My Aussie Links

Ecology & Conservation @ Cornwall Rob Brooks (UNSW in Sydney)
My Exeter Link (in progress) Michael Jennions (ANU in Canberra)
Allen Moore Botany & Zoology @ ANU
Trish Moore Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences @ UNSW

DR JOHN HUNT

N.E.R.C. Research Fellow
Centre for Ecology & Conservation
University of Exeter in Cornwall
Penryn
TR10 9EZ, UK

Phone: +44 (0)1326 371884
Mobile: (UK): 0792 183 3513
Fax: +44 (0)1326 371829
E-mail: J.Hunt@exeter.ac.uk

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1997-99

2000-2001

2002-2003 2004-2006
                           

2007-2008

44. McGowan A, Wright LI, Hunt J. 2007.Inbreeding and population dynamics: implications for conservation strategies. Animal Conservation 10: 284-285 
43. House CM, Hunt J, Moore AJ. 2007. Sperm competition, alternative mating tactics and context-dependent fertilization success in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloidesProceedings of the Royal Society Series B 274: 1309-1315
42. House CM, Hunt J, Hosken DJ. 2007. Evolution: Lending a helping hand in sperm competition? Current Biology 17: R90-R93

41. Hunt J, Blows MW, Zajitschek F, Jennions MD, Brooks R. 2007. Reconciling strong stabilizing selection with the maintenance of genetic variation in a natural population of black field crickets (Teleogryllus commodus). Genetics  177:875-880

