Research Profile

Thomas Reed

Biography

Current: Senior Lecturer in Zoology, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. 

Jan 2015 - Aug 2017: 
College Lecturer in Zoology, School of BEES, UCC.

May 2013 - Dec 2014: Research Fellow (Beaufort Fish Population Genetics Project), School of BEES, UCC.

Jan 2011- Apr 2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Animal Ecology Department, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen.

Mar 2008- Dec 2010: Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of  Washington, Seattle.

Oct 2007 - Feb 2008: Field assistant Sparrow Weaver Project, Tswalu, South Africa.

Sep 2004 - Sep 2007: PhD student, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Jan 2003 - Jul 2003: Environmental consultant, KOS Consulting Ltd., Galway, Ireland.

Sep 2002 - Dec 2002: Research technician, Central Fisheries Board, Dublin, Ireland.

Sep 1998 - Jun 2002: BSc Environmental Science (Hons), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. 

Research Interests

I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in how organisms respond, and populations adapt, to environments that are highly variable across space and time, and heavily influenced by humans. My work applies a range of approaches (field and lab-based experiments, statistical analysis of longitudinal data, quantitative and molecular genetics, simulation modelling) to understand how ecological and evolutionary processes interactively shape life histories and the dynamics of genes, phenotypes and populations. I work mainly with fish (Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon and trout) and birds (woodland songbirds and seabirds) in Ireland and abroad. 

My team at UCC is part of a wider collaborative network of scientists studying fish ecology and evolution in dynamic ecosystems: FishEye group website.  

Current/recent research projects:
  • Going Feral: The evolutionary ecology of reverse-domestication in an iconic fish species (Atlantic salmon).
  • EMFAF GeneFlow: Genetic monitoring of introgression of farm genes into wild Atlantic salmon populations around Ireland.
  • A genetic investigation into the uniqueness of coal tits Periparus ater hibernicus and Eurasian wrens Troglodytes troglodytes in Ireland
  • Evolutionary and ecological processes underpinning variation in migratory tactics in brown trout Salmo trutta 
  • Farm-wild interactions in Atlantic salmon
  • Portfolio effects in malaria vectors in Africa 

Research Grants

 ProjectFunding
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Start DateEnd DateAward
Funding awarded by OVPRI to Dr Thomas Reed for equipment from SFI grant 16/RI/3404Science Foundation of Ireland01-JAN-1730-JUN-19€158,619.00
Alternative life histories - linking genes to phenotypes to demgraphy.Horizon 202001-MAY-1530-APR-21€1,499,199.00
Science Foundation Ireland; Infrastructure Category D, Opportunistic Funds; R17475 is the main projectScience Foundation of Ireland01-JAN-1730-JUN-19€89,996.00
Cullen Fellowship-Investigation of the early migration mortality of salmon and brown trout from the Burrishoole National Index River using PIT tag technology in freshwater and brackinsh areas.Marine Institute (MI)01-APR-1631-MAR-20€96,000.00
SFI ERC Support Programme 2014Science Foundation of Ireland01-MAY-1530-APR-21€200,000.00

