Dr Natalie Pilakouta

Lecturer in Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution

Researcher profile

Email

np84@st-andrews.ac.uk

PhD supervision

• Amber Chatten
• Solene Morelle
• Jakob Wiil

Selected publications

• Open access

  Early-life thermal stress reduces survival but has no long-term effects on reproduction in an insect

  Wiil, J. & Pilakouta, N., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Thermal Biology. 136, p. 1-10 10 p., 104420.

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

• Open access

  From first to second: does thermal stress shape reproductive investment decisions?

  Wiil, J., Morelle, S. & Pilakouta, N., Oct 2026, In: Journal of Thermal Biology. 141, p. 1-10 10 p., 104589.

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

• Open access

  Heatwaves impair female but not male fertility in a subsocial insect

  Grieve, I. & Pilakouta, N., 14 Jan 2026, In: Biology Letters. 22, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., 20250665.

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

• Open access

  No differences in reproductive success of burying beetles on lab versus field soil after adaptation to laboratory conditions

  Grieve, I. & Pilakouta, N., 12 Sept 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Advance Article, p. 1-7 7 p., voag089.

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

• Open access

  The effect of differing levels of intrasexual and intersexual selection on survival and reproduction under a heatwave

  Sidhu, K. K., Caplat, P., Bocedi, G., Pilakouta, N. & Lancaster, L., Feb 2026, In: Ecology and Evolution. 16, 2, p. 1-11 11 p., e72778.

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

• Open access

  Thermal stress has size-dependent but not sex-specific effects on mortality in an insect model

  Grieve, I. M. & Pilakouta, N., Jul 2026, In: Ecology and Evolution. 16, 7, p. 1-10 10 p., e74020.

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

• 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., 1 Nov 2025, In: Functional Ecology. 39, 11, p. 3124-3138 15 p.

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

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