LAB PUBLICATIONS (also on Google Scholar)
26) Abreu EF, Pavan SE, Tsuchiya MTN, McLean BS, Wilson DE, Percequillo AR, Maldonado JE. 2022. Old specimens for old branches: Assessing effects of sample age in resolving a rapid Neotropical radiation of squirrels. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution in press
25) Ponnusamy L, Garshong R, McLean BS, Wasserberg G, Durden LA, Crossley D, Apperson CS, Roe RM. 2022. Rickettsia felis and other Rickettsia Species in chigger mites collected from wild rodents in North Carolina, USA. Microorganisms 10: 1342. <doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071342>
24) Kays R et al. (author 9 of 14). 2022. Which mammals can be identified from camera traps and crowdsourced photographs? Journal of Mammalogy gyac021 <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac021>
23) McLean BS, Bell KC, Cook JA. 2022. SNP-based phylogenomic inference in Holarctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 169: 107396 <doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107396>
22) Hantak MM, McLean BS, Li D, Guralnick RP. 2021. Mammalian body size is determined by interactions between climate, urbanization, and ecological traits. Communications Biology 4:972. <doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02505-3> <Popular Press here here and here>
21) Colella JP, Stephens RB, Campbell ML, Kohli BA, Parsons DJ, McLean BS. 2021. The open-specimen movement. BioScience 71:405—414. <doi:10.1093/biosci/biaa146>
20) McLean BS, Guralnick RP. 2021. Digital biodiversity data sets reveal breeding phenology and its drivers in a widespread North American mammal. Ecology 102:e03258. <doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3258> <Popular Press here and here>
19) Guralnick RP, Hantak MM, Li D, McLean BS. 2020. Body size trends in response to climate and urbanization in the widespread North American deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus. Scientific Reports 10:8882. <doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65755-x> <Popular Press>
18) Barve VV, Brenskelle L, Li D, Stucky BJ, Barve NV, Hantak MM, McLean BS, Paluh DJ, Oswald JA, Belitz MW, Folk RA. 2020. Methods for broad‐scale plant phenology assessments using citizen scientists’ photographs. Applications in Plant Sciences 8:e11315. <doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11315>
17) Phillips CD, Dunnum JL, Dowler RC, Bradley LC, Garner HJ, MacDonald KA, Lim BK, Revelez MA, Campbell ML, Lutz HL, Garza NO, ASM Systematic Collections Committee. 2019. Curatorial guidelines and standards of the American Society of Mammalogists for collections of genetic resources. Journal of Mammalogy 100:1690–1694. <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz111>
16) McLean BS, Cook JA, Durden LA, Hoberg EP, Guralnick RP. 2019. The next chapter of human-plague science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116:14411-14412. <doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908836116>
15) Durden LA, Robinson C, Cook JA, McLean BS, Nyamsuren B, Greiman SE. 2019. A new species of sucking louse from the long-tailed ground squirrel, Urocitellus undulatus, from Mongolia, with a key to species, and a review of host associations and geographical distributions of members of the Genus LINOGNATHOIDES (PSOCODEA: ANOPLURA: POLYPLACIDAE). Journal of Parasitology 105:469-479. <doi.org/10.1645/18-198>
14) McLean BS, Barve N, Flenniken J, Guralnick RP. 2019. Evolution of litter size in North America’s most common small mammal: An informatics-based approach. Journal of Mammalogy 100:365–381 <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz057>
13) McLean BS, Bell KC, Allen JM, Helgen KM, Cook JA. 2019. Impacts of inference method and dataset filtering on phylogenomic resolution in a rapid radiation of ground squirrels (Xerinae: Marmotini). Systematic Biology 68:298–316. <doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syy064> ** Featured on cover <https://bit.ly/304BOlr> **
12) Dunnum JD, McLean BS, Dowler RC, ASM Systematic Collections Committee. 2018. Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere - A survey and directory of collections. Journal of Mammalogy 99:1307–1322. <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy151>
11) McLean BS. 2018. Urocitellus parryii (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species 50:84-99. <doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sey011>
10) McLean BS, Nyamsuren B, Tchabovsky A, Cook JA. 2018. Impacts of late Quaternary environmental change on the long-tailed ground squirrel (Urocitellus undulatus) in Mongolia. Zoological Research 39:364-372. <doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.042> ** Special issue on Mammal Biodiversity in Asia **
9) McLean BS, Helgen KM, Goodwin HT, Cook JA. 2018. Trait-specific processes of convergence and conservatism shape ecomorphological evolution in ground-dwelling squirrels. Evolution 72:473-489. <doi.org/10.1111/evo.13422>
8) Cook JA et al. (author 27 of 36). 2017. The Beringian Coevolution Project: Holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the north. Arctic Science 3:585-617. <doi.org/10.1139/AS-2016-0042> ** Special issue on Arctic Museum Collections **
7) McLean BS. 2017. Splendid (continental) radiations. Evolution 71:802-803. <doi.org/10.1111/evo.13183>
6) McLean BS, Jackson DJ, Cook JA. 2016. Rapid divergence and gene flow at high latitudes shape the history of Holarctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102:174-188. <doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.040>
5) Cook JA, McLean BS, Jackson DJ, Colella JP, Greiman SE, Tkach VV, Jung TS, Dunnum JL. 2016. First record of the Eurasian Least Shrew (Sorex minutissimus) and associated helminths from Canada: new light on northern Pleistocene refugia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94:367-372. <doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2015-0212>
4) Cook JA, Lacey EA, Ickert-Bond SM, Hoberg EP, Galbreath KE, Bell KC, Greiman SE, McLean BS, Edwards S. 2016. From museum cases to the classroom: emerging opportunities for specimen-based education. Archives of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University 38.
