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John A. Endler

John A. Endler

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
77
Citations
43786
World Ranking
933
National Ranking
77

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

John A. Endler is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. A significant portion of their work lies within the subfields of ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics; global and planetary change; social psychology; nature and landscape conservation; and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, including animal behavior and reproduction, plant and animal studies, amphibian and reptile biology, animal vocal communication and behavior, visual perception and processing mechanisms, language and cultural evolution, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably Karen L. Cheney, Cedric P. van den Berg, Claes Strannegård, Niklas Engsner, and Enora Gandon.

John A. Endler has published extensively in recognized scientific venues, with repeated contributions to the Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Experimental Biology, Behavioral Ecology, and Animal Behaviour.

  • A synthesis of deimatic behaviour (2022, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • Does conspicuousness scale linearly with colour distance? A test using reef fish (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Cultural transmission and perception of vessel shapes among Hebron potters (2021, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology)
  • Negative frequency-dependent selection on polymorphic color morphs in adders (2022, Current Biology)
  • Colour discrimination thresholds vary throughout colour space in a reef fish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) (2022, Journal of Experimental Biology)

The scientist has also contributed to book publications. Two titles were published by Yale University Press in 2020: "Geographic Variation, Speciation and Clines. (MPB-10), Volume 10" and "Natural Selection in the Wild. (MPB-21), Volume 21." Additionally, "Natural Selection in the Wild. (MPB-21), Volume 21" was published by Princeton University Press in the same year.

John A. Endler has been recognized by multiple academic honors. These include being named a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2020, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2012, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007, and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Natural selection in the wild

    John A. Endler

  • Geographic variation, speciation, and clines

    John A. Endler

  • SIGNALS, SIGNAL CONDITIONS, AND THE DIRECTION OF EVOLUTION

    John A. Endler

  • NATURAL SELECTION ON COLOR PATTERNS IN POECILIA RETICULATA.

    John A. Endler

  • A Predator’s View of Animal Color Patterns

    John A. Endler

  • The Color of Light in Forests and Its Implications

    John A. Endler

  • On the measurement and classification of colour in studies of animal colour patterns

    John A. Endler

  • Experimentally induced life-history evolution in a natural population

    David A. Reznick;Heather Bryga;John A. Endler

  • Sensory ecology, receiver biases and sexual selection

    John A. Endler;Alexandra L. Basolo

  • THE IMPACT OF PREDATION ON LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION IN TRINIDADIAN GUPPIES (POECILIA RETICULATA)

    David Reznick;David Reznick;John A. Endler;John A. Endler

  • Speciation and Its Consequences

    Daniel. Otte;John A. Endler

  • Comparing entire colour patterns as birds see them

    John A. Endler;John A. Endler;Paul W. Mielke

  • Gene flow and population differentiation.

    John A. Endler

  • Some general comments on the evolution and design of animal communication systems

    John A. Endler

  • Natural and sexual selection on color patterns in poeciliid fishes

    John A. Endler

  • GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN FEMALE PREFERENCES FOR MALE TRAITS IN POECILIA RETICULATA.

    John A. Endler;Anne E. Houde;Anne E. Houde

  • Multiple-trait coevolution and environmental gradients in guppies.

    John A. Endler

  • Predation, light intensity and courtship behaviour in Poecilia reticulata (Pisces: Poeciliidae)

    John A. Endler

  • Interacting Effects of Lek Placement, Display Behavior, Ambient Light, and Color Patterns in Three Neotropical Forest-Dwelling Birds

    John A. Endler;Marc Thery

  • Natural Selection in the Wild.

    W. J. Sutherland;J. A. Endler

  • Geographic Variation, Speciation, and Clines.

    G. L. Bush;John A. Endler

  • Geographic Variation, Speciation, and Clines.

    A. D. Bradshaw;J. A. Endler

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. D. Bennett
Andrew T. D. Bennett Deakin University
Devi Stuart-Fox
Devi Stuart-Fox University of Melbourne
Johanna Mappes
Johanna Mappes University of Helsinki
Adrian G. Dyer
Adrian G. Dyer RMIT University
David N. Reznick
David N. Reznick University of California, Riverside
Kevin N. Laland
Kevin N. Laland University of St Andrews
Daniel Osorio
Daniel Osorio University of Sussex
Robert Brooks
Robert Brooks University of New South Wales
Nerida G. Wilson
Nerida G. Wilson University of Western Australia
Reinoud J. Bootsma
Reinoud J. Bootsma Aix-Marseille University

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