Hawkes, M., Lane, S.M., Rapkin, J., Jensen, K., House, C.M., Sakaluk, S.K. and J. Hunt. in press. Intralocus sexual conflict over optimal nutrient intake and the evolution of sex differences in lifespan and reproduction. Functional Ecology.

Duffield, K.R., Hunt, J., Sadd, B.M., Sakaluk, S.K., Oppert, B., Rosario-Cora, K., Behle, R.W. and J.L. Ramirez. in press. Active and covert infections of cricket iridovirus and Acheta domesticus densovirus in reared Gryllodes sigillatus crickets. Frontiers in Microbiology.

Thompson, C.F., Hodges, K.E., Mortimer, N.T., Vrailas-Mortimer, A.D., Sakaluk, S.K. and M.E. Hauber. in press. Avian eggshell coloration predicts shell-matrix protoporphyrin content. Canadian Journal of Zoology.

Jenkins, J.B., Mueller, A.J., Thompson, C.F., Sakaluk, S.K. and E. K. Bowers. 2021. Female birds monitor the activity of their mates while brooding nest-bound young. Animal Cognition 24: 613-628.

Hampton, K.J., Duffield, K.R., Hunt, J., Sakaluk, S.K. and B.M. Sadd. 2021. Male and female genotype and a genotype-by-genotype interaction mediate the effects of mating on cellular but not humoral immunity in female decorated crickets. Heredity 126: 477–490.

Duffield, K.R., Hampton, K.J., Houslay, T.M., Rapkin, J., Hunt, J., Sadd, B.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2020. Macronutrient intake and simulated infection threat independently affect life history traits of male decorated crickets. Ecology and Evolution 10: 11766–11778.

Farchmin, P.A., Eggert, A. K., Duffield, K. R. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2020. Dynamic terminal investment in male burying beetles. Animal Behaviour 163: 1-7.

Hodges, K.E., Mortimer, N.T., Vrailas-Mortimer, A.D., Sakaluk, S.K., and C.F. Thompson. 2020. Connecting the dots: avian eggshell pigmentation, female condition and paternal provisioning effort. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130: 114–127.

Bowers, E.K., Thompson, C.F., Bowden, R.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2019. Post-hatching parental care and offspring growth vary with maternal corticosterone level in a wild bird population. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92: 496-504.

Sakaluk, S.K., Oldzej, J., Hodges, C.J., Harper, J.L., Rines, I.G., Hampton, K.J., Duffield, K.R., Hunt, J. and B.M. Sadd. 2019. Effects of inbreeding on life-history traits and sexual competency in decorated crickets. Animal Behaviour 155: 241-248.

DiSciullo, R.A., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2019. Perceived threat to paternity reduces likelihood of paternal provisioning in house wrens. Behavioral Ecology 30: 1336–1343.

Duffield, K.R., Hampton, K.J., Houslay, T.M., Hunt, J., Sadd, B.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2019. Inbreeding alters context-dependent reproductive effort and immunity in male crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32: 731-741.

Bowers, E.K., Jenkins, J.B., Mueller, A.J., Miller, K.D.,  Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2019. Condition-dependent begging elicits increased parental investment in a wild bird population. American Naturalist 193: 725-737.

Sakaluk, S.K., Duffield, K.R., Rapkin, J., Sadd, B.M and J. Hunt. 2019. The troublesome gift: the spermatophylax as a purveyor of sexual conflict and coercion in crickets. Advances in the Study of Behavior 51: 1-30.

