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John Christy

Sakugawa, Naoto, Kasamura, Keiji, Christy, John H., and Henmi, Yasuhisa. 2021. "Claws and claw waving attract both sexes in the dotillid crab Ilyoplax pusilla." Journal of Ethology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-021-00692-4.
Dennenmoser, Stefan, Christy, John H., and Thiel, Martin. 2020. "Rhythms and reproduction." In Reproductive Biology. 472–504. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. In The Natural History of the Crustacea, 6.
Pardo, Juan C. F., Stefanelli-Silva, Gabriel, Christy, John H., and Costa, Tânia. 2020. "Fiddler crabs and their above-ground sedimentary structures: a review." Journal of Ethology, 38 137–154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-020-00647-1.
Schaefer, Jessica L. B., Christy, John H., and Marko, Peter B. 2020. "Multiple and extra-pair mating in a pair-living hermaphrodite, the intertidal limpet Siphonaria gigas." Integrative Organismal Biology, 1–46. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa013.
Bashevkin, Samuel M., Christy, John H., and Morgan, Steven G. 2019. "Adaptive specialization and constraint in morphological defenses of planktonic larvae." Functional Ecology, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13464.
Heatwole, Siobhan J., Christy, John H., and Backwell, Patricia R. Y. 2018. "Taking a risk: how far will male fiddler crabs go?" Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72 82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2500-z.
Luque, Javier, Christy, John H., Hendy, Austin J. W., Rosenberg, Michael S., Portell, Roger W., Kerr, Kecia A., and Palmer, A. R. 2017. "Quaternary intertidal and supratidal crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from tropical America and the systematic affinities of fossil fiddler crabs." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1362599.
Christy, John H., Ribeiro, Pablo D, Iribarne, Oscar O, and Nuñez, Jesús D. 2016. "Hood-building dynamics and mating mode in the temperate fiddler crab Uca uruguayensis Nobili, 1901." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 36, (4) 507–514. https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002440.
deVries, Maya S., Stock, Brian C., Christy, John H., Goldsmith, Gregory R., and Dawson, Todd E. 2016. "Specialized morphology corresponds to a generalist diet: linking form and function in smashing mantis shrimp crustaceans." Oecologia, 182, (2) 429–442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3667-5.
Lim, Shirley S. L., Yong, Adeline Y. P., and Christy, John H. 2016. "Ontogenetic changes in diet and related morphological adaptations in Ocypode gaudichaudii." Invertebrate Biology, 135, (2) 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12122.
Perez, Daniela M., Christy, John H., and Backwell, Patricia R. Y. 2016. "Choosing a mate in a high predation environment: Female preference in the fiddler crab Uca terpsichores." Ecology and Evolution, 6, (20) 7443–7450. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2510.
How, Martin J, Christy, John H., Temple, Shelby E, Hemmi, Jan M, Marshall, N. Justin, and Roberts, Nicholas W. 2015. "Target Detection Is Enhanced by Polarization Vision in a Fiddler Crab." Current Biology, 25, (23) 3069–3073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.073.
How, Martin J., Christy, John H., Roberts, Nicholas W., and Marshall, N. Justin. 2014. "Null point of discrimination in crustacean polarisation vision." Journal of experimental biology, 217 2462–2467. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.103457.
Kerr, Kecia A., Christy, John H., Joly-Lopez, Zo, Luque, Javier, Collin, Rachel, and Guichard, Frédéric. 2014. "Reproducing on Time When Temperature Varies: Shifts in the Timing of Courtship by Fiddler Crabs." PLoS ONE, 9, (5) 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097593.
Lombardo, Roberto C., Christy, John H., and Cipriani, Roberto. 2013. "The false limpet Siphonaria gigas, a simultaneous hermaphrodite, lives in pairs in rock fissures on the Pacific coast of Panama." Marine Biology, 160, (3) 729–735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2127-y.
Matsumasa, Masatoshi, Murai, Minoru, and Christy, John H. 2013. "A low-cost sexual ornament reliably signals male condition in the fiddler crab Uca beebei." Animal Behaviour, 85, (6) 1335–1341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.024.
Swanson, Brook O., George, Matthew N., Anderson, Stuart P., and Christy, John H. 2013. "Evolutionary variation in the mechanics of fiddler crab claws." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 137. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-137.
Kasatani, Asami, Wada, Keiji, Yusa, Yoichi, and Christy, John H. 2012. "Courtship tactics by male Ilyoplax pusilla (Brachyura, Dotillidae)." Journal of Ethology, 30, (1) 69–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-011-0296-7.
Kerr, Kecia A., Christy, John H., Collin, Rachel, and Guichard, F. 2012. "Reducing error in reproductive timing caused by temperature variation: interspecific differences in behavioural adjustment by fiddler crabs." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 459 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09832.
Christy, John H. and Rittschof, Dan. 2011. "Deception in visual and chemical communication in crustaceans." In Chemical Communication in Crustaceans. Breithaupt, Thomas and Thiel, Martin, editors. 313–333. New York: Springer.
Lopez-Duarte, Paola, Christy, John H., and Tankersley, Richard. 2011. "A behavioral mechanism for dispersal in fiddler crab larvae (genus Uca) varies with adult habitat, not phylogeny." Limnology and Oceanography, 56, (5) 1879–1892. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1879.
