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EmPr John Endler

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Emeritus Professor

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Life & Env Sciences

Campus

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1973

Contact

john.endler@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 522 71313

Research interests

The interaction between sensory systems, signals, and the environment, and using these interactions to predict the direction of evolution under known environmental conditions.

My two main projects involve Bowerbirds and Guppies and involve a mixture of field work, field experiments, lab experiments, and modelling.

I am always happy to have PhD students with similar interests, but they do not have to work with one of these three systems.  I've also had students working with various kinds of insects and spiders.

Here is a little more detail on my projects:

Signal design and its relationship to the environment and geometry in Bowerbirds.  Just how does the complex geometry and resulting multiple visual tricks and illusions created by great bowerbirds effect mating success and how and why do they repair problems in their bower geometry so quickly?  What insights can these birds and their bowers give us about how animals perceive the world and act upon sensory information--true or misleading?

Experimental evolution under known changed conditions in laboratory mesocosms (very large tanks) and wild guppy populations.   How do changed visual environments (mimicking changes in the forest canopy as a result of climate change) affect visibility of mates to females hence the direction of evolution of male displays, and how does this affect the evolution of female mating preferences and the visual system.   How does artificial selection for chasing particular colours affect female preferences, male traits and the visual system?  What are the effects in the field of canopy thinning on wild guppy populations?  Multiple minor projects resulting from these main questions.

Units taught

current: Evolutionary Ecology (SLE372)

Knowledge areas

Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Sensory Ecology, Behavioural Ecology.  The interaction between sensory systems, signals, the environment, and how this can be used to predict the direction of evolution.

Expertise

Evolutionary Ecology, Sensory Ecology (particularly Visual Ecology), Evolutionary Biology, Behavioral Ecology, mathematical and computer modelling within these subjects. I know and enjoy programming in MATLAB, PASCAL, occasionally in FORTRAN and I'm actively learning R.
  • Behaviour
  • Biology
  • Computers
  • Ecology

Professional activities

I do science whenever I can and however I can!  Science for it's own sake, formally (e.g. international meetings and collaborations) and informally (discussions, natural history).

Research groups

Centre for Integrative Ecology

Sensory Ecology and Behaviour (within the School of Life & Environmental Sciences)

Awards

Fellow, Australian Academy of Sciences

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Exemplar, Animal Behaviour Society (their highest honour to a non-retired scientist).

Alfred Deakin Professor (Deakin University's highest academic honour).

Publications

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2024

Cultural attraction in pottery practice: Group-specific shape transformations by potters from three communities

Tetsushi Nonaka, Enora Gandon, John Endler, Thelma Coyle, Reinoud Bootsma

(2024), Vol. 3, pp. 1-12, PNAS Nexus, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

AI Tool for Exploring How Economic Activities Impact Local Ecosystems

C Strannegård, N Engsner, R Lindgren, S Olsson, J Endler

(2024), Vol. 825, pp. 690-709, IntelliSys 2023 : Proceedings of the 2023 Intelligent Systems and Applications Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, E1

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2023

The price of defence: Toxins, visual signals and oxidative state in an aposematic butterfly

J Blount, H Rowland, C Mitchell, M Speed, G Ruxton, J Endler, L Brower

(2023), Vol. 290, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Wild Australian magpies learn to pull intact, not broken, strings to obtain food

R Johnsson, P Veillet, F Connelly, J Endler, T Roth, J Lesku

(2023), Vol. 77, pp. 1-10, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1-1

journal article

How to generate and test hypotheses about colour: insights from half a century of guppy research

Darrell Kemp, David Reznick, Jeffrey Arendt, Cedric van den Berg, John Endler

(2023), Vol. 290, pp. 1-13, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Why are biting flies attracted to blue objects?

