I have my undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and my Ph.D from UC Santa Barbara. I am now an assistant professor at Yale University in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. I study behavioral and evolutionary ecology using a combination of mathematical models, empirical observations and experiments in the field and lab. My research focuses on the effect of interactions between individuals on a variety of evolutionary and ecological processes.

Breakdown of an ant-plant mutualism follows the loss of large herbivores from an African savanna. Palmer TM, Stanton ML, …, Pringle RM, Karban R Science 2008 Jan 11 319(5860):192-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 16 Jan 2008 Environmental conditions in early life influence ageing rates in a wild population of red deer. Nussey DH, Kruuk LE, Morris A, Clutton-Brock TH Curr Biol 2007 Dec 4 17(23):R1000-1 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 16 Jan 2008 Group formation stabilizes predator-prey dynamics. Fryxell JM, Mosser A, Sinclair AR, Packer C Nature 2007 Oct 25 449(7165):1041-3 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | George Malanson / Peter de Ruiter / Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 16 Jan 2008 Variation in habitat choice and delayed reproduction: adaptive queuing strategies or individual quality differences? van de Pol M, Pen I, Heg D, Weissing FJ Am Nat 2007 Oct 170(4):530-41 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 3 Oct 2007 Monogamy on the fast track. Adkins-Regan E, Tomaszycki M Biol Lett 2007 Dec 22 3(6):617-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 2 Oct 2007 An experimental test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in a teleost fish: 11-ketotestosterone suppresses innate immunity in three-spined sticklebacks. Kurtz J, Kalbe M, …, Milinski M, Hasselquist D Am Nat 2007 Oct 170(4):509-19 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 28 Sep 2007 Adaptive advantages of cooperative courtship for subordinate male lance-tailed manakins. DuVal EH Am Nat 2007 Apr 169(4):423-32 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 17 Apr 2007 The evolutionary ecology of individual phenotypic plasticity in wild populations. Nussey DH, Wilson AJ, Brommer JE J Evol Biol 2007 May 20(3):831-44 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 13 Apr 2007 Environmental and genetic influences on mating strategies along a replicated food availability gradient in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Kolluru GR, Grether GF, Contreras H Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2007 61:689-701 [full text] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 13 Apr 2007 The evolution of sperm morphometry in pheasants. Immler S, Saint-Jalme M, …, Roman Y, Birkhead TR J Evol Biol 2007 May 20(3):1008-14 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 12 Apr 2007 Masculinized dominant females in a cooperatively breeding species. Aubin-Horth N, Desjardins JK, …, Balshine S, Hofmann HA Mol Ecol 2007 Apr 16(7):1349-58 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo / Ellen Ketterson Evaluated 12 Apr 2007 Should attractive males have more sons? Fawcett TW, Kuijper B, Pen I, Weissing FJ Behav Ecol 2007 18:71-80 [full text] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 8 Jan 2007 Good genes sexual selection in nature. Byers JA, Waits L Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Oct 31 103(44):16343-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo / Lee Dugatkin Evaluated 4 Jan 2007 Condition dependence of reproductive strategy and the benefits of polyandry in a viviparous lizard. Eizaguirre C, Laloi D, …, Federici P, Clobert J Proc Biol Sci 2007 Feb 7 274(1608):425-30 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 4 Jan 2007 Post-mating sexual selection increases lifetime fitness of polyandrous females in the wild. Fisher DO, Double MC, …, Jennions MD, Cockburn A Nature 2006 Nov 2 444(7115):89-92 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo / Gabriele Sorci Evaluated 3 Jan 2007 Sex-biased maternal effects reduce ectoparasite-induced mortality in a passerine bird. Badyaev AV, Hamstra TL, Oh KP, Acevedo Seaman DA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Sep 26 103(39):14406-11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 3 Jan 2007 Prey evolution on the time scale of predator-prey dynamics revealed by allele-specific quantitative PCR. Meyer JR, Ellner