Publications

1973 Brockmann, H. J. The function of poster-coloration in the beaugregory, Eupomacentrus leucostictus (Pisces: Pomacentridae). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 33: 13-34.
1975 Bayer, L. J. and H. J. Brockmann. Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae found in aquatic habitats in Wisconsin. Great Lakes Entomologist, 8: 219-226.
1976 Brockmann, H. J. and J. P. Hailman. Fish cleaning symbiosis: Notes on juvenile angelfishes (Pomacanthus, Chaetodontidae) and comparisons with other species. Zeitschrift f ür Tierpsychologie, 42: 129-138.
1978 Terborgh, J., J. Faaborg and H. J. Brockmann. Island colonization by lesser Antillean birds. Auk, 95: 59-72.
1979 Brockmann, H. J. and C. J. Barnard. Kleptoparasitism in birds. Animal Behaviour, 27: 487-514.
1979 Brockmann, H. J. Nest-site selection in the great golden digger wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus L. (Sphecidae). Ecological Entomology, 4: 211-224.
1979 Brockmann, H. J., A. Grafen and R. Dawkins. Evolutionarily stable nesting strategy in a digger wasp. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 77: 473-496.
1979 Brockmann, H. J. and R. Dawkins. Joint nesting in a digger wasp as an evolutionarily stable preadaptation to social life. Behaviour, 71: 203-245.
1980 Brockmann, H. J. The control of nest depth in a digger wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus L.). Animal Behaviour, 28: 426-445.
1980 Brockmann, H. J. Diversity in the nesting behavior of mud-daubers (Trypoxylon politum Say; Sphecidae). Florida Entomologist, 63: 53-64.
1980 Dawkins, R. and H. J. Brockmann. Do digger wasps commit the Concorde fallacy? Animal Behaviour, 28: 892-896.
1980 Brockmann, H. J. House sparrows kleptoparasitize digger wasps. Wilson Bulletin, 92: 394-398.
1981 Lucas, J. and H. J. Brockmann. Predatory interactions between ants and antlions. Journal Kansas Entomological Society, 54: 228-232.
1983 Brockmann, H. J. Animal behavior. In L. Johnson (ed.) Biology. W. C. Brown Co. Publ., pp. 826-859.
1983 Cohen, J. A. and H. J. Brockmann. Breeding activity and mate selection in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Bulletin Marine Science, 33: 274-281.
1984 Brockmann, H. J. The evolution of insect sociality. In J. Krebs and N. Davies (eds.) Behavioral Ecology. Sinauer Associates, Second Edition, pp. 340-361.
1985 Brockmann, H. J. Tool using in wasps. Psyche 92:309-329.
1985 Brockmann, H. J. Provisioning behavior of the great golden digger wasp. Journal Kansas Entomological Society, 58:631-655.
1986 Brockmann, H. J. Decision making in a variable environment: lessons from insects. In L. Drickamer (ed.) Behavior and the Dynamics of Populations. Privat Publ., Toulouse, France, pp. 95-111.
1987 Seger, J. and H. J. Brockmann. What is bet-hedging? In P. Harvey and L. Partridge (eds.) Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology. Oxford Univ. Press, 4:182-211.
1988 Brockmann, H. J. Father of the brood (Conflict and cooperation in a mud-daubing wasp). Natural History Magazine. 97(7):32-37.
1989 Brockmann, H. J. and A. Grafen. Mate conflict and male behavior in a solitary wasp, Trypoxylon politum. Animal Behaviour 37:232-255.
1990 Brockmann, H. J. Mating behavior of horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus. Behaviour  114:206-220.
1992 Brockmann, H. J. and A. Grafen. Sex ratios and life-history patterns of a solitary wasp. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 30:7-27.
1992 Brockmann, H. J. Male behavior, courtship and nesting of the solitary wasp, Trypoxylon monteverdeae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65(1):66-84.
1992 Brockmann, H. J. and D. Penn. Male mating tactics in horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus. Animal. Behaviour 44:653-665.
1993 Brockmann, H. J. Parasitizing conspecifics: comparison between Hymenoptera and birds. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8:2-3.
