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Lily Leahy

La Trobe UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0733-6792Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Alan N. AnderseniD· 2 shared Amelia G. CarlessoiD· 1 shared Ben HalliwelliD· 1 shared Brett R. ScheffersiD· 1 shared Catherine L. ParriD· 1 shared Hannah Lee RiskasiD· 1 shared Heloise GibbiD· 1 shared Ian J. WrightiD· 1 shared

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The nightshift lowdown: can ants buffer climate change through shifts in vertical and temporal activity?

Lily Leahy, Brett R. Scheffers, Alan N. Andersen, Stephen E. Williams

This study shows that ants can improve their thermal safety margins by shifting activity to cooler niches, with greater benefits in lowland areas than uplands.

bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2026 · PreprintEcology

The economic strategies of superorganisms

Lily Leahy, Hannah Lee Riskas, Ben Halliwell, Ian J. Wright, Amelia G. Carlesso, Nathan James Sanders, Tom R. Bishop, Catherine L. Parr, Steven L. Chown, Jonathan Z. Shik, Alan N. Andersen, Heloise Gibb

This study tests whether an economic spectrum explains variation in ant ecological strategies, finding parallels with plant leaf economics spectra.

bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2025 · PreprintEcology