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Publications:

Duckworth, RA & Sockman, KW. 2012. Proximate mechanisms of behavioral inflexibility: implications for the evolution of personality traits. Functional Ecology In press. Coming soon

Duckworth, RA. 2012. Evolution of genetically integrated dispersal strategies. In: Clobert J, et al (eds) Informed Dispersal and Spatial Evolutionary Ecology. Oxford University Press (Forthcoming Summer 2012) Coming soon

Duckworth, RA. 2011. Toward an integrated concept of the phenotype. Review of The Flexible Phenotype by Theunis Piersma and Jan A. van Gils in Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26: 381-2.

Reprint

Duckworth, RA. 2010. Evolution of personality: developmental constraints on behavioral plasticity. Invited Perspective in the Auk 127: 752-758.

Reprint

Duckworth, RA and LEB Kruuk. 2009. Evolution of genetic integration between dispersal and colonization ability in a bird. Evolution 63: 968-977.

Cover

Duckworth, RA. 2009. Maternal effects and range expansion: A key factor in a dynamic process? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 364: 1075-1086.

Reprint

Duckworth, RA. 2008. Adaptive dispersal strategies and the dynamics of a range expansion. American Naturalist 172: S4-S17.

Reprint

Badyaev, AV, RL Young, GE Hill, RA Duckworth. 2008. Evolution of sex-biased maternal effects in birds: IV. Intra-ovarian growth dynamics can link sex-determination and sex-specific acquisition of resources. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 449-460.

Cover

Duckworth, RA. 2009. The role of behavior in evolution: a search for mechanism. Evolutionary Ecology 23: 513-531.

Reprint

Duckworth, RA. and AV Badyaev. 2007. Coupling of dispersal and aggression facilitates the rapid range expansion of a passerine bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104: 15017-15022.

Cover

Duckworth, RA. 2006. Aggressive behavior affects selection on morphology by determining the environment of breeding in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273: 1789-1795.

Reprint

Duckworth, RA. 2006. A behavioral correlation across reproductive contexts provides a mechanism for a cost of aggression. Behavioral Ecology 1011-1019.

Reprint

Badyaev, AV, H Schwabl, RL Young, RA Duckworth, K Navara, AF Parlow. 2005. Adaptive sex differences in growth of pre-ovulation oocytes in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 272: 2165-2172. (cover article)

Cover

Badyaev, AV and RA Duckworth. 2005. Evolution of plasticity in hormonally-integrated parental tactics. Pp. 375-386 In Functional Avian Endocrinology (eds. A. Dawson & P.J. Sharp). Narosa Publishing House.

Reprint

Duckworth, RA, MT Mendonça, and GE Hill. 2004. Condition dependent sexual traits and social dominance in the house finch. Behavioral Ecology 15: 779-784.

Reprint

Duckworth, RA, AV Badyaev, and AF Parlow. 2003. Elaborately ornamented males avoid costly parental care in the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus): a proximate perspective. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 176-183.

Reprint

Badyaev, AV and RA Duckworth. 2003. Context-dependent sexual advertisement: plasticity in development of sexual ornamentation throughout the lifetime of a passerine bird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 1065-1076.

Reprint

Duckworth, RA, AV Badyaev, KL Farmer, GE Hill, and SR Roberts. 2003. First case of mycoplasmosis in the native range of the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). Auk 120: 528-530.

Reprint

Badyaev, AV, GE Hill, ML Beck, AA Dervan, RA Duckworth, et al. 2002. Sex-biased hatching order and adaptive population divergence in a passerine bird. Science 295: 316-318.

Reprint

Featured in Science News of the Week;TREE: Research Update; USA Today; Scientific American; Wissenschaft ; National Geographic; National Public Radio

Reprint

Duckworth, RA, MT Mendonça, and GE Hill. 2001. A condition dependent link between testosterone and disease resistance in the house finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 2467-2472.

Reprint

Nolan, P. M., R. A. Duckworth, G. E. Hill, and S. R. Roberts 2000. Maintenance of a captive flock of house finches free of infection by Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Avian Diseases 44: 948-952.

Reprint

University Seminars:

Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 2010.

Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Davis, CA, 2010.

Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2010.

Program in Evolutionary Modelling, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2009.

Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2009.

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2009.

Organismal Biology and Ecology, University of Montana , Missoula, MT, 2008.

Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology , University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2008.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Young Investigator Seminar Princeton University, NJ, 2008.

Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, 2008.

School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, 2008.

NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London , Silwood Park, Ascot, UK, 2008.

Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2007.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2007.

Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2007.

Invited Presentations:

Evolution of colonization strategies: historical origin and ecological consequences. American Society of Naturalists Young Investigator Prize Symposium, Portland, OR.

An evolutionary perspective on avian range expansion. Plenary lecture at the Joint Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Society of Canadian Ornithologists and American Ornithologist's Union, San Diego, CA, 2010.

Avian Behavior and Human Interactions: A Photo Journey. Audubon Society Invited Lecture , Tucson, AZ, 2008.