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

 YearPublication
(2023)'Null Models for the Opportunity for Selection'
Waples RS;Reed TE; (2023) 'Null Models for the Opportunity for Selection'. The American Naturalist, 201 (6) [DOI] [Details]
(2023)'Autumn outmigrants in brown trout (Salmo trutta) are not a demographic dead-end'
Wynne R;Kaufmann J;Coughlan J;Phillips KP;Waters C;Finlay RW;Rogan G;Poole R;McGinnity P;Reed TE; (2023) 'Autumn outmigrants in brown trout (Salmo trutta) are not a demographic dead-end'. Journal of Fish Biology, 102 (6) [DOI] [Details]
(2023)'Global warming is projected to lead to increased freshwater growth potential and changes in pace-of-life in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar'
Rinaldo A;de Eyto E;Reed T;Gjelland KØ;McGinnity P; (2023) 'Global warming is projected to lead to increased freshwater growth potential and changes in pace-of-life in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar'. Journal of Fish Biology, [DOI] [Details]
(2023)'Probing variation in reaction norms in wild populations: the importance of reliable environmental proxies'
Ramakers J.J.C.;Reed T.E.;Harris M.P.;Gienapp P. (2023) 'Probing variation in reaction norms in wild populations: the importance of reliable environmental proxies'. Oikos, [DOI] [Details]
(2022)'The opportunity for selection: A slippery concept in ecology and evolution'
Reed, TE;Visser, ME;Waples, RS (2022) 'The opportunity for selection: A slippery concept in ecology and evolution'. Journal of Animal Ecology, [DOI] [Details]
(2022)'Directional selection and the evolution of breeding date in birds, revisited: Hard selection and the evolution of plasticity'
Hadfield, JD;Reed, TE (2022) 'Directional selection and the evolution of breeding date in birds, revisited: Hard selection and the evolution of plasticity'. Evolution Letters, 6 :178-188 [DOI] [Details]
(2022)'Escalating the conflict? Intersex genetic correlations influence adaptation to environmental change in facultatively migratory populations'
Kane, A;Ayllon, D;O'Sullivan, RJ;McGinnity, P;Reed, TE (2022) 'Escalating the conflict? Intersex genetic correlations influence adaptation to environmental change in facultatively migratory populations'. Evolutionary Applications, 15 :773-789 [DOI] [Details]
(2021)'Associations between metabolic traits and growth rate in brown trout (Salmo trutta) depend on thermal regime'
Archer, LC;Hutton, SA;Harman, L;Poole, WR;Gargan, P;McGinnity, P;Reed, TE (2021) 'Associations between metabolic traits and growth rate in brown trout (Salmo trutta) depend on thermal regime'. Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 288 [DOI] [Details]
(2021)'Hyper- and Hypo-Osmoregulatory Performance of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Smolts Infected With Pomphorhynchus tereticollis (Acanthocephala)'
Finlay, RW;Poole, R;Rogan, G;Dillane, E;Cotter, D;Reed, TE (2021) 'Hyper- and Hypo-Osmoregulatory Performance of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Smolts Infected With Pomphorhynchus tereticollis (Acanthocephala)'. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 [DOI] [Details]
(2021)'The ecological causes and consequences of hard and soft selection'
Bell, Donovan A.; Kovach, Ryan P.; Robinson, Zachary L.; Whiteley, Andrew R.; Reed, Thomas E. (2021) 'The ecological causes and consequences of hard and soft selection'. Ecology Letters, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021)'Population genetics reveal patterns of natural colonisation of an ecologically and commercially important invasive fish'
O'Toole, C;Phillips, KP;Bradley, C;Coughlan, J;Dillane, E;Fleming, IA;Reed, TE;Westley, PAH;Cross, TF;McGinnity, P;Prodohl, PA (2021) 'Population genetics reveal patterns of natural colonisation of an ecologically and commercially important invasive fish'. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78 :1497-1511 [DOI] [Details]
(2021)'Alternative migratory tactics in brown trout (Salmo trutta) are underpinned by divergent regulation of metabolic but not neurological genes'
Wynne R, Archer LC, Hutton SA, Harman L, Gargan P, Moran PA, Dillane E, Coughlan J, Cross TF, McGinnity P, Colgan TJ, Reed TE (2021) 'Alternative migratory tactics in brown trout (Salmo trutta) are underpinned by divergent regulation of metabolic but not neurological genes'. Ecology and Evolution, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021)'Evolution and Expression of the Immune System of a Facultatively Anadromous Salmonid'
Colgan TJ;Moran PA;Archer LC;Wynne R;Hutton SA;McGinnity P;Reed TE; (2021) 'Evolution and Expression of the Immune System of a Facultatively Anadromous Salmonid'. Frontiers In Immunology, 12 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Metabolic traits in brown trout (Salmo trutta) vary in response to food restriction and intrinsic factors'
Archer, Louise C.; Hutton, Stephen A.; Harman, Luke; Poole, W. Russell; Gargan, Patrick; McGinnity, Philip; Reed, Thomas E. (2020) 'Metabolic traits in brown trout (Salmo trutta) vary in response to food restriction and intrinsic factors'. Conservation Physiology, 8 (1) [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Captive-bred Atlantic salmon released into the wild have fewer offspring than wild-bred fish and decrease population productivity'
O'Sullivan, Ronan J.; Aykanat, Tutku; Johnston, Susan E.; Rogan, Ger; Poole, Russell; Prodöhl, Paulo A.; de Eyto, Elvira; Primmer, Craig R.; McGinnity, Philip; Reed, Thomas E. (2020) 'Captive-bred Atlantic salmon released into the wild have fewer offspring than wild-bred fish and decrease population productivity'. Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 287 (1937) [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Spawning-related movements in a salmonid appear timed to reduce exposure to visually oriented predators'
Finlay, Ross W.; Poole, Russell; French, Andrew S.; Phillips, Karl P.; Kaufmann, Joshka; Doogan, Aisling; Cotter, Deirdre; McGinnity, Philip; Reed, Thomas E. (2020) 'Spawning-related movements in a salmonid appear timed to reduce exposure to visually oriented predators'. Animal Behaviour, 170 :65-79 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Telemetry and genetics reveal asymmetric dispersal of a lake-feeding salmonid between inflow and outflow spawning streams at a microgeographic scale'
