/College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Ecology & Evolution

PUBLICATIONS

Research and scholarly contributions form our faculty and students

 

Explore recent publications from the Department of Ecology and Evolution, highlighting the breadth of research conducted by our faculty, students, and collaborators. Featured works reflect ongoing contributions across ecological, evolutionary, and interdisciplinary sciences.

Improved maximum growth rate prediction from microbial genomes

Xu, L., Zakem, E., and Weissman, J.L. (2025). This study integrates phylogenetic information to improve predictions of microbial growth rates from genomic data, offering new insights into microbial ecology and evolution.

Read Publication

29 million years of diverse mammalian proteomes from the East African Rift

Green, D.R. et al. (2025). This study recovers ancient mammalian proteins spanning 29 million years, providing unprecedented insight into evolutionary history within the East African Rift System.

Read Publication

Publications by Year

  • Moscoso JA, Thacker RW. 2026. Distinct microbiomes of the scleractinian coral Favia fragum in mangrove and adjacent reef habitats in the Panamanian Caribbean. Frontiers in Marine Science 12:1668895. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1668895
  • Thomas, W.R., T.M. Lama, C. Baldoni, L. Marín-Gual, D.M. Santillán, M. Farré, L. Abueg, J. Balacco, O. Fedrigo, G. Formenti, N. Jain, J. Mountcastle, T. Tilley, Y. Sims, A. Tracey, J. Wood, D. Ray, D. von Elverfeldt, J. Nieland, A.P. Corthals, A. Ruiz-Herrera, D.K.N. Dechmann, E. Jarvis, L.M. Dávalos. 2026. Genomic comparisons shed light on the adaptive basis of brain size plasticity and chromosomal instability in the Eurasian common shrew. Molecular Biology and Evolution 43(2): 1–16. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msag006
  • Young, R., H.R. Akçakaya, E. Bennett, M. Hoffmann, M. Hudson, B. Long, T. Barney, T. McMurdo Hamilton, K. Neam, M. Owen, R. Young, M. Grace. 2026. Evaluating conservation programs’ past and future contributions to species recovery. Conservation Biology 40:e70183. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70183
  • Akçakaya, H.R., E.J. Milner-Gulland, M. Hoffmann, H.M. Regan, I. Naujokaitis-Lewis, A.E. Punt, K.J. Gaston, D.A. Keith, S.H.M. Butchart, S.N. Stuart, N.J. Collar, M. Di Marco, M. Böhm, A.J. Berryman, D. Mallon, A. Hochkirch, N.K. Dulvy, M. Rivers, T. Brooks, J.R.S. Westrip, J.P. Rodríguez, C. Hilton-Taylor, J. Scott, S. Tarr, S.E.H. Ledger, C. Linardich. 2026. Three decades of classifying threatened species: Lessons learned from and about the IUCN Red List Criteria for quantifying extinction risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0316 (in press)
  • Lewthwaite, J.M.M., R.T. Buxton, A.Ø. Mooers, H.R. Akçakaya, J. Heron, A. Hochkirch, L.M. Guzman. 2026. Multi-species modelling to improve conservation decision-making for understudied taxonomic groups. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111827 (in press)
  • Armenteras, D., A. Garcia-Salamanca, W. Garcia-Suabita, F. Mosquera-Guerra, L.M. Dávalos. 2026. Afforestation reduces fire occurrence in Colombia’s tropical savannas. Environmental Research Letters 21(2026): 014018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae2ca7
  • Thomas, W., C. Baldoni, Y. Zeng, D. Carlson, J. Holm-Jacobsen, M. Muturi, D. von Elverfeldt, J. Nieland, D. Dechmann, A.P. Corthals, L.M. Dávalos. 2026. Dynamic metabolic and molecular changes during seasonal shrinking in Sorex araneus. Genome Research 36(1): 61–70. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.280639.125
  • Davies, K.T.J., R. Drinkwater, L.M. Dávalos, N. Nesi, M. Bertelsen, S. Rossiter. 2026. Reduced gene expression and missense mutations in the transporter protein SLC45A2 in an albino Egyptian rousette fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Journal of Heredity 117(2): 222–234. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf070
  • Anthwal, N., R. Hall, F. de la Rosa Hernandez, M. Kroger, L. Yohe, B. Hedrick, K. Davies, G. Mutumi, C. Roseman, E. Dumont, L.M. Dávalos, S. Rossiter, A. Sadier, K. Sears. 2026. Cochlea development shapes bat sensory system evolution. Anatomical Record 309(4): 1061–1072. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25353
  • Heather, D.R. 2026. Record phenological responses to climate change in three sympatric penguin species. Journal of Animal Ecology.
  • Heather, D.R. 2026. Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats. Conservation Biology.
  • Heather, D.R., Clare, et al. 2026. Demographic rates of Adélie penguins from Approximate Bayesian Computation and time-lapse cameras. Ecological Modelling.
  • Heather, D.R., Clare, et al. 2026. Revisiting “Penguins in the anthropause: COVID-19 closures drive gentoo penguin movement among breeding colonies.” Biological Conservation.
  • Rafael, Urmi, Jessica, et al. 2026. Interactions between propagule pressure, native diversity, and local assembly processes in mediating invasion outcomes. Oikos.
  • Rafael, Urmi, Jessica, et al. 2026. Community assembly explains invasion differences between two contrasting forest types. bioRxiv preprint.
  • Jordanna. 2026. A perceptual model indicates air pollution-induced shifts in honeybee floral-scent recognition. Communications Earth & Environment.
  • Krishna, Alex K., et al. 2026. Genomic signatures of selection are enriched in differentially expressed genes in sticklebacks adapting to contrasting environments. bioRxiv preprint.
  • Stephen, Daryl, Ken, Shawn, et al. 2026. Topography and functional traits shape the distribution of key shrub plant functional types in low-Arctic tundra. Frontiers in Plant Science.
  • Liliana. 2026. Weather disasters and their underreported transboundary impacts on Amazonian communities. Environmental Research Letters.
  • Pascal. 2026. An evolving view of lineage diversification. Systematic Biology.
  • Rafael, Resit. 2026. Ecological risk–benefit analysis for assisted colonization. Global Change Biology.
  • Sheila. 2026. Symbiotic entrenchment through ecological Catch-22. Ceill.
  • Xu, Liang, Emily Zakem, and J.L. Weissman. 2025. “Improved maximum growth rate prediction from microbial genomes by integrating phylogenetic information”. Nature Communications. https://doi-org.proxy.library.stonybrook.edu/10.1038/s41467-025-59558-9
  • Buchanan, Pearse J., Xin Sun, J. L. Weissman, Daniel McCoy, Daniele Bianchi, and Emily Zakem. 2025. "Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones." Science. https://doi-org.proxy.library.stonybrook.edu/10.1126/science.ado0742
  • Zakem, Emily J., Jesse McNichol*, J. L. Weissman*, Yubin Raut, Liang Xu, Elisa R. Halewood, Craig A. Carlson, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Jed A. Fuhrman, and Naomi M. Levine. 2025. "Predictable functional biogeography of marine microbial heterotrophs." Science. https://doi-org.proxy.library.stonybrook.edu/10.1126/science.ado5323
  • Samantha J. Gleich. Lisa Y. Mesrop, Jacob A. Cram, J.L. Weissman, Sarah K. Hu, Yi-Chun Yeh, Jed A. Fuhrman, and David A. Caron. 2025. “With a little help from my friends: Importance of protist-protist interactions in structuring marine protistan communities in the San Pedro Channel” mSystems. https://doi-org.proxy.library.stonybrook.edu/10.1128/msystems.01045-24 
  • Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, Desiree Forsythe, Jane M Benoit, Callie R. Chappell, Lisa S. Y. Coe, Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira, Natalya Evans, Anna C. Fagre, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Maria Hamilton, Colin Moran Henneberry, Suzanne L. Ishaq, Juliet Johnston, Erin Krichilsky, Jamie Alcira Lopez, Kay McMonigal, Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa, Rahmeen Rahman, Nicole E. Schwartz, Lauren Talluto, Eric J. Taylor, José M. Vargas-Muñiz, and J. L. Weissman. 2025. "Protect Transgender Scientists". Science. https://doi-org.proxy.library.stonybrook.edu/10.1126/science.ady0962
  • Green, DR, KT Uno, ER Miller, CS Feibel, EE Aoron, CC Beck, A Grossman, FM Kirera, MM Kirinya, LN Leakey, C Liutkus-Pierce, FK Manthi, EK Ndiema, IO Nengo, C Nyete, J Rowan, GA Russo, WJ Sanders, TM Smiley, P Princehouse, NS Vitek,  & TP Cleland. 2025. 29 million years of diverse mammalian proteomes recovered from the East African Rift System. Nature 643: 712-718.
