Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

2026

Allochronic isolation between sympatric populations of an alpine butterfly Halsch, C. A., Nice, C. C., Bell, J. K., Fordyce, J. A., Forister, M. L., Garcia-Costoya, G., Shapiro, A. M., & Grames, E. M. Evolution, qpag039 DOI

2025

Live birth in lizards: A process-based model for the roles of temperature, behavior, and life-history Garcia-Costoya, G., Domínguez-Guerrero, S. F., Fromhage, L., Gifford, M. E., Riddell, E. A., & Logan, M. L. Evolution Letters, qraf043 DOI Code Related project →

Using aerial thermography to map terrestrial thermal environments in unprecedented detail Alujević, K.*, Garcia-Costoya, G.*, Ratia, N., Schmitz, E., Godkin, R. S., Gopal, A. C., Bujan, J., & Logan, M. L. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1–15 · *Contributed equally DOI R package Code Related project →

2024

Response to von Schmalensee et al. Garcia-Costoya, G., Williams, C. E., Faske, T. M., Moorman, J. D., & Logan, M. L. Ecology Letters, 27(6), e14436 DOI Code Related project →

2023

3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments Alujević, K., Bakewell, L., Clifton, I., Cox, C., Frishkoff, L., Gangloff, E., Garcia-Costoya, G., Gifford, M., Glenwinkel, M., Gulati, S., Head, A., Miles, M., Pettit, C., Watson, C. M., Wuthrich, K., & Logan, M. L. Journal of Thermal Biology, 103762 DOI Code Related project →

Evolutionary constraints mediate extinction risk under climate change Garcia-Costoya, G., Williams, C. E., Faske, T. M., Moorman, J. D., & Logan, M. L. Ecology Letters, 26(4), 529–539 DOI Code Press: Newswise Related project →

2021

Realistic genetic architecture enables organismal adaptation as predicted under the folk definition of inclusive fitness Garcia-Costoya, G., & Fromhage, L. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(7), 1087–1094 DOI

2020

Visible implant elastomer (VIE) success in early larval stages of a tropical amphibian species Fouilloux, C. A., Garcia-Costoya, G., & Rojas, B. PeerJ, 8, e9630 DOI

In review & in preparation

In review

Behavioral innovation enabled the poleward range expansion of a tropical ectotherm beyond its physiological limits Garcia-Costoya, G., Cooper, T., Suh, J., Glenn, E., & Stroud, J. T. Global Ecology and Biogeography Related project →

Climate variability and the paradox of plasticity Gunderson, A., Logan, M. L., & Garcia-Costoya, G. Evolution Preprint Related project →

Little support for the extended pace of life syndrome in western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) Gopal, A., Garcia-Costoya, G., Ratia, N., Alujević, K., Charles, K. C., Glenwinkel, M., McKendree, S., Napier, K., Chapman, C., Dorny, A., Carmona-Hockstedler, E., & Logan, M. L. Journal of Thermal Biology

A light gradient promotes the long-term maintenance of a color polymorphism Curlis, J. D., … Garcia-Costoya, G., … (22 other co-authors) Ecology Letters

Genomic signatures and consequences of mitochondrial capture between woodrat species (Neotoma) across an environmental gradient Everson, K. M., Holding, M. L., Coconis, A., del Carlo, R. E., Alvarez-Ponce, D., Nielsen, D., Patton, J., Garcia-Costoya, G., Henderson, L., Simison, B. W., & Matocq, M. D. PNAS

In prep

The cost-of-living squeeze mediates selection on metabolic thermal reaction norms Garcia-Costoya, G., Gopal, A., Ratia, N., Alujević, K., Glenwinkel, M., McKendree, S., Napier, K., Chapman, C., Dorny, A., Bain, K., Carmona-Hockstedler, E., Forister, G., & Logan, M. L. Related project →

Software

R package

throne: mapping terrestrial thermal environments with aerial thermography Combines drone thermal imagery with operative temperature models to produce fine-scale, spatio-temporally complete thermal maps. Version 1.0. Documentation GitHub Related project →