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Special Issues
  • ​Editors: Gotanda, K. M., Hendry, A. P., Svensson, E. I. (2017). Special Theme Issue: Human influences on evolution and the ecological and societal consequences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society – B 372(1712) 
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Peer-reviewed​

I have published twenty-seven peer reviewed manuscripts for twelve of which I am first or co-first author, two of which are natural history notes, one of which is a methods paper, and two of which are responses to comments.
*Authors contributed equally to this work; Undergraduate co-author
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Total citations: Google Scholar – 1035; Web of Science – 729; 08 January 2020
  1. ​​​​​​Gotanda, K. M. (2020) Human influences on antipredator behaviour in Darwin’s finches. Journal of Animal Ecology​ 89(2): 614-622 doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13127 
  2. Kamath, A., Herrmann, N. C., Gotanda, K. M., Shim, K., LaFond, J., Cottone, G., Falkner, H., Campbell, T. S., Stuart, Y. E. (2020) Character displacement in the midst of background evolution in island populations of Anolis lizards: a spatiotemporal perspective. Evolution 74(10): 2250-2264 doi: 10.1111/evo.14079
  3. ​Montiglio, P. O.*, Gotanda, K. M.,* Kratochwil, C.F.*, Laskowski, K. L.*, Nadell, C. D.*, Farine, D. R.* (2020) Hierarchically-embedded interaction networks represent a missing link in the study of behavioural and community ecology. Behavioural Ecology 31(2): 279-286 doi: 10.1093/beheco/arz168 
  4. ​​Carvajal-Endara, S., Hendry, A. P., Emery, N. C., Neu, C. P., Carmona, D., Gotanda, K. M., Davies, T. J., Chaves, J., Johnson, M. T. J. (2020) The ecology and evolution of seed predation by Darwin's finches on Tribulus cistoides in the Galápagos Islands. Ecological Monographs 90(1): e01392 doi: 10.1002/ecm.1392
  5. Gotanda, K. M., Pack, A., Leblond, C., and Hendry, A. P. (2019) Do replicates of independent guppy lineages evolve similarly in a predator-free laboratory environment? Ecology and Evolution​ 9: 36–51 doi: 10.1002/ece3.4585
  6. Pringle. R. M., Kartzinel, T. R., Palmer, T. M., Thurman, T. J., Fox-Dobbs, K., Xu, C. C. Y., Hutchinson, M. C., Coverdale, T. C., Daskin, J. H., Evangelista, D. A., Gotanda, K. M., Man in ‘t Veld, N., Wegener, J. E., Kolbe, J. J., Schoener, T. W., Spiller, D. A., Losos, J. B., Barrett, R. D. H. (2019) Predator-induced collapse of niche structure and species coexistence. Nature 570: 58-74 doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1264-6 
  7. ​Knutie, S. A., Chaves, J.A., Gotanda, K. M. (2019) Human disturbances can influence the body mass and gut microbiota of Darwin’s finches. Molecular Ecology 28(9): 2441-2450 doi: 10.1111/mec.15088 
  8. ​Berger-Tal, O., Greggor, A. L., Macura, B., Adams, C., Blumenthal, A., Bouskila, A., Candolin, U., Doran, C., Gotanda, K. M., Price, C., Putnam, B., Segoli, M., Snijders, L., Wong, B. B. M., Blumstein, D. T. (2019) Making the case for systematic evidence syntheses as a tool for applying animal behaviour to management and policy. Behavioral Ecology 30(1): 1-8 doi: 10.1093/beheco/ary130
  9. ​​De León, L. F., Sharpe, D. M. T., Gotanda, K. M., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., Chaves J. A., Hendry, A. P., Podos, J. (2018) Urbanization erode niche segregation in Darwin’s finches. Evolutionary Applications 12: 1329-1343 doi: 10.1111/eva.12721 PDF
  10. ​​Knutie, S. A.* and Gotanda, K. M.* (2018) A non-destructive method to collect fecal samples from wild birds for microbiome studies. Microbial Ecology 76(4): 851–855 doi: 10.1007/s00248-018-1182-4 PDF
  11. Theodosopoulos, A. N. and Gotanda, K. M. (2018) Death of a Darwin’s Finch: a consequence of anthropogenic debris? The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130(4): 1023-1028 doi: 10.1676/17-00050.1 PDF
  12. Michel, A. J., Ward, L. M., Goffredi, S. K., Dawson, K., Baldassarre, D. T., Brenner, A., Gotanda, K. M., McCormack, J. E., Mullin, S., O’Neill, A., Tender, G., Uy, J. A. C., Yu, K., Orphan, V. J., Chaves, J. A. (2018) The gut of the finch: uniqueness of the gut microbiome of the Galápagos vampire finch. Microbiome 6: 167 doi: 10.1186/s40168-018-0555-8  PDF
  13. De Lira, J. J. P. R., Peréz-Jvostov, F., Gotanda, K. M., Kou-Giesbrecht, S., Pease, S., Jackson, M., Jersch, S., Aikins, C. M., Hendry, A. P. (2018) Testing for whole-organism trade-off between natural and sexual selection: are the male guppies preferred by females more likely to be consumed by predators? Evolutionary Ecology Research​ 19: 441-453 PDF
  14. ​Siepielski, A., Morrissey, M. B., Buoro, M., Carlson, S. M., Caruso, C. M., Clegg, S. M., Coulson, T., DiBattista, J., Gotanda, K. M., Francis, C. D., Hereford, J., Kingsolver, J. G., Augustine, K. E., Kruuk, L. E. B., Martin, R. A., Sheldon, B. C., Sletvold, N., Svensson, E. I., Wade, M. J., MacColl, A. D. C. (2017). Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection. Science 355(6328): 959–962 doi: 10.1126/science.aag2773 PDF SUPP
  15. Alberti, M., Correa, C. Marzluff, J. Hendry, A. P., Palkovacs, E. P., Gotanda, K. M., Hunt, V. Apgar, T. M., Zhou, Y. (2017). Global urban signatures of phenotypic change in animal and plant populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(34) 8951–8956 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606034114 PDF
  16. Hendry, A. P., Gotanda, K. M., Svensson, E. I. (2017). Human influences on evolution, and the ecological and societal consequences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society – B 372(1712): 20160028 doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0028 PDF
  17. Gotanda, K. M., Correa, C., Turcotte, M. M., Hendry, A. P. (2015) Linking macro-trends and micro-rates: re-evaluating micro-evolutionary support for Cope’s Rule. Evolution 69(5): 1345-1354 doi: 10.1111/evo.12653 PDF SUPP
  18. Gotanda, K. M., Sharpe, D. M. T., De Léon, L. F. (2015). Galápagos Mockingbird preys on an invasive mammal. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127(1): 138-141 doi: 10.1676/14-055.1 PDF
  19. Gotanda, K. M. and Hendry, A. P. (2014). Using adaptive traits to consider potential consequences of temporal variation in selection: male guppy colour through time and space. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(1): 108-122 doi: 10.1111/bij.12261 PDF SUPP
  20. Siepielski, A. M.*, Gotanda, K. M.*, Morrissey, M. B., Diamond, S. E., DiBattista, J. D., Carlson, S. M. (2013) The spatial dynamics of phenotypic selection. Ecology Letters 16(11): 1382-1392 **F1000 Prime recommended doi: 10.1111/ele.12174 PDF SUPP       
  21. Gotanda, K. M., Delaire, L. C., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., Pérez-Jvostov, F., Dargent, F., Bentzen, P., Scott, M. E., Fussmann, G. F., Hendry, A. P. (2013). Adding parasites to the guppy-predation story: insights from field surveys. Oecologia 172(1): 155-166 doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2485-7 PDF SUPP Pop. Parasite Data
  22. Gotanda, K. M., Reardon, E. E., Murphy, S. M. C. and Chapman, L. J., (2012). Critical swim speed and fast-start response in an African Cichlid: convergent performance in divergent oxygen regimes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 545-554 doi: 10.1139/z2012-019 PDF
  23. Haller, B. C., De Léon, L. F., Rolshausen, G., Gotanda, K. M., Hendry, A. P. (2012) Magic traits: distinguishing the important from the trivial. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 27(1): 5-6 doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.09.005 PDF
  24. Gotanda. K. M., Reardon, E. E., Chapman, L. J. (2011). Hypoxia and behaviour in a male African cichlid. Journal of Fish Biology 78(7): 2085-2092 doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02996.x PDF
  25. Gotanda, K. M., Turgeon, K., and Kramer, D. L. (2009). Body size and reserve protection affect flight initiation distance in parrotfish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63(11): 1563-1572 doi: 10.1007/s00265-009-0750-5  PDF