  • Jahn, AE, D de Angeli Dutra, JA Bell, JH Dispotot, A Fecchio, ED Ketterson, KMD Kuabara, TM Smiley, TB Verret, JD Weckstein, EJ Williams, & DJ Becker. 2025. Between- and within-population drivers of haemosporidian prevalence and diversity in American robins (Turdus migratorius). Journal of Avian Biology 3: e03430.
  • Jahn, AE, K Koller, LB Martin, TM Smiley, TB Verret, ED Ketterson, EJ Williams, & DJ Becker. 2025. Temporal patterns, behavioral drivers, and physiological correlates of West Nile virus exposure in American robins (Turdus migratorius). Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology 98(3): 133-206.
  • Muthukrishnan, R, TM Smiley, PO Title, A Fudickar, A Jahn, & J Lau. 2025. Chasing the niche: Escaping climate change threats in time, space, and place. Global Change Biology. Media coverage: https://eri.iu.edu/news-and-events/_news/archive/2025/20250529-study-highlights-complexities-of-species-response-to-climate-change.html
  • Marder, E, TM Smiley, BJ Yanites, K Kravitz. 2025. Direct effects of mountain uplift and topography on biodiversity. Science, 387(6740): 1287-1291. All authors contributed equally to this work. Highlighted by Science: https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.adx5174. Media coverage: https://news.iu.edu/college/live/news/44827-iu-geoscientists-co-author-study-that-finds; https://nautil.us/as-mountains-rise-biodiversity-blooms-1205605/; https://www.earth.com/news/how-rising-mountains-give-birth-to-new-species/
  • Thomas M. Grothues, Dianna K. Padilla, A. Sulan Kolatan, Christina M. K. Kaunzinger, Philip Parker, Steven N. Handel. 2025. Life as a design element of hardened urban shorelines.  Estuaries and Coasts  48, 48 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01475-z
  • Samuel J. Gurr, Genevieve Bernatchez, Mark Dixon, Lisa Keith, Deborah Hart, Lisa Milke, Dylan H. Redman, Louis Plough, George Sennefelder, Sheila Stiles, David Veilleux, Gary H. Wikfors, Katherine McFarland, Shannon L. Meseck, Dianna K. Padilla. 2025. Within and cross-generational effects of elevated seawater pCO2 on larval bay scallops Argopecten irradians (L). Journal of Shellfish Research 44:185-195.
  • Sinnot-Amstrong et al., 2025: which highlights the elimination of federal funding of research on and health care for  trans and gender non-conforming individuals and the elimination of DEI efforts to support such scientists. 
  • Zakem et al. 2025: A study on the functional biogeography of marine heterotrophs, which play central roles in present and future ocean carbon sequestration.
  • Buchanan et al. 2025: Research on nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in open-ocean oxygen minimum zones, key regions for denitrification and nitrous oxide production.
  • Xu et al. 2025: Introduction of Phydon, a new package that estimates maximum bacterial growth rates by integrating codon statistics with phylogenetic information.
  • Roesch E, Rosencrans JH, Hatch KA, Thacker RW. 2024. Inventory of shallow-water fouling invertebrates of Long Island, New York. Oceans 5(4): 825-839. doi: 10.3390/oceans5040047
  • Turner TL, Rouse GW, Weigel BL, Janusson C, Lemay MA, Thacker RW. 2024. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the family Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. Zootaxa. 5447(1): 1-28. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.1.1
  • Gallagher, K., R. Herman, K. Walton, M.S. Dinniman, and H.J. Lynch. 2025. Pygoscelis penguins prefer different oceanographic and terrestrial habitats during the austral summer. In press at Ecosphere.
  • Pertierra, L.R., P. Convey, A. Barbosa, E. M. Biersma, D. Cowan, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, A. de los Ríos, P. Escribano-Álvarez, C. I. Fraser, D. Fontaneto, M. Greve, H. J. Griffiths, M. Harris, K. A. Hughes, H. J. Lynch, R. J. Ladle, X. P. Liu, P. C. le Roux, R. Majewska, M. A. Molina-Montenegro, L. S. Peck, A. Quesada, C. Ronquillo, Y. Ropert-Coudert, L. G. Sancho, A. Terauds, G. Varliero, J. A. Vianna, A. Wilmotte, S. L. Chown, M. Á. Olalla-Tárraga, and J. Hortal. 2025. Frozen but lively: ecological research advances and key knowledge gaps in terrestrial and freshwater Antarctic biodiversity science. Science 387: 609-615.
  • VanCompernolle, M., ..., H.J. Lynch, ... et al. 2025. Vulnerability of highly-mobile and wide-ranging marine megafauna to global anthropogenic threats. In press at Conservation Biology.
  • Wethington, M.J., B. Sen, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Predicting pack-ice seal occupancy of ice floes along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. PLoS ONE 19(12): e0311747.
  • Wu, H., C. Flynn, C. Hall, C. Che-Castaldo, D. Samaras, M. Schwaller, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Penguin colony georegistration using camera pose estimation and phototourism. PLoS ONE 19(10): e0311038.
  • Sen, B., C. Che-Castaldo, H.J. Lynch, F. Ventura, M.A. LaRue, and S. Jenouvrier. 2024. Detecting stochasticity in population time series using a non-parametric test of intrinsic predictability. Methods in Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.14423.
  • Kaczvinsky, C., H. Levy, S. Preston, C. Youngflesh, G. Clucas, H.J. Lynch, A.L. Smith, and T. Hart. The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the bacterial microbiome of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in their natural environment. 2024. Scientific Reports 14:17933.
  • Hallet, M., and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Update on the abundance and distribution of Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Polar Biology 47: 607-615.
  • Gallagher, K., M. Cimino, M.S. Dinniman, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Quantifying potential marine debris sources and potential threats to penguins on the West Antarctic Peninsula. Environmental Pollution 347: 123714.
  •  Pertierra, L.R., G. Varliero, A. Barbosa, E.M. Biersma, P. Convey, S.L. Chown, D. Cowan, A. De los Rios, P. Escribano-Alvarez, D. Fontaneto, C.I. Fraser, M. Harris, K.A. Hughes, H.J. Griffiths, P.C. le Roux, X.P. Liu, H.J. Lynch, P.A. Martinez, M.A. Molina-Montenegro, M.A. Olalla-Tarraga, L. Peck, A. Quesada, Y. Ropert-Coudert, L. Sancho, A. Terauds, J.A. Vianna, A. Wilmotte, J. Hortal, and M. Greve. 2024. ANTALIFE 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of all Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms in the continent. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e106199.
