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Professor Lesley Lancaster

Professor Lesley Lancaster
Professor Lesley Lancaster
Professor Lesley Lancaster

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Accepting PhDs

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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

Ecology Research Cluster Lead

SBS Executive Committee

Academic Senator

SBS AthenaSWAN self-assessment team

External Memberships

Senior editor, Journal of Animal Ecology

Member of British Ecological Society and European Society for Evolutionary Biology

Research

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.

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Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Accepting PhDs
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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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  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Dornelas, M., Antão, L. H., Moyes, F., Bates, A. E., Magurran, A. E., Adam, D., Akhmetzhanova, A. A., Appeltans, W., Arcos, J. M., Arnold, H., Ayyappan, N., Badihi, G., Baird, A. H., Barbosa, M., Barreto, T. E., Bässler, C., Bellgrove, A., Belmaker, J., Benedetti-Cecchi, L., Bett, B. J., Bjorkman, A. D., Błażewicz, M., Blowes, S. A., Bloch, C. P., Bonebrake, T. C., Boyd, S., Bradford, M., Brooks, A. J., Brown, J. H., Bruelheide, H., Budy, P., Carvalho, F., Castañeda-Moya, E., Chen, C. A., Chamblee, J. F., Chase, T. J., Siegwart Collier, L., Collinge, S. K., Condit, R., Cooper, E. J., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Cotano, U., Crow, S. K., Damasceno, G., Davies, C. H., Davis, R. A., Day, F. P., Degraer, S., Doherty, T. S., Dunn, T. E., Durigan, G., Duffy, J. E., Edelist, D., Edgar, G. J., Elahi, R., Elmendorf, S. C., Enemar, A., Ernest, S. K. M., Escribano, R., Estiarte, M., Evans, B. S., Fan, T., Farah, F. T., Fernandes, L. L., Farneda, F. Z., Fidelis, A., Fitt, R., Fosaa, A. M., Daher Correa Franco, G. A., Frank, G. E., Fraser, W. R., García, H., Gatti, R. C., Givan, O., Gorgone-Barbosa, E., Gould, W. A., Gries, C., Grossman, G. D., Gutierréz, J. R., Hale, S., Harmon, M. E., Harte, J., Haskins, G., Henshaw, D. L., Hermanutz, L., Hidalgo, P., Higuchi, P., Hoey, A., Van Hoey, G., Hofgaard, A., Holeck, K., Hollister, R. D., Holmes, R., Hoogenboom, M., Hsieh, C., Hubbell, S. P., Huettmann, F., Huffard, C. L., Hurlbert, A. H., Macedo Ivanauskas, N., Janík, D., Jandt, U., Jażdżewska, A., Johannessen, T., Johnstone, J., Jones, J., Jones, F. A. M., Kang, J., Kartawijaya, T., Keeley, E. C., Kelt, D. A., Kinnear, R., Klanderud, K., Knutsen, H., Koenig, C. C., Kortz, A. R., Král, K., Kuhnz, L. A., Kuo, C., Kushner, D. J., Laguionie-Marchais, C., Lancaster, L. T., Lee, C. M., Lefcheck, J. S., Lévesque, E., Lightfoot, D., Lloret, F., Lloyd, J. D., López-Baucells, A., Louzao, M., Madin, J. S., Magnússon, B., Malamud, S., Matthews, I., McFarland, K. P., McGill, B., McKnight, D., McLarney, W. O., Meador, J., Meserve, P. L., Metcalfe, D. J., Meyer, C. F. J., Michelsen, A., Milchakova, N., Moens, T., Moland, E., Moore, J., Mathias Moreira, C., Müller, J., Murphy, G., Myers-Smith, I. H., Myster, R. W., Naumov, A., Neat, F., Nelson, J. A., Nelson, M. P., Newton, S. F., Norden, N., Oliver, J. C., Olsen, E. M., Onipchenko, V. G., Pabis, K., Pabst, R. J., Paquette, A., Pardede, S., Paterson, D. M., Pélissier, R., Peñuelas, J., Pérez-Matus, A., Pizarro, O., Pomati, F., Post, E., Prins, H. H. T., Priscu, J. C., Provoost, P., Prudic, K. L., Pulliainen, E., Ramesh, B. R., Mendivil Ramos, O., Rassweiler, A., Rebelo, J. E., Reed, D. C., Reich, P. B., Remillard, S. M., Richardson, A. J., Richardson, J. P., van Rijn, I., Rocha, R., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Rixen, C., Robinson, K. P., Ribeiro Rodrigues, R., de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres, D., Rudstam, L., Ruhl, H., Ruz, C. S., Sampaio, E. M., Rybicki, N., Rypel, A., Sal, S., Salgado, B., Santos, F. A. M., Savassi-Coutinho, A. P., Scanga, S., Schmidt, J., Schooley, R., Setiawan, F., Shao, K., Shaver, G. R., Sherman, S., Sherry, T. W., Siciński, J., Sievers, C., da Silva, A. C., Rodrigues da Silva, F., Silveira, F. L., Slingsby, J., Smart, T., Snell, S. J., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Souza, G. B. G., Souza, F. M., Castro Souza, V., Stallings, C. D., Stanforth, R., Stanley, E. H., Mauro Sterza, J., Stevens, M., Stuart-Smith, R., Rondon Suarez, Y., Supp, S., Yoshio Tamashiro, J., Tarigan, S., Thiede, G. P., Thorn, S., Tolvanen, A., Teresa Zugliani Toniato, M., Totland, ?., Twilley, R. R., Vaitkus, G., Valdivia, N., Vallejo, M. I., Valone, T. J., Van Colen, C., Vanaverbeke, J., Venturoli, F., Verheye, H. M., Vianna, M., Vieira, R. P., Vrška, T., Quang Vu, C., Van Vu, L., Waide, R. B., Waldock, C., Watts, D., Webb, S., Wesołowski, T., White, E. P., Widdicombe, C. E., Wilgers, D., Williams, R., Williams, S. B., Williamson, M., Willig, M. R., Willis, T. J., Wipf, S., Woods, K. D., Woehler, E. J., Zawada, K., Zettler, M. L.
    Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 760-786
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Odonata assemblages along an anthropogenic disturbance gradient in Ghana’s Eastern Region

