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Books
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POLAK, M. (Editor), 2003, Developmental Instability: Causes and Consequences. Oxford University Press, New York, 459 pp. [Read reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4] |
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Lawrence, R.D. & fully updated and revised by POLAK, M., 2005, The Natural History of Canada, Second Edition, Key Porter Books, Toronto, Canada, 306 pp. |
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Book Chapters POLAK, M., Møller, A.P., Gangestad, S., Manning, J., Thornhill, R., 2003. Does an individual asymmetry parameter exist? A meta-analysis. In: M. Polak (ed.), Developmental Instability: Causes and Consequences, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 81-96.
Research Articles POLAK, M., 1992. Distribution of virgin females influences mate-searching behavior of male Polistes canadensis (L.) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 5:531-5.
POLAK, M., 1993. Competition for landmark territories among male Polistes canadensis (L.) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): large size advantage and alternative mate-acquisition tactics. Behavioral Ecology, 4:325-331.
POLAK, M., 1993. Landmark territoriality in the neotropical paper wasps Polistes canadensis (L.) and P. carnifex (F.) (Vespidae). Ethology, 95:278-290.
POLAK, M., 1993. Parasites increase fluctuating asymmetry of male Drosophila nigrospiracula: Implications for sexual selection. Genetica, 89:255-265.
POLAK, M., 1994. Large-size advantage and assessment of resource holding potential in male Polistes fuscatus (L.) (Hymenoptera:Vespidae). Animal Behaviour, 48:1231-1234.
POLAK, M., and Trivers, R., 1994. The science of symmetry in biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 9:122-124.
POLAK, M., and Brown W.D., 1995. Mating tactics and courtship behavior in Cleogonus rubetra (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 8:453-464.
POLAK, M., Markow, T.A. 1995. Effect of ectoparasitic mites on sexual selection in a Sonoran Desert fruit fly. Evolution, 49:660-669.
POLAK, M., 1996. Ectoparasitic effects on host survival and reproduction: the Drosophila-Macrocheles association. Ecology, 77:1379-1389.
POLAK, M., 1997. Ectoparasitism in mothers causes higher positional fluctuating asymmetry in their sons: Implications for sexual selection. American Naturalist, 149:955-974.
POLAK, M. 1998. An experimental evaluation of the effects of ectoparasitism on host condition in the Drosophila - Macrocheles system. Ecology, 79:1807-1817.
POLAK, M., Starmer, W.T., and Barker, J.S.F. 1998. Function of a mating plug and male mate choice in Drosophila hibisci Bock (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Animal Behaviour, 56:919-926.
Starmer, W.T., POLAK, M., Wolf, L.L. and Barker, J.S.F. 1998. Reproductive characteristics of the flower breeding Drosophila hibisci Bock (Drosophilidae) in eastern Australia: genetic and environmental determinants of ovariole number. Evolution, 52:806-815.
POLAK, M. & Markow, T.M. 1998. A note on the feeding ecology of adult Drosophila nigrospiracula, a Sonoran Desert fruit fly. Drosophila Information Service, 81:127-128.
POLAK, M., & Starmer, W.T. 1998. Parasite-induced risk of mortality elevates reproductive effort in male Drosophila. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B, 265:2197-2201.
Starmer, W.T., POLAK, M., Wolf, L.L., & Barker, J.S.F. 2000. Reproductive characteristics of the flower-breeding Drosophila hibisci Bock (Drosophilidae) in eastern Australia: within population genetic determinants of ovariole number. Heredity, 84:90-96.
Wolf, L.L., POLAK, M., Barker, J.S.F., Bowles, J., and Starmer, W.T. 2000. Reproductive characteristics of Drosophila hibisci in the Northern Territory, Australia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 71:549-562.
Wolf, L.L., Starmer, W.T., POLAK, M., & Barker, J.S.B. 2000. Genetic architecture of a wing size measure in Drosophila hibisci from two populations in eastern Australia. Heredity, 85:521-529.
POLAK, M., Wolf, L.L., Starmer, W.T., and Barker, J.S.F. 2001. Function of the mating plug in Drosophila hibisci Bock. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 49:196-205.
POLAK, M. & Starmer, W.T. 2001. The quantitative genetics of fluctuating asymmetry. Evolution, 55: 498-511.
POLAK, M., Opoka, R. & Cartwright, I. 2002. Response of fluctuating asymmetry to arsenic toxicity: support for the developmental selection hypothesis. Environmental Pollution, 118:19-28.
Starmer, W.T., Patten, M., & POLAK, M. 2002. The statistics of detecting positional fluctuating asymmetry. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 77:491-498.
Starmer, W.T., POLAK, M., Pitnick, S., McEvey S., Wolf, L.L., Barker, J.S.F. 2003. Phylogenetic, geographical and temporal analysis of female reproductive tradeoff in Drosophila. Evolutionary Biology, 33:139-171.
POLAK, M. 2003. Heritability of resistance against ectoparasitism in the Drosophila-Macrocheles system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 16:74-82.
POLAK, M., Kroeger, D.E., Cartwright, I.L., and Ponce de Leon, C. 2004. Genotype-specific responses of fluctuating asymmetry and of preadult survival to lead and temperature stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Environmental Pollution, 127:145-155.
POLAK, M., Starmer, W.T., and Wolf, L.L. 2004. Sexual selection for size and symmetry in a diversifying secondary sexual character in Drosophila bipectinata Duda (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Evolution, 58:597-607.
POLAK, M. & Stillabower, E.M. 2004. The relationship between genotype, developmental stability and mating performance: Disentangling the epigenetic causes. Proceding of the royal Society, London B, 271:1815-1821.
POLAK, M. and Starmer, W.T. 2005. Environmental origins of sexually selected variation and a critique of the fluctuating asymmetry-sexual selection hypothesis. Evolution, 59:577-585.
Halliday, R.B., Walter, D.E., & POLAK, M. 2005. A new species of Gamasodes Oudemans from Australia (Acari: Parasitidae). ZOOTAXA, 1001:17-30.
McEvey, S.F., & POLAK, M. 2005. Mycodrosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) of Fiji and Vanuatu with a description of nine new species. Fiji Arthropods II: Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 84:35-67.
Jaenike, J., POLAK, M., Fiskin, A., Helou, M., & Minhas, M. 2007. Interspecific transmission of endosymbiotic Spiroplasma by mites. Biology Letters, 3:23-25.
Cooperman, A.F., POLAK, M., Evans, C.S., & Taylor, P.W. 2007. Different sexual traits show covariation among genotypes: implications for sexual selection. Behavioral Ecology, 18:311-317.
Luong, L.T. & POLAK, M. 2007. Costs of resistance in the Drosophila-Macrocheles system: A negative genetic correlation between ectoparasite resistance and reproduction. Evolution, 61:1391-1402.
POLAK, M., Luong, L.T., & Starmer, W.T. 2007. Parasites physically block host copulation: A potent mechanism of parasite-mediated sexual selection. Behavioral Ecology, 18:952-957. Luong, L.T. & POLAK, M. 2007. Environment-dependent trade-offs between ectoparasite resistance and larval competitive ability in the Drosophila-Macrocheles system. Heredity, in press. POLAK, M. & Taylor, P.W. 2007. A primary role of developmental instability in sexual selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B, in press.
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