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Peter Arcese is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and conducts research primarily in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, nature and landscape conservation, and ecological modeling.

Their areas of study focus on plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, genetic diversity and population structure, ecology and vegetation dynamics, species distribution and climate change, avian ecology and behavior, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

Peter Arcese has published papers in several venues, including Molecular Ecology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Evolution Letters, Global Ecology and Conservation, and The American Naturalist.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Arcese include Jane M. Reid, Amanda D. Rodewald, Lukas F. Keller, Pirmin Nietlisbach, and Lisa Dickel.

Recent publications by Peter Arcese cover a variety of topics and include the following:

  • Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals, 2022, Science
  • Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package, 2024, Conservation Biology
  • Immigration counter-acts local micro-evolution of a major fitness component: Migration-selection balance in free-living song sparrows, 2021, Evolution Letters
  • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), 2020, Birds of the World
  • Roads, forest cover, and topography as factors affecting the occurrence of large carnivores: The case of the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus), 2021, Global Ecology and Conservation

Best Publications

  • Bushmeat Hunting, Wildlife Declines, and Fish Supply in West Africa

    Justin S. Brashares;Justin S. Brashares;Peter Arcese;Moses K. Sam;Peter B. Coppolillo

  • Serengeti II : dynamics, management, and conservation of an ecosystem

    A. R. E. Sinclair;Peter Arcese

  • Effects of population density and supplemental food on reproduction in song sparrows

    Peter Arcese;James N. M. Smith

  • Are Integrated Conservation-Development Projects (ICDPs) Sustainable? On the conservation of large mammals in sub-Saharan Africa

    Christopher B. Barrett;Peter Arcese

  • Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Viktoriia Radchuk;Thomas Reed;Céline Teplitsky;Martijn van der Pol

  • Human demography and reserve size predict wildlife extinction in West Africa.

    Justin S. Brashares;Peter Arcese;Moses K. Sam

  • Selection against inbred song sparrows during a natural population bottleneck

    Lukas F. Keller;Peter Arcese;James N. M. Smith;Wesley M. Hochachka

  • Effective Enforcement in a Conservation Area

    Ray Hilborn;Peter Arcese;Markus Borner;Justin Hando

  • Population Consequences of Predation-Sensitive Foraging: The Serengeti Wildebeest

    A. R. E. Sinclair;P. Arcese

  • Optimal conservation of migratory species

    Tara G. Martin;Iadine Chadès;Peter Arcese;Peter P. Marra

  • Vertebrate biodiversity on indigenous-managed lands in Australia, Brazil, and Canada equals that in protected areas

    Richard Schuster;Richard Schuster;Ryan R. Germain;Ryan R. Germain;Joseph R. Bennett;Nicholas J. Reo

  • Immigration and the ephemerality of a natural population bottleneck: evidence from molecular markers.

    Lukas F. Keller;Kathryn J. Jeffery;Peter Arcese;Mark A. Beaumont

  • Nest predation by cowbirds and its consequences for passerine demography

    Peter Arcese;James N. M. Smith;Margret I. Hatch

  • Phenotypic correlates and ecological consequences of dominance in song sparrows

    P. Arcese;J. N. M. Smith

  • Stability, Regulation, and the Determination of Abundance in an Insular Song Sparrow Population

    Peter Arcese;James N. M. Smith;Wesley M. Hochachka;Christopher M. Rogers

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

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  • THE ROLE OF PROTECTED AREAS AS ECOLOGICAL BASELINES

    Peter Arcese;A. R. E. Sinclair

  • WHAT DETERMINES PHENOLOGY AND SYNCHRONY OF UNGULATE BREEDING IN SERENGETI

    A. R. E. Sinclair;Simon A. R. Mduma;Peter Arcese

  • Wildlife harvest in integrated conservation and development projects: linking harvest to household demand, agricultural production, and environmental shocks in the Serengeti.

    C. B. Barrett;P. Arcese

  • Intrasexual competition, mating system and natal dispersal in song sparrows

    Peter Arcese

  • How Fit are Floaters? Consequences of Alternative Territorial Behaviors in a Nonmigratory Sparrow

    James N. M. Smith;Peter Arcese

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane M. Reid
Jane M. Reid University of Aberdeen
Lukas F. Keller
Lukas F. Keller University of Zurich
James N. M. Smith
James N. M. Smith University of British Columbia
Tara G. Martin
Tara G. Martin University of British Columbia
Amanda D. Rodewald
Amanda D. Rodewald Cornell University
Anthony R. E. Sinclair
Anthony R. E. Sinclair University of British Columbia
Wesley M. Hochachka
Wesley M. Hochachka Cornell University
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Michael A. Patten
Michael A. Patten Nord University
D. Ryan Norris
D. Ryan Norris University of Guelph

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