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PUBLICATIONS

Metabolic Phenotype of Daphnia Under Hypoxia: Macroevolution, Microevolution, and Phenotypic Plasticity

Lee TM, Westbury KM, Martyniuk CJ, Nelson WA, Moyes CD (2022)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10.

An integrated experimental and mathematical approach to inferring the role of food exploitation and interference interactions in shaping life history

Joncour B, Nelson WA, Bjornstad ON (2022)

Functional ecology, 36(5), 1098-1112.

Incorporating diapause to predict the interannual dynamics of an important agricultural pest

Pak D, Carran S, Biddinger D, Nelson WA, Bjørnstad ON (2022)

Population Ecology

Demystifying individual heterogeneity

Forsythe AB, Day T, Nelson WA (2021)

Ecology Letters, 24(10), 2282-2297

Sublethal concentration of insecticide amplifies interference competition in a tortrix moth

Joncour B, Nelson WA (2021)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 220, 112324.

Partial diel vertical migration over strong environmental gradients structured by physiology, not adult size or genotype, in a freshwater zooplankton

Meyer GA, Westbury K, Nelson WA (2021)

Hydrobiologia, 848(11), 2773-2784.

Consistent and transient drivers of freshwater zooplankton communities

Sinclair JS, Arnott SE, Nelson WA, Brougham KB (2021)

Journal of Biogeography, 48(4), 811-822

Enhancing the usefulness of artificial seeds in seed beetle model systems research

Holmes LA, Nelson WA, Dyck M, Lougheed SC (2020)

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(12), 1701-1706
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Food quality effects on instar-specific life histories of a holometabolous insect

Holmes, LA, Nelson, WA, & Lougheed, SC (2020)

Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5790
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Behavioral diversity is maintained by a conditional strategy in a freshwater zooplankton

Meyer A & Nelson WA (2019)

Behavioral Ecology 30(4), https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz041
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Asymmetric interactions and their consequences for vital rates and dynamics: the smaller tea tortrix as a model system

Nelson WA, Joncour B, Pak D & Bjornstad ON (2019)

Ecology, 100(2), e02558.

Low levels of cannibalism increase fitness in an herbaceous tortrix moth

Simpson J, Joncour B, Nelson WA (2018)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72(2), 25.

The impact of within-host ecology on the fitness of a drug resistant parasite

Huijben S, Chan BHK, Nelson WA & Read AF (2018)

Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 127-137.

Energetic costs and strategies of post-juvenal molt in an equatorial bird, the Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

Bonier F, Martin PR, Small TW, Danner JE, Danner RM, Nelson WA, Moore IT (2018)

Ornitologia Neotropical Special Issue 29:S19-S28

The importance of temperature fluctuations in understanding mosquito population dynamics and malaria risk

Beck-Johnson LM, Nelson WA, Paaijmans KP, Read AF, Thomas MB, Bjørnstad ON (2017)

Royal Society open science 4, no. 3 : 160969

Unexpected nongenetic individual heterogeneity and trait covariance in Daphnia and its consequences for ecological and evolutionary dynamics

Cressler CE, Bengtson S, Nelson WA (2017)

​The American Naturalist, 190(1), pp.E13-E27.

Developmental synchrony in multivoltine insects: generation separation versus smearing

Bjornstad ON, Nelson WA & Tobin PC (2016)

Population Ecology. 58: 479-491.

Fitness consequences of altered feeding behavior in immune-challenged mosquitoes

Ohm JR, Teeple J, Nelson WA, Thomas MB, Read AF & Cator LJ (2016)

Parasites & Vectors. 9:1

Disentangling the interaction among host resources, the immune system, and pathogens

Cressler CE, Nelson WA, Day T & McCauley E. (2014)

Ecology Letters. 17: 284-293

Starvation reveals the cause of infection-induced castration and gigantism

Cressler CE, Nelson WA, Day T & McCauley E. (2014)

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 281:20141087

Synchronous dynamics of zooplankton competitors prevail in temperate lake ecosystems

Vasseur DA, Fox JW, Gonzalez A, Adrian R, Beisner B, Helmus M, Johnson C, Kratina P, Kremer C, de Mazancourt C, Miller E, Nelson WA, Paterson M, Rusak J, Shurin JB & Steiner C (2014)

