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John L. Fitzpatrick

John L. Fitzpatrick

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Ecology and Evolution

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47
Citations
5659
World Ranking
4524
National Ranking
116

Overview

John L. Fitzpatrick is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main subfields of study include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Physiology.

Research topics extensively covered by Fitzpatrick encompass:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Frequent publication venues for Fitzpatrick's work include:

  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Among recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Fitzpatrick are the following:

  • "How sperm competition shapes the evolution of testes and sperm: a meta-analysis" (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Meta-analytic evidence that animals rarely avoid inbreeding" (2021), Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Fertilization mode drives sperm length evolution across the animal tree of life" (2021), Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Sperm competition and fertilization mode in fishes" (2020), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Chemical signals from eggs facilitate cryptic female choice in humans" (2020), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Fitzpatrick frequently collaborates with several co-authors, among whom are:

  • Alessandro Devigili
  • Niclas Kolm
  • Ariel F. Kahrl
  • Léa Daupagne
  • Rhonda R. Snook

Best Publications

  • Sperm wars and the evolution of male fertility

    Leigh W Simmons;John L Fitzpatrick

  • Female promiscuity promotes the evolution of faster sperm in cichlid fishes.

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Robert Montgomerie;Julie K. Desjardins;Kelly A. Stiver

  • Sexual selection and the evolution of sperm quality

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Stefan Lüpold

  • Toxicity of dissolved Cu, Zn, Ni and Cd to developing embryos of the blue mussel (Mytilus trossolus) and the protective effect of dissolved organic carbon.

    Sunita R. Nadella;John L. Fitzpatrick;John L. Fitzpatrick;Natasha Franklin;Natasha Franklin;Natasha Franklin;Carol Bucking;Carol Bucking

  • Evolutionary Trade-Off between Secondary Sexual Traits and Ejaculates

    Leigh W. Simmons;Stefan Lüpold;John L. Fitzpatrick

  • Female monopolization mediates the relationship between pre- and postcopulatory sexual traits

    Stefan Lüpold;Joseph L. Tomkins;Leigh W. Simmons;John L. Fitzpatrick

  • How sperm competition shapes the evolution of testes and sperm: a meta-analysis.

    Stefan Lüpold;Raïssa A. de Boer;Jonathan P. Evans;Joseph L. Tomkins

  • MALE CONTEST COMPETITION AND THE COEVOLUTION OF WEAPONRY AND TESTES IN PINNIPEDS

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Maria Almbro;Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer;Niclas Kolm

  • The potential impacts of migratory difficulty, including warmer waters and altered flow conditions, on the reproductive success of salmonid fishes

    Miriam Fenkes;Holly A A Shiels;John L L Fitzpatrick;Robert L L Nudds

  • Sexual selection determines parental care patterns in cichlid fishes.

    Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer;John L. Fitzpatrick;Niclas Kolm

  • The relative sensitivity of sperm, eggs and embryos to copper in the blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus).

    John Fitzpatrick;S. Nadella;S. Nadella;C. Bucking;C. Bucking;S. Balshine

  • Reduced heterozygosity impairs sperm quality in endangered mammals

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Jonathan P. Evans

  • Sex differences in rates of territory joining and inheritance in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish

    K.A. Stiver;J. Fitzpatrick;J.K. Desjardins;S. Balshine

  • Assessing the potential for egg chemoattractants to mediate sexual selection in a broadcast spawning marine invertebrate

    Jonathan P. Evans;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Maria Almbro;Oscar Robinson

  • POLYANDRY REDUCES SPERM LENGTH VARIATION IN SOCIAL INSECTS

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Boris Baer

  • Linking sperm length and velocity: the importance of intramale variation

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Jonathan P. Evans

  • Multiple Male Reproductive Morphs in the Invasive Round Goby (Apollonia melanostoma)

    Julie R. Marentette;John L. Fitzpatrick;Robert G. Berger;Sigal Balshine

  • Male reproductive suppression in the cooperatively breeding fish Neolamprologus pulcher

    John Fitzpatrick;J.K. Desjardins;K.A. Stiver;R. Montgomerie

  • Complex patterns of multivariate selection on the ejaculate of a broadcast spawning marine invertebrate.

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Leigh W. Simmons;Jonathan P. Evans

  • Spots and stripes: ecology and colour pattern evolution in butterflyfishes

    Jennifer L. Kelley;John L. Fitzpatrick;Sami Merilaita

  • Differential responses to territory intrusions in cooperatively breeding fish

    Julie K. Desjardins;Kelly A. Stiver;John L. Fitzpatrick;Sigal Balshine

Frequent Co-Authors

Sigal Balshine
Sigal Balshine McMaster University
Chris M. Wood
Chris M. Wood University of British Columbia
Jonathan P. Evans
Jonathan P. Evans University of Western Australia
Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
Stefan Lüpold
Stefan Lüpold University of Zurich
Robert Montgomerie
Robert Montgomerie Queen's University
Shaun P. Collin
Shaun P. Collin La Trobe University
Niclas Kolm
Niclas Kolm Stockholm University
Bryan D. Neff
Bryan D. Neff University of Western Ontario
Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez
Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez Spanish National Research Council

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