Finlay, Ross; Poole, Russell; Coughlan, Jamie; Phillips, Karl P.; Prodöhl, Paulo; Cotter, Deirdre; McGinnity, Philip; Reed, Thomas E. (2020) 'Telemetry and genetics reveal asymmetric dispersal of a lake-feeding salmonid between inflow and outflow spawning streams at a microgeographic scale'. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (4):1762-1783 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Development of a double‐breakaway pass‐through PIT‐tag antenna system for flood‐prone rivers'
Finlay, Ross; Poole, Russell; Reed, Thomas E. (2020) 'Development of a double‐breakaway pass‐through PIT‐tag antenna system for flood‐prone rivers'. North American Journal of Fisheries Management,   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020)'Food and temperature stressors have opposing effects in determining flexible migration decisions in brown trout (Salmo trutta)'
Archer, Louise C.; Hutton, Stephen A.; Harman, Luke; McCormick, Stephen D.; O’Grady, Michael N.; Kerry, Joseph P.; Poole, W. Russell; Gargan, Patrick; McGinnity, Philip; Reed, Thomas E. (2020) 'Food and temperature stressors have opposing effects in determining flexible migration decisions in brown trout (Salmo trutta)'. Global Change Biology, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019)'Telemetry and genetics reveal asymmetric dispersal of a lake‐feeding salmonid between inflow and outflow spawning streams at a microgeographic scale'
Finlay, R., Poole, R., Coughlan, J., Phillips, K.P., Prodöhl, P., Cotter, D., McGinnity, P. and Reed, T.E. (2019) 'Telemetry and genetics reveal asymmetric dispersal of a lake‐feeding salmonid between inflow and outflow spawning streams at a microgeographic scale'. Ecology and Evolution, [DOI] [Details]
(2019)'Can Arctic seabirds adapt to climate change?'
Reed T. (2019) 'Can Arctic seabirds adapt to climate change?'. Functional Ecology, 33 (11):2068-2070 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019)'False‐negative detections from environmental DNA collected in the presence of large numbers of killer whales (Orcinus orca)'
Róisín Pinfield Eileen Dillane Anne Kathrine W. Runge Alice Evans Luca Mirimin Jonas Niemann Thomas E. Reed David G. Reid Emer Rogan Filipa I. P. Samarra Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard Andrew D. Foote (2019) 'False‐negative detections from environmental DNA collected in the presence of large numbers of killer whales (Orcinus orca)'. Environmental DNA, 1 (4):316-328 [DOI] [Details]
(2019)'Anadromy, potamodromy and residency in brown trout Salmo trutta: the role of genes and the environment'
Ferguson, Andrew; Reed, Thomas E.; Cross, Tom F.; Mcginnity, Philip; Prodöhl, Paulo A. (2019) 'Anadromy, potamodromy and residency in brown trout Salmo trutta: the role of genes and the environment'. Journal of Fish Biology,   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019)'Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient'
Radchuk V.;Reed T.;Teplitsky C.;van de Pol M.;Charmantier A.;Hassall C.;Adamík P.;Adriaensen F.;Ahola M.;Arcese P.;Miguel Avilés J.;Balbontin J.;Berg K.;Borras A.;Burthe S.;Clobert J.;Dehnhard N.;de Lope F.;Dhondt A.;Dingemanse N.;Doi H.;Eeva T.;Fickel J.;Filella I.;Fossøy F.;Goodenough A.;Hall S.;Hansson B.;Harris M.;Hasselquist D.;Hickler T.;Joshi J.;Kharouba H.;Martínez J.;Mihoub J.;Mills J.;Molina-Morales M.;Moksnes A.;Ozgul A.;Parejo D.;Pilard P.;Poisbleau M.;Rousset F.;Rödel M.;Scott D.;Senar J.;Stefanescu C.;Stokke B.;Kusano T.;Tarka M.;Tarwater C.;Thonicke K.;Thorley J.;Wilting A.;Tryjanowski P.;Merilä J.;Sheldon B.;Pape Møller A.;Matthysen E.;Janzen F.;Dobson F.;Visser M.;Beissinger S.;Courtiol A.;Kramer-Schadt S. (2019) 'Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient'. Nature Communications, 10 (1) [DOI] [Details]
(2019)'Evolutionary stasis of a heritable morphological trait in a wild fish population despite apparent directional selection'
O'Sullivan, Ronan J.; Aykanat, Tutku; Johnston, Susan E.; Kane, Adam; Poole, Russell; Rogan, Ger; Prodöhl, Paulo A.; Primmer, Craig R.; McGinnity, Philip; Reed, Thomas E. (2019) 'Evolutionary stasis of a heritable morphological trait in a wild fish population despite apparent directional selection'. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (12):7096-71111 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2019)'The interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic factors in determining migration decisions in brown trout (Salmo trutta): an experimental study'
Archer, Louise Clair,Hutton, Stephen,Harman, Luke,O'Grady, Michael N.,Kerry, Joseph P.,Poole, Russell,Gargan, Paddy,McGinnity, Philip,Reed, Thomas E. (2019) 'The interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic factors in determining migration decisions in brown trout (Salmo trutta): an experimental study'. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7 [Details]
(2018)'Heritability estimation via molecular pedigree reconstruction in a wild fish population reveals substantial evolutionary potential for sea-age at maturity, but not size within age-classes'
Reed, Thomas E.; Prodöhl, Paulo A.; Bradley, Caroline; Gilbey, John; McGinnity, Philip; Primmer, Craig R.; Bacon, Phil J. (2018) 'Heritability estimation via molecular pedigree reconstruction in a wild fish population reveals substantial evolutionary potential for sea-age at maturity, but not size within age-classes'. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 76 (5):790-805   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2018)'The portfolio effect cushions mosquito populations and malaria transmission against vector control interventions'
Killeen, GF;Reed, TE (2018) 'The portfolio effect cushions mosquito populations and malaria transmission against vector control interventions'. Malaria Journal, 17 [DOI] [Details]
(2017)'Maternal effects in a wild songbird are environmentally plastic but only marginally alter the rate of adaptation'
