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Rachel Germain
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Latest papers
A practical guide to characterising ecological coexistence.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026
Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution.
Nature ecology & evolution · 2023
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2021
Latest funding
- $12,500
The ecology and evolution of biodiversity in natural metacommunities
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $266,000
The ecology and evolution of biodiversity in natural metacommunities
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
A practical guide to characterising ecological coexistence.
Clark AT, Shoemaker LG, Arnoldi JF, Barabás G, Germain R, Godoy O, Hallett L, Karakoç C, Saavedra S, Schreiber SJ
Conceptual and empirical bridges between micro- and macroevolution.
Rolland J, Henao-Diaz LF, Doebeli M, Germain R, Harmon LJ, Knowles LL, Liow LH, Mank JE, Machac A, Otto SP, Pennell M, Salamin N, Silvestro D, Sugawara M, Uyeda J, Wagner CE, Schluter D
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application.
Loreau M, Barbier M, Filotas E, Gravel D, Isbell F, Miller SJ, Montoya JM, Wang S, Aussenac R, Germain R, Thompson PL, Gonzalez A, Dee LE
Maternal effects and the outcome of interspecific competition.
Van Allen B, Jones N, Gilbert B, Carscadden K, Germain R
The ecology and evolution of biodiversity in natural metacommunities
Principal investigators: Germain, Rachel
The ecology and evolution of biodiversity in natural metacommunities
Principal investigators: Germain, Rachel
Keywords: metacommunity ecology; ecological processes; local adaptation; plant competition; landscape structure; community evolution; invasion biology; spatial ecology; dispersal; fragmentation
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 Gravel and Andrew Gonzalez: 7 shared papers
- Michael Doebeli and Rachel Germain: 1 shared paper
- Michael Doebeli and Dolph Schluter: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Germain and Dolph Schluter: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Germain and Elise Filotas: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Germain and Dominique Gravel: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Germain and Benjamin Gilbert: 1 shared paper
- Rachel Germain and Andrew Gonzalez: 1 shared paper
- Elise Filotas and Dominique Gravel: 1 shared paper
- Elise Filotas and Andrew Gonzalez: 1 shared paper
- Department of Zoology at UBC
- Biology
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Départe de biologie
- Science et technologie
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.
Dominique Gravel
Départe de biologie
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Benjamin Gilbert
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Andrew Gonzalez
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Dolph Schluter
Department of Zoology at UBC
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Elise Filotas
Science et technologie
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Michael Doebeli
Department of Zoology at UBC
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.