See below for an up-to-date list of my published papers. Click on the boxes on the right to access the pdfs. For citation info see my Google scholar and ResearchGate profiles.
2024
Dougherty, L.R., Frost, F., Maenpaa, M., Rowe, M., Cole, B.J., Vasudeva, R., Pottier, P., Schultner, E., Macartney, E.L., Lindenbaum, I., Smith, J.L., Carazo, P., Graziano, M., Weaving, H., Domenech, B.C., Berger, D., Meena, A., Bishop, T.R., Noble, D.W.A., Simões, P., Baur, J., Breedveld, M.C., Svensson, E.I., Lancaster, L.T., Ellers, J., De Nardo, A.N., Santos, M.A., Ramm, S.A., Drobniak, S.M., Redana, M., Tuni, C., Pilakouta, N., Zizzari, Z.V., Iossa, G., Lüpold, S., Koppik, M., Early, R., Gasparini, C., Nakagawa, S., Lagisz, M., Bretman, A., Fricke, C., Snook, R.R., Price, T.A.R. (2024). The effect of temperature on animal reproduction: a systematic map. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5(1): e12303.
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2023
Mak, K.W., Price, T.A. & Dougherty, L.R. (2023). The effect of short-term exposure to high temperatures on male courtship behaviour and mating success in the fruit fly Drosophila virilis. Journal of Thermal Biology, 117: 103701.
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Dougherty, L.R., Rovenolt, F., Luyet, A., Jokela, J. & Stephenson, J.F. (2023) Ornaments indicate parasite load only if they are dynamic or parasites are contagious. Evolution Letters, qrad017.
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Dougherty, L.R. (2023) The effect of individual state on the strength of mate choice in females and males. Behavioral Ecology.
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2022
Dougherty, L.R. (2022) An (almost) fatal blow to conventional wisdom: A comment on Richardson and Zuk. Behavioral Ecology 34(2): 184.
Invited commentary on Richardson & Zuk (2022) |
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Dougherty, L.R., Skirrow, M.J.A., Jennions, M.D., and Simmons, L.W. (2022) Male alternative reproductive tactics and sperm competition: A meta-analysis. Biological Reviews 97(4): 1365-1388.
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2021
Wyber, B.W., Dougherty, L.R., McNamara, K., Mehnert, A., Shaw, J., Tomkins, J.L. & Simmons, L. W. (2021) Quantifying variation in female internal genitalia: no evidence for plasticity in response to sexual conflict risk in a seed beetle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20210746.
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Dougherty, L.R. (2021) Meta-analysis reveals that animal sexual signalling behaviour is honest and resource-based. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5: 688–699.
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Dougherty, L.R. (2021) Meta-analysis shows the evidence for context-dependent mating behaviour is inconsistent or weak across animals. Ecology Letters 24: 862-875.
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2020
Cooke, J., Araya, Y., Bacon, K.L., Bagniewska, J.M., Batty, L., Bishop, T.R., Burns, M., Charalambous, M., Daversa, D.R., Dougherty, L.R., Dyson, M., Fisher, A.M., Forman, D., Garcia, C., Harney, E., Hesselberg, T., John, E.A., Knell, R., Maseyk, K., Mauchline, A.L., Peacock, J., Pernetta, A.P., Pritchard, J., Sutherland, W.J., Thomas, R.L., Tigar, B., Wheeler, P., White, R.L., Worsfold, N.T., & Lewis, Z. (2020) Teaching and learning in ecology: a horizon scan of emerging challenges and solutions. Oikos 130: 15-28.
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Davies, A.D., Lewis, Z & Dougherty, L.R. (2020) A meta-analysis of factors influencing the strength of mate choice copying in animals. Behavioural Ecology 31: 1279-1290.
Invited review. See associated commentaries by Brooks, Danchin et al., DuVal & Jones, and Sapage & Varela, and our reply here |
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Dougherty, L.R., Dewhurst, A.D. & Lewis, Z. (2020) Operational sex ratio does not influence the evolution of male mate choice in the Indian meal moth. Journal of Ethology 38: 21-28.
