The University of Western Australia
Dr Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez
Research Fellow
Contact details
| Address | School of Animal Biology The University of Western Australia (M092) 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | 6488 1773 |
| Fax | 6488 2243 |
| pgarcia@cyllene.uwa.edu.au | |
| Personal homepage | http://www.ceb.uwa.edu.au/our_people/francisco_garciagonzalez |
Key research
- Behavioural Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
Major research interests
- Sexual selection
- Sperm competition
Qualifications
BSc MSc PhD Madrid
Publications
Simmons, L. W. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2008. Evolutionary reduction in testes size and competitive fertilization success in response to the experimental removal of sexual selection in dung beetles. Evolution, in press.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2008. The relative nature of fertilization success: implications for the study of post-copulatory sexual selection. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8:140. (open access: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/140)
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2008. Male genetic quality and the inequality between paternity success and fertilization success: consequences for studies of sperm competition and the evolution of polyandry. Evolution, 62:1653-1665.
Gomendio, M., Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Reguera, P. & Rivero A. 2008. Male egg-carrying in Phyllomorpha laciniata is favoured by natural not sexual selection. Animal Behaviour, 75:763-770.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W. 2007. Paternal indirect genetic effects on offspring viability and the benefits of polyandry. Current Biology, 17: 32-36.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W. 2007. Shorter sperm confer higher competitive fertilization success. Evolution, 61: 816-824. Link to PDF
Simmons, L. W. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2007. Female crickets trade offspring viability for fecundity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20: 1617-1623.
Evans, J. P., Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Marshall, D. J. 2007. Sources of genetic and phenotypic variance in sperm performance and larval traits in a sea urchin. Evolution, 61: 2832-2838.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Roldan, E. R. S., Ponz, F. & Gomendio, M. 2007. The adaptive significance of male egg carrying in the golden egg bug: defining research avenues. A reply to Härdling et al. Ecological Entomology 32: 578-581.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W. 2005. The evolution of polyandry: intrinsic sire effects contribute to embryo viability. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18:1097-1103.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W. 2005. Sperm viability matters in insect sperm competition. Current Biology, 15: 271-275.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Núñez, Y., Ponz, F., Roldán, E. R. S., & Gomendio, M. 2005. Paternity analysis in the golden egg bug using AFLPs: do the males preferentially accept their true genetic offspring? Ecological Entomology, 30: 444-455.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2004. Infertile matings and sperm competition: the effect of "non sperm representation" on intraspecific variation in sperm precedence patterns. American Naturalist 164: 457-472.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. and Gomendio, M. 2004. Adjustment of copula duration and ejaculate size according to the risk of sperm competition in the golden egg bug (Phyllomorpha laciniata). Behavioral Ecology, 15:23-30.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Núñez, Y., Ponz, F., Roldán, E. R. S., and Gomendio, M. 2003. Sperm competition mechanisms, confidence of paternity, and the evolution of paternal care in the golden egg bug (Phyllomorpha laciniata). Evolution 57:1078-1088.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. and Gomendio, M. 2003. A field test of the intraspecific brood parasitism hypothesis in the golden egg bug (Phyllormorpha laciniata). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53:332-339.
Simmons, L.W.; Wernham, J.; Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Kamien, D. 2003. Variation in paternity in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus: no influence of sperm numbers or sperm length. Behavioral Ecology, 14: 539-545.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. and Gomendio, M. 2003. Oviposition site selection and oviposition stimulation by conspecifics in the golden egg bug (Phyllormorpha laciniata): implications on female fitness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53: 385-392.
Pitnick, S. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2002. Harm to females increases with male body size in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London series B, Biological Sciences, 269: 1821-1828.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ornosa, C. 2001. Daily activity pattern of the wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) pollinators to the blackberries (Rubus ulmifolius Schott, 1818, Rosaceae) in Central Spain. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia, S6: 495-505. (In Spanish with English abstract).
Ornosa, C.; Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ortíz-Sánchez, F. J. 2001. Some teratological cases in Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia, S6: 507-512. (In Spanish with English abstract).
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ornosa, C. 1999. Territorial behaviour associated with the resource defense polygyny of Anthidium florentinum (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología, 23: 41-51. (In Spanish with English abstract).
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ornosa, C. 1998. Metrical relations in Anthidium florentinum (Fabricius, 1775), (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): a tool for studying its territorial behaviour. Entomofauna, 19 (9): 185-188.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ornosa, C. 1998. Pollinators to the blackberries (Rubus ulmifolius Schott, 1818, Rosaceae) in Central Spain: composition and identity. Zoologia Baetica, 9: 69-90. (In Spanish with English abstract).
Other publications
Gomendio, M. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2005. ¿Quién se ocupa de las crías?. Quercus, 232: 46-51. (In Spanish. Natural history and Conservation journal).
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2002. The evolution of egg carrying in Phyllomorpha laciniata (Het., Coreidae): a behavioural, physiological and molecular approach to explain its adaptive significance in males and females. PhD Thesis, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2008. The relative nature of fertilization success: implications for the study of post-copulatory sexual selection. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8:140. (open access: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/140)
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2008. Male genetic quality and the inequality between paternity success and fertilization success: consequences for studies of sperm competition and the evolution of polyandry. Evolution, 62:1653-1665.
