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Overview

John Hunt is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these domains, their subfields of study include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The primary topics of their research focus on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect Utilization and Effects, Plant and Animal Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences, and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms.

John Hunt has contributed to several recent publications. Among these are:

  • Florida Bay Science Program: A Synthesis of Research on Florida Bay, 2024, AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
  • Mapping sex differences in the effects of protein and carbohydrates on lifespan and reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster: is measuring nutrient intake essential?, 2022, Biogerontology
  • Active and Covert Infections of Cricket Iridovirus and Acheta domesticus Densovirus in Reared Gryllodes sigillatus Crickets, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Sexual selection and population divergence III: Interspecific and intraspecific variation in mating signals, 2020, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Confidence regions for the location of response surface optima: the R package OptimaRegion, 2020, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation

Frequent coauthors working with John Hunt include:

  • Scott K. Sakaluk
  • Ben M. Sadd
  • James Rapkin
  • Clarissa M. House
  • Kristin R. Duffield

Several academic venues have regularly published John Hunt's work. These include:

  • Evolution
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Midland History
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • High-quality male field crickets invest heavily in sexual display but die young

    John Hunt;Robert Brooks;Michael D Jennions;Michael J Smith;Michael J Smith

  • What is genetic quality

    John Hunt;Luc F. Bussière;Michael D. Jennions;Robert Brooks

  • Male-male competition, female mate choice and their interaction: determining total sexual selection.

    John Hunt;Casper J. Breuker;Jennifer A. Sadowski;Allen J. Moore

  • The fifth domain of beta 2-glycoprotein I contains a phospholipid binding site (Cys281-Cys288) and a region recognized by anticardiolipin antibodies.

    J Hunt;S Krilis

  • Female Mate Choice as a Condition-Dependent Life-History Trait

    John Hunt;Robert Brooks;Michael D. Jennions

  • EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR MULTIVARIATE STABILIZING SEXUAL SELECTION

    Robert Brooks;John Hunt;Mark W. Blows;Michael J. Smith

  • Identification of a region of beta 2-glycoprotein I critical for lipid binding and anti-cardiolipin antibody cofactor activity.

    J E Hunt;R J Simpson;S A Krilis

  • Optimal foraging for specific nutrients in predatory beetles

    Kim Jensen;David Mayntz;Søren Toft;Fiona J. Clissold

  • Sex-specific effects of protein and carbohydrate intake on reproduction but not lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Kim Jensen;Colin McClure;Nicholas K Priest;John E Hunt

  • Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles

    Leigh Simmons;Joseph Tomkins;J. Hunt

  • MATERNAL AND PATERNAL EFFECTS ON OFFSPRING PHENOTYPE IN THE DUNG BEETLE ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS

    J. Hunt;Leigh Simmons

  • Fecundity selection theory: concepts and evidence

    Daniel Pincheira-Donoso;John Hunt

  • Patterns of fluctuating asymmetry in beetle horns: an experimental examination of the honest signalling hypothesis

    John Hunt;Leigh W. Simmons

  • The indirect benefits of mating with attractive males outweigh the direct costs

    Megan L Head;John Hunt;Michael D Jennions;Robert Brooks

  • Fighting success and attractiveness as predictors of male mating success in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus : the effectiveness of no-choice tests

    Michelle A. Shackleton;Michael D. Jennions;John Hunt

  • The role of genotype-by-environment interactions in sexual selection

    F. C. Ingleby;J. Hunt;D. J. Hosken

  • Complex Multivariate Sexual Selection on Male Acoustic Signaling in a Wild Population of Teleogryllus commodus

    Caroline L. Bentsen;John Hunt;Michael D. Jennions;Robert Brooks

  • Evolution of sexual dimorphism and male dimorphism in the expression of beetle horns: phylogenetic evidence for modularity, evolutionary lability, and constraint.

    Douglas J. Emlen;John Hunt;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Quantifying the strength and form of sexual selection on men's traits

    Alexander K. Hill;John Hunt;Lisa L.M. Welling;Lisa L.M. Welling;Rodrigo A. Cárdenas

  • Status-dependent selection in the dimorphic beetle Onthophagus taurus.

    John Hunt;Leigh W. Simmons

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott K. Sakaluk
Scott K. Sakaluk Illinois State University
David J. Hosken
David J. Hosken University of Exeter
Michael D. Jennions
Michael D. Jennions Australian National University
Robert Brooks
Robert Brooks University of New South Wales
Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
Allen J. Moore
Allen J. Moore University of Georgia
Karim Gharbi
Karim Gharbi University of Edinburgh
Nina Wedell
Nina Wedell University of Exeter
Michael G. Ritchie
Michael G. Ritchie University of St Andrews
Alastair J. Wilson
Alastair J. Wilson University of Exeter

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