1), pp. 193-204. (10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.0932.x)
Locatelli, S. et al. 2008. Prevalence and genetic diversity of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in wild-living red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius badius) from the Tai forest, Cote d'Ivoire SIVwrc in wild-living western red colobus monkeys. Infection, Genetics and Evolution : Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases (MEEGID) 8(1), pp. 1-14. (10.1016/j.meegid.2007.08.004)
Locatelli, S. et al. 2008. Prevalence and genetic diversity of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in wold red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius badius) from the Tai Forest, Cote d'Ivoire. Folia Primatologica 79(5), pp. 353-353. (10.1159/000137690)
Paulo, O. S., Pinheiro, J., Miraldo, A., Bruford, M. W., Jordan, W. C. and Nichols, R. A. 2008. The role of vicariance vs. dispersal in shaping genetic patterns in ocellated lizard species in the western Mediterranean. Molecular Ecology 17(6), pp. 1535-1551. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03706.x)
Pinto-Juma, G. A., Quartau, J. A. and Bruford, M. W. 2008. Population structure of Cicada barbara Stal (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) from the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Bulletin of Entomological Research 98(1), pp. 15-25. (10.1017/S0007485307005573)
Vernesi, C., Bruford, M. W., Bertorelle, G., Pecchioli, E., Rizzoli, A. and Hauffe, H. C. 2008. Where's the Conservation in Conservation Genetics?. Conservation Biology 22(3), pp. 802-804. (10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00911.x)
Van Coillie, S., Galbusera, P., Roeder, A. D., Schempp, W., Stevens, J., Bruford, M. W. and Leus, K. 2008. The effect of inbreeding on infant mortality in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus), determined from DNA analysis of hair samples [Abstract]. Folia Primatologica 79(5), pp. 321. (10.1159/000137690)
Hammond, R. L., Bruford, M. W. and Bourke, A. F. G. 2008. Male parentage does not vary with colony kin structure in a multiple-queen ant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16(3), pp. 446-455. (10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00544.x)

2007

Anthony, N. M. et al. 2007. The role of Pleistocene refugia and rivers in shaping gorilla genetic diversity in central Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(51), pp. 20432-20436. (10.1073/pnas.0704816105)
Johnson-Bawe, M. et al. 2007. Complex phylogeographic history of central African forest elephants and its implications for taxonomy. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7, article number: 244. (10.1186/1471-2148-7-244)
Chen, L., Bruford, M. W. and Yang, G. 2007. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides). Molecular Ecology Notes 7(6), pp. 1129-1131. (10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01803.x)
Wilcock, H. R., Bruford, M. W., Nichols, R. A. and Hildrew, A. G. 2007. Landscape, habitat characteristics and the genetic population structure of two caddisflies. Freshwater Biology 52(10), pp. 1907-1929. (10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01818.x)
Zhan, X. J. et al. 2007. Molecular analysis of dispersal in giant pandas. Molecular Ecology 16(18), pp. 3792-3800. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03450.x)
Moodley, Y. and Bruford, M. W. 2007. Molecular biogeography: towards an integrated framework for Ccnserving pan-African biodiversity. PLoS ONE 2(5), article number: e454. (10.1371/journal.pone.0000454)
Schmelting, B., Zimmermann, E., Berke, O., Bruford, M. W. and Radespiel, U. 2007. Experience-dependent recapture rates and reproductive success in male grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 133(1), pp. 743-752. (10.1002/ajpa.20566)
Anthony, N., Clifford, S. L., Bawe-Johnson, M., Abernethy, K. A., Bruford, M. W. and Wickings, E. J. 2007. Distinguishing gorilla mitochondrial sequences from nuclear integrations and PCR recombinants: Guidelines for their diagnosis in complex sequence databases. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(2), pp. 553-566. (10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.013)
Peter, C., Bruford, M. W., Perez, T., Dalamitra, S., Hewitt, G. and Erhardt, G. 2007. Genetic diversity and subdivision of 57 European and Middle-Eastern sheep breeds. Animal Genetics 38(1), pp. 37-44. (10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01561.x)
Lawson Handley, L., Byrne, K., Santucci, F., Townsend, S., Taylor, M., Bruford, M. W. and Hewitt, G. M. 2007. Genetic structure of European sheep breeds. Heredity 99(6), pp. 620-631. (10.1038/sj.hdy.6801039)
Naderi, S. et al. 2007. Large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of the domestic goat reveals six haplogroups with high diversity. PLoS ONE 2(10), pp. e1012. (10.1371/journal.pone.0001012)
Zhang, B. et al. 2007. Genetic viability and population history of the giant panda, putting an end to the "evolutionary dead end"?. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24(8), pp. 1801-1810. (10.1093/molbev/msm099)
Marín, J. C. et al. 2007. Mitochondrial phylogeography and demographic history of the Vicuña: implications for conservation. Heredity 99(1), pp. 70-80. (10.1038/sj.hdy.6800966)
Jeffery, K. J., Abernethy, K. A., Tutin, C. E. G. and Bruford, M. W. 2007. Biological and environmental degradation of gorilla hair and microsatellite amplification success. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91(2), pp. 281-294. (10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00792.x)
Joost, S., Bonin, A., Bruford, M. W., Despres, L., Conord, C., Erhardt, G. and Taberlet, P. 2007. A spatial analysis method (SAM) to detect candidate loci for selection: towards a landscape genomics approach to adaptation. Molecular Ecology 16(18), pp. 3955-3969. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03442.x)

