Noyes TJ, Blanco-Bercial L, Mariani S, Goodbody-Gringley G, McDevitt AD (2025) Complementary assessment of fish biodiversity across the upper/lower mesophotic interface in a subtropical coral reef using eDNA metabarcoding and baited cameras. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.12.20.629404
Jackman JM, Sales NG, Benvenuto C, Drewitt A, Wolfenden A, Robins PE, Cosia I, McDevitt AD (2024) Performance of eDNA capture methods for monitoring fish biodiversity in a hyper-tidal estuary. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.12.20.629404.
Kaizer MC, Sales NG, Alvim THG, Strier KB, de Melo FR, Boubli JP, Young RJ, McDevitt AD (2024) Assessing group size and demographic composition of unhabituated muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) using non-invasive biomonitoring. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.12.13.628264.
Broadhurst HA, Sales NG, Raynor R, Howe C, Ochu E, Lambin X, Sutherland CS, McDevitt AD (2025) From water to land: a review on the applications of environmental DNA and invertebrate-derived DNA for monitoring terrestrial and semi-aquatic mammals. Mammal Review doi: 10.1111/mam.70006.
Broadhurst HA, Smith EE, Jackman JM, Singleton N, Tansley D, Raynor R, Sales NG, Ochu E, McDevitt AD (2025) Citizen scientists' motivation to participate in environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys: A case study on monitoring mammals in the UK. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. In Press.
Davison AM, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, O'Donnell MJ, Prasetyo AP, Broadhurst HA, Sales NG, Valentini A, Herder JE, Coscia I, McDevitt AD (2025) Using environmental DNA to characterise amphibian communities at sites infected with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Netherlands. Journal of Herpetology. In Press.
Ruy P-E, McDevitt AD, O'Connor I, O'Dwyer K (2025) Using ELISA to detect pathogen antibodies in wild mammal carcasses: a systematic literature review. Mammal Review 55: e12379.
Ruy P-E, Ball S, Barry G, Cuq B, McDevitt AD, English HM, Farrell ML, Gormley E, O’Connor I, Romero P, Vale A, O’Dwyer K (2025) Expanding wildlife serosurveillance: a study of Influenza A virus exposure in Irish carnivores. European Journal of Wildlife Research 71: 71.
Imlau M, Browne JA, Browett SS, McDevitt AD, McMahon BJ, Nally, JE, Jahns H (2025) Surveillance for Leptospira sp. in native and invasive shrews in Ireland compared to cohabiting shrews in France. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 61: 477-482.
Curran TG, O'Hanlon A, Gallagher F, Zintl A, Isiye E, Olmeda AV, O'Neill D, McDevitt AD, O'Reilly C, O'Meara DB (2025) DNA barcoding reveals an increased diversity within the genus Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 125B: 13-27.
de Jong MJ, Anaya G, Niamir A, Pérez-González J, Broggini C, del Pozo AM, Nebenfuehr M, de la Peña E, Ruiz-Olmo J, Seoane JM, Vedel G, Barboiron A, Bartoš L, Buzan E, Carden RF, Darchiashvili G, Dragan G, Frantz AC, Gérard A, Gort-Esteve A, Guillaumat E, Hantschmann A, Hemami M-R, Höglund J, de Jong JF, Kerdikoshvili N, Kern C, Konjevic D, Koubek P, Karaiskou N, Pellerin M, Krojerová-Prokešová J, McDevitt AD, Merker S, Pfenninger M, Røed KH, Saint-Andrieux C, Sarigol F, Sykut M, Triantafyllidis A, Pemberton J, Saarma U, Iacolina L, Niedziałkowska M, Zachos FE, Carranza J, Janke A (2025) Red deer resequencing reveals the importance of sex chromosomes for reconstructing Late Quaternary events. Molecular Biology and Evolution 42: msaf031.
Sales NG, Kaizer MC, Browett SS, Gabriel SI, McDevitt AD (2024) Assessing the gut microbiome and the influence of host genetics on a critically endangered primate, the Northern muriqui (Brachyteles hyoxanthus). Environmental DNA 6: e559.
Dyson K, Nicolau AP, Tenneson K, Francesconi W, Daniels A, Andrich G, Caldas B, Castano S, de Campos N, Dilger J, Guidotti V, Jaques I, McCullough IM, McDevitt AD, Molina L, Nekorchuk DM, Newberry N, Pereira CL, Perez J, Richards-Dimitrie T, Rivera O, Rodriguez B, Sales NG, Tello J, Wespestad C, Zutta B, Saah D (2024) Coupling remote sensing and eDNA to monitor environmental impact: A pilot to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainable aqriculture in the Brazilian Amazon. PLoS ONE 19: e0289437.
Silva FE, Luna LW, Batista R, Rohe F, Gubili C, Farias IP, Hrbek T, do Amaral JV, Ribas CC, McDevitt AD, Dellicour S, Flot J-F, Boubli JP (2024) The impact of Quaternary Amazonian river dynamics on patterns and process of diversification in uakari monkeys (genus Cacajao). Journal of Biogeography 51: 1505-1517.
