Visual timeline of projects and roles
PUBLICATIONS
Dunn, RR, Kirby, KR, Bowern, C, Ember, CR, Gray, RD, McCarter, J, Kavanagh, PH, Trautwein, M, Nichols, LM, Gavin, MC and Botero, C, 2024. Climate, climate change and the global diversity of human houses. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, p.e24.
McKenney, EA, Nichols, LM, Alvarado, S, Hardy, S, Kemp, K, Polmanteer, R, Shoemaker, A and Dunn, RR (2023) Sourdough starters exhibit similar succession patterns but develop flour-specific climax communities. PeerJ, 11, p.e16163. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16163
Taylor, BW, Allf, B, Hopkins, SR, Irwin, RE, Jewell, M, Nevo, O, Nichols, LM, Rodríguez Valerón, N, Evans, JD, Sörensen, PM and Dunn, RR (2023) Nature’s chefs: Uniting the hidden diversity of food making and preparing species across the tree of life, BioScience, biad026, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad026
Frank HE, Amato K, Trautwein M, Maia P, Liman ER, Nichols LM, Schwenk K, Breslin PA, Dunn RR. (2022) The evolution of sour taste. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 289(1968):20211918.
Dunn, RR, Burger, JR, Carlen, EJ, Koltz, AM, Light, JE, Martin, RA, Munshi-South, J, Nichols, LM, Vargo, EL, Yitbarek, S and Zhao, Y (2022) A Theory of City Biogeography and the Origin of Urban Species. Frontiers in Conservation Science, p.22.
Madden AA, Lahue C, Gordy CL, Little JL, Nichols LM, Calvert MD, Dunn RR and Smukowski Heil C (2021) Sugar‐seeking insects as a source of diverse bread‐making yeasts with enhanced attributes. Yeast. 39(1-2): 108-127
Webster TM, McFarland A, Geber MJ, Oliverio AM, Nichols LM, Dunn RR, Hartmann EM and Fierer N (2021) Structure and Functional Attributes of Bacterial Communities in Premise Plumbing Across the United States. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(20), pp.14105-14114.
Dunn RR, Wilson J, Nichols LM and Gavin MC (2021) Toward a global ecology of fermented foods. Current Anthropology, 62(S24), pp.S220-S232.
Vecchi M, Kossi Adakpo L, Dunn RR, Nichols LM, Penick CA, Sanders NJ, Rebecchi L and Guidetti R (2021) The toughest animals of the Earth versus global warming: Effects of long‐term experimental warming on tardigrade community structure of a temperate deciduous forest. Ecology and evolution, 11(14), pp.9856-9863.
Calvert MD, Madden AA, Nichols LM, Haddad NM, Lahne J, Dunn RR and McKenney EA 2021. A review of sourdough starters: ecology, practices, and sensory quality with applications for baking and recommendations for future research. PeerJ, 9, p.e11389.
Fitzgerald JL, Stuble KL, Nichols LM, Diamond SE, Wentworth TR, Pelini SL, Gotelli NJ, Sanders NJ, Dunn RR and Penick CA (2021). Abundance of spring‐and winter‐active arthropods declines with warming. Ecosphere, 12(4), p.e03473.
Landis EA, Oliverio AM, McKenney EA, Nichols LM, Kfoury N, Biango-Daniels M, Shell LK, Madden AA, Shapiro LR, Sakunala SK, Drake K, Robbat A, Booker M, Dunn RR, Fierer N, Wolfe BE (2021) The diversity and function of sourdough starter microbiomes. eLife
Dunn RR, Amato KR, Archie EA, Arandjelovic M, Crittenden AN, Nichols LM (2020) The Internal, External and Extended Microbiomes of Hominins. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8, 25.
Balbin MM, Hull D, Guest C, Nichols L, Dunn R, Thakur S (2020) Antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors profile of Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli isolated from different environments exposed to anthropogenic activities. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance.
Just MG, Nichols LM and Dunn RR (2019) Human indoor climate preferences approximate specific geographies. Royal Society Open Science, 6(3), p.180695.