2006

Hammond, R. L., Bruford, M. W. and Bourke, A. F. G. 2006. A test of reproductive skew models in a field population of a multiple-queen ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61(2), pp. 265-275. (10.1007/s00265-006-0257-2)
Symondson, W. O. C. et al. 2006. Biodiversity vs. biocontrol: positive and negative effects of alternative prey on control of slugs by carabid beetles. Bulletin of Entomological Research 96(6), pp. 637-645. (10.1079/BER2006467)
Hobbs, G., Chadwick, E. A., Slater, F. M. and Bruford, M. W. 2006. Landscape genetics applied to a recovering otter (Lutra lutra) population in the UK: Preliminary results and potential methodologies. Hystrix : the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 17(1) (10.4404/hystrix-17.1-4364)
Goossens, B. et al. 2006. Philopatry and reproductive success in Bornean orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus). Molecular Ecology 15(9), pp. 2577-2588. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02952.x)
Ronn, A. -. et al. 2006. Multiple displacement amplification for generating an unlimited source of DNA for genotyping in nonhuman primate species. International Journal of Primatology 27(4), pp. 1145-1169. (10.1007/s10764-006-9067-7)
Williams, H. C., Ormerod, S. J. and Bruford, M. W. 2006. Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the cryptic species complex Baetis rhodani (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(2), pp. 370-382. (10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.004)
Harper, G. L., Sheppard, S. K., Harwood, J. D., Read, D. S., Glen, D. M., Bruford, M. W. and Symondson, W. O. C. 2006. Evaluation of temperature gradient gel electrophoresis for the analysis of prey DNA within the guts of invertebrate predators. Bulletin of Entomological Research 96(3), pp. 295-304. (10.1079/BER2006426)
Zhan, X. et al. 2006. Molecular censusing doubles giant panda population estimate in a key nature reserve. Current Biology 16(12), pp. R451-R452. (10.1016/j.cub.2006.05.042)
Read, D. S., Sheppard, S. K., Bruford, M. W., Glen, D. M. and Symondson, W. O. C. 2006. Molecular detection of predation by soil micro-arthropods on nematodes. Molecular Ecology 15(7), pp. 1963-1972. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02901.x)
Goossens, B., Chikhi, L., Ancrenaz, M., Lackman-Ancrenaz, I., Andau, P. and Bruford, M. W. 2006. Genetic signature of anthropogenic population collapse in orang-utans. PLoS Biology 4(2), pp. 285-291., article number: e25. (10.1371/journal.pbio.0040025)
Dodd, C. S., Rodriguez, J., Hoces, D., Rosadio, R., Wheeler, J. C. and Bruford, M. W. 2006. Genetic diversity and management implications for vicuna populations in Peru. Presented at: 4th European Symposium on South American Camelids and DECAMA European Seminar, Göttingen, Germany, 7 - 9 October 2004 Presented at Gerken, M. and Renieri, C. eds.South American camelids research, Vol. 1. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers pp. 87-96.
Rodriguez, J., Dodd, C. S., Rosadio, R., Wheeler, J. C. and Bruford, M. W. 2006. Paternity testing using microsatellite DNA in alpacas (Vicugna pacos). Presented at: 4th European Symposium on South American Camelids and DECAMA European Seminar, Gottingen, Germany, 7 - 9 October 2004South American camelids research, Vol. 1. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers pp. 273-278.
Marvan, R., Stevens, J. M. G., Roeder, A. D., Mazura, I., Bruford, M. W. and de Ruiter, J. R. 2006. Male dominance rank, mating and reproductive success in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus). Folia Primatologica 77(5), pp. 364-376. (10.1159/000093702)
Harper, G. L., Cesarini, S., Casey, S. P., Morgan, A. J., Kille, P. and Bruford, M. W. 2006. Microsatellite markers for the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus. Molecular Ecology Notes 6(2), pp. 325-327. (10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01219.x)

2005

Gaubert, P., Taylor, P. J., Fernandes, C. A., Bruford, M. W. and Veron, G. 2005. Patterns of cryptic hybridization revealed using an integrative approach: a case study on genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta spp.) from the southern African subregion. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(1), pp. 11-33. (10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00518.x)
Wilcock, H. R., Bruford, M. W., Hildrew, A. G. and Nichols, R. A. 2005. Recruitment, kin and the spatial genetic structure of a caddisfly Plectrocnemia conspersa in a southern English stream. Freshwater Biology 50(9), pp. 1499-1514. (10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01424.x)
Li, M., Wei, F., Goossens, B., Feng, Z., Tamate, H. B., Bruford, M. W. and Funk, S. M. 2005. Mitochondrial phylogeography and subspecific variation in the red panda (Ailurus fulgens): implications for conservation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(1), pp. 78-89. (10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.016)
Harper, G. L., King, R. A., Dodd, C. S., Harwood, J. D., Glen, D. M., Bruford, M. W. and Symondson, W. O. C. 2005. Rapid screening of invertebrate predators for multiple prey DNA targets. Molecular Ecology 14(3), pp. 819-827. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02442.x)
Goossens, B. et al. 2005. Patterns of genetic diversity and migration in increasingly fragmented and declining orang-utan (pongo pygmaeus) populations from Sabah, Malaysia. Molecular Ecology 14(2), pp. 441-456. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02421.x)
Baus, E., Darrock, D. J. and Bruford, M. W. 2005. Gene-flow patterns in Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of the Lusitanian sea star Asterina gibbosa. Molecular Ecology 14(11), pp. 3373-3382. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02681.x)
Fjeldsa, J., Bayes, M. K., Bruford, M. W. and Roy, M. S. 2005. Biogeography and diversification of African forest faunas: implications for conservation. In: Bermingham, E., Dick, C. W. and Moritz, C. eds. Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present and Future. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 127-146.
Smith, T. B., Wayne, R. K., Girman, D. and Bruford, M. W. 2005. Evaluating the divergence-with-gene-flow model in natural populations: the importance of ecotones in rainforest speculation. In: Bermingham, E., Dick, C. W. and Moritz, C. eds. Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present and Future. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 148-165.

