The University of Western Australia

Assoc/Prof Jonathan Evans

QEII Fellow/Associate Professor
Centre for Evolutionary Biology

Contact details

Address

Centre for Evolutionary Biology
The University of Western Australia (M092)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 2010

Fax

6488 1029

Email

jonevans@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Personal homepage

http://www.ceb.uwa.edu.au/our_people/jon_evans

Qualifications

BSc Liv. PhD St And.

Publications

27. Evans, J. P., Gasparini, C. & Pilastro, A. 2006 Female guppies shorten brood retention in response to predator cues. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. In press

26. Zajitschek, S. R. K., Evans, J. P. & Brooks, R. 2006 Independent effects of familiarity and mating preferences for ornamental traits on mating decisions in guppies. Behav. Ecol. 17: 911-916

25. Locatello, L., Rasotto, M. B., Evans, J. P. & Pilastro, A. 2006 Colourful male guppies produce faster and more viable sperm. J. Evol. Biol. 19: 1595-1602

24. Mariette, M., Kelley, J. L., Brooks, R. & Evans, J. P. 2006 The effects of inbreeding on male courtship and coloration in guppies. Ethology 112: 807-814

23. Marshall, D. J. & Evans, J. P. 2005 Does egg competition occur in marine broadcast-spawners? J. Evol. Biol 18: 1244-1252

22. Ojanguren, A. F., Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 2005 Multiple mating influences offspring size in guppies. J. Fish Biol. 67: 1184-1188

21. Marshall, D. J. & Evans, J. P. 2005 The benefits of polyandry in the free-spawning polychaete Galeolaria caespitosa. J. Evol. Biol. 18: 735-741

20. Evans, J. P. & Marshall, D. J. 2005 Male-by-female interactions influence fertilization success and mediate the benefits of polyandry in the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma. Evolution 59: 106-112.

19. Evans, J. P., Kelley, J. L., Bisazza, A., E. Finazzo & Pilastro, A. 2004 Sire attractiveness influences offspring performance in guppies. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271: 2035-2042

18. Evans, J. P., Bisazza, A. & Pilastro, A. 2004 Female mating preferences for colourful males in a population of guppies subject to high predation. J. Fish Biol. 65: 1154-1159

17. Marshall, D. J., Steinberg, P. D. & Evans, J. P. 2004 The early sperm gets the good egg: mating order effects in free spawners Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271: 1585-1589

16. Pilastro, A. Simonato, M., Bisazza, A. & Evans, J. P. 2004 Cryptic female preference for colorful males in guppies. Evolution 58: 665¬-669

15. Evans, J. P., Zane, L., Francescato, S. & Pilastro, A. 2003. Directional postcopulatory sexual selection revealed by artificial insemination. Nature 421: 360-363

14. Evans, J. P., Pilastro, A. & Ramnarine, I. W. 2003. Sperm transfer through forced matings and its evolutionary implications in natural guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 78: 605-612

13. Evans, J. P., Pierotti, M. & Pilastro A. 2003. Male mating behavior and ejaculate expenditure under sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquitofish. Behav. Ecol. 14: 268-273

12. Kelley, J. L., Evans J. P., Ramnarine, I. W. & Magurran, A. E. 2003. Back to school: can antipredator behaviour in guppies be enhanced through social learning? Anim. Behav. 65: 655-662

11. Evans, J. P., Kelley, J. L., Ramnarine, I. W. & Pilastro, A. 2002. Female behaviour mediates male courtship under predation risk in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 52: 496-502

10. Pilastro, A., Evans, J. P., Sartorelli, S. & Bisazza, A. 2002. Male phenotype predicts insemination success in guppies. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269: 1325-1330

9. Evans, J. P., Pitcher, T. E. & Magurran, A. E. 2002. The ontogeny of courtship, colour and sperm production in male guppies (Poecilia reticulata). J. Fish Biol. 60: 495-498

8. Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 2001. Patterns of sperm precedence and predictors of paternity in the Trinidadian guppy. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268: 719-724

7. Pitcher, T. E. & Evans, J. P. 2001. Male phenotype and sperm number in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Can. J. Zool. 79: 1891-1896

6. Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 2000. Multiple benefits of multiple mating in guppies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76: 10074-10076

5. Geffen, A. J. & Evans, J. P. 2000. Sperm traits and fertilization success of male and sex-reversed female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture 182: 61-72

4. Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 1999. Geographic variation in sperm production by Trinidadian guppies. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B B 266: 2083-2087

3. Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 1999. Male mating behaviour and sperm production characteristics under varying sperm competition risk in guppies. Anim Behav. 58: 1001-1006

2. Evans, J. P. & Geffen, A. J. 1998. Male characteristics, sperm traits and reproductive success in winter-spawning Celtic Sea Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus. Mar. Biol. 132: 179-186

1. Matthews, I. M., Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 1997. Male display rate reveals ejaculate characteristics in the Trinidadian guppy Poecilia reticulata. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264: 695-700

Research profile

Research profile and publications