Gebert MJ, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Oliverio AM, Webster TM, Nichols LM, Honda JR, Chan ED, Adjemian J, Dunn RR, Fierer N (2018) Ecological analyses of mycobacteria in showerhead biofilms and their relevance to human health. mBio 9 (5), e01614-18
Ryan, S. N.L. Adamson, A. Aktipis, L.K. Andersen, R. Austin, L. Barnes, M.R. Beasley, K.D. Bedell, S. Briggs, B. Chapman, C. Cooper, J. Corn, N.G. Creamer, J.A. Delborne, P. Domenico, E. Driscoll, J. Goodwin, A. Hjarding, J.M. Hulbert, S. Isard, M.G. Just, K. Kar Gupta, M.M. López-Uribe, J. O’Sullivan, J. Landin, E.A. Landis, E.A. McKenney, A.A. Madden, L.M. Nichols, S. Ramaswamy, B. Reading, S. Russell, N. Sengupta, L. Shell, J.K. Sheard, D.D. Shoemaker, D.M. Sorger, C. Starling, S. Thakur, R. Vatsavai, M. Weinstein, P. Wimfrey, R.R. Dunn. 2018. The Role of Citizen Science in Addressing Grand Challenges in Food and Agriculture Research. Proc. R. Soc. B 20181977.
Gebert, M.J., M. Delgado-Baquerizo, A.M. Oliverio, T.M. Webster, L.M. Nichols, J.R. Honda, E.D. Chan, J. Adjemian, R.R. Dunn, N. Fiere. 2018. Ecological analyses of mycobacteria in showerhead biofilms and their relevance to human health. mBio, 9(5), e01614-18. [Link]
Diamond, S.E., L. Chick, C.A. Penick, L.M. Nichols, S.H. Cahan, R.R. Dunn, A.M. Ellison, N.J. Sanders, and N.J. Gotelli. 2017. Heat tolerance predicts the importance of species interaction effects as the climate changes. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Diamond, S.E., L.M. Nichols, S.L. Pelini, C.A. Penick, G.W. Barber, S.H. Cahan, R.R. Dunn, A.M. Ellison, N.J. Sanders, and N.J. Gotelli. 2016. Climatic warming destabilizes forest ant communities. Science advances, 2(10), p.e1600842.
NESCent Working Group on the Evolutionary, L.J. Martin, R.I. Adams, A. Bateman, H.M. Bik, J. Hawks, S.M. Hird, D. Hughes, S.W. Kembel, K. Kinney, S.O. Kolokotronis, G. Levy, C. McClain, J.F. Meadow, R.F. Medina, G. Mhuireach, C.S. Moreau, J. Munshi-South, L.M. Nichols, C. Palmer, L. Popova, C. Schal, M. Täubel, M. Trautwein, J.A. Ugalde, R.R. Dunn. 2015. Evolution of the indoor biome. Trends in ecology & evolution, 30(4), pp.223-232.
Lucky, A., A.M. Savage (co-first author), L.M. Nichols, C. Castracani, L. Shell, D.A. Grasso, A. Mori, R.R. Dunn. 2014. Ecologists, educators and writers collaborate with the public to assess backyard diversity in The School of Ants Project. Ecosphere 5(7).
Pelini, S.L., S.E. Diamond, L.M. Nichols, K.L. Stuble, A.M. Ellison, N.J. Sanders, R.R. Dunn, N.J. Gotelli. 2014. Geographic differences in effects of experimental warming on ant species diversity and community composition. Ecological Society of America. [Link]
Burt, M.A., R.R. Dunn, L.M. Nichols, and N.J. Sanders. 2014. Interactions in a warmer world: effects of experimental warming, conspecific density, and herbivory on seedling dynamics. Ecosphere 5(1). [Link]
Sultan, S.E., T. Horgan-Kobelski, L.M. Nichols, C. Riggs, R. Waples. 2013. A Resurrection Study Reveals Rapid Adaptive Evolution Within Populations of an Invasive Plant. Evolutionary Applications. 6(2):266–278
Shik, J.Z., L.M. Nichols, A. Lucky, and M.H. Hoefnagels. Ants as Model Organisms to Study Species Coexistence. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching. Vol. 34, 2013, p. 233-239.
Diamond, S. E., L.M. Nichols, N. McCoy, C. Hirsch, S. L. Pelini, N. J. Sanders, A. M. Ellison, N. J. Gotelli, and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A physiological trait-based approach to predicting the responses of species to experimental climatic warming. Ecology 93:2305-2312.
Clark, J.S., D.M. Bell, M.H. Hersh, L. Nichols. 2011. Climate change vulnerability of forest biodiversity: climate and resource tracking of demographic rates. Global Change Biology 17(5): 1834-1849.
PRESENTATIONS
Nichols, L.M. 2018. Climate Change and Culturally Important Species: Mapping a New Set of Conversations. United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund (USET SPF). Niagara, NY.
Reading, B.J., Dunn, R.R. Salger, S.A., and Nichols, L.M. 2016. New Caviar Ecologically Inspired. N.C. Ag Biotech Summit, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. September 27.
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