2004

Gaubert, P., Fernandes, C. A., Bruford, M. W. and Veron, G. 2004. Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae) in Africa: an evolutionary synthesis based on cytochrome b sequences and morphological characters. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81(4), pp. 589-610. (10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00309.x)
Bertorelle, G., Bruford, M. W., Chemini, C., Vernesi, C. and Hauffe, H. C. 2004. New, flexible Bayesian approaches to revolutionize conservation genetics. Conservation Biology 18(2), pp. 584. (10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00488.x)
Bruford, M. W., Jeffery, K. J., Roeder, A. D. and Casey, S. 2004. Microsatellites in primates: what have we got and what do we need? [Abstract]. Folia Primatologica 75(Sup.1), pp. 171.
Winney, B. J. et al. 2004. Complex phylogeography of the hamadryas baboon, Papio hamadryas hamadryas [abstract]. Folia Primatologica 75(1), pp. 60-60. (10.1159/000073431)
Goossens, B., Setchell, J. M., James, S. S., Utami, S. A., Ancrenaz, M., Lackman-Ancrenaz, I. and Bruford, M. W. 2004. Alternative reproductive tactics in male orangutans: A review and new paternity data. Folia Primatologica 75(1), pp. 91-92.
Jeffery, K. J., Abernethy, K., Tutin, C. E. G., Anthony, N. and Bruford, M. W. 2004. Genetic relatedness of western lowland gorillas at Lope, Gabon [Abstract]. Folia Primatologica 75(Sup.1), pp. 284-285.
Chikhi, L., Goossens, B., Treanor, A. and Bruford, M. W. 2004. Population genetic structure of and inbreeding in an insular cattle breed, the Jersey, and its implications for genetic resource management. Heredity 92(5), pp. 396-401. (10.1038/sj.hdy.6800433)
Baker, P. J., Funk, S. M., Bruford, M. W. and Harris, S. 2004. Polygynandry in a red fox population: implications for the evolution of group living in canids?. Behavioral Ecology 15(5), pp. 766-778. (10.1093/beheco/arh077)
Dukes, J. P., Deaville, R., Bruford, M. W., Youngson, A. F. and Jordan, W. C. 2004. Odorant receptor gene expression changes during the parr-smolt transformation in Atlantic salmon. Molecular Ecology 13(9), pp. 2851-2857. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02252.x)
Clifford, S. L. et al. 2004. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Molecular Ecology 13(6), pp. 1551-1565. (10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02140.x)
Birdsey, G. M., Lewin, J., Cunningham, A. A., Bruford, M. W. and Danpure, C. J. 2004. Differential enzyme targeting as an evolutionary adaptation to herbivory in carnivora. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21(4), pp. 632-646. (10.1093/molbev/msh054)
Groombridge, J. J., Jones, C. G., Nichols, R. A., Carlton, M. and Bruford, M. W. 2004. Molecular phylogeny and morphological change in the Psittacula parakeets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(1), pp. 96-108. (10.1016/j.ympev.2003.07.008)
Chikhi, L. and Bruford, M. W. 2004. Mammalian population genetics and genomics. In: Ruvinsky, A. and Graves, J. A. M. eds. Mammalian Genomics. Wallingford: CABI Publishing, pp. 539-584.
Bruford, M. W. 2004. Conservation genetics of UK livestock: from molecules to management. In: Simm, G. et al. eds. Farm Animal Genetic Resources. BSAS publication Vol. 30. Nottingham: Nottingham University Press, pp. 151-169.

2003

Bruford, M. W., Goossens, B., Lackman-Ancrenaz, I., Ancrenaz, M., Mohamed, M. and Andau, P. 2003. Conservation of the orang-utan in Kinbatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sabah, Malaysia. Project Report. [Online]. London: Darwin Initiative, DEFRA. Available at: http://darwin.defra.gov.uk/documents/9016/21258/09-016%20FR%20-%20edited.pdf
Bruford, M. W., Bradley, D. G. and Luikart, G. 2003. DNA markers reveal the complexity of livestock domestication. Nature Reviews Genetics 4(11), pp. 900-910. (10.1038/nrg1203)
Bruford, M. W. 2003. Essential elements of biodiversity? [Book review]. Heredity 90(6), pp. 413-414. (10.1038/sj.hdy.6800227)
Telfer, P. T. et al. 2003. Molecular evidence for deep phylogenetic divergence in Mandrillus sphinx. Molecular Ecology 12(7), pp. 2019-2024. (10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01877.x)
Radespiel, U., Lutermann, H., Schmelting, B., Bruford, M. W. and Zimmermann, E. 2003. Patterns and dynamics of sex-biased dispersal in a nocturnal primate, the grey mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus. Animal Behaviour 65(4), pp. 709-719. (10.1006/anbe.2003.2121)
Reynolds, J. D., Bruford, M. W., Gittleman, J. L. and Wayne, R. K. 2003. Editorial. Animal Conservation 6(1), pp. 1-2. (10.1017/S1367943003003019)
Clifford, S. L., Abernethy, K. A., White, L. J. T., Tutin, C. E. G., Bruford, M. W. and Wickings, E. J. 2003. Genetic studies of western gorillas. In: Taylor, A. B. and Goldsmith, M. L. eds. Gorilla Biology: a Multidisciplinary Perspective. Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology Vol. 35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 269-292.
Wheeler, J. C., Fernandez, M., Rosadio, R., Hoces, D., Kadwell, M. and Bruford, M. W. 2003. Genetic diversity and management implications for vicuna populations in Peru. In: Lemons, J., Victor, R. and Schaffer, D. eds. Conserving Biodiversity in Arid Regions: Best Practices in Developing Nations. Boston: Kluwer, pp. 327-344.

