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2025 Gates, T. A., R. R. Dunn, N. W. Bourne, R. I. Boyd, B. Argall, L. Shell, A. Alford and L. E. Zanno 2025. Shark Tooth Forensics: A Participatory Science Initiative to Unravel Ancient Shark Ecology. Bull Ecol Soc Am 0(0):e02213. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2213

2021 Landis, E. A., Oliverio, A. M., McKenney, E. A., Nichols, L. M., Kfoury, N., Biango-Daniels, M., Shell, L. K., Madden, A. A., Shapiro, L., Sakunala, S., Drake, K., Robbat, A., Booker, M., Dunn, R. R., Fierer, N., & Wolfe, B. E. (2021). The diversity and function of sourdough starter microbiomes. ELife, 10, e61644. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.61644

2020 Kays, R., Dunn, R. R., Parsons, A. W., Mcdonald, B., Perkins, T., Powers, S. A., Shell, L., McDonald, J. L., Cole, H., Kikillus, H., Woods, L., Tindle, H., & Roetman, P. (2020). The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats. Animal Conservation, 23(5), 516–523. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12563

2018 The role of citizen science in addressing grand challenges in food and agriculture research. S. F. Ryan, N. L. Adamson, A. Aktipis, L. K. Andersen, R. Austin, L. Barnes, M.R. Beasley, K. D. Bedell, S. Briggs, B. Chapman, C. B. Cooper, J. O. 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, E. A. Landis, A. A. Madden, E. A. McKenney, L. M. Nichols, B. J. Reading, S. Russell, N. Sengupta, L. R. Shapiro, L. K. Shell, J. K. Sheard, D. D. Shoemaker, D. M. Sorger, C. Starling, S. Thakur, R. R. Vatsavai, M. Weinstein, P. Winfrey and R. R. Dunn Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesVolume 285, Issue 1891 Published: 21November 2018 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1977

2014 Lucky, A., Savage, A.M. (co-first author), Nichols, L.M., Castracani, C., Shell, L., Grasso, D.A., Mori, A. and Dunn R.R. “Ecologists, educators and writers collaborate with the public to assess backyard diversity in The School of Ants Project.” Ecosphere 5(7).  https://doi.org/10.1890/ES13-00364.1

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The Data Renaissance: Analyzing the Disciplinary Effects of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Beyond | My Latest Book Chapter

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