Maternal effects in a wild songbird are environmentally plastic but only marginally alter the rate of adaptation J Ramakers, M Cobben, P Bijma, TE Reed, ME Visser, P Gienapp (2017) 'Maternal effects in a wild songbird are environmentally plastic but only marginally alter the rate of adaptation'. The American Naturalist, [Details]
(2016)'Environmental and genetic determinants of innovativeness in a natural population of birds'
Quinn JL;Cole EF;Reed TE;Morand-Ferron J; (2016) 'Environmental and genetic determinants of innovativeness in a natural population of birds'. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 371 (1690) [DOI] [Details]
(2016)'Testing for biases in selection on avian reproductive traits and partitioning direct and indirect selection using quantitative genetic models'
Reed, T.E, Gienapp, P, Visser, M.E. (2016) 'Testing for biases in selection on avian reproductive traits and partitioning direct and indirect selection using quantitative genetic models'. Evolution, [Full Text] [Details]
(2016)'Availability of holding habitat in lakes and rivers affects the incidence of premature upriver migration by Atlantic salmon'
Reed. T.E, de Eyto, E., O’Higgins, K., Gargan, P., Roche, W., White, W., O’Maoileidigh, N., Quinn, T.P., McGinnity, P. (2016) 'Availability of holding habitat in lakes and rivers affects the incidence of premature upriver migration by Atlantic salmon'. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, [Details]
(2016)'The paradox of “premature migration” by adult anadromous salmonid fishes: patterns and hypotheses'
Quinn, T.P., McGinnity, P., Reed, TE; (2016) 'The paradox of “premature migration” by adult anadromous salmonid fishes: patterns and hypotheses'. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 73 (7):1015-1030 [DOI] [Details]
(2015)'Climate change and marine vertebrates'
William J. Sydeman,*, Elvira Poloczanska, Thomas E. Reed, Sarah Ann Thompson (2015) 'Climate change and marine vertebrates'. Science (New York, N.Y.), 350 :772-777 [Full Text] [Details]
(2015)'Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems'
Stevenson, TJ;Visser, ME;Arnold, W;Barrett, P;Biello, S;Dawson, A;Denlinger, DL;Dominoni, D;Ebling, FJ;Elton, S;Evans, N;Ferguson, HM;Foster, RG;Hau, M;Haydon, DT;Hazlerigg, DG;Heideman, P;Hopcraft, JGC;Jonsson, NN;Kronfeld-Schor, N;Kumar, V;Lincoln, GA;MacLeod, R;Martin, SAM;Martinez-Bakker, M;Nelson, RJ;Reed, T;Robinson, JE;Rock, D;Schwartz, WJ;Steffan-Dewenter, I;Tauber, E;Thackeray, SJ;Umstatter, C;Yoshimura, T;Helm, B (2015) 'Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems'. Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 282 [DOI] [Details]
(2015)'The signature of fine scale local adaptation in Atlantic salmon revealed from common garden experiments in nature'
O’Toole, C., T.E. Reed, D. Bailie, C. Bradley, D. Cotter, J. Coughlan, T. Cross, E. Dillane, S. McEvoy, N. O'Maoileidigh, P. Prodöhl, G. Rogan and P. McGinnity (2015) 'The signature of fine scale local adaptation in Atlantic salmon revealed from common garden experiments in nature'. Evolutionary Applications, [Details]
(2015)'Response of chinook salmon to climate change'
Mantua, N.J., Crozier, L.G., Reed, T.E., Schindler, D.E., Waples, R.S. (2015) 'Response of chinook salmon to climate change'. Nature Climate Change, 5 :613-615 [Details]
(2015)'Quantifying heritable variation in fitness-related traits of wild, farmed and hybrid Atlantic salmon families in a wild river environment'
Reed, T.E., Prodöhl, P.A., Hynes, R., Cross, T.F., Ferguson, A., & McGinnity, P. (2015) 'Quantifying heritable variation in fitness-related traits of wild, farmed and hybrid Atlantic salmon families in a wild river environment'. Heredity, [Details]
(2015)'The portfolio concept in ecology and evolution'
Schindler, D.E., Reed, T.E., Armstrong, J. (2015) 'The portfolio concept in ecology and evolution'. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, [Details]
(2015)'Skipped breeding in common guillemots in a changing climate: restraint or constraint?'
Reed, Thomas E., Harris, Mike P. and Wanless, Sarah (2015) 'Skipped breeding in common guillemots in a changing climate: restraint or constraint?'. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, [Details]
(2015)'Density dependence and microevolution interactively determine effects of phenology mismatch on population dynamics'
Reed, Thomas E., Phillip Gienapp, and Marcel E. Visser (2015) 'Density dependence and microevolution interactively determine effects of phenology mismatch on population dynamics'. Oikos, 124 (1):81-91 [Details]
(2014)'Molecular pedigree reconstruction and estimation of evolutionary parameters in a wild Atlantic salmon river system with incomplete sampling: a power analysis'
Aykanat, Tutku; Johnston, Susan E.; Cotter, Deirdre; Cross, Thomas F.; Poole, Russell; Prodőhl, Paulo A.; Reed, Thomas; Rogan, Ger; McGinnity, Philip; Primmer, Craig R. (2014) 'Molecular pedigree reconstruction and estimation of evolutionary parameters in a wild Atlantic salmon river system with incomplete sampling: a power analysis'. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14 (1) [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2014)'Why climate change will invariably alter selection pressures on phenology'
Gienapp, Phillip and Reed, Thomas E and Visser, Marcel E (2014) 'Why climate change will invariably alter selection pressures on phenology'. Proceedings Royal Society London B, 281 (1793) [Details]
(2014)'Parasitism in early life: environmental conditions shape within-brood variation in responses to infection'
Granroth-Wilding, Hanna and Burthe, Sarah J and Lewis, Sue and Reed, Thomas E and Herborn, Katherine A and Newell, Mark A and Takahashi, Emi A and Daunt, Francis and Cunningham, Emma JA (2014) 'Parasitism in early life: environmental conditions shape within-brood variation in responses to infection'. Ecology and Evolution, 4 (17):3408-3419 [Details]
(2014)'Longitudinal bio-logging reveals interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic carry-over effects in a long-lived vertebrate'
Daunt, Francis and Reed, Thomas E and Newell, Mark and Burthe, Sarah and Phillips, Richard Anthony and Lewis, Sue and Wanless, Sarah (2014) 'Longitudinal bio-logging reveals interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic carry-over effects in a long-lived vertebrate'. Ecology, [Details]