2002

Groombridge, J. J., Jones, C. G., Bayes, M. K., van Zyl, A. J., Carrillo, J., Nichols, R. A. and Bruford, M. W. 2002. A molecular phylogeny of African kestrels with reference to divergence across the Indian Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25(2), pp. 267-277. (10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00254-3)
Goossens, B. et al. 2002. Measuring genetic diversity in translocation programmes: principles and application to a chimpanzee release project. Animal Conservation 5(3), pp. 225-236. (10.1017/S1367943002002275)
Engh, A. L. et al. 2002. Reproductive skew among males in a female-dominated mammalian society. Behavioral Ecology 13(2), pp. 193-200. (10.1093/beheco/13.2.193)
Paulo, O. S., Pinto, I., Bruford, M. W., Jordan, W. C. and Nichols, R. A. 2002. The double origin of Iberian peninsular chameleons. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 75(1), pp. 1-7. (10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00002.x)
Williams, H. C., Wilcock, H. R. and Bruford, M. W. 2002. Microsatellite loci for the mayfly Baetis rhodani (Baetidae, Ephemeroptera). Molecular Ecology Notes 2(4), pp. 411-412. (10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00259.x)
Seabra, S. G., Wilcock, H. R., Quartau, J. A. and Bruford, M. W. 2002. Microsatellite loci isolated from the Mediterranean species Cicada barbara (Stal) and C. orni L. (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea). Molecular Ecology Notes 2(2), pp. 173-175. (10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00184.x)
Paulo, O. S., Jordan, W. C., Bruford, M. W. and Nichols, R. A. 2002. Using nested clade analysis to assess the history of colonization and the persistence of populations of an Iberian Lizard. Molecular Ecology 11(4), pp. 809-819. (10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01484.x)
Hammond, R. L., Bruford, M. W. and Bourke, A. F. G. 2002. Ant workers selfishly bias sex ratios by manipulating female development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 269(1487), pp. 173-178. (10.1098/rspb.2001.1860)
Utami, S. S., Goossens, B., Bruford, M., De Ruiter, J. R. and van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. 2002. Male bimaturism and reproductive success in Sumatran orang-utans. Behavioral Ecology 13(5), pp. 643-652. (10.1093/beheco/13.5.643)
Bruford, M. W. 2002. Biodiversity - evolution, species, genes. In: Norris, K. and Pain, D. J. eds. Conserving Bird Biodiversity: General Principle and their Application. Conservation Biology Vol. 7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-19.

2001

Wilcock, H. R., Hildrew, A., Nichols, R. A. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. Microsatellites for the net-spinning caddisfly Plectrocnemia conspersa (Polycentropodidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 1(4), pp. 318-319. (10.1046/j.1471-8278.2001.00123.x)
Tutin, C. E. G. et al. 2001. Conservation biology framework for the release of wild-born orphaned chimpanzees into the Conkouati Reserve, Congo. Conservation Biology 15(5), pp. 1247-1257. (10.1111/j.1523-1739.2001.00046.x)
Garnier, J. N., Bruford, M. W. and Goossens, B. 2001. Mating system and reproductive skew in the black rhinoceros. Molecular Ecology 10(8), pp. 2031-2041. (10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01338.x)
Paolo, O. S., Dias, C., Bruford, M. W., Jordan, W. C. and Nichols, R. A. 2001. The persistence of Pliocene populations through the Pleistocene climatic cycles: evidence from the phylogeography of an Iberian lizard. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268(1476), pp. 1625-1630. (10.1098/rspb.2001.1706)
Jeffery, K. J., Keller, L. F., Arcese, P. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. The development of microsatellite loci in the song sparrow, Melospiza melodia (Aves) and genotyping errors associated with good quality DNA. Molecular Ecology Notes 1(1-2), pp. 11-13. (10.1046/j.1471-8278.2000.00005.x)
Beaumont, M., Barrat, E. M., Gottelli, D., Kitchener, A. C., Daniels, M. J., Pritchard, J. K. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. Genetic diversity and introgression in the Scottish Wildcat. Molecular Ecology 10(2), pp. 319-336. (10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01196.x)
Hammond, R. L., Bourke, A. F. G. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. Mating frequency and mating system of the polygynous ant, Leptothorax acervorum. Molecular Ecology 10(11), pp. 2719-2728. (10.1046/j.0962-1083.2001.01394.x)
Kadwell, M., Fernandez, M., Stanley, H. F., Baldi, R., Wheeler, J. C., Rosadio, R. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. Genetic analysis reveals the wild ancestors of the llama and the alpaca. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268(1485), pp. 2575-2584. (10.1098/rspb.2001.1774)
Radespiel, U., Sarikaya, Z., Zimmermann, E. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. Sociogenetic structure in a free-living nocturnal primate population: sex-specific differences in the grey mouse lemur ( Microcebus murinus ). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50(6), pp. 493-502. (10.1007/s002650100402)
Pryor, K. V., Young, J. E., Rumsey, F., Edwards, K. J., Bruford, M. W. and Rogers, H. 2001. Diversity, genetic structure and evidence of outcrossing in British populations of the rock fern Adiantum capillus-venerisusing microsatellites. Molecular Ecology 10(8), pp. 1881-1894. (10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01343.x)
Hammond, R. L., Macasero, W., Flores, B., Mohammed, O. B., Wacher, T. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. Phylogenetic reanalysis of the Saudi gazelle and its implications for conservation. Conservation Biology 15(4), pp. 1123-1133. (10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.0150041123.x)
Keller, L. F., Jeffery, K. J., Arcese, P., Beaumont, M. A., Hochachka, W. M., Smith, J. N. M. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. Immigration and the ephemerality of a natural population bottleneck: evidence from molecular markers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268(1474), pp. 1387-1394. (10.1098/rspb.2001.1607)
Nichols, R. A., Bruford, M. W. and Groombridge, J. J. 2001. Sustaining genetic variation in a small population: evidence from the Mauritius kestrel. Molecular Ecology 10(3), pp. 593-602. (10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01204.x)
Groombridge, J. J., Bruford, M. W., Jones, C. G. and Nichols, R. A. 2001. Evaluating the severity of the population bottleneck in the Mauritius kestrel Falco punctatus from ringing records using MCMC estimation. Journal of Animal Ecology 70(3), pp. 401-409. (10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00502.x)
Chikhi, L., Bruford, M. W. and Beaumont, M. A. 2001. Estimation of admixture proportions: a likelihood-based approach using Markov Chain Monte Carlo. Genetics 158(3), pp. 1347-1362.
Radespiel, U., Funk, S. M., Zimmermann, E. and Bruford, M. W. 2001. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) and their amplification in the family Cheirogaleidae. Molecular Ecology Notes 1(1-2), pp. 16-18. (10.1046/j.1471-8278.2000.0007.x)

