Submitted

Naven Narayanan, Shaw AK (submitted) "Context-dependent dispersal mutualisms mediate coexistence of unequal competitors in a metapopulation."

• article preprint

Shaw AK (submitted) "Loss of migratory pollinators shapes dynamics of plant populations at stopover sites"
• article preprint

Torstenson M, Kim D, Lutz P, Mukherjee A, Varghese S, Servedio M, Shaw AK (submitted) Quantifying approaches to framing research in ecology and evolutionary biology: Looking for conflict and finding common ground



In Revision

Krueger KJ, Devitz A-C, Baselga-Cervera B, Crouse KN, Pinto-Ledezma JN, Shaw AK (in revision) "Making Community Norms Explicit: The 5R Process to Enhance Community Engagement in Academic Departments"





In press





2026

74. Binning SA, Shaw AK (2026) "Overcoming the curse of knowledge: guidelines for reporting system specific details on parasites and host migration" Movement Ecology 14: 38. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-026-00665-7

• data and code available from FigShare DOI:10.6084/m9.figshare.32348142.v1

73. Schlatter E, Shaw AK, Webb C, Buston P (2026) "Evolution of interspecific variation in marine larval dispersal kernels: the role of larval navigation ability" Oikos 3: e11231​. DOI: 10.1002/oik.11231
• data available from Dryad DOI:10.5061/dryad.mw6m90641




2025

72. Torstenson M, Shaw AK (2025) "Population response to extreme climate events depends on population spatial distribution. " Ecosphere 16(8): e70369. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.70369

• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14510659

71. Shaw AK, Fouda L, Mezzini S, Kim D, Chatterjee N, Wolfson D,Abrahms B, Attias N, Beardsworth CE, Beltran R, Binning SA, Blincow KM, Chan Y-C, Fronhofer EA, Hegemann A, Hurme ER, Iannarilli F, Kellner JB, McCoy KD, Rafiq K, Saastamoinen M, Sequeira AMM, Serota MW, Sumasgutner P, Tao Y, Torstenson M, Yanco SW, Beck KB, Bertram MG, Beumer LT, Bradarić M, Clermont J, Ellis-Soto D, Faltusová M, Fieberg J, Hall RJ, Kölzsch A, Lai S, Lee-Cruz L, Loretto M-C, Loveridge A, Michelangeli M, Mueller T, Riotte-Lambert L, Sapir N, Scacco M, Teitelbaum CS, Cagnacci F (2025) "Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology." Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292(2051). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.0679
• data available from Zenodo DOI:110.5281/zenodo.15481349
• article preprint

70. Wojan C, Shaw AK, Craft ME (2025) "Parasite spatial distribution shapes parasite aggregation on host populations, but not at high parasite density." Ecosphere 16(6):e70324. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.70324
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15360216
• article preprint

69. Shao C, Torstenson M, Shaw AK (2025) "Effect of resistant compartment on pathogen strategy in partially migratory populations" PLoS ONE 20(2): e0316640. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0316640
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14526911
• article preprint

68. Naven Narayanan, Lutz P, Shaw AK (2025) "Coexistence of coinvading species with mutualism and competition." Ecology 106(2): e70039. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.70039
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI:10.5281/zenodo.8357359
• article preprint

67. Torstenson M, Shaw AK (2025) "Strength of seasonality and type of migratory cue determine the fitness consequences of changing phenology for migratory animals" Oikos 2025(1): e10862. DOI: 10.1111/oik.10862
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI:10.5281/zenodo.13695479
• article preprint




2024

66. Shaw AK, Bisesi AT, Wojan C, Kim D, Torstenson M, Naven Narayanan, Lutz P, Ales R, Shao C (2024) "Six personas to adopt when framing theoretical research questions in biology" Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291:20240803. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2024.0803

• Interview in the blog Dynamic Ecology: New feature: interviews with authors of really interesting papers! This week: Shaw et al. (2024) on the different “personas” you can adopt as a theoretician
• article preprint

65. Baines C, Shaw AK (2024) "Parasite prevalence is determined by infection state- and risk-dependent dispersal of the host." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: 379 (1907). DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0130
• supplementary material available from FigShare DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25887121.v1
• model code available from FigShare DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.25887124