(2013)'Phenological mismatch strongly affects individual fitness but not population demography in a woodland passerine'
Reed, Thomas E and Jenouvrier, Stephanie and Visser, Marcel E (2013) 'Phenological mismatch strongly affects individual fitness but not population demography in a woodland passerine'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 82 (1):131-144 [Details]
(2013)'Predicting demographically sustainable rates of adaptation: can great tit breeding time keep pace with climate change?'
Gienapp, Phillip and Lof, Marjolein and Reed, Thomas E and McNamara, John and Verhulst, Simon and Visser, Marcel E (2013) 'Predicting demographically sustainable rates of adaptation: can great tit breeding time keep pace with climate change?'. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 368 (1610) [Details]
(2013)'Feather mass and winter moult extent are heritable but not associated with fitness-related traits in a long-distance migratory bird'
de la Hera, Iv\'an and Reed, Thomas E and Pulido, Francisco and Visser, Marcel E (2013) 'Feather mass and winter moult extent are heritable but not associated with fitness-related traits in a long-distance migratory bird'. Evolutionary Ecology, 27 (6):1199-1216 [Details]
(2013)'Population growth in a wild bird is buffered against phenological mismatch'
Reed, T.E., Grøtan, V., Jenouvrier, S., Sæther, B.-E. & Visser, M.E (2013) 'Population growth in a wild bird is buffered against phenological mismatch'. Science (New York, N.Y.), 340 (488) [Details]
(2012)'Timing in a fluctuating environment: environmental variability and asymmetric fitness curves can lead to adaptively mismatched avian reproduction'
Lof, M.E., Reed, T.E., McNamara, J.M., Visser, M.E (2012) 'Timing in a fluctuating environment: environmental variability and asymmetric fitness curves can lead to adaptively mismatched avian reproduction'. Proceedings Royal Society London B, 279 :3161-3169 [Details]
(2012)'Impacts of parasites in early life: contrasting effects on juvenile growth for different family members'
Reed, Thomas E and Daunt, Francis and Kiploks, Adam J and Burthe, Sarah J and Granroth-Wilding, Hanna MV and Takahashi, Emi A and Newell, Mark and Wanless, Sarah and Cunningham, Emma JA (2012) 'Impacts of parasites in early life: contrasting effects on juvenile growth for different family members'. Plos One, 7 (2) [Details]
(2011)'Interacting effects of phenotypic plasticity and evolution on population persistence in a changing climate'
Reed, Thomas E and Schindler, Daniel E and Waples, Robin S (2011) 'Interacting effects of phenotypic plasticity and evolution on population persistence in a changing climate'. Conservation Biology, 25 (1):56-63 [Details]
(2011)'Time to evolve? Potential evolutionary responses of Fraser River sockeye salmon to climate change and effects on persistence'
Reed, Thomas E and Schindler, Daniel E and Hague, Merran J and Patterson, David A and Meir, Eli and Waples, Robin S and Hinch, Scott G (2011) 'Time to evolve? Potential evolutionary responses of Fraser River sockeye salmon to climate change and effects on persistence'. Plos One, 6 (6) [Details]
(2010)'Lake-specific variation in growth, migration timing and survival of juvenile sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka: separating environmental from genetic influences'
Reed, TE and Martinek, G and Quinn, TP (2010) 'Lake-specific variation in growth, migration timing and survival of juvenile sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka: separating environmental from genetic influences'. Journal of Fish Biology, 77 (3):692-705 [Details]
(2010)'Phenotypic plasticity and population viability: the importance of environmental predictability'
Reed, T.E., Waples, R.S., Schindler, D.E., Hard, J.J. & Kinnison, M.T. (2010) 'Phenotypic plasticity and population viability: the importance of environmental predictability'. Proceedings Royal Society London B, 277 :3391-3400 [Details]
(2009)'Timing is everything: flexible phenology and shifting selection in a colonial seabird'
Reed, Thomas E and Warzybok, Pete and Wilson, Alistair J and Bradley, Russell W and Wanless, Sarah and Sydeman, William J (2009) 'Timing is everything: flexible phenology and shifting selection in a colonial seabird'. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78 (2):376-387 [Details]
(2008)'Reproductive senescence in a long‐lived seabird: rates of decline in late‐life performance are associated with varying costs of early reproduction'
Reed, T.E., Kruuk, L.E., Wanless, S., Frederiksen, M., Cunningham, E.J. & Harris, M.P. (2008) 'Reproductive senescence in a long‐lived seabird: rates of decline in late‐life performance are associated with varying costs of early reproduction'. The American Naturalist, 171 :E89-E101 [Details]
(2008)'Parasite treatment affects maternal investment in sons'
Reed, TE and Daunt, F and Hall, ME and Phillips, RA and Wanless, S and Cunningham, EJA (2008) 'Parasite treatment affects maternal investment in sons'. Science, 321 (5896):1681-1682 [Details]
(2006)'Responding to environmental change: plastic responses vary little in a synchronous breeder'
Reed, Thomas E and Wanless, Sarah and Harris, Michael P and Frederiksen, Morten and Kruuk, Loeske EB and Cunningham, Emma JA (2006) 'Responding to environmental change: plastic responses vary little in a synchronous breeder'. Proceedings Royal Society London B, 273 (1602):2713-2719 [Details]
(2004)'A comparison of the efficacy of pond-net and box sampling methods in turloughs-Irish ephemeral aquatic systems'
Connor, Aine O and Bradish, Stephen and Reed, Thomas and Moran, James and Regan, Eugenie and Visser, Marjolein and Gormally, Mike and Skeffington, Micheline Sheehy (2004) 'A comparison of the efficacy of pond-net and box sampling methods in turloughs-Irish ephemeral aquatic systems'. Hydrobiologia, 524 (1):133-144 [Details]
(2002)'New records of the water beetles Berosus signaticollis (Charpentier) and Graptodytes bilineatus (Sturm) in turloughs'
Bradish, Stephen and Connor, Aine O and Reed, Thomas (2002) 'New records of the water beetles Berosus signaticollis (Charpentier) and Graptodytes bilineatus (Sturm) in turloughs'. The Irish Naturalists' Journal, :83-84 [Details]