R Santer, O Akanyeti, J Endler, I Galván, M Okal

(2023), Vol. 290, pp. 1-9, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Signal detectability and boldness are not the same: the function of defensive coloration in nudibranchs is distance-dependent

C van den Berg, J Endler, K Cheney

(2023), Vol. 290, pp. 1-9, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Individual preferences for sound tool design in a parrot

R Heinsohn, C Zdenek, D Appleby, J Endler

(2023), Vol. 290, pp. 1-8, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2022

Multiple phenotypic traits predict male mating success in a critically endangered frog

S Kelleher, A Silla, M McFadden, M Stares, J Endler, P Byrne

(2022), Vol. 76, pp. 1-21, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Colour discrimination thresholds vary throughout colour space in a reef fish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)

N Green, E Guevara, D Osorio, J Endler, N Marshall, M Vorobyev, K Cheney

(2022), Vol. 225, pp. 1-11, Journal of Experimental Biology, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article

Negative frequency-dependent selection on polymorphic color morphs in adders

Thomas Madsen, Bo Stille, Beata Ujvari, Dirk Bauwens, John Endler

(2022), pp. 1-8, Current Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

A synthesis of deimatic behaviour

E Drinkwater, W Allen, J Endler, R Hanlon, G Holmes, N Homziak, C Kang, B Leavell, J Lehtonen, K Loeffler-Henry, J Ratcliffe, C Rowe, G Ruxton, T Sherratt, J Skelhorn, C Skojec, H Smart, T White, J Yack, C Young, K Umbers

(2022), Vol. 97, pp. 2237-2267, Biological Reviews, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Visual Background Choice and Light Environment Affect Male Guppy Visual Contrast

J Endler, D Raggay, S Maerowitz-McMahan, D Reznick, R Fuller

(2022), Vol. 6, pp. 1-18, Vision, Basel, Switzerland, C1

journal article

Joint effects of female preference intensity and frequency-dependent predation on the polymorphism maintenance in aposematic sexual traits

Aditya Ponkshe, John Endler

(2022), Vol. 12, pp. 1-7, Ecology and Evolution, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Using colour pattern edge contrast statistics to predict detection speed and success in triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus)

C van den Berg, J Endler, D Papinczak, K Cheney

(2022), Vol. 225, pp. jeb244677-, Journal of Experimental Biology, England, C1

journal article

Ecosystem Models Based on Artificial Intelligence

C Strannegard, N Engsner, J Eisfeldt, J Endler, A Hansson, R Lindgren, P Mostad, S Olsson, I Perini, H Reese, F Taylan, S Ulfsbacker, A Nordgren

(2022), pp. 1-9, SAIS 2022 : Proceedings of the Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden, E1

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2021

The role of boundary length and adjacent patch contrast in guppy mate choice

A Sibeaux, T Camduras, J Endler

(2021), Vol. 32, pp. 30-40, Behavioral ecology, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

Disease influences male advertisement and mating outcomes in a critically endangered amphibian

S Kelleher, B Scheele, A Silla, J Keogh, D Hunter, J Endler, P Byrne

(2021), Vol. 173, pp. 145-157, Animal behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Eat yourself sexy: how selective macronutrient intake influences the expression of a visual signal in common mynas

C Peneaux, G Machovsky-Capuska, J Endler, A Griffin

(2021), Vol. 224, pp. 1-11, Journal of experimental biology, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article

Cultural transmission and perception of vessel shapes among Hebron potters

Enora Gandon, Tetsushi Nonaka, Thelma Coyle, Erin Coyle, Raphael Sonabend, Chibueze Ogbonnaya, John Endler, Valentine Roux

(2021), Vol. 63, pp. 1-15, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Does dietary β-carotene influence ontogenetic colour change in the southern corroboree frog?

