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+ Undergraduate co-author
^ High school student co-author
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Austin, M.W. & N.E. Miller-Struttmann. An inquiry-based activity for investigating the effect of climate change on phenology using the R programming language. In press at the American Biology Teacher.
Bartlett, K.B.+, M.W. Austin, J.B. Beck, A.E. Zanne & A.B. Smith. 2023. Beyond the usual climate? Factors determining flowering and fruiting phenology across a genus over 117 years. American Journal of Botany 100: e16188. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16188 Open access PDF
Austin, M.W. & A.S. Dunlap. 2023. Resource availability affects seasonal trajectories of population-level learning. The American Naturalist 201: 16-37. DOI: doi.org/10.1086/722235 Request PDF
Austin, M.W., P.O. Cole+, K.M. Olsen & A.B. Smith. 2022. Climate change is associated with increased allocation to potential outcrossing in a common mixed mating species. American Journal of Botany 109: 1085–1096. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16021 Open access PDF
Austin, M.W., A.D. Tripodi, J.P. Strange & A.S. Dunlap. 2022. Bumble bees exhibit body size clines across an urban gradient despite low genetic differentiation. Scientific Reports 12: 4166. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08093-4 Open access PDF
Manning, T.H.*+, M.W. Austin*, K. MuseMorris^ & A.S. Dunlap. 2021. Equivalent learning, but unequal participation: male bumble bees learn comparably to females, but participate in cognitive assessments at lower rates. Behavioural Processes 193: 104528. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104528 Request PDF
Krakos, K.N. & M.W. Austin. 2020. Testing pollination syndromes in Oenothera (Onagraceae). Journal of Pollination Ecology 26: 52-66. DOI: 10.26786/1920-7603(2020)609 Open access PDF
Lay Summary: http://www.pollinationecology.org/user-files/JPE609_engl.pdf
Austin, M.W. & A.S. Dunlap. 2019. Intraspecific variation in worker body size makes North American bumble bees (Bombus spp.) less susceptible to decline. The American Naturalist 194: 381-394. DOI: 10.1086/704280 Request PDF
Lay Summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Austin.html
Austin, M.W., P. Horack+ & A.S. Dunlap. 2019. Choice in a floral marketplace: the role of complexity in bumblebee decision-making. Behavioral Ecology 30: 500-508. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ary190 Request PDF
Dunlap, A.S., M.W. Austin & A.Q. Figueiredo. 2019. Components of change and the evolution of learning in theory and experiment. Animal Behaviour 147: 157-166. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.05.024 Request PDF
Manuscripts in Review
Austin, M.W., A.B. Smith, K.M. Olsen, P.C. Hoch, K.N. Krakos, S.P. Schmocker & N.E. Miller-Struttmann. Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co-flowering richness. In review at the Journal of Ecology.
* Co-first authors
+ Undergraduate co-author
^ High school student co-author
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Click DOIs for article access or contact me for PDFs.
Austin, M.W. & N.E. Miller-Struttmann. An inquiry-based activity for investigating the effect of climate change on phenology using the R programming language. In press at the American Biology Teacher.
Bartlett, K.B.+, M.W. Austin, J.B. Beck, A.E. Zanne & A.B. Smith. 2023. Beyond the usual climate? Factors determining flowering and fruiting phenology across a genus over 117 years. American Journal of Botany 100: e16188. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16188 Open access PDF
- Highlighted article for July 2023 issue of the American Journal of Botany.
Austin, M.W. & A.S. Dunlap. 2023. Resource availability affects seasonal trajectories of population-level learning. The American Naturalist 201: 16-37. DOI: doi.org/10.1086/722235 Request PDF
Austin, M.W., P.O. Cole+, K.M. Olsen & A.B. Smith. 2022. Climate change is associated with increased allocation to potential outcrossing in a common mixed mating species. American Journal of Botany 109: 1085–1096. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16021 Open access PDF
- Press coverage: USA Today, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Fox 2
- Highlighted article for July 2022 issue of the American Journal of Botany.
Austin, M.W., A.D. Tripodi, J.P. Strange & A.S. Dunlap. 2022. Bumble bees exhibit body size clines across an urban gradient despite low genetic differentiation. Scientific Reports 12: 4166. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08093-4 Open access PDF
Manning, T.H.*+, M.W. Austin*, K. MuseMorris^ & A.S. Dunlap. 2021. Equivalent learning, but unequal participation: male bumble bees learn comparably to females, but participate in cognitive assessments at lower rates. Behavioural Processes 193: 104528. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104528 Request PDF
Krakos, K.N. & M.W. Austin. 2020. Testing pollination syndromes in Oenothera (Onagraceae). Journal of Pollination Ecology 26: 52-66. DOI: 10.26786/1920-7603(2020)609 Open access PDF
Lay Summary: http://www.pollinationecology.org/user-files/JPE609_engl.pdf
Austin, M.W. & A.S. Dunlap. 2019. Intraspecific variation in worker body size makes North American bumble bees (Bombus spp.) less susceptible to decline. The American Naturalist 194: 381-394. DOI: 10.1086/704280 Request PDF
Lay Summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Austin.html
Austin, M.W., P. Horack+ & A.S. Dunlap. 2019. Choice in a floral marketplace: the role of complexity in bumblebee decision-making. Behavioral Ecology 30: 500-508. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ary190 Request PDF
Dunlap, A.S., M.W. Austin & A.Q. Figueiredo. 2019. Components of change and the evolution of learning in theory and experiment. Animal Behaviour 147: 157-166. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.05.024 Request PDF
Manuscripts in Review
Austin, M.W., A.B. Smith, K.M. Olsen, P.C. Hoch, K.N. Krakos, S.P. Schmocker & N.E. Miller-Struttmann. Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co-flowering richness. In review at the Journal of Ecology.