40 Jennions MD, Drayton J, Brooks RC, Hunt J. 2007. Do female  black field crickets Teleogryllus commodus benefit from polyandry? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20:1469-1477
39 Drayton J, Hunt J, Brooks R, Jennions MD. 2007. Sounds different: inbreeding depression in sexually selected traits in the field cricket Teleogryllus bimaculatus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 1138-1147
38 Hunt J, Wolf JB, Moore AJ. 2007. The biology of multivariate evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20:24-27
37 Zajitschek F, Hunt J, Zajitschek SR, Jennions MD, Brooks R. 2007. No Intra-Locus Sexual Conflict over Reproductive Fitness or Ageing in Field Crickets. PLoS ONE 2(1): e155. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000155
2004-2006
36. Lindholm AK, Hunt J, Brooks R. 2006. Where do all the maternal effects go? Variation in offspring body size through ontogeny in the live-bearing fish Poecilia parae. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B (Biology Letters, Supplement) 2: 586-589
35. Head ML, Hunt J, Brooks R. 2006. Genetic association between male attractiveness and female differential allocation. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B (Biology Letters, Supplement) 2:341-344
34. Hunt J, Jennions MD, Spyrou N, Brooks R. 2006. Artificial selection on male longevity influences age-dependent reproductive effort in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus. American Naturalist 168:E72-E86
33  Bussière LF, Hunt J, Jennions MD, Brooks R.  2006. Sexual conflict and cryptic female choice in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus. Evolution 60:792-800
32. Bentsen, CL, Hunt J , Jennions MD, Brooks R. 2006. Complex multivariate sexual selection on male acoustic signalling in a wild population of Teleogryllus commodus. American Naturalist 167: E102-E116
31. Emlen DJ, Hunt J , Simmons LW. 2005. Evolution of sexual dimorphism and male dimorphism in the expression of beetle horns: Phylogenetic evidence for modularity, evolutionary lability, and constraint. American Naturalist 166:S42-S68
30. Hunt J, Brooks R, Jennions MD. 2005. Female mate choice as a condition-dependent life-history trait. American Naturalist 166:78-92
29. Brooks R, Hunt J, Blows MW, Smith MJ, Bussière LF, Jennions MD. 2005. Experimental evidence for multivariate stabilizing sexual selection. Evolution 59:871-880
28. Shackleton M, Jennions MD, Hunt J. 2005. Fighting success and attractiveness as predictors of male mating success in the black field cricket Teleogryllus commodus: the effectiveness of no-choice tests.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58:1-8 (The original publication is available on LINK at http://link.springer.de Reproduced with permission of Springer-Verlag)
27. Head ML, Hunt, J, Jennions MD, Brooks RC. 2005. The indirect benefits of mating with attractive males outweigh the direct costs. Public Library of Science, Biology 3: 279-284 (Reproduced with permission)
26. Hunt J, Brooks RC, Jennions MD, Smith MJ, Bentsen CL, Bussiere LF. 2004. High-quality male field crickets invest heavily in sexual display but die young. Nature 432: 1024-1027 (Reproduced with permission)
25. Savage KE, Hunt J, Jennions MD, Brooks RC. 2005. Male attractiveness covaries with fighting ability but not prior fight outcome in house crickets. Behavioral Ecology 16:196-200 (Reproduced with permission)
24. Jennions MD, Hunt J, Graham R, Brooks R. 2004. No evidence for inbreeding avoidance through post-copulatory mechanisms in the black field cricket Teleogryllus commodus. Evolution 58:2472-2477 (Reproduced with permission)
23. Hunt J, Bussiere L, Jennions MD, Brooks RC. 2004. What is genetic quality? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19: 329-333. (Reproduced with permission)
22. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 2004. Optimal maternal investment in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 42: 447-451. (The original publication is available on LINK at http://link.springer.de Reproduced with permission of Springer-Verlag)
21. Hunt J & Brooks R. 2004. The mother-in-law effect. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B (Biology Letters, Supplement) 271: S61-S63 (Reproduced with permission)
2002-2003
20. Brooks R, Bussiere L, Jennions MD, Hunt J. 2003. Sinister strategies succeed at the Cricket World Cup. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B (Biology Letters, Supplement) 271: S64-S66 (Reproduced with permission)
19. Jennions MD, Møller AP, Hunt, J. 2003. Meta-analysis can "fail": reply to Kotiaho & Tomkins. Oikos 104: 191-193.
18. Kotiaho JS, Simmons LW, Hunt J & Tomkins JL. 2003. Males influence maternal effects that promote sexual selection: A quantitative genetic experiment with dung beetles Onthophagus taurus. American Naturalist 161: 852-859.
17. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 2002. Behavioural dynamics of biparental care in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Animal Behaviour 64: 65-75. (This material has been published in the above journal, the only definitive repository of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. For this and other articles go to http://www.idealibrary.com)
16. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 2002. Confidence of paternity and parental care: covariation revealed through the experimental manipulation of the mating system in the beetle Onthophagus taurus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 784-795.
15. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 2002. The genetics of maternal care: direct and indirect genetic effects in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 99: 6828-6832.
14. Moczek AP, Hunt J, Emlen DJ & Simmons LW. 2002. Threshold evolution in exotic populations of a polyphonic beetle. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 587-601. (Reproduced with permission)
13. Hunt J, Simmons LW & Kotiaho JS. 2002. A cost of maternal care in the dung beetle Onthophagus Taurus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 57-64.
2000-2001
12. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 2001. Status-dependent selection in the dimorphic beetle  Onthophagus taurus. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 268: 2409-2414. (Reproduced with permission)
11. Allen GR & Hunt J. 2001. Larval competition, adult fitness and reproductive strategies in the acoustically orienting ormiine Homotrixa alleni. Journal of Insect Behaviour 14: 283-297.
10. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 2000. Maternal and paternal effects on offspring phenotype in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Evolution 54: 936-941. 
9. Hunt J & Allen GR. 2000. Larval density and developmental instability in the acoustically orienting parasitoid Homotrixa alleni. Acta Ethologica 2:129-132. (The original publication is available on LINK at http://link.springer.de Reproduced with permission of Springer-Verlag)
1997-1999
8. Hunt J, Kotiaho JS & Tomkins JL. 1999. Dung pad residence time covaries with male morphology in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Ecological Entomology 24: 174-180.
7. Simmons LW, Tomkins JL & Hunt J.1999. Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 266:145-150. (Reproduced with permission)
6. Simmons LW, Tomkins JL, Kotiaho JS & Hunt J. 1999.Fluctuating paradigms. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 266: 593-595. (Reproduced with permission)
5. Allen GR, Kamien D, Berry OF, Byrne P & Hunt, J. 1999. Larviposition, host cues and planidial behaviour in the sound locating parasitoid fly Homotrixa alleni (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Insect Behaviour 12: 67-79.
4. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 1998a. Patterns of fluctuating asymmetry in beetle horns: no evidence for reliable signaling. Behavioral Ecology 9: 465-471. (Reproduced with permission)
3. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 1998b. Patterns of parental provisioning covary with male morphology in a horned beetle (Onthophagus taurus) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 42: 447-451. (The original publication is available on LINK at http://link.springer.de Reproduced with permission of Springer-Verlag)
2. Hunt J & Allen GR. 1998. Fluctuating asymmetry, call structure and the risk of attack from phonotactic parasitoids in the bushcricket Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Oecologia 116: 356-364. (The original publication is available on LINK at http://link.springer.de Reproduced with permission of Springer-Verlag)
1. Hunt J & Simmons LW. 1997. Patterns of fluctuating asymmetry in beetle horns: an experimental examination of the honest signaling hypothesis. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 41: 109-114. (The original publication is available on LINK at http://link.springer.de Reproduced with permission of Springer-Verlag)

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