Sara Walton, Aimee Silla, John Endler, Phillip Byrne

(2021), Vol. 224, pp. 1-25, The Journal of Experimental Biology, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article
2020

Quantitative colour pattern analysis (QCPA): a comprehensive framework for the analysis of colour patterns in nature

Cedric van den Berg, Jolyon Troscianko, John Endler, N Marshall, Karen Cheney

(2020), Vol. 11, pp. 316-332, Methods in ecology and evolution, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Niche construction affects the variability and strength of natural selection

A Clark, D Deffner, K Laland, J Odling-Smee, J Endler

(2020), Vol. 195, pp. 16-30, American naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1

journal article

Rapid beard darkening predicts contest outcome, not copulation success, in bearded dragon lizards

A Dickerson, K Rankin, V Cadena, J Endler, D Stuart-Fox

(2020), Vol. 170, pp. 167-176, Animal behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Assessing the influence of culture on craft skills: a quantitative study with expert Nepalese potters

E Gandon, T Nonaka, R Sonabend, J Endler

(2020), Vol. 15, pp. 1-17, PLoS one, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Traditional craftspeople are not copycats: Potter idiosyncrasies in vessel morphogenesis

E Gandon, T Nonaka, J Endler, T Coyle, R Bootsma

(2020), Vol. 15, pp. 1-18, PLoS one, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Does conspicuousness scale linearly with colour distance? A test using reef fish

C Santiago, N Green, N Hamilton, J Endler, D Osorio, N Marshall, K Cheney

(2020), Vol. 287, pp. 1-8, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2019

Biotremology and sensory ecology

John Endler

(2019), Vol. 6, pp. 27-41, Biotremology: studying vibrational behavior, Cham, Switzerland, B1-1

book chapter

An Ishihara-style test of animal colour vision

Karen Cheney, Naomi Green, Alexander Vibert, Misha Vorobyev, N Marshall, Daniel Osorio, John Endler

(2019), Vol. 222, pp. 1-8, Journal of experimental biology, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article

Plumage coloration follows Gloger's rule in a ring species

R Ribot, M Berg, E Schubert, J Endler, A Bennett

(2019), Vol. 46, pp. 584-596, Journal of biogeography, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

How viewing objects with the dorsal or ventral retina affects colour-related behaviour in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Adélaïde Sibeaux, Madison Keser, Gemma Cole, Alexandrea Kranz, John Endler

(2019), Vol. 158, pp. 78-89, Vision research, Amsterdam, The Nethelands, C1

journal article

Colour-based foraging diverges after multiple generations under different light environments

G Cole, J Lynn, A Kranz, J Endler

(2019), Vol. 125, pp. 212-221, Ethology, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Success of the receptor noise model in predicting colour discrimination in guppies depends upon the colours tested

Adélaïde Sibeaux, Gemma Cole, John Endler

(2019), Vol. 159, pp. 86-95, Vision research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

PAVO2: new tools for the spectral and spatial analysis of colour in R

R Maia, H Gruson, J Endler, T White

(2019), Vol. 10, pp. 1097-1107, Methods in ecology and evolution, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

A dynamic optical signal in a nocturnal moth

Jennifer Kelley, Nikolai Tatarnic, Gerd Schröder-Turk, John Endler, Bodo Wilts

(2019), Vol. 29, pp. 2919-2925, Current biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

The relative importance of local and global visual contrast in mate choice

Adelaide Sibeaux, Gemma Cole, John Endler

(2019), Vol. 154, pp. 143-159, Animal behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Behavioral, energetic, and color trait integration in male guppies: Testing the melanocortin hypothesis

F Santostefano, K Fanson, J Endler, P Biro

(2019), Vol. 30, pp. 1539-1547, Behavioral Ecology, C1

journal article

The maintenance of polymorphism and divergence in sexually selected traits affected by frequency-dependent predation and consistent mating advantages

Aditya Ponkshe, John Endler

(2019), Vol. 20, pp. 679-690, EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, C1

journal article
2018

Temperature-induced colour change varies seasonally in bearded dragon lizards

V Cadena, K Rankin, K Smith, J Endler, D Stuart-Fox

(2018), Vol. 123, pp. 422-430, Biological journal of the Linnean Society, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

Individuals among the pots: how do traditional ceramic shapes vary between potters?

