By Scientia Professor Robert Clinton Brooks

Journal articles

Dixson BJW; Sulikowski D; Gouda-Vossos A; Rantala MJ; Brooks RC, 2016, 'The masculinity paradox: facial masculinity and beardedness interact to determine women's ratings of men's facial attractiveness', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, pp. 2311 - 2320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12958

Han CS; Brooks RC; Jablonski PG, 2016, 'Fluctuating sexual selection and the evolution of a courtship strategy', Behavioral Ecology, 27, pp. 886 - 894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv232

Garratt M; Kee AJ; Palme R; Brooks RC, 2016, 'Male Presence can Increase Body Mass and Induce a Stress-Response in Female Mice Independent of Costs of Offspring Production', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 23538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23538

Gouda-Vossos A; Dixson BJ; Brooks RC, 2016, 'Sexual conflict and gender gap effects: Associations between social context and sex on rated attractiveness and economic status', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0146269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146269

Gibson AB; Garratt M; Brooks RC, 2015, 'Experimental evidence that litter size imposes an oxidative challenge to offspring', Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, pp. 3911 - 3918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.116327

Han CS; Jablonski PG; Brooks RC, 2015, 'Intimidating courtship and sex differences in predation risk lead to sex-specific behavioural syndromes', Animal Behaviour, 109, pp. 177 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.08.017

Lee AJ; Brooks RC; Potter KJ; Zietsch BP, 2015, 'Pathogen disgust sensitivity and resource scarcity are associated with mate preference for different waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, and body mass index', Evolution and Human Behavior, 36, pp. 480 - 488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.07.002

Brooks RC; Shelly JP; Jordan LA; J.W. Dixson B, 2015, 'The multivariate evolution of female body shape in an artificial digital ecosystem', Evolution and Human Behavior, 36, pp. 351 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.02.001

Garratt M; Lemaître JF; Douhard M; Bonenfant C; Capron G; Warnant C; Klein F; Brooks RC; Gaillard JM, 2015, 'High juvenile mortality is associated with sex-specific adult survival and lifespan in wild roe deer', Current Biology, 25, pp. 759 - 763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.071

Janif ZJ; Brooks RC; Dixson BJ, 2015, 'Are Preferences for Women’s Hair Color Frequency-Dependent?', Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 1, pp. 54 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40750-014-0008-y

Fricke C; Adler MI; Brooks RC; Bonduriansky R, 2015, 'The complexity of male reproductive success: Effects of nutrition, morphology, and experience', Behavioral Ecology, 26, pp. 617 - 624, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru240

Garratt M; Brooks RC, 2015, 'A genetic reduction in antioxidant function causes elevated aggression in mice', Journal of Experimental Biology, 218, pp. 223 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.112011

Han CS; Brooks RC, 2015, 'Same-sex sexual behaviour as a by-product of reproductive strategy under male-male scramble competition', Animal Behaviour, 108, pp. 193 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.07.035

Han CS; Brooks RC, 2015, 'The interaction between genotype and juvenile and adult density environment in shaping multidimensional reaction norms of behaviour', Functional Ecology, 29, pp. 78 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12299

Lee AJ; Brooks RC; Potter KJ; Zietsch BP, 2014, 'Pathogen disgust sensitivity and resource scarcity are associated with mate preference for different waist-to-hip ratios, shoulder-to-hip ratios, and body mass index', Evolution and Human Behavior, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.07.002

Garratta M; Pichaud N; Glaros EN; Kee AJ; Brooks RC; Garratt M, 2014, 'Superoxide dismutase deficiency impairs olfactory sexual signaling and alters bioenergetic function in mice', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, pp. 8119 - 8124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1322282111

Han CS; Brooks RC, 2014, 'Long-term effect of social interactions on behavioral plasticity and lifetime mating success', American Naturalist, 183, pp. 431 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/674935

Lindholm AK; Head ML; Brooks RC; Rollins LA; Ingleby FC; Zajitschek SRK, 2014, 'Causes of male sexual trait divergence in introduced populations of guppies', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27, pp. 437 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12313

Lee AJ; Dubbs SL; Von Hippel W; Brooks RC; Zietsch BP, 2014, 'A multivariate approach to human mate preferences', Evolution and Human Behavior, 35, pp. 193 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.01.003

Garratt M; Brooks RC; Lemaître JF; Gaillard JM, 2014, 'Female promiscuity and maternally dependent offspring growth rates in mammals', Evolution, 68, pp. 1207 - 1215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12333

Janif ZJ; Brooks RC; Dixson BJ, 2014, 'Negative frequency-dependent preferences and variation in male facial hair', Biology Letters, 10, pp. 20130958, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0958

Garratt M; Bathgate R; De Graaf SP; Brooks RC, 2013, 'Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase deficiency impairs sperm motility and in vivo fertility', Reproduction, 146, pp. 297 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/REP-13-0229

Han CS; Brooks RC, 2013, 'Correlational selection does not explain the evolution of a behavioural syndrome', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, pp. 2260 - 2270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12223

Aloise King ED; Garratt M; Brooks R, 2013, 'Manipulating reproductive effort leads to changes in female reproductive scheduling but not oxidative stress', Ecology and Evolution, 3, pp. 4161 - 4171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.786

Gale T; Gibson AB; Brooks RC; Garratt M, 2013, 'Exposure to a novel male during late pregnancy influences subsequent growth of offspring during lactation', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, pp. 2057 - 2062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12192