1994 Brockmann, H. J., T. Coleson and W. Potts. Sperm competition in horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 35: 153-160.
1994 Penn, D. and H. J. Brockmann. Nest-site selection in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Biological Bulletin 187: 373-384.
1995 Penn, D. and H. J. Brockmann. Age-biased stranding and righting in horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Animal Behaviour. 49: 1531-1539.
1996 Brockmann, H. J. Satellite male groups in horseshoe crabs. Limulus polyphemus. Ethology 102: 1-21.
1996 Arnold, S. and H. J. Brockmann. Evolution of behavior. Approaches to studying behavioral change IN Foundations of Ethology, L. D. Houck and L. C. Drickamer (eds.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 673-682.
1996 Dyer, F. C. and H. J. Brockmann. Sensory processes, orientation and communication: Biology of the Umwelt. IN Foundations of Ethology, L. D. Houck and L. C. Drickamer (eds.). University of Chicago Press. pp. 529-538.
1997 Brockmann, H. J. Cooperative Breeding in Wasps and Vertebrates: the Role of Ecological Constraints. IN Evolution of Social Behaviour in Insects and Arachnids, J. Choe and B. Crespi (eds.). Cornell University Press. pp. 348-371.
1997 Brockmann, H. J. Xiphosurida. McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 1997. McGraw Hill, NY. pp. 491-493.
1999 Harari, A. R. and H. J. Brockmann. Male beetles attracted by females mounting. Nature 401:763.
2000 Harrari, A. and H.J. Brockmann. Intrasexual mounting in the beetle Diaprepes abbreviatus. Proceedings of the Royay Society of London B 267: 2071-2079.
2000 Brockmann, H.J., C. Nguyen and W. Potts. Paternity in horseshoe crabs when spawning in multiple male groups.  Animal Behaviour 60:837-849.
2001 Sirot, L. and H.J. Brockmann. Costs of sexual interactions to females in Rambur’s forktail damselfly, Ischnura ramburi (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Animal Behaviour. 61:415-424.
2001 Brockmann, H.J. The evolution of alternative strategies and tactics. Advances in the Study of Behavior. 30:1-51.  PDF
2001 Hassler, C. and H.J. Brockmann, H.J. Evidence for use of chemical cues by male horseshoe crabs when locating nesting females (Limulus polyphemus). Journal of  Chemical Ecology. 27: 2319-2335.
2002 Brockmann, H.J. An experimental approach to altering mating tactics in male horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Behavioral Ecology 13:232-238.
2003 Harari A.R., P.J. Landolt , C.W. O’Brien, H.J. Brockmann. Prolonged guarding behavior and sperm competition in the weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Behavioral Ecology 14: 89-96.
2003 Sirot, LK and HJ Brockmann, C. Marinis and G. Muschett. Maintenance of a female-limited polymorphism in Ischnura ramburi (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae): evaluation of hypotheses and new insights. Animal Behaviour 66:763-775.
2003 Brockmann, H.J. Nesting behavior, a shoreline phenomenon. IN The American Horseshoe Crab. Ed. By C. Shuster, R. Barlow and J. Brockmann. Harvard University Press. pp. 33-49.
2003 Brockmann, H.J. Mating behavior of male horseshoe crabs. IN The American Horseshoe Crab. Ed. By C. Shuster, R. Barlow and J. Brockmann. Harvard University Press. pp. 50-82.
2003 Shuster, C.S., R. B. Barlow and H. J. Brockmann. (eds.) The American Horseshoe Crab. Harvard University Press.
2004 Brockmann, H.J. Variable life-history and emergence patterns of the pipe-organ mud-daubing wasp, Trypoxylon politum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77: 503-527.
2004 King, T.L., M.S. Eackles, A.P. Spidle and H. J. Brockmann. Regional differentiation and sex-biased dispersal among populations of the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134: 441-465.
2006 Duffy, E.E., D. Penn, M.L. Botton, H. J. Brockmann and R.E. Loveland.  Eye and clasper damage influence male mating tactics in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemusJournal of Ethology 24: 67-74.
2006 Vélez, M. and H.J. Brockmann. Seasonal variation in selection on male calling song in the field Cricket, Gryllus rubensAnimal Behaviour 72:439-448.