E Gandon, T Coyle, R Bootsma, V Roux, J Endler

(2018), Vol. 30, pp. 299-313, Ecological psychology, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Effects of female preference intensity on the permissiveness of sexual trait polymorphisms

A Ponkshe, J Endler

(2018), Vol. 8, pp. 4518-4524, Ecology and evolution, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Female receptivity affects subsequent mating effort and mate choice in male guppies

P Guevara-Fiore, J Endler

(2018), Vol. 140, pp. 73-79, Animal behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Change in male coloration associated with artificial selection on foraging colour preference

Gemma Cole, John Endler

(2018), Vol. 31, pp. 1227-1238, Journal of evolutionary biology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Toxicity and taste: unequal chemical defences in a mimicry ring

Anne Winters, Nerida Wilson, Cedric van den Berg, Martin How, John Endler, N Marshall, Andrew White, Mary Garson, Karen Cheney

(2018), Vol. 285, Proceedings of the royal society b: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Light environment change induces differential expression of guppy opsins in a multi-generational evolution experiment

Alexandrea Kranz, Leonard Forgan, Gemma Cole, John Endler

(2018), Vol. 72, pp. 1656-1676, Evolution, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Colour pattern component phenotypic divergence can be predicted by the light environment

Alexandrea Kranz, Gemma Cole, Priti Singh, John Endler

(2018), Vol. 31, pp. 1459-1476, Journal of evolutionary biology, London, Eng., C1

journal article

25 years of sensory drive: the evidence and its watery bias

Molly Cummings, John Endler

(2018), Vol. 64, pp. 471-484, Current zoology, Oxford, Eng., C1

journal article

Courtship diverges with foraging behaviour in artificially selected populations

G Cole, J Endler

(2018), Vol. 144, pp. 9-15, Animal behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Boundary strength analysis: combining colour pattern geometry and coloured patch visual properties for use in predicting behaviour and fitness

J Endler, G Cole, A Kranz

(2018), Vol. 9, pp. 2334-2348, Methods in ecology and evolution, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article
2017

Convergent evolution of sexual deception via chromatic and achromatic contrast rather than colour mimicry

A Gaskett, J Endler, R Phillips

(2017), Vol. 31, pp. 205-227, Evolutionary ecology, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

Sexual selection predicts brain structure in dragon lizards

D Hoops, J Ullmann, A Janke, M Vidal-Garcia, T Stait-Gardner, Y Dwihapsari, T Merkling, W Price, J Endler, M Whiting, J Keogh

(2017), Vol. 30, pp. 244-256, Journal of evolutionary biology, Chichester, Eng., C1

journal article

Intraspecific geographic variation in rod and cone visual pigment sensitivity of a parrot, Platycercus elegans

B Knott, M Berg, R Ribot, J Endler, A Bennett

(2017), Vol. 7, pp. 1-8, Scientific reports, London, Eng., C1

journal article

How do great bowerbirds construct perspective illusions?

L Kelley, J Endler

(2017), Vol. 4, pp. 1-10, Royal society open science, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Neutral and selective drivers of colour evolution in a widespread Australian passerine

H Morales, A Pavlova, P Sunnucks, R Major, N Amos, L Joseph, B Wang, A Lemmon, J Endler, K Delhey

(2017), Vol. 44, pp. 522-536, Journal of Biogeography, C1

journal article

Geographic divergence and colour change in response to visual backgrounds and illumination intensity in bearded dragons

V Cadena, K Smith, J Endler, D Stuart-Fox

(2017), Vol. 220, pp. 1048-1055, Journal of experimental biology, Cambridge, Eng., C1

journal article

Experimental evidence suggests that specular reflectance and glossy appearance help amplify warning signals

S Waldron, J Endler, J Valkonen, A Honma, S Dobler, J Mappes

(2017), Vol. 7, pp. 1-10, Scientific reports, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Deimatism: a neglected component of antipredator defence