64. Torstenson M, Shaw AK (2024) "Pathogen evolution following spillover from a resident to a migrant host population depends on interactions between host life history speed and cost of infection" Journal of Animal Ecology 93(4): 475-487. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14075
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10723759

63. Naven Narayanan, Shaw AK (2024) "Mutualisms impact species’ range expansion speeds and spatial distributions." Ecology 105(1): e4171. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4171
• press release: Understanding mutualism can help control the spread of invasive species
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6574764




2023

62. Shaw AK, Levet M, Binning SA (2023) "A unified evolutionary framework for understanding parasite infection and host migratory behaviour." Ecology Letters 26(11): 1987-2002. DOI: 10.1111/ele.14301

• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8249938
• article preprint
• UdeM Interview. Migrating between two UMs
• UMN media coverage: A Fulbright foray

61. Sullivan LL, Shaw AK (2023) "Take me for a ride: herbivores can facilitate plant re-invasions." Ecology 104(10): e4132. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4132
• model code available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7972029
• model data available from Dryad DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g4f4qrfvm

60. Shaw AK, Lutscher F, Popovic L (2023) "Pushed to the edge: spatial sorting can slow down invasions." Ecology Letters 26(8): 1293-1300. DOI: 10.1111/ele.14237
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7733695
• article preprint

59. Moore CM*, Shaw AK*, Bruninga-Socolar B, Caves E, Karnish AT, Kiesewetter K, Nelson A, Pringle E (2023) "The Movement Ecology of Mutualism (CSEE/ESA 2022, OOS17)." Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 104(2):e02063. DOI: 10.1002/bes2.2063

58. Shaw AK, Torstenson M, Craft ME, Binning SA (2023) "Gaps in modelling animal migration with evolutionary game theory: infection can favour the loss of migration." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378: 20210506. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0506
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7139870

57. Gorton AJ, Shaw AK (2023) "Using theoretical models to explore dispersal variation and fragmentation in urban environments." Population Ecology 65(1):17-24. DOI: 10.1002/1438-390X.12135
• model code available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17428366
• Addendum Population Ecology (2025) 68: e70011. DOI: 10.1002/1438-390x.70011




2022

56. Shaw AK (2022) "How to outrun your parasites (or mutualists): symbiont transmission mode is key." Oikos 11: e09374. DOI: 10.1111/oik.09374

• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6914074
• article preprint

55. Lutscher F, Popovic L, Shaw AK (2022) "How mutation shapes the rate of population spread in the presence of a mate-finding Allee effect." Theoretical Ecology 16: 255–269. DOI: 10.1007/s12080-022-00540-2

54. Hall RJ, Altizer S, Peacock SJ, Shaw AK. Animal migration and infection dynamics: recent advances and future frontiers. In: Ezenwa VO, Altizer SA, Hall RJ, editors. Animal Behavior and Parasitism. Oxford University Press, 2022. DOI:10.1093/oso/9780192895561.003.0007

53. Weiss-Lehman C, Shaw AK (2022) "Understanding the drivers of dispersal evolution in range expansions and their ecological consequences." Evolutionary Ecology 36:181-197. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-022-10166-9
• model code and data available from Github
• article preprint

52. Shaw AK (2022) "Diverse perspectives from diverse scholars are vital for theoretical biology." Theoretical Ecology 15: 143–146. DOI: 10.1007/s12080-022-00533-1

51. Binning SA, Craft ME, Zuk M, Shaw AK (2022) "How to study parasites and host migration: A roadmap for empiricists." Biological Reviews 97(3):1161-1178. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12835




2021

50. Shaw AK, Accolla C, Chacón JM, Mueller TL, Vaugeois M, Yang Y, Sekar N, Stanton DE (2021) "Differential retention contributes to racial/ethnic disparity in U.S. academia." PLoS ONE 16(12): e0259710. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259710

• press release: Retention is a major factor in racial disparities in academia
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5348184
• article preprint

49. Kim D, Shaw AK (2021) "Migration and tolerance shape host behavior and response to parasites infection" Journal of Animal Ecology 90(10): 2315-2324. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13539
• model code available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nzs7h44rg

48. Shaw AK, Naven Narayanan, DE Stanton (2021) "Let’s move out together: a framework for the intersections between movement and mutualism." Ecology 102(8): e03419. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3419