  • Herman, R.W., G. Clucas, J. Younger, J. Bates, B. Robinson, S. Reddy, J. Stepanuk, K. O’Brien, K. Veeramah, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Whole genome sequencing reveals stepping stone dispersal buffered against founder effects in a range expanding seabird. Molecular Ecology 00:e17282.
  • Gleich, S. J., Mesrop, L. Y., Cram, J. A., Weissman, J. L., Hu, S. K., Yeh, Y. C., ... & Caron, D. A. (2025). With a little help from my friends: importance of protist-protist interactions in structuring marine protistan communities in the San Pedro Channel. mSystems, e01045-24.
  • Weissman, J. L., Chappell, C. R., Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira, B., Evans, N., Fagre, A. C., Forsythe, D., ... & Advancing Queer and Trans Equity in Science (AQTES) Consortium. (2024). Queer-and trans-inclusive faculty hiring—A call for change. PLoS biology, 22(11), e3002919.
  • Xiao, W., Weissman, J. L., & Johnson, P. L. (2024). Ecological drivers of CRISPR immune systems. mSystems, 9(12), e00568-24.
  • Merchant, S., Weissman, J. L., & MacLa, E. (2024). Creating a Broader Impacts Culture. Journal of Community Engagement & Scholarship, 17(2).
  • Connors, E., Dutta, A., Trinh, R., Erazo, N., Dasarathy, S., Ducklow, H., ... & Bowman, J. S. (2024). Microbial community composition predicts bacterial production across ocean ecosystems. The ISME Journal, 18(1), wrae158.
  • Thonis, A. and H.R. Akçakaya. (2025). Perils of using range maps in macroecological models of species richness. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15072
  • Butchart, S.H.M., H.R. Akçakaya, A.J. Berryman, T.M. Brooks, I.J. Burfield, J. Chanson, M.P. Dias, J.S. Donaldson, C. Hermes, C. Hilton-Taylor, M. Hoffmann, J.A. Luedtke, R. Martin, A. McDougall, K. Neam, B. Polidoro, D. Raimondo, A.S.L. Rodrigues, C. Rondinini, C. Rutherford, T. Scott, A.T. Simkins, S.N. Stuart, J. Vine. (2025). Measuring trends in extinction risk: a review of two decades of development and application of the Red List Index. Philosophical Transactions B, 380:20230206. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0206
  • H.R. Akçakaya. (2024). Extinction risk categorization in the IUCN Red List: comment on the US Endangered Species Act and acceptable risk. Biological Conservation, 299:110804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110804
  • Thonis, A. and H.R. Akçakaya. (2024). Experimental evidence that competition strength scales with ecological similarity: A case study using Anolis lizards. Oecologia, 204: 451–465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05507-6
  • Şen, B., C. Che-Castaldo, and H.R. Akçakaya. (2024). The potential for species distribution models to distinguish source populations from sinks. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93: 1924–1934. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14201
  • Cazalis, V., M. Di Marco, A. Zizka, S.H.M. Butchart, M. González-Suárez, M. Böhm, S.P. Bachman, M. Hoffmann, I. Rosati, F. De Leo, M. Jung, A. Benítez-López, V. Clausnitzer, P. Cardoso, T.M. Brooks, G. Mancini, P.M. Lucas, B.E. Young, H.R. Akçakaya, A.M. Schipper, C. Hilton-Taylor, M. Pacifici, C. Meyer, and L. Santini. (2024). Accelerating and standardising IUCN Red List assessments with sRedList. Biological Conservation, 298:110761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761
  • Loope, K.J., H.R. Akçakaya, and K.T. Shoemaker. (2024). Inflated predictions from a flawed model influenced the decision to deny federal protection for the gopher tortoise. Global Ecology and Conservation, e03089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03089
  • Thonis, A., A. Stansfield, and H.R. Akçakaya. (2024). Unravelling the role of tropical cyclones in shaping present species distributions. Global Change Biology, 30:e17232. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17232
  • Henry, E. G., L. Santini, S. H. M. Butchart, M. González-Suárez, P. M. Lucas, A. Benítez-López, G. Mancini, M. Jung, P. Cardoso, A. Zizka, C. Meyer, H.R. Akçakaya, A. J. Berryman, V. Cazalis, and M. Di Marco. (2024). Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. Global Change Biology, 30:e17119. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17119
  • Layman, H., H.R. Akçakaya, A. Irwin, S. zu Ermgassen, P. Addison, M. Burgman. (2024). Short term solutions to biodiversity conservation in portfolio construction: Forward-looking disclosure and classification-based metrics. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33:1778-1793. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3570
  • Mancini, G., L. Santini, V. Cazalis, H.R. Akçakaya, P. M. Lucas, T. M. Brooks, W. Foden, and M. Di Marco. (2024). A standard approach for including climate change responses in IUCN Red List assessments. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14227
  • Dr. Ross Nehm, selected to serve on the National Science Foundation funded committee "Advancing AI in Science Education: A Comprehensive Approach to Equity, Inclusion, and Three-Dimensional Learning."  Read More
  • Congrats to Dianna who makes an appearance in SBU’s new brand anthem video. View here.
  • Dr. Tara Smiley's New Article, linkages between Cenozoic mountain building and faunal change in the U.S.  Read More .
  • Dr. Natasha Vitek - published article about the Oldest record of a crown anomaluroid rodent: Read More.
  • E&E Alum participated in research and article, "Why We Die"  which discusses the only known immortal animal, Hydra.  Read More.
  • Yukilevich, Roman & Aoki, Fumio & Egan, Scott & Zhang, Linyi. (2024). Coevolutionary Interactions between Sexual and Habitat Isolation during Reinforcement. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 16. a041431. 10.1101/cshperspect.a041431. 
  • Joon-Hyun Song, Liliana M. Dávalos, Thomas MacCarthy, Mehdi Damaghi (2024). Evolvability of cancer-associated genes under APOBEC3A/B selection. iScience 109433, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224006540
  • Neal Anthwal, Ronald P. Hall, Frederik Aneudy de la Rosa Hernandez, Michael Koger, Laurel R. Yohe, Brandon P. Hedrick, Kalina T.J. Davies, Gregory L. Mutumi, Charles C. Roseman, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Liliana M. Dávalos, Stephen J. Rossiter, Alexa Sadier, Karen E. Sears (2023). Cochlea development shapes bat sensory system evolution. The Anatomical Record 2023, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25353
  • Natalie Weber, Martina Nagy, Wanda Markotter, Juliane Schaer -Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Jack Sutton, Liliana M. Dávalos, Marie-Claire Dusabe, Imran Ejotre, M. Brock Fenton, Mirjam Knörnschild, Adrià López-Baucells, Rodrigo A. Medellin, Markus Metz, Samira Mubareka, Olivier Nsengimana, M. Teague O’Mara, Paul A. Racey, Merlin Tuttle, Innocent Twizeyimana, Amanda Vicente-Santos, Marco Tschapka, Christian C. Voigt, Martin Wikelski, Dina K.N. Dechmann, DeeAnn M. Reeder (2023). Robust evidence for bats as reservoir hosts is lacking in most African virus studies: a review and call to optimize sampling and conserve bats. Biology Letters 19, 20230358. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0358
  • Francisco X. Castellanos, Diana D. Moreno-Santillán, Graham M. Hughes, Nicole S. Paulat, Nicolette Sipperly, Alexis M. Brown, Katie Martin, Gregory M. Poterewicz, Marisa C.W. Lim, Amy L. Russell, Marianne S. Moore, Matthew G. Johnson, Angelique P. Corthals, David A. Ray, Liliana M. Dávalos (2023). The evolution of antimicrobial peptides in Chiroptera. Frontiers in Immunology 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1250229
  • Levinton, Jeffrey S. (2024) Extinction in the Fossil Record. In: Scheiner Samuel M. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 3rd edition, vol. 7, pp. 319–335. Oxford: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00148-1
  • Gallagher, K., M. Cimino, M.S. Dinniman, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Quantifying potential marine debris sources and potential threats to penguins on the West Antarctic Peninsula. Environmental Pollution 347: 123714.
