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• 2020

  Baculum shape and paternity success in house mice: evidence for genital coevolution

  André, G. I., Firman, R. C. & Simmons, L. W., 7 Dec 2020, In : Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 375, 1813, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Mammals
  • Male Genitalia
  • coevolution
  • Mus musculus
  • paternity
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Can paternal effects via seminal fluid contribute to the evolution of polyandry?

  Simmons, L. W. & Lovegrove, M., 1 Nov 2020, In : Biology Letters. 16, 11, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • paternal effect
  • Paternal Inheritance
  • polyandry
  • fluids
  • Embryonic Structures

• Evolutionary insight from a humble fly: sperm competition and the yellow dungfly

  Simmons, L. W., Parker, G. A. & Hosken, D. J., 7 Dec 2020, In : Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 375, 1813, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • sperm competition
  • Diptera
  • sexual selection
  • Spermatozoa
  • Reproductive Behavior
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Female genitalia

  Sloan, N. S. & Simmons, L. W., 21 Dec 2020, In : Current Biology. 30, 24, p. R1461-R1463

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Female Genitalia
  • female genitalia
  • Biological Sciences

• Fifty years of sperm competition: the structure of a scientific revolution

  Simmons, L. W. & Wedell, N., 7 Dec 2020, In : Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 375, 1813, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Future Distribution of Suitable Habitat for Pelagic Sharks in Australia Under Climate Change Models

  Birkmanis, C. A., Freer, J. J., Simmons, L. W., Partridge, J. C. & Sequeira, A. M. M., 14 Jul 2020, In : Frontiers in Marine Science. 7, 570.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • sharks
  • shark
  • Climate change
  • Climate models
  • climate change
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Gustatory cues to kinship among males moderate the productivity of females

  Lymbery, S. J. & Simmons, L. W., 31 Jan 2020, In : Behavioral Ecology. 31, 1, p. 81-89 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • kinship
  • productivity
  • relatedness
  • hydrocarbons
  • hydrocarbon
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  1 Downloads (Pure)

• Immune function during early adolescence positively predicts adult facial sexual dimorphism in both men and women

  Foo, Y. Z., Simmons, L. W., Perrett, D., Holt, P. G., Eastwood, P. R. & Rhodes, G., May 2020, In : Evolution and Human Behavior. 41, 3, p. 199-209 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Males adjust their manipulation of female remating in response to sperm competition risk

  Moschilla, J. A., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W., 9 Sep 2020, In : Proceedings. Biological sciences. 287, 1934, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sperm competition
  • Spermatozoa
  • mating behavior
  • shelter
  • female behavior

• Males adjust their manipulation of female remating in response to sperm competition risk: Plasticity in female remating inhibition

  Moschilla, J. A., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Sep 2020, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1934, 1238.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sperm competition
  • plasticity
  • Plasticity
  • Spermatozoa
  • Inhibition (Psychology)

• No evidence for divergence in male harmfulness or female resistance in response to changes in the opportunity for dispersal

  Lymbery, S. J., Wyber, B., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W., 12 Apr 2020, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • divergence
  • kin selection
  • sexual conflict
  • Callosobruchus maculatus
  • relatedness

• Phenotypic plasticity but no adaptive divergence in cuticular hydrocarbons and desiccation resistance among translocated populations of dung beetles

  Leeson, S. A., Kennington, W. J., Evans, T. A. & Simmons, L. W., 2 Sep 2020, In : Evolutionary Ecology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • phenotypic plasticity
  • dung beetles
  • adaptive radiation
  • desiccation
  • beetle

• Sexual selection shapes seminal vesicle secretion gene expression in house mice

  Simmons, L. W., Sloan, N. S. & Firman, R. C., 1 Apr 2020, In : Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37, 4, p. 1114-1117 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sexual selection
  • Seminal Vesicles
  • gene expression
  • seminal vesicles
  • Mus musculus
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Shark conservation hindered by lack of habitat protection

  Birkmanis, C. A., Partridge, J. C., Simmons, L. W., Heupel, M. R. & Sequeira, A. M. M., 1 Mar 2020, In : Global Ecology and Conservation. 21, e00862.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • habitat conservation
  • sharks
  • shark
  • habitat
  • marine protected areas
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The coevolution of male and female genitalia in a mammal: A quantitative genetic insight

  André, G. I., Firman, R. C. & Simmons, L. W., 3 Jun 2020, In : Evolution.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Male Genitalia
  • coevolution
  • Female Genitalia
  • quantitative genetics
  • female genitalia
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2019

  A link between heritable parasite resistance and mate choice in dung beetles

  Buzatto, B. A., Kotiaho, J. S., Assis, L. A. F. & Simmons, L. W., 28 Sep 2019, In : Behavioral Ecology. 30, 5, p. 1382-1387 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • parasite resistance
  • mate choice
  • dung beetles
  • beetle
  • mite
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Ecological determinants of sex roles and female sexual selection