Kim, Tae Won, Christy, John H., Rissanen, Jade Rebecca, Ribeiro, Pablo D., and Choe, Jae Chun. 2010. "Effect of food addition on the reproductive intensity and timing of both sexes of an intertidal crab." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 401 183–194. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08416.
Kim, Tae Won, Christy, John H., Dennenmoser, Stefan, and Choe, Jae Chun. 2009. "The strength of a female mate preference increases with predation risk." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, (1657) 775–780. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1070.
Robertson, D. Ross, Christy, John H., Collin, Rachel, Cooke, Richard G., D'Croz, Luis, Kaufmann, Karl W., Moreno, Stanley Heckadon, Maté, Juan L., O'Dea, Aaron, and Torchin, Mark E. 2009. "The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Marine Research, Education, and Conservation in Panama." 73–93. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.73.
Christy, John H. 2007. "Imitación, elección de pareja y la hipótesis de trampa sensorial." In Ecología y evolución en los trópicos. Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Herre, Edward Allen, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., and Santos-Granero, Fernando, editors. 127–134. Panama: Editora Nova Art.
Kim, Tae Won, Christy, John H., and Choe, Jae Chun. 2007. "A preference for a sexual signal keeps females safe." Public Library of Science PLoS, 2, (5) e422.
Ribeiro, Pablo D., Christy, John H., Rissanen, Rebecca, and Tae Won, Kim. 2007. "Males are attracted by their own courtship signals. Erratum." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61, (5) 823.
Christy, John H. and Backwell, Patricia R. Y. 2006. "Signaling safety." Wings: Essays on invertebrate conservation, 29, (2) 13–17.
Christy, John H. and Backwell, Patricia R. Y. 2006. "No Preference for Exaggerated Courtship Signals in a Sensory Trap." Animal Behaviour, (5) 1239–1246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.11.008.
Ribeiro, Pablo D., Christy, John H., Rissanen, Rebecca, and Tae Won, Kim. 2006. "Males Are Attracted by Their Own Courtship Signals." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61, (1) 81–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0238-5.
Fouts, William R., Christy, John H., Yosef, Reuven, Brodie, Edmund D.,III, Young, Kevin V., and Brodie, Edmund D.,Jr. 2004. "How Did the Horned Lizard Get Its Horns?" Science, (5692) 1909–1910.
Kim, Tae Won, Christy, John H., and Choe, Jae Chun. 2004. "Semidome Building As Sexual Signaling in the Fiddler Crab Uca Lactea (Brachyra: Ocypodidae)." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 24, (4) 673–679.
Christy, John H. 2003. "Reproductive Timing and Larval Dispersal of Intertidal Crabs: the Predator Avoidance Hypothesis." Revista Chilena De Historia Natural, (2) 177–185.
Christy, John H., Backwell, Patricia R. Y., and Schober, Ursula M. 2003. "Interspecific Attractiveness of Structures Built by Courting Male Fiddler Crabs: Experimental Evidence of a Sensory Trap." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, (2) 84–91.
Christy, John H., Baum, Julia K., and Backwell, Patricia R. Y. 2003. "Attractiveness of Sand Hoods Built by Courting Male Fiddler Crabs, Uca Musica: Test of a Sensory Trap Hypothesis." Animal Behaviour, (1) 89–94.
deRivera, Catherine E., Backwell, Patricia R. Y., Christy, John H., and Vehrencamp, Sandra L. 2003. "Density Affects Female and Male Mate Searching in the Fiddler Crab, Uca Beebei." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53, (2) 72–83.
Jennions, Michael D., Backwell, Patricia R. Y., Murai, Minoru, and Christy, John H. 2003. "Hiding Behaviour in Fiddler Crabs: How Long Should Prey Hide in Response to a Potential Predator?" Animal Behaviour, (2) 251–257.
Christy, John H., Backwell, Patricia R. Y., Goshima, Seiji, and Kreuter, Thomas J. 2002. "Sexual Selection for Structure Building by Courting Male Fiddler Crabs: an Experimental Study of Behavioral Mechanisms." Behavioral Ecology, (3) 366–374.
Christy, John H., Backwell, Patricia R. Y., and Goshima, Seiji. 2001. "The Design and Production of a Sexual Signal: Hoods and Hood Building by Male Fiddler Crabs Uca Musica." Behaviour, (9) 1065–1083.
Koga, Tsunenori, Backwell, Patricia R. Y., Christy, John H., Murai, Minoru, and Kasuya, EiitiitI. 2001. "Male-Biased Predation of a Fiddler Crab." Animal Behaviour, (2) 201–207.
Backwell, Patricia R. Y., Christy, John H., Telford, Steven R., Jennions, Michael D., and Passmore, Neville I. 2000. "Dishonest Signalling in a Fiddler Crab." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, (1444) 719–724.
Backwell, Patricia R. Y., Jennions, Michael D., Christy, John H., and Passmore, N. I. 1999. "Female Choice in the Synchronously Waving Fiddler Crab Uca Annulipes." Ethology, (5) 415–421.
Backwell, Patricia R. Y., Jennions, Michael D., Passmore, N. I., and Christy, John H. 1998. "Synchronized Courtship in Fiddler Crabs." Nature, 391 31.
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