Historical origin and ecological consequences of integrated behavioral phenotypes in a bird. Symposium: Pathways to Novelty and Diversity: The Causes and Consequences of Polyphenism. 45th Annual Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Snowbird, UT, 2008.

Behavioral shifts and diversification rate in starlings and thrushes. Joint Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Society of Canadian Ornithologists and American Ornithologist's Union, Portland, OR, 2008.

Evolution of behavior at the edge of a range expansion. Symposium: Population consequences of adaptive processes. XI Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology Uppsala, Sweden, 2007.

Evolution of behavioral integration and colonization of a novel environment. Invited speaker. ASN Vice Presidential Symposium. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Christchurch, New Zealand, 2007.

Rapid evolution of aggression across the recent range overlap of two passerine species. Invited speaker. Young Scientists' Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2007.

Sexual selection and the evolution of avian personalities. Invited symposium: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives of Sexual Selection. North American Ornithological Conference. Veracruz, Mexico, 2006.

Evolution of distinct behavioral phenotypes in a passerine bird in response to fluctuating selection. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Stony Brook University, NY, 2006.

Rapid evolution of aggression across the recent range overlap of two passerine species. EvoLunch Seminar. UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, 2005.

Evolution of aggression as a key to the reciprocal range shifts of two passerine species. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Fairbanks, AK, 2005.
(featured in Science News Focus)

The role of behavior in evolution: An example in a passerine bird. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Fairbanks, AK, 2005.

When the environment of selection becomes the selected environment: Evolutionary causes and consequences of variation in behavior. Population Biology Seminar. Duke University, Durham, NC, 2004.

Sex-specific fitness cost of interspecific aggression in a passerine bird. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Fort Collins, CO, 2004.

When fair housing policies fail: the subtler side of competition over nest cavities. Invited keynote speaker for the North American Bluebird Society Conference, 2004.

Variable reproductive investment along an elevational gradient in two passerine species. IX Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Leeds, UK, 2003.

Elaborately ornamented males avoid costly parental care in the house finch: a proximate perspective. International Ornithological Congress. Beijing, China, 2002.

Males with more elaborated sexual ornaments avoid costly parental care in a passerine bird. Edward Grey Institute Conference. Oxford University, UK, 2002.

Proximate regulation of the male mating phenotype in the house finch: A role for condition-dependent hormone interactions? Invited Symposium: New perspectives in the evolution of sexual traits. American Ornithologists’ Union 119th Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2001.

Testosterone, condition and disease in the house finch: implications for sexual selection. Adaptation and Immunity Symposium. VIII Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Aarhus, Denmark, 2001.

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Publications:
	Duckworth, RA & Sockman, KW. 2012. Proximate mechanisms of behavioral inflexibility: implications for the evolution of personality traits. Functional Ecology In press.	Coming soon
	Duckworth, RA. 2012. Evolution of genetically integrated dispersal strategies. In: Clobert J, et al (eds) Informed Dispersal and Spatial Evolutionary Ecology. Oxford University Press (Forthcoming Summer 2012)	Coming soon
	Duckworth, RA. 2011. Toward an integrated concept of the phenotype. Review of The Flexible Phenotype by Theunis Piersma and Jan A. van Gils in Trends in Ecology & Evolution 26: 381-2.	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA. 2010. Evolution of personality: developmental constraints on behavioral plasticity. Invited Perspective in the Auk 127: 752-758.	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA and LEB Kruuk. 2009. Evolution of genetic integration between dispersal and colonization ability in a bird. Evolution 63: 968-977.	Cover
	Duckworth, RA. 2009. Maternal effects and range expansion: A key factor in a dynamic process? *Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B* 364: 1075-1086.	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA. 2008. Adaptive dispersal strategies and the dynamics of a range expansion. *American Naturalist* 172: S4-S17.	Reprint
	Badyaev, AV, RL Young, GE Hill, RA Duckworth. 2008. Evolution of sex-biased maternal effects in birds: IV. Intra-ovarian growth dynamics can link sex-determination and sex-specific acquisition of resources. *Journal of Evolutionary Biology* 21: 449-460.	Cover
	Duckworth, RA. 2009. The role of behavior in evolution: a search for mechanism. *Evolutionary Ecology* 23: 513-531.	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA. and AV Badyaev. 2007. Coupling of dispersal and aggression facilitates the rapid range expansion of a passerine bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104: 15017-15022.	Cover
	Duckworth, RA. 2006. Aggressive behavior affects selection on morphology by determining the environment of breeding in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273: 1789-1795.	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA. 2006. A behavioral correlation across reproductive contexts provides a mechanism for a cost of aggression. Behavioral Ecology 1011-1019.	Reprint
	Badyaev, AV, H Schwabl, RL Young, RA Duckworth, K Navara, AF Parlow. 2005. Adaptive sex differences in growth of pre-ovulation oocytes in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 272: 2165-2172. (cover article)	Cover
	Badyaev, AV and RA Duckworth. 2005. Evolution of plasticity in hormonally-integrated parental tactics. Pp. 375-386 In Functional Avian Endocrinology (eds. A. Dawson & P.J. Sharp). Narosa Publishing House.	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA, MT Mendonça, and GE Hill. 2004. Condition dependent sexual traits and social dominance in the house finch. Behavioral Ecology 15: 779-784.	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA, AV Badyaev, and AF Parlow. 2003. Elaborately ornamented males avoid costly parental care in the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus): a proximate perspective. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 176-183.	Reprint
	Badyaev, AV and RA Duckworth. 2003. Context-dependent sexual advertisement: plasticity in development of sexual ornamentation throughout the lifetime of a passerine bird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 1065-1076.	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA, AV Badyaev, KL Farmer, GE Hill, and SR Roberts. 2003. First case of mycoplasmosis in the native range of the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). Auk 120: 528-530.	Reprint
	Badyaev, AV, GE Hill, ML Beck, AA Dervan, RA Duckworth, et al. 2002. Sex-biased hatching order and adaptive population divergence in a passerine bird. Science 295: 316-318.	Reprint
	Featured in Science News of the Week;TREE: Research Update; USA Today; Scientific American; Wissenschaft ; National Geographic; National Public Radio	Reprint
	Duckworth, RA, MT Mendonça, and GE Hill. 2001. A condition dependent link between testosterone and disease resistance in the house finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 2467-2472.	Reprint
	Nolan, P. M., R. A. Duckworth, G. E. Hill, and S. R. Roberts 2000. Maintenance of a captive flock of house finches free of infection by Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Avian Diseases 44: 948-952.	Reprint