Gomendio, M., Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Reguera, P. & Rivero A. 2008. Male egg-carrying in Phyllomorpha laciniata is favoured by natural not sexual selection. Animal Behaviour, 75:763-770.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W. 2007. Paternal indirect genetic effects on offspring viability and the benefits of polyandry. Current Biology, 17: 32-36.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W. 2007. Shorter sperm confer higher competitive fertilization success. Evolution, 61: 816-824. Link to PDF
Simmons, L. W. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2007. Female crickets trade offspring viability for fecundity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20: 1617-1623.
Evans, J. P., Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Marshall, D. J. 2007. Sources of genetic and phenotypic variance in sperm performance and larval traits in a sea urchin. Evolution, 61: 2832-2838.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Roldan, E. R. S., Ponz, F. & Gomendio, M. 2007. The adaptive significance of male egg carrying in the golden egg bug: defining research avenues. A reply to Härdling et al. Ecological Entomology 32: 578-581.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W. 2005. The evolution of polyandry: intrinsic sire effects contribute to embryo viability. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18:1097-1103.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Simmons, L. W. 2005. Sperm viability matters in insect sperm competition. Current Biology, 15: 271-275.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Núñez, Y., Ponz, F., Roldán, E. R. S., & Gomendio, M. 2005. Paternity analysis in the golden egg bug using AFLPs: do the males preferentially accept their true genetic offspring? Ecological Entomology, 30: 444-455.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2004. Infertile matings and sperm competition: the effect of "non sperm representation" on intraspecific variation in sperm precedence patterns. American Naturalist 164: 457-472.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. and Gomendio, M. 2004. Adjustment of copula duration and ejaculate size according to the risk of sperm competition in the golden egg bug (Phyllomorpha laciniata). Behavioral Ecology, 15:23-30.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F., Núñez, Y., Ponz, F., Roldán, E. R. S., and Gomendio, M. 2003. Sperm competition mechanisms, confidence of paternity, and the evolution of paternal care in the golden egg bug (Phyllomorpha laciniata). Evolution 57:1078-1088.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. and Gomendio, M. 2003. A field test of the intraspecific brood parasitism hypothesis in the golden egg bug (Phyllormorpha laciniata). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53:332-339.
Simmons, L.W.; Wernham, J.; Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Kamien, D. 2003. Variation in paternity in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus: no influence of sperm numbers or sperm length. Behavioral Ecology, 14: 539-545.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. and Gomendio, M. 2003. Oviposition site selection and oviposition stimulation by conspecifics in the golden egg bug (Phyllormorpha laciniata): implications on female fitness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53: 385-392.
Pitnick, S. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2002. Harm to females increases with male body size in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London series B, Biological Sciences, 269: 1821-1828.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ornosa, C. 2001. Daily activity pattern of the wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) pollinators to the blackberries (Rubus ulmifolius Schott, 1818, Rosaceae) in Central Spain. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia, S6: 495-505. (In Spanish with English abstract).
Ornosa, C.; Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ortíz-Sánchez, F. J. 2001. Some teratological cases in Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia, S6: 507-512. (In Spanish with English abstract).
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ornosa, C. 1999. Territorial behaviour associated with the resource defense polygyny of Anthidium florentinum (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología, 23: 41-51. (In Spanish with English abstract).
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ornosa, C. 1998. Metrical relations in Anthidium florentinum (Fabricius, 1775), (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): a tool for studying its territorial behaviour. Entomofauna, 19 (9): 185-188.
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. & Ornosa, C. 1998. Pollinators to the blackberries (Rubus ulmifolius Schott, 1818, Rosaceae) in Central Spain: composition and identity. Zoologia Baetica, 9: 69-90. (In Spanish with English abstract).
Other publications
Gomendio, M. & Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2005. ¿Quién se ocupa de las crías?. Quercus, 232: 46-51. (In Spanish. Natural history and Conservation journal).
Garcia-Gonzalez, F. 2002. The evolution of egg carrying in Phyllomorpha laciniata (Het., Coreidae): a behavioural, physiological and molecular approach to explain its adaptive significance in males and females. PhD Thesis, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid.
Roles, responsibilities and expertise
Evolution of polyandry
Sexual selection and sperm competition
Sexual conflict
Sexual selection and sperm competition
Sexual conflict
Funding received
2009-2013 ARC: Discovery Grant and Australian Research Fellowship
2009-2013 NERC Advanced Fellowship (Declined)
2007-2009 ARC: Discovery Grant (with Jon Evans)
2006 UWA: Research Grant
2005-2007 ARC: Discovery Grant and Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (APD)
2005 European Commission: Marie Curie Postdoctoral Outgoing International Fellowship (Declined)
2003-2004 Spanish Ministry of Science: Postdoctoral Fellowship
2009-2013 NERC Advanced Fellowship (Declined)
2007-2009 ARC: Discovery Grant (with Jon Evans)
2006 UWA: Research Grant
2005-2007 ARC: Discovery Grant and Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (APD)
2005 European Commission: Marie Curie Postdoctoral Outgoing International Fellowship (Declined)
2003-2004 Spanish Ministry of Science: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Current projects
Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez 2009-2013. DP0985859 - ARF - Garcia-Gonzalez - The evolution of female multiple mating: genetic benefits and indirect genetic effects. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL: DISCOVERY PROJECTS.
Jonathan Paul Evans and Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez. 2007-2009. DP0772498 - Sources of Genetic and Phenotypic Variation in Sexual Selection. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL: DISCOVERY PROJECTS.
Jonathan Paul Evans and Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez. 2007-2009. DP0772498 - Sources of Genetic and Phenotypic Variation in Sexual Selection. AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL: DISCOVERY PROJECTS.
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