  Hare, R. M. & Simmons, L. W., 16 Dec 2019, Advances in the Study of Behavior. Netherlands: Elsevier, (Advances in the Study of Behavior).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter

  • sexual selection
  • gender
  • Food
  • hearing
  • Hearing
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Experimental evidence for the role of sexual selection in the evolution of cuticular hydrocarbons in the dung beetle, Onthophagus taurus

  Berson, J. D., Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Nov 2019, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32, 11, p. 1186-1193 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Onthophagus taurus
  • sexual selection
  • dung beetles
  • beetle
  • hydrocarbons
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Experimental evolution reveals divergence in female genital teeth morphology in response to sexual conflict intensity in a moth

  McNamara, K. B., Dougherty, L. R., Wedell, N. & Simmons, L. W., 1 May 2019, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32, 5, p. 519-524 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • sexual conflict
  • spermatophore
  • moth
  • spermatophores
  • female genitalia
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  74 Downloads (Pure)

• Female cuticular hydrocarbons can signal indirect fecundity benefits in an insect

  Berson, J. D. & Simmons, L. W., 1 May 2019, In : Evolution. 73, 5, p. 982-989 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Hydrocarbons
  • fecundity
  • Insecta
  • Fertility
  • insect
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  111 Downloads (Pure)

• Female genitalia can evolve more rapidly and divergently than male genitalia

  Simmons, L. & Fitzpatrick, J. L., 21 Mar 2019, In : Nature Communications. 10, 8 p., 1312.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Male Genitalia
  • Female Genitalia
  • Coleoptera
  • beetles
  • divergence
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Male responses to sperm competition when rivals vary in number and familiarity

  Lymbery, S. J., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W., 30 Jan 2019, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1895, 20182589.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • sperm competition
  • familiarity
  • Spermatozoa
  • Recognition (Psychology)
  • Seed
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Male semelparity and multiple paternity confirmed in an arid-zone dasyurid

  Hayes, G. L. T., Simmons, L. W., Dugand, R. J., Mills, H. R., Roberts, J. D., Tomkins, J. L. & Fisher, D. O., 21 Apr 2019, In : Journal of Zoology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • semelparity
  • paternity
  • arid zones
  • Phascogale
  • Antechinus

• Natural and sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons: a quantitative genetic analysis

  Berson, J. D., Zuk, M. & Simmons, L. W., 15 May 2019, In : Proceedings. Biological sciences. 286, 1902, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • sexual selection
  • genetic analysis
  • Genetic Selection
  • Hydrocarbons
  • natural selection
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  286 Downloads (Pure)

• Nongenetic paternal effects via seminal fluid

  Simmons, L. W. & Lovegrove, M., Aug 2019, In : Evolution Letters. 3, 4, p. 403-411 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

• Protein and carbohydrate intakes alter gut microbial community structure in crickets: a Geometric Framework approach

  Ng, S. H., Stat, M., Bunce, M., Simpson, S. J. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Aug 2019, In : FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 95, 8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Gryllidae
  • cricket
  • Microbiota
  • carbohydrate
  • Carbohydrates

• Sex differences in nutrient intake can reduce the potential for sexual conflict over fitness maximization by female and male crickets

  Ng, S. H., Simpson, S. J. & Simmons, L. W., 6 Aug 2019, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sexual conflict
  • cricket
  • nutrient intake
  • Orthoptera
  • fitness
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Sex-specific pace-of-life syndromes

  Moschilla, J. A., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Jan 2019, In : Behavioral Ecology. 30, 4, p. 1096-1105.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • physiology
  • life history
  • cricket
  • animal behavior
  • path analysis
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Sexual ornaments but not weapons trade off against testes size in primates

  Lüpold, S., Simmons, L. W. & Grueter, C. C., 10 Apr 2019, In : Proceedings. Biological sciences. 286, 1900, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Weapons
  • weapon
  • primate
  • trade-off
  • Primates
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Sexual selection and its evolutionary consequences in female animals

  Hare, R. M. & Simmons, L. W., Jun 2019, In : Biological Reviews. 94, 3, p. 929-956 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sexual selection
  • Animals
  • Ceilings
  • reproductive success
  • gender
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Sexual unfaithfulness can be judged with some accuracy from men's but not women's faces

  Foo, Y. Z., Loncarevic, A., Simmons, L. W., Sutherland, C. A. M. & Rhodes, G., 17 Apr 2019, In : Royal Society Open Science. 6, 4, 13 p., 181552.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Masculinity
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Social cues affect quantitative genetic variation and covariation in animal personality traits

  Rudin, F. S., Simmons, L. W. & Tomkins, J. L., Mar 2019, In : Evolution. 73, 3, p. 540-553

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • genetic variation
  • quantitative genetics
  • personality
  • heritability
  • Genetic Variation
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• The evolution of female genitalia

  Sloan, N. S. & Simmons, L. W., Sep 2019, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32, 9, p. 882-889 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  Open Access
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  A competitive environment influences sperm production, but not testes tissue composition, in house mice