Carranza J, Perez-Gonzalez J, Anaya G, de Jong M, Broggini C, Zachos FE, McDevitt AD, Niedziałkowska M, Sykut M, Csányi S, Bleier N, Csirke L, Roed K, Saint-Andrieux C, Barboiron A, Gort-Esteve A, Ruiz-Olmo J, Seoane JM, Godoy JA, Mackiewicz P, de la Peña E, Vedel G, McFarlane SE, Pemberton J, Membrillo A (2024) Genome-wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture zones in Europe. Molecular Ecology 33: e17508.
Browett SS, Synnott R, O'Meara DB, Antwis RE, Browett SS, Bown KJ, Wangensteen OS, Dawson DA, Searle JB, Yearsley JM, McDevitt AD (2023) Resource competition drives an invasion-replacement event among shrew species on an island. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 698-709.
Prasetyo AP, Murray JM, Agung F, Sales NG, McDevitt AD*, Mariani S* (2023) Shark-dust: Application of high-throughput DNA sequencing of processing residues for trade monitoring of threatened sharks and rays. Conservation Letters e12971. *equal contribution
Prasetyo AP, Cusa M, Murray JM, Agung F, Muttaqin E, Mariani S*, McDevitt AD* (2023) Universal closed-tube barcoding for monitoring the shark and ray trade in megadiverse conservation hotspots. iScience 26: 107065. *equal contribution
Croose E, Hanniffy R, Harrington A, Podra M, Gomez A, Bolton PL, Lavin JV, Browett SS, Pinedo Ruiz J, Lacanal Arnaez D, Galdos I, Ugarte J, Torre A, Wright P, MacPherson J, McDevitt AD, Carter SP, Harrington L (2023) Mink on the brink: Comparing survey methods for detecting a Critically Endangered carnivore, the European mink Mustela lutreola. European Journal of Wildlife Research 69: 34.
King NG, Wilmes S-B, Browett SS, Healey A, McDevitt AD, McKeown NJ, Roche R, Skujina I, Smale DA, Thorpe JM, Malham S (2023) Seasonal development of a tidal mixing front drives shifts in community structure and diversity of bacterioplankton. Molecular Ecology 32: 5201-5210.
McGill L, McDevitt AD, Hellemans B, Neat F, Knutsen H, Mariani S, Christiansen H, Johanssen T, Volckaert FAM, Coscia I (2023) Population structure and connectivity in the genus Molva in the Northeast Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science 80: 1079-1086.
Synnott R, Shuttleworth C, Everest D, Stevenson-Holt C, O'Reilly C, McDevitt AD, O'Meara DB (2023) Invasive genetic rescue: dispersal following repeated culling reinforces the genetic diversity of an invasive mammal. Biological Invasions 25: 3323-3339.
Lawson Handley L, Blackwell T, Broadhurst HA, Clark K, Davison PI, England J, Mariani S, McDevitt AD, Pillay K, Read D, Walsh K, Nisbet A, Creer S (2023) UK DNA Working Group eDNA Week, January 2022. Environmental DNA 5: 18-24.
McDevitt AD, Coscia I, Browett SS, Ruiz-Gonzalez A, Statham MJ, Ruczynska I, Roberts L, Stojak J, Frantz AC, Noren K, Argen E, Learmount J, Basto M, Fernandez C, Stuart P, Tosh DG, Sindicic M, Andreanszky T, Isomursu M, Panek M, Korolev A, Okhlopkov IM, Saveljev A, Flajsman K, Lobkov V, Mullins JM, Pertoldi C, Randi E, Sacks BN, Kowalczyk R, Wójcik JM (2022) Next-generation phylogeography resolves post-glacial colonization patterns in a widespread carnivore, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in Europe. Molecular Ecology 31: 993-1006.
Curran TG, Browett SS, O'Neill D, O'Hanlon A, O'Reilly C, Harrington AP, McDevitt AD*, O'Meara DB* (2022) One bat's waste is another man's treasure: a DNA metabarcoding approach for the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Ireland using bat faeces. Biodiversity and Conservation 31: 2699-2722. *equal contribution
Kaizer MC, Alvim THG, Novaes CL, McDevitt AD, Young RJ (2022) Snapshot of the Atlantic Forest canopy: surveying arboreal mammals in a biodiversity hotspot. Oryx 56: 825-836.
Silva FE, Amaral JV, Roos C, Bowler M, Röhe F, Ricardo Sampaio R, Janiak MC, Bertuol F, Ismar Santana MI, Silva Júnior JS, Rylands AB, Gubili C, Hrbek T, McDevitt AD, Boubli JP (2022) Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao Lesson, 1840 (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173: 107509.
Bond IF, Gilford E, McDevitt AD, Young MA, Coomber FG (2022) First records of the greater white-toothed shrew Crocidura russula from Great Britain. Mammal Communications 8: 23-28.
