Dr Joseph Tomkins
QEII Fellow
Contact details
| Address | School of Animal Biology The University of Western Australia (M092) 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | 6488 2110 |
| jtomkins@cyllene.uwa.edu.au | |
| Personal homepage | http://alternativetactics.com/ http://www.ceb.uwa.edu.au/our_people/joseph_tomkins |
Key research
- I am interested in evolution through sexual selection. Further details of my research interests can be found at my personal homepage http://alternativetactics.com/
Major research interests
- Evolutionary biology
Publications
Tomkins, J. L., Kotiaho, J. S. & LeBas, N. R. 2005 Maters of scale: positive allometry and the evolution of male dimorphisms. American Naturalist. 165, 389-402.
Rutstein, A. N., Gilbert, L. & Tomkins, J. L. 2005 Experience counts: lessons from studies of differential allocation. Behavioral Ecology. 16, 957-960.
Tomkins, J. L., Kotiaho, J. S. & LeBas, N. R. 2005 Phenotypic plasticity in the developmental integration of morphological trade-offs and secondary sexual trait compensation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 273, 543-551.
Tomkins, J. L. & Brown, G. S. 2004 Population density drives the local evolution of a threshold dimorphism. Nature. 431, 1099-1103.
Tomkins, J. L., Radwan, J., Kotiaho, J. S. & Tregenza, T. 2004 Genic capture and resolving the lek paradox. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19, 323-328.
Tomkins, J. L., LeBas, N. R., Unrug, J. & Radwan, J. 2004. Testing the status-dependent ESS: population variation in fighter expression in the mite Sancassania berlesei. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17, 1377-1388.
Knell, R. K., Pomfret, J. C. & Tomkins, J. L. 2004 The limits of elaboration: curved allometries reveal the constraints on mandible size in stag beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271, 523-528.
Unrug, J., Tomkins, J. L. & Radwan, J. 2004 Alternative phenotypes and sexual selection: can dichotomous handicaps honestly signal quality? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271, 1401-1406.
Tomkins, J. L. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2004 Publication bias in meta-analysis: seeing the wood for the trees. Oikos 104, 194-196.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 2003 Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual selection: paradigm shifts, publication bias and observer expectation. In Developmental Instability: Causes and Consequences (ed. M. Polak), pp. 231-261. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kotiaho, J. S., Simmons, L. W., Hunt, J. & Tomkins, J. L. 2003 Males influence maternal effects that promote sexual selection. American Naturalist 161, 852-859.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 2002 Measuring relative investment: a case study of testes investment in species with alternative male reproductive tactics. Animal Behaviour 63, 1009-1016.
Kotiaho, J. S. & Tomkins, J. L. 2002 Meta-analysis can it ever fail ? Oikos 96, 551-553.
Radwan, J., Unrug, J. & Tomkins, J. L. 2002 Status dependence and morphological trade-offs in the expression of a sexually selected character in the mite, Sancassania berlesei. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15, 744-752.
Colegrave, N., Kotiaho, J. S. & Tomkins, J. L. 2002 Mate choice or polyandry: reconciling genetic compatibility and good genes sexual selection. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2002, 911-917.
Kotiaho, J. S. & Tomkins, J. L. 2001 The discrimination of alternative male morphologies. Behavioral Ecology 12, 553-557.
Kotiaho, J. S., Simmons, L. W. & Tomkins, J. L. 2001 Towards a resolution of the lek paradox. Nature 410, 684-686.
Tomkins, J. L., Simmons, L. W. & Alcock, J. 2001 Brood provisioning strategies in Dawsons burrowing bee, Amegilla dawsoni (Hymenoptera: Anthophorini). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50, 81-89.
Tomkins, J. L. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2001 Fluctuating asymmetry. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London: MacMillan Reference Ltd.
Simmons, L. W., Tomkins, J. L. & Alcock, J. A. 2000 Can minor males of Dawson's burrowing bee, Amegilla dawsoni (Hymenoptera: Anthophorini) compensate for reduced access to virgin females through sperm competition ? Behavioral Ecology 11, 319-325.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 2000 Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles: fertilisation gains with equal mating success. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267, 1547-1553.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1999 Heritability of size but not symmetry in a sexually selected trait chosen by female earwigs. Heredity 82, 151-157
Tomkins, J. L. 1999 The ontogeny of asymmetry in earwig forceps. Evolution 53, 157-163.
Simmons, L. W., Tomkins, J. L., Kotiaho, J. S. & Hunt, J. 1999 Fluctuating paradigm. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266, 593-595.
Tomkins, J. L. 1999 Environmental and genetic determinants of the male forceps length dimorphism in the European earwig Forficula auricularia. L. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47, 1-8.
