Publications
most updated list on Google Scholar
ACR Lackey, K Damron, A Gebhardt, S Anner, M Alizadeh. 2025. Species differences in reproductive timing and egg load in two fly species adapted to different host plants. Physiological Entomology doi.org/10.1111/phen.12488 or read only link
ACR Lackey, ESC Scordato, J Keagy, RM Tinghitella, RJP Heathcote. 2024. The role of mate competition in speciation and divergence: a systematic review. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 37: 1225-1243. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae111
Kirk, MA, ACR Lackey, KE Reider, SA Thomas, HH Whiteman. 2024. Climate mediates the trade-offs associated with phenotypic plasticity in an amphibian polyphenism. Journal of Animal Ecology 93:1747-1757. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14187
Stankowski, S, AD Cutter, I Satokangas, BA Lerch, J Rolland, CM Smadja, JCS Marzal, CR Cooney, PGD Feulner, FMCB Domingos, HL North, R Yamaguchi, RK Butlin, JBW Wolf, J Coughlan, P Heidbreder, R Hernández-Gutiérrez, KB Barnard-Kubow, D Peede, L Rancilhac, RB Salvador, KA Thompson, EA Stacy, LC Moyle, MD Garlovsky, A Maulana, A Kantelinen, NI Cacho, H Schneemann, M Domínguez, EB Dopman, K Lohse, SJ Rometsch, AA Comeault, RM Merrill, ESC Scordato, S Singhal, V Pärssinen, ACR Lackey, S Kumar, JI Meier, N Barton, C Fraïsse, M Ravinet, J Kulmuni. 2024. Toward the integration of speciation research. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society 3:kzae001. doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae001 randomized author list other than first and last author
Cayuela, H, ACR Lackey, V Ronget, B Monod-Broca, HH Whiteman. 2024. Polyphenism predicts actuarial senescence and lifespan in tiger salamanders. Journal of Animal Ecology doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14048
Kirk, MA, KE Reider, ACR Lackey, SA Thomas, HH Whiteman. 2023. The role of environmental
variation in mediating fitness trade-offs for an amphibian polyphenism. Journal of Animal Ecology doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13974
Lackey, ACR, PM Deneen, GJ Ragland, JL Feder, DA Hahn, THQ Powell. 2023. Simulated climate warming causes asymmetric responses in insect life-history timing potentially disrupting a classic ecological speciation system. Ecology Letters doi.org/10.1111/ele.14268
News coverage: Newsweek
Lackey, ACR, AC Murray, NA Mirza, THQ Powell. 2023. The role of sexual isolation during rapid ecological divergence: evidence for a new dimension of isolation in Rhagoletis pomonella. Journal of Evolutionary Biology doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14179
Lackey, ACR, HH Whiteman. 2022. Experimental warming reduces body mass but not reproductive investment. Ecology 103: e3791. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3791
Shelton, D, MM Delgado, EVG Greenway, EA Hobson, ACR Lackey, A Medina-Garcia, BA Reinke, PA Trillo, CP Wells, MC Horner-Devine. 2021. Expanding the landscape of opportunity: Professional societies support early career researchers through community programming and peer coaching. Journal of Comparative Psychology link, Invited for special issue
all authors contributed equally to this work
Tinghitella, RM, ACR Lackey, C Durso, JAH Koop, JW Boughman. 2020. The ecological stage changes benefits of mate choice and drives preference divergence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190546. link, Invited for special issue
Lackey, ACR, MP Moore, J Doyle, N Gerlanc, A Hagan, M Geile, C Eden, and HH Whiteman. 2019. Lifetime fitness, sex-specific life history, and the maintenance of a polyphenism. The American Naturalist 194: 230-245. link, lay summary
Tinghitella, RM*, ACR Lackey*, M Martin*, PD Dijkstra, JP Drury, R Heathcote, J Keagy, ESC Scordato, and AM Tyers. 2018. On the role of male competition in speciation: A review and research agenda. Behavioral Ecology 29: 783-797. Invited Review link
* co-first authors
Tinghitella, RM, ACR Lackey, M Martin, PD Dijkstra, JP Drury, R Heathcote, J Keagy, ESC Scordato, and AM Tyers. 2018. A major player need not be the only player in speciation: a response to comments on Tinghitella et al. Behavioral Ecology. 29: 802-803. link, pdf
Lackey, ACR, RM Tinghitella, MD Martin. 2018. Male competition and speciation: expanding our
framework for speciation by sexual selection. Current Zoology 64: 69-73. Invited editorial as guest editor of special issue link, pdf, Open access link to special issue
Lackey, ACR and JW Boughman. 2017. Evolution of reproductive isolation in stickleback fish.
Evolution 71: 357-372. F1000 Recommended link, pdf
News coverage: Digest: On the temporal evolution of reproductive isolation
Lackey, ACR and JW Boughman. 2014. Female discrimination against heterospecific mates does not depend on mating habitat. Behavioral Ecology 25: 1256-1267. link, pdf
Lackey, ACR and JW Boughman. 2013. Loss of sexual isolation in a hybridizing stickleback species pair. Current Zoology 59: 591-603. link, pdf
Lackey, ACR and JW Boughman. 2013. Divergent sexual selection via male competition: ecology is key. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 1611-1624. Editor’s choice article link
Kozak GM, ML Head, ACR Lackey and JW Boughman. 2013. Sequential mate choice and sexual isolation in threespine stickleback species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 130-140. link
Pfennig KS, AJ Chunco and ACR Lackey. 2007. Ecological selection and hybrid fitness: hybrids succeed on parental resources. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 341-354. link
If you need access to any of these articles, please feel free to email me.
