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New since 2021                                                          

Verrelli BC, M Alberti, S Des Roches, N Harris, AP Hendry, MTJ Johnson, AM Savage, A Charmantier, KM Gotanda, L Govaert, LS Miles, LR Rivkin, KM Winchell, KI Brans, C Correa, SE Diamond, B Fitzhugh, NB Grimm, S Hughes, JM Marzluff, J Munshi- South,C Rojas, JS Santangelo, CJ Schell, JA Schweitzer, M Szulkin, MC Urban, Y Zhou, C Ziter. 2022. A global horizon scan for urban evolutionary ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 37: 1006-1019

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.012

S Des Roches, S,  JR LaFuente, HS Faulkner, JR Morgan, BS Perla, M Metler, MN Dethier, JD Toft. 2022. Shoreline armor removal can restore variability in intertidal ecosystems. Ecological Indicators. 140: 109056

doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109056

Davis, HR, S Des Roches, RA Anderson, AD Leaché 2022 Population expansion, divergence, and persistence in Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) at the northern extreme of their distributional range. Scientific Reports 12: 1-13

doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10233-9

S Des Roches, S*, RR Robinson*, MT Kinnison, EP Palkovacs 2022 The legacy of predator threat shapes prey foraging behaviourOecologia 198: 79–89

doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-05073-9

Stuble, KL, S Des Roches, A Ambrose, KC Brown, H Cooper, T Hilton, B Sinervo, LR Fox 2021 Regional networks of biological field stations to study climate changeBioScience 71: 874-882

doi: 10.1093/biosci/biab048

Des Roches, S, L Pendleton, BA Shapiro, EP Palkovacs 2021 Conserving intraspecific variation for nature's contributions to peopleNature Ecology & Evolution 5: 574–582.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01403-5

Des Roches, S, KI Brans, MR Lambert, LR Rivkin, AM Savage, CJ Schell, C Correa, L De Meester, SE Diamond, NB Grimm, NC Harris, AP Hendry, L Govaert, MTJ Johnson, J Munshi-South, EP Palkovacs, M Szulkin, MC Urban, BC Verrelli, M Alberti 2021 Socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics in cities. Evolutionary Applications: Special Issue Perspective 14: 248-267.

doi: 10.1111/eva.13065

Lambert, MR, KI Brans, S Des Roches, CM Donihue, SE Diamond 2021 Adaptive evolution in cities: progress and misconceptionsTrends in Ecology and Evolution 36: 239-257.

doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.11.002

 

2020 and earlier                                                           

 

M Alberti, EP Palkovacs, S Des Roches, L De Meester, KI Brans, L Govaert, NB Grimm, NC Harris, AP Hendry, CJ Schell, M Szulkin, J Munshi-South, MC Urban, BC Verrelli 2020 The complexity of urban eco-evolutionary dynamics. BioScience 70: 772–793.

doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa079

Schell, CJ, K Dyson, TL Fuentes, S Des Roches, NC Harris, DS Miller, CA Woefle-Erskine, MR Lambert 2020 The ecological and evolutionary consequences of systemic racism in urban environments. Science 369: eaay4497

doi: 10.1126/science.aay4497

Wasserman, BA, A Paccard, TM Apgar, S Des Roches, RDH Barrett, AP Hendry, EP Palkovacs 2020 Ecosystem size shapes antipredator trait evolution in estuarine threespine stickleback Oikos 129: 1795-1806.

doi: 10.1111/oik.07482

Des Roches, S, MA Bell, EP Palkovacs. 2020 Climate-driven habitat

change causes evolution in Threespine Stickleback. Global Change

Biology 26: 597-606.

doi: 10.1111/gcb.14892

Des Roches, S, DM Post, NE Turley, JK Bailey, AP Hendry, MT

Kinnison, JA Schweitzer, EP Palkovacs 2018 The ecological importance

of intraspecific variation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 57–64.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0402-5

Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution 2nd Anniversary Collection


Des Roches, S, R Sollmann, K Calhoun**, A Rothstein, EB Rosenblum

2017 Survival by genotype: patterns at Mc1r are not black and white

at theWhite Sands ecotone Molecular Ecology. 26: 320-9. 

doi: 10.1111/mec/13894

Des Roches, S, LJ Harmon, EB Rosenblum 2016 Colonisation of a novel

depauperate habitat leads to trophic niche shifts in three desert lizard species Oikos. 125: 343-53. 

doi: 10.1111/oik.02493

Refsnider, JM, S Des Roches, EB Rosenblum 2015 Evidence for ecological release at multiple spatial scales in Sceloporus cowlesi Oikos 124: 1624-1631. 

doi: 10.1111/oik.02406

Des Roches, S, MS Brinkmeyer**, LJ Harmon, EB Rosenblum 2015 Ecological release and directional change in White Sands lizard trophic eco-morphology Evolutionary Ecology 29: 1-16. 

doi: 10.1007/s10682-014-9740-9

Des Roches, S, TW Morgan**, J Torresdal**, LJ Harmon, EB Rosenblum 2014 Beyond black and white: divergent behaviour and performance in three rapidly evolving lizard species at White Sands Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 111: 169-182. 

doi: 10.1111/bij.12165

Des Roches, S, JB Shurin, D Schluter, LJ Harmon 2013 Ecological and evolutionary effects of stickleback on community structure. PLoS ONE. 8: e59644. 

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059644


Rosenblum, EB, JW Brown, S Des Roches, J Eastman, K Hardwick, T Hether, M Pennell, BAJ Sarver, LJ Harmon 2012 Goldilocks meets Santa Rosalia: an ephemeral speciation model explains patterns of diversification across timescales. Evolutionary Biology. 39: 255-261. 

doi: 10.1007/s11692-012-9171-x

Des Roches, S, JM Robertson, LJ Harmon EB Rosenblum 2011 Ecological release in White Sands lizards. Ecology

and Evolution. 1: 571-578. 

doi: 10.1002/ece3.50


Yoder, JB, S Des Roches, JM Eastman, L Gentry, WKW Godsoe, T Hagey, D Jochimsen, BP Oswald, JM Robertson, BAJ   Sarver, JJ Schenk, SF Spear, LJ Harmon 2010 Ecological opportunity and the origin of adaptive radiations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23: 1581-1596. 

doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02029.x 


Harmon, LJ*, B Matthews*, S Des Roches**, J Chase, J Shurin, D Schluter 2009 Evolutionary diversification in stickleback affects ecosystem functioning. Nature. 458: 1167-1170. 

doi: 10.1038/nature07974


*authors contributed equally; **undergraduate authors

Cover of Oikos journal with lesser earless lizard eating an insect on white sand
watercolour image of a lesser earless lizard
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