RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research concerns the interface between function and behaviour. I am particularly interested in how physiological capacities affect the evolution of reproductive strategies and associated traits. To this end, I apply integrative methods to a wide variety or organisms including lizards, insects, crabs and fish to address behavioural and evolutionary hypotheses regarding reproductive success.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Lailvaux, S.P. 2007. Interactive effects of sex and temperature on locomotion in reptiles. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47:189-199.
- Lailvaux, S.P., and Irschick, D.J. 2007. The evolution of performance-based male fighting ability in Caribbean Anolis lizards. The American Naturalist 170:573-586.
- Lailvaux, S.P., and Irschick, D.J. 2006. A functional perspective on sexual selection: insights and future prospects. Animal Behaviour 72: 263-273.
- Lailvaux, S.P., J. Hathway, J. Pomfret, and R.J. Knell. 2005. Horn size predicts physical performance in the beetle Euoniticellus intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Functional Ecology 19: 632-639.
- Lailvaux, S.P., A. Herrel, B. Vanhooydonck, J.J. Meyers, and D.J. Irschick. 2004. Performance capacity, fighting tactics, and the evolution of life-stage morphs in the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 271: 2501-2508.
- Lailvaux, S.P., G.J. Alexander, and M.J. Whiting. 2003. Sex-based differences and similarities in locomotor performance, thermal preferences, and escape behaviour in the lizard Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76: 511-521.
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