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Research Papers:
in press
Ryan, M.J. in press. Sexual selection. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia.
Ryan, M.J. in press. The túngara frog: A model for sexual selection and communication. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Elsevier: Oxford.
Ryan, M.J., Akre, K.L.; Kirkpatrick, M. in press. Cognitive mate choice. In: R. Dukas, J. Ratcliffe editors. Cognitive Ecology, The Evolutionary Ecology of Learning, Memory and Information Use. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Ryan, M.J. in press. Diverse views of communication (review of The Sociobiology of Communication). Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Bernal, X.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan. M.J. in press. Task differences underlie sexual dimorphism in mating behaviour in túngara frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London series B.
Dawson, B.; Ryan, M.J. in press. Early experience leads to changes in the advertisement calls of male Physalaemus pustulosus. Copeia
Schlaepfer, M.A.; Sredl, M.J.; Rosen, P.C.; Ryan, M.J. in press. High prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild populations of lowland leopard frogs Rana yavapaiensis in Arizona. EcoHealth.
Sosa, J.A.; Ryan, M.J.; Schlaepfer, M.A. in press. Induced morphological plasticity in Lowland Leopard Frog larvae (Rana yavapaiensis) does not confer a survival adIvantage against Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus). Journal of Herpetology
Summers, K.; Roney, K.; da Sila, J.; Geralrd, C.; Cuthbertson, B.J.; Kazianis, S.; Rosenthal, G.G.; Ryan, M.J.; McConell, T.J. in press. Divergent patterns of selection on the DAB and DXB MHC class II loci in Xiphophorus fishes. Genetica.
2009
Ryan, M.J. 2009. Communication in frogs and toads. In: L.R. Squire editor. Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, volume 2, pp. 1159-1166. Academic Press: Oxford.
2008
Baugh, A.T.; Akre, K.L.; Ryan, M.J. 2008. Categorical perception of a natural, multivariate signal: mating call recognition in túngara frogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:8985-8988.
Cummings, M.E.; Bernal, X.E.; Reynaga, R.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2008. Visual sensitivity to a conspicuous male cue varies by reproductive state in Physalaemus pustulosus females. Journal of Experimental Biology 211:1203-1210.
Engeszer, R.E.; Wang, G.; Alberici da Barbiano, L.; Ryan, M.J.; Parichy, D.M. 2008. Sex-specific perceptual spaces for a vertebrate basal social aggregative behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:929-933.
Funk, C.W.; Angulo, A.; Caldwell, J.P.; Ryan, M.J.; Cannatella, D.C. 2008. Comparison of morphology and calls of two cryptic species of Physaleamus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetologica. 64:290-304.
Heubel, K.U.; Hornhardt, K.; Ollmann, T.; Parzefall, J.; Ryan, M.J.; Schlupp, I. 2008. Geographic variation in female mate-copying in the species complex of a unisexual fish, Poecilia formosa. Behaviour 148:1041-1064.
Hoke, K.L.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 2008. Candidate neural locus for sex differences in reproductive decisions. Biology Letters 4:518-521.
McLennan, D.A; Ryan, M.J. 2008. Female swordtails prefer the scent of heterospecific males (Xiphophorus continens: Poeciliidae). Animal Behaviour 75:1731-1737.
Page, R.; Ryan, M.J. 2008. The effect of signal complexity on localization performance in bats that localize frog calls. Animal Behaviour 76:761-769.
Taylor, R.C.; Klein, B.A.; Stein, J.; Ryan, M.J. 2008. Faux frogs: Multicomponent signalling and the value of robotics in animal behaviour. Animal Behaviour 76:1089-1097.
2007
Ryan, M.J. 2007. Sensory ecology: See me, hear me. [Dispatch] Current Biology 17:1019-1021.
Ryan, M.J.; Bernal, X.E.; Rand, A.S. 2007. Patterns of mating call preferences in túngara frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20:2235-2247.
Ryan, M.J.; Akre, K.L.; Kirkpatrick. M. 2007. Mate choice [Primer]. Current Biology 17:313-316
Bernal, X.E.; Page, R.A.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2007. Cues for eavesdroppers: Do frog calls indicate prey density and quality. The American Naturalist 169(3):409-415.
Bernal, X.; A.S. Rand; M.J. Ryan. 2007. Sex differences in response to non-conspecific advertisement calls: Receiver permissiveness in male and female túngara frogs. Animal Behaviour 73:955-964.
Bernal, X.; A.S. Rand; M.J. Ryan. 2007. Sexual differences in the behavioral response of túngara frogs, Physalaemus pustulosus, to cues associated with increased predation risk. Ethology 113: 755-763.
Boul, K.E.; W.C. Funk; C.R. Darst; D.C. Cannatella; M.J. Ryan. 2007. Sexual selection drives speciation in an Amazonian frog. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London series B 274:399-406.