3) McLean BS, Bell KC, Dunnum JL, Abrahamson B, Colella JP, Deardorff ER, Weber J, Jones AK, Salazar-Miralles F, Cook JA. 2016. Natural history collections-based research: progress, promise and best practices. Journal of Mammalogy 97:287-297. <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv178>
2) McLean BS, Ward JK, Polito MJ, Emslie SD. 2014. Responses of high-elevation herbaceous plant assemblages to low glacial CO2 concentrations revealed by fossil marmot (Marmota) teeth. Oecologia 175:1117-1127. <doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2982-y>
1) McLean BS, Emslie SD. 2012. Stable isotopes reflect the ecological stability of two high-elevation mammals from the late Quaternary of Colorado. Quaternary Research 77:408-417. <doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2012.02.001>
25) Ponnusamy L, Garshong R, McLean BS, Wasserberg G, Durden LA, Crossley D, Apperson CS, Roe RM. 2022. Rickettsia felis and other Rickettsia Species in chigger mites collected from wild rodents in North Carolina, USA. Microorganisms 10: 1342. <doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10071342>
24) Kays R et al. (author 9 of 14). 2022. Which mammals can be identified from camera traps and crowdsourced photographs? Journal of Mammalogy gyac021 <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac021>
23) McLean BS, Bell KC, Cook JA. 2022. SNP-based phylogenomic inference in Holarctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 169: 107396 <doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107396>
22) Hantak MM, McLean BS, Li D, Guralnick RP. 2021. Mammalian body size is determined by interactions between climate, urbanization, and ecological traits. Communications Biology 4:972. <doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02505-3> <Popular Press here here and here>
21) Colella JP, Stephens RB, Campbell ML, Kohli BA, Parsons DJ, McLean BS. 2021. The open-specimen movement. BioScience 71:405—414. <doi:10.1093/biosci/biaa146>
20) McLean BS, Guralnick RP. 2021. Digital biodiversity data sets reveal breeding phenology and its drivers in a widespread North American mammal. Ecology 102:e03258. <doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3258> <Popular Press here and here>
19) Guralnick RP, Hantak MM, Li D, McLean BS. 2020. Body size trends in response to climate and urbanization in the widespread North American deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus. Scientific Reports 10:8882. <doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65755-x> <Popular Press>
18) Barve VV, Brenskelle L, Li D, Stucky BJ, Barve NV, Hantak MM, McLean BS, Paluh DJ, Oswald JA, Belitz MW, Folk RA. 2020. Methods for broad‐scale plant phenology assessments using citizen scientists’ photographs. Applications in Plant Sciences 8:e11315. <doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11315>
17) Phillips CD, Dunnum JL, Dowler RC, Bradley LC, Garner HJ, MacDonald KA, Lim BK, Revelez MA, Campbell ML, Lutz HL, Garza NO, ASM Systematic Collections Committee. 2019. Curatorial guidelines and standards of the American Society of Mammalogists for collections of genetic resources. Journal of Mammalogy 100:1690–1694. <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz111>
16) McLean BS, Cook JA, Durden LA, Hoberg EP, Guralnick RP. 2019. The next chapter of human-plague science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116:14411-14412. <doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908836116>
15) Durden LA, Robinson C, Cook JA, McLean BS, Nyamsuren B, Greiman SE. 2019. A new species of sucking louse from the long-tailed ground squirrel, Urocitellus undulatus, from Mongolia, with a key to species, and a review of host associations and geographical distributions of members of the Genus LINOGNATHOIDES (PSOCODEA: ANOPLURA: POLYPLACIDAE). Journal of Parasitology 105:469-479. <doi.org/10.1645/18-198>
14) McLean BS, Barve N, Flenniken J, Guralnick RP. 2019. Evolution of litter size in North America’s most common small mammal: An informatics-based approach. Journal of Mammalogy 100:365–381 <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz057>
13) McLean BS, Bell KC, Allen JM, Helgen KM, Cook JA. 2019. Impacts of inference method and dataset filtering on phylogenomic resolution in a rapid radiation of ground squirrels (Xerinae: Marmotini). Systematic Biology 68:298–316. <doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syy064> ** Featured on cover <https://bit.ly/304BOlr> **
12) Dunnum JD, McLean BS, Dowler RC, ASM Systematic Collections Committee. 2018. Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere - A survey and directory of collections. Journal of Mammalogy 99:1307–1322. <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy151>
