By Associate Professor Terry Ord

Book Chapters

Ord TJ, 2010, 'Evolution and Phylogeny of Communication', in Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior Volume Three Set, pp. V1-V1-660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00017-6

Ord T, 2010, 'Phylogeny', in Mills DS; Marchant Forde JN; McGreevy PD; Morton DB; Nicol CJ; Phillips CJC; Sandoe P; Swaisgood RR (ed.), The encyclopedia of applied animal behaviour and welfare, CABI, Cambridge MA, pp. 471 - 473

Ord T, 2010, 'Phylogeny and the evolution of communication', in Breed MD; Moore J (ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 652 - 660

Ord T; Martins EP, 2010, 'The evolution of behavior: phylogeny and the origin of present-day diversity', in Westneat D; Fox C (ed.), Evolutionary Behavioural Ecology, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 108 - 128

Ord TJ, 2009, 'Evolution and Phylogeny of Communication', in Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, pp. 652 - 660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00017-6

Ord TJ; Martins EP, 2004, 'Behavioral phylogeny: the evolutionary origins of behavior', in Bekoff M (ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Greenwood Press, Westport, pp. 87 - 92

Journal articles

Campbell NE; Moseby KE; Ord TJ, 2026, 'Multi-year impacts of environmental stress on the abundance and reproduction of a large social herbivore, the Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)', JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyag086

Ord TJ; Blazek K, 2026, 'Limits on the capacity of an ectotherm to buffer temperature extremes through the construction of a central refuge', Oecologia, 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-026-05959-6

Sanderson JA; Xiong Z; Folfas E; Laboy González AA; Lange ZK; Murray AH; Ortiz Jiménez EA; Frishkoff LO; Ord TJ; Mahler DL, 2026, 'Signal transmission and function in the complex displays of Puerto Rican Anolis lizards', Animal Behaviour, 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123683

Ord TJ, 2026, 'Mechanistic constraint and evolutionary history matter for the origin of innovation in animal communication', Behavioral Ecology, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag044

Cortesi F; Cheney KL; Schlub GM; Musilova Z; Ord TJ, 2026, 'Opsin gene evolution in aquatic, amphibious and terrestrial blennies (Blenniidae)', Biology Open, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.062593

Valencia-Cárdenas VM; Kulikov N; Contreras-Martín R; Ruiz-Ruano FJ; Ben Hamadou A; Greve C; Estekani S; Vaz DFB; Ord TJ; Irisarri I, 2026, 'The Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes of the Lined Rockskipper, Istiblennius lineatus (Teleostei: Blenniidae)', Genome Biology and Evolution, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag112

Ord TJ; Blazek K, 2025, 'Central place foraging in an ectotherm and the long-term liability of selecting the "wrong" central place', Behavioral Ecology, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf062

Yao S; Ord TJ, 2025, 'Adaptation for crypsis versus conspicuous social signalling following transitions across an extreme ecotone', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 38, pp. 580 - 593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf025

Ord TJ; Surovic EA; Vaz DFB; Irisarri I, 2024, 'Abiotic factors that prompt major ecological transitions: Are fish on land to escape an intolerable aquatic environment?', Functional Ecology, 38, pp. 2648 - 2664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14672

Campbell NE; Ord TJ, 2023, 'Wild kangaroos become more social when caring for young and may maintain long-term affiliations with popular individuals', Animal Behaviour, 205, pp. 183 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.011

Ord TJ, 2023, 'Drought-induced relocation of ant colonies and its consequences for the long-term spatial ecology of a population under stress', Functional Ecology, 37, pp. 2231 - 2245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14383

Ord TJ; Diesmos A; Ahmad N; Das I, 2023, 'Evolutionary loss of complexity in animal signals: cause and consequence', Evolution, 77, pp. 660 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpac057

Iglesias-Carrasco M; Medina I; Ord TJ, 2023, 'Global effects of forest modification on herpetofauna communities', Conservation Biology, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13998

Summers TC; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco lizards', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35, pp. 1508 - 1523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14102

Nelson CMV; Sherwin WB; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Why does the complexity of functionally equivalent signals vary across closely related species?', Behavioral Ecology, 33, pp. 926 - 936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac050

Summers TC; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry', Evolutionary Ecology, 36, pp. 701 - 716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10682-022-10181-w

Nelson CMV; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Identifying potential cues of species identity in complex animal signals', Animal Behaviour, 186, pp. 121 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.02.001

Iglesias-Carrasco M; Cabido C; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Natural toxins leached from Eucalyptus globulus plantations affect the development and life-history of anuran tadpoles', Freshwater Biology, 67, pp. 378 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13847

Summers TC; Ord TJ, 2022, 'The stabilising impact of natural selection on the allometry of sexual ornaments: Fish that escape locomotor constraints exhibit extravagant ornamentation', Functional Ecology, 36, pp. 500 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13968

Ord TJ, 2021, 'Costs of territoriality: a review of hypotheses, meta-analysis, and field study', Oecologia, 197, pp. 615 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05068-6