Book Chapters

 YearPublication
(2018)'Entomological Surveillance as a Cornerstone of Malaria Elimination: A Critical Appraisal'
Gerry F. Killeen, Prosper P. Chaki, Thomas E. Reed, Catherine L. Moyes and Nicodem J. Govella (2018) 'Entomological Surveillance as a Cornerstone of Malaria Elimination: A Critical Appraisal' In: Towards Malaria Elimination - A Leap Forward. Online: IntechOpen. [DOI] [Details]
(2017)'Population genetics and Genetic Stock Identification of anadromous Salmo trutta from the Irish Sea and adjacent areas, using microsatellite DNA loci'
PA PRODÖHL, A ANTONIACOMI, C BRADLEY, J CARLSSON, GR CARVALHO, J COUGHLAN, J COYNE, ME CROSS, MC CROSS, CA DAVIES, E DILLANE, P GARGAN, R HYNES, P MCGINNITY, N MILNER, T REED, W ROCHE, M TAYLOR (2017) 'Population genetics and Genetic Stock Identification of anadromous Salmo trutta from the Irish Sea and adjacent areas, using microsatellite DNA loci' In: G.S. Harris (eds). Sea Trout: from Science to Management (Proceedings of the 2nd International Sea Trout Symposium, Dundalk, Ireland, October 2015). UK: Self published. [Details]
(2016)'Anadromy in brown trout (Salmo trutta): A review of the relative roles of genes and environmental factors and the implications for management and conservation'
Ferguson, A., Reed, T.E, McGinnity, P., Prodohl, P. (2016) 'Anadromy in brown trout (Salmo trutta): A review of the relative roles of genes and environmental factors and the implications for management and conservation' In: Harris, G (eds). Sea Trout: from Science to Management (Proceedings of the 2nd International Sea Trout Symposium, Dundalk, Ireland, October 2015). -: Self published. [Full Text] [Details]

Professional Activities

Honours and Awards

 YearTitleAwarding Body
2019Highly Commended for Mid-Career Researcher Award Irish Ecological Association
2016UCC Early Stage Researcher of the Year University College Cork
2013Funding awarded by the Lorentz Centre to organise a workshop on “Eco-evolutionary dynamics in a changing world”. Lorentz Center (Leiden, the Netherlands)

Professional Associations

 AssociationFunctionFrom / To
European Society for Evolutionary Biology member/
Irish Ecological Association Secretary/
British Ecological Society member/

