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Priyanga Amarasekare

University of California, Los Angeles · US
Area of research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics · Nature and Landscape Conservation
Research interest
Research interests include Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.
h-index
40
citations
14,937
works
114
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Temperature‐dependent dispersal and ectotherm species' distributions in a warming world
Journal of Animal Ecology 2024cited by 10position: firstdoi
Variable responses of individual species to tropical forest degradation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Thermal Niche Partitioning
The American Naturalist 2018cited by 31position: lastdoi
Effects of warming on predator–prey interactions – a resource‐based approach and a theoretical synthesis
Ecology Letters 2017cited by 204position: lastdoi
Predicting phenological shifts in a changing climate
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017cited by 130position: lastdoi
Selection on stability across ecological scales
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2015cited by 118position: middledoi
Effects of temperature and resource variation on insect population dynamics: the bordered plant bug as a case study
Functional Ecology 2015cited by 71position: lastdoi
Effects of temperature on consumer–resource interactions
Journal of Animal Ecology 2014cited by 130position: firstdoi
Effects of Temperature on Intraspecific Competition in Ectotherms
The American Naturalist 2014cited by 76position: firstdoi
A Metric for Quantifying the Oscillatory Tendency of Consumer-Resource Interactions
The American Naturalist 2014cited by 35position: lastdoi
The intrinsic growth rate as a predictor of population viability under climate warming
Journal of Animal Ecology 2013cited by 58position: firstdoi
A Framework for Elucidating the Temperature Dependence of Fitness
The American Naturalist 2012cited by 243position: firstdoi

Grants

A mechanistic approach to predicting the ecological and evolutionary consequences of environmental change
NSF1949796$287,7762020–2024PIRePORTER
A Mechanistic framework for elucidating temperature effects on population and community dynamics
NSF1457815$629,5342015–2020PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Elucidating the Roles of Abiotic and Biotic Factors in Exotic Species Establishment: A Trait-based Approach
NSF1502071$20,0132015–2018PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Harvest-induced changes in life history traits: insights from the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
NSF0808605$12,0002009–2012PIRePORTER
Diversity Maintenance in Multi-trophic Communities: The Role of Multiple Coexistence Mechanisms
NSF0717350$483,5002007–2012PIRePORTER
A multi-Consumer Perspective of Consumer-Resource Dynamics
NSF0129270$396,7632002–2005PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 3 papers (2013–2015)Christopher Johnson · University of Tasmania2 papers (2014–2015)Robert D. Holt · University of Florida1 papers (2015–2015) · 1 papers (2015–2015) · 1 papers (2015–2015)Kimberly E. Dolphin · University of California, Los Angeles1 papers (2015–2015)Erin Berlin · San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research1 papers (2015–2015)Stefano Allesina · Northwestern University1 papers (2015–2015)Katherine Scranton · Yale University1 papers (2017–2017)Alice N. Leung · University of California, Los Angeles1 papers (2015–2015)Rudolf P. Rohr · University of Fribourg1 papers (2015–2015)Jonathan Tran · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School1 papers (2015–2015) · 1 papers (2017–2017) · 1 papers (2017–2017)Jonathan J. Borrelli · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute1 papers (2015–2015)Van M. Savage · Santa Fe Institute1 papers (2012–2012)John Damuth · University of California, Santa Barbara1 papers (2015–2015)Sebastian Diehl · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München1 papers (2017–2017) · 1 papers (2015–2015)Matthew Spencer · University of York1 papers (2015–2015)