Elizabeth Lange

Research

We integrate field, lab, and theoretical techniques to understand when and how individuals use information from the social environment to alter behavior, morphology, and life history. We are also interested in how the social environment affects survival and reproductive success.

Specialty areas:

• Behavioral ecology
• Evolutionary biology
• Phenotypic plasticity
• Fish biology
• Quantitative genetics

Publications

• Lange, E.C., Erk, S., Ptacek, M.B., Travis, J., & Hughes, K.A. (2023). Socially cued anticipatory plasticity predicts male primary mating tactic but not mating behaviour rates. Animal Behaviour, 196, 43-53.
• Zeng, S., Lange, E.C., Archie, E.A., Campos, F.A., Alberts, S.C., & Li, F. (In Press). Causal mediation analysis for longitudinal mediators and survival outcomes. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics. arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.08344.
• Lange, E.C., Ptacek, M.B., Travis, J., & Hughes, K.A. (2021). Sex differences in the plasticity of life history in response to social environment. Evolution, 75(4), 888-902.
• Lange, E.C., Travis, J., Hughes, K.A., & M’Gonigle, L.K. (2021). Can you trust who you see? The evolution of socially cued anticipatory plasticity. The American Naturalist, 197(4), E129-E142.
• Culumber, Z.W., Anaya-Rojas, J.M., Booker, W.W., Hooks, A.P., Lange, E.C., Pluer, B., Ramirez-Bullón, N., and Travis, J. (2019). Widespread Biases in Ecological and Evolutionary Studies. BioScience, 69(8), 631-640. doi:10.1093/biosci/biz063.

Education

• Ph.D., Biological Science, Florida State University
• M.S. Biological Sciences, Clemson University
• B.S. Biology and Psychology, Canisius College