K Umbers, S De Bona, T White, J Lehtonen, J Mappes, J Endler

(2017), Vol. 13, pp. 1-5, Biology letters, London, Eng., C1

journal article

The current and future state of animal coloration research

J Endler, J Mappes

(2017), Vol. 372, pp. 1-8, Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Early social experience shapes female mate choice in guppies

A Macario, D Croft, J Endler, S Darden

(2017), Vol. 28, pp. 833-843, Behavioral ecology, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Improved color constancy in honey bees enabled by parallel visual projections from dorsal ocelli

J Garcia, Y-S Hung, A Greentree, M Rosa, J Endler, A Dyer

(2017), Vol. 114, pp. 7713-7718, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., C1

journal article

Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in palm cockatoos shares key elements of human instrumental music

R Heinsohn, C Zdenek, R Cunningham, J Endler, N Langmore

(2017), Vol. 3, pp. 1-6, Science advances, Washington, D.C., C1

journal article

Niche construction, sources of selection and trait coevolution

K Laland, J Odling-Smee, J Endler

(2017), Vol. 7, pp. 1-9, Interface Focus, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2016

A comparative study of rhodopsin function in the great bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis): spectral tuning and light-activated kinetics

I van Hazel, S Dungan, F Hauser, J Morrow, J Endler, B Chang

(2016), Vol. 25, pp. 1308-1318, Protein science, Hoboken, N.J., C1

journal article

Colour change on different body regions provides thermal and signalling advantages in bearded dragon lizards

K Smith, V Cadena, J Endler, W Porter, M Kearney, D Stuart-Fox

(2016), Vol. 283, pp. 1-9, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Male courtship decisions are influenced by light environment and female receptivity.

G Cole, J Endler

(2016), Vol. 283, pp. 1-9, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Color change for Thermoregulation versus camouflage in free-ranging lizards

K Smith, V Cadena, J Endler, M Kearney, W Porter, D Stuart-Fox

(2016), Vol. 188, pp. 668-678, American naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1

journal article
2015

Illusions vary because of the types of decorations at bowers, not male skill at arranging them, in great bowerbirds

N Doerr, J Endler

(2015), Vol. 99, pp. 73-82, Animal behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Variable environmental effects on a multicomponent sexually selected trait

G Cole, J Endler

(2015), Vol. 185, pp. 452-468, American Naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1

journal article

Artificial selection for food colour preferences

G Cole, J Endler

(2015), Vol. 282, pp. 1-9, Proceedings of the royal society of London: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

White sharks exploit the sun during predatory approaches

C Huveneers, D Holman, R Robbins, A Fox, J Endler, A Taylor

(2015), Vol. 185, pp. 562-570, American Naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1

journal article

The bright incubate at night: sexual dichromatism and adaptive incubation division in an open-nesting shorebird

K Ekanayake, M Weston, D Nimmo, G Maguire, J Endler, C Küpper

(2015), Vol. 282, pp. 1-8, Proceedings of the royal society of London: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1

journal article

An integrative framework for the appraisal of coloration in nature

D Kemp, M Herberstein, L Fleishman, J Endler, A Bennett, A Dyer, N Hart, J Marshall, M Whiting

(2015), Vol. 185, pp. 705-724, American naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1

journal article
2014

Visual effects in great bowerbird sexual displays and their implications for signal design

J Endler, J Gaburro, L Kelley

(2014), Vol. 281, pp. 20140235-, Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, England, C1

journal article

Red-green-blue electrogenerated chemiluminescence utilizing a digital camera as detector

E Doeven, G Barbante, E Kerr, C Hogan, J Endler, P Francis

(2014), Vol. 86, pp. 2727-2732, Analytical chemistry, Washington, D.C., C1

journal article

Paradox lost: Variable colour-pattern geometry is associated with differences in movement in aposematic frogs