Engeszer, R.E.; da Barbiano, L.A.; Ryan, M.J.; Parichy, D.M. 2007. Timing and plasticity of shoaling behavior in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Animal Behaviour 74: 1269-1275.
Hoke, K.L.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 2007. Integration of sensory and motor processing underlying social behaviour in túngara frogs. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London series B 274:641-649
Hoke, K. L.; M. J. Ryan; W. Wilczynski. 2007. Functional coupling between substantia nigra and basal ganglia homologs in amphibians. Behavioral Neuroscience 121:393–1399
Lampert, K.P.; Bernal, X.E.; Rand, A.S.; Mueller, U.G.; Ryan, M.J. 2007. Island populations of the tungara frog , Physalaemus pustulosus: History influences genetic diversity and morphology. Herpetologica 63:311-319.
Pfennig, K.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2007. Character displacement and the evolution of mate choice: an artificial neural network approach. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 362:411-419.
Phelps, S.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2007. The mixed-species chorus as public information: Túngara frogs eavesdrop on a heterospecific. Behavioral Ecology 18:108-114.
2006
Cummings, M.E.; García de León, F.J.; Mollaghan, D.M.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. Is UV ornamentation an amplifier in swordtails? Zebrafish 3:91-100.
Bernal, X.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. Acoustic preferences and localization performance of blood-sucking flies (Corethrella Coquillett). Behavioral Ecology 709-715
Griddi Papp, M; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. Complex call production in túngara frogs. Nature 441:38.
Hill, S.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. The role of female quality in the mate choice copying behaviour of sailfin mollies. Biology Letters 2:203-205.
Kirkpatrick, M.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. Mate choice rules in animals. Animal Behaviour 72:1215-1225.
Lampert, K.P.; Bernal, X.; Rand, A.S.; Mueller, U.G.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. No evidence for female mate choice based on genetic similarity in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59:796-804.
Lynch, K.S.; Crews, D.C.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczyski, W. 2006. Hormonal state influences aspects of female mate choice in the túngara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus). Hormones and Behavior 49:450-457.
Page, R.A.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. Social transmission of novel foraging behavior in bats: Frog calls and their referents. Current Biology 16:1201-1205.
Phelps, S.M.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. A cognitive framework for mate choice and species recognition. The American Naturalist 167:28-42.
Pröhl, H.; Koshy, R.; Mueller, U.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. Geographic variation and behavioral traits in túngara frogs in a zone of secondary contact. Evolution 60:1669-1679.
Pauly, G.B.; Bernal, X.E.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. in press. The vocal sac increases call rate in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 79:708-719
Ryan, M.J. 2006. Profile of: A. Stanley Rand (1932-2005). Iguana 13(1):42-46.
Phennig, K.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2006. Reproductive character displacement generates reproductive isolation among conspecific populations: an artificial neural network study. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London series B 273:1361-1368.
Ryan, M.J. 2006. Question and Answer with Michael J. Ryan. Current Biology 16(24):1012-1013.
2005
Ryan, M.J. 2005. The evolution of behavior, and integrating it towards a complete and correct understanding of behavioral biology. Journal of Animal Biology 55:419-439.
Witte, K.; Farris, H.E.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 2005. How cricket frog females deal with a noisy world: habitat-related differences in auditory tuning. Behavioral Ecology 16:571-579.
Gabor, C.R.; Ryan, M.J.; Morizot, D.C. 2005. Character displacement in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna: allozymes and behavior. Environmental Biology of Fishes 73:75-88.
Ryan, M.J.; Cummings, M.E. 2005. Animal signals and the overlooked costs of efficacy. Evolution 59(5): 1160-1161.
Weight, L.A.; Crawford, A.J.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2005. Biogeography of the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus: a molecular perspective. Molecular Ecology 14:3857-3876.
Farris, H.E.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2005. The effect of time, space and spectrum on auditory grouping in túngara frogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology 191:1173-1183.
Hoke, K.L.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 2005. Acoustic social cues shift functional connectivity in the hypothalamus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 102:10712-10717.
Page, R.; Ryan, M.J. 2005. Flexibility in assessment of prey cues: frog-eating bats and frog calls. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London series B 272:841-847.
2004
Ryan M.J. 2004. Fickle females? [News & Views]. Nature 428:708-709.
Engeszer, R.E.; Ryan, M.J.; Parichy, D.M. 2004. Learned social preference in zebrafish. Current Biology 14:881-884.
2003
Ryan, M.J.; Kime, N.M. 2003. Selection on long distance acoustic signals.
pp. 225-274. In: Simmons, A.; Fay, R.; Popper, A. editors, Springer Handbook
of Auditory Research; Acoustic Communication. Springer Verlag, Berlin..