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Prang, M.A., Trumbo, S.T., Vogel, H., Eggert, A.-K., Sakaluk, S.K. and S. Steiger. 2018. Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetles. Frontiers in Zoology 15: 33. Link to paper

Poorboy, D.M., Bowers, E.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2018. Experimental cross-fostering of eggs reveals effects of territory quality on reproductive allocation. Behavioral Ecology 29: 1190-1198. Link to paper

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Ruiz de la Torre, E., Eggert, A.-K., Sakaluk, S.K. and S. Steiger. 2018. Divergent co-evolutionary trajectories in parent-offspring interactions and discrimination against brood parasites revealed by interspecific cross-fostering. Royal Society Open Science 5: 180189. Link to paper

Weber, B.M., Bowers, E.K., Terrell, K.A., Falcone, J.F., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2018. Pre- and post-natal effects of experimentally manipulated maternal corticosterone on growth, stress reactivity, and survival of nestling house wrens. Functional Ecology 32: 1995-2007.

Duffield, K.R., Hampton, K.J., Houslay, T.M., Hunt, J., Rapkin, J., Sakaluk, S.K. and B.M. Sadd. 2018. Age-dependent variation in the terminal investment threshold in male crickets. Evolution 72: 578-589.

Rapkin, J., Jensen, K., Archer, R., House, C.M., Sakaluk, S.K., del Castillo, E. and J. Hunt. 2018. The geometry of nutrient-space based life-history trade-offs: sex-specific effects of macronutrient intake on the trade-off between encapsulation ability and reproductive effort in decorated crickets. American Naturalist 191: 452–474.

Sakaluk, S.K., Thompson, C.F. and E.K. Bowers. 2018. Experimental manipulation of incubation period reveals no apparent costs of incubation in house wrens. Animal Behaviour 137: 169-177. 

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Eggert, A.-K., Vogel, H., Sakaluk, S.K. and S. Steiger. 2018. Species divergence in offspring begging and parental provisioning is linked to nutritional dependency of larval burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology 29: 42-50.

Duffield, K.R., Bowers, E.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and B.M. Sadd. 2017. A dynamic threshold model for terminal investment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 185.

Bowers, E.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2017. Interactive effects of parental age on offspring fitness and age-assortative mating in a wild bird. Journal of Experimental Zoology 327:  302-310.

Rapkin, J., Jensen, K., House, C.M., Sakaluk, S.K., Sakaluk, J.K. and J. Hunt. 2017. The complex interplay between macronutrient intake, cuticular hydrocarbon expression and mating success in male decorated crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 711-727.

Dorset, E.E., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2017. Behavioral plasticity in response to perceived predation risk in breeding house wrens. Evolutionary Biology 44: 227-239.

Ower, G.D., Hunt, J. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2017. Multivariate sexual selection on male tegmina in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 338-351.

Will, D.S., Dorset, E.E., Thompson, C.F., Sakaluk, S.K. and E. Keith Bowers. 2017. Size of nest-cavity entrance influences male attractiveness and paternal provisioning in house wrens. Journal of Zoology 302: 1-7. 

Luzar, A.B., Schweizer, R., Sakaluk, S.K. and S. Steiger. 2017. Access to a carcass, but not mating opportunities, influence paternal care in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71:7. 

Bowers, E.K., Thompson C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2017. Maternal natal environment and breeding territory predict the condition and sex ratio of offspring. Evolutionary Biology 44: 11-20.

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Keppner, E.M., Vogel, H., Ayasse, M., Eggert, A.-K., Sakaluk, S.K. and S. Steiger. 2016. From facultative to obligatory parental care: interspecific variation in offspring dependency on post-hatching care in burying beetles. Scientific Reports 6: 29323.

Bowers, E.K., Grindstaff, J.L., Soukup, S.S., Drilling, N.E., Eckerle, K.P., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2016. Spring temperatures influence selection on breeding date and the potential for phenological mismatch in a migratory bird. Ecology 97: 2880-2891.

Strange, M.S., Bowden, R.M., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2016. Pre- and post-natal effects of corticosterone on fitness-related traits and the timing of endogenous corticosterone production in a songbird. Journal of Experimental Zoology 325A: 347-359.

Bowers, E.K., Bowden, R.M., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2016. Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird. Hormones and Behavior 83: 6-13.