  • Pertierra, L.R., G. Varliero, A. Barbosa, E.M. Biersma, P. Convey, S.L. Chown, D. Cowan, A. De los Rios, P. Escribano-Alvarez, D. Fontaneto, C.I. Fraser, M. Harris, K.A. Hughes, H.J. Griffiths, P.C. le Roux, X.P. Liu, H.J. Lynch, P.A. Martinez, M.A. Molina-Montenegro, M.A. Olalla-Tarraga, L. Peck, A. Quesada, Y. Ropert-Coudert, L. Sancho, A. Terauds, J.A. Vianna, A. Wilmotte, J. Hortal, and M. Greve. 2024. ANTALIFE 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of all Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms in the continent. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e106199.
  • Herman, R.W., G. Clucas, J. Younger, J. Bates, B. Robinson, S. Reddy, J. Stepanuk, K. O’Brien, K. Veeramah, and H.J. Lynch. 2024. Whole genome sequencing reveals stepping stone dispersal buffered against founder effects in a range expanding seabird. Molecular Ecology 00:e17282.
  • Nehm, R.H. (2024). When less is more in living systems: subtractive cognitive biases and life science learning. Journal of Biological Education. DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2024.2320106
  • Sbeglia, G. Nehm, R.H. (2024). Building conceptual and methodological bridges between SSE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement and educational actions in evolutionary biology. Evolution. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae026
  • RG Duncan, R Krishnamoorthy, U Harms, M Haskel-Ittah, K Kampourakis, N Gericke, M Hammann, M Jimenez-Aleixandre, RH Nehm, MJ Reiss, A Yarden (2024). The sociopolitical in human genetics education. Science. Vol 383, Issue 6685 pp. 826-828
  • Nehm, R.H. (2024). Considering Explanatory Diversity and Holistic Understanding of Biological Phenomena. The American Biology Teacher. February. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2024.86.2.55
  • Nehm, R.H. (2024). AI in Biology Education Assessment: How Automation Can Drive Educational Transformation. In: Zhai, X. et al. (Eds.) Uses of Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education. Oxford University Press.
  • Dianna K Padilla and Daniel Grünbaum 2024 Preparing the Next Generation of Integrative Organismal Biologists.  Integrative and Comparative Biology 64(3):1007-1018 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icae098
  • Samuel J. Gurr, Katherine McFarland, Genevieve Bernatchez, Mark S. Dixon, Lisa Guy, Lisa M. Milke, Matthew E. Poach, Deborah Hart, Louis V. Plough, Dylan H. Redman, George Sennefelder, Sheila Stiles, Gary H. Wikfors, Dianna K. Padilla, Shannon L. Meseck. 2024 Effects of food supply on northern bay scallops Argopecten irradians (L.) reared under two pCO2 conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 740:61-78
  • Dianna K Padilla, Lisa Milke, Morodoluwa Akin-Fajiye, Maria Rosa, Dylan Redman, Alyssa Liguori, Allison Rugila, David Veilleux, Mark Dixon, David Charifson, Shannon L. Meseck. 2024.  Local differences in robustness to ocean acidification. Biology Open 13 (8)
  • Kendra J. Greenlee and Dianna K. Padilla. 2024. Modeling Organismal Responses to Changing Environments.  Integrative And Comparative Biology 64(3):900-904 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icae131
  • Nicolas S. Anderson and Dianna K Padilla. 2024 Settlement and metamorphosis of the ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa, in response to environmental cues.  In Revision.  Biological Bulletin In Press
  • Thomas M. Grothues, Dianna K. Padilla, A. Sulan Kolatan, Christina M. K. Kaunzinger, Philip Parker, Steven N. Handel. 2024. Life as a design element of hardened urban shorelines. Estuaries and Coasts Special Issue on Living Shorelines In Press
  • Poddar, U., Gurevitch, J., Meiners, S. J., & D’Andrea, R. (2024). Similar trait-based successional assembly in native and introduced plants despite species pool differences. Journal of Ecology, 00, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14304
  • Liliana M. Dávalos, Editor-in-Chief, The Quarterly Review of Biology, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/qrb/current
  • Gil-Gomez, A., J.S. Rest. 2024. Wiring between close nodes in molecular networks evolves more quickly than between distant nodes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msae098, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae098.
  • Collier, J.L., J.S. Rest, L. Gallot-Lavallée, E. Lavington, A. Kuo, J. Jenkins, C. Plott, J. Pangilinan, C. Daum, I.V. Grigoriev, G.V. Filloramo, A. Vanclova, J.M. Archibald. 2023. The protist Aurantiochytrium has universal subtelomeric rDNAs and is a host for mirusviruses. Current Biology, 33(23), pp.5199-5207. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223013684
  • Tara M. Smiley, Alireza Bahadori, E. Troy Rasbury, William E. Holt, and Catherine Badgley, 2024, Tectonic extension and paleoelevation influence mammalian diversity dynamics in the Basin and Range Province of western North America. Sci. Adv. 10, eadn6842(2024). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adn6842
  • Title P.O., Singhal S., Grundler M.C., Costa G.C., Pyron R.A., Colston T.J., Grundler M.R., Prates I., Stepanova N., Jones M.E.H., Cavalcanti L.B.Q., Colli G.R., Di-Poï N., Donnellan S.C., Moritz C., Mesquita D.O., Pianka E.R., Smith S.A., Vitt L.J., Rabosky D.L. 2024. The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes. Science 383, 918-923.
  • True, J.R. and Abreu, E. 2024 Comparing learning outcomes of two collaborative activities on random genetic drift in an upper-division genetics course. Evolution: Education & Outreach 17(2) 17, 2 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-024-00195-z
  • Li, T., Zhang, R.S., and True, J.R. 2024 Genetic variation for sexual dimorphism in developmental traits in Drosophilamelanogaster. G3 jkae010, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae010
  • Lavrov DV, Diaz MC, Maldonado M, Morrow CC, Perez T, Pomponi SA, Thacker RW. (2023) Phylomitogenomics bolsters the high-level classification of Demospongiae (phylum Porifera). PLoS ONE 18(12): e0287281, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287281
  • Turner TL, Rouse GW, Weigel BL, Janusson C, Lemay MA, Thacker RW. 2024. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the family Suberitidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in California. Zootaxa. 5447(1): 1-28. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5447.1.1
  • Vencl, F. V., et al., (2024). Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on the performance of a diet specialized Neotropical herbivore and it's host plant. Biotropica, in press.
  • Vencl, F. V., Bartram, S., Winter, K., Boland, W., Srygley, R. B. (2024). Effects of elevated CO 2 and temperature on the performance of a diet specialized neotropical herbivore and it's host plant. Biotropica 56(6): e13371.
