Research Interests

I am a population biologist with a diverse set of interests. My research foci include the: [1] evolutionary consequences of interactions between enemies and their prey, [2] influence of phylogenetic relatedness on community structure, [3] effects of larval competition on adult fitness, and [4] ecology of macroinvertebrates living in ponds and small lakes. For more information, please visit my lab page.

Courses Taught

Graduate Students

Awards

2004 - Alberta Ingenuity Fund New Faculty Award

Selected Publications

• Vamosi SM & Queenborough SA. 2010. Breeding systems and phylogenetic diversity of seed plants along a large-scale elevational gradient. Journal of Biogeography 37: 465-476.
• Wohlfahrt B & Vamosi SM. 2009. Antagonistic selection or trait compensation? Diverse patterns of predation-induced prey mortality due to the interacting effects of prey phenotype and the environment. Evolutionary Biology 36: 386-396.
• Yee DA, Taylor S & Vamosi SM. 2009. Beetle and plant density as cues initiating dispersal in two species of adult predaceous diving beetles. Oecologia 160: 25-36.
• Vamosi SM, Heard SB, Vamosi JC & Webb CO. 2009. Emerging patterns in the comparative analysis of phylogenetic community structure. Molecular Ecology 18: 572-592.
• Vamosi JC & Vamosi SM. 2008. Extinction risk escalates in the tropics. PLoS ONE 3(12): e3886.