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Insect macroevolution
Parasitoid life history evolution
Clutch size and siblicide
Sex ratio evolution
Host plant selection
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Mayhew PJ. 2003. A tale of two analyses: estimating the consequences of shifts in hexapod diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 80: 23-36. pdf
Pexton JJ, Rankin DJ, Dytham C & Mayhew PJ. 2003. Asymmetric larval mobility and the evolutionary transition from siblicide to nonsiblicidal behaviour in parasitoid wasps. Behavioral Ecology 14: 182-193. pdf
Schmitz S, Schankin CJ, Prinz H, Curwen RS, Ashton PD, Caves LSD, Fink
RHA, Sparrow JC, Mayhew PJ, Veigel C 2003. Molecular evolutionary convergence
of the flight muscle protein arthrin in diptera and hemiptera. Molecular
Biology and Evolution 20: 2019-2033. pdf
Johnson SN, Mayhew PJ, Douglas AE & Hartley SE. 2002. Insects as leaf engineers: can leaf-miners alter leaf structure for birch aphids? Functional Ecology 16: 575-584. pdf
Mayhew PJ 2002. Shifts in hexapod diversification and what Haldane could
have said. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 269:
969-974.
pdf
Commentry in TREE here.
Mayhew PJ & Pen I. 2002. Comparative analysis of sex ratios. Chapter 6 (pp. 132-156) in I.C.W. Hardy (ed.) Sex ratios: concepts and research methods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Abstract.
Pexton JJ & Mayhew PJ 2002. Siblicide and life history evolution
in parasitoids. Behavioral Ecology 13: 690-695. pdf
Mayhew PJ. 2001. Herbivore host choice and optimal bad motherhood. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16: 165-167. pdf
Mayhew PJ & Glaizot O 2001. Integrating theory of clutch size and body size evolution for parasitoids. Oikos 92: 372-376. pdf
Pexton JJ & Mayhew PJ. 2001. Immobility: the key to family harmony?
Trends
in Ecology and Evolution 16: 7-9 pdf
Mayhew PJ, Heitmans WRB 2000. Life history correlates and reproductive
biology of Laelius pedatus (Hymenoptera : Bethylidae) in The Netherlands.
European
Journal of Entomology 97: 313-322. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ & Blackburn TM 1999. Does development mode organize life history evolution in the parasitoid Hymenoptera? Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 906-916. pdf
Mayhew PJ & van Alphen JJM 1999. Gregarious development in alysiine parasitoids evolved through a reduction in larval aggression. Animal Behaviour 58: 131-141. pdf
Hardy ICW and Mayhew PJ 1999. Reply from I.C.W. Hardy and P.J. Mayhew. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 235. pdf
Seehausen O, Mayhew PJ, Van Alphen JJM 1999. Evolution of colour patterns in East African cichlid fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 514-534. pdf
Hardy ICW & Mayhew PJ, 1998. Sex ratio, sexual dimorphism and mating structure in bethylid wasps. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 42: 383-395. pdf
Hardy ICW & Mayhew PJ, 1998. Partial local mating and the sex ratio: indirect comparative evidence. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13: 431-432. pdf
Mayhew PJ 1998. The evolution of gregariousness in parasitoid wasps. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 265: 383-389. pdf
Mayhew PJ, 1998. Offspring size-number strategy in the bethylid parasitoid Laelius pedatus. Behavioral Ecology 9: 54-59. Abstract
Mayhew PJ 1998. The life-histories of parasitoid wasps developing in small gregarious broods. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 48: 225-240. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ 1998. Daily activity rhythms in adult odonata examined with a dynamic programming model. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 48: 101-119. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ. 1998. Testing the preference-performance hypothesis in phytophagous
insects: Lessons from chrysanthemum leafminer (Diptera : Agromyzidae)
Environmental Entomology 27: 45-52. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ & Hardy ICW 1998. Nonsiblicidal behavior and the evolution of clutch size in bethylid wasps. American Naturalist 151:409-424. pdf
Mayhew PJ, Ode PJ, Hardy ICW & Rosenheim JA, 1998. Parasitoid clutch
size and irreversible evolution. Ecology Letters 1: 139-141.
pdf
1997
Mayhew PJ & Godfray HCJ, 1997. Mixed sex allocation strategies in a parasitoid wasp. Oecologia 110: 218-221.pdf
Mayhew PJ, 1997. Adaptive patterns of host-plant selection by phytophagous insects. Oikos 79: 417-428. Abstract
Mayhew PJ 1997. Fitness consequences of ovicide in a parasitoid wasp.
Entomologia
Experimentalis et Applicata 84: 115-126. pdf
Mayhew PJ 1994. Food intake and adult feeding behaviour in Calopteryx splendens (Harris) and Erythromma najas (Hansemann) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae, Coeagrionidae). Odonatologica 23: 115-124. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ. 2003. A tale of two analyses: estimating the consequences of shifts in hexapod diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 80: 23-36. pdf
Mayhew PJ 2002. Shifts in hexapod diversification and what Haldane could
have said. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 269:
969-974.
pdf
Commentry in TREE here.
A chrysidid wasp. These have been included in
comparative life history studies (e.g. Mayhew 1998
Proc R Soc., below).
