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9230
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2621
National Ranking
201

Overview

Jonathan P. Evans is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, focusing on ecology, evolution, behavior, and related fields. They have contributed notably to subfields including ecology, genetics, nature and landscape conservation, and global and planetary change.

Their work extensively covers topics such as animal behavior and reproduction, plant and animal studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, fish ecology and management studies, sperm and testicular function, and reproductive biology and fertility.

Jonathan P. Evans has published in several scientific venues with notable frequency. These venues include:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Biology Letters
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Trends in biotechnology
  • Ecology and Evolution

Their recent papers include:

  • "Sexual selection after gamete release in broadcast spawning invertebrates" (2020) published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "How sperm competition shapes the evolution of testes and sperm: a meta-analysis" (2020) published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "The role of female reproductive fluid in sperm competition" (2020) published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Reproduction in a polluted world: implications for wildlife" (2020) published in Reproduction
  • "Ecology of fear in highly invasive fish revealed by robots" (2021) published in iScience

Their research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Rowan A. Lymbery, Jessica H. Hadlow, Clelia Gasparini, Tabitha S. Rudin-Bitterli, and Nicola J. Mitchell. The number of collaborations with these coauthors ranges from three to sixteen publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic climate change has driven over 5 million km 2 of drylands towards desertification

    A. L. Burrell;A. L. Burrell;J. P. Evans;M. G. De Kauwe

  • Directional postcopulatory sexual selection revealed by artificial insemination.

    Jonathan P. Evans;Lorenzo Zane;Samuela Francescato;Andrea Pilastro

  • Multiple benefits of multiple mating in guppies

    J. P. Evans;A. E. Magurran

  • Sperm competition: linking form to function

    Stuart Humphries;Jonathan P Evans;Leigh W Simmons

  • Sampling spatial and temporal variation in soil nitrogen availability

    Michael L. Cain;Scott Subler;Jonathan P. Evans;Marie-Josée Fortin

  • Male display rate reveals ejaculate characteristics in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata.

    I. M. Matthews;J. P. Evans;A. E. Magurran

  • CRYPTIC FEMALE PREFERENCE FOR COLORFUL MALES IN GUPPIES

    Andrea Pilastro;Martina Simonato;Angelo Bisazza;Jonathan P. Evans;Jonathan P. Evans

  • MALE-BY-FEMALE INTERACTIONS INFLUENCE FERTILIZATION SUCCESS AND MEDIATE THE BENEFITS OF POLYANDRY IN THE SEA URCHIN HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA

    Jonathan P. Evans;Dustin J. Marshall

  • Patterns of sperm precedence and predictors of paternity in the Trinidadian guppy

    Jonathan P. Evans;Anne E. Magurran

  • Ecology and Evolution of Poeciliid Fishes

    Jonathan P. Evans;Andrea Pilastro;Ingo Schlupp

  • Quantitative genetic evidence that males trade attractiveness for ejaculate quality in guppies

    Jonathan P. Evans

  • The total opportunity for sexual selection and the integration of pre- and post-mating episodes of sexual selection in a complex world.

    J. P. Evans;Francisco García-González;Francisco García-González

  • Sperm Swimming Velocity Predicts Competitive Fertilization Success in the Green Swordtail Xiphophorus helleri

    Clelia Gasparini;Leigh W. Simmons;Maxine Beveridge;Jonathan P. Evans

  • 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

  • COMPARING EVOLVABILITIES: COMMON ERRORS SURROUNDING THE CALCULATION AND USE OF COEFFICIENTS OF ADDITIVE GENETIC VARIATION

    Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez;Leigh W. Simmons;Joseph L. Tomkins;Janne S. Kotiaho

  • MALE-BY-FEMALE INTERACTIONS INFLUENCE FERTILIZATION SUCCESS AND MEDIATE THE BENEFITS OF POLYANDRY IN THE SEA URCHIN HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA

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  • Male mating behavior and ejaculate expenditure under sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquitofish

    Jonathan P. Evans;Michele Pierotti;Andrea Pilastro

  • Sire attractiveness influences offspring performance in guppies.

    Jonathan P. Evans;Jennifer L. Kelley;Angelo Bisazza;Elisabetta Finazzo

  • Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Egg-Sperm Interactions in Broadcast-Spawning Invertebrates

    Jonathan P. Evans;Craig D. H. Sherman

  • Reduced heterozygosity impairs sperm quality in endangered mammals

    John L. Fitzpatrick;Jonathan P. Evans

  • Sperm traits and fertilization success of male and sex-reversed female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    A.J Geffen;J.P Evans

  • Sources of genetic and phenotypic variance in fertilization rates and larval traits in a sea urchin

    Jonathan P. Evans;Francisco García-González;Dustin J. Marshall

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Hyams
Jeffrey S. Hyams University of Connecticut
David R. Mack
David R. Mack University of Ottawa
Anne M. Griffiths
Anne M. Griffiths University of Toronto
Subra Kugathasan
Subra Kugathasan Emory University
Andrea Pilastro
Andrea Pilastro University of Padua
Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez
Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez Spanish National Research Council
John L. Fitzpatrick
John L. Fitzpatrick Stockholm University
Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
Lee A. Denson
Lee A. Denson Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Robert N. Baldassano
Robert N. Baldassano Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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