Bowers, E.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2016. No effect of blood sampling or phytohaemagglutinin injection on post-fledging survival in a wild songbird. Ecology and Evolution 6: 3107-3114.

Bowers, E.K., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2016. Within-female plasticity in sex allocation is associated with a behavioral polyphenism in house wrens. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 602-616.

Rapkin, J., Jensen, K., Lane, S.M., House, C.M., Sakaluk, S.K. and J. Hunt. 2016. Macronutrient intake regulates sexual conflict in decorated crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 395-406.

Pauchet, Y., Wielsch, N., Wilkinson, P.A., Sakaluk, S.K., Svatoš, A., ffrench-Constant, R.H., Hunt, J. and D.G. Heckel. 2015. What’s in the gift? Towards a molecular dissection of nuptial feeding in a cricket. PLoS ONE 10(10): e0140191. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140191.  Featured in Newsweek.

Steiger, S, Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Gershman, S.N., Weddle, C.B., Rapkin, J., Sakaluk, S.K. and J. Hunt. 2015. Female choice for male cuticular hydrocarbon profile in decorated crickets is not based on similarity to their own profile. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 2175-2186.

Bowers, E.K., Forsman, A.M., Masters, B.S., Johnson, B.G.P., Johnson, L.S.,  Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2015. Increased extra-pair paternity in broods of aging males and enhanced recruitment of extra-pair young in a migratory bird. Evolution 69: 2533-2541.

Duffield, K.R., Hunt, J., Rapkin, J., Sadd, B.M. and S. K. Sakaluk. 2015. Terminal investment in the gustatory appeal of nuptial food gifts in crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 1872-1881.

Mulrey, T.E.P., Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2015 Switching tactics: phenotypic plasticity in the alternative mate-finding tactics of burying beetles. Animal Behaviour 108: 175-182.   Featured  as an In Focus selection

Hodges, C.J., Bowers, E.K., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2015. Cascading costs of reproduction in female house wrens induced to lay larger clutches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 1383-1393.

Bowers, E.K., White, A., Lang, A., Podgorski, L., Thompson, C.F., Sakaluk, S.K.,  Jaeckle, W.B. and R.G. Harper. 2015. Eggshell porosity covaries with egg size among female House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) but is unrelated to incubation onset and egg-laying order within clutches. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93: 421-425.

Bowers, E.K., Bowden, R.M., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2015. Immune activation generates corticosterone-mediated terminal reproductive investment in a wild bird. American Naturalist 185: 769-783.

Barnett, C.A., Suzuki, T.N., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2015. Mass-based condition measures and their relationship with fitness: in what condition is condition? Journal of Zoology 296: 1-5.

Bowers, E.K., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2015. Persistent sex-by-environment effects on offspring fitness and sex-ratio adjustment in a wild bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 473-486. Featured in BBC.

Sakaluk, S.K., Wilson, A.J., Bowers, E.K., Johnson, L.S., Masters, B.S., Johnson, B.G.P., Vogel, L.A., Forsman, A.M. and C.F. Thompson. 2014. Genetic and environmental variation in condition, cutaneous immunity, and haematocrit in house wrens. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:242.

Capodeanu-Nägler, A., Rapkin, J., Sakaluk, S.K., Hunt, J. and S. Steiger. 2014. Experimental alteration of cuticular hydrocarbons reveals self-recognition in crickets via on-line processing. Current Biology 24(23): R1117-R1118.

Lothery, C.J., Thompson, C.F., Lawler, M.L. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2014. Food supplementation fails to reveal a trade-off between incubation and maintenance in female house wrens. PLoS One 9(9): e106260. 

Bowers, E.K., Nietz, D, Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2014. Parental provisioning in house wrens: effects of varying brood size and consequences for offspring. Behavioral Ecology 25: 1485-1493.

Bowers, E.K., Hodges, C.J., Forsman, A.M., Vogel, L.A., Masters, B.S., Johnson, B.G.P., Johnson, L.S., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2014. Neonatal body condition, immune responsiveness, and hematocrit predict longevity in a wild bird population. Ecology 95: 3027-3034.