  • Kirsch, R., Okamura, Y., García-Lozano, M., Weiss, B., Keller, J., Vogel, H., Fukumori, K., Fukatsu, T., Konstantinov, A. S., Montagna, M., Moseyko, A. G., Riley, E. G., Slipinski, A., Vencl, F. V., Windsor, D. M., Salem, H., Kaltenpoth, M.,
Pauchet, Y. (2024).
 Symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer promote herbivory in the megadiverse leaf beetles. Current Biology, in press.
  • Blackburn, D.C., Boyer, D.M., Gray, J.A., Winchester, J., Bates, J.M., Baumgart, S.L., Braker, E. Coldren, D., Conway, K.W., Rabosky, A.D., de la Sancha, N., Dillman, C.B., Dunnum, J.L., Early, C.M., Frable, B.W., Gage, M.W., Hanken, J., Maisano, J.A., Marks, B.D., Maslenikov, K.P., McCormack, J.E., Nagesan, R.S., Pandelis, G.G., Prestridge, H.L., Rabosky, D.L., Randall, Z.S., Robbins, M.B., Scheinberg, L.A., Spencer, C.L., Summers, A.P., Tapanila, L. Thompson, C.W., Tornabene, L., Watkins-Colwell, G.J., Welton, L.J., the oVert Project Team, and Stanley, E.L. 2024. Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D-imaging: the openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network. BioScience. 0:1-18. [Vitek Member of oVert project team, full list of team authors in supplementary data].https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad120
  • Wilburn, B. P., Raper, K., Raposa, K. B., Gray, A. B., Mozdzer, T. J., & Watson, E. B. (2024). Promoting success in thin layer sediment placement: effects of sediment grain size and amendments on salt marsh plant growth and greenhouse gas exchange. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14141
  • Cherneskie, K., Njie, D., Champlin, L., Perger, D. S., & Watson, E. (2024). Drainage Influences Coastal Salt Marsh Productivity and Soil Biogeochemistry. Aquatic Botany, 103772.
  • Champlin, L.K., Moore, T.N., Jeppesen, R., Haskins, J., Sayre, B. and Watson, E.B., 2024. Biological and physical controls on multidecadal acidification in a eutrophic estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(3), e2023JC020405.
  • Shikuzawa J, Watson EB, Tanner K, Wilburn B, Fork SK, Larson S, Fountain MC, Thomsen A, Wasson K. 2024. Ecosystem functions of plant diversity: Comparisons from a large‐scale marsh restoration experiment in California, USA. Ecosphere 15(1):e4742.
  • Courtney, S., Montalto, F., & Watson, E. B. (2024). Climate and Vegetation Change in a Coastal Marsh: Two Snapshots of Groundwater Dynamics and Tidal Flooding at Piermont Marsh, NY Spanning 20 Years. Wetlands, 44(1), 8.
  • H. Reşit Akçakaya, Kelsey Neam, Louise Hobin, Stefan Lötters, An Martel, Frank Pasmans, 2023. Assessing the extinction risks of amphibians impacted by infectious diseases. Biological Conservation, Volume 284, 110205, ISSN 0006-3207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110205.
  • Cazalis, V., Santini, L., Lucas, P. M., González-Suárez, M., Hoffmann, M., Benítez-López, A., Pacifici, M., Schipper, A. M., Böhm, M., Zizka, A., Clausnitzer, V., Meyer, C., Jung, M., Butchart, S. H. M., Cardoso, P., Mancini, G., Reşit Akçakaya, H., Young, B. E., Patoine, G., & Di Marco, M., 2023. Prioritizing the reassessment of data deficient species on the IUCN Red List. Conservation Biology, 00, 00–00. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14139.
  • Friederike C Bolam,  Jorge Ahumada,  H Reşit Akçakaya,  Thomas M Brooks,  Wendy Elliott,  Sean Hoban,  Louise Mair,  David Mallon,  Philip JK McGowan,  Domitilla Raimondo,  Jon Paul Rodríguez,  Dilys Roe,  Mary B Seddon,  Xiaoli Shen,  Simon N Stuart,  James EM Watson,  Stuart HM Butchart, 2023. Over half of threatened species require targeted recovery actions to avert human-induced extinction. Front Ecol Environ 2023; 21(2): 64–70, doi:10.1002/fee.2537
  • Etienne Georges Henry, Luca Santini, Stuart Butchart, Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez, Pablo Miguel Lucas, Ana Benitez-Lopez, Giordano Mancini, Martin Jung, Pedro Cardoso, Alexander Zizka, Carsten Meyer, H. Resit Akcakaya, Alex Berryman, Victor Cazalis, Moreno Di Marco, 2023. Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. bioRxiv 2023.06.08.544254; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.08.544254.
  • Lloyd, N. A, Keating, L. M., Friesen, A. J., Cole, D. M., McPherson, J. M., Akçakaya, H. R., & Moehrenschlager, A., 2023. Prioritizing species conservation programs based on IUCN Green Status and estimates of cost-sharing potential. Conservation Biology, 37, e14051. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14051.
  • Molly K Grace, Michael Hoffmann, Ellie Alexander, Michelle Kotulski, Bobby Deibler, H Reşit Akçakaya, Elizabeth L Bennett, Rebecca Young, Barney Long, 2022. New online training course launched for IUCN Green Status of Species, Oryx, 56-6, pp.809-810
  • Hannah Layman, H Resit Akcakaya, Amanda Irwin, Sophus zu Ermgassen, Prue Addison, Mark Burgman, 2023. Short term solutions to biodiversity conservation in portfolio construction: forward looking disclosure and taxonomy-based metrics, SocArXiv
  • Breitenbach, R., Ambros, S., Risko, G., Arcusa, I., Durland Donahou, A., & Wolovich, C. K., 2023. The importance of auditory, olfactory, and visual cues for insect foraging in owl monkeys (Aotus nancymaae). American Journal of Primatology, e23539. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23539.
  • Yiming Wan, Joseph Cohen, Mariola Szenk, Kevin S Farquhar, Damiano Coraci, Rafał Krzysztoń, Joshua Azukas, Nicholas Van Nest, Alex Smashnov, Yi-Jye Chern, Daniela De Martino, Long Chi Nguyen, Harold Bien, Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero, Chia-Hsin Chan, Marsha Rich Rosner, Gábor Balázsi, 2023. Nonmonotone invasion landscape by noise-aware control of metastasis activator levels. Nat Chem Biol 19, 887–899 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-023-01344-z.
  • Andrew Torres, Spencer Cockerell, Michael Phillips, Gábor Balázsi, Kingshuk Ghosh, 2023. MaxCal can infer models from coupled stochastic trajectories of gene expression and cell division. Biophysical Journal, May 21, 2023,DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.05.01.
  • Lara F Tshering, Fu Luo, Savanah Russ, Mariola Szenk, Diana Rubel, Karis Tutuska, James G Rail, Gábor Balázsi, Michael M Shen, Flaminia Talos, 2023. Immune mechanisms shape the clonal landscape during early progression of prostate cancer. Developmental Cell, May 05, 2023,DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2023.04.010.
  • Senthilnathan, Athmanathan, and D'Andrea, Rafael, 2023, Niche Theory for Positive Plant–Soil Feedbacks, Ecology e3993, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3993.
