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2023
Cothran, R.D., D. Schmidenberg*, A. Stiff*, G.A. Wellborn, R.A. Relyea. 2023. The effects of density on sexual selection in the laboratory and in nature. In press at the Proceedings of the Linnean Society.
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2021
Mercer, A.A.*, R.D. Cothran. 2021. Interspecific competition affects resource use by three freshwater
amphipod species of Hyalella Smith 1874 (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 41, ruab019.
Jones D.K., J. Hua, B.M. Mattes, R.D. Cothran, J.T. Hoverman, R.A. Relyea. 2021. Predator- and competitor-induced responses in amphibian populations that evolved different levels of pesticide tolerance. Ecological Monographs 31, e02305.
Cothran, R.D., P.J. Monahan*, R.A. Relyea. 2021. Antipredator behavior affected by prey condition, food
availability and pH-mediated info-disruption. Animal Behavior 171, 111-118.
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2020
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Cothran, R.D. and M. Thiel. 2020. The Natural History of Crustaceans: Reproductive Biology Volume VI.
Oxford University Press, New York.
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2019
Hernández-Gómez O., S.J.A. Kimble, J. Hua, V.P. Wuerthner, D.K. Jones, B.M. Mattes, R.D. Cothran, R.A. Relyea, G.A. Meindl, and J.T. Hoverman 2019. Local adaptation of the MHC class IIBeta gene in populations of wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) correlates with proximity to agriculture. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 73, 197-204.
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2017
Goos J.M., R.D. Cothran, P.D. Jeyasingh. 2017. Within population variation in the chemistry of life: the stoichiometry of sexual dimorphism in multiple dimensions. Evolutionary Ecology 31, 635-651.
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Hua J., V. P. Wuerthner, D. K. Jones, B. Mattes, R. D. Cothran, R. A. Relyea, J. T. Hoverman. 2017. Evolved pesticide tolerance influences susceptibility to parasites in amphibians. Evolutionary Applications 10, 802-812.
Jones D., D. Trang, J. Urbina, R. Bendis, J. Buck, R. Cothran, A. Blaustein, R. Relyea. 2017. Effect of simultaneous amphibian exposure to pesticides and an emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Environmental Science and Technology 51, 671-679.
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2016
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Goos J.M., R. D. Cothran, P. D. Jeyasingh. 2016. Sex-specific nutrient use and preferential allocation of resources to a sexually selected trait in Hyalella amphipods. Journal of Experimental Biology 219, 649-657.
2015
Bradley, P. W., S. S. Gervasi, J. Hua, R. D. Cothran, R. A. Relyea, D. O. Olson, A. R. Blaustein. 2015. Differences in sensitivity to the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis among amphibian populations. In press at Conservation Biology 29, 1347-1356.
Cothran, R. D., B. J. French*, and R. A. Relyea. 2015. An assessment of putative sexually antagonistic traits in a freshwater amphipod species. Ethology 121, 740-748.
Cothran, R. D. 2015. The importance of reproductive interference in ecology and evolution: from organisms to communities. Population Ecology 57, 339-341.
Cothran, R. D., P. Noyes*, R. A. Relyea. 2015. An empirical test of stable coexistence in an amphipod species complex. Oecologia 178, 819-831.
Cothran, R. D., S. S. Gervasi, C. Murray*, B. J. French*, P. W. Bradley, J. Urbina, A. R. Blaustein, R. A. Relyea. 2015. Carotenoids and amphibians: effects on life history and susceptibility to the infectious pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Conservation Physiology 2015 3 (1): cov005 doi: 10.1093/conphys/cov005.
Hua, J., D. K. Jones, B. M. Mattes, R. D. Cothran, R. A. Relyea, J. T. Hoverman. 2015. The contribution of phenotypic plasticity to the evolution of insecticide tolerance in amphibian populations. Evolutionary Applications 8, 586-596.
Snell-Rood, E., R. D. Cothran, A. Espeset, P. D. Jeyasingh, S. Hobbie, N. I. Morehouse. 2015. Life history evolution in the anthropocene: effects of increasing nutrients on traits and tradeoffs. Evolutionary Applications 8, 635-649.
Hua, J., D. K. Jones, B. M. Mattes, R. D. Cothran, R. A. Relyea J. T. Hoverman. 2015. Evolved pesticide tolerance in amphibians: Predicting mechanisms based on pesticide novelty and mode of action. Environmental Pollution 206, 56-63.
Wellborn, G. A., J. D. S. Witt, R. D. Cothran. 2015. Chapter 31. Class Malacostraca, Superorders Peracarida and Syncarida. In J. H. Throp and D. C. Rogers, editors. Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates, Volume 1: Ecology and General Biology. Elsevier, San Diego, CA USA.
