Publications
updated 10-2-16.
Lancaster, L.T. (2016) Widespread, ongoing range expansions shape latitudinal variation in insect thermal limits. Nature Climate Change. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2945.
Lancaster, L.T., Dudaniec, R.Y., Chauhan, P., Wellenreuther, M., Svensson, E., & Hansson, B. (2016) Gene expression under thermal stress varies across a geographic range expansion front. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13548.
Lancaster, L.T., Dudaniec, R.Y., Hansson, B., and Svensson, E.I. (in press) Latitudinal shift in thermal niche breadth results from thermal release during a climate-mediated range expansion. J. Biogeography.
Lancaster, L.T. (2015) Maternal and genetic effects on escape: a prospective review. In: Escaping from predators: An integrative view of escape decisions. Cooper, W. and Blumstein, D., eds. Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
Lancaster, L.T., McAdam, A.G., Hipsley, C.A., & Sinervo, B.R. (2014) Frequency-dependent and correlational selection pressures have conflicting consequences for assortative mating in a color-polymorphic lizard, Uta stansburiana. American Naturalist 184: 188-197.
Lancaster, L.T. & Kay, K.M. (2013) Origin and Diversification of the California Flora: Re- examining classic hypotheses with molecular phylogenies. Evolution 67: 1041-1054.
Cook, B.I., Wolkovich, E.M., Davies, T.J., Ault, T.R., Allen, J.M., Betancourt, J.L., Bolmgren, K., Cleland, E.E., Crimmins, T.M., Kraft, N.J.B., Lancaster, L.T., Mazer, S.J., McGill, B.J., McCabe, G.J., Parmesan, C., Pau, S., Regetz, J., Salamin, N., Schwartz, M.D., Travers, S.E. (2012) Sensitivity of spring phenology to temperature and precipitation cues in natural communities and observational networks. Ecosystems 15: 1283-1294.
Corl, A., Lancaster, L.T., & Sinervo, B. (2012) Rapid formation of reproductive isolation between two populations of side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana. Copeia 2012: 593-602. -Winner, “Best Paper Young Scholar, Herpetology” for 2012, by the Copeia editorial board.
Goldberg, E.E. Lancaster, L.T., & Ree, R.H. (2011) Phylogenetic Inference of Reciprocal Effects between Geographic Range Evolution and Diversification. Systematic Biology 60:451-465.
Lancaster, L.T. & Sinervo, B. (2011) Epistatic social and endocrine networks and the evolution of life history trade-offs and plasticity. In: Molecular Mechanisms of Life history Evolution: The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs. Flatt, T. & Heyland, A., eds. Oxford: Oxford U.P. 329-348.
Lancaster, L.T. (2010) Molecular evolutionary rates predict both extinction and speciation in temperate angiosperm lineages. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:162.
Lancaster, L.T., McAdam, A.G., & Sinervo, B. (2010) Maternal adjustment of egg size organizes alternative escape behaviors, promoting adaptive phenotypic integration. Evolution 64: 1607-1621.
Lancaster, L.T., Hipsley, C.A., & Sinervo, B.R. (2009) Female choice for optimal combinations of multiple male display traits increases offspring survival. Behavioral Ecology 20: 993-999.
Lancaster, L.T., Hazard, L.C., Clobert, J., & Sinervo, B.R. (2008) Corticosterone manipulation reveals differences in hierarchical organization of multi-dimensional reproductive trade-offs in r-strategist and K-strategist females. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 556-565.
Sinervo, B., Clobert, J., Miles, D.B., McAdam, A., & Lancaster, L. (2008) The role of pleiotropy versus signaller-receiver gene epistasis in life history trade-offs: dissecting the genomic architecture of organismal design in social systems. Heredity 101: 197-211.
Mills, S.C., Hazard, L., Lancaster, L., Mappes, T., Miles, D., Oksanen, T.A., & Sinervo, B. (2008) Gonadotropin hormone modulation of testosterone, immune function, performance and behavioral tradeoffs among male morphs of the lizard, Uta stansburiana. American Naturalist. 171: 339-357.
Lancaster, L.T., McAdam, A.G., Wingfield, J.C., & Sinervo, B. (2007) Adaptive social and maternal induction of antipredator dorsal patterns in a lizard with alternative social strategies. Ecology Letters 10: 798-808. (Cover article)
Sinervo, B., Chaine, A., Clobert, J., Calsbeek, R., McAdam, A., Hazard, H., Lancaster, L., Alonzo, S., Corrigan, G., & M. Hochberg. (2006) Self-recognition, color signals and cycles of greenbeard mutualism and transient altruism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 102: 7372-7377.
Nunes, S., Muecke, E.M., Lancaster, L.T., Miller, N.A., Mueller, M.A., Muelhaus, J., & Castro, L. (2004) Functions and consequences of play behaviour in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour 68: 27-37
Nunes, S., Muecke, E.M., Sanchez, Z., Hoffmeier, R.R., & Lancaster, L.T. (2004) Play behavior and motor development in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 97-105.
updated 10-2-16.