47. Sullivan LL, Michalska-Smith MJ, Sperry KP, Moeller DA, Shaw AK (2021) "Consequences of ignoring dispersal variation in network models for landscape connectivity." Conservation Biology 35(3): 944-954. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13640
• model code and data available from Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4441116

46. Porath-Krause A, Campbell R, Shoemaker L, Sieben A, Strauss AT, Shaw AK, Seabloom EW, Borer ET (2021) "Pliant pathogens: Estimating viral spread when confronted with new vector, host, and environmental conditions." Ecology and Evolution 11(4): 1877–1887. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7178
• model code and data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.6djh9w10j

45. Balstad LJ, Binning SA, Craft ME, Zuk M, Shaw AK (2021) "Parasite intensity and the evolution of migratory behavior." Ecology 102(2): e03229. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3229
• model code available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.37pvmcvhg

44. Shaw AK, White LA, Michalska-Smith M, Borer ET, Craft ME, Seabloom EW, Snell-Rood E, Travisano M (2021) "Lessons from movement ecology for the return to work: modeling contacts and the spread of COVID-19" PLoS ONE 16(1): 20190590. DOI: ​​10.1371/journal.pone.0242955
• movmement model code available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: ​​10.5061/dryad.pg4f4qrmj
• network model code and data available from ​​Github
• article ​​preprint on medRxiv




2020

43. Strauss AT, Henning JA, Porath-Krause A, Asmus AL, Shaw AK, Borer ET, Seabloom EW (2020) "Vector demography, dispersal, and the spatial spread of disease: Experimental epidemics under elevated resource supply." Functional Ecology 34: 2560–2570. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13672

42. Peace A, Pattemore D, Broussard M, Fonseka D, Tomer N, Bosque-Pérez NA, Crowder D, Shaw AK, Jesson L, Howlett B, Jochym M, Li J (2020) "Orchard layout and plant traits influence fruit yield more strongly than pollinator behaviour and density in a dioecious crop." PLoS ONE 15(10): e0231120. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231120

• article preprint on bioRxiv

41. Miller TEX, Angert AL, Brown CD, Lee-Yaw JA, Lewis M, Lutscher F, Marculis NG, Melbourne BA, Shaw AK, Szűcs M, Tabares O, Usui T, Weiss-Lehman C, Williams JL (2020) "Eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion." Ecology 101(10): e03139. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3139

40. Naven Narayanan, Binning SA, Shaw AK (2020) "Infection state can affect host migratory decisions." Oikos 129:1493-1503. DOI: 10.1111/oik.07188

39. Shaw AK, Binning SA (2020) "Recovery from infection is more likely to favor the evolution of migration than social escape from infection." Journal of Animal Ecology 89(6): 1448-1457. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13195
• model code and data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.000000014

38. Muthukrishnan R, Sullivan LL, Shaw AK, Forester JD (2020) "Plasticity in seed production alters the range of possible coexistence conditions in a competition-colonization trade-off" Ecology Letters 23(5): 791-799. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13477
• article Corrigendum: Ecology Letters (2020): 23 (9): 1426-1427 DOI 0.1111/ele.13569

37. Ashby BA*, Shaw AK*, Kokko H (2020) "An inordinate fondness for species with intermediate dispersal abilities." Oikos 129(3): 311-319. DOI: 10.1111/oik.06704
• article preprint on bioRxiv

36. Leach D, Shaw AK, Weiss-Lehman C (2020) "Stochasticity in social structure and mating system drive extinction risk." Ecosphere 11(2): e03038. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3038

35. Shaw AK (2020) "Causes and consequences of individual variation in animal movement." Movement Ecology 8:12. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-020-0197-x

34. Chacón JM, Shaw AK, Harcombe WR (2020) "Increasing growth rate slows adaptation when genotypes compete for diffusing resources." PLOS Computational Biology 16(1): e1007585. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007585

33. Weiss-Lehman C, Shaw AK (2020) "Spatial population structure determines extinction dynamics in climate-induced range shifts." The American Naturalist 195(1): 31-42. DOI: 10.1086/706259






2019

32. Leverett LD, Shaw AK (2019) "Facilitation and competition interact with seed dormancy to affect population dynamics in annual plants." Population Ecology 61(4): 457-468. DOI: 10.1002/1438-390X.12021

