Publications

Rubin JJ, Medina-Madrid JL, Falk JJ, Somjee U (2024). The matador bug’s elaborate flags deter avian predators. Behavioral Ecology. PDF DOI

Fernandez-Duque F, Miller ET, Fernandez-Duque M, Falk JJ, Venable G, Rabinowicz S, Becker CD, Hauber ME (2023). Phenotype predicts interspecific dominance hierarchies in a cloud-forest hummingbird guild. Ethology. PDF DOI

Anderson A, Falk JJ (2023). Cross-sexual Transfer Revisited. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PDF DOI

Longbottom C, Falk JJ, Greenway EV, Johnson MG, Ramos C, Rößler DC, Rubin JJ, Somjee U (2022). Why does the Matador Bug, Anisoscelis alipes (Hemiptera: Coreidae), Wave its Brightly Colored Legs? Journal of Insect Behavior. PDF DOI

Falk JJ, Rubenstein DR, Rico-Guevara A, Webster MS (2022). Intersexual social dominance mimicry drives female hummingbird polymorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. PDF DOI Data

Comment by Tim Caro in Nature News & Views: Female birds disguised as males get extra food

Somjee U, Shankar A, Falk JJ (2022). Can Sex-Specific Metabolic Rates Provide Insight into Patterns of Metabolic Scaling? Integrative and Comparative Biology. PDF DOI

Falk JJ, Webster MS, Rubenstein DR (2021). Male-like ornamentation in female hummingbirds results from social harassment rather than sexual selection. Current Biology. PDF DOI Data

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Selected Media Coverage: New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Popular Science, Science News, Forbes, and… The Onion

Diamant ES, Falk JJ, Rubenstein DR (2021). Male-like female morphs in hummingbirds: the evolution of a widespread sex-limited plumage polymorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. PDF DOI

Buitrago-Rosas D, Medina JL, Castillo PL, Ortega J, Garzón JL, Falk JJ (2019). Highland avian surveys in Cerro Hoyal National Park (Azuero, Panamá) reveal new range extensions, including a rare hummingbird (Selasphorus sp.). Ornitología Neotropical. PDF

Falk JJ*, ter Hofstede HM*, Jones PL, Dixon MM, Faure PA, Kalko EKV, Page RA (2015). Sensory-based niche partitioning in multiple predator - multiple prey community. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. *Contributed equally PDF DOI

Falk JJ, Parent CP, Agashe D, Bolnick DI (2012). Drift and selection entwined: Asymmetric reproductive isolation in an experimental niche shift. Evolutionary Ecology Research [special edition: Niche Theory & Speciation]. PDF

Agashe D, Falk JJ, Bolnick DI (2011). Effect of Founding Genetic Variation on Adaptation to a Novel Resource. Evolution. PDF DOI

Goolsby JA, Moran P, Falk JJ, Gilbert LE (2009). Distribution and Spread of an Adventive Population of the Biological Control Agent, Tetramesa romana in Austin, Texas. The Southwestern Entomologist. PDF