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Stuart B. Piertney is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in earth and planetary sciences. The scientist's work spans fields such as ecology, oceanography, and nature and landscape conservation, with a strong emphasis on marine biology and ecological dynamics within natural environments.

The main topics covered in their research include marine biology and ecology research, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, bat biology and ecology, primate behavior and ecology, wildlife ecology and conservation, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Piertney has authored several research papers published in journals that include Ecology and Evolution, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Marine Biology, Molecular Ecology, and Frontiers in Marine Science. Notable papers include:

  • Surviving winter on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Pikas suppress energy demands and exploit yak feces to survive winter, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scavenging amphipods from the Wallaby-Zenith Fracture Zone: Extending the hadal paradigm beyond subduction trenches, 2020, Marine Biology
  • Plasticity is a locally adapted trait with consequences for ecological dynamics in novel environments, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Large effective population size masks population genetic structure in Hirondellea amphipods within the deepest marine ecosystem, the Mariana Trench, 2023, Molecular Ecology
  • Extended Pelagic Life in a Bathybenthic Octopus, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers such as Alan J. Jamieson, John R. Speakman, Qing-Sheng Chi, Łukasz Ołdakowski, and Haibo Fu. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary approaches across marine biology, ecology, and genetics.

Their contributions to research venues are distributed with multiple publications in Ecology and Evolution and singular papers appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Marine Biology, Molecular Ecology, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Overall, Stuart B. Piertney's work concentrates on the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of marine and terrestrial organisms, leveraging genetic and ecological data to understand species adaptation and survival strategies. Their research also explores the behavioral ecology of invertebrates and vertebrates, providing insight into complex environmental interactions and biodiversity conservation.

Best Publications

  • The evolutionary ecology of the major histocompatibility complex.

    S B Piertney;M K Oliver

  • Microplastics and synthetic particles ingested by deep-sea amphipods in six of the deepest marine ecosystems on Earth

    Alan J. Jamieson;L Brooks;Wdk Reid;Stuart Piertney

  • Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in the deepest ocean fauna.

    Alan J. Jamieson;Tamas Malkocs;Stuart B. Piertney;Toyonobu Fujii

  • Dispersal, intraspecific competition, kin competition, and kin facilitation: A review of the empirical evidence

    Xavier Lambin;J. Aars;Stuart B Piertney

  • Microsatellite primers for the Eurasian otter

    Dallas Jf;Piertney Sb

  • Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) heterozygote superiority to natural multi-parasite infections in the water vole (Arvicola terrestris).

    Matthew Kenneth Oliver;Sandra Elizabeth Telfer;Stuart Brannon Piertney

  • Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of sympatric North Atlantic killer whale populations

    Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;James Newton;Stuart Brannon Piertney;Eske Willerslev

  • Characterization and PCR multiplexing of novel highly variable tetranucleotide Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) microsatellites

    S. Paterson;Stuart Brannon Piertney;D. J. Knox;J. Gilbey

  • Local genetic structure in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): evidence from microsatellite DNA markers

    Stuart B. Piertney;Andrew D. C. Maccoll;Philip J. Bacon;John F. Dallas

  • Rapid diagnostic PCR assays for members of the Culicoides obsoletus and Culicoides pulicaris species complexes, implicated vectors of bluetongue virus in Europe.

    Damien V. Nolan;Simon Carpenter;James Barber;Philip S. Mellor

  • Testosterone, immunocompetence, and honest sexual signaling in male red grouse

    François Mougeot;Justin R. Irvine;Linzi Seivwright;Steve M. Redpath

  • Inbreeding depression and male fitness in black grouse

    Jacob Höglund;Stuart B Piertney;Rauno V Alatalo;Johan Lindell

  • Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in black grouse (Tetrao tetrix)

    Stuart Brannon Piertney;J. Hoglund

  • Fine-scale genetic structuring on Manacus manacus leks

    Lisa Shorey;Stuart Piertney;Jon Stone;Jacob Höglund

  • Similar estimates of population genetic composition and sex ratio derived from carcasses and faeces of Eurasian otter Lutra lutra

    John F. Dallas;Karen E. Coxon;Tim Sykes;Paul R. F. Chanin

  • Landscape barriers reduce gene flow in an invasive carnivore: geographical and local genetic structure of American mink in Scotland

    Andrzej Zalewski;Stuart Brannon Piertney;Hanna Zalewska;Xavier Lambin

  • Inferring local adaptation from QST–FST comparisons: neutral genetic and quantitative trait variation in European populations of great snipe

    Stein Are Saether;P. Fiske;J.A. Kålås;A. Kuresoo

  • Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations

    Andrew D. Foote;Andrew D. Foote;Julia T. Vilstrup;Renaud De Stephanis;Philippe Verborgh

  • Sex identification of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra by PCR typing of spraints

    John F. Dallas;David N. Carss;Freda Marshall;Klaus-Peter Koepfli

  • Physiological Stress Mediates the Honesty of Social Signals

    Gary R. Bortolotti;Francois Mougeot;Jesus Martinez-Padilla;Lucy M. I. Webster

  • Honest sexual signalling mediated by parasite and testosterone effects on oxidative balance

    Francois Mougeot;Jesus Martinez-Padilla;Lucy M.I. Webster;Jonathan D. Blount

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Lambin
Xavier Lambin University of Aberdeen
François Mougeot
François Mougeot Spanish National Research Council
Jesús Martínez-Padilla
Jesús Martínez-Padilla Spanish National Research Council
Paul A. Racey
Paul A. Racey University of Exeter
Jacob Höglund
Jacob Höglund Uppsala University
Andrew D. C. MacColl
Andrew D. C. MacColl University of Nottingham
Robert A. Moss
Robert A. Moss Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Steve Paterson
Steve Paterson University of Liverpool
Gary R. Carvalho
Gary R. Carvalho Bangor University
Ian M. Davies
Ian M. Davies Marine Scotland

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