2026
The importance of integrating evolutionary-developmental perspectives into One Health approaches
Authors: Kritzell, C.; Ottinger, M.A.; Albecker, M.A.
Published in: BioScience. Link to Paper.
2025
A Quantitative Survey of Cogradient and Countergradient Variation in Nature
Authors: Albecker MA; Bittar T.; Trussell GC; Lotterhos KE.
Published in: American Naturalist. Link to Paper.
Responses of Littorina spp. Intertidal Snails to Thermal Extremes Indicate Countergradient Variation in Fitness
Authors: Titmuss, FD, Albecker, MA, Lotterhos, KE.
Published in: Ecology and Evolution. Link to paper.
2023
Responses to saltwater exposure vary across species, populations, and life-stages in anuran amphibians
Authors: Albecker, MA, McCoy, MW.
Published in: Conservation Physiology. Link to paper.
Developmental plasticity in anurans: Meta-analysis reveals effects of larval environments on metamorphosis timing and body size
Authors: Albecker MA, Strobel SMK, Womack MC.
Published in: Integrative and Comparative Biology. Link to paper.
2022
Incorporating nonlinearity with generalized functional responses to simulate multiple predator effects
Authors: McCoy MW, Hamman E, Albecker MA, Wodjak J, Vonesh JR, Bolker BM.
Published in: PeerJ. Link to paper.
A novel quantitative approach for co-gradient variation and countergradient variation.
Authors: Albecker MA, Trussell GC, Lotterhos KE.
Published in: Ecology Letters. Link to paper.
2021
Does a complex life cycle promote or constrain adaptation to environmental change? Genome-informed approaches and insights for characterizing selection across stages of a life cycle
Authors: Albecker MA*, Wilkins L.*, Krueger-Hadfield SA, Bashevkin, S, Sewell MA, Hare M, Hahn M, Lotterhos KE, Kindsvater H, & Reitzel A. (* Co-first Authors)
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Science, Biology. Special Issue on Evolution in Changing Seas. Link to paper.
Evolution in Changing Seas
Authors: Lotterhos KE., Albecker MA., Trussell GC.
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Science, Biology. Editorial for Special Issue on Evolution in Changing Seas. Link to paper.
Functional genomics of local adaptation to saltwater environments in an amphibian
Authors: Albecker MA, Stuckert AMM., Balakrishnan CN, McCoy MW.
Published in: Molecular Ecology. Link to paper.
2020
Influence of density and salinity on larval development of salt-adapted and salt-naïve frog populations
Authors: Albecker MA, Pahl M, Smith M, Wilson, JG, McCoy MW.
Published in: Ecology and Evolution. Link to paper.
2019
Local adaptation for enhanced salt tolerance reduces non-adaptive plasticity caused by osmotic stress
Authors: Albecker, MA, and McCoy, MW
Published in: Evolution. Link to paper.
Variation in the slimy salamander (Plethodon spp.) skin and gut microbial assemblages is explained by geographic distance and host affinity
Authors: Walker DM, Hill AJ, Albecker MA, McCoy MW, Grisnik M., Romer A., Grajal-Puche A., Camp C., Kelchear C., Wooten J., Rheubert J., Graham SP.
Published in: Microbial Ecology. Link to paper.
2018
Comparative analysis of anuran skin microbiome in freshwater and saltwater invaded wetlands
Authors: Albecker MA, Belden LK, and McCoy MW.
Published in: Microbial Ecology. Link to paper.
Habitat salinity alters dietary content and nematode infection in the American Green Treefrog, Hyla cinerea
Authors: Albecker MA, Brantley Jr. WB, and McCoy, MW.
Published in: Southeastern Naturalist. Link to paper.
2017
Adaptive responses to salinity stress across multiple life stages in anuran amphibians
Authors: Albecker, MA and McCoy, MW
Published in: Frontiers in Zoology. Link to paper.
2015
Mismatched anti-predator behavioral responses in predator-naïve larval anurans.
Authors: Albecker, MA and Vance-Chalcraft, HD
Published in: PeerJ. Link to paper
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