The University of Western Australia

Dr Natasha LeBas

ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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 4510

Email

natasha.lebas@uwa.edu.au

Personal homepage

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

Qualifications

BSc PhD W.Aust.

Publications

Kotiaho, J. S., LeBas, N. R., Puurtinen, M. and Tomkins, J. L. (2008) On the resolution of the lek paradox. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23, 1-3.

Kotiaho, J.S., LeBas, N.R., Puurtinen, M. and Tomkins J. (2008) On female choice, heterozygosity and the lek paradox. Animal Behaviour.

Olsson, M., Healey, M., Wapstra, E., Schwartz, T., LeBas, N. R and Uller, T. (2007) Mating system variation and morph fluctuations in a polymorphic lizard. Molecular Ecology 16, 5307 - 5315.

LeBas, N.R. (2006) Female finery is not for males. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 21, 170-173.

Tomkins, J.L. Kotiaho, J.S. and LeBas N.R. (2006) Major differences in minor allometries. American Naturalist. 167, 612-618.

LeBas, N.R. and Hockham, L.R. (2005) An invasion of cheats: the evolution of worthless nuptial gifts. Current Biology 15, 64-67.


Tomkins, J.L. Kotiaho, J. and LeBas, N.R. (2005) Plasticity in the developmental integration of morphological trade-offs and secondary sexual trait compensation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series B 272, 543-551.


Tomkins, J.L. Kotiaho, J. and LeBas, N.R. (2005) Matters of scale: positive allometry and the evolution of male dimorphisms. American Naturalist 165, 389-402.


LeBas N.R. Hockham, L.R. and Ritchie, M.G (2004) Sexual selection in the gift-giving dance fly, Rhamphomyia sulcata favours small males carrying small gifts. Evolution. 58, 1763-1772.


Tomkins, J.L. LeBas, N.R. Unrug, J. and Radwan, J. (2004) Testing the status-dependent ESS: population variation in fighter expression in the mite Sancassania berlesei. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17, 1377-1388.


LeBas N.R, Hockham, L. and Ritchie, M.G. (2003). Non-linear and correlational sexual selection on 'honest' female ornamentation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series B 270, 2159-2165.


LeBas N.R. (2002) Mate choice, genetic incompatibility and outbreeding in the ornate dragon lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus. Evolution 56, 371-377.


LeBas N.R. (2001) Microsatellite determination of male reproductive success in a natural population of the territorial ornate dragon lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus. Molecular Ecology 10, 193-203.


LeBas N.R. and Marshall N.J. (2001) No evidence of female choice for a condition-dependent male trait in the ornate dragon lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus. Behaviour 138, 965-980.


LeBas N.R. and Marshall N.J. (2000) The role of colour in signalling and male choice in the agamid lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: series B 267, 445-452.


LeBas N.R. and Spencer P.B.S. (2000) Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the ornate dragon lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus. Molecular Ecology 9, 365-366.

Research profile

Research profile and publications