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 281:20140633

Positive phenotypic correlations among life-history traits remain in the absence of differential resource ingestion

Olijnyk AM & Nelson WA. (2013)

Functional Ecology. 27: 165-172

Recurrent insect outbreaks caused by temperaturedriven changes in system stability

Nelson WA, Bjornstad ON & Yamanaka T. (2013)

Science. 341: 796-799

The effect of temperature on anopheles mosquito population dynamics and the potential for malaria transmission

Beck-Johnson LM, Nelson WA, Paaijmans KP, Read AF, Thomas MB & Bjørnstad ON. (2013)

PLoS One. 8(11:e79276)

Ontogeny in the visual system of Nile tilapia

Sabbah, S, Hui J, Hauser FE, Nelson WA & Hawryshyn CW. (2012)

Ontogeny in the visual system of Nile tilapia Sabbah, S, Hui J, Hauser FE, Nelson WA & Hawryshyn CW. (2012) Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 2684-2695

Enhanced transmission of drug-resistant parasites to mosquitoes following drug treatment in rodent malaria

Bell, A, Huijben, S, Paaijmans, K, Sim D, Chan B, Nelson WA & Read A. (2012)

PLoS One. 7: 1-10

Generation separation in simple structured life-cycles: models and 48 years of field data on a tea tortrix moth

Yamanaka T, Nelson WA, Uchimura K & Bjørnstad ON. (2012)

American Naturalist. 179: 95-109

The fitness of drug-resistant malaria parasites in a rodent model: multiplicity of infection

Huijben S, Sim DG, Nelson WA, Read AF. (2011)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24: 2410-2422

Stochastic growth reduces population fluctuations in Daphnia–algal systems

Ananthasubramaniam B, Nisbet RM, Nelson WA, McCauley E & Gurney WSC. (2011)

Ecology. 92(2): 362-372

Bridging Scales in the Evolution of Infectious Disease Life Histories: Application

Mideo N, Nelson WA, Reece SE, Bell AS, Read A & Day T. (2011)

Evolution. 24: 2410-2422

Chemotherapy, within-host ecology and the fitness of drug resistant malaria parasites

Huijben, S., Nelson, W.A., Wargo, A., Sim, D., Drew, D. & Read, A. (2010)

Evolution, 64(10), pp.2952-2968

A structured threshold model for bark beetle outbreak

Lewis MA, Nelson WA & Xu C (2010)

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Volume 72, Issue 3, pp 565–589

Coexistence mechanisms and the paradox of the plankton: quantifying selection from noisy data

Fox JW, Nelson WA, McCauley E (2010)

Ecology. 2010 Jun 1;91(6):1774-86

Balancing ecological complexity in predictive models: a reassessment of risk models in the mountain pine beetle system

Nelson WA, Potapov A, Lewis MA, Hundsdörfer AE & He F (2008)

Journal of Applied Ecology, 45(1), pp.248-257

Connecting host physiology to host resistance in the conifer-bark beetle system

Nelson WA & Lewis MA (2008)

Theoretical Ecology, 1(3), pp.163-177

Small amplitude predator-prey emerge from stage-structured interactions in Daphnia-algal systems

McCauley E, Nelson WA & Nisbet RM (2008)

Nature, 455(7217), p.1240.

Spatial heterogeneity and rates of spread in experimental streams

Simpson K, McCauley E & Nelson WA (2008)

Oikos, 117(10), pp.1491-1499

Population growth and demography of white sturgeon in the Lower Fraser River

Nelson WA, Levings CD, Paul AJ (2007)

American Fisheries Society Symposium (Vol. 56, pp. 381-396)

Stage-structured cycles generate strong fitness-equalizing mechanisms

Nelson WA, McCauley E & Nisbet RM. (2007)

Evolutionary ecology, 21(4), pp.499-515.

Capturing dynamics with the correct rates: inverse problems using semiparametric approaches

Nelson WA, McCauley E, Wimbert J (2004)

Ecology, 85(4), pp.889-903

The effects of floral design and display on pollinator economics and pollen dispersal

Harder LD, Williams NM, Jordan CY, Nelson WA (2001)

Cognitive ecology of pollination, pp.297-317

Multiple dynamics in a single predator-prey system: experimental effects of food quality

Nelson WA, McCauley E, Wrona FJ (2001)

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 268(1473), pp.1223-1230
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