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Maydianne C. B. Andrade

Maydianne C. B. Andrade

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
4192
World Ranking
6968
National Ranking
440

Overview

Maydianne C. B. Andrade is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Molecular Biology.

The main research topics addressed by Andrade include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

Key recent publications by Andrade and collaborators include:

  • "Behavioural, morphological, and life history shifts during invasive spread" (2021, Biological Invasions)
  • "Black widows as plastic wallflowers: female choosiness increases with indicators of high mate availability in a natural population" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Immature mating as a tactic of polygynous male western widow spiders" (2020, Die Naturwissenschaften)
  • "Dispersal and life history of brown widow spiders in dated invasive populations on two continents" (2022, Animal Behaviour)
  • "Juvenile Experience with Male Cues Triggers Cryptic Choice Mechanisms in Adult Female Redback Spiders" (2021, Insects)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Luciana Baruffaldi
  • Monica A. Mowery
  • Andrew C. Mason
  • Catherine Scott
  • Lenka Sentenská

Andrade's work has been published in various venues with multiple contributions to Frontiers in Zoology and BMC Ecology and Evolution. Other notable venues include Biological Invasions, Scientific Reports, and Die Naturwissenschaften.

Best Publications

  • Sexual Selection for Male Sacrifice in the Australian Redback Spider

    Maydianne C. B. Andrade

  • Risky mate search and male self-sacrifice in redback spiders

    Maydianne C. B. Andrade

  • FEMALE CHOICE FOR AN INDICATOR OF MALE SIZE IN THE SONG OF THE BLACK-HORNED TREE CRICKET, OECANTHUS NIGRICORNIS (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE: OECANTHINAE)

    William D. Brown;Julie Wideman;Maydianne C. B. Andrade;Andrew C. Mason

  • Assessment during aggressive contests between male jumping spiders.

    Damian O. Elias;Michael M. Kasumovic;David Punzalan;Maydianne C.B. Andrade

  • SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DEMOGRAPHIC VARIATION DRIVES WITHIN-SEASON FLUCTUATIONS IN SEXUAL SELECTION

    Michael M. Kasumovic;Matthew J. Bruce;Maydianne C. B. Andrade;Marie E. Herberstein

  • Female hunger can explain variation in cannibalistic behavior despite male sacrifice in redback spiders

    Maydianne C. B. Andrade

  • Risky mate search and mate preference in the golden orb-web spider (Nephila plumipes)

    Michael M. Kasumovic;Matthew J. Bruce;Marie E. Herberstein;Maydianne C.B. Andrade

  • Value of male remating and functional sterility in redback spiders

    Maydianne C.B. Andrade;Erin M. Banta

  • Multiple sperm storage organs facilitate female control of paternity

    Lindsay S.E Snow;Maydianne C.B Andrade

  • Pattern of sperm transfer in redback spiders: implications for sperm competition and male sacrifice

    Lindsay S. E. Snow;Maydianne C. B. Andrade

  • Terminal Investment Strategies and Male Mate choice: Extreme Tests of Bateman

    Maydianne C. B. Andrade;Michael M. Kasumovic

  • Males assess chemical signals to discriminate just-mated females from virgins in redback spiders

    Jeffrey A. Stoltz;Jeremy N. McNeil;Maydianne C.B. Andrade

  • Examination of prior contest experience and the retention of winner and loser effects

    Michael M. Kasumovic;Damian O. Elias;Senthurran Sivalinghem;Andrew C. Mason

  • Male development tracks rapidly shifting sexual versus natural selection pressures.

    Michael M. Kasumovic;Maydianne C.B. Andrade

  • Taxonomic bias in animal behaviour publications

    Malcolm F. Rosenthal;Matthew Gertler;Angela D. Hamilton;Sonal Prasad

  • Discrimination of airborne pheromones by mate- searching male western black widow spiders (Latrodectus hesperus): species- and population- specific responses

    Michael M Kasumovic;Maydianne C.B Andrade

  • Broken Copulatory Organs are Low-Cost Adaptations to Sperm Competition in Redback Spiders

    Lindsay S. E. Snow;Amal Abdel‐Mesih;Maydianne C. B. Andrade

  • High resource valuation fuels “desperado” fighting tactics in female jumping spiders

    Damian O. Elias;Carlos A. Botero;Maydianne C. B. Andrade;Andrew C. Mason

  • Strong, convergent male mate choice along two preference axes in field populations of black widow spiders

    Emily C. MacLeod;Maydianne C.B. Andrade

  • Acylated Serine Derivatives: A Unique Class of Arthropod Pheromones of the Australian Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasselti

    Elena Jerhot;Jeffrey A. Stoltz;Maydianne C. B. Andrade;Stefan Schulz

  • Spider Behaviour: Mating behaviour and sexual selection

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Frequent Co-Authors

Regina H. Macedo
Regina H. Macedo University of Brasília
Marie E. Herberstein
Marie E. Herberstein Macquarie University
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Technische Universität Braunschweig
Yael Lubin
Yael Lubin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Darryl T. Gwynne
Darryl T. Gwynne University of Toronto
Manfred Ayasse
Manfred Ayasse University of Ulm
Robert Brooks
Robert Brooks University of New South Wales
Bernard D. Roitberg
Bernard D. Roitberg Simon Fraser University

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