Simmons, L. W., Tomkins, J. L. & Hunt, J. C. 1999 Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266, 145-150.
Kotiaho, J., S., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1999 Unfamiliar citations breed mistakes. Nature 400, 307.
Hunt, J., Kotiaho, J. S. & Tomkins, J. L. 1999 Dung pad residence time covaries with male morphology in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Ecological Entomology 24, 174-180.
Tomkins, J. L., Simmons, L. W., Knell, R. J. & Norris, K. A. 1999 Correlates of ball size and rolling speed in the dung beetle Kheper nigroaeneus (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae). Journal of Zoology 248, 483-487.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1998 Female choice and manipulations of forceps size and symmetry in the European earwig Forficula auricularia L. Animal Behaviour 56, 347-356.
Tomkins, J. L. 1997 Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Earwig Forceps: The University of Liverpool.
Simmons, L. W. & Tomkins, J. L. 1996 Sexual selection and the allometry of earwig forceps. Evolutionary Ecology 10, 97-104.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1996 Dimorphisms and fluctuating asymmetry in the forceps of male earwigs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 9, 753-770.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1995 Patterns of fluctuating asymmetry in earwig forceps: no evidence for reliable signalling. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 259, 89-96.
Simmons, L. W., Tomkins, J. L. & Manning, J. T. 1995 Sampling bias and fluctuating asymmetry. Animal Behaviour 49, 1697-1699.
Rutstein, A. N., Gilbert, L. & Tomkins, J. L. 2005 Experience counts: lessons from studies of differential allocation. Behavioral Ecology. 16, 957-960.
Tomkins, J. L., Kotiaho, J. S. & LeBas, N. R. 2005 Phenotypic plasticity in the developmental integration of morphological trade-offs and secondary sexual trait compensation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 273, 543-551.
Tomkins, J. L. & Brown, G. S. 2004 Population density drives the local evolution of a threshold dimorphism. Nature. 431, 1099-1103.
Tomkins, J. L., Radwan, J., Kotiaho, J. S. & Tregenza, T. 2004 Genic capture and resolving the lek paradox. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19, 323-328.
Tomkins, J. L., LeBas, N. R., Unrug, J. & Radwan, J. 2004. Testing the status-dependent ESS: population variation in fighter expression in the mite Sancassania berlesei. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17, 1377-1388.
Knell, R. K., Pomfret, J. C. & Tomkins, J. L. 2004 The limits of elaboration: curved allometries reveal the constraints on mandible size in stag beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271, 523-528.
Unrug, J., Tomkins, J. L. & Radwan, J. 2004 Alternative phenotypes and sexual selection: can dichotomous handicaps honestly signal quality? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271, 1401-1406.
Tomkins, J. L. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2004 Publication bias in meta-analysis: seeing the wood for the trees. Oikos 104, 194-196.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 2003 Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual selection: paradigm shifts, publication bias and observer expectation. In Developmental Instability: Causes and Consequences (ed. M. Polak), pp. 231-261. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kotiaho, J. S., Simmons, L. W., Hunt, J. & Tomkins, J. L. 2003 Males influence maternal effects that promote sexual selection. American Naturalist 161, 852-859.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 2002 Measuring relative investment: a case study of testes investment in species with alternative male reproductive tactics. Animal Behaviour 63, 1009-1016.
Kotiaho, J. S. & Tomkins, J. L. 2002 Meta-analysis can it ever fail ? Oikos 96, 551-553.
Radwan, J., Unrug, J. & Tomkins, J. L. 2002 Status dependence and morphological trade-offs in the expression of a sexually selected character in the mite, Sancassania berlesei. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15, 744-752.
Colegrave, N., Kotiaho, J. S. & Tomkins, J. L. 2002 Mate choice or polyandry: reconciling genetic compatibility and good genes sexual selection. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2002, 911-917.
Kotiaho, J. S. & Tomkins, J. L. 2001 The discrimination of alternative male morphologies. Behavioral Ecology 12, 553-557.
Kotiaho, J. S., Simmons, L. W. & Tomkins, J. L. 2001 Towards a resolution of the lek paradox. Nature 410, 684-686.
Tomkins, J. L., Simmons, L. W. & Alcock, J. 2001 Brood provisioning strategies in Dawsons burrowing bee, Amegilla dawsoni (Hymenoptera: Anthophorini). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50, 81-89.
Tomkins, J. L. & Kotiaho, J. S. 2001 Fluctuating asymmetry. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London: MacMillan Reference Ltd.