B Rojas, J Devillechabrolle, J Endler

(2014), Vol. 10, Biology Letters, C1

journal article

Male sexual behaviour and ethanol consumption from an evolutionary perspective: a comment on "Sexual deprivation increases ethanol intake in Drosophila"

P Guevara-Fiore, J Endler

(2014), Vol. 8, pp. 234-236, Fly, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2013

Sexual dimorphism and intra-populational colour pattern variation in the aposematic frog Dendrobates tinctorius

B Rojas, J Endler

(2013), Vol. 27, pp. 739-753, Evolutionary ecology, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article

How can ten fingers shape a pot? Evidence for equivalent function in culturally distinct motor skills

E Gandon, R Bootsma, J Endler, L Grosman

(2013), Vol. 8, pp. 1-9, PLoS ONE, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Functional characterization of spectral tuning mechanisms in the great bowerbird short-wavelength sensitive visual pigment (SWS1), and the origins of UV/violet vision in passerines and parrots

H Van, A Sabouhanian, L Day, J Endler, B Chang

(2013), Vol. 13, pp. 1-13, BMC evolutionary biology, London, England, C1

journal article
2012

A framework for analysing colour pattern geometry : adjacent colours

J Endler

(2012), Vol. 107, pp. 233-253, Biological journal of the Linnean Society, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

How the ladybird got its spots : effects of resource limitation on the honesty of aposematic signals

J Blount, H Rowland, F Drijfhout, J Endler, R Inger, J Sloggett, G Hurst, D Hodgson, M Speed

(2012), Vol. 26, pp. 334-342, Functional ecology, Oxford, England, C1

journal article

Male spotted bowerbirds propagate fruit for use in their sexual display

J Madden, C Dingle, J Isden, J Sparfeld, A Goldizen, J Endler

(2012), Vol. 22, Current biology, Cambridge, Mass., C1

journal article

Illusions promote mating success in great bowerbirds

L Kelley, J Endler

(2012), Vol. 335, pp. 335-338, Science, Washington, D. C., C1

journal article

Sex as moderator of early life experience : interaction between rearing environment and sexual experience in male guppies

P Guevara-Fiore, P Svensson, J Endler

(2012), Vol. 84, pp. 1023-1029, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1

journal article

Learned vocal variation is associated with abrupt cryptic genetic change in a parrot species complex

R Ribot, K Buchanan, J Endler, L Joseph, A Bennett, M Berg

(2012), Vol. 7, pp. 1-9, PLoS One, San Francisco, Calif., C1

journal article

Male great bowerbirds create forced perspective illusions with consistently different individual quality

L Kelley, J Endler

(2012), Vol. 109, pp. 20980-20985, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., C1

journal article
2011

Integrative commentary on ecology and evolution of poeciliid fishes

J Endler

(2011), pp. 301-310, Ecology and evolution of poeciliid fishes, Chicago, Ill., B1

book chapter

Geographic variation in allometry in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

C Egset, G Bolstad, G Rosenqvist, J Endler, C Pélabon

(2011), Vol. 24, pp. 2631-2638, Journal of evolutionary biology, Oxford, U. K., C1

journal article
2010

Great bowerbirds create theaters with forced perspective when seen by their audience

J Endler, L Endler, N Doerr

(2010), Vol. 20, pp. 1679-1684, Current biology, Cambridge, Mass., C1

journal article
2009

The spatial pattern of natural selection when selection depends upon experience

J Endler, B Rojas

(2009), Vol. 173, pp. 62-78, American naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1-1

journal article

Predicting the direction of ornament evolution in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

D Kemp, D Reznick, G Grether, J Endler

(2009), Vol. 276, pp. 4335-4343, Proceedings of the Royal Society B : biological sciences, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2007

The adaptive significance of ontogenetic colour change in a tropical python

D Wilson, R Heinsohn, J Endler

(2007), Vol. 3, pp. 40-43, Biology letters, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2006

