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Interactive effects of biotic and abiotic conditions on local adaptation

Principal Investigator: Jill Anderson
Status: active
Field: Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas: Climate change; Genetics; Phenology; Plant biology; Species Interactions
Items: 102 (84 publications, 14 datasets, 4 documents)

Publications (84)

Thesis

Organization of a plant-pollinator community in a seasonal environment

1984
Thesis

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

2023
Thesis

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring

2023
Article

Adaptation and gene flow are insufficient to rescue a montane plant under climate change

2025ScienceDOI: 10.1126/science.adr1010
Article

Elevated [CO2] and temperature augment gas exchange and shift the fitness landscape in a montane forb

2024New PhytologistDOI: 10.1111/nph.19765
Article

Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

2022Arctic ScienceDOI: 10.1139/as-2020-0058
Article

Climate change disrupts local adaptation and favours upslope migration

2020Ecology Letters
Article

Resource availability alters fitness trade-offs: implications for evolution in stressful environments

2020American Journal of BotanyDOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1417
Article

Climate change shifts natural selection and the adaptive potential of the perennial forb <i>Bochera stricta</i> in the Rocky Mountians

2019EvolutionDOI: 10.1111/evo.13854
Article

Ecological causes and consequences of flower color polymorphism in a self pollinating plant (<i>Boechera stricta</i>)

2018New Phytologist
Article

Transgenerational and within-generation plasticity in response to climate change: insights from a manipulative field experiment across an elevational gradient

2018Am. Nat.DOI: 10.1086/700097
Article

Identifying targets and agents of selection: Innovative methods to evaluate the processes that contribute to local adaptation

2017Method in Ecology and EvolutionDOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12777
Article

Genetic tradeoffs and conditional neutrality contribute to local adaptation

2013Molecular Ecology
Article

Phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution contribute to advancing flowering phenology in response to climate change

2012Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological SciencesDOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1051
Article

Lesquerella vicina (Brassicaceae), a New Species from the Uncompahgre River Valley in Western Colorado

1997NovonDOI: 10.2307/3392064
Thesis

Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography

2023
Article

Increased temperature and CO2 induce plasticity and impose novel selection on plant traits

2025Integrative and Comparative BiologyDOI: 10.1093/icb/icaf028
Article

Seasonal controls on microbial depolymerization and oxidation of organic matter in floodplain soils

2024Environmental Science & TechnologyDOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c05109
Article

Molecular nature of mineral-organic associations within redox-active mountainous floodplain sediments

2023ACS Earth and Space ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00037
Thesis

Mineral and metabolic constraints on carbon cycling within and export from mountainous floodplain soils

2023DOI: 10.7275/35998286
Article

Sulfur Biogeochemical Cycling and Redox Dynamics in a Shale-Dominated Mountainous Watershed

2022Journal of Geophysical Research: BiogeosciencesDOI: 10.1029/2021jg006769
Article

The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

2022American Journal of Botany
Article

Persistence and Plasticity in Conifer Water-Use Strategies

2020JGR BiogeosciencesDOI: 10.1029/2018jg004845
Article

Small spaces, big impacts: contributions of micro-environmental variation to population persistence under climate change

2020AOB PlantsDOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plaa005
Article

Shale as a Source of Organic Carbon in Floodplain Sediments of a Mountainous Watershed

2020JGR BiogeosciencesDOI: 10.1029/2019JG005419
Article

Reproductive losses due to climate change? Induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb

2019Journal of EcologyDOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13146
Student Paper

Mix and Match: Transplanting symbiotic fungal partners across elevational gradients to gauge responses in migrating Elymus hosts

2018
Article

Phenological shifts of native and invasive species under climate change: insights from the <i>Boechera Lythrum</i> model

2017Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Article

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

2017Evolution LettersDOI: 10.1002/evl3.3
Article

Phenological responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change: insights from a long-term observational study and a manipulative field experiment