11) McLean BS. 2018. Urocitellus parryii (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species 50:84-99. <doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sey011>
10) McLean BS, Nyamsuren B, Tchabovsky A, Cook JA. 2018. Impacts of late Quaternary environmental change on the long-tailed ground squirrel (Urocitellus undulatus) in Mongolia. Zoological Research 39:364-372. <doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.042> ** Special issue on Mammal Biodiversity in Asia **
9) McLean BS, Helgen KM, Goodwin HT, Cook JA. 2018. Trait-specific processes of convergence and conservatism shape ecomorphological evolution in ground-dwelling squirrels. Evolution 72:473-489. <doi.org/10.1111/evo.13422>
8) Cook JA et al. (author 27 of 36). 2017. The Beringian Coevolution Project: Holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in the north. Arctic Science 3:585-617. <doi.org/10.1139/AS-2016-0042> ** Special issue on Arctic Museum Collections **
7) McLean BS. 2017. Splendid (continental) radiations. Evolution 71:802-803. <doi.org/10.1111/evo.13183>
6) McLean BS, Jackson DJ, Cook JA. 2016. Rapid divergence and gene flow at high latitudes shape the history of Holarctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102:174-188. <doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.040>
5) Cook JA, McLean BS, Jackson DJ, Colella JP, Greiman SE, Tkach VV, Jung TS, Dunnum JL. 2016. First record of the Eurasian Least Shrew (Sorex minutissimus) and associated helminths from Canada: new light on northern Pleistocene refugia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94:367-372. <doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2015-0212>
4) Cook JA, Lacey EA, Ickert-Bond SM, Hoberg EP, Galbreath KE, Bell KC, Greiman SE, McLean BS, Edwards S. 2016. From museum cases to the classroom: emerging opportunities for specimen-based education. Archives of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University 38.
3) McLean BS, Bell KC, Dunnum JL, Abrahamson B, Colella JP, Deardorff ER, Weber J, Jones AK, Salazar-Miralles F, Cook JA. 2016. Natural history collections-based research: progress, promise and best practices. Journal of Mammalogy 97:287-297. <doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv178>
2) McLean BS, Ward JK, Polito MJ, Emslie SD. 2014. Responses of high-elevation herbaceous plant assemblages to low glacial CO2 concentrations revealed by fossil marmot (Marmota) teeth. Oecologia 175:1117-1127. <doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2982-y>
1) McLean BS, Emslie SD. 2012. Stable isotopes reflect the ecological stability of two high-elevation mammals from the late Quaternary of Colorado. Quaternary Research 77:408-417. <doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2012.02.001>
PRESENTATIONS
McLean BS, Guralnick RP. Leveraging digitized trait data for new insight into small mammal phenology across North America. 4th Annual Digital Data Conference, oral pres. (June 2020).
McLean BS, Cook JA, Guralnick RP. The disparate evolutionary histories of Great Basin ground squirrels (Urocitellus). American Society of Mammalogists 99th Annual Meeting, oral pres. (June 2019).
McLean BS. Insights into rodent speciation from small bones and big biodiversity data. Florida Museum of Natural History seminar series, oral pres. (March 2019).
McLean BS, Guralnick RP, Barve N. Evolution of litter size in North America’s most common small mammal: An informatics-based approach. American Society of Mammalogists 98th Annual Meeting, oral pres. (June 2018).
McLean BS. Pattern and process in the radiation of ground-dwelling squirrels. American Society of Mammalogists, plenary presentation (June 2017).
McLean BS, Bell KC, Allen JM, Helgen KM, Cook JA. Impacts of phylogenomic dataset filtering for resolving a rapid radiation of ground squirrels. Society of Systematic Biologists standalone meeting, oral pres. (Jan. 2017).
McLean BS, Cook JA. Pattern and process in the Pleistocene diversification of small-eared ground squirrels (Urocitellus). American Quaternary Association 24th Biennial Meeting, poster pres. (June 2016).
McLean BS, Cook JA. Parallel ecomorphological evolution in ground-dwelling squirrels: roles of phylogeny, allometry, and integration. Evolution 2016, poster pres. (June 2016).
McLean BS, Jackson DJ, Cook JA. Diversity, distribution and conservation of Holarctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus): new phylogenetic insights. American Society of Mammalogists 95th Annual Meeting, oral pres. (June 2015).
