WALSH LAB PUBLICATIONS
2019 Beston, S.M., J.L. Dudycha, D.M. Post, and M.R. Walsh. The evolution of eye size in response to increased fish predation
in Daphnia. Evolution (in press)
2018 Goos, J.M., C.J.Swain, S.B.Munch, and M.R. Walsh. Maternal diet and age alter direct and indirect relationships between life‐
history traits across multiple generations. Functional Ecology 33: 491-502
terHorst, C.P., P.C. Zee, K.D. Heath, T.E. Miller, A.I. Pastore, S. Patel, S.J. Schreiber, M.J. Wade, and M.R. Walsh. Evolution in a
community context: Trait responses to multiple species interactions. American Naturalist 3:368-380
2017 Hales, N., D.R. Schield, A.L. Andrew, D.C. Card, M.R. Walsh, and T.A. Castoe. Coordinated shifts in gene expression
underlie predator-induced transgenerational phenotypic shifts in Daphnia. Molecular Ecology 19:5003-5015
Beston, S.M., E. Wostl, and M.R Walsh. The evolution of vertebrate eye size across an environmental gradient: phenotype
does not predict genotype in a Trinidadian killifish. Evolution 71: 2037-2049
Gillis, M., and M.R. Walsh. Rapid evolution mitigates the ecological consequences of an invasive species (Bythotrephes
longimanus) in lakes in Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170814
Packer, M.R., M.R. Walsh. Predator-induced plasticity does not alter the pathway from evolution to ecology among locally
adapted populations of Daphnia. Evolutionary Ecology 1-11
Beston, S.M., W. Broyles, M.R. Walsh. Increased predation on juveniles is not associated with evolutionary shifts in brain in
Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus hartii). Ecology and Evolution 3:884-894
2016 Walsh, M. R., W. Broyles, S.M. Beston, and S.B. Munch. Predator-driven brain size evolution in Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus
hartii). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 20161075
Walsh, M.R., T.A. Castoe, J. Holmes, M.R. Packer, K. Biles, M.J. Walsh, S.B. Munch, and D.M. Post. Local adaptation in
transgenerational responses to prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20152271
2015 Schield, D.R., M.R. Walsh, D.C. Card, A.L. Andrew , R.H. Adams, and T.A. Castoe. EpiRADseq: scalable analysis of genome-wide
patterns of methylation using next generation sequencing. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7:60-69
DeLong, J.P. and M.R. Walsh. The interplay between resource supply and demand determines the influence of predation on
prey body size. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72: 1-7
Whittington, D., and M.R. Walsh. Divergent phenotypic responses to predators and cyanobacteria in Daphnia lumholtzi.
Freshwater Biology 60: 1880-1889
Walsh, M. R., F. Cooley, K. Biles, and S.B. Munch. Predator-induced phenotypic within- and across-generations: a challenge for
theory? Proceedings of the Society B 282: 20142205
2014 Walsh, M.R., D. Whittington, and M.J. Walsh. Does variation in the and severity of predation drive evolutionary changes in
reproductive life span senescence? Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 1279-1288
Walsh, M.R., D. Whittington, and C. Funkhouser. Thermal transgenerational in natural populations
of Daphnia. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54:822-829
Walsh, M. R., K.J. La Pierre, and D.M. Post. Phytoplankton composition modifies predator-driven life history evolution in
Daphnia. Evolutionary Ecology 28: 397-411
2013 Walsh, M. R. The evolutionary consequences of indirect effects. Trends in Ecology Evolution 28: 23-29
Walsh, M. R. The link between environmental variation and evolutionary shifts in dormancy in zooplankton. Integrative and
Comparative Biology 54: 713-722
2012 Walsh, M. R., J. DeLong, T. Hanley, and D.M. Post. A cascade of evolution alters consumer-resource dynamics and ecosystem
function. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 3184-3192
Walsh, M. R., and D.M. Post. The impact of intraspecific variation in a fish predator on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity
and investment in sex in Daphnia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 80-89
Furness, A. I., M.R. Walsh, and D.N. Reznick. Convergence of life history phenotypes in a Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus hartii).
