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Lauren Buckley
Professor
lbuckley@uw.edu
449 LSB
(206) 616-6108
Buckley Lab
Trench Project
Accepting graduate students
Fields of interest
Computational Biology, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, Natural History, Physiology

The Buckley lab combines modelling, field and lab collection of ecological and physiological data, and ecoinformatics to examine how biology (morphology, physiology, and life history) determines an organism’s ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental change.  We integrate approaches from physiological ecology and evolution, population and community ecology, and biogeography.  While we continue some work on lizards, our research focus has been shifting toward montane butterflies and grasshoppers in Colorado as they offer excellent historical records.  These projects are part of an initiative to develop computational and visualization tools to translate climate change into biological responses.

Questions we’ve worked on recently include:

  • How does local adaptation across a species’ range influence responses to climate change?
  • How does thermoregulatory behavior alter the evolution of thermal tolerances and climate change impacts over the short and long term?
  • How does thermal exposure and sensitivity vary across the life cycle and what are the implications for demography and distributions?
  • What are the implications of developmental plasticity for phenology and demography in changing environments?
  • What are the relative impacts of acute (extremes) and chronic (means) climate conditions on demography and distributions?
  • How does climate variability influence plastic and evolutionary responses to climate change?

Lauren Buckley's research is focused on improving forecast of ecological and evolutionary responses to climate change. She majored in Biology and Math as an undergrad at Williams College, conducted graduate research in Biology at Stanford University, and held postdoctoral fellowships at the National Center For Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and the Santa Fe Institute.  She has been recognized as an NSF CAREER awardee, a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, and a Future Leader at the Science and Technology in Society Forum.