2017DOI: 10.1101/187021
Article

Heterospecific pollen deposition in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

2016Annals of Botany
Article

Plasticity in functional traits in the context of climate change: A case study of the subalpine forb Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae)

2015Global Change Biology
Article

Microgeographic patterns of genetic divergence and adaptation across environmental gradients in <i>Boechera stricta</i>(Brassicaceae)

2015The American Naturalist
Article

Do yellow-bellied marmots perceive enhanced predation risk when they are farther from safety?: an experimental study

2015Ethology
Article

Strong selection genome-wide enhances fitness tradeoffs across environments and episodes of selection

2014Evolution
Article

The evolution of quantitative traits in complex environments

2014Heredity
Student Paper

Experimental examination of early snowmelt-induced water stress in Helianthella quinquenervis: effects on demographic vital rates

2014
Article

Evolutionary and ecological responses to anthropogenic climate change

2012Plant PhysiologyDOI: 10.1104/pp.112.206219
Article

A gain of function polymorphism controlling complex traits and fitness in nature

2012Science
Article

Evolutionary genetics of plant adaptation

2011Trends in GeneticsDOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.04.001
Article

Life history QTLs and natural selection on flowering time in <i></i>Boechera stricta<i></i>, a perennial relative of <i></i>Arabidopsis<i></i>

2011Evolution
Student Paper

Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

2010
Article

Shifts in lake N:P stoichiometry and nutrient limitation driven by atmospheric nitrogen deposition

2009ScienceDOI: 10.1126/science.1176199
Thesis

Tinajas of southern Utah: reproductive strategies and the habitat template

2002
Article

Delayed egg hatching and semivoltinism in the nearctic stonefly <i>Megarcys signata</i> (Plecoptera:Perlodidae)

1999Aquatic Insects
Student Paper

The effects of variable nutrient environments on protein concentrations in male accessory glands in <i>Speyeria mormonia</i>

1999
Article

Effects of size at metamorphosis on stonefly fecundity, longevity, and reproductive success

1998OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/s004420050473
Article

Estimates of mayfly mortality: is stonefly predation a significant source?

1995OikosDOI: 10.2307/3545662
Article

Consequences and plasticity of the specialized predatory behavior of stream-dwelling stonefly larvae

1994EcologyDOI: 10.2307/1939392
Article

Sublethal consequences of stream-dwelling predatory stoneflies on mayfly growth and fecundity

1993EcologyDOI: 10.2307/1939941

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Datasets (14)

Dataset

Data for Context-dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients, 2014, 2016, Colorado, USA

2020DOI: 10.6073/pasta/953d0af267ddb6a0ddb970bff3218a61
Dataset

Data from: Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict alpine plant community dynamics

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.33410
Dataset

Data from: Microgeographic patterns of genetic divergence and adaptation across environmental gradients in Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae)

2015DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6pk5d
Dataset

Data from: Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

2023DOI: 10.6078/D1342B
Dataset

Data for: Increasing aridity may threaten the maintenance of a plant defense polymorphism

2025DOI: 10.5061/dryad.18931zd4s
Dataset

Data from: Strong selection genome-wide enhances fitness trade-offs across environments and episodes of selection

2013DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rp3pc
Dataset

Data from: Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.tr05q
Dataset

natural_populations_plot

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q0032/2
Dataset

natural_populations_individual

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q0032/1
Dataset

Ecological causes and consequences of flower color polymorphism in a self-pollinating plant (Boechera stricta)

2021DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q0032
Dataset

Data from: Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

2022DOI: 10.7280/D1D99J
Dataset

Data from: Climate change shifts natural selection and the adaptive potential of the perennial forb Boechera stricta in the Rocky Mountains

2019DOI: 10.5061/dryad.0p67v8g
Dataset

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane, and alpine plant communities

2021DOI: 10.6078/D1NQ59
Dataset

Data from: Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

2019DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j6kn128