2000

Groombridge, J. J., Jones, C. G., Bruford, M. W. and Nichols, R. A. 2000. 'Ghost' alleles of the Mauritius kestrel. Nature 403, pp. 616. (10.1038/35001148)
Bayes, M. K., Smith, K. L., Alberts, S. C., Altmann, J. and Bruford, M. W. 2000. Testing the reliability of microsatellite typing from faecal DNA in the savannah baboon. Conservation Genetics 1(2), pp. 173-176. (10.1023/A:1026595324974)
Goossens, B., Chikhi, L., Utami, S. S., De Ruiter, J. and Bruford, M. W. 2000. A multi-samples, multi-extracts approach for microsatellite analysis of faecal samples in an arboreal ape. Conservation Genetics 1(2), pp. 157-162. (10.1023/A:1026535006318)
Smith, K. L., Alberts, S. C., Bayes, M. K., Bruford, M. W., Altmann, J. and Ober, C. 2000. Cross-species amplification, non-invasive genotyping, and non-Mendelian inheritance of human STRPs in savannah baboons. American Journal of Primatology 51(4), pp. 219-227. (10.1002/1098-2345(200008)51:4<219::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-G)
Goossens, B., Latour, S., Vidal, C., Jamart, A., Ancrenaz, M. and Bruford, M. 2000. Twenty new microsatellite loci for use with hair and faecal samples in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes). Folia Primatologica 71(3), pp. 177-180. (10.1159/000021738)
Holbrook, J. D., Birdsey, G. M., Yang, Z., Bruford, M. w. and Danpure, C. J. 2000. Molecular adaptation of alanine: Glyoxylate aminotransferase targeting in primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution 17(3), pp. 387-400.

1999

Ciofi, C. and Bruford, M. W. 1999. Genetic structure and gene flow among Komodo dragon populations inferred by microsatellite loci analysis. Molecular Ecology 8(s1), pp. S17-S30. (10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00734.x)
Ciofi, C., Beaumont, M. A., Swingland, I. R. and Bruford, M. W. 1999. Genetic divergence and units for conservation in the Komodo dragon Varanus komodensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 266(1435), pp. 2269-2274. (10.1098/rspb.1999.0918)
Clifford, S. L., Jeffrey, K., Bruford, M. W. and Wickings, E. J. 1999. Identification of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) using human primers: Application to noninvasively collected hair samples. Molecular Ecology 8(9), pp. 1556-1558. (10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.07184.x)
Barratt, E. M., Gurnell, J., Malarky, G., Deaville, R. and Bruford, M. W. 1999. Genetic structure of fragmented populations of red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the UK. Molecular Ecology 8(S1), pp. S55-S63. (10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00771.x)
Saccheri, I. J., Wilson, I. J., Nichols, R. A., Bruford, M. W. and Brakefield, P. M. 1999. Inbreeding of bottlenecked butterfly populations: estimation using the likelihood of changes in marker allele frequencies. Genetics 151(3), pp. 1053-1063.

1998

Ciofi, C. and Bruford, M. W. 1998. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis. Molecular Ecology 7(1), pp. 134-136.
Jordan, W. C. and Bruford, M. W. 1998. New perspectives on mate choice and the MHC. Heredity 81(3), pp. 239-245. (10.1038/sj.hdy.6884280)
O'Ryan, C., Harley, E. H., Bruford, M. W., Beaumont, M., Wayne, R. K. and Cherry, M. I. 1998. Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity in fragmented South African buffalo populations. Animal Conservation 1(2), pp. 85-94. (10.1111/j.1469-1795.1998.tb00015.x)
Bruford, M. W. 1998. Conservation genetics finally brought to book - but is it really worth the money?. Biodiversity and Conservation 7, pp. 405-407.
Beaumont, M. A. and Bruford, M. W. 1998. Marking inferences in population genetics. Zoo Biology 17(2), pp. 157-158. (10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1998)17:2<157::AID-ZOO11>3.0.CO;2-8)
Bruford, M. and Saccheri, I. J. 1998. DNA fingerprinting with VNTR probes. In: Karp, A., Isaac, P. G. and Ingram, D. S. eds. Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity. London: Chapman and Hall, pp. 99-108.
Jordan, W. C., Foley, K. and Bruford, M. W. 1998. Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. In: Karp, A., Isaac, P. G. and Ingram, D. S. eds. Molecular Tools for Biodiversity: Plants and Animals. London: Chapman and Hall, pp. 152-156.
Ciofi, C., Funk, S. M., Coote, T., Cheesman, D. J., Hammond, R. L., Saccheri, I. J. and Bruford, M. W. 1998. Genotyping with microsatellite markers. In: Karp, A., Isaac, P. G. and Ingram, D. S. eds. Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity: Plants and Animals., Vol. Part 2. London: Springer, pp. 195-201., (10.1007/978-94-009-0019-6_38)
Bruford, M. W., Ciofi, C. and Funk, S. 1998. Characteristics of microsatellites. In: Karp, A., Isaac, P. G. and Ingram, D. S. eds. Molecular Tools for Screening and Biodiversity. London: Chapman and Hall, pp. 202-205.
Beaumont, M. A., Ibrahim, K., Boursot, P. and Bruford, M. W. 1998. Measuring genetic distance. In: Karp, A., Isaac, P. G. and Ingram, D. S. eds. Molecular Tools for Screening and Biodiversity. Chapman and Hall, pp. 315-325.
Bruford, M. W. and Beaumont, M. A. 1998. Binary data analysis. In: Karp, A., Isaac, P. G. and Ingram, D. S. eds. Molecular Tools for Screening Biodiversity. Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 329-331.
Bruford, M. W., Hanotte, O. and Burke, T. 1998. Multi and single locus DNA fingerprinting. In: Hoelzel, A. R. ed. Molecular Genetic Analysis of Populations: A Practical Approach. IRL Press, pp. 225-269.

