Lukas Keller
Research interests
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Publications
Research interests
Evolutionary ecology, population and quantitative genetics, conservation biology
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Education and professional positions
| 2009 - present | Associate Professor in Animal Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich |
| 2008 - present | Director, Zoological Museum of the University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2003 - 2009 | Assistant Professor in Animal Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Museum, University of Zurich |
| 2000 - 2003 | Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1997 - 2001 | Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA |
| 1997 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA |
| 1996 | Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology at University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA |
| 1985 - 1991 | Studies in Biology at Universities of Zurich and Basel |
Publications
Hoeck PE, Bollmer JL, Parker PG, Keller LF (2010) Differentiation with drift: a spatio-temporal genetic analysis of Galapagos mockingbird populations (Mimus spp.). Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 365: 1127-1138.
Hoeck, P.E.A., Beaumont, M.A., James, K.E., Grant, R.B., Grant, P.R., Keller, L.F. (2010) Saving Darwin’s muse: evolutionary genetics for the recovery of the Floreana mockingbird. Biology Letters 6: 212-215.
Biebach I, Keller LF. (2009) A strong genetic footprint of the re-introduction history of Alpine ibex (Capra ibex ibex). Molecular Ecology 18: 5046-5058.
Hoeck, P.E.A., Bucher, T.B., Wandeler, P., Keller, L.F. (2009) Microsatellite primers for the four Galapagos mockingbird species (Mimus parvulus, Mimus macdonaldi, Mimus melanotis and Mimus trifasciatus). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1538-1541.
Wilson, A., Arcese, P., Keller, L.F., Pruett, C.L., Winker, K., Patten, M.A., Chan, Y. (2009) The contribution of island populations to in situ genetic conservation. Conservation Genetics 10: 419-430.
Keller, L.F., Reid, J.M., Arcese, P. (2008) Testing evolutionary models of senescence in a natural population: age and inbreeding effects on fitness components in song sparrows. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 275: 597-604.
Ewing, S.R., Nager, R.G., Nicoll, M.A.C., Aumjaud, A., Jones, C.G., Keller, L.F. (2008) Inbreeding and loss of genetic variation in a reintroduced population of Mauritius Kestrel. Conservation Biology 22: 395-404.
Hoeck, P.E.A., Keller, L.F. (2008) The role of genetics in the reintroduction of the Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus) in Galapagos. Avian Biology Research 1: 43.
Pruett, C.L., Arcese, P., Chan, Y.L., Wilson, A.G., Patten, M.A., Keller, L.F., Winker, K. (2008) The effects of contemporary processes in maintaining the genetic structure of western song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Heredity 101: 67-74.
Reid, J.M., Arcese, P., Keller, L.F. (2008) Individual phenotype, kinship, and the occurence of inbreeding in song sparrows. Evolution 62: 887-899.
