Alan Hastings

Tradeoffs in planning marine protected areas for kelp forest resilience: protecting climate refugia is not always the best solution

This study evaluates MPA placement strategies for kelp forest resilience against heatwaves, finding that protecting refugia is not always optimal and that connectivity and spatiotemporal dynamics are critical.

Short-term management of kelp forests for marine heatwaves requires planning

The paper models kelp forest management strategies to mitigate marine heatwave impacts, finding that early intervention and sustained actions are most effective.

Fluctuating selection breaks Hamilton's rule for the evolution of altruism

This paper shows that altruism can evolve without assortment mechanisms under fluctuating selection in limited populations, challenging Hamilton's rule.