SP, …, Jones LE, Yoshida T Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Jul 11 103(28):10690-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 12 Oct 2006 Testing the genetics underlying the co-evolution of mate choice and ornament in the wild. Qvarnström A, Brommer JE, Gustafsson L Nature 2006 May 4 441(7089):84-6 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 12 Oct 2006 Resource competition and social conflict in experimental populations of yeast. MacLean RC, Gudelj I Nature 2006 May 25 441(7092):498-501 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Jan-Ulrich Kreft / Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 12 Oct 2006 Intensity of sexual selection along the anisogamy-isogamy continuum. Bjork A, Pitnick S Nature 2006 Jun 8 441(7094):742-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Joachim Kurtz / Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 30 Jun 2006 Experimental evidence that predation promotes divergence in adaptive radiation. Nosil P, Crespi BJ Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Jun 13 103(24):9090-5 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 29 Jun 2006 Dimorphic male midshipman fish: reduced sexual selection or sexual selection for reduced characters? Lee JSF, Bass AH Behav Ecol 2006 17:670-675 [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 29 Jun 2006 Optimal immune responses: immunocompetence revisited. Viney ME, Riley EM, Buchanan KL Trends Ecol Evol 2005 Dec 20(12):665-9 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 20 Mar 2006 Dynamic paternity allocation as a function of male plumage color in barn swallows. Safran RJ, Neuman CR, McGraw KJ, Lovette IJ Science 2005 Sep 30 309(5744):2210-2 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 19 Dec 2005 Mate fidelity and intra-lineage polygyny in greater horseshoe bats. Rossiter SJ, Ransome RD, …, Le Comber SC, Jones G Nature 2005 Sep 15 437(7057):408-11 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 19 Dec 2005 Experimental removal and elevation of sexual selection: does sexual selection generate manipulative males and resistant females? Crudgington HS, Beckerman AP, …, Green K, Snook RR Am Nat 2005 May 165 Suppl 5:S72-87 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 2 Aug 2005 Density-dependent dispersal and spatial population dynamics. Ims RA, Andreassen HP Proc Biol Sci 2005 May 7 272(1566):913-8 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [FREE full text] Selected by | Michael Bonsall / Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 2 Aug 2005 Clonal reproduction by males and females in the little fire ant. Fournier D, Estoup A, …, Le Breton J, Keller L Nature 2005 Jun 30 435(7046):1230-4 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Gabriele Sorci / Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 2 Aug 2005 Escalation, retreat, and female indifference as alternative outcomes of sexually antagonistic coevolution. Rowe L, Cameron E, Day T Am Nat 2005 May 165 Suppl 5:S5-18 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 2 Aug 2005 Female polymorphism, frequency dependence, and rapid evolutionary dynamics in natural populations. Svensson EI, Abbott J, Hardling R Am Nat 2005 May 165(5):567-76 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Daniel Howard / Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 9 May 2005 Female mating bias results in conflicting sex-specific offspring fitness. Fedorka KM, Mousseau TA Nature 2004 May 6 429(6987):65-7 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 25 Jan 2005 The ecological genetics of conditional strategies. Hazel W, Smock R, Lively CM Am Nat 2004 Jun 163(6):888-900 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 21 Dec 2004 The evolution of female preferences for multiple indicators of quality. van Doorn GS, Weissing FJ Am Nat 2004 Aug 164(2):173-86 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 21 Dec 2004 Heritable variation for female remating in Lobesia botrana, a usually monandrous moth. Torres-Vila LM, Gragera J, Rodriguez-Molina MC, Stockel J Anim Behav 2004 64:899-907 [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 20 Dec 2004 Population density drives the local evolution of a threshold dimorphism. Tomkins JL, Brown GS Nature 2004 Oct 28 431(7012):1099-103 [abstract on PubMed] [related articles] [full text] [order article] Selected by | Suzanne Alonzo Evaluated 20 Dec 2004

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