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List of works by Thomas N. Sherratt

A case for mutualistic deceptive mimicry

scientific article published on 12 April 2021

A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry

scientific article published on 21 March 2012

A dynamical model of sexual harassment in damselflies and its implications for female-limited polymorphism

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Aggregation, defence and warning signals: the evolutionary relationship

scientific article published in October 2006

An empirical test of signal detection theory as it applies to Batesian mimicry

scientific article published on 27 July 2006

Behaviorial evolution: does similarity breed cooperation?

scientific article published in August 2002

Behaviourally mediated crypsis in two nocturnal moths with contrasting appearance

scientific article published on February 2009

Biogeography and systematics of endemic island damselflies: The Nesobasis and Melanesobasis (Odonata: Zygoptera) of Fiji

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

Body size affects the evolution of eyespots in caterpillars

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Body size affects the evolution of hidden colour signals in moths.

scientific article published in August 2017

Camouflage behaviour and body orientation on backgrounds containing directional patterns

Chemical defense and tonic immobility in early life stages of the Harlequin cabbage bug, Murgantia histrionica (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

scientific article published in 2021

Climate-induced phenological shifts in a Batesian mimicry complex

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Consistent Associations between Body Size and Hidden Contrasting Color Signals across a Range of Insect Taxa

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Conspicuous Coloration in Males of the Damselfly Nehalennia irene (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae): Do Males Signal Their Unprofitability to Other Males?

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Cooperative reading: some suggestions for integration of the cooperation literature

scientific article published on 17 August 2007

Costs of Learning and the Evolution of Mimetic Signals

scientific article

Defensive posture and eyespots deter avian predators from attacking caterpillar models

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Differential predation drives the geographical divergence in multiple traits in aposematic frogs

scientific article published in 2017

Disruptive camouflage impairs object recognition

scientific article published on 23 October 2013

Diversity in Müllerian mimicry: The optimal predator sampling strategy explains both local and regional polymorphism in prey

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Do Males Form Social Associations Based on Sexual Attractiveness in a Fission-Fusion Fish Society?

scientific article

Do unprofitable prey evolve traits that profitable prey find difficult to exploit?

scientific article published in November 2005

Ecology. When paths to cooperation converge

scientific article published in September 2012

Empirical tests of the role of disruptive coloration in reducing detectability

scientific article published in May 2007

Evolutionary biology: Island of the clones

scientific article published in June 2005

Evolutionary transitions from camouflage to aposematism: Hidden signals play a pivotal role

scientific article published on 16 March 2023

Explaining Dioscorides' "double difference": why are some mushrooms poisonous, and do they signal their unprofitability?

scientific article

Eyespots.

scientific article published on January 2016

Fecal residues of veterinary parasiticides: nontarget effects in the pasture environment

scientific article published in January 2005

Frequency-dependent selection on female morphs driven by premating interactions with males

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Frequency-dependent variation in mimetic fidelity in an intraspecific mimicry system.

scientific article published on 2 March 2011

Hiding in plain sight

scientific article published on 09 June 2005

Is there a size limit for cosmopolitan distribution in free-living microorganisms? A biogeographical analysis of testate amoebae from polar areas

scientific article

Live fast, die old: no evidence of reproductive senescence or costs of mating in a damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera).

scientific article

Mimicry among Unequally Defended Prey Should Be Mutualistic When Predators Sample Optimally

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Mimicry on the edge

scientific article published in Nature

Mixed signals? Morphological and molecular evidence suggest a color polymorphism in some neotropical polythore damselflies

scientific article

Natural selection on unpalatable species imposed by state-dependent foraging behaviour

scientific article published in May 2004

Negative frequency-dependent selection or alternative reproductive tactics: maintenance of female polymorphism in natural populations

scientific article

On the strategic learning of signal associations

scientific article published in 2022

Prey with hidden colour defences benefit from their similarity to aposematic signals

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Response of adult dragonflies to artificial prey of different size and colour

scientific article

Selection for multicomponent mimicry: equal feature salience and variation in preferred traits

scientific article published in 2016

Signal categorization by foraging animals depends on ecological diversity

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

Spatial mosaic formation through frequency-dependent selection in Müllerian mimicry complexes

scientific article published on 3 November 2005

State-Dependent Decision-Making by Predators and Its Consequences for Mimicry

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Statistical inference and spatial patterns in correlates of IQ

The Evolution of Warning Signals as Reliable Indicators of Prey Defense

scientific article published on October 16, 2003

The anti-predation benefit of flash displays is related to the distance at which the prey initiates its escape

scientific article published in 2021

The biology of color

scientific article

The coevolution of warning signals

scientific article published in April 2002

The economics of evolution: Henry Ford and the Model T

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The evolution of Müllerian mimicry

scientific article (publication date: 10 June 2008)

The evolution of locomotory behavior in profitable and unprofitable simulated prey

scientific article published on October 16, 2003

The evolution of multicomponent mimicry

scientific article published on 23 September 2006

The evolution of müllerian mimicry in multispecies communities

scientific article

The evolution of senescence in multi-component systems

scientific article published on 29 October 2009

The influence of simulated immigration and chemical persistence on recovery of macroinvertebrates from cypermethrin and 3,4-dichloroaniline exposure in aquatic microcosms

scientific article published in June 2009

The key mimetic features of hoverflies through avian eyes

scientific article published in August 2007

The optimal sampling strategy for unfamiliar prey

scientific article published on March 29, 2011

The perfection of mimicry: an information approach.

scientific article published on July 2017

The relationship between morphological and behavioral mimicry in hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae).

scientific article published on 24 December 2013

The stability of cooperation involving variable investment

scientific article published in March 2002

Warning signals evolve to disengage Batesian mimics

scientific article published on 11 September 2008

Why are defensive toxins so variable? An evolutionary perspective

scientific article published on 30 April 2012

Why fruit rots: theoretical support for Janzen's theory of microbe-macrobe competition.

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

Why fruits rot, seeds mold and meat spoils: A reappraisal

scientific article published on 29 September 2005

reply ‘Raise the stakes’ evolves into a defector

scientific article published in Nature