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2025
[10] Carryover effects on reproduction can buffer against mortality-driven population declines at elevated developmental temperatures.
Leith NT§, Macchiano A§, Tenhumberg B, Smith I, Woods JP, Fowler-Finn KD (2025). Ecology Letters. 10.1111/ele.70264. Article
[9] Sexual selection, energetics and ecological innovation: How sexual selection diversifies the landscape of behavior, morphology and physiology.
Somjee U, Fuxjager MJ, Khuntia P, Koch RE, Larter L, Leith NT, Nagarajan-Radha V, Palaoro AV, Shankar A, Sondhi Y, Wang S, Ryan MJ§, Havird JC§ (2025). Integrative and Comparative Biology. icaf092. Article
2024
[8] Heat-absorbing sexual coloration co-adapts with increased heat tolerance in dragonflies.
Leith NT and Moore MP (2024). Frontiers in Ethology. 3, e1447637. Article
[7] Human-modified habitats imperil ornamented dragonflies less than their non-ornamented counterparts at local, regional, and continental scales.
Moore MP§, Leith NT§, Fowler-Finn KD, and Medley KA (2024). Ecology Letters. 27, e14455. Article
[6] Thermoregulation enhances survival but not reproduction in a plant-feeding insect.
Leith NT, Miller EA*, and Fowler-Finn KD (2024). Functional Ecology. 38, 1344-1356. Article
2022
[5] Evolutionary interactions between thermal ecology and sexual selection.
Leith NT, Fowler-Finn KD, and Moore MP (2022). Ecology Letters. 25, 1919-1936. Article
Media coverage of this work in The Washington Post, The Wildlife Society, and Futurity
2021
[4] Temperature impacts all behavioral interactions during insect and arachnid reproduction.
Leith NT, Macchiano AT, Moore MP, and Fowler-Finn KD (2021). Current Opinion in Insect Science. 45, 106–114. Article
2020
[3] Temperature-related breakdowns in the coordination of mating in Enchenopa binotata treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae).
Leith NT, Jocson DMI, and Fowler-Finn KD (2020). Ethology. 126(9), 870-882. Article
2019
[2] Patterns of thermal sensitivity and sex-specificity of courtship behavior differs between two sympatric species of Enchenopa treehopper.
Macchiano A, Sasson DA, Leith NT, and Fowler-Finn KD. (2019). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, 361. Article
[1] Temperature coupling of mate attraction signals and female mate preferences in four populations of Enchenopa treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae).
Jocson DMI, Smeester ME, Leith NT, Macchiano A, and Fowler‐Finn KD. (2019). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32(10), 1046-1056. Article
[10] Carryover effects on reproduction can buffer against mortality-driven population declines at elevated developmental temperatures.
Leith NT§, Macchiano A§, Tenhumberg B, Smith I, Woods JP, Fowler-Finn KD (2025). Ecology Letters. 10.1111/ele.70264. Article
[9] Sexual selection, energetics and ecological innovation: How sexual selection diversifies the landscape of behavior, morphology and physiology.
Somjee U, Fuxjager MJ, Khuntia P, Koch RE, Larter L, Leith NT, Nagarajan-Radha V, Palaoro AV, Shankar A, Sondhi Y, Wang S, Ryan MJ§, Havird JC§ (2025). Integrative and Comparative Biology. icaf092. Article
2024
[8] Heat-absorbing sexual coloration co-adapts with increased heat tolerance in dragonflies.
Leith NT and Moore MP (2024). Frontiers in Ethology. 3, e1447637. Article
[7] Human-modified habitats imperil ornamented dragonflies less than their non-ornamented counterparts at local, regional, and continental scales.
Moore MP§, Leith NT§, Fowler-Finn KD, and Medley KA (2024). Ecology Letters. 27, e14455. Article
[6] Thermoregulation enhances survival but not reproduction in a plant-feeding insect.
Leith NT, Miller EA*, and Fowler-Finn KD (2024). Functional Ecology. 38, 1344-1356. Article
2022
[5] Evolutionary interactions between thermal ecology and sexual selection.
Leith NT, Fowler-Finn KD, and Moore MP (2022). Ecology Letters. 25, 1919-1936. Article
Media coverage of this work in The Washington Post, The Wildlife Society, and Futurity
2021
[4] Temperature impacts all behavioral interactions during insect and arachnid reproduction.
Leith NT, Macchiano AT, Moore MP, and Fowler-Finn KD (2021). Current Opinion in Insect Science. 45, 106–114. Article
2020
[3] Temperature-related breakdowns in the coordination of mating in Enchenopa binotata treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae).
Leith NT, Jocson DMI, and Fowler-Finn KD (2020). Ethology. 126(9), 870-882. Article
2019
[2] Patterns of thermal sensitivity and sex-specificity of courtship behavior differs between two sympatric species of Enchenopa treehopper.
Macchiano A, Sasson DA, Leith NT, and Fowler-Finn KD. (2019). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, 361. Article
[1] Temperature coupling of mate attraction signals and female mate preferences in four populations of Enchenopa treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae).
Jocson DMI, Smeester ME, Leith NT, Macchiano A, and Fowler‐Finn KD. (2019). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32(10), 1046-1056. Article