Barnett, C.A., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2014. Aggressive displays by male house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) are comprised of multiple components that predict attack. Journal of Field Ornithology 85: 56-62. 

Hunt, J. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2014. Mate choice. In The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems ( D.M. Shuker and L.W. Simmons, eds.), pp. 129-158. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Thompson, C.F., Sakaluk, S.K., Masters, B.S., Johnson, B.P.G., Vogel, L.A., Forsman, A.M. and L.S. Johnson. 2014. Condition-dependent sex difference in nestling house wren (Troglodytes aedon) response to phytohaemagglutinin injection. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92: 1-7. 

Bowers, E.K., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2014. Offspring sex ratio varies with clutch size for female house wrens induced to lay supernumerary eggs. Behavioral Ecology 25: 165-171. 

Sakaluk, S.K., Weddle, C.B., Mitchell, C. and J. Hunt. 2014. Signal reliability, sex-specific genotype-by-environment interactions in cuticular hydrocarbon expression, and the maintenance of polyandry through chemosensory self-referencing in decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus. In Genotype-by-Environment Interactions and Sexual Selection (J. Hunt & D.J. Hosken, eds.), pp. 312-330. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Steiger, S., Ower, G.D., Stökl, J., Mitchell, C., Hunt, J. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2013. Sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons of male sagebrush crickets in the wild. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20132353. 

Ower, G.D., Judge, K.A., Steiger, S., Caron, K.J., Smith, R.A. Hunt, J. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2013. Multivariate sexual selection on male song structure in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae). Ecology and Evolution 3: 3590-3603.  
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Bowers, E.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2013. Sibling cooperation influences age of nest leaving in an altricial bird. American Naturalist 181: 775-786. 

Weddle, C.B., Hunt, J. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2013. Self-referent phenotype matching and its role in female mate choice in arthropods. Current Zoology 59: 239-248. 

Gershman, S.N., Hunt, J. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2013. Food fight: sexual conflict over free amino acids in the nuptial gifts of male decorated crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 693-704.    Featured in dugdug

Weddle, C.B., Steiger, S., Hamaker, C.G., Mitchell, C., Sakaluk, S.K. and J. Hunt. 2013. Cuticular hydrocarbons as a basis for chemosensory self-referencing in crickets: a potentially universal mechanism facilitating polyandry in insects. Ecology Letters 16: 346-353.    Faculty of 1000 recommended

Archer, C.R., Sakaluk, S.K., Selman, C., Royle, N.J. and J. Hunt. 2013. Oxidative stress and the evolution of sex differences in lifespan and ageing in the decorated cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus. Evolution 67: 620-634. 

Barnett, C.A., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2012. Aggressiveness, boldness and parental food provisioning in male house wrens (Troglodytes aedon). Ethology 118: 984-993. 

Weddle, C.B., Mitchell, C., Bay, S.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and J. Hunt. 2012. Sex-specific genotype-by-environment interactions for cuticular hydrocarbon expression in decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus: implications for the evolution of signal reliability. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 2112-2125. 

Grana, S.C.,  Sakaluk, S.K., Bowden, R.M., Doellman, M.A., Vogel, L.A. and C.F. Thompson. 2012. Reproductive allocation in female house wrens is not influenced by experimentally altered male attractiveness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 1247-1258. 

Steiger, S., Gershman, S.N., Pettinger, A.M., Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2012. Dominance status and sex influence nutritional state and immunity in burying beetles Nicrophorus orbicollis. Behavioral Ecology 23: 1126-1132. 

Archer, C.R., Zajitschek, F., Sakaluk, S.K., Royle, N.J and J. Hunt. 2012. Sexual selection affects the evolution of lifespan and ageing in the decorated cricket Gryllodes sigillatus. Evolution 66: 3088-3100. 

