terHorst, Casey - California State University, Northridge

个人简介

Ph.D., Biological Science 2010 Florida State University (Co-Advisors: Thomas E. Miller and Don R. Levitan) M.S., Biological Sciences, 2004 California State University, Northridge (Advisor: Steve Dudgeon) B.A., History, 1998 University of Southern California Casey started as an Assistant Professor at Cal State Northridge in the Fall of 2013. Before that, he completed a post-doc with Jen Lau at the Kellogg Biological Station (Michigan State University) and a Ph.D. at Florida State University with Tom Miller and Don Levitan. He is happy to be back at the same institution where he received his Master’s degree (with Steve Dudgeon). At CSUN, he teaches Biol 106 (Biological Principles I), Biol 427L (Principles of Ecology), and Biol 502 (Biometry). In his free time, Casey spends a lot of time trying to improve his mediocre sports skills and chasing after the lab mascot.

研究领域

Research in our lab combines theoretical and experimental approaches that bridge the gap between evolutionary biology and community ecology. We are interested in how evolution on contemporary time scales alters the outcome of species interactions and affects species and genetic diversity in communities. Because species in natural communities interact with many other species, evolutionary outcomes are the result of multiple direct and indirect species interactions. Consequently, we also examine the evolutionary importance of indirect species interactions to better understand how species evolve in a community context. We explore these questions theoretically and in a number of natural systems, including pitcher plant inquiline communities, California grasslands, and various marine communities.

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terHorst, C.P. and P.C. Zee 2016 Eco-evolutionary dynamics in plant-soil feedbacks Functional Ecology in press. Abstract, Keywords, etc. terHorst, C.P. et al. 2015 Quantifying nonadditive selection caused by indirect ecological effects. Ecology 96: 2360-2369. Abstract, Keywords, etc. Lau, J.A. and C.P. terHorst 2015. Causes and consequences of failed adaptation to biological invasions: the role of ecological constraints. Molecular Ecology 24: 1987-1998. Abstract, Keywords, etc. terHorst, C.P. and J.A. Lau 2015 Genetic variation in invasive species response to direct and indirect species interactions. Biological Invasions . Abstract, Keywords, etc. Miller, T.M., E.R. Moran, C.P. terHorst. 2014 Rethinking niche evolution: experiments with natural communities of protozoa in pitcher plants. The American Naturalist 184. Abstract, Keywords, etc. terHorst, C.P., J.T. Lennon, and J.A. Lau. 2014 The relative importance of rapid evolution for plant-microbe interactions depends on ecological context. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281. Abstract, Keywords, etc. terHorst, C.P. and J.A. Lau. 2012. Consequences of direct and indirect evolutionary effects on plant-herbivore interactions. Evolutionary Ecology 26:1469-1480 DOI 10.1007/s10682-012-9560-8 Abstract, Keywords, etc. Miller, T.E. and C.P. terHorst. 2012. Testing successional hypotheses of stability, heterogeneity, and diversity in pitcher-plant inquiline communities. Oecologia 170:243-251. Abstract, Keywords, etc. terHorst, C.P. 2012. Context-dependent orientation cues in a supratidal amphipod. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 45: 45-50. Abstract, Keywords, etc. Miller, T.E. and C.P. terHorst. 2012. Indirect effects in communities and ecosystems. Oxford Bibliographies in Ecology. Ed. David Gibson. New York: Oxford University Press. link Abstract, Keywords, etc. terHorst, C. P. 2011. Experimental evolution of protozoan traits in response to interspecific competition. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 36-46. Abstract, Keywords, etc. terHorst, C.P., T.E. Miller, and E. Powell. 2010. When can competition for resources lead to ecological equivalence? Evolutionary Ecology Research 12: 843-854. Abstract, Keywords, etc.