1997

Jabbour, H. N., Hayssen, V. and Bruford, M. W. 1997. Conservation of deer: contributions from molecular biology, evolutionary ecology, and reproductive physiology. Journal of Zoology 243(3), pp. 461-484. (10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb02795.x)
Faulkes, C. G., Abbott, D. H., O'Brien, H. P., Lau, L., Roy, M. R., Wayne, R. K. and Bruford, M. W. 1997. Micro and macrogeographical genetic structure of colonies of naked mole-rats Heterocephalus glaber. Molecular Ecology 6(7), pp. 615-628. (10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00227.x)
Smith, T. B., Wayne, R. K., Girman, D. J. and Bruford, M. W. 1997. A role for ecotones in generating rainforest biodiversity. Science 276(5320), pp. 1855-1857. (10.1126/science.276.5320.1855)
Barratt, E. M., Deaville, R., Burland, T. R., Bruford, M. W., Jones, G., Racey, P. A. and Wayne, R. K. 1997. DNA answers the call of pipistrelle bat species. Nature 387, pp. 138-139. (10.1038/387138b0)
Bourke, A. F. G., Green, H. A. A. and Bruford, M. W. 1997. Parentage, reproductive skew and queen turnover in a multiple-queen ant analysed with microsatellites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 264(1379), pp. 277-283. (10.1098/rspb.1997.0039)
Faulkes, C. G., Bennett, N. C., Bruford, M. W., O'Brien, H. P., Aguilar, G. H. and Jarvis, J. U. M. 1997. Ecological constraints drive social evolution in the African mole-rats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 264(1388), pp. 1619-1627.
Karp, A. et al. 1997. Molecular technologies for biodiversity evaluation: Opportunities and challenges. Nature Biotechnology 15(7), pp. 625-628. (10.1038/nbt0797-625)
Barratt, E. M., Deaville, R., Burland, T. M., Bruford, M. W., Jones, G., Racey, P. A. and Wayne, R. K. 1997. DNA answers the call of pipistrelle bat species. Nature 387, pp. 138-139. (10.1038/387138b0)
Mace, G. M., Smith, T. B., Bruford, M. W. and Wayne, R. K. 1997. An overview of the issues. In: Smith, T. B. and Wayne, R. K. eds. Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-21.
Barratt, E. M., Malarky, G., Boddy, S., Gurnell, J. and Bruford, M. W. 1997. Genetic diversity among fragmented populations of red squirrel: a preliminary study. In: Gurnell, J. and Lurz, P. eds. The Conservation of Red Squirrels, Sciurus vulgaris L. London: People's Trust for Endangered Species, pp. 61-66.

1996

Altmann, J. et al. 1996. Behavior predicts genes structure in a wild primate group. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 93(12), pp. 5797-5801. (10.1073/pnas.93.12.5797)
Coote, T. and Bruford, M. W. 1996. Human microsatellites applicable for analysis of genetic variation in apes and old world monkeys. Journal of Heredity 87(5), pp. 406-410.
Bruford, M. W., Cheesman, D. J., Coote, T., Green, H. A. A., Haines, S. A., O'Ryan, C. and Williams, T. R. 1996. Microsatellites and their application to conservation genetics. In: Smith, T. B. and Wayne, R. K. eds. Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 278-297.

1995

Barratt, E. M., Jones, G. J., Burland, T. M., Bruford, M. W., Racey, P. A. and Wayne, R. K. 1995. Phylogenic relationships of the vespertillionid bat genus pipistrellus. In: Racey, P. A. and Swift, S. eds. Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Bats. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Vol. 67. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 377-386.
Williams, T. R., Harris, S., Chapman, N., Wayne, R. K., Beaumont, M. A. and Bruford, M. W. 1995. A molecular analysis of the introduced Reeves' muntjac in Southern England - genetic variation in the mitochondrial genome. In: Muntjac Deer - Their Biology, Impact and Management in Britain. Forestry Authority Press, pp. 6-22.

1994

Bruford, M. W., Hanotte, O. and Burke, T. 1994. Minisatellite DNA markers in the chicken genome. Isolation and characterization of minisatellite loci. Animal Genetics 25(6), pp. 391-399. (10.1111/j.1365-2052.1994.tb00529.x)
Bruford, M. W. and Burke, T. 1994. Minisatellite DNA markers in the chicken genome. I Distribution and abundance of minisatellites in multilocus DNA fingerprints. Animal Genetics 25(6), pp. 381-389. (10.1111/j.1365-2052.1994.tb00528.x)
Partridge, L. and Bruford, M. W. 1994. Population biology: a crash course in survival. Nature 372(6504), pp. 318-319.
Bruford, M. W., Hanotte, O. and Burke, T. 1994. Minisatellite DNA markers in the chicken genome. II isolation and characterization of minisatellite loci. Animal Genetics 25(6), pp. 391-399.
Wayne, R. K., Bruford, M. W., Girman, D., Rebholz, W. E. R., Sunnucks, P. and Taylor, A. C. 1994. Molecular genetics of endangered species. In: Olney, P. J., Mace, G. and Feistner, A. T. C. eds. Creative Conservation: Interactive Management of wild and captive animals. London: Chapman and Hall, pp. 92-117.

1993

Saccheri, I. J. and Bruford, M. W. 1993. DNA Fingerprinting in a Butterfly, Bicyclus anynana (Satyridae). Journal of Heredity 84(3), pp. 195-200.
Bruford, M. W. and Altmann, J. 1993. DNA fingerprinting and the problems of paternity determination in an inbred captive population of guinea baboons (Papio hamadryas papio). Primates 34(3), pp. 403-411. (10.1007/BF02382636)
Smith, T. B., Bruford, M. W. and Wayne, R. K. 1993. The preservation of process: the missing element of conservation programs. Biodiversity Letters 1, pp. 164-167.
Wickings, E. J. and Bruford, M. W. 1993. Molecular ecology — The present and the future. Primates 34(3), pp. 377-379. (10.1007/BF02382633)
Bruford, M. W. and RK, W. 1993. Microsatellites and their application to population genetic studies. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 3(6), pp. 939-943. (10.1016/0959-437X(93)90017-J)
Bruford, M. W. and Wayne, R. K. 1993. The use of molecular genetic techniques to address conservation questions. In: Garte, S. J. ed. Molecular Environmental Biology. Boca Raton, Fl: CRC Press, pp. 11-28.

