Faculty Profiles

Scicluna, E. L., Parrott, M. L., Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Michaud, M., Robert, K. A., & Green, P. T. (2025). Long term impacts of captivity on skull morphology and endocranial volume in a marsupial carnivore. Royal Society Open Science, 12, 240868. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240868

Hurtado-Materon, M. A., Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Short, R. A., McGuire, J. L., & Lawing, A. M. (2025). An R package for trait-environment modeling at the community level. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13, e168221. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e168221

Light, J. E., Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Morely, L., Castellanos, A. A., LaMonica, L., & Hafner, D. J. (2025). Taxonomic status of Chaetodipus lineatus and phylogeography of the Chaetodipus nelsoni species group. Journal of Mammalogy, 106, 1187–1198. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf052

Siciliano-Martina, L. M., McGuire, J. L., Hurtado-Materon, M. A., Short, R. A., Lauer, D. A., Schap, J. A., … Lawing, A. M. (2024). Ecometrics demonstrates that the functional dental traits of carnivoran communities are filtered by climate. Ecology and Evolution, 14(10), e70214. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70214

Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Martina, J. P., Dohnalik, E., & Vielleux, G. (2023). Factors influencing the timing and frequency of litters in captive fennec foxes (Vulpes zerda). Animal Reproduction Science, 248.

Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Guerra, D. A., & Veech, J. A. (2023). Forelimb morphology as an adaptation for burrowing in kangaroo rat species (Genus Dipodomys) that inhabit different soil substrates. Journal of Mammalogy, 104, 1377–1389.

Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Guerra, D. A., & Veech, J. A. (2023). Forelimb morphology as an adaptation for burrowing in kangaroo rat species (genus Dipodomys) that inhabit different soil substrates. Journal of Mammalogy, 104(6), 1377–1389. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad092

Siciliano-Martina, L. M., Michaud, M., Tanis, B. P., Scicluna, E. L., & Lawing, A. M. (2022). Endocranial volume increases across captive generations in the endangered Mexican wolf. Scientific Reports, 12(8147), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12371-6

Siciliano-Martina, L., Light, J. E., Riley, D. G., & Lawing, A. M. (2022). One of these wolves is not like the other: Morphological effects and conservation implications of captivity in Mexican wolves. Animal Conservation, 25(1), 77–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12724

Light, J. E., Siciliano-Martina, L., Dohnalik, E. G., Vielleux, G., Lawing, A. M., & Greenbaum, I. F. (2021). Morphological differentiation of Peromyscus leucopus and P. maniculatus in East Texas. Therya, 12(2), 369–387. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-21-1116

Siciliano-Martina, L., Light, J. E., & Lawing, A. M. (2021). Cranial morphology of captive mammals: A meta-analysis. Frontiers in Zoology, 18(4), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00386-0

Siciliano-Martina, L., Light, J. E., & Lawing, A. M. (2021). Changes in canid cranial morphology induced by captivity and conservation implications. Biological Conservation, 257, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109143

Siciliano-Martina, L. (2020). Multi-institutional survey of causes of maternal rejection in Giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis in North American zoos. International Zoo Yearbook, 54, 191–201. https://doi.org/10.1111/izy.12252

Siciliano-Martina, L. M., & Martina, J. P. (2020). Shifting barriers to the acceptance of evolution in an underrepresented student group. International Journal of Science Education, 42, 2205–2223.

Martina, J. P., & Siciliano-Martina, L. M. (2018). Stress and social behaviors of maternally-deprived captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis). Zoo Biology, 37, 80–89.