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Overview

Matthew J. G. Gage is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within biological and environmental sciences, with a particular focus on insect ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and physiological adaptations.

Their recent papers include:

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects (2022), published in Ecological Monographs
  • Fertility and mortality impacts of thermal stress from experimental heatwaves on different life stages and their recovery in a model insect (2021), published in Royal Society Open Science
  • Tribolium beetles as a model system in evolution and ecology (2021), published in Heredity
  • Mating patterns influence vulnerability to the extinction vortex (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • Polyandry provides reproductive and genetic benefits in colonising populations (2020), published in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthew J. G. Gage include:

  • Ramakrishnan Vasudeva
  • Michael D. Pointer
  • Kris Sales
  • Lewis G. Spurgin
  • Marco Graziano

The scientist regularly publishes in established venues such as:

  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Heredity
  • Ecology and Evolution

The main fields of study pursued include Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

Within these fields, Matthew J. G. Gage focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics; Ecology; Insect Science; and Molecular Biology.

The principal research topics addressed in their work cover:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Best Publications

  • Sperm competition, male prudence and sperm-limited females

    Nina Wedell;Matthew J.G. Gage;Geoffrey A. Parker

  • Sperm competition in fishes: the evolution of testis size and ejaculate characteristics.

    P. Stockley;M. J. G. Gage;G. A. Parker;A. P. Møller

  • Spermatozoal traits and sperm competition in Atlantic salmon: relative sperm velocity is the primary determinant of fertilization success.

    Matthew J.G. Gage;Christopher P. Macfarlane;Sarah Yeates;Richard G. Ward

  • Scientists' warning on climate change and insects

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  • Associations between Body Size, Mating Pattern, Testis Size and Sperm Lengths across Butterflies

    Matthew J. G. Gage

  • Sperm competition games: a prospective analysis of risk assessment

    G. A. Parker;M. A. Ball;P. Stockley;M. J. G. Gage

  • Sperm Competition Games: Individual Assessment of Sperm Competition Intensity by Group Spawners

    Geoffrey Alan Parker;M. A. Ball;Paula Stockley;Matthew J. G. Gage

  • Effects of alternative male mating strategies on characteristics of sperm production in the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): theoretical and empirical investigations

    Matthew J. G. Gage;Paula Stockley;Geoffrey Alan Parker

  • Continuous variation in reproductive strategy as an adaptive response to population density in the moth Plodia interpunctella

    Matthew J. G. Gage

  • Risk of sperm competition directly affects ejaculate size in the Mediterranean fruit fly

    Matthew J.G. Gage

  • Experimental heatwaves compromise sperm function and cause transgenerational damage in a model insect.

    Kris Sales;Ramakrishnan Vasudeva;Matthew E. Dickinson;Joanne L. Godwin

  • Sperm Size or Numbers? Effects of Nutritional Stress Upon Eupyrene and Apyrene Sperm Production Strategies in the Moth Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidea)

    M. J. G. Gage;P. A. Cook

  • Experimental evidence for the evolution of numerous, tiny sperm via sperm competition.

    Matthew J.G Gage;Edward H Morrow

  • Relative testis size and sperm morphometry across mammals: no evidence for an association between sperm competition and sperm length.

    Matthew J. G. Gage;Robert P. Freckleton

  • Quick-change artists: male plastic behavioural responses to rivals.

    Amanda Bretman;Matthew J.G. Gage;Tracey Chapman

  • Sexual selection protects against extinction

    Alyson J. Lumley;Łukasz Michalczyk;James J. N. Kitson;Lewis G. Spurgin

  • Ejaculate size varies with socio‐sexual situation in an insect

    Matthew J. G. Gage;R. Robin Baker

  • Mammalian sperm morphometry

    M. J. G. Gage

  • Effects of risks of sperm competition on the numbers of eupyrene and apyrene sperm ejaculated by the moth Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

    Penny A. Cook;Matthew J. G. Gage

  • The evolution of sperm length in moths.

    Edward H. Morrow;Matthew J.G. Gage

  • Consistent significant variation between individual males in spermatozoal morphometry

    Edward H. Morrow;Matthew J. G. Gage

Frequent Co-Authors

Łukasz Michalczyk
Łukasz Michalczyk Jagiellonian University
Brent C. Emerson
Brent C. Emerson Spanish National Research Council
Tracey Chapman
Tracey Chapman University of East Anglia
Isabelle M. Côté
Isabelle M. Côté Simon Fraser University
John D. Reynolds
John D. Reynolds Simon Fraser University
Amanda Bretman
Amanda Bretman University of Leeds
Eric Haubruge
Eric Haubruge University of Liège
Paula Stockley
Paula Stockley University of Liverpool
Geoff A. Parker
Geoff A. Parker University of Liverpool
Sigurd Einum
Sigurd Einum Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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