Evolution 66: 1245-1254
El-Sabaawi, R., T., E. Kohler, J. Zandona, M.C. Travis, S. Marshall, Thomas, D.N. Reznick, M.R. Walsh, J.F. Gilliam, C. Pringle,
A.S. Flecker. Environmental and organismal predictors of intraspecific variation in the stoichiometry in a freshwater
neotropical fish. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32713. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032713
2011 Walsh, M. R., and D. M. Post. Interpopulation variation in a fish predator drives evolutionary divergence in prey in lakes.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 2628-2637
Walsh, M. R. and D.N. Reznick. Experimentally induced life history evolution in a killifish in response to the introduction of
guppies. Evolution 65: 1021-1036
#Walsh, M. R., D.F. Fraser, R.D. Bassar, and D.N. Reznick. The direct and indirect effects of guppies (Poecilia reticulata):
implications for life history evolution in Rivulus hartii. Functional Ecology 25: 227-237.
#Runner-up for the Haldane Young Investigator's Prize, which is awarded each year to the best paper in Functional Ecology by a young
author at the start of their research career.
Oufiero, C. E., M.R.Walsh, D.N. Reznick, and T. Garland. Swimming performance trade-offs across a gradient in community
composition in Rivulus hartii. Ecology 92:170-179.
2010 Walsh, M. R. and D.N. Reznick. Influence of the indirect effects of guppies on life history evolution in Rivulus hartii. Evolution
64: 1583-1593.
Bassar, R.D., D.N. Reznick, A. López-Sepulcre, M.R. Walsh, M. Turcotte, and M. Torres-Mejia. Bridging the gap between
ecology and evolution: Integrating density regulation and life history evolution. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci 1206 (2010) 17-34.
2009 Walsh, M. R., and D.N. Reznick. Phenotypic diversification across an environmental gradient: a role for predation and
resource availability on the evolution of life histories. Evolution 63: 3201-3213.
2008 Walsh, M. R., and D.N. Reznick. Interactions between the direct and indirect effects of predators determine life history
evolution in a killifish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105: 594- 599.
2006 Walsh, M. R., S.B. Munch, S. Chiba, and D.O. Conover. Maladaptive changes in multiple traits caused by fishing: Impediments
to population recovery. Ecology Letters 9: 142-148.
2005 Conover,D.O., S.A. Arnott, M.R. Walsh, and S.B. Munch. Darwinian fishery science: lessons from the Atlantic silverside.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 730-737.
Munch, S. B., M.R. Walsh, and D.O. Conover. Harvest selection, genetic correlations, and evolutionary changes in recruitment:
one less thing to worry about. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 802- 810.
in Daphnia. Evolution (in press)
2018 Goos, J.M., C.J.Swain, S.B.Munch, and M.R. Walsh. Maternal diet and age alter direct and indirect relationships between life‐
history traits across multiple generations. Functional Ecology 33: 491-502
terHorst, C.P., P.C. Zee, K.D. Heath, T.E. Miller, A.I. Pastore, S. Patel, S.J. Schreiber, M.J. Wade, and M.R. Walsh. Evolution in a
community context: Trait responses to multiple species interactions. American Naturalist 3:368-380
2017 Hales, N., D.R. Schield, A.L. Andrew, D.C. Card, M.R. Walsh, and T.A. Castoe. Coordinated shifts in gene expression
underlie predator-induced transgenerational phenotypic shifts in Daphnia. Molecular Ecology 19:5003-5015
Beston, S.M., E. Wostl, and M.R Walsh. The evolution of vertebrate eye size across an environmental gradient: phenotype
does not predict genotype in a Trinidadian killifish. Evolution 71: 2037-2049
Gillis, M., and M.R. Walsh. Rapid evolution mitigates the ecological consequences of an invasive species (Bythotrephes
longimanus) in lakes in Wisconsin. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20170814
Packer, M.R., M.R. Walsh. Predator-induced plasticity does not alter the pathway from evolution to ecology among locally
adapted populations of Daphnia. Evolutionary Ecology 1-11
Beston, S.M., W. Broyles, M.R. Walsh. Increased predation on juveniles is not associated with evolutionary shifts in brain in
Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus hartii). Ecology and Evolution 3:884-894
2016 Walsh, M. R., W. Broyles, S.M. Beston, and S.B. Munch. Predator-driven brain size evolution in Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus
hartii). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 20161075
Walsh, M.R., T.A. Castoe, J. Holmes, M.R. Packer, K. Biles, M.J. Walsh, S.B. Munch, and D.M. Post. Local adaptation in
transgenerational responses to prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20152271
2015 Schield, D.R., M.R. Walsh, D.C. Card, A.L. Andrew , R.H. Adams, and T.A. Castoe. EpiRADseq: scalable analysis of genome-wide
patterns of methylation using next generation sequencing. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7:60-69
DeLong, J.P. and M.R. Walsh. The interplay between resource supply and demand determines the influence of predation on
prey body size. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72: 1-7
Whittington, D., and M.R. Walsh. Divergent phenotypic responses to predators and cyanobacteria in Daphnia lumholtzi.
