Dr Andrew Letten
Dr

Andrew Letten

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Background

Andrew is a population biologist in the School of Biological Sciences. A broad goal of his research is to understand the effect of environmental variability on the stability of ecological communities. At the same time, in order to deliver on this broader goal, he is working to scale up understanding from simple tractable systems to the more complex dynamics of real world-systems.

Before joining UQ, he was a Marie Curie fellow working with Jonathan Levine and Alex Hall at ETH Zurich (2018-2020), a postdoctoral fellow in Daniel Stouffer's lab at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand (2017-2018), and a CEHG (Centre for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics) postdoctoral fellow in Tad Fukami's lab at Stanford University, USA (2015-2017). He did his PhD (2011-2015) with David Keith in the Centre for Ecosystem Science at UNSW Australia.

Availability

Dr Andrew Letten is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Biological Sciences Biological adaptation Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) Ecology Microbial ecology Microbiology Population ecology

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales

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32 works between 2009 and 2023
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2023

Journal Article

Frequent, infinitesimal bottlenecks maximize the rate of microbial adaptation

Delaney, Oscar, Letten, Andrew D and Engelstadter, Jan (2023). Frequent, infinitesimal bottlenecks maximize the rate of microbial adaptation. Genetics, 225 (4) iyad185. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyad185

Frequent, infinitesimal bottlenecks maximize the rate of microbial adaptation

2023

Journal Article

Eco‐evolutionary maintenance of diversity in fluctuating environments

Yamamichi, Masato, Letten, Andrew D. and Schreiber, Sebastian J. (2023). Eco‐evolutionary maintenance of diversity in fluctuating environments. Ecology Letters, 26 (S1), S152-S167. doi: 10.1111/ele.14286

Eco‐evolutionary maintenance of diversity in fluctuating environments

2023

Journal Article

The effect of non-linear competitive interactions on quantifying niche and fitness differences

Spaak, Jurg W., Millet, Remi, Ke, Po-Ju, Letten, Andrew D. and De Laender, Frederik (2023). The effect of non-linear competitive interactions on quantifying niche and fitness differences. Theoretical Ecology, 16 (2), 161-170. doi: 10.1007/s12080-023-00560-6

The effect of non-linear competitive interactions on quantifying niche and fitness differences

2023

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Different measures of niche and fitness differences tell different tales

Spaak, Jurg W., Ke, Po‐Ju, Letten, Andrew D. and De Laender, Frederik (2023). Different measures of niche and fitness differences tell different tales. Oikos, 2023 (4) e09573. doi: 10.1111/oik.09573

Different measures of niche and fitness differences tell different tales

2023

Journal Article

Pulsed, continuous or somewhere in between? Resource dynamics matter in the optimisation of microbial communities

Letten, Andrew D. and Ludington, William B. (2023). Pulsed, continuous or somewhere in between? Resource dynamics matter in the optimisation of microbial communities. The ISME Journal, 17 (4), 641-644. doi: 10.1038/s41396-023-01369-1

Pulsed, continuous or somewhere in between? Resource dynamics matter in the optimisation of microbial communities

2022

Journal Article

Extending the gleaner‐opportunist trade‐off

Yamamichi, Masato and Letten, Andrew D. (2022). Extending the gleaner‐opportunist trade‐off. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91 (11), 2163-2170. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13813

Extending the gleaner‐opportunist trade‐off

2021

Journal Article

Coexistence holes fill a gap in community assembly theory

Letten, Andrew D. (2021). Coexistence holes fill a gap in community assembly theory. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5 (8), 1062-1063. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01461-9

Coexistence holes fill a gap in community assembly theory

2021

Journal Article

Rapid evolution promotes fluctuation‐dependent species coexistence

Yamamichi, Masato and Letten, Andrew D. (2021). Rapid evolution promotes fluctuation‐dependent species coexistence. Ecology Letters, 24 (4), 812-818. doi: 10.1111/ele.13707

Rapid evolution promotes fluctuation‐dependent species coexistence

2021

Journal Article

Human-associated microbiota suppress invading bacteria even under disruption by antibiotics

Letten, Andrew D., Baumgartner, Michael, Pfrunder-Cardozo, Katia R., Levine, Jonathan M. and Hall, Alex R. (2021). Human-associated microbiota suppress invading bacteria even under disruption by antibiotics. The ISME Journal, 15 (9), 2809-2812. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00929-7

Human-associated microbiota suppress invading bacteria even under disruption by antibiotics

2021

Journal Article

Using ecological coexistence theory to understand antibiotic resistance and microbial competition

