Research
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Latest papers
Effect of Marine Reference on Inferred Evolutionary Patterns of Freshwater Stickleback.
Ecology and evolution · 2025
Thermal performance of ecosystems: Modeling how physiological responses to temperature scale up in communities.
Journal of theoretical biology · 2024 · senior author
Characterizing phenotypic diversity in marine populations of the threespine stickleback.
Scientific reports · 2022 · senior author
Latest funding
- $120,000
Characterizing the ecological effects of phenotypic diversity using the stoichiometric phenotype
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $330,000
Characterizing the ecological effects of phenotypic diversity using the stoichiometric phenotype
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $174,000
Characterizing the effects of evolution on nutrient cycling
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
10 publications.
Effect of Marine Reference on Inferred Evolutionary Patterns of Freshwater Stickleback.
Tsai B, Tapanes E, Fraser AL, El-Sabaawi R, Rennison DJ
Thermal performance of ecosystems: Modeling how physiological responses to temperature scale up in communities.
Febvre C, Goldblatt C, El-Sabaawi R
Characterizing phenotypic diversity in marine populations of the threespine stickleback.
Fraser AL, El-Sabaawi R
Individual variation in feeding morphology, not diet, can facilitate the success of generalist species in urban ecosystems.
Marques P, Zandonà E, Mazzoni R, El-Sabaawi R
Marine subsidy promotes spatial and dietary niche variation in an omnivore, the Keen's mouse (Peromyscus keeni).
Davidson KH, Starzomski BM, El-Sabaawi R, Hocking MD, Reynolds JD, Wickham SB, Darimont CT
A Bayesian analysis of the factors determining microplastics ingestion in fishes.
Covernton GA, Davies HL, Cox KD, El-Sabaawi R, Juanes F, Dudas SE, Dower JF
The experimental range extension of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) influences the metabolic activity of tropical streams.
Leduc AOHC, Thomas SA, Bassar RD, López-Sepulcre A, MacNeill K, El-Sabaawi R, Reznick DN, Flecker AS, Travis J
Urbanization can increase the invasive potential of alien species.
Santana Marques P, Resende Manna L, Clara Frauendorf T, Zandonà E, Mazzoni R, El-Sabaawi R
Drivers of nitrogen transfer in stream food webs across continents.
Norman BC, Whiles MR, Collins SM, Flecker AS, Hamilton SK, Johnson SL, Rosi EJ, Ashkenas LR, Bowden WB, Crenshaw CL, Crowl T, Dodds WK, Hall RO, El-Sabaawi R, Griffiths NA, Marti E, McDowell WH, Peterson SD, Rantala HM, Riis T, Simon KS, Tank JL, Thomas SA, von Schiller D, Webster JR
Hitting the moving target: modelling ontogenetic shifts with stable isotopes reveals the importance of isotopic turnover.
Hertz E, Trudel M, El-Sabaawi R, Tucker S, Dower JF, Beacham TD, Edwards AM, Mazumder A
Characterizing the ecological effects of phenotypic diversity using the stoichiometric phenotype
Principal investigators: El-Sabaawi, Rana
Characterizing the ecological effects of phenotypic diversity using the stoichiometric phenotype
Principal investigators: El-Sabaawi, Rana
Keywords: intraspecific variation; eco-evolutionary interactions; food web ecology; ecosystem process; nutrient recycling; vertebrates; traits; ecological stoichiometry; metabolic theory; urban ecology
Characterizing the effects of evolution on nutrient cycling
Principal investigators: ElSabaawi, Rana
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
- Rana El-Sabaawi and Francis Juanes: 1 shared paper
- Rana El-Sabaawi and Colin Goldblatt: 1 shared paper
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