Curriculum Vitae
- 1998-2002 B.Sc. Environmental Science, National University of Galway, Ireland.
- 2003 Environmental consultant, KOS Consulting Ltd., Galway, Ireland.
- 2004-2007 PhD study. Evolutionary ecology of individual life-history variation in seabirds. University of Edinburgh. In collaboration with Dr. Emma Cunningham, Dr. Loeske Kruuk, Dr. Morten Frederiksen, and Prof. Sarah Wanless.
- 2007-2008 Field assistant to Dr. Andy Young (University of Exeter), research on cooperative breeding behaviour in white-browed sparrow weavers in South Africa.
- 2008-2010 Post-doctoral position with Dr. Daniel Schindler, University of Washington, and Dr. Robin Waples, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle. Eco-evolutionary responses of Pacific salmon to climate change. Financed by a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant.
- 2011-present Post-doctoral position with Dr. Marcel E. Visser, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), Wageningen. Eco-evolutionary responses of great tits to climate change. Financed by a NWO-VICI grant.
Projects
I have broad research interests within evolutionary ecology and population biology, with a focus on two related topics: (1) How organisms adapt their life histories to environments that are highly variable in time and space, and (2) Reciprocal interactions between trait dynamics and ecological dynamics. From an applied perspective, I am particularly interested in whether populations can adapt fast enough to avoid extinction when faced with climate change and other forms of anthrogenenic distrurbance. To tease apart the relative roles of phenotypic plasticity, microevolution, dispersal, and other demographic processes, I combine statistical analysis of empirical data with simulation modeling, using methods from quantitative genetics and population ecology.
My postdoc at the NIOO addresses the eco-evolutionary consequences of climate change-induced trophic mismatches for great tit (Parus major) populations. Increasing spring temperatures have led to earlier seasonal availability of caterpillars (in particular, the winter moth Operophtera brumata) in woodlands across Europe, which great tits rely on to feed their chicks. Some populations are responding by breeding earlier, yet in many the phenology responses appear inadequate, imposing strong directional selection and demographic costs. The ultimate goal is to develop predictive models that assess the likelihood of great tits being able to adapt fast enough to keep pace with projected climate change this century.
Co-Operation
For the great tit population dynamics project, we collaborate with Prof. Bernt-Erik Sæther at NTNU Trondheim and Dr. Stephanie Jenouvrier at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
I am also involved in on-going collaborations with colleagues at the University of Washington and the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle (eco-evolutionary responses of Pacific salmon to climate change; portfolio effects in ecology and evolution) and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh (seabird life-history plasticity; effects of parasites on seabird breeding biology and behaviour).
Selected Publications
Reed, T.E., Daunt, F., Kiploks, A.J., Burrthe, S.J., Granroth-Wilding, H.M.V., Takahashi, E.A., Newell, M., Wanless, S. and Cunningham, E.J.A. 2012. Impacts of parasites in early life: contrasting effects on juvenile growth for different family members. PLoS ONE 7(2): e32236.
Reed, T.E., Schindler, D.E., Hague, M., Patterson, D., Meir, E., Waples, R., Hinch, S. 2011. Time to evolve? Potential evolutionary responses of Fraser River sockeye salmon to climate change and effects on persistence. PLoS ONE 6(6): e20380.
Reed, T.E., Schindler, D.E. & Waples, R. 2011. Interacting effects of phenotypic plasticity and evolution on population persistence in a changing climate. Conservation Biology. 25:56-63.
Reed, T.E., Schindler, D.E., Waples, R., Hard J, Kinnison, M. 2010. Phenotypic plasticity and population viability: the importance of environmental predictability. Proc. Royal Soc Lon. B.277:3391-3400
Reed, T.E., Martinek, G & Quinn, T.P. 2010. Lake-specific variation in growth, migration timing, and survival of juvenile sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka: separating environmental from genetic influences. Journal of Fish Biology. 77: 692–705.
Reed, T.E., Warzybok, P., Wilson, A.J., Bradley, R., Wanless, S. & Sydeman, B. 2009. Timing is everything: flexible phenology and shifting selection in a colonial seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 376-387.
Reed, T.E., Daunt, F., Hall, M.E., Phillips, R.A., Wanless, S. and Cunningham, E.J.A. 2008. Parasite treatment affects maternal investment in sons. Science 321: 1681 - 1682
Reed, T.E., Kruuk, L.E.B., Wanless, S., Frederiksen, M., Cunningham, E.J.A., Harris, M.P. 2008. Reproductive senescence in a long-lived seabird: rates of decline in late life performance are associated with varying costs of early reproduction. American Naturalist 171 (2): E89-E101.
Reed, T.E., Wanless, S., Harris, M.P., Frederiksen, M., Kruuk, L.E.B., Cunningham, J.A. 2006. Responding to environmental change: plastic responses vary little in a synchronous breeder. Proc.Royal Soc. Lon. B. 273 (1602): 2713-2719
Connor A., Bradish S, Reed T.E., Moran J, Regan E, Visser M, Gormally M, Skeffington S. 2004. A comparison of the efficacy of pond-net and box sampling methods in turloughs - Irish ephemeral aquatic systems. Hydrobiologia 524 (1): 133-144
Links
Some favourite links:
http://ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com/
http://pandasthumb.org/
http://ecodrift.blogspot.com/
http://pineda-krch.com/
http://tenbestphotos.com/
http://www.monbiot.com/
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