Cameron Ghalambor
About
I consider myself an evolutionary ecologist interested in the process of adaptive evolution and the patterns of biodiversity it generates. I attempt to take an integrative approach to questions that fall at the intersection of ecology, evolution, behavior, physiology, and conservation. My group currently works on a diversity of questions, related to 1) the ecological and evolutionary implications of phenotypic plasticity, 2) the role of physiological tolerance and interspecific competition in determining range limits and sensitivity to climate change, 3) how correlated environmental factors shape suites of behavioral, life history, and physiological traits, and 4) the factors generating and maintaining adaptive divergence within populations.
Publications
2024
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Clancey, Erin;
Macpherson, Ailene;
Cheek, Rebecca G.;
Mouton, James C.;
Sillett, T. Scott;
Ghalambor, Cameron Kamran.
(2024)
Unraveling Adaptive Evolutionary Divergence at Microgeographic Scales.
The American Naturalist
Academic article
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Cheek, Rebecca G.;
McLaughlin, Jessica F.;
Gamboa, Maybellene P.;
Marshall, Craig A.;
Johnson, Brett M.;
Silver, Douglas B..
(2024)
A lack of genetic diversity and minimal adaptive evolutionary divergence in introduced Mysis shrimp after 50 years.
Evolutionary Applications
Academic article
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Martin, Paul R.;
Ghalambor, Cameron Kamran.
(2024)
Is competitive ability the key adaptation to benign environments? Revisiting experiments on closely related species of tidal plants.
Biology Letters
Academic article
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Cicchino, Amanda S.;
Ghalambor, Cameron Kamran;
Forester, Brenna R.;
Dunham, Jason D.;
Funk, W Chris.
(2024)
Greater plasticity in CTmax with increased climate variability among populations of tailed frogs.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Academic article
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Gamboa, Maybellene P.;
Ghalambor, Cameron Kamran;
Sillett, T. Scott;
Funk, W. Chris;
Furbush, Ross A.;
Husak, Jerry F..
(2024)
Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow) bill size is primarily shaped by thermoregulation on the California Channel Islands.
The AUK: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology
Academic article
2023
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Martin, Paul R.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2023)
A Case for the “Competitive Exclusion–Tolerance Rule” as a General Cause of Species Turnover along Environmental Gradients.
The American Naturalist
Academic article
-
Cicchino, Amanda S.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Funk, W Chris.
(2023)
Linking critical thermal maximum to mortality from thermal stress in a cold-water frog.
Biology Letters
Academic article
-
Riddell, Eric A.;
Mutanen, Marko;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2023)
Hydric effects on thermal tolerances influence climate vulnerability in a high-latitude beetle.
Global Change Biology
Academic article
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Cicchino, Amanda S.;
Shah, Alisha A.;
Forester, Brenna R.;
Dunham, Jason B.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Funk, W. Chris.
(2023)
Multi-scale relationships in thermal limits within and between two cold-water frog species uncover different trends in physiological vulnerability.
Freshwater Biology
Academic article
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Dantzer, B.;
Mabry, K.E.;
Bernhardt, J.R.;
Cox, R.M.;
Francis, C.D.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2023)
Understanding Organisms Using Ecological Observatory Networks.
Integrative Organismal Biology: A Journal of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Academic literature review
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Cicchino, Amanda S.;
Shah, Alisha A.;
Forester, Brenna R.;
Dunham, Jason B.;
Poff, N. LeRoy;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2023)
Acclimation capacity of critical thermal maximum varies among populations: Consequences for estimates of vulnerability.
Ecosphere
Academic article
2022
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Ellis, KS;
Larsen, RT;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Koons, DN.
(2022)
Plasticity of snowy plover incubation behaviors in response to risks of nest predation.
Behavioral Ecology
Academic article
-
Cheek, Rebecca G.;
Forester, Brenna R.;
Salerno, Patricia E.;
Trumbo, Daryl R.;
Langin, Kathryn M.;
Chen, Nancy.
(2022)
Habitat-linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island-endemic bird species.
Molecular Ecology
Academic article
-
Kefford, Ben J.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Dewenter, Beatrice;
Poff, N. LeRoy;
Hughes, Jane;
Reich, Jollene.
(2022)
Acute, diel, and annual temperature variability and the thermal biology of ectotherms.
