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8287
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National Ranking
1549

Overview

Andrew G. McAdam is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, their work centers on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, with substantial contributions also made in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Social Psychology, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in McAdam's published research include:

  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

McAdam has appeared frequently in scientific journals. The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Oecologia
  • Science

Selected recent papers by Andrew G. McAdam include:

  • "Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals" (2022, Science)
  • "Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Familiar Neighbors, but Not Relatives, Enhance Fitness in a Territorial Mammal" (2020, Current Biology)
  • "MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents" (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • "Attentive red squirrel mothers have faster growing pups and higher lifetime reproductive success" (2020, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology)

Collaborative work features several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Stan Boutin
  • Ben Dantzer
  • Jeffrey E. Lane
  • David W. Coltman
  • Lauren Petrullo

Best Publications

  • Genetic and plastic responses of a northern mammal to climate change

    Denis Réale;Andrew G. McAdam;Stan Boutin;Dominique Berteaux

  • Seasonal, spatial, and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels.

    Tiantian Ren;Stan Boutin;Murray M. Humphries;Ben Dantzer

  • Density triggers maternal hormones that increase adaptive offspring growth in a wild mammal.

    Ben Dantzer;Amy E. M. Newman;Rudy Boonstra;Rupert Palme

  • Keeping Pace with Fast Climate Change: Can Arctic Life Count on Evolution?

    Dominique Berteaux;Denis Réale;Andrew G. McAdam;Stan Boutin

  • Anticipatory reproduction and population growth in seed predators

    Stan Boutin;Lucas A. Wauters;Andrew G. McAdam;Murray M. Humphries

  • Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

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  • Self-recognition, color signals, and cycles of greenbeard mutualism and altruism.

    Barry Sinervo;Alexis Chaine;Jean Clobert;Ryan Calsbeek

  • Maternal effects and the potential for evolution in a natural population of animals.

    Andrew G. McAdam;Stan Boutin;Denis Réale;Dominique Berteaux

  • Life histories of female red squirrels and their contributions to population growth and lifetime fitness

    Andrew G. McADAM;Stan Boutin;Ainsley K. Sykes;Murray M. Humphries

  • Cohort effects in red squirrels: the influence of density, food abundance and temperature on future survival and reproductive success

    Sébastien Descamps;Sébastien Descamps;Stan Boutin;Dominique Berteaux;Andrew G. McAdam

  • The functional response of a hoarding seed predator to mast seeding

    Quinn E. Fletcher;Stan Boutin;Jeffrey E. Lane;Jalene M. LaMontagne

  • Fecal cortisol metabolite levels in free-ranging North American red squirrels: Assay validation and the effects of reproductive condition

    Ben Dantzer;Andrew G. McAdam;Andrew G. McAdam;Rupert Palme;Quinn E. Fletcher

  • Archiving primary data: Solutions for long-term studies

    James A. Mills;Céline Teplitsky;Beatriz Arroyo;Anne Charmantier

  • LIFETIME SELECTION ON HERITABLE LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS IN A NATURAL POPULATION OF RED SQUIRRELS

    D. Réale;D. Berteaux;A. G. McAdam;S. Boutin

  • Associations between over-winter survival and resting metabolic rate in juvenile North American red squirrels

    Meghan L. Larivee;Stan Boutin;John Roger Speakman;Andrew G. McAdam

  • Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals

    Pierre de Villemereuil;Anne Charmantier;Debora Arlt;Pierre Bize

  • Causes of maladaptation

    Steven P. Brady;Daniel I. Bolnick;Amy L. Angert;Andrew Gonzalez

  • Constraints to projecting the effects of climate change on mammals

    D. Berteaux;M. M. Humphries;C. J. Krebs;M. Lima

  • Low heritabilities, but genetic and maternal correlations between red squirrel behaviours

    Ryan W Taylor;A K Boon;B Dantzer;D Réale

  • OXIDATIVE DAMAGE INCREASES WITH REPRODUCTIVE ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND IS REDUCED BY FOOD‐SUPPLEMENTATION

    Quinn E. Fletcher;Quinn E. Fletcher;Colin Selman;Stan Boutin;Andrew G. McAdam

  • Expenditure freeze: the metabolic response of small mammals to cold environments

    Murray M. Humphries;Stan Boutin;Donald W. Thomas;John D. Ryan

  • Variation in viability selection among cohorts of juvenile red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).

    Andrew G. McAdam;Stan Boutin

Frequent Co-Authors

Stan Boutin
Stan Boutin University of Alberta
Murray M. Humphries
Murray M. Humphries McGill University
David W. Coltman
David W. Coltman University of Western Ontario
Rudy Boonstra
Rudy Boonstra University of Toronto
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Barry Sinervo
Barry Sinervo University of California, Santa Cruz
Dominique Berteaux
Dominique Berteaux Université du Québec à Rimouski
Denis Réale
Denis Réale University of Quebec at Montreal
Alastair J. Wilson
Alastair J. Wilson University of Exeter
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen

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