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• Review article

  Evolutionary Trade-Off between Secondary Sexual Traits and Ejaculates

  Simmons, L. W., Lüpold, S. & Fitzpatrick, J. L., 1 Dec 2017, In : Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32, 12, p. 964-976 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • weapon
  • trade-off
  • expenditure
  • sexual selection
  • reproductive strategy
  53 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)
• Letter

  Postcopulatory sexual selection when a female mates once

  Dougherty, L. R., Simmons, L. W. & Shuker, D. M., Jun 2016, In : Animal Behaviour. 116, p. 13-16 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
  17 Citations (Scopus)
• Comment/debate

  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)

• 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
• Chapter

  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)
• Article

  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)

• Acoustic cues alter perceived sperm competition risk in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus

  Gray, B. & Simmons, L., 2013, In : Behavioral Ecology. 24, 4, p. 982-986

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sperm competition
  • Teleogryllus oceanicus
  • cricket
  • Orthoptera
  • acoustics
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Additive genetic variance in polyandry enables its evolution, but polyandry is unlikely to evolve through sexy or good sperm processes

  Travers, L. M., Simmons, L. W. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F., May 2016, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29, 5, p. 916-928

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • polyandry
  • sperm
  • genetic variance
  • spermatozoa
  • competitiveness
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Age-dependent trade-offs between immunity and male, but not female, reproduction

  Mcnamara, K., Van Lieshout, E., Jones, T. M. & Simmons, L., 2013, In : Journal of Animal Ecology. 82, p. 235–244

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• 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)

• Benefits of polyandry: Molecular evidence from field-caught dung beetles

  McCullough, E. L., Buzatto, B. A. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Jul 2017, In : Molecular Ecology. 26, 13, p. 3546-3555 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • polyandry
  • Coleoptera
  • dung beetles
  • beetle
  • sexual selection
  9 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

• Changes in dominance status erode personality and behavioral syndromes

  Rudin, F. S., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W., 1 Jan 2017, In : Behavioral Ecology. 28, 1, p. 270-279 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• 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)

• Divergence in genital morphology may contribute to mechanical reproductive isolation in a millipede

  Wojcieszek, J. M. & Simmons, L., 2013, In : Ecology and Evolution. 3, 2, p. 334-343

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • reproductive isolation
  • Diplopoda
  • genitalia
  • divergence
  • isolated population
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Estimating relatedness and inbreeding using molecular markers and pedigrees: The effect of demographic history

  Robinson, S. P., Simmons, L. & Kennington, J., 2013, In : Molecular Ecology. 22, 23, p. 5779-5792

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Inbreeding
  • demographic history
  • inbreeding
  • relatedness
  • Pedigree
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• Experimental evidence for the evolution of the mammalian baculum by sexual selection

  Simmons, L. & Firman, R., 23 Dec 2013, In : Evolution. 68, 1, p. 276-283 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • sexual selection
  • divergent evolution
  • Male Genitalia
  • Population
  • divergence
  41 Citations (Scopus)

  397 Downloads (Pure)

• 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)

  33 Downloads (Pure)

• Experimental evolution reveals differences between phenotypic and evolutionary responses to population density

  Mcnamara, K. B. & Simmons, L. W., Sep 2017, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30, 9, p. 1763-1771

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • immunity
  • population density
  • monophenol monooxygenase
  • Plodia interpunctella
  • sperm
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• Experimental evolution reveals trade-offs between mating and immunity

  Mcnamara, K., Wedell, N. & Simmons, L., 2013, In : Biology Letters. 9, 4, p. 4pp

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • immunity
  • Immunity
  • Plodia interpunctella
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase
  • monophenol monooxygenase
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• Female crickets assess relatedness during mate guarding and bias storage of sperm towards unrelated males

  Tuni, C., Beveridge, M. & Simmons, L., 2013, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26, 6, p. 1261-1268

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • mate guarding
  • cricket
  • relatedness
  • sperm
  • Orthoptera
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

  118 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

• 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)

• Female preferences for acoustic and olfactory signals during courtship: Male crickets send multiple messages

  Simmons, L., Thomas, M., Simmons, F. & Zuk, M., 2013, In : Behavioral Ecology. 24, 5, p. 1099-1107

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • courtship
  • cricket
  • Orthoptera
  • acoustics
  • hydrocarbons
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• Flight behaviour of honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers is altered by initial infections of the fungal parasite Nosema apis

  Dosselli, R., Grassl, J., Carson, A., Simmons, L. W. & Baer, B., 9 Nov 2016, In : Scientific Reports. 6, 36649.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Nosema
  • Bees
  • Honey
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Mycoses
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Function of copulatory plugs in house mice: Mating behavior and paternity outcomes of rival males

  Sutter, A., Simmons, L., Lindholm, A. K. & Firman, R., Jan 2016, In : Behavioral Ecology. 27, 1, p. 185-195

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • mating behavior
  • paternity
  • Mus musculus
  • sperm competition
  • ejaculation
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  278 Downloads (Pure)

• 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)

• Genetic variation but weak genetic covariation between pre- and post-copulatory episodes of sexual selection in Drosophila melanogaster

  Travers, L., Garcia-Gonzalez, P. & Simmons, L., Aug 2016, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29, 8, p. 1535-1552

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • sexual selection
  • genetic variation
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • reproductive success
  • fitness
  6 Citations (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)

• Heat stress but not inbreeding affects offensive sperm competitiveness in Callosobruchus maculatus

  Van Lieshout, E., Tomkins, J. & Simmons, L., 2013, In : Ecology and Evolution. 3, 9, p. 2859-2866

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • inbreeding
  • Callosobruchus maculatus
  • heat stress
  • sperm
  • competitiveness
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• 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)

• Lifetime changes in phenotypic expression and evolutionary potential of female mating traits in Drosophila melanogaster

  Travers, L. M., Simmons, L. W. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F., 1 Nov 2016, In : Animal Behaviour. 121, p. 147-155 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • courtship
  • virgin females
  • female behavior
  • mating behavior
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  128 Downloads (Pure)

• Loss of the Nuclear Receptor Corepressor SLIRP Compromises Male Fertility

  Colley, S., Wintle, L., Searles, R., Russell, V., Firman, R., Smith, S., Deboer, K., Merriner, D. J., Genevieve, B., Bentel, J., Stuckey, B., Phillips, M. R., Simmons, L., De Kretser, D. M., O'Bryan, M. K. & Leedman, P., 2013, In : PLoS One. 8, 8, p. 8pp

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access
  14 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)

• Male-biased sex ratio does not promote increased sperm competitiveness in the seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus

  Mcnamara, K., Robinson, S., Rosa, M. E., Sloan, N., Van Lieshout, E. & Simmons, L., 16 Jun 2016, In : Scientific Reports. 6, 28153.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Coleoptera
  • Sex Ratio
  • Seeds
  • Spermatozoa
  • Fertilization
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• Males harm females less when competing with familiar relatives

  Lymbery, S. J. & Simmons, L. W., 29 Nov 2017, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 1867, 20171984.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • familiarity
  • relatedness
  • Seed
  • fitness
  • Productivity
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  340 Downloads (Pure)

• Mutualists or parasites? Context-dependent influence of symbiotic fly larvae on carnivorous investment in the albany pitcher plant

  Lymbery, S. J., Didham, R. K., Hopper, S. D. & Simmons, L. W., 23 Nov 2016, In : Royal Society Open Science. 3, 11, 160690.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Diptera
  • Larva
  • Parasites
  • Carbon
  • Nutrients
  2 Citations (Scopus)