Lancaster, L.T. (2016) Widespread, ongoing range expansions shape latitudinal variation in insect thermal limits. Nature Climate Change. DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2945.
Lancaster, L.T., Dudaniec, R.Y., Chauhan, P., Wellenreuther, M., Svensson, E., & Hansson, B. (2016) Gene expression under thermal stress varies across a geographic range expansion front. Molecular Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13548.
Lancaster, L.T., Dudaniec, R.Y., Hansson, B., and Svensson, E.I. (in press) Latitudinal shift in thermal niche breadth results from thermal release during a climate-mediated range expansion. J. Biogeography.
Lancaster, L.T. (2015) Maternal and genetic effects on escape: a prospective review. In: Escaping from predators: An integrative view of escape decisions. Cooper, W. and Blumstein, D., eds. Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
Lancaster, L.T., McAdam, A.G., Hipsley, C.A., & Sinervo, B.R. (2014) Frequency-dependent and correlational selection pressures have conflicting consequences for assortative mating in a color-polymorphic lizard, Uta stansburiana. American Naturalist 184: 188-197.
Lancaster, L.T. & Kay, K.M. (2013) Origin and Diversification of the California Flora: Re- examining classic hypotheses with molecular phylogenies. Evolution 67: 1041-1054.
Cook, B.I., Wolkovich, E.M., Davies, T.J., Ault, T.R., Allen, J.M., Betancourt, J.L., Bolmgren, K., Cleland, E.E., Crimmins, T.M., Kraft, N.J.B., Lancaster, L.T., Mazer, S.J., McGill, B.J., McCabe, G.J., Parmesan, C., Pau, S., Regetz, J., Salamin, N., Schwartz, M.D., Travers, S.E. (2012) Sensitivity of spring phenology to temperature and precipitation cues in natural communities and observational networks. Ecosystems 15: 1283-1294.
Corl, A., Lancaster, L.T., & Sinervo, B. (2012) Rapid formation of reproductive isolation between two populations of side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana. Copeia 2012: 593-602. -Winner, “Best Paper Young Scholar, Herpetology” for 2012, by the Copeia editorial board.
Goldberg, E.E. Lancaster, L.T., & Ree, R.H. (2011) Phylogenetic Inference of Reciprocal Effects between Geographic Range Evolution and Diversification. Systematic Biology 60:451-465.
Lancaster, L.T. & Sinervo, B. (2011) Epistatic social and endocrine networks and the evolution of life history trade-offs and plasticity. In: Molecular Mechanisms of Life history Evolution: The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs. Flatt, T. & Heyland, A., eds. Oxford: Oxford U.P. 329-348.
Lancaster, L.T. (2010) Molecular evolutionary rates predict both extinction and speciation in temperate angiosperm lineages. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:162.
Lancaster, L.T., McAdam, A.G., & Sinervo, B. (2010) Maternal adjustment of egg size organizes alternative escape behaviors, promoting adaptive phenotypic integration. Evolution 64: 1607-1621.
Lancaster, L.T., Hipsley, C.A., & Sinervo, B.R. (2009) Female choice for optimal combinations of multiple male display traits increases offspring survival. Behavioral Ecology 20: 993-999.
Lancaster, L.T., Hazard, L.C., Clobert, J., & Sinervo, B.R. (2008) Corticosterone manipulation reveals differences in hierarchical organization of multi-dimensional reproductive trade-offs in r-strategist and K-strategist females. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 556-565.
Sinervo, B., Clobert, J., Miles, D.B., McAdam, A., & Lancaster, L. (2008) The role of pleiotropy versus signaller-receiver gene epistasis in life history trade-offs: dissecting the genomic architecture of organismal design in social systems. Heredity 101: 197-211.
Mills, S.C., Hazard, L., Lancaster, L., Mappes, T., Miles, D., Oksanen, T.A., & Sinervo, B. (2008) Gonadotropin hormone modulation of testosterone, immune function, performance and behavioral tradeoffs among male morphs of the lizard, Uta stansburiana. American Naturalist. 171: 339-357.
Lancaster, L.T., McAdam, A.G., Wingfield, J.C., & Sinervo, B. (2007) Adaptive social and maternal induction of antipredator dorsal patterns in a lizard with alternative social strategies. Ecology Letters 10: 798-808. (Cover article)
Sinervo, B., Chaine, A., Clobert, J., Calsbeek, R., McAdam, A., Hazard, H., Lancaster, L., Alonzo, S., Corrigan, G., & M. Hochberg. (2006) Self-recognition, color signals and cycles of greenbeard mutualism and transient altruism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 102: 7372-7377.
Nunes, S., Muecke, E.M., Lancaster, L.T., Miller, N.A., Mueller, M.A., Muelhaus, J., & Castro, L. (2004) Functions and consequences of play behaviour in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour 68: 27-37
Nunes, S., Muecke, E.M., Sanchez, Z., Hoffmeier, R.R., & Lancaster, L.T. (2004) Play behavior and motor development in juvenile Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 97-105.