• work that won Lindsay the 2020 Population Ecology Young Author Award

31. Shaw AK, Craft ME, Zuk M, Binning SA (2019) "Host migration strategy is shaped by forms of parasite transmission and infection cost." Journal of Animal Ecology 88(10) 1601--1602. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13050
• model code and data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nc0f501

30. Sperry KP, Shaw AK, Sullivan LL (2019) "Apps can help bridge restoration science and restoration practice." Restoration Ecology 27:934-937. DOI: 10.1111/rec.12999

29. Shoemaker LG, Hayhurst E, Weiss-Lehman C, Strauss AT, Porath-Krause A, Borer E, Seabloom E, Shaw AK (2019) "Pathogens manipulate the preference of vectors, slowing disease spread in a multi-host system" Ecology Letters 22 (7): 1115-1125. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13268
• data and model code available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1nv0351

28. Shaw AK, Igoe M, Power AG, Bosque-Pérez NA, Peace A (2019) "Modeling approach influences dynamics of a vector-borne pathogen system." Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 81(6): 2011–2028. DOI: 10.1007/s11538-019-00595-z

27. Shaw AK, D'Aloia CC, Buston PA (2019) "The evolution of marine larval dispersal kernels in spatially structured habitats: analytical models, individual-based simulations, and comparisons with empirical estimates." The American Naturalist 193(3): 424-435. DOI: 10.1086/701667
• data, analysis code, and model code/data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s3j9074






2018

26. Shaw AK, Sherman J, Barker FK, Zuk M (2018) "Metrics matter: the effect of parasite richness, intensity and prevalence on the evolution of host migration." Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285(1891): 20182147. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2147

• data, analysis code, and model code/data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.47t0b41

25. Sullivan LL*, Clark AT*, Tilman D, Shaw AK (2018) "Mechanistically-derived dispersal kernels explain species-level patterns of recruitment and succession." Ecology 99(11): 2415-2420. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2498
• UMN media coverage: Predicting how native plants return to abandoned farm fields
• Rochester Post Bulletin media coverage: Greenspace: Study offers insight into grassland restoration

24. Shaw AK, Kokko H, Neubert MG (2018) "Sex differences and Allee Effects shape the dynamics of sex-structured invasions" Journal of Animal Ecology 87:36–46. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12658
• model code and simulation data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.39n4g
• article pdf






2017

23. Binning SA, Shaw AK, Roche DG (2017) "Parasites and host performance: incorporating infection into our understanding of animal movement." Integrative and Comparative Biology 57(2):267-280. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icx024

22. Gnanadesikan GE, Pearse WD, Shaw AK (2017) "Evolution of mammalian migrations for refuge, breeding and food." Ecology and Evolution 7(15): 5891–5900. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3120

• data and analysis code available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.78v5j
• article pdf

21. Shaw AK, Peace A, Power AG, Bosque-Pérez NA (2017) "Vector population growth and condition-dependent movement drive the spread of plant pathogens." Ecology 98(8): 2145–2157. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1907
• article Erratum: Ecology (2018) 99 2904. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2520

20. Sullivan LL, Li B, Miller TEX, Neubert MG, Shaw AK (2017) "Density dependence in demography and dispersal generates fluctuating invasion speeds." PNAS 114(19): 5053-5058. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1618744114
• model code and simulation data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.69sq3
• article preprint on bioRxiv​






2016

19. Shaw AK (2016) "Drivers of animal migration and implications in changing environments." Evolutionary Ecology 30(6): 991-1007. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-016-9860-5

18. Umbers KDL, Silla AJ, Bailey J, Shaw AK, Byrne PG (2016) "Dietary carotenoids change the colour of Southern corroboree frogs." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 119: 436-444. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12818

17. Shaw AK, Binning S (2016) "Migratory recovery from infection as a selective pressure for the evolution of migration." The American Naturalist 187(4): 491-501. DOI: 10.1086/685386​

• article pdf

16. Johns S, Shaw AK (2016) "Theoretical insight into three disease-related benefits of migration." Population Ecology 58(1): 213-221. DOI: 10.1007/s10144-015-0518-x
• work that won Sophie the 2016 MCED Award for Innovative Contributions to Ecological Modelling (bachelors/masters category)
• article eprint






