(68) Waller, L.A., Lailvaux, S.P., and Wilson, R.S. 2025. Honesty is costly in a deceptive system: locomotor costs of producing large and strong weapons for the crayfish, Cherax destructor. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, in press.

(67) Bourgeois, Y., Lailvaux, S.P., and Boissinot, S. 2025. Urban life shapes genetic diversity in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis. Molecular Ecology, in press.

(66) Husak, J.F., Sorlin, M.V., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2024. Counting the costs of expensive tissues: mating system, brain size, and IGF-1 affect the ecological cost of transport in mammals. Frontiers in Ethology 3: 1464308 PDF

(65) Husak, J.F., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2024. Stable isotopes reveal sex- and context-dependent amino acid routing in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 227: jeb248024 PDF

(64) Marks, J.R., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2024. The integrative life-history of maternal effects. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icae117

(63) Adeola, F.I., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2023. Bite force, body size, and octopamine mediate mating interactions in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36: 1494–1502 PDF

(62) Marks, J.R., Sorlin, M.V., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2023. The maternal energetic environment affects both egg and offspring phenotypes in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Ecology and Evolution 13: e9656 PDF

(61) Sorlin, M.V., Marks, J.R., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2022. Endurance training does not affect maximum exertion/distance capacity in Anolis carolinensis lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 225: jeb244576 PDF

(60) Marks, J.R., Beatty, A.E., Husak, J.F., Schwartz, T.S., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2022. Sprint training interacts with body mass to affect hepatic insulin-like growth factor expression in female green anoles (Anolis carolinensis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 327: 114067 PDF

(59) Adeola, F.I., Keen, J., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2022. Octopamine affects courtship call structure in male Acheta domesticus crickets. Hormones and Behavior 143: 105191 PDF

(58) Bubak, A.N., Swallow, J.G., Adeola, F.I., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2022. Maximum performance expression is affected by octopamine and antennae removal in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus. Behavioral Ecology 33: 740–744 PDF

(57) Simon, M.N., Cespedes, A.M., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2022. Sex-specific multivariate morphology/performance relationships in Anolis carolinensis. Journal of Experimental Biology 225: jeb243471 PDF

(56) Lailvaux, S.P., Mishra, A., Pun, P., Ul Kabir, M.W., Wilson, R.S., Herrel, A., and Hoque, M.T. 2022. Machine learning accurately predicts the multivariate performance phenotype from morphology in lizards. PLoS One 17:e0261613 PDF

(55) Husak, J.F., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2022 Conserved and convergent mechanisms underlying performance-life history trade-offs. Journal of Experimental Biology 225: jeb243351 PDF

(54) Marks, J.R., Beatty, A.E., Schwartz, T.S., Sorlin, M.V., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2021. Expression of insulin-like growth factors depends on both mass and resource availability in female green anoles (Anolis carolinensis) Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb242665 PDF

(53)Zablocki-Thomas, P., Lailvaux, S.P., Aujard, F., Pouydebat, E., and Herrel, A. 2021. Maternal and genetic correlations between morphology and physical performance traits in a small captive primate, Microcebus murinus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 134: 28-39. PDF

(52) Husak, J.F., Rohlf, C.M., Lailvaux, S.P. 2021. Immune activation affects whole-organism performance in male but not female green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 191: 895-905. PDF

(51) Weber, W.D., Anthony, N.M., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2021. Size but not relatedness drives the spatial distribution of males within an urban population of Anolis carolinensis lizards. Ecology and Evolution 11: 2886-2898. PDF

(50) Lailvaux, S.P. 2020. It’s not easy being green: behavior, morphology, and population structure in urban and natural populations of green anole (Anolis carolinensis) lizards. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 570610. (Invited review) PDF

(49) Lailvaux, S.P., A.M. Cespedes, W.D. Weber, and J.F. Husak. 2020. Sprint speed is unaffected by dietary manipulation in trained male Anolis carolinensis lizards. Journal of Experimental Zoology A 333: 164-170. PDF

(48) Husak, J.F., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2019. Experimentally enhanced performance decreases survival in nature. Biology Letters 15: 20191060 PDF

(47) Lailvaux, S.P., Cespedes, A.M., and Houslay, T.M. 2019. Conflict, compensation, and plasticity: sex-specific, individual-level trade-offs in green anole (Anolis carolinensis) performance. Journal of Experimental Zoology A: 1–10 PDF

(46) Lailvaux, S.P., Wang, A., and Husak, J.F. 2018. Energetic costs of performance in trained and untrained Anolis carolinensis lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb176867 PDF

(45)Lailvaux, S.P., and Husak, J.F. 2017. Predicting life-history trade-offs with whole-organism performance. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57: 325–332 PDF