2014
Cothran, R. D., A. B. Stoler, R. A. Relyea. 2014. Leaves and litterbugs: How litter quality affects amphipod life history and sexually selected traits. Freshwater Science 33, 812-819.
Hoverman, J. T., R. D. Cothran, R. A. Relyea. 2014. Generalist versus specialist strategies of plasticity: snail responses to predators that have different foraging modes. In press at Freshwater Biology 59, 1101-1112.
Goos, J. M., R. D. Cothran, P. D. Jeyasingh. 2014. Subtle variation in phosphorus availability influences mating biology in Hyalella (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) amphipods. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111, 878-888.
Jeyasingh, P. D., R. D. Cothran, M. Tobler. 2014. Testing the ecological consequences of evolutionary change using elements. Ecology and Evolution. 4, 528-538 doi: 10.1002/ece3.950
Goos, J. M., B. J. French*, R. A. Relyea, R. D. Cothran, and P. D. Jeyasingh. 2014. Sex-specific variation in somatic phosphorus content of two freshwater amphipod species. Hyrdrobiologia 722, 93-102.
2013
Cothran, R. D., K. A. Henderson*, D. Schmidenberg*, and R. A. Relyea. 2013. Phenotypically similar but ecologically distinct: Differences in competitive ability and predation risk among amphipods. Oikos 122, 1429-1440.
Cothran, R. D., A. R. Stiff*, K. Chapman*, G. A. Wellborn, and R. A. Relyea. 2013. Reproductive interference via interspecific pairing in an amphipod species complex. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67, 1357-1367.
Cothran, R. D., J. M. Brown*, and R. A. Relyea. 2013. Proximity to agriculture is correlated with pesticide tolerance: evidence for the evolution of amphibian resistance to modern pesticides. Evolutionary Applications 6, 832-841.
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Hua, J., R. D. Cothran, A. B. Stoler, R. A. Relyea. 2013. Cross tolerance in amphibians: Wood frog mortality when exposed to three insecticides with a common mode of action. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32, 932-936.
2012
Cothran, R. D., K. Chapman*, A. R. Stiff*, and R. A. Relyea. 2012. “Cryptic” direct benefits of mate choice: choosy females experience reduced predation risk. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66, 905-913.
Cothran, R. D., A. R. Stiff*, P. D. Jeyasingh, and R. A. Relyea. 2012. Eutrophication and predation risk affect sexual trait expression and mating success. Evolution 66, 708-719.
2011
Cothran, R. D., F. Radarian*, R. A. Relyea. 2011. Altering aquatic food webs with a global insecticide: arthropod-amphibian links in mesocosms that simuate pond communities. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30, 893-912.
2010
Cothran, R. D., P. D. Jeyasingh. 2010. Condition dependence of a sexually selected trait in a crustacean species complex: importance of the ecological context. Evolution 64: 2523-2546.
Cothran, R. D., A. Kuzmic*, G. A. Wellborn, and R. A. Relyea. 2010. Phenotypic manipulation provides insights into the evolution a sexually selected trait in a crustacean species complex. Animal Behaviour 80, 543-549.
Cothran, R. D., R. Greco*, R. A. Relyea. 2010. No evidence that a common pesticide affects female mate choice in a freshwater crustacean. Environmental Toxicology 25: 310-314.
2008-2009
Cothran R. D. 2008. Direct and indirect fitness consequences of mate choice in a crustacean. Evolution 62, 1666-1675.
This paper was featured in Bergstrom and Dugatkin’s evolutionary biology textbook. You can find the book at: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?id=23004
Cothran R. D. 2008. Phenotypic manipulation reveals sexual conflict over precopula duration. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62 1409-1416.
Cothran R. D. 2008. The mechanistic basis of a large male mating advantage in two freshwater amphipod species. Ethology 114 1145-1153.
2004-2007
Wellborn, G. A., R. D. Cothran. 2007. Evolution and ecology of mating behavior in freshwater amphipods. In E. Duffy and M. Thiel, editors. Evolutionary ecology of social and sexual systems: crustaceans as model organisms. Cambridge University Press.
Wellborn, G. A., R. D. Cothran. 2007. Niche diversity in crustacean cryptic species: complementarity in spatial distribution and predation risk. Oecologia, 154, 175-183.
Wellborn, G. A., R. Cothran, S. Bartholf. 2005. Life history and diversification in regional ecomorphs of the Hyalella azteca species complex. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84, 161-175.
Cothran, R. D. 2004. Precopulatory mate guarding increases predation risk for two freshwater amphipod species. Animal Behaviour 68, 1133-1138.
Wellborn, G. A., R. D. Cothran. 2004. Analysis of phenotypic similarity and differentiation among sympatric cryptic species in an amphipod species complex: implications for coexistence and evolution of phenotypic similarity. Freshwater Biology 49, 1-13.