Ryan, M.J.; Rand, A.S.
2003. Mate recognition in túngara frogs: a
review of some studies of brain, behavior, and evolution. Acta
Zoologica Sinica 49:713-726.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand, A.S. 2003. Sexual selection and female preference space:
How female túngara frogs perceive and respond to complex population
variation n acoustic mating signals. Evolution 57:2608-2618.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand, W.; Hurd, P.L.; Phelps, S.M.; Rand. A.S. 2003.
Generalization in response to mate recognition signals. The American
Naturalist 161:380-394.
Lampert, K.P.; Rand, A.S.; Mueller, U.G.; Ryan, M.J. 2003. Fine scale
genetic pattern and evidence for sex-biased dispersal in the
túngara frog,
Physalaemus pustulosus. Molecular Ecology 12:3325-3334.
Castellano, S.; Giacoma, C.; Ryan, M.J. 2003. Call degradation in diploid
and tetraploid green toads. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
78:11-26.
Cummings, M.E.; Rosenthal, G.G.; Ryan, M.J. 2003. A private ultraviolet
channel in visual communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London
series B 270: 897-904.
Kingston, J.; Rosenthal, G.G.; Ryan, M.J. 2003. The role of sexual selection
in maintaining a colour polymorphism in the pygmy swordtail, Xiphophorus
pygmaeus. Animal Behaviour 65:735-743.
Rosenthal, G.G. et al. 2003. Dissolution of sexual signal complexes in a
hybrid zone between the swordtails Xiphophorus birchmanni and X. malinche
(Poeciliidae).
Copeia 2003:299-307.
2002
Farris, H.F.; Rand,. A.S.; Ryan. M.J. 2002. The effects of spatially
separated call components on phonotaxis in túngara frogs: Evidence for
auditory grouping.. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 60:181-188.
Autumn, K.; Ryan, M.J.; Wake, D.B. 2002. Integrating historical and
mechanistic biology enhances the study of adaptation. Quarterly Review of
Biology 77:383-408.
Bosch, J.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2002. Response to variation in chuck
frequency by male and female túngara frogs. Herpetologica 58:95-103.
Burmeister, S.S.; Ophir, A.G.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 2002.
Information transfer during cricket frog contests. Animal Behaviour
64:715-725.
Pröhl, H.; Adams, R.; U. Mueller; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2002. Polymerase
chain reaction primers for polymorphic microsatellite loci from the túngara
frog Physalaemus pustulosus. Molecular Ecology Notes 2:341-343.
Rosenthal, G.G.; Wagner, W.E. Jr.; Ryan, M.J. 2002. Secondary reduction of
preference for swords in the pygmy swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis (Pisces:
Poeciliidae). Animal Behaviour 63:37-45.
Tárano, Z.; Ryan, M.J. 2002. No preexisting biases for heterospecific calls
traits in the frog Physalaemus enesefae. Animal Behaviour 64:599-607.
Witte, K.; Ryan, M.J. 2002. Mate-choice copying in the sailfin molly (Poecilia
latipinna) in the wild. Animal Behaviour 63:943-949.
2001
Phelps, S.M.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2001. Vestigal preference functions in
neural networks and túngara frogs.. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA 98:13161-13166.
Ryan, M.J. 2001. Food, song and speciation. [News and Views]. Nature
409:139-140.
Ryan, M.J. 2001. Seeing red in speciation. [News & Views]. Nature
411:900-901.
Ryan, M.J.; Phelps S.M.; Rand A.S. 2001. How evolutionary history shapes
recognition mechanisms. Trends in Cognitive Science 5:143-148.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand. A.S. 2001. Feature weighting in signal recognition and
discrimination by the túngara frog. Pp. 86-101. In: Ryan, M.J. editor,
Anuran Communication. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
Ryan, M.J.; Rosenthal, G.G. 2001. Variation and selection in swordtails. pp.
133-148. In: Dugatkin, L.A. editor, Model Systems in Behavioral Ecology.
Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Dries L.A.; Morris M.R.; Ryan, M.J. 2001. Why are some male pygmy swordtails
large? Copeia. 2001: 355-364.
Gabor, C.R.; Ryan, M.J. 2001. Geographic variation in reproductive character
displacement in mate choice by male sailfin mollies. Proceedings of the
Royal Society, London series B 268:1063-1071.
Rosenthal , G.G.; Flores Martinez, T.Y.; García de León, F.J.; Ryan, M.J.
2001. Shared preferences by predators and females for males ornaments in
swordtails. The American Naturalist 158:146-154.
Schlupp, I.; McNab, R.; Ryan, M.J. 2001. Sexual harassment as a cost for
molly females: bigger males cost less. Behaviour:138:277-286.