Broadhurst HA*, Gregory LM*, Bleakley EK, Perkins JC, Lavin JV, Bolton P, Browett SS, Howe CV, Singleton N, Tansley D, Sales NG, McDevitt AD (2021) Mapping differences in mammalian distributions and diversity using environmental DNA from rivers. Science of the Total Environment 801: 149724. *equal contribution
Cosica I, McDevitt AD (2021) Are we using eDNA metabarcoding to its full potential? Fish and Fisheries 22: 665-666.
Browett SS*, Curran TG*, O'Meara DB, Harrington AP, Sales NG, Antwis RE, O'Neill D, McDevitt AD (2021) Primer biases in the molecular assessment of diet in multiple insectivorous mammals. Mammalian Biology 101: 293-304. *equal contribution
Prasetyo AP, McDevitt AD, Murray JM, Barry J, Agung F, Muttaqin E, Mariani S (2021) Shark and ray trade in and out of Indonesia: Addressing knowledge gaps on the path to sustainability. Marine Policy 133: 104714.
Jackman JM, Benvenuto C, Coscia I, Carvalho CO, Ready JS, Boubli JP, Magnusson WE, McDevitt AD, Sales NG (2021) eDNA in a bottleneck: obstacles to fish metabarcoding studies in megadiverse freshwater systems. Environmental DNA 3: 837-849.
Sales NG, Wangensteen OS, Carvalho DC, Deiner K, Praebel K, Coscia I, McDevitt AD, Mariani S (2021) Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding. Science of the Total Environment 754: 142096.
Harrison XA, McDevitt AD, Dunn JC, Griffiths S, Benvenuto C, Birtles R, Boubli JP, Bown K, Bridson C, Brooks D, Browett SS, Carden RF, Chantrey J, Clever F, Coscia I, Edwards KL, Ferry N, Goodhead I, Highlands A, Hopper J, Jackson J, Jehle R, Kaizer MC, King T, Lea JMD, Lenka JL, McCubbin A, McKenzie J, Moras BLC, O'Meara DB, Pescod P, Preziosi RF, Rowntree JK, Shultz S, Silk MJ, Stockdale JE, Symondson WOC, Pena MV, Walker SL, Wood MD, Antwis RE (2021) Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288: 20210552.
Mariani S, Harper LR, Collins RA, Baillie C, Wangensteen OS, McDevitt AD, Heddell-Cowie H, Genner MJ (2021) Estuarine molecular bycatch as a landscape-wide biomonitoring tool. Biological Conservation 261: 109287.
Sales NG*, McKenzie MB*, Drake J*, Harper LR, Browett SS, Coscia I, Wangensteen OS, Baillie C, Bryce E, Dawson DA, Ochu E, Hänfling B, Handley LL, Mariani S, Lambin X, Sutherland C, McDevitt AD (2020) Fishing for mammals: landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems. Journal of Applied Ecology 57: 707-716. *equal contribution
Sales NG, Kaizer MC, Coscia I, Perkins JC, Highlands A, Boubli JP, Magnusson WE, Da Silva MNF, Benvenuto C, McDevitt AD (2020) Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals: a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Mammal Review 50: 221-225.
Browett SS, O'Meara DB, McDevitt AD (2020) Genetic tools in the management of invasive mammals: recent trends and future perspectives. Mammal Review 50: 200-210.
Coscia I, Wilmes SB, Ironside JE, Goward-Brown A, O’Dea E, Malham SK, McDevitt AD, Robins PE (2020) Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach. Evolutionary Applications 13: 1854-1867.
Vega R, McDevitt AD, Stojak J, Mishta A, Wojcik JM, Krystufek B, Searle JB (2020) Phylogeographical structure of the pygmy shrew: revisiting the roles of southern and northern refugia in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129: 901-917.
McDevitt AD*, Sales NG*, Browett SS, Sparnenn AO, Mariani S, Wangensteen OS, Coscia I*, Benvenuto C* (2019) Environmental DNA metabarcoding as an effective and rapid tool for fish monitoring in canals. Journal of Fish Biology 95: 679-682. *equal contribution
Harper LR, Lawson Handley L, Carpenter AI, Murray-Dickson G, Di Muri C, MacGregor CJ, Logan TW, Law A, Breithaupt T, Read DS, McDevitt AD, Hanfling B (2019) Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of pond water as a tool to survey conservation and management priority mammals. Biological Conservation 238: 108225.
Stojak J, Borowik T, Gorny M, McDevitt AD, Wojcik JM (2019) Climatic influences on the genetic structure and distribution of the common vole and field vole in Europe. Mammal Research 64: 19-29.
McDevitt A, McDevitt C, McDevitt G (2020) Budding mammalogists in Lockdown! Mammal News 187: 14-15.
Harper L, Drake J, Sales NG, Sutherland C, McDevitt A (2019) Monitoring semi-aquatic and terrestrial mammal communities using environmental DNA metabarcoding from freshwater systems. Mammal News 184: 20-21.