Letten, Andrew D., Hall, Alex R. and Levine, Jonathan M. (2021). Using ecological coexistence theory to understand antibiotic resistance and microbial competition. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5 (4), 431-441. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01385-w

Using ecological coexistence theory to understand antibiotic resistance and microbial competition

2021

Journal Article

Gleaning, fast and slow: In defense of a canonical ecological trade-off

Letten, Andrew D. and Yamamichi, Masato (2021). Gleaning, fast and slow: In defense of a canonical ecological trade-off. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (5) e2022754118, 1-2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2022754118

Gleaning, fast and slow: In defense of a canonical ecological trade-off

2020

Journal Article

Publisher Correction: Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition

Hendershot, J. Nicholas, Smith, Jeffrey R., Anderson, Christopher B., Letten, Andrew D., Frishkoff, Luke O., Zook, Jim R., Fukami, Tadashi and Daily, Gretchen C. (2020). Publisher Correction: Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition. Nature, 581 (7808), E6-E6. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2310-0

Publisher Correction: Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition

2020

Journal Article

Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition

Hendershot, J. Nicholas, Smith, Jeffrey R., Anderson, Christopher B., Letten, Andrew D., Frishkoff, Luke O., Zook, Jim R., Fukami, Tadashi and Daily, Gretchen C. (2020). Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition. Nature, 579 (7799), 393-396. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2090-6

Intensive farming drives long-term shifts in avian community composition

2019

Journal Article

Author Correction: A global test of ecoregions

Smith, Jeffrey R., Letten, Andrew D., Ke, Po-Ju, Anderson, Christopher B., Hendershot, J. Nicholas, Dhami, Manpreet K., Dlott, Glade A., Grainger, Tess N., Howard, Meghan E., Morrison, Beth M. L., Routh, Devin, Juan, Priscilla A. San, Mooney, Harold A., Mordecai, Erin A., Crowther, Thomas W. and Daily, Gretchen C. (2019). Author Correction: A global test of ecoregions. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 (4), 708-708. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0858-6

Author Correction: A global test of ecoregions

2019

Journal Article

The mechanistic basis for higher-order interactions and non-additivity in competitive communities

Letten, Andrew D. and Stouffer, Daniel B. (2019). The mechanistic basis for higher-order interactions and non-additivity in competitive communities. Ecology Letters, 22 (3), 423-436. doi: 10.1111/ele.13211

The mechanistic basis for higher-order interactions and non-additivity in competitive communities

2019

Journal Article

Applying modern coexistence theory to priority effects

Grainger, Tess Nahanni, Letten, Andrew D., Gilbert, Benjamin and Fukami, Tadashi (2019). Applying modern coexistence theory to priority effects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (13), 6205-6210. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1803122116

Applying modern coexistence theory to priority effects

2018

Journal Article

A global test of ecoregions

Smith, Jeffrey R., Letten, Andrew D., Ke, Po-Ju, Anderson, Christopher B., Hendershot, J. Nicholas, Dhami, Manpreet K., Dlott, Glade A., Grainger, Tess N., Howard, Meghan E., Morrison, Beth M. L., Routh, Devin, San Juan, Priscilla A., Mooney, Harold A., Mordecai, Erin A., Crowther, Thomas W. and Daily, Gretchen C. (2018). A global test of ecoregions. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (12), 1889-1896. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0709-x

A global test of ecoregions

2018

Journal Article

Coexistence theory and the frequency-dependence of priority effects

Ke, Po-Ju and Letten, Andrew D. (2018). Coexistence theory and the frequency-dependence of priority effects. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2 (11), 1691-1695. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0679-z

Coexistence theory and the frequency-dependence of priority effects

2018

Journal Article

Species coexistence through simultaneous fluctuation-dependent mechanisms

Letten, Andrew D., Dhami, Manpreet K., Ke, Po-Ju and Fukami, Tadashi (2018). Species coexistence through simultaneous fluctuation-dependent mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (26), 6745-6750. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1801846115

Species coexistence through simultaneous fluctuation-dependent mechanisms

2018

Journal Article

Genomic diversity of a nectar yeast clusters into metabolically, but not geographically, distinct lineages

Dhami, Manpreet K., Hartwig, Thomas, Letten, Andrew D., Banf, Michael and Fukami, Tadashi (2018). Genomic diversity of a nectar yeast clusters into metabolically, but not geographically, distinct lineages. Molecular Ecology, 27 (8), 2067-2076. doi: 10.1111/mec.14535

Genomic diversity of a nectar yeast clusters into metabolically, but not geographically, distinct lineages

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    The role of resource fluctuations in structuring microbial communities
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    The costs and consequences of resistance to stress in microbial systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

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