Conference Contributions

 YearPublication
(2015)Phenological mismatch in great tits,
Reed, T.E. (2015) -. [Oral Presentation], Phenological mismatch in great tits, CEH Lancaster . [Details]
(2015)Regional scale local adaptation in Atlantic salmon in Ireland,
Reed, T.E. (2015) Oral presentation at Salmonid Symposium. [Oral Presentation], Regional scale local adaptation in Atlantic salmon in Ireland, University of Girona . [Details]
(2014)Phenological mismatch in a warming world,
Reed, T.E. (2014) -. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Phenological mismatch in a warming world, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Evolutionary Biology . [Details]
(2014)EPA Climate Lecture Series,
Thomas Reed (2014) Ecological impacts of climate change at home and abroad. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], EPA Climate Lecture Series, University College Cork . [Details]
(2014)Departmental seminar,
Thomas Reed (2014) School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Departmental seminar, University College Cork . [Details]
(2014)Departmental seminar,
Thomas Reed (2014) Institute of Evolutionary Biology. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Departmental seminar, University of Edinburgh . [Details]
(2013)Atlantic Salmon Trust/IBIS conference: Boosting salmon numbers: is stocking the answer or the problem?,
Thomas Reed (2013) Salmon stocking and climate change. [Oral Presentation], Atlantic Salmon Trust/IBIS conference: Boosting salmon numbers: is stocking the answer or the problem?, Glasgow . [Details]
(2013)Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting,
Thomas Reed (2013) NAEM. [Oral Presentation], Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting, Lunteren, The Netherlands . [Details]
(2013)Departmental seminar,
Thomas Reed (2013) Department of Zoology. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Departmental seminar, Universityof Brasilia . [Details]
(2013)European Society for Evolutionary Biology Conference,
Thomas Reed, Phillip Gienapp, Marcel Visser (2013) Quantifying the demographic cost of selection in a changing environment. [Oral Presentation], European Society for Evolutionary Biology Conference, Lisbon . [Details]
(2012)Ecological Society of America 97th Annual Meeting (Sp,
Thomas Reed and Marcel Visser (2012) Eco-evolutionary consequences of phenological mismatch in Dutch great tits (special sessions on 'Contemporary Evolution Amid the Human Enterprise: New Insights Into the Fates of Populations and Communities'). [Oral Presentation], Ecological Society of America 97th Annual Meeting (Sp, Portland, USA . [Details]
(2012)Departmental seminar,
Thomas Reed (2012) Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Departmental seminar, University of Groningen . [Details]
(2011)American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Washington DC,
Thomas Reed (2011) Symposium on Changing Climate, Changing Approaches: Conservation in the Face of Climate Change. [Oral Presentation], American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Washington DC, Washington DC, USA . [Details]
(2011)Workshop on 'Adaptation to Climate Change: a Spatial Perspective',
Thomas Reed (2011) Eco-evolutionary consequences of phenological mismatch in Dutch great tits. [Oral Presentation], Workshop on 'Adaptation to Climate Change: a Spatial Perspective', Lammi Biological Station, Finland . [Details]
(2010)Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting,
Thomas Reed (2010) Symposium on Salmonids running amok – climate and human impacts on fish ecology and evolution. [Oral Presentation], Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Canada . [Details]
(2010)World Seabird Conference,
Thomas Reed (2010) Symposium on Seabird phenotypic plasticity and microevolution. [Oral Presentation], World Seabird Conference, Victoria, Canada . [Details]
(2009)Evolution 2009,
Thomas Reed (2009) University of Idaho. [Oral Presentation], Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho, USA . [Details]
(2008)Young Investigator Series,
Thomas Reed (2008) School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Young Investigator Series, University of Washington, Seattle, USA . [Details]
(2007)Evolutionary change in human-altered environments,
Thomas Reed (2007) UCLA. [Poster Presentation], Evolutionary change in human-altered environments, Los Angeles, USA . [Details]
(2007)Departmental seminar,
Thomas Reed (2007) Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Departmental seminar, University of Oxford . [Details]
(2007)European Society for Evolutionary Biology Conference,
Thomas Reed (2007) Uppsala University. [Oral Presentation], European Society for Evolutionary Biology Conference, Uppsala, Sweden . [Details]
(2007)Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Easter Meeting,
Thomas Reed (2007) University of Exeter. [Oral Presentation], Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Easter Meeting, Falmouth, UK . [Details]
(2007)Departmental seminar,
Thomas Reed (2007) Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Departmental seminar, University of Leeds, UK . [Details]
(2006)12th Annual Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology,
Thomas Reed (2006) (EMPSEB). [Oral Presentation], 12th Annual Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, St. Andrews, UK . [Details]
(2006)The Seabird Group 9th International Conference,
Thomas Reed (2006) -. [Oral Presentation], The Seabird Group 9th International Conference, Aberdeen, UK . [Details]
(2006)UK PopNet graduate student workshop: Making predictions in ecology,
Thomas Reed (2006) University of East Anglia. [Oral Presentation], UK PopNet graduate student workshop: Making predictions in ecology, Norwich, England . [Details]

Languages

 LanguageReadingWritingSpeaking
English FluentFluentFluent
Portuguese FunctionalFunctionalFunctional
Irish BasicBasicBasic

Outreach Activities

 Description

Appeared on RTE's Eco Eye programme

Nov 2015

2015: Article on salmon migration written for Irish Independent's "Science of Summer" supplement

2003: Volunteer with Coral Cay Conservation, Roatan, Honduras, surveying coral reef biodiversity.

