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DR THERESA JONES



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff/index.php?69,20
Work: 46232
Fax: 8344 7909
Room: 352
Level: 03
Building: Zoology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Sexual Selection and Sexual Conflict Sperm competition, female preference, sexual conflict Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Sweden Uppsala University Exchange, Research
United Kingdom Keele University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) University of London 31-Dec-1992
Doctor of Philosophy University of London 31-Dec-1997

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Large spermatophores reduce female receptivity and increase male paternity success in the almond moth, Cadra cautella
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Animal Behaviour
    Volume: 77
    Page numbers: 931-936
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • A longevity cost of re-mating but no benefits of polyandry in the almond moth, Cadra cautella
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
    Volume: 62
    Page numbers: 1433-1440
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  • Causes and consequences of variation in female mating frequency in the almond moth, Cadra cautella
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Behaviour
    Volume: 145
    Page numbers: 779-793
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  • Male insemination decisions and sperm quality influence paternity in the golden orb-weaving spider
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 285-291
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  • Paternity costs from polyandry compensated by increased fecundity in the hide beetle
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 433-440
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  • Seminal compounds, female receptivity, and fitness in the almond moth, Cadra cautella
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Animal Behaviour
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 771-777
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  • Size-dependent mating strategies and the risk of cannibalism
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
    Volume: 94
    Page numbers: 355-363
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  • Sperm quantity explains age-related variation in fertilization success in the Hide Beetle
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Ethology
    Volume: 114
    Page numbers: 797-807
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Age-related sperm transfer and sperm competitive ability in the male hide beetle
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 259-666
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  • No cost of male mating experience on female reproductive success in the almond moth, Cadra cautella (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
    Volume: 61
    Page numbers: 1177-1184
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  • The extraordinary mating system of Zeus bugs (Heteroptera: Veliidae: Phoreticovelia sp.)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 131-137
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Age related sperm transfer and sperm competitive ability in the male hide beetle, Dermestes maculatus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Behavioral Ecology
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 251-258
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  • Life-history traits and the mating system of an Australian water strider, Tenagogerris euphrosyne
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Journal of Zoology
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 107-116
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  • Mating frequency, fecundity and fertilization success in the hide beetle, Dermestes maculatus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Insect Behavior
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 357-371
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  • Sex-role reversed nuptial feeding reduces male kleptoparasitism of females in Zeus bugs (Heteroptera; Veliidae)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 491-493
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Cost of pheromone production in a lekking Drosophila
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Animal Behaviour
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 851-858
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Survival and reproduction when food is scarce: implications for a lekking Hawaiian Drosophila
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Ecological Entomology
    Volume: 30
    Page numbers: 397-405
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Female reproductive status and mate choice in the Hide Beetle, Dermestes maculatus
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Insect Behavior
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 337-352
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
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  • The role of male age, sperm age and mating history on fecundity and fertilization success in the hid beetle
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
    Volume: 271
    Page numbers: 1311-1318
    Publisher: The Royal Society of London(London)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Reversal of sex roles in nuptial feeding
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Nature
    Volume: 424
    Page numbers: 387
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Frontiers in sexual selection
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Trends in Ecology and Evolution
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 107-108
    Publisher: Elsevier Science London(London)
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  • Testing predictions for the evolution of lekking in the sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Animal Behaviour
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 605-612
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • A potential cost of monandry in the lekking sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Insect Behavior
    Volume: 143
    Page numbers: 385-399
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