  • Delamonica, B., L. Davalos, M. Larijani, S. Anthony, T. MacCarthy, 2023. Evolutionary potential of the monkeypox genome arising from interactions with human APOBEC3 enzymes. Virus Evolution 9(2): XX–XX. DOI: 10.1093/ve/vead047
  • Baldoni, C., W. Thomas, D. Von Elverfeldt, M. Reisert, J. Làzaro, M. Muturi, L.M. Dávalos, J.D. Nieland, D.K.N. Dechmann, 2023. Histological and MRI brain atlas of the common shrew, Sorex araneus, with brain region specific gene expression profiles. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 17. DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2023.1168523
  • Osmanski, A.B., N.S. Paulat, J. Korstian, J.R. Grimshaw, M. Halsey, K.A.M. Sullivan, D.D. Moreno-Santillán°, C. Crookshanks, J. Roberts, C. Garcia, L.M. Dávalos, M.G. Johnson, L.D. Densmore, R. D. Stevens, Zoonomia Consortium, J. Rosen, J. M. Storer, R. Hubley, A.F.A. Smit, D.A. Ray, 2023. Insights into mammalian TE diversity via the curation of 200+ mammalian genome assemblies. Science 380(6643): eabn1430. DOI: 10.1126/science.abn1430
  • Paulat, N.S., J.M Storer, D.D. Moreno-Santillán, A.B. Osmanski, K. Sullivan, J.R Grimshaw, J. Korstian, M. Halsey, C.J Garcia, C. Crookshanks, J. Roberts, A.F.A. Smit, R. Hubley, J. Rosen, E.C. Teeling, S.C. Vernes, E. Myers, Zoonomia Consortium, D. Rojas, L.M. Dávalos, D.A. Ray, 2023. Chiropterans are a hotspot for horizontal transfer of DNA transposons in Mammalia. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40(5): msad092. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msad092
  • Barreto, E., M. Lim, D. Rojas, L.M. Dávalos, A. Machac, C. Graham, 2023. Not all traits influence hummingbird diversification, but their evolutionary rates do. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290(1997): 20221793. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1793
  • Mutumi, G.L., R.P. Hall, B.P. Hedrick, L.R. Yohe, A. Sadier, K.T.J. Davies, S.J. Rossiter, K.E. Sears, L.M. Dávalos, E.R. Dumont, 2023. Disentangling mechanical and sensory modules in the radiation of Noctilionoid bats. American Naturalist 202(8): 216-230. DOI: 10.1086/725368
  • Michielsen, N.M., S.M. Goodman, V. Soarimalala, A.A.E. van der Geer, L.M. Dávalos, G.I. Saville, N. Upham, L. Valente. 2023, The macroevolutionary impact of recent and imminent extinctions of mammals in Madagascar. Nature Communications 14, 14 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35215-3.
  • Leadley, P., D. Obura, E. Archer, M.J. Costello, L.M. Dávalos, F. Essl, A. Hansen, S. Hashimoto, D. Leclère, A.S. Mori, E. Nicholson, A. Purvis, C. Rondinini, L. Shannon, X. Shen, E. Turak, P.H. Verburg, P. Visconti. 2022, Actions needed to achieve ambitious objectives of net gains in natural ecosystem areas by 2030 and beyond. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 1(12): e0000040. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000040.
  • Leadley, P., E. Archer, B. Bendandi, J. Cavender-Bares, L.M. Dávalos, F. DeClerck, G, Gann, E. Gonzales, S. Hashimoto, C. Krug, J.P. Metzger, E. Nicholson, Ü. Niinemets, D. Obura, B. Strassburg, B. Tansey, P. Verburg, A. Vidal, J. Watson, S. Woodley, M. Yasuhara. 2022, Setting ambitious international restoration objectives for terrestrial ecosystems for 2030 and beyond. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 1(12): e0000039. DOI: 10.1371/journal. pstr.0000039.
  • Futuyma, D. J. 2023. The evolving evolutionary synthesis.  In T. E. Dickins and B. J. A. Dickins (eds.), Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory, pp. 517-541. Springer Nature, Switzerland, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22028-9.
  • Futuyma, D. J. 2023. Inclusive fitness theory prefigured: a reply to Rodrigues and Gardner. In T. E. Dickins and B. J. A. Dickins (eds.), Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory, pp.549-551. Springer Nature, Switzerland, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22028-9.
  • [Book review]  Futuyma, D. J. Applications of evolutionary science.  Review of N. A. Johnson, Darwin’s Reach: 21st Century Applications of Evolutionary Biology (2021, CRC Press).  Evolution 77:1167-1169 (2023).
  • George, A. M., 2022. Tale of two species of Stylissa (Porifera: Demospongiae: Scopalinida) from the west and east coasts of India, Zootaxa 5178 (1): 072–080. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.1.4
  • George, A. M., Abdo, D., Wahab, M. A. A., Ekins, M., Hooper, J. N. A., & Whalan, S. (2023). Cryptic biodiversity inhabiting coral reef sponges. Marine Ecology, 00, e012747. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12747
  • Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Michael P. Nobis, Signe Normand, Catherine H. Graham, and Niklaus E. Zimmermann, 2023, CHELSA-TraCE21k – high-resolution (1 km) downscaled transient temperature and precipitation data since the Last Glacial Maximum, Climate of the Past 19 (2), 439-456, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-439-2023.
  • Esteban A Guevara, Carolina Bello, Cristian Poveda, Ian R McFadden, Matthias Schleuning, Loïc Pellissier, Catherine H Graham, 2023, Hummingbird community structure and nectar resources modulate the response of interspecific competition to forest conversion, Oecologia, 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05330-z.
  • Ian R McFadden, Agnieszka Sendek, Morgane Brosse, Peter M Bach, Marco Baity‐Jesi, Janine Bolliger, Kurt Bollmann, Eckehard G Brockerhoff, Giulia Donati, Friederike Gebert, Shyamolina Ghosh, Hsi‐Cheng Ho, Imran Khaliq, J Jelle Lever, Ivana Logar, Helen Moor, Daniel Odermatt, Loïc Pellissier, Luiz Jardim De Queiroz, Christian Rixen, Nele Schuwirth, J Ryan Shipley, Cornelia W Twining, Yann Vitasse, Christoph Vorburger, Mark KL Wong, Niklaus E Zimmermann, Ole Seehausen, Martin M Gossner, Blake Matthews, Catherine H Graham, Florian Altermatt, Anita Narwani, 2023, Linking human impacts to community processes in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, Ecology letters 26 (2), 203-218, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14153.
  • Esteban A Guevara, D Matthias Dehling, Carolina Bello, Matthias Schleuning, Loïc Pellissier, Tatiana Santander, Francisco Tobar, Catherine H Graham, 2023, Asymmetric effect of deforestation on the functional roles of interacting plants and hummingbirds, Research Square, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527763/v1.
  • Fernanda AS Cassemiro, James S Albert, Alexandre Antonelli, André Menegotto, Rafael O Wüest, Felipe Cerezer, Marco Túlio P Coelho, Roberto E Reis, Milton Tan, Victor Tagliacollo, Dayani Bailly, Valéria FB da Silva, Augusto Frota, Weferson J da Graça, Reginaldo Ré, Telton Ramos, Anielly G Oliveira, Murilo S Dias, Robert K Colwell, Thiago F Rangel, Catherine H Graham, 2023, Landscape dynamics and diversification of the megadiverse South American freshwater fish fauna, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (2) e2211974120, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211974120.
  • Carolina Bello, Matthias Schleuning, Catherine H Graham, 2023, Analyzing trophic ecosystem functions with the interaction functional space, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.12.001.
  • Hsi-Cheng Ho, Jakob Brodersen, Martin M Gossner, Catherine H Graham, Silvana Kaeser, Merin Reji Chacko, Ole Seehausen, Niklaus E Zimmermann, Loïc Pellissier, Florian Altermatt, 2022, Blue and green food webs respond differently to elevation and land use, Nat Commun 13, 6415 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34132-9.
  • François Duchenne, Rafael O Wüest, Catherine H Graham, 2022, Seasonal structure of interactions enhances multidimensional stability of mutualistic networks, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289 (1982), 20220064, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0064.
