Jean P. Gibert, Joanne W. Markman and A. Morris Williams, Jr. Associate Professor  

Jean P. Gibert

I study how phenotypic traits and trait evolution determine predator-prey interactions and, through these, the structure and dynamics of complex networks of interacting species like food webs. I'm also interested in how these effects are mediated by the spatial structure of interacting species and changes in environmental conditions. To do so, I use a combination of mathematical models and computational methods, as well as empirical data from laboratory experiments and public data across systems and taxa.

Education:
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2016

Office Phone: (919) 660-7372
Email Address: jean.gibert@duke.edu

Additional Web Page: https://jeanpgibert.weebly.com/

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Wieczynski, DJ; Giglietti, MM; Sortisio, N; Han, Z-Y; Yuan, Y; Onishi, M; Ciocanel, M-V; Gibert, JP, Intraspecific Reaction Norm Variation Controls the Eco-Evolutionary Consequences of Environmental Change., The American naturalist, vol. 207 no. 1 (January, 2026), pp. 90-107 [doi]  [abs].
  2. DeWitt, K; Carrell, AA; Rocca, JD; Votzke, S; Yammine, A; Peralta, AL; Weston, DJ; Pelletier, DA; Gibert, JP, Predation by a ciliate community mediates temperature and nutrient effects on a peatland prey prokaryotic community., mSphere, vol. 10 no. 7 (July, 2025), pp. e0030925 [doi]  [abs].
  3. Silliman, BR; Hensel, MJS; Gibert, JP; Daleo, P; Smith, CS; Wieczynski, DJ; Angelini, C; Paxton, AB; Adler, AM; Zhang, YS; Altieri, AH; Palmer, TM; Jones, HP; Gittman, RK; Griffin, JN; O'Connor, MI; van de Koppel, J; Poulsen, JR; Rietkerk, M; He, Q; Bertness, MD; van der Heide, T; Valdez, SR, Harnessing ecological theory to enhance ecosystem restoration., Current biology : CB, vol. 34 no. 9 (May, 2024), pp. R418-R434 [doi]  [abs].
  4. Kilner, CL; Carrell, AA; Wieczynski, DJ; Votzke, S; DeWitt, K; Yammine, A; Shaw, J; Pelletier, DA; Weston, DJ; Gibert, JP, Temperature and CO2 interactively drive shifts in the compositional and functional structure of peatland protist communities., Global change biology, vol. 30 no. 3 (March, 2024), pp. e17203 [doi]  [abs].
  5. Tye, SP; Fey, SB; Gibert, JP; Siepielski, AM, Predator mass mortality events restructure food webs through trophic decoupling., Nature, vol. 626 no. 7998 (February, 2024), pp. 335-340 [doi]  [abs].