My research spans deep geological, prehistoric, recent historical, and modern times, focusing on the behavior, evolution and geochemistry of vertebrate and invertebrate organisms. The unifying tool in my research is stable isotope biogeochemistry, which I use to address questions about past climate, environment, and ecology.
PhD, Earth Sciences; University of California Santa Cruz (2014); MS, Earth Sciences; University of California Santa Cruz (2010); BA, Geology; Carleton College (2006)
Publications
Marshall, F., Reid, R.E.B., Goldstein, S., Storozum, M., Wreschnig, A., Kiura, P., Shahack-Gross, R., and S.H. Ambrose, 2018, Ancient herders created nutrient hotspots that increase African savanna biodiversity, Nature. 10.1038/s41586-018-0456-9 . Abstract.
Reid, R.E.B., Gifford-Gonzalez, D. and P.L. Koch, 2018, Coyote (Canis latrans) use of marine resources in coastal California: a new behavior relative to their recent ancestors, The Holocene. 10.1177/0959683618788714. Abstract.
Reid, R.E.B., *Lalk, E., Marshall, F., and X. Liu, 2018, Carbon and nitrogen isotope variability in modern and historical African millets, Pennisetum glaucum and Eleusine coracana, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 10.1002/rcm.8217. Abstract.
Reid, R.E.B. and P.L. Koch, 2017, Isotopic ecology of coyotes from scat and road kill carcasses: A complementary approach to feeding experiments. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0174897. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174897. PDF.
Liu, X., Reid, R.E.B., Lightfoot, E., Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, G., and MK Jones, 2016, Radical change and dietary conservatism: Mixing model estimates of human diets along the Inner Asia and China’s mountain corridors, The Holocene, 1-10. PDF.
Reid, R.E.B. 2015, A morphometric modeling approach to distinguishing among bobcat, coyote and gray fox scats, Wildlife Biology 21(5): 254-263. PDF.
Janzen, A., Reid, R.E.B., Vasquez, A., and D. Gifford-Gonzalez, 2014, Smaller fragment size facilitates energy-efficient bone grease production, Journal of Archaeological Science 49: 518-523. Abstract.
Reid, R.E.B., *Greenwald, E.N., Wang, Y. and C.C. Wilmers, 2013. Dietary niche partitioning by sympatric Peromyscus boylii and P. californicus in mixed evergreen forest. Journal of Mammalogy 94(6): 1248-1257. PDF.
Gifford-Gonzalez, D., Boone, C.M. and R.E.B. Reid, 2013, The fauna from Quiroste: Insights into indigenous foodways, culture, and land modification, California Archaeology 5(2): 291-317. PDF.
Lightfoot, K.G., Cuthrell, R.Q., Boone, C.M., Byrne, R., Chavez, A.S., Collins, L., Cowart, A., Evett, R.R., Fine, P.V.A., Gifford-Gonzalez, D., Hylkema, M.G., Lopez, V., Misiewicz, T.M., and R.E.B. Reid, 2013, Anthropogenic burning on the central California coast in late Holocene and early historical times: Findings, implications, and future directions, California Archaeology 5(2): 371-390. PDF.
Brown, R.E., Anderson, L.D., Thomas, E. and J.C. Zachos, 2011, A core-top calibration of the benthic foraminiferal B/Ca proxy for Nuttallides umbonifera: Facilitating paleoceanographic reconstructions ofdeep water carbonate saturation, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 310(3-4): 360-368. Abstract.
Brown, R.E., Koeberl, C., Montanari, A. and D.M. Bice, 2009, Evidence for masked Milankovitch forcing at Massignano, Italy, Eocene-Oligocene boundary GSSP, in Koeberl, C., and Montanari, A., eds., The Late Eocene Earth—Hothouse, Icehouse, and Impacts: Geological Society of America Special Paper 452, ch. 8. Abstract.