14. Short, RA, JL McGuire, PD Polly, and AM Lawing. 2023. Trophically integrated ecometric models as tools for demonstrating spatial and temporal functional changes in mammal communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 120(7):e2201947120. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2201947120. Invited contribution to The Past as a Lens for Biodiversity Conservation on a Dynamically Changing Planet Special Feature.
13. Martin, JM, RA Short, GE Plumb, L Markewicz, DH Van Vuren, B Wehus-Tow**, E Otárola-Castillo, and ME Hill Jr. 2022. Integrated evidence-based extent of occurrence for North American bison since 1500 CE and before (Data Paper). Ecology. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3864
12. Zarestky, J, L Vilen**, RA Short, R Struminger, and AM Lawing. 2021. Adult education at biological field stations: Building capacity for science learning. Adult Education Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/07417136211044728
11. Short, RA, and AM Lawing. 2021. Geography of artiodactyl locomotor morphology as an environmental predictor. Diversity and Distributions, 27(9):1818-1831. doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13371
10. Brooke, C., JM Martin, and RA Short. 2021. Peer writing groups as productivity, research, and support networks for extension agents. Journal of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4926388
9. Struminger, R, RA Short, J Zarestky, L Vilen**, and AM Lawing. 2021. Biological field stations promote science literacy through outreach. BioScience, biab057. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab057
8. Short, RA, LG Emmert, NA Famoso, JM Martin, JI Mead, S Swift, and A Baez. 2021. Paleobiology of a large mammal community from the late Pleistocene of Sonora, Mexico. Quaternary Research, 102:247-259. IF = 2.7 doi.org/10.1017/qua.2020.125
7. Short, RA, K Pinson*, and AM Lawing. 2021. Comparison of environmental inference approaches for ecometric analyses: Using hypsodonty to estimate precipitation. Ecology and Evolution, 11(1):587-598.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7081
6. Short, RA, R Struminger, J Zarestky, J Pippin*, M Wong*, L Vilen**, and AM Lawing. 2020. Spatial inequalities leave micropolitan areas and Indigenous populations underserved by informal STEM learning institutions. Science Advances, 6(41):eabb3819. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb3819
5. Short, RA, MY Van der Eb, and SR McKay. 2020. Effect of productive discussion on written argumentation in earth science classrooms. Journal of Educational Research. doi.org/10.1080/00220671.2020.1712314 4. Short, RA, S Wallace, and LG Emmert. 2019. A new species of Teleoceras (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Hemphillian of Tennessee. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 56(5):183-260. www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/files/3315/5638/4988/Vol56No5archive.pdf
3. Struminger, R, J Zarestky, RA Short, and AM Lawing. 2018. A framework for informal STEM education outreach at field stations. Bioscience, 68(12):969-978. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biy108
1. Martin, JM, RA Martin, and JI Mead. 2017. Late Pleistocene and Holocene Bison of the Colorado Plateau. The Southwestern Naturalist, 62(1):14-28. doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-62.1.14
Theses and Dissertation
RA Short. 2020. Paleobiology of mammals using functional trait-environment relationships across space and through time for conservation and public understanding of science. PhD Dissertation: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. hdl.handle.net/1969.1/192469
RA Martin. 2016. Discussion in middle and high school Earth science classrooms and its impact on students’ abilities to construct evidence-based arguments in their written work. MST Thesis: University of Maine, Orono, ME. digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2487/
RA Short. 2013. A new species of Teleoceras from the late Miocene Gray Fossil Site, with comparisons to other North American Hemphillian species. MS Thesis: East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. dc.etsu.edu/etd/1143/