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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Adaptive 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