Wilczynski, W.; Rand A.S.; Ryan, M.J 2001. Evolution of calls and auditory
tuning in the Physalaemus pustulosus species group. Brain, Behavior and
Evolution 58:137-151.
Witte, K.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 2001. Changes in the frequency
structure of a mating call decreases its attractiveness to females in the
cricket frog Acris creptians blanchardi. Ethology 107:685-699.
2000
Ryan, M.J.; Getz, W. 2000. Signal decoding and receiver evolution: An
analysis using an artificial neural network. Brain, Behavior and Evolution
56:45-62.
Bosch, J.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 2000. Acoustic competition in
Physalaemus
pustulosus, a differential response to calls of relative frequency. Ethology
106:865-871.
Bosch, J.; Rand , A.S. Ryan, M.J. 2000. Signal variation and call
preferences for whine frequency in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49:62-66.
Kime N.M.; Turner W.R; Ryan M.J. 2000. The transmission of advertisement
calls in Central American frogs. Behavioral Ecology 11:71-83.
Marsh, D.M.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan M.J. 2000.
Effects of inter-pond distance on
breeding ecology of túngara frogs. Oecologia 122:505-513.
Phelps, S.M.; Ryan, M.J. 2000. History influences signal recognition: Neural
network models of túngara frogs. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London
series B 267:1633-1639.
Sun, L.; Wilczynski, W.; Rand, A.S; Ryan, M.J. 2000. Trade-off in short and
long distance communication in túngara (Physalaemus pustulosus) and cricket
(Acris crepitans) frogs. Behavioral Ecology 11:102-109.
Rosenthal, G.G.; Ryan, M.J. 2000. Visual and acoustic communication in
nonhuman animals: a comparison. Journal of Bioscience 25:285-290.
Witte, K.; Chen, K-C.; Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J. 2000. Influence of amplexus on phonotaxis in the cricket frog
Acris crepitans blanchardi.
Copeia 2000:257-261.
1999
Ryan, M.J. 1999. Phylogeny and mate choice. Mus. Reg. Sci. nat. Torino
1999:387-392.
Ryan, M.J. 1999. Sexual selection and sensory exploitation [Response].
Science 283:1083a
Ryan, M.J. 1999. Electrifying diversity [News & Views]. Nature 400:211-212.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand. A.S. 1999. Phylogenetic inference and the evolution of
communication in túngara frogs. pp. 535-557. In: Hauser, M.; Konishi, M.
editors, The Design of Animal Communication. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand. A.S. 1999. Phylogenetic influences on mating call
preferences in female túngara frogs (Physalaemus pustulosus). Animal Behaviour 57:945-956.
Burmeister, S.; Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J. 1999. Temporal call changes and
social context affect graded signaling in cricket frogs. Animal Behaviour
57:611-618 .
McLennan, D.A.; Ryan, M.J. 1999. Interspecific recognition and
discrimination based upon olfactory cues in swordtails. Evolution
53:880-888.
Schlupp, I.; Waschulewski, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1999. Female preferences for
naturally-occurring novel male traits. Behaviour 136; 519-527.
Wilczynski, W.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 1999. Female preferences for temporal
order of call components in the túngara frog: A Bayesian analysis. Animal
Behaviour 58:841-851.
Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J. 1999. Geographic variation in animal
communication systems. In: Foster, S.A.; Endler, J., editors, Geographic
Diversification of Behavior: An Evolutionary Perspective, pp . 234-261.
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
1998
Ryan, M.J. 1998. Receiver biases, sexual selection and the evolution of sex
differences. Science. 281:1999-2003.
Ryan, M.J.; Autumn, K,; Wake, D.B. 1998. Integrative biology and sexual
selection. Integrative Biology 1:68-72.
Ryan, M.J.; Kime, N.M.; Rosenthal, G.G. 1998. Patterns of evolution in human
speech processing and animal communication. Behavioral and Brain Science
21:282-283.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand. A.S. 1998. Evoked vocal response in male túngara frogs:
Preexisting biases in male responses? Animal Behaviour 56:1509-1516.
Cannatella, D.C.; Hillis, D.M.; Chippinendale, P.; Weigt, L.; Rand, A.S.;
Ryan M.J. 1998. Phylogeny of frogs of the Physalaemus pustulosus species
group, with an examination of data incongruence. Systematic Biology
47:311-335.
Kime, N.M., Rand, A.S., Kapfer, M., Ryan, M.J. 1998. Repeatability of female
choice in the túngara frog: A permissive preference for complex characters.
Animal Behaviour 55:641-649.
McClelland, B.E.; Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J. 1998. Intraspecific variation
in laryngeal and ear morphology in male cricket frogs (Acris crepitans).
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 63:51-67.
Phelps, S.M.; Ryan, M.J. 1998. Neural networks predict response biases in
female túngara frogs. Proceeding of the Royal Society, London series B
265:279-285.
