Professor Andrew Beckerman
School of Biosciences
Professor in Evolutionary Ecology, Faculty Director of Education
+44 114 222 0026
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School of Biosciences
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
91直播
S10 2TN
- Profile
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- Professor in Evolutionary Ecology, University of 91直播 (2019 - present)
- Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of 91直播 (2005-2019)
- NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of 91直播 (2002-2005)
- NERC Postdoctoral Associate, University of Stirling (1999-2002)
- PhD Yale University (1999)
- MFS Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1994)
- BSc Tufts University, Massachusetts (1990)
- Research interests
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We explore the structure, complexity and dynamics of food webs. We use optimal foraging theory to define the rules linking predators and prey. We predict the impacts of multiple simultaneous threats to ecosystems. We study the local adaptation of plasticity in real ponds and in daphnia and algae. We explore the genes that underpin plasticity and local adaptation. We work with predators, metals and algae biotechnology. We study the conservation and demography of parrots in Central America and the Caribbean. We link this to socioeconomics and trade-offs in conservation management. We study trade networks. We build models.
- Publications
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Books
- . Oxford University Press.
- . Oxford University Press.
- Getting Started with R: An Introduction for Biologists. Oxford University Press.
- Getting Started with R: An Introduction for Biologists.
Journal articles
- . Ecology and Evolution, 14(2).
- . Ecology and Evolution, 14(2).
- . Ecology and Evolution.
- . Ecology and Evolution, 14(1).
- . Science Advances, 9(43).
- . Ibis.
- . Animal Behaviour, 201, 23-44.
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- . Ecology and Evolution, 13(5).
- . Diversity, 15(1).
- . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10.
- . Global Change Biology.
- . PLoS ONE, 17(7).
- . Behavioral Ecology, 33(4), 844-858.
- . Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(6).
- . Current Biology, 32(6), 1310-1318.e4.
- . Proc Biol Sci, 289(1967), 20212484.
- . Global Change Biology.
- . Science of The Total Environment, 775.
- . J Anim Ecol.
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- . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1817), 20200452-20200452.
- . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1814), 20190459-20190459.
- . Current Biology.
- . Ecology and Evolution, 10(15), 7952-7952.
- . Ecology and Evolution.
- . Frontiers in Microbiology, 11.
- . International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.
- . Ecology, 99(12), 2712-2720.
- . Biology, 8(4).
- , 145-155.
- . Scientific Reports, 8.
- . Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
- . AMB Express, 7.
- . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(1), 100-107.
- . Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 284(1861).
- . International Journal of Climatology, 37(7), 3175-3196.
- . Scientific Data, 4.
- . Biotechnology Letters.
- . Ecology and Evolution, 7(14), 5030-5031.
- . Biotechnol Lett.
- . Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, 1172-1172.
- . Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(4), 1087-1097.
- . Scientific Data, 3.
- . Ecology and Evolution, 6(9), 2655-2656.
- . Current Biology, 26(4), R161-R164.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1816).
- . Global and Planetary Change, 133, 109-119.
- . Ecology Letters, 18(7), 597-611.
- . Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(3), 154-160.
- . Oecologia, 176(3), 625-635.
- . Ecology and Evolution, 4(16), 3218-3235.
- . International Journal of Climatology.
- . Ecology and Evolution, 3(15), 5109-5118.
- . Ecology and Evolution, 3(15), 5119-5126.
- . J Anim Ecol, 82(2), 486-494.
- . Ecol Lett, 16(3), 281-290.
- . Ecological Entomology.
- . Marine Biology, 1-8.
- . Animal Behaviour, 84(6), 1597-1600.
- . Heredity (Edinb), 108(4), 457-459.
- . OIKOS, 120(4), 493-502.
- . J Theor Biol, 279(1), 169-171.
- . Basic and Applied Ecology, 12(7), 562-570.
- . Behavioral Ecology, 22(6), 1294-1303.
- . Proc Biol Sci, 278(1712), 1687-1696.
- . Trends Ecol Evol, 25(12), 705-712.
- . Evolution, 64(11), 3327-3325.
- . J Anim Ecol, 79(5), 1069-1076.
- . J Anim Ecol, 79(3), 529-537.
- . Oecologia, 163(1), 193-202.
- . J ECOL, 98(2), 480-487.
- . OIKOS, 119(3), 494-499.
- . FUNCT ECOL, 24(1), 1-6.
- . Ecology, 90(9), 2346-2351.
- . J Anim Ecol, 78(3), 493-496.
- . BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL, 63(2), 261-267.
- . J Evol Biol, 21(3), 705-715.
- . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(11), 4191-4196.
- . ANIM CONSERV, 10(3), 320-325.
- . Oecologia, 152(2), 335-343.
- . Ecology, 88(5), 1225-1231.
- . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(37), 13745-13749.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273(1585), 485-493.
