Peer-Reviewed Publications
Lahti, M.E., E. Sakamura, M. Jung, C.M. Vigil, K.R. Schneider. Ecological benefits and wildlife vulnerability of an urban blue space in an arid landscape. In preparation.
Rorabaugh J.C., T.R. Van Devender, D.S. Turner G. Molina-Padilla, J.A. Salazar-Martínez, S.L. Minter , F.I. Ochoa-Guttierez, J. E. Wallace, C. Hedgcock, C. Christie, L. Ramsey, R.A. Villa, J. G. Martínez-Valenzuela, K. Gonzalez , S. Serrott, R. Martinez, R. Zach, C. Paholski , M. Jakubal, S. Jacobs, M.E. Lahti, and S.F. Hale. A Preliminary Herpetofauna of the Sierra La Púrica, Sonora, Mexico. Submitted.
Lahti, M.E., C.M. Vigil, N.A. Macaluso. Local population-level variation in seed traits and germination responses of two native milkweeds (Asclepias speciosa and A. fascicularis) within the Great Basin Desert. Submitted.
Lahti M.E., Latta, IV L.C., Pfrender M.E., Brodie E.D. Jr. 2026. Natural history and ecological variation in dwarf Phrynosoma hernandesi of the San Luis Valley, Colorado. Ecosphere. In Press.
Lahti, M. E., E. Sakamura, M. Jung, C.M. Vigil, K.S. Smith, M. Ramirez, A.C. Brooks. 2026. Rapid Surveys Reveal Temporal Variation in Flowering Community Phenology in a Great Basin Desert Ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution 16(4): e73340. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73340.
Lahti M.E., Latta, IV L.C., Pfrender M.E., Brodie E.D. Jr. 2025. Isolated dwarfism and sexual dimorphism in a mainland population of the greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) and the Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus). PLoS One 20(12): e0339275. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339275.
Leaché A.D., Davis H.R., Singhal S., Fujita M.K., Lahti M.E., Zamudio K.R. 2021. Phylogenomic Assessment of Biodiversity Using a Reference-Based Taxonomy: An Example With Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma). Fronteirs in Ecology and Evolution. 9:678110. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.678110.
Lahti, M.E., D.D. Beck, T.C. Cottrell. 2010. Ecology of the pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii) in Washington. Northwestern Naturalist 91: 134-144.
Lahti, M.E., D.D. Beck. 2008. Ecology and ontogenetic variation of diet in the pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii). American Midland Naturalist 159: 327-339.
Lahti, M.E. and R.P. O’Donnell. 2008. Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas horned lizard). Mortality. Herpetological Review 39(1): 89.
Lahti, M.E., C.D. Luton, and T. Jones. 2007. Phrynosoma douglasii: Maximum Elevation. Herpetological Review 38: 462.
Snodgrass, J.W., D.C. Forester, M. Lahti, & E. Lehman. 2007. Dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) nest-site selection over multiple spatial scales. Herpetologica 63(4): 441-449.
Other Publications
Lahti, M.E. 2011. Annual dwarfed short horned lizard hunt. Phrynosomatics 16(1): 8-10.
Lahti, M.E., A.G. Vandergast, Y. Matta, A.J. Bohonak, K. Davis, and M. Simovich. 2010. Data summary for the 2010 field and genetic surveys of the Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) in southern California. U.S. Geological Survey Data Summary prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad, CA. 47pp.
Lahti, M.E. 2010. Morphology, genetics, and natural-history of dwarfed short-horned lizards (Phrynosoma hernandesi) in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. Phrynosomatics.
Book Chapters
Lahti, M.E. Greater-Short Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi). In: Lizards of Arizona. Ed. A.T. Holycross. ECO Publishing, Rodeo, NM. Forthcoming.
Lahti, M.E. and D.D. Beck. 2009. Pygmy Short-Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii). In: Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide. Ed. L.C. Jones and R.E. Lovich. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ. 568pp.
Lahti, M.E. and A.D. Leaché. 2009. Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus). In: Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide. Ed. L.C. Jones and R.E. Lovich. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ. 568pp.