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Eric Vander Wal

ResearcherBiologyMemorial University of Newfoundland

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Eric Vander Wal

Researcher

Biology

Natural Sciences

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 NSERC), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Competition Density dependence Fitness Habitat Selection Movement Plasticity Risk-Reward Sociality

Latest papers

Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals.
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026
Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems.
Nature ecology & evolution · 2025
Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution.
Trends in ecology & evolution · 2025 · senior author

All 36 publications

Latest funding

Weaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science for More Effective and Collaborative Moose Monitoring and Research
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$446,865
The puzzle of being social in space
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$195,000
Fogo Island Long-Term Individual-Based Monitoring Program Remote Monitoring Tools
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$94,000

All 7 grants and awards

36 publications.

Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals.

Oliver RY, Yanco SW, Ellis-Soto D, Jesmer BR, Cohen J, Gao S, Patchett R, Avgar T, Bildstein K, Bakner NW, Barber D, Barker K, Barnes JG, Bastille-Rousseau G, Belant JL, Benson JF, Bêty J, Beyer DE, Bird D, Bowersock N, Boyce AJ, Carlson BS, Casazza ML, Chamberlain MJ, Cherry MJ, Collier BA, Courtemanch A, Davidson SC, DeBloois D, DeNicola V, DeSorbo CR, Dowler RC, Dupont D, Elbroch LM, Elliott J, Evans BA, Ford WM, Hancock D, Hardesty-Moore M, Hawley JE, Jeffress MR, Jennings S, Kauffman MJ, Kays R, Kelly MJ, Kluever BM, Lamont M, LaPoint S, LaSharr TN, Lefebvre J, Legagneux P, Loretto MC, Lumpkin D, Martinez LA, Marzluff JM, McCauley D, McDuie F, Mong TW, Monteith KL, Mueller T, Newediuk L, Ortega AC, Ossi F, Overton C, Perkins JC, Petroelje TR, Prugh L, Sager-Fradkin KA, Seer M, Shawler AL, Skalos S, Smiley RA, Sommerfeld J, Stahler DR, Stephenson JA, Stevens RD, Svoboda NJ, Therrien JF, Thomas PJ, VanAcker M, Vander Wal E, Varland DE, Verzuh TL, Wagler BL, Warnock N, Webb SL, Williams CK, Wilmers CC, Wolfson DW, Young JK, Rutz C, Jetz W

Science (New York, N.Y.)2026

DOI: 10.1126/science.adq3396 PMID: 42166584

Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems.

Albery GF, Becker DJ, Firth JA, De Moor D, Ravindran S, Silk M, Sweeny AR, Vander Wal E, Webber Q, Allen B, Babayan SA, Barve S, Begon M, Birtles RJ, Block TA, Block BA, Bradley JE, Budischak S, Buesching C, Burthe SJ, Carlisle AB, Caselle JE, Cattuto C, Chaine AS, Chapple TK, Cheney BJ, Clutton-Brock T, Collier M, Curnick DJ, Delahay RJ, Farine DR, Fenton A, Ferretti F, Feyrer L, Fielding H, Foroughirad V, Frere C, Gardner MG, Geffen E, Godfrey SS, Graham AL, Hammond PS, Henrich M, Heurich M, Hopwood P, Ilany A, Jackson JA, Jackson N, Jacoby DMP, Jacoby AM, Ježek M, Kirkpatrick L, Klamm A, Klarevas-Irby JA, Knowles S, Koren L, Krzyszczyk E, Kusch JM, Lambin X, Lane JE, Leirs H, Leu ST, Lyon BE, Macdonald DW, Madsen AE, Mann J, Manser M, Mariën J, Massawe A, McDonald RA, Morelle K, Mourier J, Newman C, Nussear K, Nyaguthii B, Ogino M, Ozella L, Packer C, Papastamatiou YP, Paterson S, Payne E, Pedersen AB, Pemberton JM, Pinter-Wollman N, Planes S, Raulo A, Rodríguez-Muñoz R, Rudd L, Sabuni C, Sah P, Schallert RJ, Sheldon BC, Shizuka D, Sih A, Sinn DL, Sluydts V, Spiegel O, Telfer S, Thomason CA, Tickler DM, Tregenza T, VanderWaal K, Walmsley S, Walters EL, Wanelik KM, Whitehead H, Wielgus E, Wilson-Aggarwal J, Wohlfeil C, Bansal S

Nature ecology & evolution2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-025-02843-z PMID: 40908382

Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution.

Ferraro KM, Leroux SJ, Bradford MA, Schmitz OJ, Vander Wal E

Trends in ecology & evolution2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2025.07.009 PMID: 40841196

Consistent Individual Differences and Plasticity in Migration Behaviour of Three North American Ungulates.

