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Peter Arcese
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Research
Latest papers
Changes in phenology mediate vertebrate population responses to temperature globally.
Nature communications · 2026
Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2025
Multi-generation genetic contributions of immigrants reveal cryptic elevated and sex-biased effective gene flow within a natural meta-population.
Ecology letters · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $330,000
Ecology, evolution, and adaptation in small populations
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $295,000
Variation in natural selection, population demography and individual life history in insular plant and bird populations
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
- $120,000
Phenotypic, genetic and demographic responses to environmental variation and inbreeding in the song sparrow
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
42 publications.
Changes in phenology mediate vertebrate population responses to temperature globally.
Radchuk V, Jones CV, McLean N, Charmantier A, Teplitsky C, Alisauskas R, Ancona S, Anker-Nilssen T, Arcese P, Arlt D, Aubry LM, Bailey L, Barbraud C, Berg KS, Berteaux D, Blumstein DT, Bouwhuis S, Brose U, Brouwer L, Catry P, Chero G, Chiaradia A, Courtiol A, Daunt F, Delord K, Dobson FS, Drummond H, Eeva T, Fauteux D, Gauthier G, Genovart M, Granadeiro JP, Hentati-Sundberg J, Harris M, Igual JM, Janzen F, Keogan K, Korpimäki E, Kramer-Schadt S, Kruuk LEB, Lewis S, Mallory M, Martin J, Massot M, Matthysen E, Mihoub JB, Møller AP, Nater CR, Newell M, Oppel S, Oro D, Ortega S, Parejo D, Pärt T, Payo-Payo A, Pemberton J, Phillips RA, Pillay N, Avilés JM, Rödel HG, Sanz-Aguilar A, Saraux C, Schielzeth H, Schradin C, Schroeder J, Sheldon BC, Tavecchia G, Tarwater CE, Veiberg V, Viblanc VA, von Holst D, Vriend SJG, Wanless S, Wheelwright N, Wood AG, Sæther BE, Jenouvrier S, Clobert J, Beissinger SR, Visser ME, Reed TE, van de Pol M
Systematic conservation prioritization with the prioritizr R package.
Hanson JO, Schuster R, Strimas-Mackey M, Morrell N, Edwards BPM, Arcese P, Bennett JR, Possingham HP
Multi-generation genetic contributions of immigrants reveal cryptic elevated and sex-biased effective gene flow within a natural meta-population.
Reid JM, Dickel L, Keller LF, Nietlisbach P, Arcese P
Immune genotypes, immune responses, and survival in a wild bird population
Candidate genes under selection in song sparrows co-vary with climate and body mass in support of Bergmann's Rule.
Carbeck K, Arcese P, Lovette I, Pruett C, Winker K, Walsh J
Adaptation to climate change through seasonal migration revealed by climatic versus demographic niche models.
Carbeck K, Wang T, Reid JM, Arcese P
Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals.
Bonnet T, Morrissey MB, de Villemereuil P, Alberts SC, Arcese P, Bailey LD, Boutin S, Brekke P, Brent LJN, Camenisch G, Charmantier A, Clutton-Brock TH, Cockburn A, Coltman DW, Courtiol A, Davidian E, Evans SR, Ewen JG, Festa-Bianchet M, de Franceschi C, Gustafsson L, Höner OP, Houslay TM, Keller LF, Manser M, McAdam AG, McLean E, Nietlisbach P, Osmond HL, Pemberton JM, Postma E, Reid JM, Rutschmann A, Santure AW, Sheldon BC, Slate J, Teplitsky C, Visser ME, Wachter B, Kruuk LEB
On the capacity for rapid adaptation and plastic responses to herbivory and intraspecific competition in insular populations of Plectritis congesta.
Skaien CL, Arcese P
Immigration counter-acts local micro-evolution of a major fitness component: Migration-selection balance in free-living song sparrows.
Reid JM, Arcese P, Nietlisbach P, Wolak ME, Muff S, Dickel L, Keller LF
Are immigrants outbred and unrelated? Testing standard assumptions in a wild metapopulation.
Dickel L, Arcese P, Nietlisbach P, Keller LF, Jensen H, Reid JM
Ecology, evolution, and adaptation in small populations
Principal investigators: Arcese, Peter
Keywords: population persistence; local adaptation; small populations; conservation; climate change; fitness; rapid evolution; genetic mechanisms; pedigrees; islands
Variation in natural selection, population demography and individual life history in insular plant and bird populations
Principal investigators: Arcese, Peter
Phenotypic, genetic and demographic responses to environmental variation and inbreeding in the song sparrow
Principal investigators: Arcese, Peter
Phenotypic, genetic and demographic responses to environmental variation and inbreeding in the song sparrow
Principal investigators: Arcese, Peter
Rigid-hull inflatable boat for field research on avian ecology, evolution and conservation
Principal investigators: Norris, Ryan
Application of ecological and evolutionary theory to the conservation of populations and species
Principal investigators: Arcese, Peter
The population demography and genetics of island birds
Principal investigators: Arcese, Peter
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Dominique Berteaux and Gilles Gauthier: 13 shared papers
- Marco Festa-Bianchet and Gilles Gauthier: 2 shared papers
- Peter Arcese and Scott Wilson: 2 shared papers
- Marco Festa-Bianchet and Peter Arcese: 1 shared paper
- Tongli Wang and Peter Arcese: 1 shared paper
- Mark Mallory and Peter Arcese: 1 shared paper
- Mark Mallory and Dominique Berteaux: 1 shared paper
- Mark Mallory and Gilles Gauthier: 1 shared paper
- Peter Arcese and Dominique Berteaux: 1 shared paper
- Peter Arcese and Jordan Rosenfeld: 1 shared paper
- Peter Arcese and Gilles Gauthier: 1 shared paper
- Forest and Conservation Sciences
- Biologie
- Science and Technology
- Biologie, chimie et géographie
- UBC Fisheries Centre
- Biology
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Scott Wilson
Science and Technology
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Gilles Gauthier
Biologie
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Dominique Berteaux
Biologie, chimie et géographie
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Jordan Rosenfeld
UBC Fisheries Centre
1 shared papers, latest 2009
Marco Festa-Bianchet
Biologie
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Tongli Wang
Forest and Conservation Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Mark Mallory
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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