  Firman, R. C., Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Simmons, L. W. & André, G. I., Nov 2018, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31, 11, p. 1647-1654

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • sperm
  • Mus musculus
  • testes
  • spermatozoa
  • tissue
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• A costly chemical trait: phenotypic condition dependence of cuticular hydrocarbons in a dung beetle

  Berson, J. D. & Simmons, L. W., Dec 2018, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31, 12, p. 1772-1781

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • dung beetles
  • beetle
  • hydrocarbons
  • hydrocarbon
  • chemical
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Dietary antioxidants, but not courtship effort, affect oxidative balance in the testes and muscles of crickets

  Simmons, L. W., Lovegrove, M. & Lymbery, S. J., 1 Oct 2018, In : Journal of Experimental Biology. 221, 20

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • courtship
  • Courtship
  • Gryllidae
  • cricket
  • antioxidant
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  232 Downloads (Pure)

• Experimental manipulation reveals a trade-off between weapons and testes

  Somjee, U., Miller, C., Tatarnic, N. J. & Simmons, L. W., Jan 2018, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 31, 1, p. 57-65

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • weapon
  • trade-off
  • legs
  • testes
  • resource allocation
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  339 Downloads (Pure)

• Impressions of sexual unfaithfulness and their accuracy show a degree of universality

  Sutherland, C. A. M., Martin, L. M., Kloth, N., Simmons, L. W., Foo, Y. Z. & Rhodes, G., 1 Oct 2018, In : PLoS One. 13, 10, e0205716.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Social Perception
  • Social Skills
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • prediction
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Macronutrients and micronutrients drive trade-offs between male pre- and postmating sexual traits

  Ng, S. H., Simpson, S. J. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Oct 2018, In : Functional Ecology. 32, 10, p. 2380-2394 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • dietary minerals
  • life history trait
  • life history
  • courtship
  • trace element
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Perceived physical strength in men is attractive to women but may come at a cost to ejaculate quality

  Foo, Y. Z., Simmons, L. W., Peters, M. & Rhodes, G., 1 Aug 2018, In : Animal Behaviour. 142, p. 191-197 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • mating success
  • sexual selection
  • woman
  • sperm
  • competitiveness
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  176 Downloads (Pure)

• Phenotypic plasticity in genitalia: baculum shape responds to sperm competition risk in house mice

  André, G. I., Firman, R. C. & Simmons, L. W., 11 Jul 2018, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1882, 20181086.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sperm competition
  • phenotypic plasticity
  • Physiological Adaptation
  • Mus musculus
  • genitalia
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Population density mediates the interaction between pre- and postmating sexual selection

  McCullough, E. L., Buzatto, B. A. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Apr 2018, In : Evolution. 72, 4, p. 893-905 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • sexual selection
  • Population Density
  • population density
  • Testis
  • Weapons
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Probable marking behavior of Cerceris clypeata (Philanthinae, Crabronidae, Hymenoptera)

  Alcock, J. & Simmons, L. W., 31 Dec 2018, In : Journal of hymenoptera research. 67, p. 121-125 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

• Sexual selection across sensory modalities: Female choice of male behavioral and gustatory displays

  Berson, J. D. & Simmons, L. W., 10 Sep 2018, In : Behavioral Ecology. 29, 5, p. 1096-1104 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sexual selection
  • hydrocarbons
  • hydrocarbon
  • Onthophagus taurus
  • courtship
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Social manipulation of sperm competition intensity reduces seminal fluid gene expression

  Sloan, N. S., Lovegrove, M. & Simmons, L. W., 24 Jan 2018, In : Biology Letters. 14, 1, 20170659.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • sperm competition
  • Spermatozoa
  • fluids
  • Health Expenditures
  • gene expression
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  372 Downloads (Pure)

• Sperm competition, sexual conflict, and speciation: A comment on Tinghitella et al.

  Simmons, L. W., 3 Jul 2018, In : Behavioral Ecology. 29, 4, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• State-dependent changes in risk-taking behaviour as a result of age and residual reproductive value

  Moschilla, J. A., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Aug 2018, In : Animal Behaviour. 142, p. 95-100 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • risk behavior
  • assets
  • residual effects
  • animal
  • Teleogryllus oceanicus
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The effects of the social environment and physical disturbance on personality traits

  Rudin, F. S., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Apr 2018, In : Animal Behaviour. 138, p. 109-121 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • physical disturbance
  • social environment
  • personality
  • cricket
  • Orthoptera
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• The influence of diet and environment on the gut microbial community of field crickets

  Ng, S. H., Stat, M., Bunce, M. & Simmons, L. W., 1 May 2018, In : Ecology and Evolution. 8, 9, p. 4704-4720 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • cricket
  • intestinal microorganisms
  • Orthoptera
  • microbial communities
  • diet
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• X-Ray sex: Sexual conflict caught in the act

  Dougherty, L. R. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Oct 2018, In : Molecular Reproduction and Development. 85, 10, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

  Open Access