Bowers, E.K., Smith, R.A., Hodges, C.J., Zimmerman, L.M., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2012. Sex-biased terminal investment in offspring induced by maternal immune challenge in the house wren (Troglodytes aedon). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 2891-2898.     featured in The Scientist and Physorg.

Gershman, S.N., Mitchell C., Sakaluk, S.K. and J. Hunt. 2012. Biting off more than you can chew: sexual selection on the free amino acid composition of the spermatophylax in decorated crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 2531-2538.   

Bowers, E.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2012. Experimentally increased egg production constrains future reproduction of female house wrens. Animal Behaviour 83: 495-500. 

Gordon, D.G., Gershman, S.N. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2012. Glycine in nuptial food gifts of decorated crickets decreases female sexual receptivity when ingested, but not when injected. Animal Behaviour 83: 369-375. 

Sutherland, J.L., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2012. No effect of carotenoid supplementation on PHA response or body condition of nestling house wrens. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 21-28. 

Steiger, S., Gershman, S.N., Pettinger, A.M., Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2011. Sex differences in immunity and rapid upregulation of immune defence during parental care in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis. Functional Ecology 25: 1368-1378. 

Clairardin, S.G., Barnett, C.A., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2011. Experimentally increased in ovo testosterone leads to increased bactericidal activity and decreased cutaneous immune response in nestling house wrens. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 2778-2782.   

Pettinger, A.M., Steiger, S., Müller, J.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and A.K. Eggert. 2011. Dominance status and carcass availability affect the outcome of sperm competition in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology 22: 1079–1087. 

Bowers, E.K., Sakaluk, S.K. and C.F. Thompson. 2011. Adaptive sex allocation in relation to hatching synchrony and offspring quality in house wrens. American Naturalist 177: 617-629. 

Barnett, C.A., Clairardin, S.G., Thompson, C.F., and S.K. Sakaluk. 2011. Turning a deaf ear: a test of the manipulating androgens hypothesis in house wrens. Animal Behaviour 81: 113-120. 

Masters, B.S., Johnson, L.S., Johnson, B.G.P., Brubaker, J., Sakaluk, S.K. and C. F. Thompson. 2011. Evidence for heterozygote instability in microsatellite loci in house wrens. Biology Letters 7: 127-130. 

Gershman, S.N. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2010. Mate quality and novelty influence post-copulatory female choice in decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus. Ethology 116: 1113-1117.     

DeMory, M.L., Thompson, C.F. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2010. Male quality influences male provisioning in house wrens independent of attractiveness. Behavioral Ecology 21: 1156-1164.   

Kerr, A.M., Gershman, S.N. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2010. Experimentally-induced spermatophore production and immune responses reveal a trade-off in crickets. Behavioral Ecology 21: 647-654.

Gershman, S.N., Barnett, C.A., Pettinger, A.M., Weddle, C.B., Hunt, J. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2010. Give ‘til it hurts: tradeoffs between immunity and male reproductive effort in inbred and outbred decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 829-839. 

Gershman, S.N., Barnett, C.A., Pettinger, A.M., Weddle, C.B., Hunt, J. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2010. Inbred decorated crickets exhibit higher measures of macroparasitic immunity than outbred individuals. Heredity 105: 282-289.   

Forsman, A.M., Sakaluk, S.K., Thompson, C.F. and L. A. Vogel. 2010. Cutaneous immune activity, but not innate immune responsiveness, covaries with mass and environment in nestling house wrens (Troglodytes aedon). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83: 512-518.   

Gershman, S.N. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2009. No Coolidge effect in decorated crickets. Ethology 115: 774-780.   

Sakaluk, S.K. and A.-K. Eggert. 2009. Coping with the cold: temperature and mating activity of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans. Physiological Entomology 34: 251-255.   

Johnson, L.S., Thompson , C.F., Sakaluk, S.K., Neuhäuser, M., Johnson, B.G.P., Soukup, S.S., Forsythe, S.J. and B.S. Masters. 2009. Extra-pair young in house wren broods are more likely to be male than female. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276: 2285-2289.   