Ord TJ; Klomp DA; Summers TC; Diesmos A; Ahmad N; Das I, 2021, 'Deep-time convergent evolution in animal communication presented by shared adaptations for coping with noise in lizards and other animals', Ecology Letters, 24, pp. 1750 - 1761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13773

Ord TJ; Blazek K; White TE; Das I, 2021, 'Conspicuous animal signals avoid the cost of predation by being intermittent or novel: Confirmation in the wild using hundreds of robotic prey', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 288, pp. 20210706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0706

Ord TJ; Hundt PJ, 2020, 'Crossing extreme habitat boundaries: Jack-of-all-trades facilitates invasion but is eroded by adaptation to a master-of-one', Functional Ecology, 34, pp. 1404 - 1415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13600

Ord TJ; Garcia-Porta J; Querejeta M; Collar DC, 2020, 'Gliding dragons and flying squirrels: Diversifying versus stabilizing selection on morphology following the evolution of an innovation', American Naturalist, 195, pp. E51 - E66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/706305

Medina I; Cooke GM; Ord TJ, 2018, 'Walk, swim or fly? Locomotor mode predicts genetic differentiation in vertebrates', Ecology Letters, 21, pp. 638 - 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12930

Ord TJ; Stamps JA, 2017, 'Why does the rate of signal production in ectotherms vary with temperature?', Behavioral Ecology, 28, pp. 1272 - 1282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx089

Ord TJ; Emblen J; Hagman M; Shofner R; Unruh S, 2017, 'Manipulation of habitat isolation and area implicates deterministic factors and limited neutrality in community assembly', Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 5845 - 5860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3126

Klomp DA; Stuart-Fox D; Cassidy EJ; Ahmad N; Ord TJ, 2017, 'Color pattern facilitates species recognition but not signal detection: A field test using robots', Behavioral Ecology, 28, pp. 597 - 606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arw186

Klomp DA; Stuart-Fox D; Das I; Ord TJ, 2017, 'Gliding lizards use the position of the sun to enhance social display', Biology Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3671992

Klomp DA; Stuart-Fox D; Das I; Ord TJ, 2017, 'Gliding lizards use the position of the sun to enhance social display', Biology Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0979

Ord TJ; Summers TC; Noble MM; Fulton CJ, 2017, 'Ecological release from aquatic predation is associated with the emergence of marine blenny fishes onto land', American Naturalist, 189, pp. 570 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/691155

Tucker MA; Ord TJ; Rogers TL, 2016, 'Revisiting the cost of carnivory in mammals', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, pp. 2181 - 2190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12936

Hagman M; Ord TJ, 2016, 'Many paths to a common destination: Morphological differentiation of a functionally convergent visual signal', American Naturalist, 188, pp. 306 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/687560

Klomp DA; Ord TJ; Das I; Diesmos A; Ahmad N; Stuart-Fox D, 2016, 'Ornament size and colour as alternative strategies for effective communication in gliding lizards', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, pp. 1689 - 1700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12908

Ord TJ; Cooke GM, 2016, 'Repeated evolution of amphibious behavior in fish and its implications for the colonization of novel environments', Evolution International Journal of Organic Evolution, 70, pp. 1747 - 1759, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12971

Platt ERM; Fowler AM; Ord TJ, 2016, 'Land colonisation by fish is associated with predictable changes in life history', Oecologia, 181, pp. 769 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3593-6

Cooke GM; Schlub TE; Sherwin WB; Ord TJ, 2016, 'Understanding the spatial scale of genetic connectivity at sea: Unique insights from a land fish and a meta-analysis', Plos One, 11, pp. e0150991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150991

Ord TJ; Charles GK; Palmer M; Stamps JA, 2016, 'Plasticity in social communication and its implications for the colonization of novel habitats', Behavioral Ecology, 27, pp. 341 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv165

Clark DL; Macedonia JM; Rowe JW; Stuart MA; Kemp DJ; Ord TJ, 2015, 'Evolution of displays in Galápagos lava lizards: Comparative analyses of signallers and robot playbacks to receivers', Animal Behaviour, 109, pp. 33 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.08.002

Ord TJ; Klomp DA; Garcia-Porta J; Hagman M, 2015, 'Repeated evolution of exaggerated dewlaps and other throat morphology in lizards', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, pp. 1948 - 1964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12709

Platt ERM; Ord TJ, 2015, 'Population variation in the life history of a land fish, alticus arnoldorum, and the effects of predation and density', Plos One, 10, pp. e0137244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137244

Ord TJ; Summers TC, 2015, 'Repeated evolution and the impact of evolutionary history on adaptation Evolutionary Ecology and Behaviour', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15, pp. 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0424-z

Klomp DA; Stuart-Fox D; Das I; Ord TJ, 2014, 'Marked colour divergence in the gliding membranes of a tropical lizard mirrors population differences in the colour of falling leaves', Biology Letters, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0776

Morgans CL; Cooke GM; Ord TJ, 2014, 'How populations differentiate despite gene flow: Sexual and natural selection drive phenotypic divergence within a land fish, the Pacific leaping blenny', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14, pp. 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-97

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