Forsman, A.M., Sakaluk, S.K., Thompson, C.F. and L. A. Vogel. in press.
Cutaneous immune activity, but not innate immune responsiveness, covaries with
mass and environment in nestling house wrens (Troglodytes aedon).
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.
Gershman, S.N. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2009. No Coolidge effect in decorated
crickets. Ethology 115: 774-780.
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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. request a reprint
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. request a reprint
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. request a reprint
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. request a reprint 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. request a reprint
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. request a reprint
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. request a reprint
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. request a reprint
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. request a reprint
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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
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Ivy, T.M. and S.K. Sakaluk. 2005. Polyandry promotes enhanced offspring survival
in decorated crickets. Evolution 59: 152-159.
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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.
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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.
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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
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.
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