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  1. Parasite and predator risk assessment: nuanced use of olfactory cues

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  2. The swaying behavior of Extatosoma tiaratum : motion camouflage in a stick insect?

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, August 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  3. Evolution and maintenance of sexual size dimorphism: aligning phylogenetic and experimental evidence

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, June 2014, Frontiers

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  4. Pheromonal control: reconciling physiological mechanism with signalling theory

    Article • Biological Reviews, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar, Marianne Peso

  5. Fighting Fire with Fire: Does a Policy of Broad-Scale Prescribed Burning Improve Community Safety?

    Article • Society & Natural Resources, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  6. Density of Antennal Sensilla Influences Efficacy of Communication in a Social Insect

    Article • The American Naturalist, December 2013, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  7. Promiscuous words

    Article • Frontiers in Zoology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  8. A female preference for experienced males in the almond moth, Cadra cautella

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  9. Size-assortative pairing across three developmental stages in the Zeus bug, Phoreticovelia disparata

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  10. Collective retention and transmission of chemical signals in a social insect

    Article • The Science of Nature, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  11. The evolution of novel animal signals: silk decorations as a model system

    Article • Biological Reviews, February 2012, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  12. Owner positional disadvantage in contests over mating prevents monopolization of females

    Article • Animal Behaviour, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  13. Effects of male size and female dispersion on male mate-locating success in Nephila clavipes

    Article • Journal of Ethology, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  14. Signals for damage control: web decorations in Argiope keyserlingi (Araneae: Araneidae)

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  15. Longer exaggerated male genitalia confer defensive sperm-competitive benefits in an earwig

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  16. Nutrient compensatory foraging in a free-living social insect

    Article • The Science of Nature, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  17. The role of chemical communication in sexual selection: hair-pencil displays in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

    Article • Animal Behaviour, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  18. Extreme cost of male riding behaviour for juvenile females of the Zeus bug

    Article • Animal Behaviour, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  19. Darwin's legacy down under

    Article • Nature, October 2009, Nature

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  20. No male agonistic experience effect on pre-copulatory mate choice in female earwigs

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  21. Large spermatophores reduce female receptivity and increase male paternity success in the almond moth, Cadra cautella

    Article • Animal Behaviour, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  22. Molting interferes with web decorating behavior in Argiope keyserlingi (Araneae, Araneidae)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, December 2008, American Arachnological Society

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  23. Seminal compounds, female receptivity and fitness in the almond moth, Cadra cautella

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  24. Sperm Quantity Explains Age-Related Variation in Fertilization Success in the Hide Beetle

    Article • Ethology, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  25. The evolution of pheromone diversity

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  26. A longevity cost of re-mating but no benefits of polyandry in the almond moth, Cadra cautella

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  27. Argiope bruennichi shows a drinking-like behaviour in web hub decorations (Araneae, Araneidae)

    Article • Journal of Ethology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  28. Causes and consequences of variation in female mating frequency in the almond moth, Cadra cautella

    Article • Behaviour, January 2008, Brill

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  29. Colony characteristics influence the risk of nest predation of a polydomous ant by a monotreme

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  30. No cost of male mating experience on female reproductive success in the almond moth, Cadra cautella (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae)

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  31. Provisioning adjustments by male and female fairy martins to short-term manipulations of brood size

    Article • Behaviour, January 2007, Brill

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  32. Mating Frequency, Fecundity and Fertilization Success in the Hide Beetle, Dermestes Maculatus

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, May 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  33. Life-history traits and the mating system of an Australian water strider, Tenagogerris euphrosyne

    Article • Australian Journal of Zoology, January 2006, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  34. Intracolony relatedness and polydomy in the Australian meat ant, Iridomyrmex purpureus

    Article • Australian Journal of Zoology, January 2006, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  35. The Combined Effects of Pre- and Post-Insemination Sexual Selection on Extreme Variation in Male Body Size

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  36. FAITHFUL WITHOUT CARE: THE EVOLUTION OF MONOGYNY

    Article • Evolution, July 2005, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  37. Disturbance to brood-rearing Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis: responses and consequences

    Article • Bird Conservation International, June 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  38. Cohort dependent life-history traits in a wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae) with a bimodal life cycle

    Article • Journal of Zoology, February 2005, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  39. Parental care in Hooded Plovers ( Thinornis rubricollis )

    Article • Emu - Austral Ornithology, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  40. FAITHFUL WITHOUT CARE: THE EVOLUTION OF MONOGYNY

    Article • Evolution, January 2005, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  41. Breeding ecology of the rainforest dung beetle Cephalodesmius armiger (Scarabaeidae) in Tooloom National Park

    Article • Australian Journal of Zoology, January 2005, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  42. Changes in male mate choice in a sexually cannibalistic orb-web spider (Araneae: Araneidae)

    Article • Behaviour, October 2004, Brill

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  43. Female Reproductive Status and Mate Choice in the Hide Beetle, Dermestes maculatus

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  44. Predatory spider mimics acquire colony-specific cuticular hydrocarbons from their ant model prey

    Article • The Science of Nature, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  45. Evolutionary Significance of Sexual Cannibalism

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  46. Male copulation behaviour and the risk of sperm competition

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  47. Insect behaviour: Reversal of sex roles in nuptial feeding

    Article • July 2003, Nature

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  48. Breeding ecology and bias in offspring sex ratio in little grassbirds (Megalurus gramineus)

    Article • Australian Journal of Zoology, January 2003, CSIRO Publishing

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  49. PHYLOGENY AFFECTS ESTIMATION OF METABOLIC SCALING IN MAMMALS

    Article • Evolution, November 2002, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  50. Enthusiasm for insects and scorpions

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  51. PHYLOGENY AFFECTS ESTIMATION OF METABOLIC SCALING IN MAMMALS

    Article • Evolution, January 2002, The Society for the Study of Evolution

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  52. Ectomised conductors in the golden orb-web spider, Nephila plumipes (Araneoidea): a male adaptation to sexual conflict?

