Michael Moore
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado-Denver
Now
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology
University of Colorado-Denver
At LEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Years: 2019-2022
Mentor(s): Kasey Fowler-Finn (Saint Louis University) and Kim Medley (Tyson Research Center)
Research Focus: Mike explored how animal breeding colors adapt to warmer climates. This research aims to help biologists understand factors responsible for the global diversity of animal color patterns and should provide insight into how these captivating traits will respond to the climates of the future.
Publications related to postdoctoral work
Hersch K and Moore MP.(2023). Ornamentation diversified faster than eco-morphology across
Nearctic dragonflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 139(1): 70-78. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blad008
Leith NT, Fowler-Finn KD, and Moore MP. (2022). Evolutionary interactions between thermal ecology and sexual selection. Ecology Letters 25(9): 1919-1936. doi: 10.1111/ele.14072
Leith NT, Macchiano AT, Moore MP, and Fowler-Finn KD. (2021). Temperature impacts all behavioral interactions during insect and arachnid reproduction. Current Opinions in Insect Science 45: 106-114. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.03.005
Moore MP, Leith NT, Fowler-Finn KD, and Medley KA. (2024). Human-modified habitats
imperil ornamented dragonflies less than their non-ornamented counterparts at local, regional, and continental scales. Ecology Letters 27(6): e14455. doi: 10.1111/ele.14455
Moore MP.(2021). Larval habitats impose trait-dependent limits on the direction and rate of adult evolution in dragonflies. Biology Letters 17(5): 20210023. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0023
Moore MP, Hersch K, Sricharoen C, Lee S, Reice C, Rice P, Kronick S, Medley KA, and Fowler-Finn KD. (2021). Sex-specific ornament evolution is a consistent feature of climatic adaptation across space and time in dragonflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(28): e2101458118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2101458118
Moore MP and Martin RA. (2021). Natural selection on adults has trait-dependent consequences for juvenile evolution in dragonflies. The American Naturalist 197(6): 677-689. doi: 10.1086/714048
Moore MP, Nalley SE, and Hamadah D. (2024). An evolutionary innovation for mating facilitates ecological niche expansion and buffers species against climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(10): e2313371121
Stroud JT, Moore MP, Langerhans RB, and Losos JB. (2023). Fluctuating selection maintains
distinct species phenotypes in an ecological community in the wild. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(42): e2222071120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2222071120
Articles
Moore MP. (2021). Human activity imperils one of the Earth’s great survivalists: dragonflies. The Hill (Opinion). https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/562526-human-activity-imperils-one-of-the-earths-great-survivalists
Moore MP. (2020). There are no second acts in the lives of animals. Animal Ecology in Focus. https://animalecologyinfocus.com/2020/04/17/there-are-no-second-acts-in-animal-life-cycles/
Panels, Seminars, and Presentations
Moore MP. (2021). How citizen science is super-charging the study of evolutionary adaptation in the Anthropocene. The Promise and Pitfalls of Citizen Science Symposium. American Philosophical Society. Invited Panelist: https://youtu.be/NEf3nAqXMxw
Moore MP. (2020). How your iNaturalist observations are supercharging evolutionary biology. Hefner Museum of Natural History. 46th Annual Lecture. Flyer. Watch: https://youtu.be/9_jjU4HITik