McLean BS, Cook JA. A history of high-latitude adaptation in Holarctic ground squirrels. Evolution 2014, oral pres. (June 2014). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIsG5SQJkdk
McLean BS. An isotopic role for fossil small mammals in paleoecology and paleoclimatology. Wisc-SIMS High Resolution Proxies of Paleoclimate workshop, University of Wisconsin, oral pres. (June 2013).
McLean BS, Cook JA. New geometric morphometric methods for taxonomic identification of fossil ground squirrels (Rodentia: Marmotini). American Society of Mammalogists 93rd Annual Meeting, oral pres. (June 2013).
Jackson DJ, McLean BS, Cook JA. Phylogeny of the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Urocitellus. American Society of Mammalogists 93rd Annual Meeting, poster pres. (June 2013).
Jackson DJ, McLean BS, Cook JA. Phylogeny of the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Urocitellus. UNM Department of Biology Research Day, poster pres. (April 2013).
McLean BS. Inferring geographic modes of speciation in ground-dwelling sciurids. American Society of Mammalogists 92nd Annual Meeting, poster pres. (July 2012).
McLean BS, Emslie SD. A unique isotopic record of mammal ecology from the Southern Rockies during and after the last glacial period. American Society of Mammalogists 91st Annual Meeting, poster pres. (July 2011).
McLean BS, Emslie SD. Mammalian paleoecology across the Last Glacial Maximum in the Southern Rocky Mountains. American Quaternary Association 21st Biennial Meeting, poster pres. (August 2010) and American Society of Mammalogists 90th Annual Meeting, poster pres. (June 2010).
McLean BS, Cook JA, Guralnick RP. The disparate evolutionary histories of Great Basin ground squirrels (Urocitellus). American Society of Mammalogists 99th Annual Meeting, oral pres. (June 2019).
McLean BS. Insights into rodent speciation from small bones and big biodiversity data. Florida Museum of Natural History seminar series, oral pres. (March 2019).
McLean BS, Guralnick RP, Barve N. Evolution of litter size in North America’s most common small mammal: An informatics-based approach. American Society of Mammalogists 98th Annual Meeting, oral pres. (June 2018).
McLean BS. Pattern and process in the radiation of ground-dwelling squirrels. American Society of Mammalogists, plenary presentation (June 2017).
McLean BS, Bell KC, Allen JM, Helgen KM, Cook JA. Impacts of phylogenomic dataset filtering for resolving a rapid radiation of ground squirrels. Society of Systematic Biologists standalone meeting, oral pres. (Jan. 2017).
McLean BS, Cook JA. Pattern and process in the Pleistocene diversification of small-eared ground squirrels (Urocitellus). American Quaternary Association 24th Biennial Meeting, poster pres. (June 2016).
McLean BS, Cook JA. Parallel ecomorphological evolution in ground-dwelling squirrels: roles of phylogeny, allometry, and integration. Evolution 2016, poster pres. (June 2016).
McLean BS, Jackson DJ, Cook JA. Diversity, distribution and conservation of Holarctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus): new phylogenetic insights. American Society of Mammalogists 95th Annual Meeting, oral pres. (June 2015).
McLean BS, Cook JA. A history of high-latitude adaptation in Holarctic ground squirrels. Evolution 2014, oral pres. (June 2014). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIsG5SQJkdk
McLean BS. An isotopic role for fossil small mammals in paleoecology and paleoclimatology. Wisc-SIMS High Resolution Proxies of Paleoclimate workshop, University of Wisconsin, oral pres. (June 2013).
McLean BS, Cook JA. New geometric morphometric methods for taxonomic identification of fossil ground squirrels (Rodentia: Marmotini). American Society of Mammalogists 93rd Annual Meeting, oral pres. (June 2013).
Jackson DJ, McLean BS, Cook JA. Phylogeny of the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Urocitellus. American Society of Mammalogists 93rd Annual Meeting, poster pres. (June 2013).
Jackson DJ, McLean BS, Cook JA. Phylogeny of the Holarctic ground squirrel genus Urocitellus. UNM Department of Biology Research Day, poster pres. (April 2013).
McLean BS. Inferring geographic modes of speciation in ground-dwelling sciurids. American Society of Mammalogists 92nd Annual Meeting, poster pres. (July 2012).
McLean BS, Emslie SD. A unique isotopic record of mammal ecology from the Southern Rockies during and after the last glacial period. American Society of Mammalogists 91st Annual Meeting, poster pres. (July 2011).
McLean BS, Emslie SD. Mammalian paleoecology across the Last Glacial Maximum in the Southern Rocky Mountains. American Quaternary Association 21st Biennial Meeting, poster pres. (August 2010) and American Society of Mammalogists 90th Annual Meeting, poster pres. (June 2010).