    Seidu, I., Nsor, C. A., Danquah, E., Lancaster, L.
    Odonatologica, vol. 47, no. 1/2, pp. 73-100
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Signatures of local adaptation along environmental gradients in a range-expanding damselfly (Ischnura elegans)

    Dudaniec, R. Y., Yong, C. J., Lancaster, L. T., Svensson, E. I., Hansson, B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 2576-2593
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Range shifting species reduce phylogenetic diversity in high latitude communities via competition

    Fitt, R. N., Lancaster, L. T.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 543-555
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Do group dynamics affect colour morph clines during a range shift?

    Lancaster, L. T., Dudaniec, R. Y., Hansson, B., Svensson, E. I.
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 728-737
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Odonata community structure and patterns of land use in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Region (Ghana)

    Seidu, I., Danquah, E., Nsor, C. A., Kwarteng, D. A., Lancaster, L. T.
    International Journal of Odonatology, vol. 20, no. 3-4, pp. 173-189
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Warp-speed adaptation to novel hosts after 300 generations of enforced dietary specialisation in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)

    Price, T., Leonard, A., Lancaster, L. T.
    European Journal of Entomology, vol. 114, pp. 257-266
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Life history trade-offs, the intensity of competition, and coexistence in novel and evolving communities under climate change

    Lancaster, L. T., Morrison, G., Fitt, R. N.
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 372, no. 1712, 20160046
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Widespread range expansions shape latitudinal variation in insect thermal limits

    Lancaster, L. T.
    Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, pp. 618-621
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Gene expression under thermal stress varies across a geographical range expansion front

    Lancaster, L. T., Dudaniec, R. Y., Chauhan, P., Wellenreuther, M., Svensson, E. I., Hansson, B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 1141-1156
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Latitudinal shift in thermal niche breadth results from thermal release during a climate-mediated range expansion

    Lancaster, L. T., Dudaniec, R. Y., Hansson, B., Svensson, E. I.
    Journal of Biogeography, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 1953-1963
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Maternal and genetic effects on escape: a prospective review

