By Scientia Professor Robert Clinton Brooks

Journal articles

Jennions MD; Drayton JM; Brooks R; Hunt J, 2007, 'Do female black field crickets Teleogryllus commodus benefit from polyandry?', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20, pp. 1469 - 1477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01333.x

Drayton JM; Hunt J; Brooks R; Jennions MD, 2007, 'Sounds different: Inbreeding depression in sexually selected traits in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20, pp. 1138 - 1147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01286.x

Zajitschek F; Hunt JC; Zajitschek S; Jennions M; Brooks RC, 2007, 'No Intra-Locus sexual conflict over reproductive fitness or ageing in field crickets', PLoS One, E155, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000155

Lindholm AK; Hunt J; Brooks R, 2006, 'Where do all the maternal effects go? Variation in offspring body size through ontogeny in the live-bearing fish Poecilia parae', Biology Letters, 2, pp. 586 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0546

Kokko H; Jennions MD; Brooks R, 2006, 'Unifying and testing models of sexual selection', Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 37, pp. 43 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.37.091305.110259

Postma E; Griffith SC; Brooks R, 2006, 'Evolutionary genetics: Evolution of mate choice in the wild', Nature, 444, pp. E16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05501

Head ML; Hunt J; Brooks R, 2006, 'Genetic association between male attractiveness and female differential allocation', Biology Letters, 2, pp. 341 - 344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0474

Mariette M; Kelley JL; Brooks R; Evans JP, 2006, 'The effects of inbreeding on male courtship behaviour and coloration in guppies', Ethology, 112, pp. 807 - 814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01236.x

Shuker DM; Tregenza T, 2006, 'Debating sexual selection and mating strategies', SCIENCE, 312, pp. 693 - 694

Pizzari T; Birkhead TR; Blows MW; Brooks R; Buchanan KL; Clutton-Brock TH; Harvey PH; Hosken DJ; Jennions MD; Kokko H; Kotiaho JS; Lessells CM; Macias-García C; Moore AJ; Parker GA; Partridge L; Pitnick S; Radwan J; Ritchie M; Sheldon BC; Simmons LW; Snook RR; Stockley P; Zuk M, 2006, 'Debating sexual selection and mating strategies [3]', Science, 312, pp. 690

Bussière LF; Hunt J; Jennions MD; Brooks R, 2006, 'Sexual conflict and cryptic female choice in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus', Evolution, 60, pp. 792 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/05-378.1

Head ML; Brooks R, 2006, 'Sexual coercion and the opportunity for sexual selection in guppies', Animal Behaviour, 71, pp. 515 - 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.017

Hunt J; Jennions MD; Spyrou N; Brooks R, 2006, 'Artificial selection on male longevity influences age-dependent reproductive effort in the black field cricket Teleogryllus commodus.', American Naturalist, 168, pp. E72 - E86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/506918

Bentsen CL; Hunt J; Jennions MD; Brooks R, 2006, 'Complex multivariate sexual selection on male acoustic signaling in a wild population of Teleogryllus commodus.', American Naturalist, 167, pp. E102 - E116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/501376

Zajitschek SRK; Evans JP; Brooks R, 2006, 'Independent effects of familiarity and mating preferences for ornamental traits on mating decisions in guppies', Behavioral Ecology, 17, pp. 911 - 916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arl026

Postma E; Griffith SC; Brooks RC, 2006, 'Evolution of mate choice in the wild', Nature, 444, pp. E16 - E16

Lindholm AK; Breden F; Alexander HJ; Chan WK; Thakurta SG; Brooks R, 2005, 'Invasion success and genetic diversity of introduced populations of guppies Poecilia reticulata in Australia', Molecular Ecology, 14, pp. 3671 - 3682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02697.x

Hunt J; Brooks R; Jennions MD, 2005, 'Female mate choice as a condition-dependent life-history trait', American Naturalist, 166, pp. 79 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/430672

Brooks R; Hunt J; Blows MW; Smith MJ; Bussière LF; Jennions MD, 2005, 'Experimental evidence for multivariate stabilizing sexual selection', Evolution, 59, pp. 871 - 880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01760.x

Savage KE; Hunt J; Jennions MD; Brooks R, 2005, 'Male attractiveness covaries with fighting ability but not with prior fight outcome in house crickets', Behavioral Ecology, 16, pp. 196 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arh143

Miller LK; Brooks R, 2005, 'The effects of genotype, age, and social environment on male ornamentation, mating behavior, and attractiveness', Evolution, 59, pp. 2414 - 2425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00951.x

Head ML; Hunt J; Jennions MD; Brooks R, 2005, 'The indirect benefits of mating with attractive males outweigh the direct costs', Plos Biology, 3, pp. 0289 - 0294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030033

Brooks R; Hunt J; Blows MW; Smith MJ; Bussire LF; Jennions MD, 2005, 'EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR MULTIVARIATE STABILIZING SEXUAL SELECTION', Evolution, 59, pp. 871 - 880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/04-662