Disruptive and cryptic coloration

J Endler

(2006), Vol. 273, pp. 2425-2426, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, England, C1-1

journal article

Ornament colour selection, visual contrast and the shape of colour preference functions in great bowerbirds, Chlamydera nuchalis

J Endler, L Day

(2006), Vol. 72, pp. 1405-1416, Animal behaviour, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2005

Comparing entire colour patterns as birds see them

J Endler, J Mielke

(2005), Vol. 86, pp. 405-431, Biological journal of the linnean society, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Animal visual systems and the evolution of color patterns; sensory processing illuminates signal evolution

J Endler, D Westcott, J Madden, T Robson

(2005), Vol. 59, pp. 1795-1818, Evolution : international journal of organic evolution, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article

Extreme reversed sexual dichromatism in a bird without sex role reversal

R Heinsohn, S Legge, J Endler

(2005), Vol. 309, pp. 617-619, Science, Washington, DC, C1-1

journal article

The complex business of survival by aposematism

J Mappes, N Marples, J Endler

(2005), Vol. 20, pp. 598-603, Trends in ecology and evolution, London, England, C1-1

journal article
2004

Predator mixes and the conspicuousness of aposematic signals

J Endler, J Mappes

(2004), Vol. 163, pp. 532-547, American naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1-1

journal article

Morphological signals of sex and status in spotted bowerbirds

J Madden, J Endler, F Jury

(2004), Vol. 104, pp. 21-30, Emu, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1

journal article

Modification of the visual background increases the conspicuousness of golden-collared manakin displays

J Uy, J Endler

(2004), Vol. 15, pp. 1003-1010, Behavioral ecology, Cary, N.C., C1-1

journal article
2003

Environmental variation and the maintenance of polymorphism : the effect of ambient light spectrum on mating behaviour and sexual selection in guppies

S Gamble, A Lindholm, J Endler, R Brooks

(2003), Vol. 6, pp. 463-472, Ecology letters, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article
2001

Carotenoid scarcity, synthetic pteridine pigments and the evolution of sexual coloration in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

G Grether, J Hudon, J Endler

(2001), Vol. 268, pp. 1245-1253, Royal Society of London : proceedings B : biological sciences, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Variation in response to artificial selection for light sensitivity in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

J Endler, A Basolo, S Glowacki, J Zerr

(2001), Vol. 158, pp. 36-48, American naturalist, Chicago, Ill., C1-1

journal article

Female guppies agree to differ: phenotypic and genetic variation in mate-choice behavior and the consequences for sexual selection

R Brooks, J Endler

(2001), Vol. 55, pp. 1644-1655, Evolution, Chichester, Eng., C1-1

journal article

Direct and indirect sexual selection and quantitative genetics of male traits in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

R Brooks, J Endler

(2001), Vol. 55, pp. 1002-1015, Evolution, Chichester, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2000

Some comments on visual perception and the use of video playback in animal behavior studies

L Fleishman, J Endler

(2000), Vol. 3, pp. 15-27, Acta Ethologica, Berlin, Germany, C1-1

journal article

Considerations on the use of video playbacks as visual stimuli: the Lisbon workshop consensus

R Oliveira, G Rosenthal, I Schlupp, P McGregor, I Cuthill, J Endler, L Fleishman, J Zeil, E Barata, F Burford, D Gonçalves, M Haley, S Jakobsson, M Jennions, K Körner, L Lindström, T Peake, A Pilastro, D Pope, S Roberts, C Rowe, J Smith, J Waas

(2000), Vol. 3, pp. 61-65, Acta ethologica, Berlin, Germany, C1

journal article
1998

Sensory ecology, receiver biases and sexual selection

J Endler, A Basolo

(1998), Vol. 13, pp. 415-420, Trends in ecology and evolution, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Colour perception and the use of video playback experiments in animal behaviour

L Fleishman, W McClintock, R D'Eath, D Brainard, J Endler

(1998), Vol. 56, pp. 1035-1040, Animal behaviour, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