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, April 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  53. Inbreeding and Extinction in Island Populations: a Cautionary Note

    Article • Conservation Biology, February 2001, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  54. Inbreeding and Extinction in Island Populations: a Cautionary Note

    Article • Conservation Biology, February 2001, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  55. Food caching in orb-web spiders (Araneae: Araneoidea)

    Article • The Science of Nature, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  56. Web damage and feeding experience influence web site tenacity in the orb-web spider Argiope keyserlingi Karsch

    Article • Animal Behaviour, December 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  57. Red legs and golden gasters: Batesian mimicry in australian ants

    Article • The Science of Nature, May 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  58. Female preference for multiple partners: sperm competition in the hide beetle, Dermestes maculatus (DeGeer)

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  59. Effects of stock grazing on the ground invertebrate fauna of woodland remnants

    Article • Austral Ecology, June 1999, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  60. Geographic Affinity, Cuticular Hydrocarbons and Colony Recognition in the Australian Meat Ant Iridomyrmex purpureus

    Article • The Science of Nature, February 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  61. NEST PROVISIONING IN THE MUD-DAUBER WASP SCELIPHRON LAETUM (F. SMITH): BODY MASS AND TAXA SPECIFIC PREY SELECTION

    Article • Behaviour, January 1999, Brill

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  62. Spiders hedge genetic bets

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, June 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  63. Cannibalism and delayed pupation in hide beetles,Dermestes maculatusDeGeer (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)

    Article • Australian Journal of Entomology, June 1998, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  64. Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection in Spiders and Other Arachnids

    Article • January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  65. Variation in the use of corridors by introduced and native rodents in South-Eastern Australia

    Article • Biological Conservation, December 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  66. Heritabilities and paradigm shifts

    Article • Nature, January 1997, Nature

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  67. Female receptivity and male mate-guarding in the jewel spiderGasteracantha minax thorell (Araneidae)

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, September 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  68. Role-reversed risky copulation

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, May 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  69. Scanning and Tail-Flicking in the Australian Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)

    Article • Ornithology, April 1996, JSTOR

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  70. Making a meal of mother

    Article • Nature, July 1995, Nature

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  71. Experimental Evidence of a Mutualistic Association between Two Web-Building Spiders

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, October 1994, JSTOR

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  72. Associations Between Australian Pseudoscorpions and Ants

    Article • Psyche A Journal of Entomology, January 1994, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  73. Cannibalism among amphibian larvae: a case of good taste

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, January 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  74. Why do hopping mice have such tiny testes?

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, November 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  75. Sexual Cannibalism in Orb-Weaving Spiders: An Economic Model

    Article • The American Naturalist, December 1991, University of Chicago Press

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  76. Brush-turkey incubation mounds: Mate attraction in a promiscuous mating system

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, July 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  77. Sexual Cannibalism, Size Dimorphism, and Courtship Behavior in Orb-Weaving Spiders (Araneidae)

    Article • Evolution, March 1991, JSTOR

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  78. Kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos (2 vols)

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, February 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  79. Sources of variation in mammalian sleep

    Article • Animal Behaviour, November 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  80. Evolutionary Compromise between a Few Large and Many Small Eggs: Comparative Evidence in Teleost Fish

    Article • Oikos, November 1990, JSTOR

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  81. Kleptoparasitism: a cost of aggregating for an orb-weaving spider

    Article • Animal Behaviour, June 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  82. Density-dependent natural selection

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, April 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  83. PREDATOR VIGILANCE AND GROUP SIZE IN MAMMALS AND BIRDS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

    Article • Biological Reviews, February 1989, Wiley

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  84. Sex with dead cells may be better than no sex at all

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, October 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  85. Sexual cannibalism in the garden spider Araneus diadematus

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  86. Sleep in mammals

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  87. Environment and sex determination in alligators

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  88. The risks of sex: Why some plants say no

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, December 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  89. Food intake rate and resource availability: flocking decisions in house sparrows

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  90. The lions share

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, March 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  91. Colonial information centres

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, February 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  92. Sociality and sex ratios in spiders

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, January 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  93. Scanning, pecking and alarm flights in house sparrows

    Article • Animal Behaviour, December 1986, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  94. The establishment of foraging flocks in house sparrows: risk of predation and daily temperature

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, December 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  95. House sparrows establish foraging flocks by giving chirrup calls if the resources are divisible

    Article • Animal Behaviour, February 1986, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  96. The influence of ants on host plant selection by Jalmenus evagoras, a myrmecophilous lycaenid butterfly

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, March 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  97. Vigilance and Perception of Flock Size in Foraging House Sparrows (Passer Domesticus L.)

    Article • Behaviour, January 1984, Brill

    Professor Mark A Elgar

  98. Flocking and predator surveillance in house sparrows: Test of an hypothesis

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 1981, Elsevier

    Professor Mark A Elgar