Response to Comments
  1. Siepielski, A. M., Morrissey, M. B., Buoro, M., Carlson, S. M., Caruso, C. M., Clegg, S. M., Coulson, T., DiBattista, J., Gotanda, K. M., Francis, C. D., Hereford, J., Kingsolver, J. G., Augustine, K. E., Kruuk, L. E. B., Martin, R. A., Sheldon, B. C., Sletvold, N., Svensson, E. I., Wade, M. J., MacColl, A. D. C. (2018). Response to comment on "Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection". Science 359(6374): eaan5760. doi: 0.1126/science.aan5760​ 
  2. Berger-Tal, O., Greggor, A. L., Macura, B., Adams, C., Blumenthal, A., Bouskila, A., Candolin, U., Doran, C., Gotanda, K. M., Price, C., Putman, B., Segoli, M., Snijders, L., Wong, B. B. M., Blumstein, D. T. (2018) Systematic evidence synthesis as part of a larger process: a response to comments on Berger-Tal et al. Behavioral Ecology 30(1): 14-15 doi: /10.1093/beheco/ary163

In Review/Revision/Pre-print (full manuscript available upon request)

  • Lever, D., Rush, L. V., Thorogood, R., Gotanda, K.M. (submitted) Darwin’s finches have taste preferences, but not for human foods. Royal Society Open Science MS: RSOS-211198
  • Winchell, K. M., Aviles-Rodriguez, K. J., Carlen, E. J., Miles, L. S., Charmantier, A., De León, L. F., Gotanda, K. M., Rivken, L. R., Szulkin, M., Verrelli, B. C. (submitted) Moving past the challenges and misconceptions in urban adaptation research. Evolution MS: 21-0354
  • Gotanda, K.M.*, Farine, D.R.*, Kratochwil, C.F.*, Laskowski, K.L.*, Montiglio, P.O.* (in revision) Animal behaviour facilitates eco-evolutionary dynamics. Trends in Ecology & Evolution MS: TREE-D-19-00365 arXiv
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2015
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2014
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2013
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