Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- lesleylancaster@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274551
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
PhD, University of California Santa Cruz, 2008. Dissertation title: Maternal Effects as Adaptations for Organizing Alternative Social and Antipredator Strategies.
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Ecological Ananlysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), 2009-2012. Project title: Macroevolutionary causes of regional and habitat-based biodiversity gradients.
Postdoctoral associate, Lund University, 2012-2013. Project title: Adaptation at range limits in Ischnura elegans.
Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, 2013-
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Ecology Research Cluster Lead
SBS Executive Committee
Academic Senator
SBS AthenaSWAN self-assessment team
- External Memberships
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Senior editor, Journal of Animal Ecology
Member of British Ecological Society and European Society for Evolutionary Biology
- Research
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Research Overview
My research focuses on evolution under climate change, and evolutionary processes associated with geographic range limits. I am interested in how social and behavioral factors interact with changing ecological conditions to faciliate or hinder evolutionary change and macroevolutionary processes associated with geographic range shifts and habitat shifts.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Current Research
Recent work focuses on biogeography, niche evolution, and population- and community-level processes associated with climate change and invasions. My current study systems include Scottish damselflies (Odonata), experimental evolution in seed beetles (Callosobruchus maculatus), and synthesis of global data.
- Publications
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Tracking Small Animals in Complex Landscapes: A Comparison of Localisation Workflows for Automated Radio Telemetry Systems
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 14, no. 10, e70405Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAccounting for extinction dynamics unifies the geological and biological histories of Indo-Australian Archipelago
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 291, no. 2031, 20240966Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNiche breadth specialisation impacts ecological and evolutionary adaptation following environmental change
The ISME JournalContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae183
Heatwaves during early development have long-term consequences for parental care in adulthood
Animal Behaviour, vol. 217, pp. 65-72Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGAM4water: An R-based method for extracting wetted areas from remote sensed images
MethodsX, vol. 13, 102955Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGeneralism accumulates on the path to success
Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 8, pp. 1569–1570Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDisentangling evolutionary, geometric and ecological components of the elevational gradient of diversity
Evolution LettersContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrae048
Determining Critical Periods for Thermal Acclimatisation Using a Distributed Lag Non-linear Modelling Approach
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. e11451Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMechanisms, detection and impacts of species redistributions under climate change
Nature Reviews Earth & EnvironmentContributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00527-z
- [ONLINE] https://rdcu.be/dE753
Bringing traits back in the equation: A roadmap to understand species redistribution
Global Change Biology, vol. 30, no. 4, e17271Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17271
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23234/1/Comte_etal_GCB_Bringing_Traits_Back_AAM.pdf
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Biotic interactions in soil and dung shape parasite transmission in temperate ruminant systems: An integrative framework
Ecological Applications, vol. 34, no. 3, e2956Contributions to Journals: Review articlesAn open-source method for producing reliable water temperature maps for ecological applications using non-radiometric sensors
Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment , vol. 34, 101184Contributions to Journals: ArticlesJournal of Animal Ecology in 2023: Looking back and looking forward
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 370-372Contributions to Journals: EditorialsA systematic map of studies testing the relationship between temperature and animal reproduction
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, vol. 5, no. 1, e12303Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCitizen science data reveal altitudinal movement and seasonal ecosystem use by hummingbirds in the Andes Mountains
Ecography, vol. 2024, no. 3, e06735Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPlasticity and associated epigenetic mechanisms play a role in thermal evolution during range expansion
Evolution Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 76-88Contributions to Journals: LettersThe evolution of plasticity at geographic range edges
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 38, no. 9, pp. 831-842Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExperimental evolution of dispersal: unifying theory, experiments and natural systems
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 92, no. 6, pp. 1113-1123Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact of Phylogenetic Tree Completeness and Misspecification of Sampling Fractions on Trait Dependent Diversification Models
Systematic Biology, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 106-119Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPriorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science
Ecosphere, vol. 14, no. 1, e4342Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe consequences of tree disease and pre-emptive felling on functional and genetic connectivity for woodland invertebrates
Ecological Informatics, vol. 72, 101820Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTime counts in animal ecology
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 91, no. 11, pp. 2154-2157Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13821
Safeguarding imperiled biodiversity and evolutionary processes in the Wallacea center of endemism
BioScience, vol. 72, no. 11, pp. 1118-1130Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe missing link in biogeographic reconstruction: Accounting for lineage extinction rewrites history
Journal of Biogeography, vol. 49, no. 11, pp. 1941-1951Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGetting lost in the matrix? On how the characteristics and arrangement of linear landscape elements influence ecological connectivity
Landscape Ecology, vol. 37, pp. 2503–2517Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvolution of resource generalism via generalized stress response confers increased reproductive thermal tolerance in a pest beetle
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 137, no. 2, pp. 374–386Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe importance of eco-evolutionary dynamics for predicting and managing insect range shifts
Current Opinion in Insect Science, vol. 52, 100939Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPopulation demography maintains biogeographic boundaries
Ecology Letters, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 1905-1913Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFauxcurrence: simulating multi-species occurrences for null models in species distribution modelling and biogeography
Ecography, vol. 2022, no. 7, e05880Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNatural and Dammed Rivers: Which is Better for Salmon’s Summer?