University Seminars:
	Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, 2010.
	Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Davis, CA, 2010.
	Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2010.
	Program in Evolutionary Modelling, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2009.
	Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2009.
	Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2009.
	Organismal Biology and Ecology, University of Montana , Missoula, MT, 2008.
	Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology , University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2008.
	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Young Investigator Seminar Princeton University, NJ, 2008.
	Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, 2008.
	School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, 2008.
	NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London , Silwood Park, Ascot, UK, 2008.
	Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2007.
	Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2007.
	Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2007.

Invited Presentations:
	Evolution of colonization strategies: historical origin and ecological consequences. American Society of Naturalists Young Investigator Prize Symposium, Portland, OR.
	An evolutionary perspective on avian range expansion. Plenary lecture at the Joint Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Society of Canadian Ornithologists and American Ornithologist's Union, San Diego, CA, 2010.
	Avian Behavior and Human Interactions: A Photo Journey. Audubon Society Invited Lecture , Tucson, AZ, 2008.
	Historical origin and ecological consequences of integrated behavioral phenotypes in a bird. Symposium: Pathways to Novelty and Diversity: The Causes and Consequences of Polyphenism. 45th Annual Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Snowbird, UT, 2008.
	Behavioral shifts and diversification rate in starlings and thrushes. Joint Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Society of Canadian Ornithologists and American Ornithologist's Union, Portland, OR, 2008.
	Evolution of behavior at the edge of a range expansion. Symposium: Population consequences of adaptive processes. XI Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology Uppsala, Sweden, 2007.
	Evolution of behavioral integration and colonization of a novel environment. Invited speaker. ASN Vice Presidential Symposium. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Christchurch, New Zealand, 2007.
	Rapid evolution of aggression across the recent range overlap of two passerine species. Invited speaker. Young Scientists' Symposium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2007.
	Sexual selection and the evolution of avian personalities. Invited symposium: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives of Sexual Selection. North American Ornithological Conference. Veracruz, Mexico, 2006.
	Evolution of distinct behavioral phenotypes in a passerine bird in response to fluctuating selection. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Stony Brook University, NY, 2006.
	Rapid evolution of aggression across the recent range overlap of two passerine species. EvoLunch Seminar. UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, 2005.
	Evolution of aggression as a key to the reciprocal range shifts of two passerine species. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Fairbanks, AK, 2005. (featured in Science News Focus)
	The role of behavior in evolution: An example in a passerine bird. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Fairbanks, AK, 2005.
	When the environment of selection becomes the selected environment: Evolutionary causes and consequences of variation in behavior. Population Biology Seminar. Duke University, Durham, NC, 2004.
	Sex-specific fitness cost of interspecific aggression in a passerine bird. Evolution & ASN Meetings. Fort Collins, CO, 2004.
	When fair housing policies fail: the subtler side of competition over nest cavities. Invited keynote speaker for the North American Bluebird Society Conference, 2004.
	Variable reproductive investment along an elevational gradient in two passerine species. IX Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Leeds, UK, 2003.
	Elaborately ornamented males avoid costly parental care in the house finch: a proximate perspective. International Ornithological Congress. Beijing, China, 2002.
	Males with more elaborated sexual ornaments avoid costly parental care in a passerine bird. Edward Grey Institute Conference. Oxford University, UK, 2002.
	Proximate regulation of the male mating phenotype in the house finch: A role for condition-dependent hormone interactions? Invited Symposium: New perspectives in the evolution of sexual traits. American Ornithologists’ Union 119th Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2001.
	Testosterone, condition and disease in the house finch: implications for sexual selection. Adaptation and Immunity Symposium. VIII Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Aarhus, Denmark, 2001.