BROOKS R, 2005, 'Putting sexual conflict in perspective', Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 20, pp. 294 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.03.012

Miller LK; Brooks R, 2005, 'THE EFFECTS OF GENOTYPE, AGE, AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ON MALE ORNAMENTATION, MATING BEHAVIOR, AND ATTRACTIVENESS', Evolution, 59, pp. 2414 - 2414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/05-160.1

Hunt J; Brooks R; Jennions MD; Smith MJ; Bentsen CL; Bussière LF, 2004, 'High-quality male field crickets invest heavily in sexual display but die young', Nature, 432, pp. 1024 - 1027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03084

Hunt J; Bussière LF; Jennions MD; Brooks R, 2004, 'What is genetic quality?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 19, pp. 329 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.03.035

Syriatowicz A; Brooks R, 2004, 'Sexual responsiveness is condition-dependent in female guppies, but preference functions are not', BMC Ecology, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-4-5

Lindholm AK; Brooks R; Breden F, 2004, 'Extreme polymorphism in a Y-linked sexually selected trait', Heredity, 92, pp. 156 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800386

Brooks R; Bussière LF; Jennions MD; Hunt J, 2004, 'Sinister strategies succeed at the cricket World Cup', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 271, pp. S64 - S66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0100

Hunt J; Brooks R, 2004, 'The mother-in-law effect', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 271, pp. S61 - S63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0099

Hall M; Lindholm AK; Brooks R, 2004, 'Direct selection on male attractiveness and female preference fails to produce a response', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-4-1

Jennions MD; Hunt J; Graham R; Brooks R, 2004, 'No evidence for inbreeding avoidance through postcopulatory mechanisms in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus', Evolution, 58, pp. 2472 - 2477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00876.x

Brooks RC; England JH; Dyke AS; Savelle J, 2004, 'Kruger's final camp in Arctic Canada?', ARCTIC, 57, pp. 225 - 229

Jennions MD; Hunt J; Graham R; Brooks R, 2004, 'NO EVIDENCE FOR INBREEDING AVOIDANCE THROUGH POSTCOPULATORY MECHANISMS IN THE BLACK FIELD CRICKET, TELEOGRYLLUS COMMODUS', Evolution, 58, pp. 2472 - 2477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/04-261

Blows MW; Brooks R, 2003, 'Measuring Nonlinear Selection', American Naturalist, 162, pp. 815 - 820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/378905

McNamara JM; Houston AI; Dos Santos MM; Kokko H; Brooks R, 2003, 'Quantifying male attractiveness', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 270, pp. 1925 - 1932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2396

Blows MW; Brooks R; Kraft PG, 2003, 'Exploring complex fitness surfaces: Multiple ornamentation and polymorphism in male guppies', Evolution, 57, pp. 1622 - 1630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00369.x

Kokko H; Brooks R, 2003, 'Sexy to die for? Sexual selection and the risk of extinction', Annales Zoologici Fennici, 40, pp. 207 - 219

Gamble S; Lindholm AK; Endler JA; Brooks R, 2003, 'Environmental variation and the maintenance of polymorphism: The effect of ambient light spectrum on mating behaviour and sexual selection in guppies', Ecology Letters, 6, pp. 463 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00449.x

Kokko H; Brooks R; Jennions MD; Morley J, 2003, 'The evolution of mate choice and mating biases', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 270, pp. 653 - 664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2235

Krützen M; Sherwin WB; Connor RC; Barré LM; Van De Casteele T; Mann J; Brooks R, 2003, 'Contrasting relatedness patterns in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) with different alliance strategies', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 270, pp. 497 - 502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2229

Blows MW; Brooks R; Kraft PG, 2003, 'EXPLORING COMPLEX FITNESS SURFACES: MULTIPLE ORNAMENTATION AND POLYMORPHISM IN MALE GUPPIES', Evolution, 57, pp. 1622 - 1630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/02-507

Brooks R, 2002, 'Variation in female mate choice within guppy populations: Population divergence, multiple ornaments and the maintenance of polymorphism', Genetica, 116, pp. 343 - 358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021228308636

Fox S; Brooks R; Lewis MJ; Johnson CN, 2002, 'Polymorphism, mate choice and sexual selection in the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)', Australian Journal of Zoology, 50, pp. 125 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO02002

Kokko H; Brooks R; McNamara JM; Houston AI, 2002, 'The sexual selection continuum', Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 269, pp. 1331 - 1340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2020

Brooks R; Kemp DJ, 2001, 'Can older males deliver the good genes?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16, pp. 308 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02147-4

Jennions MD; Brooks R, 2001, 'A sense of history', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16, pp. 113 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(00)02082-6

Brooks R; Endler JA, 2001, 'Direct and indirect sexual selection and quantitative genetics of male traits in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)', Evolution, 55, pp. 1002 - 1015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00617.x

Brooks R; Endler JA, 2001, 'Female guppies agree to differ: Phenotypic and genetic variation in mate-choice behavior and the consequences for sexual selection', Evolution, 55, pp. 1644 - 1655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00684.x

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