Welcome! Below you will find my publications, starting with my most recent work. Note that I have provided a link to the publication or a copy of the PDF at the end of the author list below each publication. I have also underlined any co-authors that were trained as mentees. If you have trouble accessing any of the publications, please feel free to reach out to my e-mail (riddell AT unc.edu) to request a copy.
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2024
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Assessing hybrid vigor using the thermal sensitivity of physiological trade-offs in tiger salamanders
I.J. Burger, E. Carter, L. Magner, M.M. Muñoz, M.W. Sears, B. Fitzpatrick, and E.A. Riddell. Functional Ecology, 38:143-152. LINK |
2023
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Adaptive and non-adaptive convergent evolution in feather reflectance of California Chanel Islands songbirds
C.K. Porter, F.G. Romero, D.C. Adams, R.C.K. Bowie, and E.A. Riddell. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290: 20231914. LINK Parameterizing mechanistic niche models in biophysical ecology: a review of empirical approaches E.A. Riddell, I.J. Burger, T.L. Tyner-Swanson, J. Biggerstaff, M.M. Muñoz, O. Levy, and C.K. Porter. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226: jeb245543. LINK PDF Environmentally stable cis-regulatory changes underlie rapid climatic adaptation Ballinger M.A., K.L. Mack, S.M. Durkin, E.A. Riddell, and M.W. Nachman. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 120: e2214614120. LINK TrenchR: an R package for transparent microclimate and biophysical ecology Buckley, L.B., B. Ortiz, I. Caruso, A. John, O. Levy, A. Meyer, E.A. Riddell, Y. Sakairi, J. Simonis. PLoS Climate, 2.8: e0000139. LINK Hydric effects on thermal tolerance influence climate vulnerability in a high-latitude beetle E.A. Riddell, M. Mutanen, C.K. Ghalambor. Global Change Biology, gcb.16830. PDF Plumage balances camouflage and thermoregulation in horned larks (Eremophila alpestris)
Mason, N.A., E.A. Riddell, F. Romero, C. Cicero, R.C.K. Bowie. The American Naturalist, 201(2). PDF |
2022
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Mechanistic forecasts of species responses to climate change: the promise of biophysical ecology
Briscoe, N., S. Morris, P. Mathewson, L. Buckley, M. Jusup, O. Levy, I. Maclean, S. Pincebourde, E.A. Riddell, J. Roberts, R. Schouten, M.W. Sears, M. Kearney. In press, Global Change Biology. gcb.16557. PDF. |
Thermal adaptation of pelage in desert rodents balances cooling and insulation
Riddell, E.A., J.L. Patton, & S.R. Beissinger. Evolution, evo.14463. PDF. |
Integrating physiology into correlative models can alter predictions of habitat suitability under climate change for a threatened amphibian
Newman, J.*, E.A. Riddell*, M.W. Sears, K. Barrett. Ecography, e06082. *Equal contribution PDF. |
Keeping your cool: Thermoregulatory performance in desert cricetid rodents
R.W. Ramirez, E.A. Riddell, S.R. Beissinger, B.O. Wolf. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (5), jeb243131. PDF. |
Effect of supplemental feeding on nesting success and physiological metrics in Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)
Perryman, D.C., M.M. Pandit, E.A. Riddell, T.L. Sanders, I.A. Kanda, J.L. Grindstaff. Journal of Avian Biology, e02920. PDF. |
The thermal costs and benefits of replicated color evolution in the White Sands Desert lizard community
A.R. Gunderson, E.A. Riddell, M.W. Sears, and E.B. Rosenblum. The American Naturalist 199 (5): 666-678. PDF. |
2021
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Why are species traits weak predictors of range shifts?
Beissinger S.R. and E.A. Riddell. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52:47-66. PDF. |
Exposure to climate change drives stability or collapse of desert mammal and bird communities
Riddell, E.A., K. Iknayan, L. Hargrove, S. Tremor, J.L. Patton, R. Ramirez, B.O. Wolf, & S.R. Beissinger. Science 371: 633-636. PDF Press Coverage: National Science Foundation, Wired, Science, NPR, Audobon, Inverse |
2020
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Terrestrial salamanders maintain habitat suitability under climate change despite trade-offs between water loss and gas exchange
Riddell, E.A. and M.W. Sears. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 93: 310-319. PDF |
2019
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Cooling requirements fueled the collapse of a desert bird community from climate change
Riddell, E.A., K. Iknayan, B.O. Wolf, B. Sinervo, and S.R. Beissinger. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A.. PDF. Recommended by Faculty of 1000 Press Coverage: LA Times, KQED NPR, Los Angeles NPR, Phoenix NPR, E&E News, New Scientist, Berkeley News |
Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in a montane salamander with implications for climate change
Riddell, E.A., E. Roback, C.E. Wells, K. R. Zamudio, and M.W. Sears. Nature Communications, 10: 4091. PDF Press Coverage: The Newsstand, Poetry of Science |
The world still isn't flat: lessons learned from organismal interactions with environmental heterogeneity in terrestrial environments
Sears, M.W., E. A. Riddell, T. Rusch, and M. J. Angilletta, Jr. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icz130. PDF |
Trade-offs between water loss and gas exchange influence habitat suitability in a woodland salamander
Riddell E.A., J. McPhail, J.D. Damm, and M.W. Sears. Functional Ecology 32: 916-925. PDF |
Recurrent sublethal warming in the nest reduces embryo survival and post-hatching growth
Carlo, M.C., E.A. Riddell, O. Levy, and M.W. Sears. Ecology Letters, 21:104-116. PDF |
2017
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Physical calculations of resistance to water loss improve species range models: reply
Riddell E.A. and M.W. Sears. Ecology 98: 2965-2968. PDF |
Physical calculations of resistance to water loss improve predictions of species range models
Riddell E.A., E.K. Apanovitch, J.P. Odom, and M.W. Sears. Ecological Monographs, 87: 21-33. PDF |
2015
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Geographic variation of resistances to water loss within two species of salamanders: implications for activity
Riddell E.A., and M.W. Sears. Ecosphere 6: Article 86. PDF |
2013
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Incidental capture of an alternative prey by a dietary specialist, the endangered Snail Kite
Riddell E.A., and D.P. Cavanaugh. Florida Field Naturalist 41:49-50. PDF |
RECORDED SEMINARS
UC Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Ecological consequences of acclimation under past, present, and future climates in a small ectotherm: implications for conservation