Dr Natalie Pilakouta

Lecturer in Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution

Researcher profile

Email

np84@st-andrews.ac.uk

PhD supervision

• Amber Chatten
• Isobel Grieve
• Solene Morelle
• Jakob Wiil

Selected publications

• Open access

  Evolutionary ecophysiology in extreme environments under a global change scenario

  Burraco, P., Hawkes, L., Pilakouta, N., Angelier, F., Brans, K. I. & Orizaola, G., 2025, In: Conservation Physiology. 13, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., coaf059.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Linking the causes and consequences of phenotypic plasticity

  Smallegange, I. M. & Pilakouta, N., Nov 2025, In: Functional Ecology. 39, 11, p. 2944-2948 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Open access

  Predicting the effects of climate change on the fertility of aquatic animals using a meta-analytic approach

  Chatten, A. G., Grieve, I., Meligoniti, E., Hayward, C. & Pilakouta, N., 1 Jan 2025, In: Ecology Letters. 28, 1, 14 p., e70054.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  ShareTrait: towards interoperable and reusable individual trait-based data in ectotherms

  Leiva, F. P., Ellers, J., Berg, M. P., Cuxart-Erruz, R., Barneche, D. R., Blackburn, T. M., Castañeda, L. E., Chown, S. L., Gaitán-Espitia, J. D., Gebauer, P., Gomez Isaza, D. F., Hardy, I. C. W., Hermaniuk, A., Hirst, A. G., Jorissen, S., Keasar, T., Koene, J. M., Le Lann, C., Martorelli, I. & Molinet, C. & 17 others, Niklitschek, E. J., Oliveira, B. F., Olivier, B., Orizaola, G., Pilakouta, N., Shameer, K. S., Shokri, M., Stoks, R., Tougeron, K., Tuni, C., van de Pol, I. L. E., van Dis, N. E., Visser, B., Vogels, J. J., White, C., Wu, N. C. & Verberk, W. C. E. P., Nov 2025, In: Functional Ecology. 39, 11, p. 3124-3138 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A systematic map of studies testing the relationship between temperature and animal reproduction

  Dougherty, L. R., Frost, F., Maenpaa, M. I., Rowe, M., Cole, B. J., Vasudeva, R., Pottier, P., Schultner, E., Macartney, E. L., Lindenbaum, I., Smith, J. L., Carazo, P., Graziano, M., Weaving, H., Canal Domenech, B., Berger, D., Meena, A., Bishop, T. R., Noble, D. W. A. & Simões, P. & 24 others, Baur, J., Breedveld, M. C., Svensson, E. I., Lancaster, L. T., Ellers, J., De Nardo, A. N., Santos, M. A., Ramm, S. A., Drobniak, S. M., Redana, M., Tuni, C., Pilakouta, N., Zizzari, Z. V., Iossa, G., Lüpold, S., Koppik, M., Early, R., Gasparini, C., Nakagawa, S., Lagisz, M., Bretman, A., Fricke, C., Snook, R. R. & Price, T. A. R., 1 Feb 2024, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 5, 1, 17 p., e12303.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Chronic and acute thermal stressors have non-additive effects on fertility

  Pilakouta, N., Allan, D., Moore, E. & Russell, A. A., Sept 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2031, 9 p., rspb20241086.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Effects of parental care on the magnitude of inbreeding depression: a meta-analysis in fishes

  Patterson, C. & Pilakouta, N., Feb 2024, In: American Naturalist. 203, 2, p. E50-E62 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Heatwaves during early development have long-term consequences for parental care in adulthood

  Sidhu, K. K., Zafeiri, S., Malcolm, C., Caplat, P., Lancaster, L. T., Bocedi, G. & Pilakouta, N., Nov 2024, In: Animal Behaviour. 217, p. 65-72

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Intraspecific variation in parental care may reflect variation in parental quality

  Pilakouta, N., Hanlon, E. J. H. & Smiseth, P. T., 13 Nov 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 11, 11 p., e70578.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Geothermal stickleback populations prefer cool water despite multigenerational exposure to a warm environment

  Pilakouta, N., Killen, S. S., Kristjansson, B. K., Skulason, S., Lindstrom, J., Metcalfe, N. B. & Parsons, K. J., 10 Jan 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 1, 8 p., e9654.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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