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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Taylor Ping investigates the evolutionary pressures and physiological adaptations that influence animal behavior and life cycles. Their research explores how predator-prey interactions drive the selection of adaptive plasticity, particularly in prey defense mechanisms and digestive physiology. Recent publications examine how selection on digestive physiology can overcome growth costs associated with antipredator defenses, and how the presence of predators influences prey immune function and behavior. Ping's work also touches on the complex interactions between different fitness components throughout an organism's life cycle and their implications for competitor coexistence. Ping has a history of collaboration with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Adam M. Siepielski, Wade A. Boys, Simon P. Tye, and Tara L. Lanzer, with whom they have co-authored multiple publications.
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- h-index: 3
- Publications: 6
- Citations: 55
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- Cheating death: selection on digestive physiology overcomes expected growth costs of antipredator defences (2025) DOI
- Predators drive selection for adaptive plasticity in prey defense behavior (2025) DOI
- Interactions between fitness components across the life cycle constrain competitor coexistence (2023) DOI
- A common measure of prey immune function is not constrained by the cascading effects of predators (2021) DOI
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