Global Change Biology
Academic literature review
-
Mauro, Alexander A.;
Shah, Alisha A.;
Martin, Paul R.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2022)
An Integrative Perspective On the Mechanistic Basis of Context- Dependent Species Interactions.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Academic article
-
Hays, Sarah C.;
Cheek, Rebecca G.;
Mouton, James C.;
Sillett, T. Scott;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2022)
Lack of avian predators is associated with behavioural plasticity in nest construction and height in an island songbird.
Animal Behaviour
Academic article
2021
-
Linck, Ethan B.;
Freeman, Benjamin G.;
Cadena, C Daniel;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
Evolutionary conservatism will limit responses to climate change in the tropics.
Biology Letters
Academic article
-
Gamboa, Maybellene P.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Sillett, Terence Scott;
Morrison, Scott A.;
Funk, William Chris.
(2021)
Adaptive divergence in bill morphology and other thermoregulatory traits is facilitated by restricted gene flow in song sparrows on the California Channel Islands.
Molecular Ecology
Academic article
-
Mauro, Alexander;
Torres-Dowdall, Julián;
Marshall, Craig A.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
How tradeoffs constrain evolvability at the range limit of the Trinidadian guppy. .
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Abstract
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Ghalambor, Cameron;
Gross, Edward S.;
Grosholz, Edwin D.;
Jeffries, Ken M.;
Largier, John L.;
McCormick, Stephen D..
(2021)
Ecological Effects of Climate-Driven Salinity Variation in the San Francisco Estuary: Can We Anticipate and Manage the Coming Changes?.
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Academic article
-
Desrosiers, Michelle;
Langin, Kathryn M;
Funk, W. Chris;
Sillett, T. Scott;
Morrison, Scott A.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
Body size is associated with yearling breeding and extra-pair mating in the Island Scrub-Jay.
The AUK: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology
Academic article
-
Mauro, Alexander A.;
Torres-Dowdall, Julián;
Marshall, Craig A.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
A genetically based ecological trade-off contributes to setting a geographic range limit.
Ecology Letters
Academic article
-
Jardeleza, Marcel-Kate G.;
Koch, Jonathan B.;
Pearse, Ian S.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Hufbauer, Ruth A..
(2021)
The roles of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation in morphology and performance of an invasive species in a novel environment.
Ecological Entomology
Academic article
-
Martin, L.B.;
Hanson, H.E.;
Hauber, M.R.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
Genes, environments, and phenotypic plasticity in immunology.
Trends in immunology
Academic article
-
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Gross, E.S.;
Groshoz, E.D.;
Jeffries, K.;
Largier, J.L.;
McCormick, S.D..
(2021)
Changing salinity regimes in the San Francisco Estuary system due to climate change: Can we anticipate and manage the coming changes? .
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Academic article
-
Potter, Tomos;
Bassar, Ronald;
Bentzen, Paul;
Ruell, Emily;
Torres Dowdall, Julian;
Handelsman, Corey.
(2021)
Environmental Change, If Unaccounted, Prevents Detection of Cryptic Evolution in a Wild Population.
The American Naturalist
Academic article
2020
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Broder, E. Dale;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Handelsman, Corey;
Ruell, Emily W;
Reznick, David N.;
Angeloni, Lisa.
(2020)
Rapid evolution and plasticity of genitalia.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Academic article
-
Shah, Alisha;
Woods, H. Arthur;
Havird, Justin;
Encalada, Andrea C;
Flecker, Alex;
Funk, W. Chris.
(2020)
Temperature-dependence of metabolic rate in tropical and temperate aquatic insects: support for the Climate Variability Hypothesis in mayflies but not stoneflies. .
Global Change Biology
Academic article
-
Mauro, Alexander;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2020)
Trade-offs, Pleiotropy, and Shared Molecular Pathways: A Unified View of Constraints on Adaptation.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Academic article
-
Shah, Alisha;
Bacmeister, Eva;
Rubalcaba, Juan;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2020)
Divergence and constraint in the thermal sensitivity of aquatic insect swimming performance.
Current Zoology
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Clancey, Erin;
Macpherson, Ailene;
Cheek, Rebecca G.;
Mouton, James C.;
Sillett, T. Scott;
Ghalambor, Cameron Kamran.