2006 Vélez, M. and H.J. Brockmann. Seasonal variation in female phonotaxis to male calling song of the field cricket Gryllus rubens. Ethology 112:1041-1049.
 2007 Schwab, R., H.J. Brockmann.  The role of visual and chemical cues in the mating decisions of satellite male horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus).  Animal Behaviour 74:837-846.
 2007 Sirot, L.K., H.J. Brockmann and S.L. Lapointe.  Male post-copulatory reproductive success in the beetle, Diaprepes abbreviatus. Animal Behaviour 74:143-152.
 2008 Brockmann, H.J. Alternative reproductive tactics in insects. IN Alternative Reproductive Tactics – An Integrative Approach. R.F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky and H.J. Brockmann (eds.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 177-223.
 2008 Brockmann, H.J and M. Taborsky. Life histories and alternative phenotypes . IN Alternative Reproductive Tactics – An Integrative Approach. R.F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky and H.J. Brockmann (eds.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 25-51.
 2008 Oliveira, R., M. Taborsky and H.J.Brockmann (eds.) Alternative Reproductive Tactics – An Integrative Approach. Cambridge University Press. 507 pp.
2008 Taborsky, M., R. F. Oliveira, H.J. Brockmann. The evolution of alternative reproductive tactics: concepts and questions.  IN Oliveira, R., M. Taborsky and H.J.Brockmann (eds.) Alternative Reproductive Tactics – An Integrative Approach. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1-21.
2008 Brockmann, H.J., R.F. Oliveira, M. Taborsky. Integrating mechanisms and function: prospects for future research. Oliveira, R., M. Taborsky and H.J.Brockmann (eds.) Alternative Reproductive Tactics – An Integrative Approach. Cambridge University Press. pp. 471-489.
200p Brockmann, H.J. and M.D. Smith.  Reproductive competition and sexual selection in horseshoe crabs. IN Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs, Ed. by John Tanacredi, Mark Botton, and David Smith.  Springer Publ.. pp. 199-221.
2009 Zaldívar-Rae, J., R.E. Sapién-Silva, M. Rosales-Raya, and H. J. Brockmann. 2009. American horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, in Mexico : open possibilities.  IN: Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs.  J. Tanacredi, M. Botton, and D. Smith (eds.). Springer Science. Pp. 97-113.
2010 Taborsky, M. and H.J. Brockmann. Alternative reproductive tactics and life history phenotypes. IN: Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms. P. Kappeler (ed.).  Springer Verlag Publ. pp. 537-586.
2010 Pereira, R., J. Sivinski, P. Teal and H.J. Brockmann. 2010.  Enhancing male sexual success in a lekking fly (Ananstrepha suspensa (Loew; Tephritidae) through a juvenile hormone analog has no effect  on adult mortality.  Journal of Insect Physiology, 56: 1552-1557.
2010 Saunders, K. , H.J. Brockmann, W. Watson and  S.J. Jury.  Male horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, use multiple sensory cues to locate mates.  Current Zoology,  56: 485-498.
2010 Johnson, S.L. and H.J. Brockmann. Costs of multiple mates: an experimental study in horseshoe crabs.    Animal Behaviour 80: 773-782.  [our paper was the “Featured article in this month’s Animal Behaviour  80:771-772]
2011 Brockmann, H.J. and S.L. Johnson.   A long-term study of spawning activity in a Florida Gulf coast population of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus). Estuaries and Coasts. 34: 1049-1067. doi: 10.1007/s12237-011-9419-1
 2012 Johnson, S.L. and H.J. Brockmann. Alternative reproductive tactics in female horseshoe crabs. Behavioral Ecology 23: 999-1008.
 2012  Sasson, D.A., S.L. Johnson and H.J. Brockmann. The role of age on sperm traits in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus Animal Behaviour 84: 975–981.
2013 Smith, M.D., H.E. Schrank and H.J. Brockmann. 2012. Measuring the costs of alternative reproductive tactics in horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus. Animal Behaviour 85: 165-173. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.021.