Ryan, K.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2009. Dulling the senses: the role of the antennae in mate recognition, copulation, and mate guarding in decorated crickets. Animal Behaviour 77: 1345-1350. 

Leman, J.C., Weddle, C.B., Gershman, S.N., Kerr, A.M., Ower, G.D., St. John, J.M., Vogel, L.A. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2009. Lovesick: immunological costs of mating to male sagebrush crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 163-171.      Nature Research Highlight

Mautz, B.S. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2008. Heritable variation in the timing of spermatophore removal, a mechanism of post-copulatory female choice in crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1366-1370. 

Forsman, A.M., Vogel, L.A., Sakaluk, S.K., Johnson, B.G., , Masters, B.S., Johnson, L.S. and C. F. Thompson. 2008. Female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) increase the size, but not immunocompetence, of their offspring through extra-pair mating. Molecular Ecology 17: 3697-3706.   

Mautz, B.S. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2008. The effects of age and previous mating experience on pre- and post-copulatory mate choice in female house crickets (Acheta domesticus L.). Journal of Insect Behavior 21: 203-212. 

Forsman, A.M., Vogel, L.A., Sakaluk, S.K., Grindstaff, J.L. and C. F. Thompson. 2008. Immune-challenged house wren broods differ in the relative strengths of their responses among different axes of the immune system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 873-878.   

Sakaluk, S.K. and J.K. Müller. 2008. Risk of sperm competition mediates copulation duration, but not paternity, of male burying beetles. Journal of Insect Behavior 21: 153-163. 

Ivy, T.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2007. Sequential mate choice in decorated crickets: females use a fixed internal threshold in pre- and postcopulatory choice. Animal Behaviour 74: 1065-1072.  PDF reprint

Ivy, T.M. 2007. Good genes, genetic compatibility, and the evolution of polyandry: a quantitative genetics approach to address competing hypotheses. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.  PDF reprint

Kindle,T.K., Johnson, K.M., Ivy, T.M., Weddle, C.B. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2006. Female mating frequency increases with temperature in two cricket species, Gryllodes sigillatus and Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 1345-1350.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. 2006. Book review of Sexual Conflict by G. Arnqvist and L. Rowe. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 989-990.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Avery, R.L. and C.B. Weddle. 2006. Cryptic sexual conflict in gift-giving insects: chasing the chase-away. American Naturalist 167: 94-104. PDF reprint   featured in The Wall Street Journal and Discover

Ivy, T.M. , Weddle, C.B. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2005. Female use self-referent cues to avoid mating with previous mates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 272: 2475-2478.  PDF reprint  featured in New Scientist and Current Biology

Ivy, T.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2005. Polyandry promotes enhanced offspring survival in decorated crickets. Evolution 59: 152-159.  PDF reprint       

Zar, R., Sakaluk, S., Moore, A. and W. Klessig. 2005. Measuring the value of enrichment: activity budgets of Siberian lynx. Shape of Enrichment 14: 7-8.

Fleischman, R.R. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2004. Sexual conflict over remating in house crickets: no evidence of an anti-aphrodisiac in males' ejaculates. Behaviour 141: 633-646. PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Campbell, M.T.H., Clark, A.P., Johnson, J.C. and P.A. Keorpes. 2004. Hemolymph loss during nuptial feeding constrains male mating success in sagebrush crickets. Behavioral Ecology 15: 845-849. PDF reprint

Fleischman, R.R. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2004. No direct or indirect benefits to cryptic female choice in house crickets (Acheta domesticus). Behavioral Ecology 15: 793-798.  PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K., Reinhardt, K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2003. Linear models for assessing mechanisms of sperm competition: the trouble with transformations. Evolution 57: 173-176.  PDF reprint

