Jason Keagy
Assistant Research Professor of Wildlife Behavioral Ecology
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410 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA - jxk6051@psu.edu
Research Summary
Cognitive ecology (with studies at genome, individual, and species levels). I am particularly interested in applications for solving wildlife management problems
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Most Recent Publications
Landscape transcriptomics as a tool for addressing global change effects across diverse species
J Keagy, Chloe Drummond, Kadeem Gilbert, C Grozinger, J Hamilton, H Hines, J Lasky, Cheryl Logan, Ruairidh Sawers, T Wagner, Molecular Ecology Resources
Landscape transcriptomic analysis detects thermal stress responses and potential adaptive variation in wild brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) during successive heatwaves
Justin Waraniak, Sarah Batchelor, Tyler Wagner, Jason Keagy, 2025, Science of the Total Environment
Population genetic structure and demographic history reconstruction of introduced flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) in two US Mid-Atlantic rivers
Justin M. Waraniak, Michael S. Eackles, Jason Keagy, Geoffrey D. Smith, Megan Schall, Sydney Stark, Shannon L. White, David C. Kazyak, Tyler Wagner, 2024, Journal of Fish Biology on p. 1614-1627
The role of mate competition in speciation and divergence: a systematic review
Alycia C.R. Lackey, Elizabeth S.C. Scordato, Jason Keagy, Robin M. Tinghitella, Robert J.P. Heathcote, 2024, Journal of Evolutionary Biology on p. 1225-1243
Mate choice in the brain: Species differ in how male traits 'turn on' gene expression in female brains
Jason Keagy, Hans A. Hofmann, Janette W. Boughman, 2024, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Predator-induced transgenerational plasticity of parental care behaviour in male three-spined stickleback fish across two generations
Jennifer K. Hellmann, Jason Keagy, Erika R. Carlson, Shayne Kempfer, Alison M. Bell, 2024, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Movement beyond the mean: decoupling sources of individual variation in brook trout movement across seasons
Shannon L. White, Jason Keagy, Sarah Batchelor, Julia Langlois, Natalie Thomas, Tyler Wagner, 2023, Environmental Biology of Fishes on p. 2205-2218
Repeated parallel differentiation of social learning differences in benthic and limnetic threespine stickleback fish
Jason Keagy, Whitley Lehto, Ross Minter, Sarah MacHniak, Oynx Baird, Janette W. Boughman, 2023, Biology Letters
Landscape transcriptomics as a tool for addressing global change effects across diverse species
Jason Keagy, Chloe P. Drummond, Kadeem J. Gilbert, Christina M. Grozinger, Jill Hamilton, Heather M. Hines, Jesse Lasky, Cheryl A. Logan, Ruairidh Sawers, Tyler Wagner, 2023, Molecular Ecology Notes
Sensory environment affects Icelandic threespine stickleback’s anti-predator escape behaviour
Murielle Ålund, Brooke Harper, Sigurlaug Kjærnested, Julian E. Ohl, John G. Phillips, Jessica Sattler, Jared Thompson, Javier E. Varg, Sven Wargenau, Janette W. Boughman, Jason Keagy, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Most-Cited Papers
Why does the magnitude of genotype-by-environment interaction vary?
Julia B. Saltz, Alison M. Bell, Jonathan Flint, Richard Gomulkiewicz, Kimberly A. Hughes, Jason Keagy, 2018, Ecology and Evolution on p. 6342-6353
On the role of male competition in speciation: A review and research agenda
Robin M. Tinghitella, Alycia C.R. Lackey, Michael Martin, Peter D. Dijkstra, Jonathan P. Drury, Robert Heathcote, Jason Keagy, Elizabeth S.C. Scordato, Alexandra M. Tyers, 2018, Behavioral Ecology on p. 783-797
Behavior-related gene regulatory networks: A new level of organization in the brain
Saurabh Sinha, Beryl M. Jones, Ian M. Traniello, Syed A. Bukhari, Marc S. Halfon, Hans A. Hofmann, Sui Huang, Paul S. Katz, Jason Keagy, Vincent J. Lynch, Marla B. Sokolowski, Lisa J. Stubbs, Shayan Tabe-Bordbar, Mariana F. Wolfner, Gene E. Robinson, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 23270-23279
Male competition fitness landscapes predict both forward and reverse speciation
Jason Keagy, Liliana Lettieri, Janette W. Boughman, 2016, Ecology Letters on p. 71-80
The relationship between male sexual signals, cognitive performance, and mating success in stickleback fish
Ross Minter, Jason Keagy, Robin M. Tinghitella, 2017, Ecology and Evolution on p. 5621-5631
Parenting behaviour is highly heritable in male stickleback
Alison M. Bell, Rebecca Trapp, Jason Keagy, 2018, Royal Society Open Science on p. 171029
Brain differences in ecologically differentiated sticklebacks
Jason Keagy, Victoria A. Braithwaite, Janette W. Boughman, 2018, Acta Zoologica Sinica on p. 243-250
Landscape transcriptomics as a tool for addressing global change effects across diverse species
Jason Keagy, Chloe P. Drummond, Kadeem J. Gilbert, Christina M. Grozinger, Jill Hamilton, Heather M. Hines, Jesse Lasky, Cheryl A. Logan, Ruairidh Sawers, Tyler Wagner, 2023, Molecular Ecology Notes
The relative roles of genes and rearing environment on the spatial cognitive ability of two sympatric species of threespine stickleback
Jonatan Martinez, Jason Keagy, Benjamin Wurst, William Fetzner, Janette W. Boughman, 2016, Evolutionary Ecology Research on p. 565-581
Cognitively Driven Co-Option and the Evolution of Complex Sexual Displays in Bowerbirds
Gerald Borgia, Jason Keagy, 2015, on p. 75-109
News Articles Featuring Jason Keagy
Jul 07, 2025
‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior
A wildlife behavioral ecologist at Penn State is part of a multi-institution team that received funding from Scialog: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems, a international three-year initiative that aims to spark new science exploring neurobiological responses to rapidly changing environments.
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Mar 18, 2025
Brook Trout May Have a Genetic Trip to Adapt to Climate Change
Most freshwater fish species in North America are vulnerable to warming temperatures, but maybe not the brook trout.
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Mar 13, 2025
Threatened by warming waters, brook trout may be able to adapt to hotter weather
Heatwaves appear to trigger heritable gene expression changes that may help make the fish more tolerant of thermal stress, researchers report in novel study.
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