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521711920221753
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Understanding climate change response in the age of genomics
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 91, no. 6, pp. 1056-1063Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13711
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Derive Accurate Water Thermal Maps from UAV-Mounted Thermal Camera for Ecological Application
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521711920221751
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Latitudinal clines in sexual selection, sexual size dimorphism, and sex-specific genetic dispersal during a poleward range expansion
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 91, no. 6, pp. 1104-1118Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOn the macroecological significance of eco-evolutionary dynamics: the range shift-niche breadth hypothesis
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 377, no. 1846, 20210013Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0013
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In Memoriam: Barry Sinervo 1961-2021
Evolution, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 385-390Contributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesJournal journeys: Building on our reputation in animal ecology with new ways to publish
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 90, no. 12, pp. 2724-2725Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13622
Wolbachia-driven selective sweep in a range expanding insect species
Bmc ecology and evolution, vol. 21, 181Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAncient geological dynamics impact neutral biodiversity accumulation and are detectable in phylogenetic reconstructions
Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1633–1642Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReply to Perez et al.: Experimental duration unlikely to bias global variation in plant thermal tolerances
PNAS, vol. 118, no. 30, e2102037118Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102037118
Dispersal Evolution in Currents: spatial sorting promotes philopatry in upstream patches
Ecography, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 231-242Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEpigenetic responses to temperature and climate change
Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 1469-1480Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHost use diversification during range shifts shapes global variation in Lepidopteran dietary breadth
Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 963-969Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://rdcu.be/b4ff4
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1199-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15374/1/Lancaster_NEE_HostUseDiversification_AAM.pdf
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Global variation in the thermal tolerances of plants
PNAS, vol. 117, no. 24, pp. 13580-13587Contributions to Journals: ArticlesQuantifying the differences in avian attack rates on reptiles between an infrastructure and a control site
European Journal of Wildlife Research, vol. 66, 54Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMaladaptive plasticity facilitates evolution of thermal tolerance during an experimental range shift
BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 20, 47Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA new Editor team
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 4-5Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13165
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Temperature drives pre-reproductive selection and shapes the biogeography of a female polymorphism
Ecology Letters, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 149-159Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIncreased duration of extreme thermal events negatively affects cold acclimation ability in a high-latitude, freshwater ectotherm (Ischnura elegans; Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
European Journal of Entomology, vol. 117, pp. 93-100Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvolving social dynamics prime thermal tolerance during a poleward range shift
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 126, no. 3, pp. 574-586Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly197
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13547/1/Wood_et_al_2019_for_PURE.pdf
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Towards an interactive, process-based approach to understanding range shifts: developmental and environmental dependencies matter
Ecography, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 201-210Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene
Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 760-786Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOdonata assemblages along an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in Ghana’s Eastern Region
Odonatologica, vol. 47, no. 1/2, pp. 73-100Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1239947
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10540/1/Seidu_et_al.pdf
Signatures of local adaptation along environmental gradients in a range-expanding damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
Molecular Ecology, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 2576-2593Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRange shifting species reduce phylogenetic diversity in high latitude communities via competition
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 543-555Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12655
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10299/1/Fitt_Lancaster_JAE_1_.pdf
Do group dynamics affect colour morph clines during a range shift?