2015

15. Reluga TC, Shaw AK (2015) "Resource distribution drives the adoption of migratory, partially migratory, or residential strategies." Theoretical Ecology 8: 437-447. DOI: 10.1007/s12080-015-0263-y​​

14. Shaw AK, Kokko H (2015) "Dispersal evolution in the presence of Allee effects can speed up or slow down invasions." The American Naturalist 185(5): 631-639. DOI: 10.1086/680511

• part of work that won Allison the 2014 MCED Award for Innovative Contributions to Ecological Modelling
• model code and simulation data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t59t0
• article pdf

13. Shaw AK, Stanton DE, Supp SR, Budden A, Eby S, Reynolds PL, Salguero-Gómez R, Scholes DR, Zimmerman NB (2015) "Ecology postdocs in academia: primary concerns and possible solutions." Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 96: 140–152. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9623-96.1.140
• This paper describes the outcomes from a workshop at the 2013 ESA meeting
• This workshop/paper resulted in the formation of the new ESA Early Career Ecologist Section
• article pdf​






2014

12. Reluga TC, Shaw AK (2014) "Optimal migratory behavior in spatially-explicit seasonal environments." Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B 19: 3359-3378. DOI: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.3359

• this article is part of a special issue in honor of Chris Cosner​​

11. Shaw AK, Kokko H (2014) “Mate finding, Allee effects, and selection for sex-biased dispersal.” Journal of Animal Ecology 83(6): 1256–1267. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12232
• part of work that won Allison the 2014 MCED Award for Innovative Contributions to Ecological Modelling
• model code and simulation data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ph40n
• article pdf
• article haiku​

10. Shaw AK, Jalasvuori M, Kokko H (2014) "Population-level consequences of risky dispersal." Oikos 123(8): 1003–1013. DOI: 10.1111/oik.01229
• article appendix
• model code and simulation data available from Dryad Digital Repository DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j7581
• Oikos blog post about this article
• article eprint
• article haiku






2013

9. Shaw AK, Kelly KA (2013) "Linking El Niño, local rainfall, and migration timing in a tropical migratory species." Global Change Biology 19: 3283-3290. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12311

• media (Princeton University): How red crabs on Christmas Island speak for the tropics

​8. Shaw AK, Levin SA (2013) "The evolution of intermittent breeding." Journal of Mathematical Biology 66(4-5): 685-703. DOI: 10.1007/s00285-012-0603-0​
• part of a special issue
• article eprint

7. Shaw AK, Couzin ID (2013) "Migration or residency? The evolution of movement behavior and information usage in seasonal environments." The American Naturalist 181(1): 114-124. DOI: 10.1086/668600
• watch my talk at MBI about this paper
• article pdf






2012

6. Shaw AK*, Stanton DE* (2012) "Leaks in the pipeline: separating structural inertia from ongoing gender differences in academia." Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279: 3736-3741. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0822

• *authors contributed equally, names alphabetical.
• article eprint
• Electronic supplementary material for the paper
• Nature Geoscience media coverage: Plugging the Leaks

5. Shaw AK, Galaz JL, Marquet P (2012) "Population dynamics of the vicuña (Vicugna vicugna): the influence of density-dependence, rainfall and spatial distribution." Journal of Mammalogy 93 (3): 658-666. DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-257.1
• version en español






2011

4. Shaw AK, Levin SA (2011) "To breed or not to breed: a model of partial migration." Oikos 120(12): 1871-1879. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19443.x

• this article is part of a special issue on partial migration
• article Erratum: Oikos (2012) 121: 1713. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.21040.x/full
• article eprint

3. Miller TEX*, Shaw AK*, Inouye BD, Neubert MG (2011) "Sex-biased dispersal and the speed of two-sex invasions." The American Naturalist 177(5): 549-561. DOI: 10.1086/659628
• *authors contributed equally, names alphabetical
• article​ pdf

2. Shaw AK, Tsvetkova M, Daneshvar R (2011) "The effect of gossip on social networks." Complexity 16(4): 39-47. DOI: 10.1002/cplx.20334
• article eprint






2008

1. Shaw AK, Halpern AL, Beeson K, Tran B, Venter JC, Martiny JBH (2008) "It's all relative: ranking the diversity of aquatic bacterial communities". Environmental Microbiology 10(9): 2200-2210. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01626.x

• one of 25 most cited articles in Environmental Microbiology during 2008-2009