Publications

This preprint presents a comprehensive update to the global distribution map of Mus musculus, utilizing genetic and bioclimatic data to inform evolutionary studies.

This study explores the public health impact of the All About Arsenic project, a school-based citizen science initiative focused on arsenic contamination in well water in Maine and New Hampshire.

The existence of substantial variability among analysis outcomes raises important questions about how ecologists and evolutionary biologists should interpret published results, and how they should conduct analyses in the future.

Genetic analyses of mammalian gametogenesis and fertility have the potential to inform about two important and interrelated clinical areas: infertility and contraception. Here, we address the genetics and genomics underlying gamete formation, productivity and function in the context of reproductive success in mammalian systems, primarily mouse and human.

Together, these findings underscore the role of genetics in regulating alternative reproductive tactics in house mice and emphasize the need to adopt animal husbandry practices tailored to strain backgrounds.

Using data across a species’ whole distribution is critical for exposing regional variations, especially for species with large, continental-scale ranges. This study demonstrates the potential of photodocumented biodiversity data to aid in the monitoring of life history, host plant–insect interactions, and climate responsiveness.

Here, we review Maine coastal projects on the Anecdata platform, examine the environmental trends highlighted in these projects, and discuss how citizen science data can play a role in coastal decision-making. These case studies will demonstrate the utility of citizen and community science approaches to monitoring Maine coastal ecosystems, understanding and predicting the impacts of climate change, and informing policymaking for coastal conservation.

Overall, our work suggests that the M. m. bactrianus and M. m. helgolandicus subspecies are not well-justified taxonomic entities, emphasizing the importance of leveraging whole-genome sequence data to inform subspecies designations. Additionally, our investigation provides tailored experimental procedures for generating whole genome sequences from air-dried mouse skins, along with key genomic resources to inform future genomic studies of wild mouse diversity.

We present more than 100-years of phenological data

Our case study of community-collected data in the Hudson River Valley region using a relatively simple monitoring protocol can provide a road map for other regions fostering volunteer engagement with invasive plants.

Guided by the six elements of Translational Ecology (TE; i.e., decision-framing, collaboration, engagement, commitment, process, and communication), we showcase the first explicit example of a Translational Science Education (TSE) effort in the coastal redwood ecosystem of Humboldt County, CA.

We find significant changes in the timing fall color change using herbarium specimens

We present a case study and lesson plan for using agent-based modeling in the evolution classroom

In this poster, I highlight the low rates of alt-text usage in Twitter-based job postings and the implications for disabled researchers

Applying citizen science protocols to imaged museum specimens can help lessen the digitization burden on research staff members and address research gaps in existing citizen science datasets while providing meaningful visitor engagement opportunities.

Our data support recent studies that suggest yellow traps alone may be insufficient for sampling the true diversity of certain hymenopteran groups in a region.

Our findings demonstrate the value of digitized herbarium specimens for long-term phenology research.

These results provide a wide-ranging study of the breeding ecology of O. fasciatus across its range and demonstrate the potential of using citizen science contributed images to assess a variety of ecological and life history questions.

In this talk, I discuss the opportunties to apply citizen science protocols to digitzed specimens

The data risk assessment framework presented in this paper provides a platform from which risk assessments can begin, and a reference point for discussions of data stewardship resource allocations and priorities.

In this laboratory excercise, adapted for online learning, students explore the natural selection and evolutionary dynamics at play in the development of camouflage.

With more than 2,480 individual species sampling dates and more than 151,701 recorded individual occurrences of the nine amphibian species, the described dataset represents the longest and largest time-series of herpetological sampling with paired water quality data

The Mohonk Preserve’s Daniel Smiley Research Center has been monitoring species occupancy, reproductive success, and water quality of 11 vernal pools on the Preserve each spring from April 1931 to present

Using concise stream monitoring protocol designed for volunteer safety and maximum data accuracy, StreamWatch will evaluate water quality using an array of parameters.

We discuss the potential roles of hybridization in terms of generating asexuality and novel morphological traits in lichens. Our results highlight the need for additional study of reticulate phylogenies when investigating species boundaries and evolutionary history, even in cases with well-supported topologies inferred from genome-scale data.

This laboratory exercise introduces students to modeling in ecology and evolution through the agent-based modeling environment NetLogo.

In this laboratory exercise, students will investigate the phenology of a variety of tree species across two habitats to investigate the species and ecosystem differences in phenology of deciduous trees.

I discuss the differences in digitization and stewardship success for natural history collections of various sizes.