D. Z. Childs

Evidence for a trade-off between glyphosate resistance and anti-grazer defence in green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

This study investigates whether glyphosate resistance in green algae incurs a trade-off with anti-grazer defense, finding context-dependent extrinsic costs.

Glyphosate resistance evolution to lethal and sublethal doses in chemostat populations of model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

This study evaluates glyphosate resistance evolution in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii under lethal and sublethal doses, finding resistance from standing genetic variation but limited fitness cost trade-offs.

A standard protocol to report discrete stage-structured demographic information

The paper identifies issues in reporting matrix population models (MPMs) and introduces a standardized protocol to improve reproducibility and clarity in their presentation.

Using passive acoustic monitoring to estimate the abundance of wide-ranging species in tropical rainforest ecosystems

This study uses passive acoustic monitoring to estimate the abundance of great green macaws in Costa Rica, finding a larger population than previously thought and highlighting new conservation areas.

Overconfidence undermines global wildlife abundance trends

The paper shows current abundance trend estimates are unreliable due to unaccounted phylogenetic, spatial, and temporal structures, and introduces a new framework to improve accuracy and uncertainty estimation.

Long-term temporal trends in gastrointestinal parasite infection in wild Soay sheep

This study examines 31-year trends in gastrointestinal parasite prevalence and abundance in wild Soay sheep, finding independent effects of host density and year on parasite dynamics.

Mesostats -- A multiplexed, low-cost, do-it-yourself continuous culturing system for experimental evolution of mesocosms

This paper describes a low-cost, multiplexed chemostat system for microbial experimental evolution, specifically for studying algae adaptation to herbicides.

Rpadrino: an R package to access and use PADRINO, an open access database of Integral Projection Models

Rpadrino provides an R package to access and use PADRINO, a database of Integral Projection Models, enabling users to reconstruct and analyze published IPMs.

ipmr: Flexibly implement Integral Projection Models in R

The paper introduces the ipmr R package for flexibly building, analyzing, and interpreting integral projection models in ecology.

Short-lived plants have stronger demographic responses to climate

The paper synthesizes population growth rate data from 165 plant populations to show precipitation has a larger effect on population growth than temperature, with short-lived species showing stronger responses.

Tree demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold edges.

This study examines demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold edges, finding differing constraints on growth, survival, and lifespan.

Global analysis reveals complex demographic responses of mammals to climate change

The paper analyzes how climate change affects mammal demographics globally, finding that most species experience mixed demographic responses with some rates increasing and others declining.

Exploring population responses to environmental change when there’s never enough data; a factor analytic approach

This paper introduces a factor analytic approach to model time-varying parameters in integral projection models, enabling eco-evolutionary insights with fewer parameters and without identifying causal factors.