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 728-737Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOdonata community structure and patterns of land use in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Region (Ghana)
International Journal of Odonatology, vol. 20, no. 3-4, pp. 173-189Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2017.1369179
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11214/1/Issah_et_al_2017.pdf
Warp-speed adaptation to novel hosts after 300 generations of enforced dietary specialisation in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)
European Journal of Entomology, vol. 114, pp. 257-266Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLife history trade-offs, the intensity of competition, and coexistence in novel and evolving communities under climate change
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 372, no. 1712, 20160046Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWidespread range expansions shape latitudinal variation in insect thermal limits
Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, pp. 618-621Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2945
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7815/1/6615_5_merged_1452870115.pdf
Gene expression under thermal stress varies across a geographical range expansion front
Molecular Ecology, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 1141-1156Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLatitudinal shift in thermal niche breadth results from thermal release during a climate-mediated range expansion
Journal of Biogeography, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 1953-1963Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12553
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7544/3/JBI_14_0629.R2_edits.doc
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7544/2/JBI_14_0629.S1_edits.doc.docx
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7544/1/JBI_14_0629.S2_edits.doc
Maternal and genetic effects on escape: a prospective review
Escaping From Predators: An Integrative View of Escape Decisions. Cooper, W. E., Blumstein, D. T. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 343-359, 17 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107447189.015
Frequency-dependent and correlational selection pressures have conflicting consequences for assortative mating in a color-polymorphic lizard, Uta stansburiana
The American Naturalist, vol. 184, no. 2, pp. 188-197Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/676645
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4737/1/676645.pdf
Origin and diversification of the California flora: re-examining classic hypotheses with molecular phylogenies
Evolution, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 1041-54Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12016
Rapid formation of reproductive isolation between two populations of side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana
Copeia, no. 4, pp. 593-602Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1643/CH-11-166
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Sensitivity of Spring Phenology to Warming Across Temporal and Spatial Climate Gradients in Two Independent Databases
Ecosystems, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 1283-1294Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPhylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification
Systematic Biology, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 451-465Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr046
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Epistatic social and endocrine networks and the evolution of life history trade-offs and plasticity
Mechanisms of Life History Evolution: The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs. OXFORD UNIV PRESSChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMolecular evolutionary rates predict both extinction and speciation in temperate angiosperm lineages
BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 10, 162Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-162
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3914/1/Molecular_evolutionary_rates.pdf
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Maternal adjustment of egg size organizes alternative escape behaviors, promoting adaptive phenotypic integration
Evolution, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 1607-1621Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00941.x
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Female choice for optimal combinations of multiple male display traits increases offspring survival
Behavioral Ecology, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 993-999Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp088
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The role of pleiotropy vs signaller-receiver gene epistasis in life history trade-offs: Dissecting the genomic architecture of organismal design in social systems
Heredity, vol. 101, no. 3, pp. 197-211Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2008.64
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Corticosterone manipulation reveals differences in hierarchical organization of multidimensional reproductive trade-offs in r-strategist and K-strategist females
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 556-565Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01478.x
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Gonadotropin hormone modulation of testosterone, immune function, performance, and behavioral trade-offs among male morphs of the lizard Uta stansburiana
The American Naturalist, vol. 171, no. 3, pp. 339-357Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAdaptive social and maternal induction of antipredator dorsal patterns in a lizard with alternative social strategies
Ecology Letters, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 798-808Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01069.x
Self-recognition, color signals, and cycles of greenbeard mutualism and altruism
PNAS, vol. 103, no. 19, pp. 7372-7377Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFunctions and consequences of play behaviour in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels
Animal Behaviour, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 27-37Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPlay behavior and motor development in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 97-105Contributions to Journals: Articles