Laforge MP, Vander Wal E, Webber QMR, Geremia C, Kauffman MJ, McWhirter DE, Middleton A, Mong TW, Monteith KL, Ortega AC, Sawyer H, Merkle JA

Ecology letters2025

DOI: 10.1111/ele.70101 PMID: 40145127

Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups.

Benson JF, Keiter DA, Mahoney PJ, Allen BL, Allen L, Álvares F, Anderson ML, Barber-Meyer SM, Barocas A, Beasley JC, Behrendorff L, Belant JL, Beyer DE, Boitani L, Borg BL, Boutin S, Boydston EE, Brown JL, Bump JK, Cepek JD, Chamberlain MJ, Chenaux-Ibrahim YM, Cherry SG, Ćirović D, Ciucci P, Cluff HD, Cooper SM, Crooks KR, Dupont DLJ, Fisher RN, Fortin D, Gable TD, García E, Geffen E, Gehrt SD, Gillingham M, Heard DC, Hebblewhite M, Hinton JW, Homkes AT, Howden CG, Huber D, Jackson PJ, Joly K, Kelly A, Kelly MJ, Kingdon KA, Kulkarni A, Kusak J, Kuzyk GW, Lake BC, Llaneza L, López-Bao JV, MacNulty DR, McLaren AAD, McLoughlin PD, Merrill EH, Mills KJ, Mitchell N, Moore SA, Mumma MA, Murray MH, Musiani M, Nakamura M, Neilson EW, Neufeld LM, Newsome TM, Oakleaf JK, Palacios V, Perdicas MM, Perry T, Petroelje TR, Piper CB, Prokopenko CM, Prugh LR, Riley SPD, Rio-Maior H, Roffler GH, Rollins D, Sand H, Schmiegelow FKA, Seip DR, Sorum MS, St Clair CC, Steenweg R, Strohbach MW, Tatler J, Thaker M, Thompson CA, Turner JW, Vanak AT, Vander Wal E, Wabakken P, Walter SE, Webster SC, Wheeldon TJ, Wikenros C, Windels SK, Young JK, Zabihi-Seissan S, Zimmermann B, Patterson BR

Ecology2025

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4492 PMID: 39663892

Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function.

McLeod AM, Leroux S, Little CL, Massol F, Vander Wal E, Wiersma YF, Gounand I, Loeuille N, Harvey E

Trends in ecology & evolution2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.09.007 PMID: 39419673

Friends because of foes: synchronous movement within predator-prey domains.

Prokopenko CM, Ellington EH, Robitaille A, Aubin JA, Balluffi-Fry J, Laforge M, Webber QMR, Zabihi-Seissan S, Vander Wal E

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0374 PMID: 39230459

Expanding theory, methodology and empirical systems at the spatial-social interface.

Albery GF, Webber QMR, Farine D, Picardi S, Vander Wal E, Manlove KR

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2024

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0534 PMID: 39230454

Effects of the social environment on movement-integrated habitat selection.

Webber Q, Prokopenko C, Kingdon K, Turner J, Vander Wal E

Movement ecology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40462-024-00502-9 PMID: 39238061

The adaptive value of density-dependent habitat specialization and social network centrality.

Webber QMR, Laforge MP, Bonar M, Vander Wal E

Nature communications2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48657-8 PMID: 38789438

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Eric Vander Wal

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Interacting effects of human presence and landscape modification on birds and mammals.

Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems.

Zoogeochemical niche construction: how animal-mediated biogeochemistry affects evolution.

Consistent Individual Differences and Plasticity in Migration Behaviour of Three North American Ungulates.

Intrinsic and environmental drivers of pairwise cohesion in wild Canis social groups.

Quantifying elemental diversity to study landscape ecosystem function.

Friends because of foes: synchronous movement within predator-prey domains.

Expanding theory, methodology and empirical systems at the spatial-social interface.

Effects of the social environment on movement-integrated habitat selection.

The adaptive value of density-dependent habitat specialization and social network centrality.

Weaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science for More Effective and Collaborative Moose Monitoring and Research

The puzzle of being social in space

Fogo Island Long-Term Individual-Based Monitoring Program Remote Monitoring Tools

Testing the Effects of Hydropower Transmission Line Right-of-Ways on Wolf Space Use in Manitoba

Testing the effects of hydropower transmission line right-of-ways on wildlife movements and predator-prey dynamics

The Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Habitat- and Density-Dependent Animal Behaviour

Connecting Vander Wal and MB Hydro

Frequent collaborators

Quinn Webber

Rudy Boonstra

Pierre Legagneux

Tal Avgar

Adam Ford

Shawn Leroux

Fanie Pelletier

Daniel Fortin

Hal Whitehead