Thermoregulatory behavior limits local adaptation of thermal niches and confers sensitivity to climate change, Buckley, Lauren B., Ehrenberger Joseph C., and Angilletta Michael J. , Functional Ecology, (2015)
Place and process in conservation planning for climate change: a reply to Keppel & Wardell-Johnson, Hannah, Lee, Flint Lorraine, Syphard Alexandra D., Moritz Max A., Buckley Lauren B., and McCullough Ian M. , dynamics, Volume 169, p.5347, (2015)
Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of Colias butterflies to recent climate change, Kingsolver, Joel G., and Buckley Lauren B. , Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, Volume 282, Number 1802, p.20142470, (2015)
Strengthening confidence in climate change impact science, O'Connor, Mary I., Holding Johnna M., Kappel Carrie V., Duarte Carlos M., Brander Keith, Brown Christopher J., Bruno John F., Buckley Lauren, Burrows Michael T., Halpern Benjamin S., et al. , Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 24, Number 1, p.64–76, (2015)
Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales, Heffernan, James B., Soranno Patricia A., Angilletta Jr Michael J., Buckley Lauren B., Gruner Daniel S., Keitt Tim H., Kellner James R., Kominoski John S., Rocha Adrian V., and Xiao Jingfeng , Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 12, Number 1, p.5–14, (2014)
Geographical limits to species-range shifts are suggested by climate velocity., Burrows, Michael T., Schoeman David S., Richardson Anthony J., Molinos Jorge García, Hoffmann Ary, Buckley Lauren B., Moore Pippa J., Brown Christopher J., Bruno John F., Duarte Carlos M., et al. , Nature, 2014 Feb 9, (2014)
Elevational clines in the temperature dependence of insect performance and implications for ecological responses to climate change, Buckley, Lauren B., and Nufio César R. , Conservation Physiology, Volume 2, Number 1, p.cou035, (2014)
Conservatism of lizard thermal tolerances and body temperatures across evolutionary history and geography., Grigg, Joseph W., and Buckley Lauren B. , Biology letters, 2013, Volume 9, Issue 2, p.20121056, (2013)
Ectotherm thermal stress and specialization across altitude and latitude., Buckley, Lauren B., Miller Ethan F., and Kingsolver Joel G. , Integrative and comparative biology, 2013 Oct, Volume 53, Issue 4, p.571-81, (2013)
Global imprint of climate change on marine life, Poloczanska, Elvira S., Brown Christopher J., Sydeman William J., Kiessling Wolfgang, Schoeman David S., Moore Pippa J., Brander Keith, Bruno John F., Buckley Lauren B., and Burrows Michael T. , Nature Climate Change, (2013)
Phenotypic clines, energy balances and ecological responses to climate change., Buckley, Lauren B., Nufio César R., and Kingsolver Joel G. , The Journal of animal ecology, 2013 May 10, (2013)
Global imprint of climate change on marine life, Poloczanska, Elvira S., Brown Christopher J., Sydeman William J., Kiessling Wolfgang, Schoeman David S., Moore Pippa J., Brander Keith, Bruno John F., Buckley Lauren B., and Burrows Michael T. , Nature Climate Change, (2013)
Get real: putting models of climate change and species interactions in practice., Buckley, Lauren B. , Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2013 Jun 24, (2013)
Can terrestrial ectotherms escape the heat of climate change by moving?, Buckley, Lauren B., Tewksbury Joshua J., and Deutsch Curtis A. , Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 2013 Aug 22, Volume 280, Issue 1765, p.20131149, (2013)
Heat stress and the fitness consequences of climate change for terrestrial ectotherms, Kingsolver, Joel G., Diamond Sarah E., and Buckley Lauren B. , Functional Ecology, (2013)
Footprints of climate change in US national park visitation., Buckley, Lauren B., and Foushee Madison S. , International journal of biometeorology, 2012 Nov, Volume 56, Issue 6, p.1173-7, (2012)
Phylogenetic diversity as a window into the evolutionary and biogeographic histories of present-day richness gradients for mammals., Davies, Jonathan T., and Buckley Lauren B. , Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2011 Aug 27, Volume 366, Issue 1576, p.2414-25, (2011)
The influence of past and present climate on the biogeography of modern mammal diversity., Davies, Jonathan T., Buckley Lauren B., Grenyer Richard, and Gittleman John L. , Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2011 Sep 12, Volume 366, Issue 1577, p.2526-35, (2011)
The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems., Burrows, Michael T., Schoeman David S., Buckley Lauren B., Moore Pippa, Poloczanska Elvira S., Brander Keith M., Brown Chris, Bruno John F., Duarte Carlos M., Halpern Benjamin S., et al. , Science (New York, N.Y.), 2011 Nov 4, Volume 334, Issue 6056, p.652-5, (2011)
Species' traits predict phenological responses to climate change in butterflies., Diamond, Sarah E., Frame Alicia M., Martin Ryan A., and Buckley Lauren B. , Ecology, 2011 May, Volume 92, Issue 5, p.1005-12, (2011)
Does including physiology improve species distribution model predictions of responses to recent climate change?, Buckley, Lauren B., Waaser Stephanie A., MacLean Heidi J., and Fox Richard , Ecology, 2011 Dec, Volume 92, Issue 12, p.2214-21, (2011)
Complex life cycles and the responses of insects to climate change., Kingsolver, Joel G., Woods Arthur H., Buckley Lauren B., Potter Kristen A., MacLean Heidi J., and Higgins Jessica K. , Integrative and comparative biology, 2011 Nov, Volume 51, Issue 5, p.719-32, (2011)
Lizard community structure along environmental gradients., Buckley, Lauren B., and Jetz Walter , The Journal of animal ecology, 2010 Mar, Volume 79, Issue 2, p.358-65, (2010)
Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals., Buckley, Lauren B., Davies Jonathan T., Ackerly David D., Kraft Nathan J. B., Harrison Susan P., Anacker Brian L., Cornell Howard V., Damschen Ellen I., Grytnes John-Avid, Hawkins Bradford A., et al. , Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 2010 Jul 22, Volume 277, Issue 1691, p.2131-8, (2010)
Can mechanism inform species' distribution models?, Buckley, Lauren B., Urban Mark C., Angilletta Michael J., Crozier Lisa G., Rissler Leslie J., and Sears Michael W. , Ecology letters, 2010 Aug 1, Volume 13, Issue 8, p.1041-54, (2010)
Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology., Wiens, John J., Ackerly David D., Allen Andrew P., Anacker Brian L., Buckley Lauren B., Cornell Howard V., Damschen Ellen I., Jonathan Davies T., Grytnes John-Arvid, Harrison Susan P., et al. , Ecology letters, 2010 Oct, Volume 13, Issue 10, p.1310-24, (2010)
Linking traits to energetics and population dynamics to predict lizard ranges in changing environments., Buckley, Lauren B. , The American naturalist, 2008 Jan, Volume 171, Issue 1, p.E1-E19, (2008)
Thermal and energetic constraints on ectotherm abundance: a global test using lizards., Buckley, Lauren B., Rodda Gordon H., and Jetz Walter , Ecology, 2008 Jan, Volume 89, Issue 1, p.48-55, (2008)
Linking global turnover of species and environments., Buckley, Lauren B., and Jetz Walter , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008 Nov 18, Volume 105, Issue 46, p.17836-41, (2008)
Environmental and historical constraints on global patterns of amphibian richness., Buckley, Lauren B., and Jetz Walter , Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 2007 May 7, Volume 274, Issue 1614, p.1167-73, (2007)
Insularity and the determinants of lizard population density., Buckley, Lauren B., and Jetz Walter , Ecology letters, 2007 Jun, Volume 10, Issue 6, p.481-9, (2007)
Biodiversity conservation: effects of changes in climate and land use., Buckley, Lauren B., and Roughgarden Joan , Nature, 2004 Jul 1, Volume 430, Issue 6995, p.2 p following 33; discussion following 33, (2004)