PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
A.R. Gunderson, E.A. Riddell, M.W. Sears, and E.B. Rosenblum. The thermal costs and benefits of of replicated color evolution in the White Sands Desert lizard community. The American Naturalist, In press.
Mason, N.M., E.A. Riddell, F. Romero, C. Cicero, R.C.K. Bowie. Plumage balances camouflage and thermoregulation in horned larks (Eremophila alpestris). bioRxiv 2021.07.15.452373
Beissinger S.R. and E.A. Riddell. Why are species traits weak predictors of range shifts? 2021. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52:47-66. PDF.
Riddell, E.A., K. Iknayan, L. Hargrove, S. Tremor, J.L. Patton, R. Ramirez, B.O. Wolf, & S.R. Beissinger. (2021) Exposure to climate change drives stability or collapse of desert mammal and bird communities. Science 371: 633-636. PDF
Press Coverage: National Science Foundation, Wired, Science, Audobon, Inverse
Riddell, E.A. and M.W. Sears. (2020) Terrestrial salamanders maintain habitat suitability under climate change despite trade-offs between water loss and gas exchange. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 93: 310-319. PDF
Riddell, E.A., K. Iknayan, B.O. Wolf, B. Sinervo, and S.R. Beissinger. (2019) Cooling requirements fueled the collapse of a desert bird community from climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. PDF. Recommended by Faculty of 1000
Press Coverage: LA Times, KQED NPR, Los Angeles NPR, Phoenix NPR, E&E News, New Scientist, Berkeley News
Mason, N.M., E.A. Riddell, F. Romero, C. Cicero, R.C.K. Bowie. Plumage balances camouflage and thermoregulation in horned larks (Eremophila alpestris). bioRxiv 2021.07.15.452373
Beissinger S.R. and E.A. Riddell. Why are species traits weak predictors of range shifts? 2021. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52:47-66. PDF.
Riddell, E.A., K. Iknayan, L. Hargrove, S. Tremor, J.L. Patton, R. Ramirez, B.O. Wolf, & S.R. Beissinger. (2021) Exposure to climate change drives stability or collapse of desert mammal and bird communities. Science 371: 633-636. PDF
Press Coverage: National Science Foundation, Wired, Science, Audobon, Inverse
Riddell, E.A. and M.W. Sears. (2020) Terrestrial salamanders maintain habitat suitability under climate change despite trade-offs between water loss and gas exchange. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 93: 310-319. PDF
Riddell, E.A., K. Iknayan, B.O. Wolf, B. Sinervo, and S.R. Beissinger. (2019) Cooling requirements fueled the collapse of a desert bird community from climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. PDF. Recommended by Faculty of 1000
Press Coverage: LA Times, KQED NPR, Los Angeles NPR, Phoenix NPR, E&E News, New Scientist, Berkeley News
Riddell, E.A., E. Roback, C.E. Wells, K. R. Zamudio, and M.W. Sears. (2019) Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in a montane salamander with implications for climate change. Nature Communications, 10: 4091. PDF
Press Coverage: The Newsstand, Poetry of Science
Sears, M.W., E. A. Riddell, T. Rusch, and M. J. Angilletta, Jr. (2019) The world still isn't flat: lessons learned from organismal interactions with environmental heterogeneity in terrestrial environments. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icz130. PDF
Riddell E.A., J. Odom, J. Damm, and M.W. Sears (2018) Plasticity reveals hidden resistance to extinction under climate change in the global hotspot of salamander diversity. Science Advances 4, eaar5471. PDF
Press Coverage: Washington Post, Earther, AAAS, Mongabay
Riddell E.A., J. McPhail, J.D. Damm, and M.W. Sears (2018) Trade-offs between water loss and gas exchange influence habitat suitability in a woodland salamander. Functional Ecology 32: 916-925. PDF
Riddell E.A. and M.W. Sears (2017) Physical calculations of resistance to water loss improve species range models: reply. Ecology 98: 2965-2968. PDF
Carlo, M.C., E.A. Riddell, O. Levy, and M.W. Sears (2017) Recurrent sublethal warming in the nest reduces embryo survival and post-hatching growth. Ecology Letters, 21:104-116. PDF
Riddell E.A., E.K. Apanovitch, J.P. Odom, and M.W. Sears (2017) Physical calculations of resistance to water loss improve predictions of species range models. Ecological Monographs, 87: 21-33. PDF
Riddell E.A., and M.W. Sears (2015) Geographic variation of resistances to water loss within two species of salamanders: implications for activity. Ecosphere 6: Article 86. PDF
Riddell E.A., and D.P. Cavanaugh (2013) Incidental capture of an alternative prey by a dietary specialist, the endangered Snail Kite. Florida Field Naturalist 41:49-50. PDF
Press Coverage: The Newsstand, Poetry of Science
Sears, M.W., E. A. Riddell, T. Rusch, and M. J. Angilletta, Jr. (2019) The world still isn't flat: lessons learned from organismal interactions with environmental heterogeneity in terrestrial environments. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icz130. PDF
Riddell E.A., J. Odom, J. Damm, and M.W. Sears (2018) Plasticity reveals hidden resistance to extinction under climate change in the global hotspot of salamander diversity. Science Advances 4, eaar5471. PDF
Press Coverage: Washington Post, Earther, AAAS, Mongabay
Riddell E.A., J. McPhail, J.D. Damm, and M.W. Sears (2018) Trade-offs between water loss and gas exchange influence habitat suitability in a woodland salamander. Functional Ecology 32: 916-925. PDF
Riddell E.A. and M.W. Sears (2017) Physical calculations of resistance to water loss improve species range models: reply. Ecology 98: 2965-2968. PDF
Carlo, M.C., E.A. Riddell, O. Levy, and M.W. Sears (2017) Recurrent sublethal warming in the nest reduces embryo survival and post-hatching growth. Ecology Letters, 21:104-116. PDF
Riddell E.A., E.K. Apanovitch, J.P. Odom, and M.W. Sears (2017) Physical calculations of resistance to water loss improve predictions of species range models. Ecological Monographs, 87: 21-33. PDF
Riddell E.A., and M.W. Sears (2015) Geographic variation of resistances to water loss within two species of salamanders: implications for activity. Ecosphere 6: Article 86. PDF
Riddell E.A., and D.P. Cavanaugh (2013) Incidental capture of an alternative prey by a dietary specialist, the endangered Snail Kite. Florida Field Naturalist 41:49-50. PDF
RECORDED SEMINARS
UC Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Ecological consequences of acclimation under past, present, and future climates in a small ectotherm: implications for conservation