Select Publications
Journal articles
2008, 'Environmental effects on the expression of life span and aging: An extreme contrast between wild and captive cohorts of Telostylinus angusticollis (Diptera: Neriidae)', American Naturalist, 172, pp. 346 - 357
,2008, 'Offspring size variation within broods as a bet-hedging strategy in unpredictable environments', Ecology, 89, pp. 2506 - 2517
,2008, 'Sex-specific fitness effects of nutrient intake on reproduction and lifespan', Current Biology, 18, pp. 1062 - 1066
,2008, 'Sexual selection, sexual conflict and the evolution of ageing and life span', Functional Ecology, 22, pp. 443 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01417.x
,2007, 'Maternal and paternal condition effects on offspring phenotype in Telostylinus angusticollis (Diptera : Neriidae)', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20, pp. 2379 - 2388
,2007, 'Sexual selection and allometry: A critical reappraisal of the evidence and ideas', Evolution, 61, pp. 838 - 849
,2007, 'The evolution of condition-dependent sexual dimorphism', American Naturalist, 169, pp. 9 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/510214
,2006, 'Convergent evolution of sexual shape dimorphism in diptera', Journal of Morphology, 267, pp. 602 - 611
,2005, 'Ejaculate feeding and female fitness in the sexually dimorphic fly Prochyliza xanthostoma (Diptera: Piophilidae)', Animal Behaviour, 69, pp. 489 - 497
,2005, 'Intralocus sexual conflict and the genetic architecture of sexually dimorphic traits in Prochyliza xanthostoma (Diptera : Piophilidae)', Evolution, 59, pp. 1965 - 1975
,2005, 'INTRALOCUS SEXUAL CONFLICT AND THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC TRAITS IN PROCHYLIZA XANTHOSTOMA (DIPTERA: PIOPHILIDAE)', Evolution, 59, pp. 1965 - 1965, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/05-236.1
,2005, 'Reproductive ageing and sexual selection on male body size in a wild population of antler flies (Protopiophila litigata)', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18, pp. 1332 - 1340
,2005, 'SEXUAL SELECTION, GENETIC ARCHITECTURE, AND THE CONDITION DEPENDENCE OF BODY SHAPE IN THE SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC FLY PROCHYLIZA XANTHOSTOMA (PIOPHILIDAE)', Evolution, 59, pp. 138 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/04-445
,2005, 'Sexual selection, genetic architecture, and the condition dependence of body shape in the sexually dimorphic fly, Prochyliza xanthostoma (Diptera: Piophilidae)', Evolution, 59, pp. 138 - 151
,2004, 'Intralocus sexual conflict can drive the evolution of genomic imprinting', Genetics, 167, pp. 1537 - 1546
,2003, 'Interactions among mechanisms of sexual selection on male body size and head shape in a sexually dimorphic fly', Evolution, 57, pp. 2046 - 2053
,2003, 'INTERACTIONS AMONG MECHANISMS OF SEXUAL SELECTION ON MALE BODY SIZE AND HEAD SHAPE IN A SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC FLY', Evolution, 57, pp. 2046 - 2046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/03-047
,2003, 'Layered sexual selection: a comparative analysis of sexual behaviour within an assemblage of piophilid flies', Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie, 81, pp. 479 - 491
,2003, 'The evolution of static allometry in sexually selected traits', Evolution, 57, pp. 2450 - 2458
,2003, 'THE EVOLUTION OF STATIC ALLOMETRY IN SEXUALLY SELECTED TRAITS', Evolution, 57, pp. 2450 - 2450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/03-213
,2002, 'Rapid and costly ageing in wild male flies', Nature, 420, pp. 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/420377a
,2002, 'Leaping behaviour and responses to moisture and sound in larvae of piophilid carrion flies', Canadian Entomologist, 134, pp. 647 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent134647-5
,2001, 'The evolution of male mate choice in insects: A synthesis of ideas and evidence', Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 76, pp. 305 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1464793101005693
,1999, 'Reproductive allocation and reproductive ecology of seven species of Diptera', Ecological Entomology, 24, pp. 389 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00221.x
,1999, 'Why do male antler flies (protopiophila litigata) fight? the role of male combat in the structure of mating aggregations on moose antlers', Ethology Ecology and Evolution, 11, pp. 287 - 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927014.1999.9522829
,1999, 'Eliminating autocorrelation reduces biological relevance of home range estimates', Journal of Animal Ecology, 68, pp. 221 - 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00279.x
,1998, 'Copulation and oviposition behaviour of Protopiophila litigata (Diptera: Piophilidae)', Canadian Entomologist, 130, pp. 399 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent130399-4
,1998, 'Male antler flies (Protopiophila litigata; Diptera: Piophilidae) are more selective than females in mate choice', Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76, pp. 1277 - 1285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z98-069
,1997, 'A technique for measuring and marking live flies', Canadian Entomologist, 129, pp. 827 - 830, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent129827-5
,1995, 'A New Nearctic Species of Protopiophila Duda (Diptera: Piophilidae), with Notes on its Behaviour and Comparison with P. Latipes (Meigen)', The Canadian Entomologist, 127, pp. 859 - 863, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent127859-6
,Conference Papers
2010, 'Nongenetic inheritance and environmental change', in Grant F; Mergeay J; Santamaria L; Young J; Watt AD (eds.), Evolution and Biodiversity: The evolutionary basis of biodiversity and its potential for adaptation to global change, pp. 27 - 27, presented at Evolution and Biodiversity: The evolutionary basis of biodiversity and its potential for adaptation to global change
,Conference Abstracts
2019, 'Mitochondrial and X chromosome (Mito-X) Genomic Interactions and Implications for the Evolution of Sex Differences', in INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, FL, Tampa, Vol. 59, pp. E237 - E237, presented at Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB), FL, Tampa, 03 January 2019 - 07 January 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000460620902308&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,Working Papers
2017, The paradox of obligate sex: the roles of sexual conflict and mate scarcity in transitions to facultative and obligate asexuality, http://dx.doi.org10.1101/146076
,Preprints
2024, Weathering the storm for love: Mate searching behaviour of wild males of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus), http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.23.604707
,2024, Does ecology shape geographical parthenogenesis? Evidence from the facultatively parthenogenetic stick insectMegacrania batesii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.02.587815
,2022, Dietary Restriction And Lifespan: Adaptive Reallocation Or Somatic Sacrifice?, http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202202.0033.v1
,2022, Dietary restriction fails to extend life in stressful environments, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.17.512576
,2022, Genetic and phenotypic consequences of local transitions between sexual and parthenogenetic reproduction in the wild, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.02.514965
,2020, Mapping the past, present and future research landscape of paternal effects, http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/egsmk
,2020, Development time mediates the effect of larval diet on ageing and mating success of male antler flies in the wild, http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/68hcs
,2019, Parental breeding age effects on descendants’ longevity interact over two generations in matrilines and patrilines, http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/mnx8h
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