(44) Husak, J.F., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2017. How do we measure the cost of whole-organism performance traits? Integrative and Comparative Biology 57: 333–343 PDF

(43) Lailvaux, S.P., and Husak, J.F. 2017. Introduction to the symposium: Integrative Life-History of Whole-Organism Performance. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57: 320–324 PDF

(42) Birke, L.L., Cespedes, A.M., Schachner, E.R., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2017. Cystic calculus in a laboratory-housed green anole (Anolis carolinensis). Comparative Medicine 67: 112–115

(41) Lailvaux, S.P., Breuker, C.J., and Van Damme, R. 2017. Juvenile water stress affects development time but not adult take-off performance in the butterfly Pararge aegeria. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 90: 54–62 PDF

(40) Condon, C., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2016. Losing reduces maximum bite performance in house cricket (Acheta domesticus) contests. Functional Ecology 30: 1660–1664 PDF

(39) Figueroa, A., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Bell, C.D., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2016. A new species-level phylogeny of extant snakes with a description of a new colubrid subfamily and genus. PLoS One 11: e0161070 PDF

(38) Cespedes, A.M., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2015. An individual-based simulation approach to the evolution of locomotor performance. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55: 1176–1187 PDF

(37) Lailvaux, S.P., B.K. Kircher, J. Leifer, and M.A. Johnson. 2015. The incredible shrinking dewlap: skin elasticity and secondary sexual signal size in the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Ecology and Evolution 5: 4400-4409 PDF

(36) Kuo, C., Irschick, D.J., and Lailvaux, S.P. 2015. Trait compensation between boldness and the propensity for tail autotomy under different food availabilities in the brown anole lizard. Functional Ecology 29: 385–392 PDF

(35) Husak, J.F., and S.P. Lailvaux. 2014. An evolutionary perspective on conflict and compensation in physiological and functional traits. Current Zoology 60: 755-767 (invited review) PDF

(34) Lailvaux, S.P., and J.F. Husak. 2014. The life-history of whole-organism performance. Quarterly Review of Biology 89: 285-318. PDF

(33) Lailvaux, S.P., R. S. Wilson, and M.M. Kasumovic. 2014. Trait compensation and sex-specific aging of performance in male and female professional basketball players. Evolution 68: 1523-1532. PDF

(32) Edwards, J.R., and S.P. Lailvaux. 2013. Do interspecific interactions between females drive shifts in habitat use? A test using Anolis carolinensis and Anolis sagrei lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 843-851. PDF

(31) Chatfield, M.W.H., L.A. Brannelly, M.J. Robak, L. Freeborn, S.P. Lailvaux, and C.L. Richards-Zawacki. 2013. Fitness consequences of infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens). EcoHealth 10: 90-98. PDF

(30) Hall, M.D., S.P. Lailvaux, and R.C. Brooks. 2013. Sex-specific evolutionary potential of pre- and post-copulatory reproductive interactions in the field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus. Evolution 67:1831-1837. PDF

(29) Lailvaux, S.P., Huyghe, K., and Van Damme, R. 2012. Why can't we all just get along? Interspecific aggression in resident and non-resident Podarcis melisellensis lizards. Journal of Zoology 288: 207–213 PDF

(28) Zajitschek, F., Lailvaux, S.P., Dessman, J., and Brooks, R. 2012. Diet, sex and death in field crickets. Ecology and Evolution 2: 1627–1636 PDF

(27) Lailvaux, S.P., Gilbert, R.L., and Edwards, J.R. 2012. A performance-based cost to honest signalling in male green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 2841–2848 PDF

(26) Edwards, J.R. and S.P. Lailvaux. 2012. Display behavior and habitat use in single and mixed populations of Anolis carolinensis and Anolis sagrei lizards. Ethology 118:494-502.PDF

(25) Alexander, L.G., J.H.K. Pechmann, S.P. Lailvaux, and P.J. DeVries. 2012. Effects of salinity on early life stages of the Gulf Coast toad, Incilius nebulifer (Anura, Bufonidae). Copeia 2012: 106-114. PDF

(24) Lailvaux, S.P., F. Zajitschek, and R.C. Brooks. 2011. Differential aging of bite and jump performance in virgin and mated Teleogryllus commodus crickets. Evolution 65:3138-3147. PDF

(23) Lailvaux, S.P., and M.M. Kasumovic. 2011. Defining individual quality over lifetimes and selective contexts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 278: 321-328. PDF

(22) Lailvaux, S.P., M.D. Hall, and R.C. Brooks. 2010. Whole-organism performance is no proxy for genetic quality: tradeoffs between performance, sexual attractiveness and life-history traits in the field cricket Teleogryllus commodus. Ecology 91: 1530-1537. PDF

