Andrew G. McAdam
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 2003
13 Natural Resources Building
Office Telephone: 517-432-0396
mcadama@msu.edu
Research website
Evolutionary Ecology Adaptation in Natural Populations
Research in my lab takes empirical approaches to understanding the evolution and ecology of wild organisms. Natural selection and evolution occur within an ecological context, so a major goal of our work is to examine the ecological circumstances associated with contemporary evolution. Humans represent an increasingly important component of the ecology of many wild organisms but the direct and indirect effects of human activities on evolutionary change are still poorly understood. As a result, while we continue to investigate the process of evolution under relatively pristine conditions, we are also interested in the role of humans as a contemporary evolutionary force.
Representative Publications
Boutin, S., L. A. Wauters, A. G. McAdam, M. M. Humphries, G. Tosi, and A. A. Dhondt. 2006. Anticipatory reproduction and population growth in seed predators. Science, 314: 1928-1930.
Sinervo, B., A. Chaine, J. Clobert, R. Calsbeek, L. Hazard, L. Lancaster, A.G. McAdam, S. Alonzo, G. Corrigan, and M.E. Hochberg. 2006. Self-recognition, color signals, and cycles of greenbeard mutualism and altruism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103 (19): 7372-7377.
McAdam, A.G. and S. Boutin. 2004. Maternal effects and the response to selection in red squirrels. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 271: 75-79.
McAdam, A.G. and S. Boutin. 2003. Variation in viability selection among cohorts of juvenile red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Evolution, 57(7): 1689-1697.
Réale, D., A.G. McAdam, S. Boutin, and D. Berteaux. 2003. Genetic and plastic responses of a northern mammal to climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 270: 591-596.