2013 Johnson, S.L. and H.J. Brockmann. Parental effects on early development: testing for indirect benefits of polyandry. Behavioral Ecology 24: 1218-1228. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art056
2014 Nossa, C., P. Havlak, J-X Yue, K. Vincent, J. Lv, N. Lee, H.J. Brockmann and N. H. Putnam. Joint assembly and genetic mapping of the Atlantic horseshoe crab genome reveals ancient whole genome duplication. accepted GigaScience 3:1-21. doi:10.1186/2047-217X-3-9
2014 Smith, M.D. and H.J. Brockmann. The evolution and maintenance of sexual size dimorphism in horseshoe crabs: an evaluation of six functional hypotheses. Animal Behaviour 96:127-139.
2014 Vasquez, M.C., S.L. Johnson, H.J. Brockmann and D. Julian. Nest site selection minimizes environmental stressor exposure in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 463: 105-114. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.10.028
2015 Brockmann, H.J., T. Black and Tim L. King. Florida horseshoe crabs: Populations, genetics and the marine life harvest. IN R.H. Carmichael, Mark L. Botton, P.K.S. Shin and S.G. Cheung, editors. Changing Global Perspectives on Biology, Conservation and Management of Horseshoe Crabs. Ed. by. Springer Scientific (in press)
2015 Brockmann, H.J., S.L. Johnson, M.D. Smith and D. Sasson. Mating tactics of the American Horseshoe crab. IN R.H. Carmichael, Mark L. Botton, P.K.S. Shin and S.G. Cheung, editors. Changing Global Perspectives on Biology, Conservation and Management of Horseshoe Crabs. Ed. by. Springer Scientific (in press)
2015 King, T., M. Eackles, A.W. Aunins, H.J. Brockmann, E.M. Hallerman and B.B.Brown. Conservation genetics of the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus): allelic diversity, zones of genetic discontinuity, and regional differentiation. IN R.H. Carmichael, Mark L. Botton, P.K.S. Shin and S.G. Cheung, editors. Changing Global Perspectives on Biology, Conservation and Management of Horseshoe Crabs. Ed. by. Springer Scientific (in press)
2015 Sasson, D., Johnson, S.L. and H.J. Brockmann. Sperm traits in a system with condition-dependent alternative reproductive tactics. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (in press)
2015  Vasquez, M.C., A. Murillo, H.J. Brockmann and D. Julian. Multiple stressor interactions influence embryo development rate in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. Journal of Experimental Biology. (in press)

 Some Publications by my Students (Publications based on research conducted under my direction)

1991 Buchholz, R. Older males have bigger knobs: correlates of ornamentation in two species of curassow. Auk 108: 153-160.
1992 Buchholz, R. Confusing models with tests in studies of sexual selection: reply to Jones. Auk 109: 199-201.
1995 Buchholz, R. Descending whistle display and female visitation rates in the yellow-knobbed curassow, Crax daubentoni, in Venezuela. Ornithologia Neotropical 6: 27-36.
1995 Buchholz, R. Female choice, parasite load and male ornamentation in wild turkeys. Animal Behaviour 50: 929-943.
1996 Buchholz, R. Thermoregulatory role of the unfeathered head and neck in male wild turkeys. Auk 113: 310-318.
1997 Buchholz, R. Male dominance and variation in fleshy head ornamentation in wild turkeys. Journal of Avian Biology 28:223-230.
2009 Chin-Baarstad, A.*, Klug, H., & Lindström, K. 2009. Should you eat your offspring before someone else does? Effect of an egg predator on filial cannibalism in the sand goby. Animal Behaviour.  78:203-208.
1990 Cohen, J.A. Sexual selection and the psychophysics of female choice. Zietschrift f ür Tierpsychologie 64: 1-8.
1995 Clouse, R.M. Nest usurpation and intercolonial cannibalism in Mischocyttarus mexicanus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 68: 67-73.
 1998 Clouse, R. Foundress females on nests of Mischocyttarus mexicanus. Florida Entomologist
1997 Eberhardt, L. A test of an environmental advertisement hypothesis for the function of drumming in yellow-bellied sapsuckers. Condor. 99: 798-803.
2000 Eberhardt, L. Use and selection of sap trees by Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. Auk 117: 41-51.