(2024)
Unraveling Adaptive Evolutionary Divergence at Microgeographic Scales.
The American Naturalist
Academic article
-
Cheek, Rebecca G.;
McLaughlin, Jessica F.;
Gamboa, Maybellene P.;
Marshall, Craig A.;
Johnson, Brett M.;
Silver, Douglas B..
(2024)
A lack of genetic diversity and minimal adaptive evolutionary divergence in introduced Mysis shrimp after 50 years.
Evolutionary Applications
Academic article
-
Martin, Paul R.;
Ghalambor, Cameron Kamran.
(2024)
Is competitive ability the key adaptation to benign environments? Revisiting experiments on closely related species of tidal plants.
Biology Letters
Academic article
-
Cicchino, Amanda S.;
Ghalambor, Cameron Kamran;
Forester, Brenna R.;
Dunham, Jason D.;
Funk, W Chris.
(2024)
Greater plasticity in CTmax with increased climate variability among populations of tailed frogs.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Academic article
-
Gamboa, Maybellene P.;
Ghalambor, Cameron Kamran;
Sillett, T. Scott;
Funk, W. Chris;
Furbush, Ross A.;
Husak, Jerry F..
(2024)
Melospiza melodia (Song Sparrow) bill size is primarily shaped by thermoregulation on the California Channel Islands.
The AUK: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology
Academic article
-
Martin, Paul R.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2023)
A Case for the “Competitive Exclusion–Tolerance Rule” as a General Cause of Species Turnover along Environmental Gradients.
The American Naturalist
Academic article
-
Cicchino, Amanda S.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Funk, W Chris.
(2023)
Linking critical thermal maximum to mortality from thermal stress in a cold-water frog.
Biology Letters
Academic article
-
Riddell, Eric A.;
Mutanen, Marko;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2023)
Hydric effects on thermal tolerances influence climate vulnerability in a high-latitude beetle.
Global Change Biology
Academic article
-
Cicchino, Amanda S.;
Shah, Alisha A.;
Forester, Brenna R.;
Dunham, Jason B.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Funk, W. Chris.
(2023)
Multi-scale relationships in thermal limits within and between two cold-water frog species uncover different trends in physiological vulnerability.
Freshwater Biology
Academic article
-
Dantzer, B.;
Mabry, K.E.;
Bernhardt, J.R.;
Cox, R.M.;
Francis, C.D.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2023)
Understanding Organisms Using Ecological Observatory Networks.
Integrative Organismal Biology: A Journal of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Academic literature review
-
Cicchino, Amanda S.;
Shah, Alisha A.;
Forester, Brenna R.;
Dunham, Jason B.;
Poff, N. LeRoy;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2023)
Acclimation capacity of critical thermal maximum varies among populations: Consequences for estimates of vulnerability.
Ecosphere
Academic article
-
Ellis, KS;
Larsen, RT;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Koons, DN.
(2022)
Plasticity of snowy plover incubation behaviors in response to risks of nest predation.
Behavioral Ecology
Academic article
-
Cheek, Rebecca G.;
Forester, Brenna R.;
Salerno, Patricia E.;
Trumbo, Daryl R.;
Langin, Kathryn M.;
Chen, Nancy.
(2022)
Habitat-linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island-endemic bird species.
Molecular Ecology
Academic article
-
Kefford, Ben J.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Dewenter, Beatrice;
Poff, N. LeRoy;
Hughes, Jane;
Reich, Jollene.
(2022)
Acute, diel, and annual temperature variability and the thermal biology of ectotherms.
Global Change Biology
Academic literature review
-
Mauro, Alexander A.;
Shah, Alisha A.;
Martin, Paul R.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2022)
An Integrative Perspective On the Mechanistic Basis of Context- Dependent Species Interactions.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Academic article
-
Hays, Sarah C.;
Cheek, Rebecca G.;
Mouton, James C.;
Sillett, T. Scott;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2022)
Lack of avian predators is associated with behavioural plasticity in nest construction and height in an island songbird.
Animal Behaviour
Academic article
-
Linck, Ethan B.;
Freeman, Benjamin G.;
Cadena, C Daniel;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
Evolutionary conservatism will limit responses to climate change in the tropics.