Witte, K.; Ryan, M.J. 1998. Male body size influences mate-choice copying in
the sailfin molly Poecilia latipinna. Behavioral Ecology 9:534-539.
1997
Ryan, M.J. 1997. Sexual selection and mate choice. pp. 179-202. In: J.R.
Krebs, N.B. Davies, editors, Behavioural Ecology, An Evolutionary Approach.
fourth edition. Blackwell, Oxford.
Marler, C.A.; Foran, C. Ryan, M.J. 1997. The influence of experience on
mating preferences of the gynogenetic Amazon molly. Animal Behaviour
53:1035-1041.
Marler, C.A.; Ryan, M.J. 1997.
Origin and maintenance of a female mating
preference. Evolution 51:1244-1248.
McLennan, D.A.; Ryan, M.J. 1997. Responses to conspecific and heterospecific
olfactory cues in the swordtail Xiphophorus cortezi. Animal Behaviour
54:1077-1088.
Rand, A.S.; Bridarolli, M.E.; Dries, L.; Ryan, M.J. 1997. Light levels
influence female choice in túngara frogs: predation risk assessment? Copeia
1997:447-450.
Schlupp, I.; Ryan, M.J. 1997. Male mollies (Poecilia latipinna) copy the
mate choice of other males. Behavioral Ecology 8:104-107.
1996
Ryan, M.J. 1996. Phylogenetics and behavior: some cautions and expectations.
pp. 1-21. In: Martins, E. editor, Phylogenies and the Comparative Method in
Animal Behavior. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Ryan, M.J.; Dries, L.A.; Batra, P.; Hillis, D.M. 1996. Male mate preference
in a gynogenetic species complex of Amazon mollies. Animal Behaviour
52:1225-1236.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand, A.S.; Weigt, L.A. 1996. Allozyme and advertisement call
variation in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus. Evolution
50:2435-2453.
Marler, C.A.; Ryan, M.J. 1996. Energetic constraints and steroid hormone
correlates of male calling behaviour in the túngara frog. Journal of Zoology
240:397-409.
McClelland, B.E.; Wilczynzksi, W.; Ryan, M.J. 1996.
Correlations between
call characteristics and morphology in male cricket frogs (Acris crepitans).
Journal of Experimental Biology 199:1907-1919.
Morris, M.R.; Wagner, W.E. Jr.; Ryan, M.J. 1996. A negative correlation
between trait and and mate preference in Xiphophorus pygmaeus. Animal
Behaviour 52:1193-1203.
Morris, M.R.; Ryan, M.J. 1996.
Sexual difference in signal-receiver coevolution. Animal Behaviour 52:1017-1024.
Schlupp, I.; Ryan, M.J. 1996.
Mixed-species shoals and the maintenance of a
sexual-asexual mating system in mollies. Animal Behaviour 52:885-890.
1995
Ryan, M.J.; Rand, A.S. 1995. Female responses to ancestral advertisement
calls in the túngara frog. Science 269, 390-392.
Ryan. M.J.; Warkentin, K.M.; McClelland, B.E.; Wilczynski, W. 1995.
Fluctuating asymmetries and advertisement call variation in the cricket
frog, Acris crepitans. Behavioral Ecology 6:124-131.
Baer, C.F.; Dantzker, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Schooling behavior in a color
polymorphic poeciliid fish: laboratory observations. Environmental Biology
of Fishes 43:207-212.
Cocroft, R.C.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Patterns of mating call evolution in toads
and chorus frogs. Animal Behaviour 49:283-303.
Morris, M.R.; Mussel, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Vertical bars on male
Xiphophorus
multilineatus: a signal that deters rival males and attracts females.
Behavioral Ecology 6:274-279.
Morris, M.R.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Large body size in the pygmy swordtail
Xiphophorus pygmaeus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 54:383-395.
Sullivan, B.K.; Ryan, M.J.; Verrill, P. 1995. Sexual selection and mating
systems in amphibians. pp. 469-517. In: Sullivan, B.K.; Heatwole, H.,
editors, Social Behavior of Amphibians, Surrey Beatty & Sons, New York.
Wilczynski, W.; Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 1995.
The processing of spectral cues
by the call analysis system of the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus.
Animal Behaviour 49:911-929.
1994
Ryan, M.J. 1994. Mechanistic studies in sexual selection. pp. 190-215. In:
Real, L., editor, Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology. University
of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Foran, M.C.; Ryan, M.J. 1994. Female-female competition in a
unisexual/bisexual complex of mollies. Copeia 1994:504-508.
Schlupp, I.; Marler, C.A.; Ryan, M.J. 1994. Benefit to male sail fin mollies
of mating with heterospecific females. Science 263:373-374.