Freshwater Biology 60: 1880-1889
Walsh, M. R., F. Cooley, K. Biles, and S.B. Munch. Predator-induced phenotypic within- and across-generations: a challenge for
theory? Proceedings of the Society B 282: 20142205
2014 Walsh, M.R., D. Whittington, and M.J. Walsh. Does variation in the and severity of predation drive evolutionary changes in
reproductive life span senescence? Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 1279-1288
Walsh, M.R., D. Whittington, and C. Funkhouser. Thermal transgenerational in natural populations
of Daphnia. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54:822-829
Walsh, M. R., K.J. La Pierre, and D.M. Post. Phytoplankton composition modifies predator-driven life history evolution in
Daphnia. Evolutionary Ecology 28: 397-411
2013 Walsh, M. R. The evolutionary consequences of indirect effects. Trends in Ecology Evolution 28: 23-29
Walsh, M. R. The link between environmental variation and evolutionary shifts in dormancy in zooplankton. Integrative and
Comparative Biology 54: 713-722
2012 Walsh, M. R., J. DeLong, T. Hanley, and D.M. Post. A cascade of evolution alters consumer-resource dynamics and ecosystem
function. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 3184-3192
Walsh, M. R., and D.M. Post. The impact of intraspecific variation in a fish predator on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity
and investment in sex in Daphnia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 80-89
Furness, A. I., M.R. Walsh, and D.N. Reznick. Convergence of life history phenotypes in a Trinidadian killifish (Rivulus hartii).
Evolution 66: 1245-1254
El-Sabaawi, R., T., E. Kohler, J. Zandona, M.C. Travis, S. Marshall, Thomas, D.N. Reznick, M.R. Walsh, J.F. Gilliam, C. Pringle,
A.S. Flecker. Environmental and organismal predictors of intraspecific variation in the stoichiometry in a freshwater
neotropical fish. PLoS ONE 7(3): e32713. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032713
2011 Walsh, M. R., and D. M. Post. Interpopulation variation in a fish predator drives evolutionary divergence in prey in lakes.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 2628-2637
Walsh, M. R. and D.N. Reznick. Experimentally induced life history evolution in a killifish in response to the introduction of
guppies. Evolution 65: 1021-1036
#Walsh, M. R., D.F. Fraser, R.D. Bassar, and D.N. Reznick. The direct and indirect effects of guppies (Poecilia reticulata):
implications for life history evolution in Rivulus hartii. Functional Ecology 25: 227-237.
#Runner-up for the Haldane Young Investigator's Prize, which is awarded each year to the best paper in Functional Ecology by a young
author at the start of their research career.
Oufiero, C. E., M.R.Walsh, D.N. Reznick, and T. Garland. Swimming performance trade-offs across a gradient in community
composition in Rivulus hartii. Ecology 92:170-179.
2010 Walsh, M. R. and D.N. Reznick. Influence of the indirect effects of guppies on life history evolution in Rivulus hartii. Evolution
64: 1583-1593.
Bassar, R.D., D.N. Reznick, A. López-Sepulcre, M.R. Walsh, M. Turcotte, and M. Torres-Mejia. Bridging the gap between
ecology and evolution: Integrating density regulation and life history evolution. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci 1206 (2010) 17-34.
2009 Walsh, M. R., and D.N. Reznick. Phenotypic diversification across an environmental gradient: a role for predation and
resource availability on the evolution of life histories. Evolution 63: 3201-3213.
2008 Walsh, M. R., and D.N. Reznick. Interactions between the direct and indirect effects of predators determine life history
evolution in a killifish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105: 594- 599.
2006 Walsh, M. R., S.B. Munch, S. Chiba, and D.O. Conover. Maladaptive changes in multiple traits caused by fishing: Impediments
to population recovery. Ecology Letters 9: 142-148.
2005 Conover,D.O., S.A. Arnott, M.R. Walsh, and S.B. Munch. Darwinian fishery science: lessons from the Atlantic silverside.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 730-737.
Munch, S. B., M.R. Walsh, and D.O. Conover. Harvest selection, genetic correlations, and evolutionary changes in recruitment:
one less thing to worry about. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 802- 810.