  • Mathewson, P.D., Darnell, M.Z., Lane, Z.M., Yeghissian, T.G., Levinton, J.S., Porter, W.P. 2023. Incorporating species-specific morphology improves model predictions of thermal and hydric stress in the sand fiddler crab, Leptuca pugilator. Journal of Thermal Biology, 115 (2023) 103613, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103613.
  • Levinton, J.S., Arena, B., Pena, R., Darnell, M.Z. 2023. Superior performance of a trailing edge low-latitude population of an intertidal marine invertebrate. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 563, 151896, ISSN 0022-0981, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2023.151896.
  • Levinton, J.S. 2023, Estuarine benthos and climate change. Pp. 431-449, In: Kennish, M., Paerl, H., eds. Climate Change and Estuaries. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Boca Raton FL.
  • Levinton, J.S. 2023. Extinction in the fossil record. IN: Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 3rd Edition,  S.A. Levin, editor, Elsevier Publishing Co.
  • Levinton, Jeffrey S. 2023. The Bigger You Are, the Weaker You Are: Multispecies Evidence for the Weakening Combatant Hypothesis. Journal of Crustacean Biology. Volume 43, Issue 4, December 2023, ruad075, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruad075.
  • Wethington, M., C. Flynn, A. Borowicz, and H.J. Lynch. 2023, Adélie penguins north and east of the ‘Adélie gap’ continue to thrive in the face of dramatic declines elsewhere in the Antarctic Peninsula region. In press at Scientific Reports.
  • Talis, Emma, C. Che-Castaldo, and H.J. Lynch. 2023. Difficulties in summing distributions for abundance and potential solutions. PLoS ONE 18(1): e0280351.
  • Hughes, K.A., M. Santos, J. A. Caccavo, S. Chignell, N. Gardiner, N. Gilbert, A. Howkins, B. J. van Vuuren, J. R. Lee, D. Liggett, A. Lowther, H. Lynch, A. Quesada, H. Chul Shin, A. Soutullo, and A. Terauds. 2022, Ant-ICON ‘Integrated Science to Inform Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation’: a new SCAR research programme. Antarctic Science 34(6): 446-455.
  • Goncalves, B.C., M. Wethington, and H.J. Lynch. 2022, SealNet 2.0: Human-level fully-automated pack-ice seal detection in very-high resolution satellite imagery with CNN model ensembles. Remote Sensing 14(22): 5655.
  • Lee, J. R., A. Terauds, J. Carwardine, J. D. Shaw, R. A. Fuller, H. P. Possingham, S. L. Chown, P. Convey, N. Gilbert, K. A. Hughes, E. McIvor, S. Robinson, Y. Ropert-Coudert, D. Bergstrom, E. M. Biersma, C. Christian, D. Cowan, Y. Frenot, S. Jenouvrier, L. Kelley, M. J. Lee, H.J. Lynch, B. Njastad, A. Quesada, R. Roura, E.A. Shaw, D. Stanwell-Smith, M. Tsujimoto, D. H. Wall, A. Wilmotte, and I. Chadès. 2022,  Threat management priorities for conserving Antarctic biodiversity. PLoS Biology 20(12): e3001921.
  • Michael Wethington, Clare Flynn, Alex Borowicz & Heather J. Lynch. 2023. Adélie penguins north and east of the ‘Adélie gap’ continue to thrive in the face of dramatic declines elsewhere in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Sci Rep 13, 2525 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29465-4.
  • Boyle, J.H., Espeland, M., Sáfián, S., Ducarme, R., Gardiner, A.J., Coleman, J.W., Heath, A., Fisher, S., Collins, S.C., Martins, D.J. and Aduse‐Poku, K., 2023. Phylogeny of the Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), butterflies with ant associations and unusual lichenivorous diets. Systematic Entomology.
  • Gachogo, R., Karegi, I., Maina, B., Musyoki, V., Martins, D., Onyambu, F. and Kamau, J., 2022. Draft genome sequences of three emerging beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in the camel production system in Northern Kenya. F1000Research, 11(1413), p.1413.
  • Rhodes, A.C., Plowes, R.M., Martins, D.J., Ng’Iru, I. and Gilbert, L.E., 2022. The invasiveness of Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) is characterized by habitat and differing herbivore assemblages in its native and invaded range. NeoBiota, 78, pp.25-44.
  • Kim, K.W., De-Kayne, R., Gordon, I.J., Omufwoko, K.S., Martins, D.J., Ffrench-Constant, R. and Martin, S.H., 2022. Stepwise evolution of a butterfly supergene via duplication and inversion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377(1856), p.20210207.
  • Liu, W., Smith, D.A., Raina, G., Stanforth, R., Ng'Iru, I., Ireri, P., Martins, D.J., Gordon, I.J. and Martin, S.H., 2022. Global biogeography of warning coloration in the butterfly Danaus chrysippus. Biology letters, 18(6), p.20210639.
  • Worsley-Tonks, K.E., Bender, J.B., Deem, S.L., Ferguson, A.W., Fèvre, E.M., Martins, D.J., Muloi, D.M., Murray, S., Mutinda, M., Ogada, D. and Omondi, G.P., 2022. Strengthening global health security by improving disease surveillance in remote rural areas of low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health, 10(4), pp.e579-e584.
  • Collins, M., Ngetich, C., Owido, M., Getange, D., Harris, R., Bargul, J.L., Bodha, B., Njoroge, D., Muloi, D., Martins, D.J. and Villinger, J., 2022. Detection of antibodies to Ehrlichia spp. in dromedary camels and co-grazing sheep in northern Kenya using an Ehrlichia ruminantium polyclonal competitive ELISA. Microorganisms, 10(5), p.916.
  • Singh, K.S., De-Kayne, R., Omufwoko, K.S., Martins, D.J., Bass, C., Ffrench-Constant, R. and Martin, S.H., 2022. Genome assembly of Danaus chrysippus and comparison with the Monarch Danaus plexippus. G3, 12(3), p.jkab449.
  • Rabideau‐Childers, R., Angier, K.I., Dean, B.Z., Blumstein, M., Darling, W.S., Kennedy‐Yoon, A., Ziemke, C.H., Perez‐Martinez, C.A., Wu, D., Ye, W., Yekwayo, I. Kimuyu, D., Martins D. J., and N. E. Pierce, 2022. Evidence of nutrient translocation in response to smoke exposure by the East African ant acacia, Vachellia drepanolobium. Ecology and Evolution, 12(1), p.e8244.
  • Martins, D. J. (2022) Grasses of East Africa. Penguin Random House.
  • Nehm, R.H., 2023. AI in Biology Education Assessment: How Automation Can Drive Educational Transformation. In: Zhai, X. et al. (Eds.) Uses of Artificial Intelligence in STEM Education. Oxford University Press.
  • Ha, M. Nehm, R.H., 2023. Measuring Scientific Understanding Across International Samples: The Promise of Machine Translation and NLP-based Machine Learning Technologies. In: Yaneva  & VonDavier (Eds.). Advancing National Language Processing in Educational Assessment. NCME (National Council on Measurement in Education). Routledge.
  • Bertolini R, Finch SJ and Nehm RH, 2023. An application of Bayesian inference to examine student retention and attrition in the STEM classroom. Front. Educ. 8:1073829. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1073829
  • Nehm, R.H., 2023, Anchoring AI-based assessment research within broader educational contexts: Examples from biology education. in press.
  • Ha, M. Nehm, R.H., 2023, Measuring Scientific Understanding Across International Samples: The Promise of Machine Translation and NLP-based Machine Learning Technologies. NCME (National Council on Measurement in Education).
