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+ Undergraduate co-author
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Iwanycki Ahlstrand, N., R.B. Primack, M.W. Austin, Z.A. Panchen, C. Römermann & A.J. Miller-Rushing. The promise of digital herbarium specimens in large-scale phenology research. New Phytologist. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/nph.70178 PDF
Primack, R.B, M.W. Austin, R.T. Corlett, Z.A. Panchen, A. Gröger, Y.H. Fu, B. Nordt, G. Parolly, S. Lee, R. Rauschkolb, C. Römermann, R. Umazekabiri, C. Wirth, H. Kim, S. Son, C. Rosche, S. Träger, R.A. Brant, J.K. Riehn, A.B. Smith, M.L. McCormack, T. Nikitin, B.C. Reidy, C.R. Rollinson, K. Shearer, N. Iwanycki Ahlstrand, M. Jung, N. Kleissenberg, T. Lautenschläger, M.A. Shah. Informal Research Networks of Botanical Gardens. Accepted at BGjournal.
Austin, M.W., A.B. Smith, K.M. Olsen, P.C. Hoch, K.N. Krakos, S.P. Schmocker & N.E. Miller-Struttmann. 2024. Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co-flowering richness. New Phytologist 243: 2486-2500. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19994 PDF
Austin, M.W. & N.E. Miller-Struttmann. 2024. An inquiry-based activity for investigating the effect of climate change on phenology using the R programming language. American Biology Teacher 86: 233-241. DOI: doi.org/10.1525/abt.2024.86.4.233 PDF
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
Vaughn, S., M.W. Austin & R.B. Primack. Using easily reproducible twig experiments to quantify curvilinear temperature responses of flowering and leafing times. In Revision.
Cavender-Bares, J., D.M. White, N. Iwanycki Ahlstrand, M.W. Austin, D. Bastianelli, S. Bazan, K. Boughalmi, W. Cardinal-McTeague, E. Chacón-Madrigal, T.L.P. Couvreur, C. Davis , F.M. Durgante, O.M. Grace, J. Antonio Guzmán Q., K. Hansen, Mariana S. Hernández-Leal , M.J.G. Hopkins, R. Jackson, S. Kothari, A.K. Lee, E. Léveillé-Bourret, J. Pinto-Ledezma, N.L. Quinteros Casaverde, J.E. Meireles, C.O. Nichodemus, M. Schmull, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, H. Tuomisto, S. Ustin, C.C. Vasconcelos. NextGeneration specimen digitization: The international herbarium community goes spectral! In Review at New Phytologist. Preprint
* Co-first authors
+ Undergraduate co-author
^ High school student co-author
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Click DOIs for article access or contact me for PDFs.
Iwanycki Ahlstrand, N., R.B. Primack, M.W. Austin, Z.A. Panchen, C. Römermann & A.J. Miller-Rushing. The promise of digital herbarium specimens in large-scale phenology research. New Phytologist. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/nph.70178 PDF
Primack, R.B, M.W. Austin, R.T. Corlett, Z.A. Panchen, A. Gröger, Y.H. Fu, B. Nordt, G. Parolly, S. Lee, R. Rauschkolb, C. Römermann, R. Umazekabiri, C. Wirth, H. Kim, S. Son, C. Rosche, S. Träger, R.A. Brant, J.K. Riehn, A.B. Smith, M.L. McCormack, T. Nikitin, B.C. Reidy, C.R. Rollinson, K. Shearer, N. Iwanycki Ahlstrand, M. Jung, N. Kleissenberg, T. Lautenschläger, M.A. Shah. Informal Research Networks of Botanical Gardens. Accepted at BGjournal.
Austin, M.W., A.B. Smith, K.M. Olsen, P.C. Hoch, K.N. Krakos, S.P. Schmocker & N.E. Miller-Struttmann. 2024. Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co-flowering richness. New Phytologist 243: 2486-2500. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19994 PDF
Austin, M.W. & N.E. Miller-Struttmann. 2024. An inquiry-based activity for investigating the effect of climate change on phenology using the R programming language. American Biology Teacher 86: 233-241. DOI: doi.org/10.1525/abt.2024.86.4.233 PDF
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
Vaughn, S., M.W. Austin & R.B. Primack. Using easily reproducible twig experiments to quantify curvilinear temperature responses of flowering and leafing times. In Revision.
Cavender-Bares, J., D.M. White, N. Iwanycki Ahlstrand, M.W. Austin, D. Bastianelli, S. Bazan, K. Boughalmi, W. Cardinal-McTeague, E. Chacón-Madrigal, T.L.P. Couvreur, C. Davis , F.M. Durgante, O.M. Grace, J. Antonio Guzmán Q., K. Hansen, Mariana S. Hernández-Leal , M.J.G. Hopkins, R. Jackson, S. Kothari, A.K. Lee, E. Léveillé-Bourret, J. Pinto-Ledezma, N.L. Quinteros Casaverde, J.E. Meireles, C.O. Nichodemus, M. Schmull, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, H. Tuomisto, S. Ustin, C.C. Vasconcelos. NextGeneration specimen digitization: The international herbarium community goes spectral! In Review at New Phytologist. Preprint