1984 Fink, L.S. Venom spitting by the green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans. Journal of  Arachnology 12: 372-373.
1986 Fink, L.S. Costs and benefits of maternal behaviour in the green lynx spider (Oxyopidae, Peucetia viridans). Animal Behaviour 34: 1051-1059.
1987 Fink, L.S. Green lynx spider egg sacs: sources of mortality and the function of female guarding. Journal of Arachnology 15: 2231-239.
1995 Fink, L. S. Foodplant effects on colour morphs of Eumorpha fasciata caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 56: 423-437.
1983 Frank, S. A hierarchical view of sex-ratio patterns. Fl. Entomol. 66: 42-75.
1984 Frank, S. The behavior and morphology of the fig wasps pegoscapus assuetus and P. jimenezi: descriptions and suggested behavioral characters for phylogenetic studies. Psyche, 91: 189-208.
1985 Frank, S. Are mating and mate competition by a fig wasp Pegoscapus assuetus random within a fig? Biotropica 17: 170-172.
1985 Frank, S. Hierarchical selection theory and sex ratios. II. On applying the theory and a test with fig wasps. Evolution 39: 949-964.
1983 Goodfriend, G. Anemotaxis and its relation to migration in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis. Am. Midl. Nat. 109: 414-415.
1983 Goodfriend, G. Some new methods for morphometric analysis of gastropod shells. Malacological Rev. 16: 79-86.
1983 Goodfriend, G. Convergent evolution of shell colour patterns in two Caribbean terrestrial prosobranch snails. J. Zool. 201: 125-133.
1986 Goodfriend, G. Radiation of the land snail genus Sagda (Pulmonata: Sagdidae): comparative morphology, biogeography and ecology of the species of north-central Jamaica. Zoo. J. Linn. Soc. 87: 367-398.
2007 Gunnels, C.W. Seasonally variable eusocially selected traits in the paper wasp, Mischocyttarus mexicanusEthology 113: 648-660.
2010 Gunnels, C.W., A. Dubrovskiy and A. Avalos. Social interactions as an ecological constraint in a eusocial insect. Animal Behaviour 75: 681-691.
2000 Isvaran, K. and Jhala, Y. Variation in lekking costs in blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra): Relationship to lek-territory location and female mating patterns. Behaviour. 137: 547-563.
2003 Isvaran, K. and C. St. Mary. A dynamic model of lekking. Behavioral Ecology 14: 876-886.
2004 Isvaran, K. The blackbuck.  In: Mammals of South Asia. Ed. by A.J.T. Johnsingh and K. Sukumar.
2005   Isvaran, K. Female grouping best predicts lekking in blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra).  Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology 57: 283-294.
2005 Isvaran, K. Variation in male mating behaviour within ungulate populations: patterns and processes.  Current Science 89: 1192-1199.
2007 Klug, H. & Bonsall, M.B. When to care for, abandon, or eat your offspring: theevolution of parental care and filial cannibalism. American Naturalist 170:886-901.
2008 Klug, H., Kontax, C.I., Annis, S., & Vasudevan, N. (in press). Operational sex ratio affects nest tending and aggression in the flagfish (Jordanella floridae). Journal of Fish Biology 72: 1295-1305.
2008 Klug, H., St. Mary, C.M, & Clark, A.M. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite DNA markers for the flagfish, Jordanella floridae (Technical Report). Conservation Genetics  9: 1677-1678.
2008  Klug, H.  and K. Lindström, KHurry-up and hatch: selective filial cannibalism of slower developing eggs. Biology Letters 4:160-162.
2009 Klug, H.  Relationship between filial cannibalism, egg energetic content, and parental condition  in the flagfish (Jordanella floridae). Animal Behaviour 77:1313-1319.
2009 Chin-Baarstad, A., H. Klug and K. Lindstrom.  Should you eat your offspring before someone else does?  Effect of an egg predator on filial cannibalism in the sand goby.  Animal Behaviour 78:203-208.
1981 Lucas, J.R. and L.A. Stange. Key and descriptions to Myrmeleon larvae of Florida (Neuroptera: Myrmeleonidae). Florida Entomologist 64: 207-216.