(21) Hall, M.D., S.P. Lailvaux, M.W. Blows, and R.C. Brooks. 2010. Sexual conflict and the maintenance of multivariate genetic variation. Evolution 64: 1697-1703. PDF

(20) Hall, M.D., L. Mclaren, R.C. Brooks, and S.P. Lailvaux 2010. Interactions among performance capacities predict male combat outcomes in the field cricket Teleogryllus commodus. Functional Ecology 24:159-164. PDF

(19) Maklakov, A.A., M.D. Hall, S.J. Simpson, J. Dessmann, F. Clissold, F. Zajitscheck, S.P. Lailvaux, D. Raubenheimer, R. Bonduriansky, and R.C. Brooks. 2009. Sex-differences in nutrient-dependent reproductive ageing. Aging Cell 8: 324-330. PDF

(18) Husak, J.F., D.J. Irschick, J. Henningsen, K.S. Kirkbride, S.P. Lailvaux, and I.T. Moore. 2009. Hormonal response of male green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis) to GnRH challenge. Journal of Experimental Zoology A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 311: 105-114. PDF

(17) Lailvaux, S.P., Reaney, L.T., and Backwell, P.R.Y. 2009. Dishonest signalling of fighting ability and multiple performance traits in the fiddler crab Uca mjoebergi. Functional Ecology 23: 359–366 PDF

(16) Vincent, S.E., and S.P. Lailvaux. 2008. Does phenotypic integration constrain sexual size dimorphism in eastern lubber grasshoppers (Romalea microptera)? Journal of Orthoptera Research 17: 219-225 (invited paper). PDF

(15) Vervust, B., S.P. Lailvaux, I. Grbac, and R. Van Damme. 2008. Do morphological condition indices predict locomotor performance? A test using the wall lizard Podarcis sicula. Acta Oecologia 34: 244-251. PDF

(14) Husak, J.F., D.J. Irschick, J.J. Meyers, S.P. Lailvaux, and I.T. Moore. 2007. Hormones, sexual signals, and performance of green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Hormones and Behavior 52:360-367. PDF

(13) Lailvaux, S.P., and Irschick, D.J. 2007. The evolution of performance-based male fighting ability in Caribbean Anolis lizards. American Naturalist 170: 573–586

(12) Lailvaux, S.P. 2007. Interactive effects of sex and temperature on locomotion in reptiles. Integrative and Comparative Biology 53: 571–581 PDF

(11) Lailvaux, S.P., and S.E. Vincent. 2007. Ecological dimorphisms: An introduction to the symposium. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47: 169-171. PDF

(10) Lailvaux, S.P., and Irschick, D.J. 2007. Effects of temperature and sex on jump performance and biomechanics in the lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Functional Ecology 21: 534–543 PDF

(9) Irschick, D.J., M. Ramos, C. Buckley, J. Elstrott, E. Carlisle, S.P. Lailvaux, N. Bloch, A. Herrel, and B. Vanhooydonck. 2006. Are morphology -> performance relationships invariant across different seasons? A test with the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Oikos 114: 49-59. PDF

(8) Lailvaux, S.P., and Irschick, D.J. 2006. A functional perspective on sexual selection: insights and future prospects. Animal Behaviour 72: 263–273 PDF

(7) Lailvaux, S.P., and D.J. Irschick. 2006. No evidence for female association with high-performance males in the green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Ethology 112: 707-715. PDF

(6) Irschick, D.J., and S.P. Lailvaux. 2006. Age-specific forced polymorphism: Implications of ontogenetic changes in morphology for male mating tactics. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79: 73-82. PDF

(5) Vincent, S.E., and S.P. Lailvaux. 2006. Female morphology, web design, and the potential for multiple mating in Nephila clavipes: do fat-bottomed girls make the spider world go round? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 87: 95-102. PDF

(4) Lailvaux, S.P., J. Hathway, J. Pomfret, and R.J. Knell. 2005. Horn size predicts physical performance in the beetle Euoniticellus intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Functional Ecology 19: 632-639. PDF

(3) Lailvaux, S.P., A. Herrel, B. Vanhooydonck, J.J. Meyers, and D.J. Irschick. 2004. Performance capacity, fighting tactics, and the evolution of life-stage morphs in the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 271: 2501-2508. PDF

(2) Lailvaux, S.P., G.J. Alexander, and M.J. Whiting. 2003. Sex-based differences and similarities in locomotor performance, thermal preferences, and escape behaviour in the lizard Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76: 511-521. PDF

(1) Whiting, M.J., S.P. Lailvaux, L.T. Reaney, and M. Wymann. 2003. To run or hide? Age-dependent escape behaviour in the lizard Platysaurus intermedius wilhelmi. Journal of Zoology 260: 123-128. PDF