Andrew D Higginson
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McNamara J, Higginson A, Verhulst S
J Biogeogr
. 2016 Aug;
43(4):809-819.
PMID: 27478296
Aim: The tendency for animals at higher latitudes to be larger (Bergmann's rule) is generally explained by recourse to latitudinal effects on ambient temperature and the food supply, but these...
12.
English S, Fawcett T, Higginson A, Trimmer P, Uller T
Am Nat
. 2016 Apr;
187(5):620-32.
PMID: 27104994
Development is a continuous process during which individuals gain information about their environment and adjust their phenotype accordingly. In many natural systems, individuals are particularly sensitive to early life experiences,...
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Higginson A, McNamara J, Houston A
Proc Biol Sci
. 2016 Jan;
283(1822).
PMID: 26740612
To explore the logic of evolutionary explanations of obesity we modelled food consumption in an animal that minimizes mortality (starvation plus predation) by switching between activities that differ in energy...
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Higginson A, Speed M, Ruxton G
Am Nat
. 2015 Dec;
186(6):728-41.
PMID: 26655980
Inconspicuous prey pay a cost of reduced feeding opportunities. Flowers are highly nutritious but are positioned where prey would be apparent to predators and often contain toxins to reduce consumption....
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McNamara J, Houston A, Higginson A
PLoS One
. 2015 Nov;
10(11):e0141811.
PMID: 26545121
Obesity is an important medical problem affecting humans and animals in the developed world, but the evolutionary origins of the behaviours that cause obesity are poorly understood. The potential role...
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Trimmer P, Higginson A, Fawcett T, McNamara J, Houston A
Evol Med Public Health
. 2015 Apr;
2015(1):123-35.
PMID: 25916884
Background And Objectives: Depression is a major medical problem diagnosed in an increasing proportion of people and for which commonly prescribed psychoactive drugs are frequently ineffective. Development of treatment options...
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Higginson A, McNamara J, Houston A
J Theor Biol
. 2014 Jun;
359:208-19.
PMID: 24973597
The primary function of lipid storage by animals is as an energy source for surviving periods without food. However, muscle and organ protein can be metabolised for energy, and empirical...
18.
Fawcett T, Fallenstein B, Higginson A, Houston A, Mallpress D, Trimmer P, et al.
Trends Cogn Sci
. 2014 Jan;
18(3):153-61.
PMID: 24467913
Models and experiments on adaptive decision-making typically consider highly simplified environments that bear little resemblance to the complex, heterogeneous world in which animals (including humans) have evolved. These studies reveal...
19.
Generalized optimal risk allocation: foraging and antipredator behavior in a fluctuating environment
Higginson A, Fawcett T, Trimmer P, McNamara J, Houston A
Am Nat
. 2012 Oct;
180(5):589-603.
PMID: 23070320
Animals live in complex environments in which predation risk and food availability change over time. To deal with this variability and maximize their survival, animals should take into account how...
20.
Fawcett T, Higginson A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2012 Jun;
109(29):11735-9.
PMID: 22733777
Most research in biology is empirical, yet empirical studies rely fundamentally on theoretical work for generating testable predictions and interpreting observations. Despite this interdependence, many empirical studies build largely on...