1982 Lucas, J.R. The biophysics of pit construction by antlion larvae (Myrmeleon, Neuroptera). Animal Behaviour 30: 651-664.
1983 Lucas, J.R. The role of foraging time constraints and variable prey encounter in optimal diet choice. American Naturalist 122: 191-209.
1983 Lucas, J.R. Variable foraging and cleaning behavior by juvenile leatherjackets, Oligoplites saurus (Carangidae). Estuaries 6: 247-250.
1985 Lucas, J.R. Metabolic rates and pit-construction costs of two antlion species. Journal of Animal Ecology 54: 295-309.
1985 Lucas, J.R. Partial prey consumption by antlion larvae. Animal Behaviour 33: 945-958.
1986 Lucas, J.R. Ants and antlions: kleptoparasitism of predators by prey. Florida Entomologist 69: 702-710.
1992 Masters, K. L., A.R. Masters and A. Forsyth. Female-biased sex ratio in the neotropical treehopper Umbonia ataliba (Homoptera/Membracidae). Ethology. 96: 353-366.
1990 Mora, G. Paternal care in a neotropical harvestman. Animal Behaviour 39: 582-593.
1992 Obin, M. Spiders living at wasp nesting sites: what constrains predation by mud daubers? Psyche 89: 321-335.
1987 Landes, D.A., Obin, M., A.B. Cady, J.H. Hunt.   Seasonal and latitudinal variation in spide r prey of the mud dauber Chalybion californicum, Hymenoptera, Sphecidae.  Journal of Arachnology 15: 249-256.
2004 Osorno, J.L. and T. Székely. 2004. Sexual conflict and parental care in magnificent frigatebirds: full compensation by deserted females. Animal Behaviour 68: 337-342.
1999 Osorno, J.L. Offspring desertion in the Magnificent Frigatebird: Are males facing a trade-off between current and future reproduction? Journal of Avian Biology 30: 335-341.
1995 Osorno, J. L. The function of hatching asynchrony in the blue-footed booby. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37: 265-273.
1997 Ploger, B. Does brood reduction provide nestling survivors with a food bonus? Animal Behaviour 54: 1063-1076.
2005 Quader, S. Probable hybridization between the weaverbirds Ploceus philipi and P. manyarJournal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
2006 Quader, S. Elaborate nests in a weaverbird: a role for female choice?  Ethology 111:1073-1088
2006 Quader, S. Mate choice and its implications for conservation and management. Current Science 89: 1220-1229.
2006 Quader, S. Sequential settlement by nesting male and female Baya weaverbirds Ploceus philippinus: the role of monsoon winds. Journal of Avian Biology, 37, 396-404.
2006 Quader, S. What makes a good nest? Benefits of nest choice to female Baya Weavers (Ploceus philippinus). Auk, 123, 475-486.
2010 Rittschof, C.C. and K.V. Ruggles.  The complexity of site quality: multiple factors affect web tenure in orb-web spider. Animal Behaviour 79:1147-1155.
2011 Rittschof, C. Male density affects large-male advantage in the golden silk spider Nephila clavipes. Behavioral Ecology 21: 979-985.
2011 Rittschof, C. Mortality risk affects mating decisions in the spider Nephila clavipes. Behavioral Ecology 22:350-357.
2011 Michalik, P. and C. Rittschof. A comparative analysis of the morphology and evolution of permanent sperm depletion in spiders. PLoS One 6:e16014.
1994 Shafir, S. Intransitivity of preferences in honey bees: support for ‘comparative’ evaluation of foraging options. Animal Behaviour 48: 55-67.
2003 Sirot, L. The evolution of insect mating structures through sexual selection. Florida Entomologist  86:124-133.
2006 Sirot, L. K., Lapointe, S. L., Shatters, R. & Bausher, M. 2006. Transfer and fate of seminal fluid molecules in the beetle, Diaprepes abbreviatus: Implications for the reproductive biology of a pest species. Journal of Insect Physiology, 52, 300-308.
2001 Vélez, M., M.D. Jennions, S.R. Telford.  The effect of an experimental brood reduction on male desertion in the Panamanian blue acara cichlid, Aequidens coeruleopunctatusEthology.  108:331-340.