Weddle, C.B. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2003. Ingestion of male hemolymph and mating propensity of female sagebrush crickets: no evidence of a male-derived anti-aphrodisiac. Animal Behaviour 65: 83-88.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Schaus, J.M., Eggert, A.-K., Snedden, W.A. and P.L. Brady. 2002. Polyandry and fitness of offspring reared under varying nutritional stress in decorated crickets. Evolution 56: 1999-2007.  PDF reprint

Ritz, M.S. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2002. The role of the male’s cerci in copulation and mate guarding in decorated crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus). Journal of Zoology 257: 519-523. PDF reprint

Schaus, J.M and S.K. Sakaluk. 2002. Repeatability of sperm number across multiple matings in three cricket species, Gryllodes sigillatus, Gryllus veletis, and Gryllus texensis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 582-585. PDF reprint

Schaus, J.M and S.K. Sakaluk. 2001. Ejaculate expenditures of male crickets in response to varying risk and intensity of sperm competition: not all species play games. Behavioral Ecology 12: 740-745.   PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2000. Benefits of communal breeding in burying beetles: a field experiment. Ecological Entomology 25: 262-266.   PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. 2000. Sensory exploitation as an evolutionary origin to nuptial food gifts in insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 267: 339-343.   PDF reprint  featured in Nautilus

Jia, Z., Jiang, Z. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2000. Nutritional condition influences investment by male katydids in nuptial food gifts. Ecological Entomology 25: 115-118.    PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. and T.M. Ivy. 1999. Virgin-male mating advantage in sagebrush crickets: differential male competitiveness or non-independent mate choice? Behaviour 136: 1335-1346.   PDF reprint    BBC Wildlife Discovery

Ivy, T.M., Johnson, J.C., and S.K. Sakaluk. 1999. Hydration benefits to courtship feeding in crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 266: 1523-1528.   PDF reprint

Johnson, J.C., Ivy, T.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1999. Female remating propensity contingent on sexual cannibalism in sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans: a mechanism of cryptic female choice. Behavioral Ecology 10: 227-233.   PDF reprint

Calos, J.B. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1998. Paternity of offspring in multiply-mated female crickets: the effect of nuptial food gifts and the advantage of mating first. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 265, 2191-2195.   PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Eggert, A.-K. and J.K. Müller. 1998. The 'widow effect' and its consequences for reproduction in burying beetles, Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Siphidae). Ethology 104: 553-564.

Müller, J.K., Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1998. Carcass maintenance and biparental brood care in burying beetles: are males redundant? Ecological Entomology 23: 195-200.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1997. Cryptic female choice predicated on wing dimorphism in decorated crickets. Behavioral Ecology 8: 326-331.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. and A.-K. Eggert. 1996. Female control of sperm transfer and intraspecific variation in sperm precedence: antecedents to the evolution of a courtship food gift. Evolution 50: 694-703.   PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1995. Female-coerced monogamy in burying beetles. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37: 147-153.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Snedden, W.A., Jacobson, K.A., and A.-K. Eggert. 1995. Sexual competition in sagebrush crickets: must males hear calling rivals? Behavioral Ecology 6: 250-257.

Sakaluk, S.K., Bangert, P.J., Eggert, A.-K., Gack, C. and L.V. Swanson. 1995. The gin trap as a device facilitating coercive mating in sagebrush crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 261: 65-71.

Frankino, W.A. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1994. Post-copulatory mate guarding delays promiscuous mating by female decorated crickets. Animal Behaviour 48: 1479-1481.  PDF reprint

Will, M.W. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1994. Courtship feeding in decorated crickets: is the spermatophylax a sham? Animal Behaviour 48: 1309-1315.  PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1994. Fluctuating asymmetry and variation in the size of courtship food gifts in decorated crickets. American Naturalist 144: 708-716.   PDF reprint

Eggert, A.-K. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1994. Sexual cannibalism and its relation to male mating success in sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae). Animal Behaviour 47: 1171-1177.  PDF reprint

Burpee, D.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1993. The effect of pair formation on diel calling patterns in two cricket species, Gryllus veletis and Gryllodes sigillatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 6: 431-440.

