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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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: Articles