Andrew G McAdam

Summary

Affiliation: University of Alberta
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Maternal effects and the potential for evolution in a natural population of animals
    Andrew G McAdam
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    Evolution 56:846-51. 2002
  2. ncbi Variation in viability selection among cohorts of juvenile red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
    Andrew G McAdam
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
    Evolution 57:1689-97. 2003
  3. ncbi Anticipatory reproduction and population growth in seed predators
    Stan Boutin
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
    Science 314:1928-30. 2006
  4. ncbi Adopting kin enhances inclusive fitness in asocial red squirrels
    Jamieson C Gorrell
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
    Nat Commun 1:22. 2010
  5. ncbi Maternal effects and the response to selection in red squirrels
    Andrew G McAdam
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
    Proc Biol Sci 271:75-9. 2004
  6. ncbi Genetic and plastic responses of a northern mammal to climate change
    Denis Reale
    Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
    Proc Biol Sci 270:591-6. 2003
  7. ncbi Persistent maternal effects on juvenile survival in North American red squirrels
    Tricia D Kerr
    Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada
    Biol Lett 3:289-91. 2007
  8. ncbi Self-recognition, color signals, and cycles of greenbeard mutualism and altruism
    Barry Sinervo
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Earth and Marine Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:7372-7. 2006
  9. ncbi Cohort effects in red squirrels: the influence of density, food abundance and temperature on future survival and reproductive success
    Sébastien Descamps
    Centre d Etudes Nordiques, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, 300 Allee des Ursulines, Rimouski, Quebec G5L 3A1, Canada
    J Anim Ecol 77:305-14. 2008
  10. ncbi Maturational costs of reproduction due to clutch size and ontogenetic conflict as revealed in the invisible fraction
    Barry Sinervo
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 275:629-38. 2008

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Maternal effects and the potential for evolution in a natural population of animals
    Andrew G McAdam
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    Evolution 56:846-51. 2002
    ..36) relative to that predicted by heritability alone. Simple heritabilities, therefore, may severely underestimate or overestimate the potential for evolution in natural populations of animals...
  2. ncbi Variation in viability selection among cohorts of juvenile red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
    Andrew G McAdam
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
    Evolution 57:1689-97. 2003
    ..As a result, predicting the occurrence of very strong episodes of selection will be extremely difficult, but predicting the microevolutionary responses to observed selection on individual cohorts remains feasible...
  3. ncbi Anticipatory reproduction and population growth in seed predators
    Stan Boutin
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
    Science 314:1928-30. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi Adopting kin enhances inclusive fitness in asocial red squirrels
    Jamieson C Gorrell
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
    Nat Commun 1:22. 2010
    ..By focusing on adoption in an asocial species, our study provides a clear test of Hamilton's rule that explains the persistence of occasional altruism in a natural mammal population...
  5. ncbi Maternal effects and the response to selection in red squirrels
    Andrew G McAdam
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada
    Proc Biol Sci 271:75-9. 2004
    ....
  6. ncbi Genetic and plastic responses of a northern mammal to climate change
    Denis Reale
    Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Docteur Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
    Proc Biol Sci 270:591-6. 2003
    ..The timing of breeding in this population of squirrels, therefore, has advanced as a result of both phenotypic changes within generations, and genetic changes among generations in response to a rapidly changing environment...
  7. ncbi Persistent maternal effects on juvenile survival in North American red squirrels
    Tricia D Kerr
    Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9, Canada
    Biol Lett 3:289-91. 2007
    ..However, supplemented mothers did provide their juveniles an early start by breeding an average of 18 days earlier than control mothers, which may explain the persistent survival advantages their juveniles experienced...
  8. ncbi Self-recognition, color signals, and cycles of greenbeard mutualism and altruism
    Barry Sinervo
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Earth and Marine Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:7372-7. 2006
    ..Such cycles provide a mechanism encouraging the origin and stability of true altruism...
  9. ncbi Cohort effects in red squirrels: the influence of density, food abundance and temperature on future survival and reproductive success
    Sébastien Descamps
    Centre d Etudes Nordiques, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, 300 Allee des Ursulines, Rimouski, Quebec G5L 3A1, Canada
    J Anim Ecol 77:305-14. 2008
    ..6. The general importance of silver-spoon effects for adult demographic performance might therefore be underestimated, and taking adult environment into account appears to be necessary when studying long-term cohort effects...
  10. ncbi Maturational costs of reproduction due to clutch size and ontogenetic conflict as revealed in the invisible fraction
    Barry Sinervo
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 275:629-38. 2008
    ..Such episodes of selection prior to phenotypic expression of the trait will have important consequences for the evolution of reproductive investment...