1993
Ryan, M.J. 1993. Sexual selection on P-alleles and the evolution of mating
asymmetries in swordtails (Xiphophorus nigrensis and X. pygmaeus). pp.
269-277. In: J.H. Schröder, J. Bauer, M. Schartl, editors, Trends in
Ichthyology, An International Perspective. Blackwell Scientific
Publications, Oxford.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand, A.S. 1993. Phylogenetic patterns of behavioral mate
recognition systems in the Physalaemus pustulosus species group (Anura:
Leptodactylidae): the role of ancestral and derived characters and sensory
exploitation. pp. 251-267. In: D.R. Lees, D. Edwards, editors, Evolutionary
Patterns and Processes. Linnean Society Symposium Series, No. 14, Academic
Press, London.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand, A.S. 1993. Species recognition and sexual selection as a
unitary problem in animal communication. Evolution 47:647-657.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand. A.S. 1993. Sexual selection and signal evolution: the
ghost of biases past. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society series
B. 340:187-195.
1992
Ryan, M.J. 1992. Costs of reproduction. In: Feder, M., editor, Physiology of
the Amphibians. pp. 426-434. University of Chicago, Chicago.
Ryan, M.J.; Keddy-Hector, A. 1992. Directional patterns of female mate
choice and the role of sensory biases. American Naturalist 139:S4-S35.
Ryan, M.J.; Pease, C.M.; Morris, M.R. 1992. A genetic polymorphism in the
swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis: testing the prediction of equal fitnesses.
American Naturalist 139:21-31.
Ryan, M.J.; Perrill, S.A.; Wilczynski, W. 1992. Auditory tuning and call
frequency predict population-based mating preferences in the cricket frog,
Acris crepitans. American Naturalist 139:1370-1383.
Keddy-Hector, A.; Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J. 1992.
Call patterns and basilar
papilla tuning in cricket frogs. II. Intrapopulational variation and
allometry. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 39:238-246.
Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 1992. Signal redundancy and receiver
permissiveness in acoustic mate recognition by the túngara frog, Physalaemus
pustulosus. American Zoologist 32:81-90.
Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J. 1992. Introduction to the symposium: Mechanisms
of mate choice. American Zoologist 32:15-17.
Wilczynski, W.; Keddy-Hector, A.; Ryan, M.J. 1992.
Call patterns and basilar
papilla tuning in cricket frogs. I. Differences among populations and
between sexes. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 39:229-237.
Morris, M.J.; Batra, P.; Ryan, M.J. 1992. Male-male competition and access
to females. Copeia 1992:980-986.
Morris, M.R.; Ryan, M.J. 1992. Breeding cycles in natural populations of
Xiphophorus nigrensis, X. multilineatus and X. pygmaeus. Copeia
1992:1074-1077.
1991
Ryan, M.J. 1991. Sexual selection and communication in frogs: some recent
advances. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6:351-354.
Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 1991. Evolution of intraspecific variation in the
advertisement call of a cricket frog (Acris crepitans, Hylidae). Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society 44: 249-271.
Kirkpatrick, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1991. The paradox of the lek and the evolution
of mating preferences. Nature 350:33-38.
1990
Ryan, M.J. 1990.
Sensory systems, sexual selection, and sensory
exploitation. Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology 7:157-195.
Ryan, M.J. 1990. Signals, species, and sexual selection. American Scientist
78:46-52.
Ryan, M.J.; Cocroft, R.B.; Wilczynski, W. 1990. The role of environmental
selection in intraspecific divergence of mate recognition signals in the
cricket frog, Acris crepitans. Evolution 44:1869-1872.
Ryan, M.J.; Drewes, R.C. 1990. Vocal morphology of the
Physalaemus
pustulosus species group (Family Leptodactylidae): morphological response to
sexual selection for complex calls. Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society 40:37-52.
Ryan, M.J.; Fox, J.H.; Wilczynski, W.; Rand, A.S. 1990. Sexual selection for
sensory exploitation in the frog Physalaemus pustulosus. Nature 343:66-67.
Ryan, M.J.; Hews, D.K.; Wagner, W.E. Jr. 1990. Sexual selection on alleles
that determine body size in the swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 26:231-237.
Ryan, M.J.; Rand, A.S. 1990.
The sensory basis of sexual selection for
complex calls in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus (sexual selection
for sensory exploitation). Evolution 44:305-314.
Crapon de Caprona, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1990. Conspecific mate recognition in
swordtails, Xiphophorus nigrensis and X. pygmaeus (Poeciliidae): olfactory
and visual cues. Animal Behaviour 39:290-296.
Morris, M.R.; Ryan, M.J. 1990. Age at sexual maturity of
Xiphophorus
nigrensis in nature. Copeia 1990:745-751.
