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Ruth G. Shaw is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science, with a focus on ecology, evolution, and plant science.

The main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, Shaw's work is distributed across several subfields, highlighting various ecological and genetic perspectives:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics
  • Plant Science
  • Ecological Modeling

Their research covers a range of topics that integrate plant biology and evolutionary dynamics, focusing on ecological and genetic factors affecting plant populations and their environments. The primary topics of Shaw's research are:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Shaw has published extensively, with a number of recent papers highlighting ongoing research themes. Selected recent papers include:

  • Evolutionary approaches to seed sourcing for grassland restorations, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Estimating the capacity of Chamaecrista fasciculata for adaptation to change in precipitation, 2020, Evolution
  • Factors limiting the availability of native seed for reconstructing Minnesota's prairies: stakeholder perspectives, 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • Latitude of seed source impacts flowering phenology and fitness in translocated plant populations, 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • Juvenile survival increases with dispersal distance and varies across years: 15 years of evidence in a prairie perennial, 2024, Ecology

Their work has appeared frequently in several academic venues, reflecting a concentration on ecology and evolutionary biology:

  • The American Naturalist
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Evolution
  • American Journal of Botany
  • New Phytologist

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Shaw's career, with several frequent co-authors contributing to their research projects. These include:

  • Stuart Wagenius
  • Shelby A. Flint
  • Georgiana May
  • Amy Waananen
  • Anna R. Peschel

Best Publications

  • Range shifts and adaptive responses to Quaternary climate change.

    Margaret B. Davis;Ruth G. Shaw

  • The Rate and Molecular Spectrum of Spontaneous Mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Stephan Ossowski;Korbinian Schneeberger;José Ignacio Lucas-Lledó;Norman Warthmann

  • Constraint to adaptive evolution in response to global warming.

    Julie R. Etterson;Ruth G. Shaw

  • Evaluation of the Rate of Evolution in Natural Populations of Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

    David N. Reznick;Frank H. Shaw;F. Helen Rodd;Ruth G. Shaw

  • Regression analysis of natural selection statistical inference and biological interpretation

    Thomas Mitchell‐Olds;Ruth G. Shaw

  • EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSES TO CHANGING CLIMATE

    Margaret B. Davis;Ruth G. Shaw;Julie R. Etterson

  • Potential responses to climate change in organisms with complex life histories: evolution and plasticity in Pacific salmon

    L. G. Crozier;A. P. Hendry;P. W. Lawson;T. P. Quinn

  • Anova for Unbalanced Data: An Overview

    Ruth G. Shaw;Thomas Mitchell-Olds

  • MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD APPROACHES APPLIED TO QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF NATURAL POPULATIONS

    Ruth G. Shaw

  • Rapid climate change and the rate of adaptation: insight from experimental quantitative genetics

    Ruth G. Shaw;Julie R. Etterson

  • Rate, spectrum, and evolutionary dynamics of spontaneous epimutations

    Adriaan van der Graaf;Renee Wardenaar;Drexel A. Neumann;Aaron Taudt

  • INDEX SELECTION FOR WEED SUPPRESSIVE ABILITY IN SOYBEAN

    J. L. Jannink;James H Orf;Nicholas R Jordan;Ruth G Shaw

  • Unifying life-history analyses for inference of fitness and population growth.

    Ruth G. Shaw;Charles J. Geyer;Stuart Wagenius;Helen H. Hangelbroek

  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND GENETIC MATERNAL EFFECTS ON SEED CHARACTERS IN NEMOPHILA MENZIESII.

    Gerrit A. J. Platenkamp;Ruth G. Shaw

  • The comparison of quantitative genetic parameters between populations

    Ruth G. Shaw

  • Spontaneous mutational effects on reproductive traits of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Ruth G. Shaw;Diane L. Byers;Elizabeth Darmo

  • CHANGES IN GENETIC VARIANCES AND COVARIANCES: G WHIZ!

    Frank H. Shaw;Ruth G. Shaw;Gerald S. Wilkinson;Michael Turelli

  • Aster models for life history analysis

    Charles J. Geyer;Stuart Wagenius;Ruth G. Shaw

  • COMMUNITY GENETICS: EXPANDING THE SYNTHESIS OF ECOLOGY AND GENETICS

    Claudia Neuhauser;David Andow;George E Heimpel;Georgiana May

  • Locomotor performance of hatchling fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis): Quantitative genetics and morphometric correlates

    Joyce S. Tsuji;Raymond B. Huey;Fredrica H. van Berkum;Theodore Garland

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Tiffin
Peter Tiffin University of Minnesota
Allen J. Moore
Allen J. Moore University of Georgia
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Jennifer A. Lau
Jennifer A. Lau Indiana University
Nickolas M. Waser
Nickolas M. Waser University of California, Riverside
Ophélie Ronce
Ophélie Ronce University of Montpellier
François Rousset
François Rousset University of Montpellier
Mary V. Price
Mary V. Price University of Arizona
Donald L. Wyse
Donald L. Wyse University of Minnesota
Mohamed A. F. Noor
Mohamed A. F. Noor Duke University

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