Publications

Gascoigne, S.L.J.**, Uwera Nalukwago, D.I.**, Barbosa, F. (2022).Larval density, sex, and allocation hierarchy affect life-history trait covariances in a bean beetle. The American Naturalist 199(02):

Sears, M. J.**, Barbosa, F., and Hamel, J. A. (2020). Prolonged and variable copulation durations in a promiscuous insect species: No evidence of reproductive benefits for females. Behavioural Processes 179: 104189.

Bacon, E.** and Barbosa, F. (2020) Male harassment leads to fitness costs for females by disrupting oviposition site preferences. Behavioral Ecology 31(3): 611–617.

Edomwande, C.** and Barbosa, F. (2020). The influence of predation risk on mate signaling and mate choice in the lesser waxmoth Achroia grisella. Scientific Reports 10(1): 1-8.

Rebar, D., Barbosa, F. and Greenfield, M. D. (2019). Female reproductive plasticity to the social environment and its impact on male reproductive success. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(4), 48.

Barbosa, F., D. Rebar, and Greenfield, M.D. (2018). When do trade‐offs occur? The roles of energy constraints and trait flexibility in bushcricket populations. Journal of evolutionary biology 31(2): 287-301.

Barbosa F, Rebar D, Greenfield M (2016) Female preference functions drive inter-population divergence in male signaling: call diversity in a bushcricket. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 9(11): 2219-2228.

Rebar D, Barbosa F, Greenfield M (2016) Acoustic experience influences male and female pre- and postcopulatory behaviors in a bushcricket. Behavioral Ecology, 27(2): 434-443

Barbosa F, Rebar D, Greenfield M (2016) Reproduction and immunity trade-offs constrain mating signals and nuptial gift size in a bushcricket. Behavioral Ecology, 27(1): 109-117.

Barbosa F (2014) An integrative view of postcopulatory sexual selection in a soldier fly: interplay between cryptic mate choice and sperm competition. In AV Peretti, A Aisenberg (Eds.) Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods - Patterns, Mechanisms and Prospects. Springer International Publishing AG.

Rodriguez RL, Barbosa F (2013) Mutual behavioral adjustments in vibrational duetting. In RB Cocroft, M Gogala, A Wessel (Eds.) Vibrational communication in arthropods. Springer International Publishing AG.

Barbosa F (2012) Males responding to sperm competition cues have higher fertilization success in a soldier fly. Behavioral Ecology. 23(4): 815-819.

Barbosa F (2011) Copulation duration in the soldier fly Merosargus cingulatus: the roles of cryptic male choice and sperm competition risk. Behavioral Ecology. 22(6):1332-1336.

Barbosa F (2009). Cryptic female choice by female control of oviposition timing in a soldier fly. Behavioral Ecology. 20(5): 957-960.

Media coverage:

BBC Earth, September 2014 - a story by Colin Barras about animal genitalia featured my work on postcopulatory sexual selection in soldier flies. The Twisted World of Sexual Organs - How Evolution Solved the Problem of Conception.