- . Ecology Letters, 8(11), 1157-1164.
- The shape of things eaten: the functional response of herbivores foraging adaptively. OIKOS, 110(3), 591-601.
- . Proc Biol Sci, 272(1570), 1351-1356.
- . ECOL LETT, 8(7), 730-738.
- . Am Nat, 165 Suppl 5, S72-S87.
- . BIOL CONSERV, 122(2), 159-171.
- Population dynamics in a noisy world: Lessons from a mite experimental system. ADV ECOL RES, 37, 143-181.
- . Proc Biol Sci, 271(1542), 919-924.
- . Am Nat, 162(6), 754-767.
- The distribution of Melanoplus femurrubrum: fear and freezing in Connecticut. OIKOS, 99(1), 131-140.
- Population dynamic consequences of delayed life-history effects. TRENDS ECOL EVOL, 17(6), 263-269.
- The population response to environmental noise: population size, variance and correlation in an experimental system. J ANIM ECOL, 71(2), 320-332.
- Maternal effects and the stability of population dynamics in noisy environments. J ANIM ECOL, 70(4), 590-599.
- Population synchrony and environmental variation: an experimental demonstration. ECOL LETT, 4(3), 236-243.
- Counterintuitive outcomes of interspecific competition between two grasshopper species along a resource gradient. ECOLOGY, 81(4), 948-957.
- . Ecology, 81(4), 948-948.
- . Am Nat, 155(2), 141-153.
- Reconciling variability and optimal behaviour using multiple criteria in optimization models. EVOL ECOL, 12(1), 73-94.
- Functional responses of adaptive consumers and community stability with emphasis on the dynamics of plant-herbivore systems. EVOL ECOL, 11(6), 773-784.
- . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 94(20), 10735-10738.
- Behaviorally mediated trophic cascades: Effects of predation risk on food web interactions. ECOLOGY, 78(5), 1388-1399.
- . Ecology, 78(5), 1388-1388.
- . Nature Communications, 15(1).
- . Evolution Letters.
- . Bioacoustics, 1-21.
- . Oikos.
- . PLOS Biology, 22(4), e3002580-e3002580.
- . Nature.
- . Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(10), 1449-1457.
- . Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5(11), 1478-1489.
- . Functional Ecology.
- . Conservation Biology.
- . Journal of Limnology, 73(s1).
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- . Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
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Chapters
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 141-168).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 169-194).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 19-54).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 195-210).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 1-18).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 271-282).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 211-246).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 247-270).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 55-96).
- , Insights from Data with R (pp. 97-140).
- (pp. v-xx). Oxford University PressOxford
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 131-166). Oxford University Press
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 167-202). Oxford University Press
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 203-218). Oxford University Press
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 79-92). Oxford University Press
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 93-130). Oxford University Press
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 57-78). Oxford University Press
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 219-222). Oxford University Press
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 35-56). Oxford University Press
- , GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS, 2ND EDITION (pp. 1-34).
- Getting Started with R An Introduction for Biologists Second Edition Preface, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS, 2ND EDITION (pp. IX-XVIII).
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 1-4). Oxford University Press
- , Getting Started with R (pp. 105-108). Oxford University Press
- Final Comments and Encouragement, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 105-107).
- Doing your Statistics in R Getting Started, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 65-104).
- Import, Explore, Graph III Graphs, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 39-64).
- Import, Explore, Graph II Importing and Exploring, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 23-37).
- Import, Explore, Graph I Getting Started, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 5-22).
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Conference proceedings papers
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . GSA 2020 Connects Online
- . GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019
- Herbivory and plant resource competition: a review of two interacting interactions. OIKOS, Vol. 101(1) (pp 26-37)
Preprints
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- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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- , Authorea, Inc..
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Center for Open Science.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , bioRxiv.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- , California Digital Library (CDL).
- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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- , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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- Research group
- Teaching activities
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At level 1, I coordinate and teach on APS123 (Population and Community Ecology 1), based on lectures, an all-day field trip and a data presentation workshop.
At Level 2, I coordinate and teach on APS273 (Population and Community Ecology 2), a course combining lectures and a variety of workshops focused on modelling populations and conservation applications.
I also coordinate and teach APS405; APS6606; APS 6607 (Advanced Biological Analysis), a week-long intensive training module for 4th year MBiolSci students, MRes students and fist year PhD students.
I supervised level 4 MBiolSci students with project focused on food webs, phenotypic plasticity, biotechnology and conservation modelling.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Board of Directors, DRYAD
- Editor-in-Chief, Ecology and Evolution (Wiley - BES - SSE- ESEB; 2014 - present)
- External Examiner, Periodic Review, Life Sciences, University of Liverpool (2019)
- External Examiner, Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Imperial College London (2017-2019)
- Director of Student Recruitment, School of Biosciences (2018 - present)
- - Training and Statistics in R
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