ACR Lackey, K Damron, A Gebhardt, S Anner, M Alizadeh. 2025. Species differences in reproductive timing and egg load in two fly species adapted to different host plants. Physiological Entomology doi.org/10.1111/phen.12488 or read only link
ACR Lackey, ESC Scordato, J Keagy, RM Tinghitella, RJP Heathcote. 2024. The role of mate competition in speciation and divergence: a systematic review. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 37: 1225-1243. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae111
Kirk, MA, ACR Lackey, KE Reider, SA Thomas, HH Whiteman. 2024. Climate mediates the trade-offs associated with phenotypic plasticity in an amphibian polyphenism. Journal of Animal Ecology 93:1747-1757. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14187
Stankowski, S, AD Cutter, I Satokangas, BA Lerch, J Rolland, CM Smadja, JCS Marzal, CR Cooney, PGD Feulner, FMCB Domingos, HL North, R Yamaguchi, RK Butlin, JBW Wolf, J Coughlan, P Heidbreder, R Hernández-Gutiérrez, KB Barnard-Kubow, D Peede, L Rancilhac, RB Salvador, KA Thompson, EA Stacy, LC Moyle, MD Garlovsky, A Maulana, A Kantelinen, NI Cacho, H Schneemann, M Domínguez, EB Dopman, K Lohse, SJ Rometsch, AA Comeault, RM Merrill, ESC Scordato, S Singhal, V Pärssinen, ACR Lackey, S Kumar, JI Meier, N Barton, C Fraïsse, M Ravinet, J Kulmuni. 2024. Toward the integration of speciation research. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society 3:kzae001. doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae001 randomized author list other than first and last author
Cayuela, H, ACR Lackey, V Ronget, B Monod-Broca, HH Whiteman. 2024. Polyphenism predicts actuarial senescence and lifespan in tiger salamanders. Journal of Animal Ecology doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14048
Kirk, MA, KE Reider, ACR Lackey, SA Thomas, HH Whiteman. 2023. The role of environmental
variation in mediating fitness trade-offs for an amphibian polyphenism. Journal of Animal Ecology doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13974
Lackey, ACR, PM Deneen, GJ Ragland, JL Feder, DA Hahn, THQ Powell. 2023. Simulated climate warming causes asymmetric responses in insect life-history timing potentially disrupting a classic ecological speciation system. Ecology Letters doi.org/10.1111/ele.14268
News coverage: Newsweek
Lackey, ACR, AC Murray, NA Mirza, THQ Powell. 2023. The role of sexual isolation during rapid ecological divergence: evidence for a new dimension of isolation in Rhagoletis pomonella. Journal of Evolutionary Biology doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14179
Lackey, ACR, HH Whiteman. 2022. Experimental warming reduces body mass but not reproductive investment. Ecology 103: e3791. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3791
Shelton, D, MM Delgado, EVG Greenway, EA Hobson, ACR Lackey, A Medina-Garcia, BA Reinke, PA Trillo, CP Wells, MC Horner-Devine. 2021. Expanding the landscape of opportunity: Professional societies support early career researchers through community programming and peer coaching. Journal of Comparative Psychology link, Invited for special issue
all authors contributed equally to this work
Tinghitella, RM, ACR Lackey, C Durso, JAH Koop, JW Boughman. 2020. The ecological stage changes benefits of mate choice and drives preference divergence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190546. link, Invited for special issue
Lackey, ACR, MP Moore, J Doyle, N Gerlanc, A Hagan, M Geile, C Eden, and HH Whiteman. 2019. Lifetime fitness, sex-specific life history, and the maintenance of a polyphenism. The American Naturalist 194: 230-245. link, lay summary
Tinghitella, RM*, ACR Lackey*, M Martin*, PD Dijkstra, JP Drury, R Heathcote, J Keagy, ESC Scordato, and AM Tyers. 2018. On the role of male competition in speciation: A review and research agenda. Behavioral Ecology 29: 783-797. Invited Review link
* co-first authors
Tinghitella, RM, ACR Lackey, M Martin, PD Dijkstra, JP Drury, R Heathcote, J Keagy, ESC Scordato, and AM Tyers. 2018. A major player need not be the only player in speciation: a response to comments on Tinghitella et al. Behavioral Ecology. 29: 802-803. link, pdf
Lackey, ACR, RM Tinghitella, MD Martin. 2018. Male competition and speciation: expanding our
framework for speciation by sexual selection. Current Zoology 64: 69-73. Invited editorial as guest editor of special issue link, pdf, Open access link to special issue
Lackey, ACR and JW Boughman. 2017. Evolution of reproductive isolation in stickleback fish.
Evolution 71: 357-372. F1000 Recommended link, pdf
News coverage: Digest: On the temporal evolution of reproductive isolation
Lackey, ACR and JW Boughman. 2014. Female discrimination against heterospecific mates does not depend on mating habitat. Behavioral Ecology 25: 1256-1267. link, pdf
Lackey, ACR and JW Boughman. 2013. Loss of sexual isolation in a hybridizing stickleback species pair. Current Zoology 59: 591-603. link, pdf
Lackey, ACR and JW Boughman. 2013. Divergent sexual selection via male competition: ecology is key. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 1611-1624. Editor’s choice article link
Kozak GM, ML Head, ACR Lackey and JW Boughman. 2013. Sequential mate choice and sexual isolation in threespine stickleback species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 130-140. link
Pfennig KS, AJ Chunco and ACR Lackey. 2007. Ecological selection and hybrid fitness: hybrids succeed on parental resources. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 341-354. link
If you need access to any of these articles, please feel free to email me.
