Research: mutualisms and movement
How do positive interactions between species shape movement behavior? How do mutualisms constrain the ability to move?
All organisms move at some point in their lives and many organisms participate in some form of mutualistic interaction. Yet, the role of mutualism in shaping movement is understudied compared to the effect of negative interactions like competition, predation and parasitism.
In Shaw, Naven Narayanan & Stanton (2021), we synthesize the links between mutualism and movement, drawing parallels across different organisms. In Moore et al. (2023) we summarize a session at the 2022 ESA/CSEE meeting about empirical mutualism systems and the role movement plays.
We are currently developing theory to understand how mutualism may promote or constrain movement of partner species and the spatial spread of populations. This includes theory for both host-symbiont interactions (Shaw 2022) as well as free-living partner species (through an NSF grant led by graduate student Naven Narayanan and in collaboration with Will Harcombe).
All organisms move at some point in their lives and many organisms participate in some form of mutualistic interaction. Yet, the role of mutualism in shaping movement is understudied compared to the effect of negative interactions like competition, predation and parasitism.
In Shaw, Naven Narayanan & Stanton (2021), we synthesize the links between mutualism and movement, drawing parallels across different organisms. In Moore et al. (2023) we summarize a session at the 2022 ESA/CSEE meeting about empirical mutualism systems and the role movement plays.
We are currently developing theory to understand how mutualism may promote or constrain movement of partner species and the spatial spread of populations. This includes theory for both host-symbiont interactions (Shaw 2022) as well as free-living partner species (through an NSF grant led by graduate student Naven Narayanan and in collaboration with Will Harcombe).
Relevant papers
Naven Narayanan, Shaw AK (2024) "Mutualisms impact species’ range expansion speeds and spatial distributions." Ecology 105(1): e4171.
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.
Shaw AK (2022) "How to outrun your parasites (or mutualists): symbiont transmission mode is key." Oikos 11: e09374.
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.
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.
Shaw AK (2022) "How to outrun your parasites (or mutualists): symbiont transmission mode is key." Oikos 11: e09374.
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.