Burpee, D.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1993. Repeated matings offset costs of reproduction in female crickets. Evolutionary Ecology 7: 240-250.

Sakaluk, S.K., Burpee, D.L. and R.L. Smith. 1992. Phenotypic and genetic variation in the stridulatory organs of male decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70: 453-457.

Snedden, W.A. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1992. Acoustical signalling and its relation to male mating success in sagebrush crickets. Animal Behaviour 44: 633-639.  PDF

Sakaluk, S.K. 1991. Post-copulatory mate guarding in decorated crickets. Animal Behaviour 41: 207-216.  PDF

Sakaluk, S.K. 1991. Sex for a song (dinner included). Natural History 100: 66-73.

Sakaluk, S.K. and W.A. Snedden. 1990. Nightly calling durations of male sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans: size, mating and seasonal effects. Oikos 57: 153-160.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1990. Sexual selection and predation: balancing reproductive and survival needs. In D.L. Evans and J.O. Schmidt, eds. Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators. SUNY Press, Albany, NY. pp. 63-90.

Kidder III, G.W. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1989. A simple and inexpensive electronic device for automatic recording and analysis of insect acoustical activity. Florida Entomologist 72: 642-649.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Mason, A. and M.C. Sakaluk. 1989. North-easterly orientation and defense of nest entrances in the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex owyheei. Journal of Insect Behavior 2: 261-266.

Morris, G.K., Gwynne, D.T., Klimas, D.E. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1989. Virgin male mating advantage in a primitive acoustic insect (Orthoptera: Haglidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 2: 173-185.

Sakaluk, S.K. and R.L. Smith. 1988. Inheritance of male parental investment in an insect. American Naturalist 132: 594-601.   PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K., Morris, G.K. and W.A. Snedden. 1987. Mating and its effect on acoustic signalling behavior in a primitive orthopteran, Cyphoderris strepitans (Haglidae): the cost of feeding females. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 21: 173-178.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1987. Reproductive behaviour of the decorated cricket, Gryllodes supplicans (Orthoptera: Gryllidae): calling schedules, spatial distribution, and mating. Behaviour 100: 202-225.  PDF

Sakaluk, S.K. 1986. Is courtship feeding by male insects parental investment? Ethology 73: 161-166.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1986. Sperm competition and the evolution of nuptial feeding behavior in the cricket, Gryllodes supplicans (Walker). Evolution 40: 584-593.   PDF reprint

Quinn, J.S. and S.K. Sakaluk. 1986. Prezygotic male reproductive effort in insects: why do males provide more than sperm? Florida Entomologist 69: 84-94.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. 1985. Spermatophore size and its role in the reproductive behaviour of the cricket, Gryllodes supplicans (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 63: 1652-1656.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. 1984. Male crickets feed females to ensure complete sperm transfer. Science (Washington, D.C.) 223: 609-610.  PDF reprint

Sakaluk, S.K. and J.J. Belwood. 1984. Gecko phonotaxis to cricket calling song: a case of satellite predation. Animal Behaviour 32: 659-662.  PDF

Sakaluk, S.K. and D.H. O'Day. 1984. Hoechst staining and quantification of sperm in the spermatophore and spermatheca of the decorated cricket, Gryllodes supplicans (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Canadian Entomologist 116: 1585-1589.

Sakaluk, S.K. and W.H. Cade. 1983. The adaptive significance of female multiple matings in house and field crickets. In D.T. Gwynne and G.K. Morris, eds. Orthopteran Mating Systems: Sexual Competition in a Diverse Group of Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. pp. 319-336.

Sakaluk, S.K. 1982. Onset of phonotaxis and age at first mating in female house crickets, Acheta domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 90: 136-141.

Sakaluk, S.K. and W.H. Cade. 1980. Female mating frequency and progeny production in singly and doubly mated house and field crickets. Canadian Journal of Zoology 58: 404-411.