Simmons, L. W., Tomkins, J. L. & Alcock, J. A. 2000 Can minor males of Dawson's burrowing bee, Amegilla dawsoni (Hymenoptera: Anthophorini) compensate for reduced access to virgin females through sperm competition ? Behavioral Ecology 11, 319-325.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 2000 Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles: fertilisation gains with equal mating success. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267, 1547-1553.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1999 Heritability of size but not symmetry in a sexually selected trait chosen by female earwigs. Heredity 82, 151-157
Tomkins, J. L. 1999 The ontogeny of asymmetry in earwig forceps. Evolution 53, 157-163.
Simmons, L. W., Tomkins, J. L., Kotiaho, J. S. & Hunt, J. 1999 Fluctuating paradigm. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266, 593-595.
Tomkins, J. L. 1999 Environmental and genetic determinants of the male forceps length dimorphism in the European earwig Forficula auricularia. L. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47, 1-8.
Simmons, L. W., Tomkins, J. L. & Hunt, J. C. 1999 Sperm competition games played by dimorphic male beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 266, 145-150.
Kotiaho, J., S., Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1999 Unfamiliar citations breed mistakes. Nature 400, 307.
Hunt, J., Kotiaho, J. S. & Tomkins, J. L. 1999 Dung pad residence time covaries with male morphology in the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Ecological Entomology 24, 174-180.
Tomkins, J. L., Simmons, L. W., Knell, R. J. & Norris, K. A. 1999 Correlates of ball size and rolling speed in the dung beetle Kheper nigroaeneus (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae). Journal of Zoology 248, 483-487.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1998 Female choice and manipulations of forceps size and symmetry in the European earwig Forficula auricularia L. Animal Behaviour 56, 347-356.
Tomkins, J. L. 1997 Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Earwig Forceps: The University of Liverpool.
Simmons, L. W. & Tomkins, J. L. 1996 Sexual selection and the allometry of earwig forceps. Evolutionary Ecology 10, 97-104.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1996 Dimorphisms and fluctuating asymmetry in the forceps of male earwigs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 9, 753-770.
Tomkins, J. L. & Simmons, L. W. 1995 Patterns of fluctuating asymmetry in earwig forceps: no evidence for reliable signalling. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 259, 89-96.
Simmons, L. W., Tomkins, J. L. & Manning, J. T. 1995 Sampling bias and fluctuating asymmetry. Animal Behaviour 49, 1697-1699.
Funding received
2005 Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
2004 Australian Research Council ARF (fellowship)
2004 Royal Society University Research Fellowship (5 + 3 + 2 years)
2004 Gibson Sykora Fund, University of St Andrews
2002 Gibson Sykora Fund, University of St Andrews
2002 The Leverhulme Trust - Research Project Grant (3 years) - declined
2002 Natural Environment Research Council
2001 The Royal Society of London Joint Projects with Eastern Europe.
2000 The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, David Phillips Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (5 years)
1999 The Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 years - declined)
1998 The University of Western Australia, Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 years - resigned for BBSRC Fellowship)
1998 The University of Western Australia, Research Bursary
1997 The Royal Society of London, fieldwork grant
1997 The Royal Society of London, Australia and New Zealand Postdoctoral Fellowship to the University of Western Australia
2004 Australian Research Council ARF (fellowship)
2004 Royal Society University Research Fellowship (5 + 3 + 2 years)
2004 Gibson Sykora Fund, University of St Andrews
2002 Gibson Sykora Fund, University of St Andrews
2002 The Leverhulme Trust - Research Project Grant (3 years) - declined
2002 Natural Environment Research Council
2001 The Royal Society of London Joint Projects with Eastern Europe.
2000 The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, David Phillips Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (5 years)
1999 The Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 years - declined)
1998 The University of Western Australia, Postdoctoral Fellowship (3 years - resigned for BBSRC Fellowship)
1998 The University of Western Australia, Research Bursary
1997 The Royal Society of London, fieldwork grant
1997 The Royal Society of London, Australia and New Zealand Postdoctoral Fellowship to the University of Western Australia
Honours and awards
01/01/2005 – 20/10/2015 Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Exeter at Cornwall
24/05/2000 - 31/12/2005 BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow, University of St Andrews.
30/07/1999 - 15/05/2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Western Australia.
01/07/1998 - 31/12/1998 Fellowship Bursary, University of Western Australia.
25/03/1997 - 25/03/1998 Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Western Australia
24/05/2000 - 31/12/2005 BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow, University of St Andrews.
30/07/1999 - 15/05/2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Western Australia.
01/07/1998 - 31/12/1998 Fellowship Bursary, University of Western Australia.
25/03/1997 - 25/03/1998 Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Western Australia
Useful links
http://alternativetactics.com/
Current projects
Understanding condition
The evolution of male dimorphisms
The evolution of male dimorphisms
Research profile