1992

Hanotte, O., Bruford, M. W. and Burke, T. 1992. Multilocus DNA fingerprints in gallinaceous birds: general approach and problems. Heredity 68(6), pp. 481-494. (10.1038/hdy.1992.71)
Bruford, M. W., Hanotte, O., Brookfield, J. F. Y. and Burke, T. 1992. Multi and single locus DNA fingerprinting. In: Hoelzel, A. R. ed. Molecular Analysis of Populations: A Practical Approach. Oxford: IRL Press, pp. 225-269.

1991

Bruford, M. W. and Burke, T. 1991. Hypervariable DNA markers and their applications in the chicken. Presented at: First International symposium on DNA Fingerprinting, Bern, Switzerland, 1-3 October 1990 Presented at Dolf, G. ed.DNA Fingerprinting: Approaches and Applications: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on DNA Fingerprinting held at Bern, 1st-3rd October 1990. Experientia Supplementum Vol. 58. Basel: Birkhäuser pp. 230-242.
Burke, T., Hanotte, O., Bruford, M. W. and Cairns, E. 1991. Multilocus and single locus minisatellite analysis in population studies. In: Burke, T. et al. eds. DNA Fingerprinting: Approaches and Applications. Experientia Supplementum Vol. 58. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser-Verlag, Basel, pp. 154-168., (10.1007/978-3-0348-7312-3_12)
Bruford, M. W., Krupa, A. P. and Burke, T. 1991. Genetic Variatrion in the Jersey captive population of the pink pigeon (Nesoenas Mayeri) revealed by DNA fingerprinting. In: Pink Pigeon: Conservation Viability Assessment. IUCN/SSC Captive Breeding Specialist Group, Minnesota, pp. 73-80.
Bruford, M. W. 1991. What DNA fingerprinting has told us about bird populations that we didn't know before. Fingerprint News 3(4), pp. 8-10.

1990

Bruford, M. W., Burke, T., Hanoote, O. and Smiley, M. B. 1990. Hypervariable markers in the chicken genome. Presented at: 4th World Congress on Genetics applied to Livestock Production, Edinburgh, Scotland, 23-27 July 1990 Presented at Hill, W. G., Thompson, R. and Woolliams, J. A. eds.Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production : Edinburgh, 23-27 July, 1990, Vol. XIII. Edinburgh: Organising Committee, 4th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production pp. 139-142.

1989

Burke, T., Davies, N. B., Bruford, M. W. and Hatchwell, B. J. 1989. Parental care and mating behaviour of polyandrous dunnocks Prunella modularis related to paternity by DNA fingerprinting. Nature 338(6212), pp. 249-251. (10.1038/338249a0)

1987

Burke, T. and Bruford, M. W. 1987. DNA fingerprinting in birds. Nature 327(6118), pp. 149-152. (10.1038/327149a0)

I teach a large portion of the Biodiversity and Conservation Biology module (third year biological sciences - BI3154) and participate in the Rainforest Biodiversity Assessment field course we run at Danau Girang Field Centre at the end of Year 2 in Biological Sciences. I also teach on the MSc in Global Ecology and Biodiversity (conservation biology and sustainable development).

My research focuses on the application of molecular genetics and genomics to the conservation of endangered species and livestock in an era of anthropogenic environmental change. We try to understand how genetic diversity evolves in small populations, the role that local adaptation and climate change plays in this evolution and its consequence for conservation biology and management. Research in this field must be collaborative and our projects are based in countries including China (collaborators: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Malaysia (Danau Girang Field Centre, Sabah Wildlife Department) and South Africa (Universities of Pretoria and Venda, National Zoological Gardens of South Africa).

Our most recent work has focused on the use of genomic data to understand and predict population responses under climate change, for example we recently published an article in Nature on population genomics of Arctic breeding peregrine falcons (Gu et al 2021, Nature 591: 259-264).

I am also interested in zoological biobanking for conservation and research and have been a Trustee and now Director of the Frozen Ark project (www.frozenark.org) and we recently have been awarded funding from the BBSRC's BBR program to establish a UK-wide zoological biobank for research and conservation, called CryoArks (2018 - 2021 - https://www.cryoarks.org).

Current Projects

Cryoarks

BBSRC BBR funded project led by Cardiff University (Mike Bruford with Mafalda Costa) to establish a zoological biobanking network for the UK. Partners including the Natural History Museum (Co-Is Aidan Emery and Tim Littlewood with Jackie Mackenzie Dodds and Kirsty Lloyd), the National Museums of Scotland (Co-I Andrew Kitchener with Gill Murray-Dickson), Nottingham University (Co-I Lisa Yon), Edinburgh University (Co-I Rob Ogden) and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (WildGenes lab, Edinburgh Zoo, Helen Senn also with Gill Murray Dickson). Our project has the backing and involvement of the European Association and the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and from many museums and many universities and research institutes around the UK. We aim to double the UK collection of zoological specimens in three years and to make these discoverable for conservation and research using the Specify database system (http://www.sustain.specifysoftware.org) and to provide the underpinning frozen infrastructure to sustainably and responsibly manage these resources into the future. Our website will be available in January 2019. Project runs 1/7/2018 - 31/3/2022.

G-Bike

G-Bike is a COST action project (CA18134), coordinated by Dr Cristiano Vernesi (Fundazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy) that builds on our ConGRESS project (see below) to provide a framework for the introduction and utilisation of genomic data into conservation management strategies and actions across Europe. Cardiff (Prof Mike Bruford) is one of the UK's two Management Committee members. The project will run from April 2019 - March 2024.