Biology Letters
Academic article
-
Gamboa, Maybellene P.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Sillett, Terence Scott;
Morrison, Scott A.;
Funk, William Chris.
(2021)
Adaptive divergence in bill morphology and other thermoregulatory traits is facilitated by restricted gene flow in song sparrows on the California Channel Islands.
Molecular Ecology
Academic article
-
Mauro, Alexander;
Torres-Dowdall, Julián;
Marshall, Craig A.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
How tradeoffs constrain evolvability at the range limit of the Trinidadian guppy. .
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Abstract
-
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Gross, Edward S.;
Grosholz, Edwin D.;
Jeffries, Ken M.;
Largier, John L.;
McCormick, Stephen D..
(2021)
Ecological Effects of Climate-Driven Salinity Variation in the San Francisco Estuary: Can We Anticipate and Manage the Coming Changes?.
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Academic article
-
Desrosiers, Michelle;
Langin, Kathryn M;
Funk, W. Chris;
Sillett, T. Scott;
Morrison, Scott A.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
Body size is associated with yearling breeding and extra-pair mating in the Island Scrub-Jay.
The AUK: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology
Academic article
-
Mauro, Alexander A.;
Torres-Dowdall, Julián;
Marshall, Craig A.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
A genetically based ecological trade-off contributes to setting a geographic range limit.
Ecology Letters
Academic article
-
Jardeleza, Marcel-Kate G.;
Koch, Jonathan B.;
Pearse, Ian S.;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Hufbauer, Ruth A..
(2021)
The roles of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation in morphology and performance of an invasive species in a novel environment.
Ecological Entomology
Academic article
-
Martin, L.B.;
Hanson, H.E.;
Hauber, M.R.;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2021)
Genes, environments, and phenotypic plasticity in immunology.
Trends in immunology
Academic article
-
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Gross, E.S.;
Groshoz, E.D.;
Jeffries, K.;
Largier, J.L.;
McCormick, S.D..
(2021)
Changing salinity regimes in the San Francisco Estuary system due to climate change: Can we anticipate and manage the coming changes? .
San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Academic article
-
Potter, Tomos;
Bassar, Ronald;
Bentzen, Paul;
Ruell, Emily;
Torres Dowdall, Julian;
Handelsman, Corey.
(2021)
Environmental Change, If Unaccounted, Prevents Detection of Cryptic Evolution in a Wild Population.
The American Naturalist
Academic article
-
Broder, E. Dale;
Ghalambor, Cameron;
Handelsman, Corey;
Ruell, Emily W;
Reznick, David N.;
Angeloni, Lisa.
(2020)
Rapid evolution and plasticity of genitalia.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Academic article
-
Shah, Alisha;
Woods, H. Arthur;
Havird, Justin;
Encalada, Andrea C;
Flecker, Alex;
Funk, W. Chris.
(2020)
Temperature-dependence of metabolic rate in tropical and temperate aquatic insects: support for the Climate Variability Hypothesis in mayflies but not stoneflies. .
Global Change Biology
Academic article
-
Mauro, Alexander;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2020)
Trade-offs, Pleiotropy, and Shared Molecular Pathways: A Unified View of Constraints on Adaptation.
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Academic article
-
Shah, Alisha;
Bacmeister, Eva;
Rubalcaba, Juan;
Ghalambor, Cameron.
(2020)
Divergence and constraint in the thermal sensitivity of aquatic insect swimming performance.
Current Zoology
Academic article
Teaching
Courses
Knowledge Transfer
2021
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Academic lectureGhalambor, Cameron. (2021) Ecological and Evolutionary Causes of Species Distributions: How Important are Trade-Offs? . University of Bern Department Seminar at University of Bern via Zoom , Bern, Switzerland 2021-12-17 - 2021-12-17
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Academic lectureGhalambor, Cameron. (2021) Plasticity and the time course of rapid evolution in patterns of gene expression. University of British Columbia Department Seminar University of British Columbia - via Zoom , Vancouver 2021-01-21 - 2021-01-21
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Academic lectureMauro, Alexander; Torres-Dowdall, Julián; Marshall, Craig A.; Ghalambor, Cameron. (2021) How tradeoffs constrain evolvability at the range limit of the Trinidadian guppy. . Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting , Washington DC (online) 2021-01-03 - 2021-02-28