ERIC PRILESON

Exploring how organisms respond to global change in an ecological context

Broadly, Eric is interested in how species are responding to global change via adaptive evolution and phenotypic plasticity. He is motivated to test these responses in a multivariate landscape and how these responses change across time and space.  

Currently, Eric is exploring rapid adaptation across seasons with a focus on the intersection of seasonal and novel stressors and potential tradeoffs. He is also setting up a new system to test for an eco-evo dynamic using a freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus oregonensis and responses to ecological speciation in three-spine stickleback.

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Eric's previous research with Ryan Martin investigated these responses in the realm of urbanization in two ways:

1. Testing the evolution of thermal physiology to the urban heat island during winter in a cavity nesting ant. You can find the link to this paper here

2. Testing how environmental variation of multiple traits (temperature and salinity) at small spatial scales affects the evolution of physiological traits. You can find the link to this paper here

Contact:

email: eric.prileson[at]wsu.edu

X: @EGPrileson319

BlueSky: @egprileson.bsky.social

ORCID: 0000-0003-1103-3900

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