Pexton JJ, Rankin DJ, Dytham C & Mayhew PJ. 2003. Asymmetric larval mobility and the evolutionary transition from siblicide to nonsiblicidal behaviour in parasitoid wasps. Behavioral Ecology 14: 182-193. pdf
Pexton JJ & Mayhew PJ 2002. Siblicide and life history evolution in parasitoids. Behavioral Ecology 13: 690-695. pdf
Mayhew PJ & Glaizot O 2001. Integrating theory of clutch size and body size evolution for parasitoids. Oikos 92: 372-376. pdf
Mayhew PJ, Heitmans WRB 2000. Life history correlates and reproductive biology of Laelius pedatus (Hymenoptera : Bethylidae) in The Netherlands. European Journal of Entomology 97: 313-322. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ & Blackburn TM 1999. Does development mode organize life history evolution in the parasitoid Hymenoptera? Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 906-916. pdf
Mayhew PJ & van Alphen JJM 1999. Gregarious development in alysiine parasitoids evolved through a reduction in larval aggression. Animal Behaviour 58: 131-141. pdf
Mayhew PJ 1998. The evolution of gregariousness in parasitoid wasps. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 265: 383-389. pdf
Mayhew PJ, 1998. Offspring size-number strategy in the bethylid parasitoid Laelius pedatus. Behavioral Ecology 9: 54-59. Abstract
Mayhew PJ 1998. The life-histories of parasitoid wasps developing in small gregarious broods. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 48: 225-240. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ & Hardy ICW 1998. Nonsiblicidal behavior and the evolution of clutch size in bethylid wasps. American Naturalist 151:409-424. pdf
Mayhew PJ, Ode PJ, Hardy ICW & Rosenheim JA, 1998. Parasitoid clutch
size and irreversible evolution. Ecology Letters 1: 139-141.
pdf
Mayhew PJ & Pen I. 2002. Comparative analysis of sex ratios. Chapter 6 (pp. 132-156) in I.C.W. Hardy (ed.) Sex ratios: concepts and research methods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Abstract.
Hardy ICW and Mayhew PJ 1999. Reply from I.C.W. Hardy and P.J. Mayhew. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 235. pdf
Hardy ICW & Mayhew PJ, 1998. Sex ratio, sexual dimorphism and mating structure in bethylid wasps. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 42: 383-395. pdf
Hardy ICW & Mayhew PJ, 1998. Partial local mating and the sex ratio: indirect comparative evidence. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13: 431-432. pdf
Mayhew PJ & Godfray HCJ, 1997. Mixed sex allocation strategies in a parasitoid wasp. Oecologia 110: 218-221.pdf
Clutch size and siblicide
This Aphaereta pallipes wasp develops gregariously,
whilst it's
close relative A. genevensis is solitary (see
Mayhew & van Alphen 1999, below)
Pexton JJ, Rankin DJ, Dytham C & Mayhew PJ. 2003. Asymmetric larval mobility and the evolutionary transition from siblicide to nonsiblicidal behaviour in parasitoid wasps. Behavioral Ecology 14: 182-193. pdf
Pexton JJ & Mayhew PJ 2002. Siblicide and life history evolution in parasitoids. Behavioral Ecology 13: 690-695. pdf
Mayhew PJ & Glaizot O 2001. Integrating theory of clutch size and body size evolution for parasitoids. Oikos 92: 372-376. pdf
Pexton JJ & Mayhew PJ. 2001. Immobility: the key to family harmony? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16: 7-9 pdf
Mayhew PJ & van Alphen JJM 1999. Gregarious development in alysiine parasitoids evolved through a reduction in larval aggression. Animal Behaviour 58: 131-141. pdf
Mayhew PJ 1998. The evolution of gregariousness in parasitoid wasps. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 265: 383-389. pdf
Mayhew PJ 1998. The life-histories of parasitoid wasps developing in small gregarious broods. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 48: 225-240. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ & Hardy ICW 1998. Nonsiblicidal behavior and the evolution of clutch size in bethylid wasps. American Naturalist 151:409-424. pdf
Mayhew PJ, Ode PJ, Hardy ICW & Rosenheim JA, 1998. Parasitoid clutch
size and irreversible evolution. Ecology Letters 1: 139-141.
pdf
Johnson SN, Mayhew PJ, Douglas AE & Hartley SE. 2002. Insects as leaf engineers: can leaf-miners alter leaf structure for birch aphids? Functional Ecology 16: 575-584. pdf
Mayhew PJ. 2001. Herbivore host choice and optimal bad motherhood. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16: 165-167. pdf
Mayhew PJ. 1998. Testing the preference-performance hypothesis in phytophagous
insects: Lessons from chrysanthemum leafminer (Diptera : Agromyzidae)
Environmental Entomology 27: 45-52. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ, 1997. Adaptive patterns of host-plant selection by phytophagous insects. Oikos 79: 417-428. Abstract
Others: muscle evolution, cichlids, ovicide,
dragonflies
This cichlid fish has black vertical bars and a red
nuptial coloration, that are associated
with rocky substrates and a polygynous mating system
(see Seehausen et al. 1999 below).
Schmitz S, Schankin CJ, Prinz H, Curwen RS, Ashton PD, Caves LSD, Fink RHA, Sparrow JC, Mayhew PJ, Veigel C 2003. Molecular evolutionary convergence of the flight muscle protein arthrin in diptera and hemiptera. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20: 2019-2033. pdf
Seehausen O, Mayhew PJ, Van Alphen JJM 1999. Evolution of colour patterns in East African cichlid fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 514-534. pdf
Mayhew PJ 1998. Daily activity rhythms in adult odonata examined with a dynamic programming model. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 48: 101-119. Abstract.
Mayhew PJ 1997. Fitness consequences of ovicide in a parasitoid wasp. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 84: 115-126. pdf
Mayhew PJ 1994. Food intake and adult feeding behaviour in Calopteryx splendens (Harris) and Erythromma najas (Hansemann) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae, Coeagrionidae). Odonatologica 23: 115-124. Abstract.