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2026

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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.

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2025

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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.

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2023

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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​2021

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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.

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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.

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Molecular mechanisms of local adaptation for salt-tolerance in a treefrog

Authors: Albecker MA, Stuckert AMM., Balakrishnan CN, McCoy MW.

Published in: Molecular Ecology. Link to paper.​

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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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