Recent Projects

Climgen

The Climgen project (Climate Genomics for Farm Animal Adaptation - https://climgen.bios.cf.ac.uk) was led by Cardiff University (Mike Bruford, Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Isa-Rita Russo) and ran from 2015 - 2018 funded as a Coordination and Support Action project by the European Commission. The project focuses on the development of tools and analysis of existing data for livestock populations experiencing climatic extremes across Eurasia and the tropics. The project has partners in Italy (Licia Colli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Piacenza and Filipo Biscarini, Parco Tecnologico di Padano), Romania (Agriculture and Veterinary University of Cluj Napoca, Augustin Vlaic, Antonia Odagiu, Bogdan Vlaic), Finland (LUKE, Juha Kantanen, Kisun Pokharel, Ismo Stranden), Spain (Complutense University of Madrid, Susana Dunner, Javier Canon, Natalia Sevane - who was a Marie Curie Fellow in Cardiff at the same time on the project AdaptClim) and France (Francois Pompanon).

Congress

As part of out policy and management activities, we coordinated an EU Framework 7 Support Action Project ConGRESS which provides genetic information in a user-friendly and well-used web portal (http://www.congressgenetics.eu/Default.aspx) to policy-makers and biodiversity managers across the European Union. The project involved 13 partners across the EU and end-users from 19 countries, whose input guided the development of the portal during 2012 and 2013. The website is still active and is providing a template for a number of similar initiatives.

Nextgen

As conservation is becoming more focused on genome-level analysis, whole genome-based population and evolutionary genetic analysis is now routinely used in conservation programs. We participated in the Nextgen Framework 7 project (http://nextgen.epfl.ch/), coordinated by Prof Pierre Taberlet, Universite Grenoble-Alpes and our research focused on genome-wide analysis of local adaptation in Moroccan sheep, systematically sampled across an extreme environmental gradient (temperature, rainfall) north and south of the Atlas mountains.

Falcon Genome project

Our long-term project on falcon genomics involves collaboration with the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing (Prof Xiangjiang Zhan), the Abu Dhabi Falconer's Club (Dr Andrew Dixon). Cardiff University and IoZ have a joint laboratory on biocomplexity research and Mike Bruford was a President's International Fellow, spending three months in Beijing in 2018.

Peregrine and Saker falcon genome resources:

Note: if required please use username 'nopriv' and password 'bruford' to access the above downloads.

Grants

Our work has been supported by:

The Royal Society
The European Commission
The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
The Leverhulme Trust
NERC
BBSRC

Collaborations

Examples within the School and University include:

Dr Pablo Orozco terWengel: livestock genomics, population genetics of endangered species (Ryland Sheep Society, Durrell, Zoological Society of London, PhD students Jody Leigh Edmunds, Dan Pitt)
Dr Frank Hailer: carnivore landscape genetics and genomics (PhD student Nia Thomas, MRes student Will Littlejohn)
Dr Benoit Goossens: conservation genetics and landscape management of the Kinabtangan Wildlife Sanctuary (PhD students Senthilvel Nathan and Juan Manual Aguilar Leon, Danau Girang Field Centre)
Prof Susan Baker (Sustainable Places Research Institute), Dr TC Hales (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences), Dr Leanne Cullen-Unsworth, Dr Poppy Nicol: resilience in coupled natural-social systems

Other external examples include:

Prof Tamas Szekely (University of Bath): Landscape genetics of wetland birds (PhD student Josie Jackson)
Professor Fuwen Wei (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology): Landscape genetics of giant pandas (PhD student Tianxiao Ma).
Dr Grainne McCabe (Bristol Zoo): conservation genetics of the Sanje Mangabey, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (PhD student Christina Paddock)
Prof Yoshan Moodley (University of Venda) and Prof Love Dalen (Swedish Museum of Natural History): Population and conservation genomics of the black rhinoceros (Dr Isa Rita Russo)

Research group

PDRAs/Fellows

Dr Mafalda Costa (CryoArks project)
Dr Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva (FCT funded Conservation genomics of west African primates)

PhD Students

Isa Pais (FCT with Dr Tania Minhos, New University of Lisbon - chimpanzee and colobine dietary diversity in Sierra Leone and Guine Bissau)
Paul Robinson (self-funded, with Dr Rob Thomas - avian diversity as a function of protected area status in northern Sierra Leone)
Marina Ramon (Exeter, co-supervised with Kim Hockings and Camille Bonneaud) NERC GW4+
Daniel Osmond (Exeter, co-supervised with Jamie Stevens) NERC FRESH CDT
Kees Wanders (Bath 2019 – 2022, co-supervised with Tamas Szekely and Araxi Urrutia) NERC GW4+
Ivo Costeira (FCT with Dr Joana Silva - conservation genetics of Guinea Bissau primates)

Conservation Biology

Genomics

Evolutionary Biology

Livestock genetics

Population genetics

Current supervision

Isa Gameiro Aleixo Pais

Research student

Nina White

Research student

Nia Thomas

Research student

Paul Robinson

Research student

Past projects

I have supervised or co-supervised a total of 56 PhD students to completion. Most recently, these have included those funded via the NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Program (Josie Jackson - project on Madagascan jacanas with Bath University), The Cardiff University President's studentship scheme (Hannah Macdonald - project on freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity), NERC's iCASE program (Dave Stanton - project on okapi conservation genetics with ZSL) and the Sardinian government's Master and Back scheme (Mario Barbato and Pierfrancesco Sechi - projects on Sardinian mouflon genomics and earthworm phylogeography, respectively).

I am academic lead for the Wales Biodiversity Partnership's Biodiversity Ecosystem Evidence Research Needs program and regularly serve on grant panels in the UK (NERC), Finland (Finnish Academy) and for the European Commission (Horizon 2020).

I served as one of three Chairs for NERC Panel C between 2018 and 2020. I serve on the Future Earth BioGENESIS/EvolvES steering committee (appointed 2016). I am one of the University’s nominated members of the GW4 Climate Alliance and co-lead the Climate and Health theme.

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