  • Bertolini R, Finch SJ and Nehm RH, 2023, An application of Bayesian inference to examine student retention and attrition in the STEM classroom. Front. Educ. 8:1073829. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1073829.
  • ROSS H. NEHM, STEPHEN J. FINCH, AND GENA C. SBEGLIA, 2022, Is Active Learning Enough? The Contributions of MisconceptionFocused Instruction and ActiveLearning Dosage on Student Learning of Evolution, BioScience pp.1105-1117, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac073.
  • Sbeglia, G.C., Nehm, R.H., 2022, Measuring evolution learning: impacts of student participation incentives and test timing. Evo Edu Outreach 15, 9, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-022-00166-2.
  • Roberto Bertolini, Stephen J. Finch, Ross H. Nehm, 2022, Quantifying variability in predictions of student performance: Examining the impact of bootstrap resampling in data pipelines, Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100067.
  • Biological Bulletin 238:54-63 DM Charifson, PE Bourdeau, DK Padilla. 2022, Shell remodeling in response to increased risk of predation in a marine snail.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 688, 57-67.
  • Maria Rosa and Dianna K Padilla. 2022, Determinants of food selection by bivalve larvae. Invertebrate Biology, e12366.
  • Alexandra M. Pamfilie, Austin M. Garner, Anthony P. Russell, Ali Dhinojwala, Peter H. Niewiarowski. Get to the point: Claw morphology impacts frictional interactions on rough substrates. Zoology, Volume 157, 2023, 126078, ISSN 0944-2006, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2023.126078.
  • Mariana Rius, Joshua S Rest, Gina V Filloramo, Anna M G Novák Vanclová, John M Archibald, Jackie L Collier. 2023, Horizontal gene transfer and fusion spread carotenogenesis among diverse heterotrophic protists, Genome Biology and Evolution, evad029, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad029.
  • Davidson KJ, Lamour J, Rogers A, Ely KS, Li Q, McDowell NG, Pivovaroff AL, Wolfe BT, Wright SJ, Zambrano A, Serbin SP (2023). Short term variation in leaf level water use efficiency in a tropical forest. New Phytologist. 237, 2069-2087. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18684
  • Yang D, Morrison BD, Hanston W, McMahon A, Baskaran L, Hayes DJ, Miller CE, Serbin SP (2023). Integrating very-high-resolution UAS data and airborne imaging spectroscopy to map the fractional composition of Arctic plant functional types in Western Alaska. Remote Sensing of Environment 286, 113430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113430
  • Dickman LT, Jonko AK, Linn RR, Altintas I, Atchley AL, Bär A, Collins AD, Dupuy J-L, Gallagher MR, Hiers JK, Hoffman CM, Hood SM, Hurteau MD, Jolly WM, Josephson A,Loudermilk EL, Ma W, Michaletz ST, Nolan RH, O’Brien JJ, Parsons RA, Partelli-Feltrin R, Pimont F, Resco de Dios V, Restaino J, Robbins ZJ, Sartor KA, Schultz-Fellenz E, Serbin SP, Sevanto SA, Shuman J, Sieg CH, Skowronski NS, Weise DR, Wright M, Xu C, Yebra M, Younes N (2023). Integrating plant physiology into simulation of fire behavior and effects. New Phytologist. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18770
  • Wolfe BT, Detto M, Zhang Y, Anderson-Teixera K, Brodribb T, Collins AD, Crawford C, Dickman LT, Ely KS, Francisco J, Gurry PD, Hancock H, King CT, Majekobaje AR, Mallett CJ, McDowell NG, Mendheim Z, Michaletz S, Myers DB, Price TJ, Rogers A, Sack L, Serbin SP, Siddiq Z, Willis D, Wu J, Zailaa J, Wright SJ (2023). Leaves as bottlenecks: The contribution of tree leaves to hydraulic resistance within the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. Plant, Cell & Environment. 46, 736-746. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14524
  • Cicero C., Mason N.A., Oong Z., Title P.O., Morales M.E., Feldheim K.A., Koo M.S., Bowie R.C.K. 2022, Deep ecomorphological and genetic divergence in Steller’s Jays (Cyanocitta stelleri, Aves: Corvidae). Ecol Evol. 12:e9517, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.9517.
  • Vencl FV and Srygley RB, 2023. El Niño oscillations impact anti-predator defences to alter survival of an herbivorous beetle in a neotropical wet forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, Volume XX, eX. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467423000226.
  • Deven N. Vyas, Istva´ n Koncz, Alessandra Modi, Bala´ zs Guszta´ v Mende, Yijie Tian,1 Paolo Francalacci, Martina Lari, Stefania Vai, Peter Straub, Zsolt Gallina, Tama´ s Szeniczey, Tama´ s Hajdu, Luisella Pejrani Baricco, Caterina Giostra, Rita Radzeviciute, Zuzana Hofmanova´ , Sa´ ndor E´ vinger, Zsolt Bernert, Walter Pohl, David Caramelli, Tivadar Vida, Patrick J. Geary, and Krishna R. Veeramah, 2023. Fine-scale sampling uncovers the complexity of migrations in 5th–6th century Pannonia. Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.063
  • Lena K. Champlin, Andrea Woolfolk, Autumn J. Oczkowski, Audrey Rittenhouse, Andrew B. Gray, Kerstin Wasson, Farzana I. Rahman, Paula Zelanko, Nadine B. Quintana Krupinski, Rikke Jeppesen, John Haskins, Elizabeth B. Watson, 2023. Use of historical isoscapes to develop an estuarine nutrient baseline. Front. Mar. Sci., 06 September 2023, Sec. Marine Biogeochemistry, Volume 10 - 2023, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1257015.
  • Raposa KB, Woolfolk A, Endris CA, Fountain MC, Moore G, Tyrrell M, Swerida R, Lerberg S, Puckett BJ, Ferner MC, Hollister J. Burdick, D., Champlin, L,Krause JR, Haines, D.,Gray A.B., Watson E.B., Wasson, K. 2023, Evaluating Thin-Layer Sediment Placement as a Tool for Enhancing Tidal Marsh Resilience: a Coordinated Experiment Across Eight US National Estuarine Research Reserves. Estuaries and Coasts. 2023 Jan 16:1-21.
  • Carlton H, Champlin L, Jeppesen R, Haskins JC, Rahman FI, Watson EB. 2023, Tidal restrictions in a central Californian estuarine system are associated with higher mean pH, but increased low-pH exposure. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2023 Jan 12;703:177-82.
  • Krause JR, Gannon ME, Oczkowski AJ, Schwartz MJ, Champlin LK, Steinmann D, Maxwell-Doyle M, Pirl E, Allen V, Watson E.B. 2022, Tidal Flushing Rather Than Non-Point Source Nitrogen Pollution Drives Nutrient Dynamics in A Putatively Eutrophic Estuary. Water. 2022 Dec 21;15(1):15.
  • Krause JR, Oczkowski AJ, Watson EB. 2023, Improved mapping of coastal salt marsh habitat change at Barnegat Bay (NJ, USA) using object-based image analysis of high-resolution aerial imagery. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 2023 Jan 1;29:100910.
  • Wang J, Song G, Liddell M, Morellato P, Lee C, Yang D, Alberton B, Detto M, Ma X, Zhao Y, Yeung H, Zhang H, Ng M, Nelson B, Heute A (2023) An ecologically-constrained deep learning model for tropical leaf phenology monitoring using PlanetScope satellites. Remote Sensing of Environment. 286, 113429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113429