Conor A. Waldock

Anthropogenic-driven loss of an adaptive radiation reduces thermal response diversity

The paper shows that loss of endemic species due to human activity reduces thermal response diversity in lake ecosystems, highlighting the role of evolutionary diversification in maintaining ecosystem stability.

Systemic bio-inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox

This paper identifies a conservation paradox where biodiversity-rich countries experience higher poverty rates due to historical colonial exploitation, challenging the assumption that biodiversity directly reduces poverty.

Unexpected global biodiversity responses to climate change arise from complex adaptation, seascape, and dispersal dynamics

This study shows that climate change impacts on marine biodiversity are more complex than previously thought, due to interactions between adaptation, dispersal, and seascape dynamics.