Publications
For the latest publications, please check Google Scholar. Please let me know if you would like a PDF of any articles. † = co-first authors; * = co-senior authors; ‡ = undergraduate students
Pre-prints
Urquhart, C.A., Usui, T., Angert, A.L. & Williams, J.L. (2026)
Eco-evolutionary dynamics are shaped by competition in experimental range expansions.
BioRxiv, doi: 10.64898/2026.06.01.729372
Eco-evolutionary dynamics are shaped by competition in experimental range expansions.
BioRxiv, doi: 10.64898/2026.06.01.729372
Usui, T.†, Sakarchi, J.†, Duchen, P., Hart, S.P., Turcotte, M.M., Xu, S., Angert, A.L.* & Germain, R.M.* (2026)
Niche differentiation confers coexistence prior to the species boundary in an aquatic plant.
BioRxiv, doi: 10.64898/2026.04.03.716288
Niche differentiation confers coexistence prior to the species boundary in an aquatic plant.
BioRxiv, doi: 10.64898/2026.04.03.716288
Marjakangas, E-L., Barreto, E., Borregaard, M.K., Chaikin, S., Carvajal-Quintero, J.D., Marshall, K.E., Usui, T., Pires, M.M., Graham, C.H. & Lessard, J-P. (2026)
The role of biotic permeability in species range dynamics.
In revision
The role of biotic permeability in species range dynamics.
In revision
Published
Usui, T.†, Yu, J.†‡ & Frederickson, M.E. (2026)
For colonization success, should hosts and microbes travel alone, together, or swap partners along the way?
New Phytologist, Early View
For colonization success, should hosts and microbes travel alone, together, or swap partners along the way?
New Phytologist, Early View
Usui, T. & Angert, A.L. (2026)
Competition enables rapid adaptation to a warming range edge in a model plant community.
Science, 392, 6802
Competition enables rapid adaptation to a warming range edge in a model plant community.
Science, 392, 6802
Usui, T. & Angert, A.L. (2024)
Range expansion is both slower and more variable with rapid evolution across a spatial gradient in temperature.
Ecology Letters, 27, e14406
Range expansion is both slower and more variable with rapid evolution across a spatial gradient in temperature.
Ecology Letters, 27, e14406
Gillies, G.J.‡, Angert, A.L. & Usui, T. (2024)
Temperature-dependence and genetic variation in resource acquisition strategies in a model freshwater plant.
Functional Ecology, 38, 1600-1610
Temperature-dependence and genetic variation in resource acquisition strategies in a model freshwater plant.
Functional Ecology, 38, 1600-1610
Usui, T.†, Lerner, D.†, Angert, A.L., Eckert, I., Garroway, C.J., Hargreaves, A.L., Lancaster, L.T., Lessard, J-P., Riva, F., Schmidt, C., Van der Burg, K. & Marshall, K. (2023)
The evolution of plasticity at geographic range edges.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38, 831-842
The evolution of plasticity at geographic range edges.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38, 831-842
Usui, T., MacLeod, M., McCann, S., Senior, A.* & Nakagawa, S.* (2021)
Meta-analysis of variation suggests that embracing heterogeneity improves both replicability and generalizability in preclinical research.
PLOS Biology, 19(5), e3001009
Meta-analysis of variation suggests that embracing heterogeneity improves both replicability and generalizability in preclinical research.
PLOS Biology, 19(5), e3001009
Bontrager, M., Usui, T., Lee-Yaw, J.A., Anstett, D.N., Branch, H.A., Hargreaves, A.L. & Angert, A.L. (2021)
Adaptation across geographic ranges is consistent with strong selection in marginal climates and legacies of range expansion.
Evolution, 75, 1316-1333
Adaptation across geographic ranges is consistent with strong selection in marginal climates and legacies of range expansion.
Evolution, 75, 1316-1333
Germain, R.M., Angert, A.L., Bassar, R.D., Henao Diaz, F.L., Hart, S.P., Otto, S.P., Rolland, J., Sakarchi, J., Schluter, D., Siepielski, A.M., Turcotte, M.M., Usui, T. & Waters, M. (2020)
On the origin of coexisting species.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 36, 284-283
On the origin of coexisting species.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 36, 284-283
Miller, T.E.X., Angert, A.L.A., Brown, C.D., Lee-Yaw, J.A., Lewis, M., Lutscher, F., Marculis, N.G., Melbourne, B.A., Shaw, A.K., Szücs, M., Tabares, O., Usui, T., Weiss-Lehman, C. & Williams, J.L. (2020)
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion.
Ecology, 101, e03139
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion.
Ecology, 101, e03139
Baur, J., Laurentino, T.G., Usui, T. & Eichhorn, M. (2019)
Liana abundance and relationships to sapling and tree hosts in an East African primary forest.
African Journal of Ecology, 57, 130-136
Liana abundance and relationships to sapling and tree hosts in an East African primary forest.
African Journal of Ecology, 57, 130-136
Usui, T., Noble, D.W.A., O’Dea, R.E., Fangmeier, M.L., Lagisz, M., Hesselson, D. & Nakagawa, S. (2018)
The French Press: a repeatable and high-throughput approach to exercising zebrafish (Danio rerio).
PeerJ, e4292
The French Press: a repeatable and high-throughput approach to exercising zebrafish (Danio rerio).
PeerJ, e4292
Fangmeier, M., Noble, D.W.A., O’Dea, R.E., Usui, T., Lagisz, M., Hesselson, D. & Nakagawa, S. (2018)
Computer animation technology in behavioral sciences: a sequential, automatic, and high-throughput approach to quantifying personality in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Zebrafish, 15, 206-210
Computer animation technology in behavioral sciences: a sequential, automatic, and high-throughput approach to quantifying personality in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Zebrafish, 15, 206-210
Usui, T., Butchart, S.H.M. & Phillimore, A.B. (2017)
Temporal shifts and temperature sensitivity of avian spring migration phenology: a phylogenetic meta-analysis.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, 250-261
Temporal shifts and temperature sensitivity of avian spring migration phenology: a phylogenetic meta-analysis.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, 250-261