    Lancaster, L. T.
    Escaping From Predators: An Integrative View of Escape Decisions. Cooper, W. E., Blumstein, D. T. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 343-359, 17 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Frequency-dependent and correlational selection pressures have conflicting consequences for assortative mating in a color-polymorphic lizard, Uta stansburiana

    Lancaster, L. T., McAdam, A. G., Hipsley, C. A., Sinervo, B. R.
    The American Naturalist, vol. 184, no. 2, pp. 188-197
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Origin and diversification of the California flora: re-examining classic hypotheses with molecular phylogenies

    Lancaster, L. T., Kay, K. M.
    Evolution, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 1041-54
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Rapid formation of reproductive isolation between two populations of side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana

    Corl, A., Lancaster, L. T., Sinervo, B.
    Copeia, no. 4, pp. 593-602
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sensitivity of Spring Phenology to Warming Across Temporal and Spatial Climate Gradients in Two Independent Databases

    Cook, B., Wolkovich, E., Davies, T., Ault, T., Betancourt, J., Allen, J. M., Bolmgren, K., Cleland, E., Crimmins, T., Kraft, N., Lancaster, L., Mazer, S., McCabe, G., McGill, B., Parmesan, C., Pau, S., Regetz, J., Salamin, N., Schwartz, M., Travers, S.
    Ecosystems, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 1283-1294
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification

    Goldberg, E. E., Lancaster, L. T., Ree, R. H.
    Systematic Biology, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 451-465
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Epistatic social and endocrine networks and the evolution of life history trade-offs and plasticity

    Lancaster, L.
    Mechanisms of Life History Evolution: The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs. OXFORD UNIV PRESS
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Molecular evolutionary rates predict both extinction and speciation in temperate angiosperm lineages

    Lancaster, L. T.
    BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 10, 162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Maternal adjustment of egg size organizes alternative escape behaviors, promoting adaptive phenotypic integration

    Lancaster, L., McAdam, A., Sinervo, B.
    Evolution, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 1607-1621
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Female choice for optimal combinations of multiple male display traits increases offspring survival

    Lancaster, L. T., Hipsley, C. A., Sinervo, B.
    Behavioral Ecology, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 993-999
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The role of pleiotropy vs signaller-receiver gene epistasis in life history trade-offs: Dissecting the genomic architecture of organismal design in social systems

    Sinervo, B., Clobert, J., Miles, D. B., McAdam, A., Lancaster, L. T.
    Heredity, vol. 101, no. 3, pp. 197-211
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Corticosterone manipulation reveals differences in hierarchical organization of multidimensional reproductive trade-offs in r-strategist and K-strategist females

    Lancaster, L., Hazard, L., Clobert, J., Sinervo, B.
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 556-565
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Gonadotropin hormone modulation of testosterone, immune function, performance, and behavioral trade-offs among male morphs of the lizard Uta stansburiana

    Mills, S., Hazard, L., Lancaster, L., Mappes, T., Miles, D., Oksanen, T., Sinervo, B.
    The American Naturalist, vol. 171, no. 3, pp. 339-357
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adaptive social and maternal induction of antipredator dorsal patterns in a lizard with alternative social strategies

    Lancaster, L. T., McAdam, A. G., Wingfield, J. C., Sinervo, B. R.
    Ecology Letters, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 798-808
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Self-recognition, color signals, and cycles of greenbeard mutualism and altruism

    Sinervo, B., Chaine, A., Clobert, J., Calsbeek, R., Hazard, L., Lancaster, L., McAdam, A., Alonzo, S., Corrigan, G., Hochberg, M.
    PNAS, vol. 103, no. 19, pp. 7372-7377
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Functions and consequences of play behaviour in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels

    Nunes, S., Muecke, E., Lancaster, L., Miller, N., Mueller, M., Muelhaus, J., Castro, L.
    Animal Behaviour, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 27-37
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Play behavior and motor development in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi)

    Nunes, S., Muecke, E., Sanchez, Z., Hoffmeier, R., Lancaster, L.
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 97-105
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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