Article written for RTE’s Brainstorm series

Interviewed on RTE Six One News

Radio interview on Newstalk's Breakfast show

2015: Appeared on "Mooney Goes Wild" Radio show, to talk about climate change impacts on wildlife

2003: Volunteer raptor survey work with Kekoldi Hawkwatch, Talamanca, Costa Rica

2008: Popular science article written for NERC magazine ‘Planet Earth’: http://tinyurl.com/q3gphjz

2008/09: Volunteer seabird surveyor with the Seattle Audubon Society’s Puget Sound Seabird Survey

Links to press articles related to my papers: http://ecodevoevo.blogspot.ie/2013_04_01_archive.html http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349969/description/So_far_the_great_tit_has_coped_with_climate_change http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130425142348.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/science/12obshag.html?fta=y&_r=0 http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/sea-bird_parasites.html#cr

2012: Video created for Journal of Animal Ecology to accompany paper: http://vimeo.com/61793002

2009: Volunteer in Seattle's 'Blue Festival', a festival about conservation of marine life and resources

Journal Activities

 JournalRoleTo / From
Evolutionary Applications Referee-
Evolution Letters Peer Reviewer-
Climatic Change Referee-
Nature Climate Change Referee-
Global Change Biology Referee-
Journal Of Fish Biology Referee-
Ecology Letters Referee-
Proceedings Royal Society London B Referee-
Auk Referee-
Oikos Referee-
Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B-Biological Sciences Referee-
Evolution; International Journal Of Organic Evolution Referee-
Journal Of Evolutionary Biology Referee-
Journal Of Animal Ecology Referee-
Conservation Biology Referee-
Marine Ecology Progress Series Referee-
G3: Genes| Genomes| Genetics Referee-

Other Activities

 Description

Public guest lecture given on “Ecological impacts of climate change at home and abroad” as part of EPA climate change lectures series, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Nov 5th 2014

On organising committee for 3rd Irish Ecology and Evolution Conference (University College Cork, 2021)

Apr 2015: Presentation given at UCC Endurance in Research Conference

On organising committee for 4th Irish Ecology and Evolution Conference (Trinity College Dublin, 2023)

2013: Co-organised with Dr M. Cobben a symposium on “Adaptation to climate change across time and space” at the Netherlands Annual Ecology Meeting, Lunteren

2013: Lead organiser of workshop on “Eco-evolutionary dynamics in a changing world” at Lorentz Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Referee for grant evaluations with European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, US National Science Foundation (NSF), Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), French "Agence Nationale de la Recherche" (ANR)

2006: Co-organised 12th Annual Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB), St. Andrews, UK.

Teaching Activities

Teaching Interests

Evolution
Ecology
Genetics
Fish biology
Biodiversity, climate change, conservation 
Quantitative skills
Practical field ecology

Modules coordinated:
AE3013 Practical Field Ecology
ZY4021 Evolutionary Ecology
BL6020 Genetics and the Marine Environment
BL6026 Introductory Quantitative Skills for Biologists
BL6024 Quantitative Skills for Biologists

Current Postgraduate Students

 StudentDegree Type
Pinfield Roisin Doctoral Degree
Dugay Thibaut Pierre Claude Doctoral Degree
Rinaldo Adrian Doctoral Degree
De Bonis Lorenzo Doctoral Degree
O'Connor Bríd Doctoral Degree

Research Information

Internal Collaborators

 NameInstituteCountry
Dr John Quinn University College CorkIRELAND
Prof. Tom Cross University College CorkIRELAND
Dr Phillip McGinnity University College CorkIRELAND

External Collaborators

 NameOrganisation / InstituteCountry
Prof. Paulo Prodöhl Queens University BelfastUNITED KINGDOM
Dr Craig Primmer University of TurkuFINLAND
Dr Robin Waples National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA)U.S.A.
Prof. Marcel Visser Netherlands Institute of Ecology, WageningenHOLLAND
Dr Phillip Gienapp Netherlands Institute of Ecology, WageningenHOLLAND
Dr Stephanie Jenouvrier Wood's Hole Oceanographic InstituteU.S.A.
Dr Phil Bacon Marine ScotlandUNITED KINGDOM
Prof Sarah Wanless Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, EdinburghUNITED KINGDOM
Dr Daniel Schindler University of WashingtonU.S.A.
Dr Francis Daunt Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, EdinburghUNITED KINGDOM
Dr Jonny Armstrong University of WashingtonU.S.A.
Dr Mike Harris Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, EdinburghUNITED KINGDOM
Dr Tutku Aykanat University of TurkuFINLAND
Dr Peter Westley University of Alaska FairbanksU.S.A.
Dr Emma Cunningham University of EdinburghUNITED KINGDOM

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