Garratt M; Pichaud N; King EDA; Brooks RC, 2013, 'Physiological adaptations to reproduction. I. Experimentally increasing litter size enhances aspects of antioxidant defence but does not cause oxidative damage in mice', Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, pp. 2879 - 2888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.082669

Pichaud N; Garratt M; Ballard JWO; Brooks RC, 2013, 'Physiological adaptations to reproduction. II. Mitochondrial adjustments in livers of lactating mice', Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, pp. 2889 - 2895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.082685

Dixson B; Vasey P; Brooks R, 2013, 'The evolution of the human beard', HOMO-JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE HUMAN BIOLOGY, 64, pp. 146 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2013.02.012

Garratt M; Gaillard J; Brooks RC; Lemaître J, 2013, 'Diversification of the eutherian placenta is associated with changes in the pace of life', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, pp. 7760 - 7765, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1305018110

Han CS; Brooks RC, 2013, 'Evolution of individual variation in behaviour and behavioural plasticity under scramble competition', Animal Behaviour, 86, pp. 435 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.039

Lee AJ; Dubbs SL; Kelly AJ; Von Hippel WH; Brooks RC; Zietsch BP, 2013, 'Human facial attributes, but not perceived intelligence, are used as cues of health and resource provision potential', Behavioral Ecology, 24, pp. 779 - 787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars199

Pitchers WR; Brooks RC; Jennions MD; Tregenza T; Dworkin I; Hunt J, 2013, 'Limited plasticity in the phenotypic variance-covariance matrix for male advertisement calls in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, pp. 1060 - 1078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12120

Hall M; Lailvaux SP; Brooks RC, 2013, 'Sex-specific evolutionary potential of pre- And postcopulatory reproductive interactions in the field cricket, teleogryllus commodus', Evolution, 67, pp. 1831 - 1837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12067

Aloise king ED; Banks PB; Brooks RC, 2013, 'Sexual conflict in mammals: Consequences for mating systems and life history', Mammal Review, 43, pp. 47 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00200.x

Kasumovic M; Hall MD; Try H; Brooks RC, 2013, 'Socially cued developmental plasticity affects condition-dependent trait expression', Behavioral Ecology, 24, pp. 429 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars180

Dixson B; Brooks RC, 2013, 'The role of facial hair in women's perceptions of men's attractiveness, health, masculinity and parenting abilities', Evolution and Human Behavior, 34, pp. 236 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.02.003

Brooks R, 2012, '“Asia's Missing Women” as a Problem in Applied Evolutionary Psychology?', Evolutionary Psychology, 10, pp. 910 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/147470491201000512

Zajitschek F; Lailvaux SP; Dessmann J; Brooks R, 2012, 'Diet, sex, and death in field crickets', Ecology and Evolution, 2, pp. 1627 - 1636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.288

Brooks RC, 2012, '“Asia’s Missing Women” as a Problem in Applied Evolutionary Psychology?', Evolutionary Psychology, 12, pp. 910 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/147470491201000512

McKenzie LA; Brooks RC; Johnston E, 2012, 'A widespread contaminant enhances invasion success of a marine invader', Journal of Applied Ecology, 49, pp. 767 - 773, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02158.x

Kasumovic M; Hall MD; Try H; Brooks RC, 2012, 'Developmental plasticity affects condition dependent trait expression', Behavioral Ecology, doi: 10.1093/beheco/ars180, http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/10/24/beheco.ars180.abstract?sid=f7084ca7-c3f1-4826-863a-b1235941ab9c

Brooks RC; Garratt M, 2012, 'Oxidative stress and condition-dependent sexual signals: More than just seeing red', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 279, pp. 3121 - 3130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0568

Jordan LA; Brooks RC, 2012, 'Recent social history alters male courtship preferences', Evolution, 66, pp. 280 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01421.x

Wolff J; Shearman D; Brooks RC; Ballard JWO, 2012, 'Selective enrichment and sequencing of whole mitochondrial genomes in the presence of nuclear encoded mitochondrial pseudogenes (Numts)', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. Article number e37142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037142

Kasumovic M; Hall MD; Brooks RC, 2012, 'The juvenile social environment introduces variation in the choice and expression of sexually selected traits', Ecology and Evolution, 2, pp. 1036 - 1047

Johnston E; Mckenzie LA; Brooks RC, 2012, 'Using clones and copper to resolve the genetic architecture of metal tolerance in a marine invader.', Ecology and Evolution, 2, pp. 1319 - 1329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.241

Lailvaux SP; Zajitschek F; Dessman J; Brooks RC, 2011, 'Differential aging of bite and jump performance in virgin and mated teleogryllus commodus crickets', Evolution, 65, pp. 3138 - 3147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01358.x

Cayentano L; Maklakov AA; Brooks RC; Bonduriansky R, 2011, 'Evolution of male and female genitalia following release from sexual selection', Evolution, 65, pp. 2171 - 2183

Mckenzie LA; Brooks RC; Johnston E, 2011, 'Heritable pollution tolerance in a marine invader', Environmental Research, 111, pp. 926 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2010.12.007

Kasumovic M; Brooks RC, 2011, 'It’s all who you know: The evolution of socially-cued anticipatory plasticity as a mating strategy', Quarterly Review of Biology

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