1989
Ryan, M.J.; Causey, B.J. 1989. Alternative mating behavior in the swordtails
Xiphophorus nigrensis and Xiphophorus pygmaeus (Pisces: Poeciliidae).
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 24:341-348.
Ryan, M.J.; Sullivan, B.K. 1989. Transmission effects on patterns of
amplitude modulation in the advertisement calls of two toads, Bufo woodhousii
and Bufo valliceps. Ethology. 80:182-189.
Bruns, V.; Burda, H.; Ryan, M.J. 1989. Ear morphology of the frog-eating bat
(Trachops cirrhosus, Family Phylostomidae): Apparent specializations for
low-frequency hearing. Journal of Morphology 199:103-118.
Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J.; Brenowitz, E.A. 1989. The display of the
blue-black grassquit: the acoustic advantage of getting high. Ethology
80:218-222.
1988
Ryan, M.J. 1988. Constraints and patterns in the evolution of anuran
acoustic communication. In: B. Fritzsch, M. Ryan, W. Wilczynski, W.
Walkowiak, T. Hetherington, editors, The Evolution of the Amphibian Auditory
System. pp.637-677. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.
Ryan, M.J. 1988. Energy, calling, and selection. American Zoologist
28:885-898.
Ryan, M.J. 1988. Phenotype, genotype, swimming endurance and sexual
selection in a swordtail (Xiphophorus nigrensis). Copeia 1988: 484-487.
Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W. 1988.
Coevolution of sender and receiver: effect
on local mate preference in cricket frogs. Science 240:1786-1788.
Nyman, S.; Ryan, M.J.; Anderson, J.D. 1988.
The distribution of the Ambystoma jeffersonianum complex in New Jersey, and a re-evaluation of some
hypotheses on the origin and distribution of the complex. Journal of
Herpetology 22:224-228.
Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J. 1988. The amphibian auditory system as a model
for neurobiology, behavior and evolution. In: B. Fritzsch, M. Ryan, W.
Wilczynski, W. Walkowiak, T. Hetherington, editors, The Evolution of the
Amphibian Auditory System. pp. 3-12. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York.
1987
Ryan, M.J.; Tuttle, M.D. 1987.
The role of prey generated sounds, vision,
and echolocation in prey localization by the African bat Cardioderma cor
(Megadermatidae).
Journal of Comparative Physiology 161:59-66.
Ryan, M.J.; Wagner, W. 1987. Asymmetries in mating preferences between
species: female swordtails prefer heterospecific mates. Science 236:595-597.
1986
Ryan, M.J. 1986. Environmental bioacoustics: evaluation of a commonly used
experimental technique. Animal Behaviour 34:931-933.
Ryan, M.J. 1986.
Factors influencing the evolution of acoustic
communication: biological constraints. Brain, Behavior and Evolution
28:70-82.
Ryan, M.J. 1986. Neuroanatomy influences speciation rates among anurans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 83:1379-1382.
Ryan, M.J. 1986. The Panamanian love call. Natural History 95:36-43.
1985
Ryan, M.J. 1986. Synchronized calling in a treefrog (Smilisca sila): short
behavioral latencies and implications for neural pathways involved in call
perception and detection. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 29:196-206.
Ryan, M.J. 1985. Energetic efficiency of vocalization by the frog
Physalaemus pustulosus. Journal of Experimental Biology 116:47-52.
Ryan, M.J.; Brenowitz, E.A. 1985.
The role of body size, phylogeny, and
ambient noise in the evolution of bird song. American Naturalist 126:87-100
Mendonca, M.; Licht, P.; Ryan, M.J.; Barnes, R. 1985. Changes in hormonal
level in relation to breeding behavior in male bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)
at the individual and population levels. General and Comparative
Endocrinology 58:270-279.
Tuttle, M.D.; Ryan, M.J,; Bellwood, J. 1985. Acoustical resource
partitioning by two phyllostomid bats. Animal Behaviour 33:1369-1371.
1983
Ryan, M.J. 1983. Frequency modulated calls and species recognition in a Neotropical frog. Journal of Comparative Physiology 150:217-221.
Ryan, M.J. 1983. Sexual selection and communication in a Neotropical frog,
Physalaemus pustulosus. Evolution 39:261-272.
Ryan, M.J.; Bartholomew, G.W.; Rand, A.S. 1983. Reproductive energetics of a
Neotropical frog, Physalaemus pustulosus. Ecology 64:1456-1462.
Ryan, M.J.; Tuttle, M.D. 1983. The ability of the frog eating bat to
distinguish among palatable and potentially poisonous prey using acoustic
cues. Animal Behaviour 31:827-833
Ryan, M.J.; Tuttle, M.D.; Barclay, R.M.R. 1983. Behavioral responses of the frog-eating bat, Trachops cirrhosus, to sonic frequencies. Journal of Comparative Physiology 150:413-418.
Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J.; Troyer, K. 1983. A population explosion in a
tropical frog: Hyla rufitela. Biotropica 15:72-73.
Waldman, B.; Ryan, M.J. 1983. Thermal advantages of communal egg deposition
in Rana sylvatica. Journal of Herpetology 17:70-72.
1982
Ryan, M.J. 1982. Variation in iguanine social organization: mating systems
in chuckwallas (Sauromalus). In: G. Burghardt, A.S. Rand, editors, Iguanas
of the World: Their Behavior, Ecology and Conservation. pp. 380-390. Noyes
Press, Park Ridge, New Jersey.
Ryan, M.J.; Tuttle, M.D.; Rand, A.S. 1982. Sexual advertisement and bat
predation in a Neotropical frog. The American Naturalist 119:136-139.
Bucher, T.L.; Ryan, M.J.; Bartholomew, G.W. 1982. Oxygen consumption during
resting, calling and nest building in the frog Physalaemus pustulosus.
Physiological Zoology 55:10-22.
Tuttle, M.D.; Ryan, M.J. 1982. The roles of synchronized calling, ambient
noise, and ambient light in the anti-bat-predator behavior of a treefrog.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 11:125-131.
Tuttle, M.D.; Taft, L.K.; Ryan, M.J. 1982. Acoustical location of calling
frogs by philander opossums. Biotropica 13:233-234.
Tuttle, M.D.; Taft, L.K.; Ryan, M.J. 1982. Evasive behaviour of a frog in
response to bat predation. Animal Behaviour 30:393-397.
1981
Ryan, M.J.; Tuttle, M.D.; Taft, L.K. 1981. The costs and benefits of frog
chorusing behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 8:273-278.
Barclay, R. M. R.; Fenton, B.; Tuttle, M. D.; Ryan, M. J. 1981. Echolocation
calls produced by Trachops cirrhosus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) while
hunting for frogs. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59:750-753
Rand, A.S.; Ryan, M.J. 1981. The adaptive significance of a complex vocal
repertoire in a Neotropical frog. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie
57:209-214.
Tuttle, M. D.; Ryan, M.J. 1981. Bat predation and the evolution of frog
vocalizations in the Neotropics. Science 214:677-678.
1980
Ryan, M.J. 1980. Female mate choice in a Neotropical frog. Science
209:523-525.
Ryan, M.J. 1980. The reproductive behavior of the bullfrog,
Rana catesbeiana.
Copeia 1980:108-114.
1978
Ryan, M.J. 1978. A thermal property of the
Rana catesbeiana (Amphibia, Anura,
Ranidae) egg mass. Journal of Herpetology 12:295-297.
Ryan, M.J. 1978. Mirror image versus conspecific stimulation in adult male
zebra finches. Wilson Bulletin 90:295-297.
Ryan, M.J. 1978. Parental care in salamanders. Bulletin of the New York
Herpetological Society 13:23-27.
Anderson, J.D.; Hawthorne, K.; Galandak, J.; Ryan, M. 1978. A report on the
endangered reptiles and amphibians of New Jersey. Bulletin of the New Jersey
Academy of Science 23:26-33.
Prieto, A.A; Ryan, M.J. 1978. Some observations on the social behavior of
the Arizona chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus tumidus (Reptilia, Lacertilia,
Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 12:327-336.
Books:
Ryan, M.J. 1985. The Túngara Frog, A Study in Sexual Selection and
Communication. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 230 pp.
Fritzsch, B.; Ryan, M.; Wilczynski, W.; Hetherington, T.; Walkowiak, W.
(editors) 1988. The Evolution of the Amphibian Auditory System. John Wiley
and Sons, New York.
Ryan, M.J. (editor). 2001. Anuran Communication. Smithsonian Institution
Press, Washington D.C.
Book Reviews:
Ryan, M.J. 1986. Amphibians (review of Biology of Amphibians). Science
232:271.
Ryan, M.J. 1992. Sexy males and sterile females (review of The Peacock and
the Ant). Cell 71:367-368.
Ryan, M.J. 1995. Offsetting advantages (review of Sexual Selection). Science
267:712-713.
Ryan, M.J. 1996. Speciation and the recognition concept, theory and
application (review of). Quarterly Review of Biology 71:274-275.
Ryan, M.J. 1996. A natural history of amphibians (review of). Animal Behaviour 52:1058.
Ryan, M.J. 1997. Animal communication and evolution (review of Evolution and
Communication). Evolution 51:1333-1337.
Ryan, M.J. 1998. A model fish (review of Sex, Color and Mate Choice in
Guppies). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:294.
Ryan, M.J. 1998. Principle with a handicap (review of The Handicap
Principle). Quarterly Review of Biology 73477-479.