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2019
McNamara, K.B., Dougherty, L.R., Wedell, N. & Simmons, L.W. (2019) Experimental evolution reveals divergence in female genital teeth morphology in response to sexual conflict intensity in a moth. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32: 519-524.
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2018
Balfour, V.L., Aumont, C., Dougherty, L.R. & Shuker, D.M. (2018) The fitness effects of a pale mutant in the aposematic seed bug Lygaeus simulans indicate pleiotropy between warning coloration and life history. Ecology and Evolution 8: 12855-12866.
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Dougherty, L.R. & Guillette, L.M. (2018) Linking personality and cognition: a meta-analysis. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B 373: 20170282.
This paper is part of the special issue: "Causes and consequences of individual differences in cognitive ability". |
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Dougherty, L.R. & Simmons, L.W. (2018) X-Ray sex: sexual conflict caught in the act. Molecular reproduction and development 85:743.
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2017
Dougherty, L.R. (2017) Sexual antagonism hypothesis. In ‘Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior’ (eds. Vonk, J. & Shackleford, T.). Springer International Publishing.
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Dougherty, L.R. & Simmons, L.W. (2017) X-Ray micro-CT scanning reveals temporal separation of male harm and female kicking during traumatic mating in seed beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 284: 20170550.
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Dougherty, L.R., van Lieshout, E., McNamara, K.B., Moschilla, J.A., Arnqvist, G. & Simmons, L.W. (2017) Sexual conflict and correlated evolution between male persistence and female resistance traits in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 284: 20170132.
This paper received press coverage in New Scientist, The Economist and Discover magazine |
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2016
Dougherty, L.R., Simmons, L.W. & Shuker, D.M. (2016) Post-copulatory sexual selection when a female mates once. Animal Behaviour 116: 13-16.
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Dougherty, L.R. & Shuker, D.M. (2016) Variation in pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection on male genital size in two species of lygaeid bug. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 625-637.
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Moore, F.R., Shuker, D.M. & Dougherty, L.R. (2016) Stress and sexual signalling: a systematic review and meta- analysis. Behavioral Ecology 27: 363-371.
Invited review. See associated commentaries by Møller & Saino, Leary, Buchanan et al. and Garamszegi, and our reply here |
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2015
Dougherty, L.R. & Shuker, D.M. (2015) Natural breakage of the very long intromittent organ of the seed bug Lygaeus simulans (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). European Journal of Entomology 112: 818-823.
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Greenway, E.V., Dougherty, L.R. & Shuker, D.M. (2015) Mating failure. Current Biology 25: R534-R536.
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Dougherty, L.R., Rahman, I.A., Burdfield-Steel, E.R, Greenway, E.V. & Shuker, D.M. (2015) Experimental reduction of intromittent organ length reduces male reproductive success in a bug. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 282: 201507824.
This paper received press coverage in The Guardian, BBC Scotland, Wired and The Daily Mail |
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Dougherty, L.R. & Shuker, D.M. (2015) The effect of experimental design on the measurement of mate choice: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology 26: 311-319.
Invited review. See associated commentaries by Ryan & Taylor, Rowe & Arnqvist, Fitzpatrick & Servedio and Kokko & Jennions, and our reply here |
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2014
Dougherty, L.R. & Shuker, D.M. (2014) Pre-copulatory sexual selection in the seed bug Lygaeus equestris: a comparison of choice and no-choice paradigms. Animal Behaviour 89: 207-214.
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2013
Burdfield-Steel, E.R., Dougherty, L.R., Smith, L.A., Collins, L.A. & Shuker, D.M. (2013) Variation in social and sexual behaviour in four species of aposematic seed bugs (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae): the role of toxic and non-toxic food. Behavioural Processes 99: 52-61.
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Dougherty, L.R.*, Burdfield-Steel, E.R.* & Shuker, D.M. (2013) Sexual stereotypes: the case of sexual cannibalism. Animal Behaviour 85: 313-322. (* Joint first authors)
This paper recieved press coverage in Science News and i09 |
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