The relative success of some methods for measuring and describing the shape of complex objects

T McLellan, J Endler

(1998), Vol. 47, pp. 264-281, Systematic biology, Oxford, Eng., C1-1

journal article
1995

Multiple-trait coevolution and environmental gradients in guppies

J Endler

(1995), Vol. 10, pp. 22-29, Trends in ecology & evolution, Cambridge, Mass., C1-1

journal article

Geographic variation in female preferences for male traits in Poecilia reticulata

J Endler, A Houde

(1995), Vol. 49, pp. 456-468, Evolution, Chichester, Eng., C1-1

journal article

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN FEMALE PREFERENCES FOR MALE TRAITS IN POECILIA RETICULATA

John Endler, Anne Houde

(1995), Vol. 49, pp. 456-468, Evolution, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
1994

Long-term studies of tropical stream fish communities: the use of field notes and museum collections to reconstruct communities of the past

D Reznick, R Baxter, J Endler

(1994), Vol. 34, pp. 452-462, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Oxford, Eng., C1-1

journal article
1993

The color of light in forests and its implications

J Endler

(1993), Vol. 63, pp. 1-27, Ecological monographs, Hoboken, N.J., C1-1

journal article

Some general comments on the evolution and design of animal communication systems

J Endler

(1993), Vol. 340, pp. 215-225, Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B: biological sciences, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
1983

Testing Causal Hypotheses in the Study of Geographical Variation

John Endler

(1983), pp. 424-443, Numerical Taxonomy, B1-1

book chapter
1981

An overview of the relationships between mimicry and crypsis.

J Endler

(1981), Vol. 16, pp. 25-31, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, C1-1

journal article
1978

A Predator's View of Animal Color Patterns

John Endler

(1978), pp. 319-364, Evolutionary Biology, New York, N.Y., B1-1

book chapter

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Testing evolutionary predictions about multiple unrelated traits under changed environmental conditions using visual ecology

Prof John Endler

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2013: $142,404
  • 2012: $137,128
  • 2011: $132,048

The adaptive significance of visible and infrared colour change

Dr Devi Stuart-Fox, Prof John Endler

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2014: $10,000
  • 2013: $10,000
  • 2012: $5,000

Experimental evolution of trait interactions under changed environments

Prof John Endler

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2018: $191,970
  • 2017: $189,133
  • 2016: $178,678
  • 2015: $183,224

How different is different: highly contrasting colours in animal patterns

Dr Karen Cheney, Prof Justin Marshall, Prof John Endler, Prof Daniel Osorio

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2017: $20,000
  • 2016: $20,000
  • 2015: $20,000

A silver spoon start to life for the critically endangered corroboree frog

Phillip Byrne, Prof John Endler, Prof Sharon Robinson, Dr David Hunter, Dr Peter Harlow, Dr Zoos Victoria Magrath

ARC Linkage - Projects

  • 2018: $14,713

Industry and Other Funding

Requirements for mating success in Great Bowerbirds

Prof John Endler, Ms Aida Izabela Rodrigues Repolho

ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endownment

  • 2015: $5,000

Bowerbird sexual peccadillos: The role of great bowerbirds on savannah vegetation dynamics.

Prof John Endler, Miss Jessica Hodgson

ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795

  • 2016: $6,000
  • 2015: $6,000

The unexplored consequences of great bowerbird sexual displays on savannah vegetation dynamics.

Prof John Endler, Miss Jessica Hodgson

BirdLife Australia Research Awards - 75 149 124 774

  • 2016: $3,000

Other Funding Sources

Sexual selection and community interactions of Great Bowerbirds

Prof John Endler, Miss Jessica Hodgson

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2017: $900

The influence of great bowerbirds on semi-arid savannah communities

Miss Jessica Hodgson, Prof John Endler

BirdLife Travel (CAT8)

  • 2018: $1,000

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2019

Jessica Hodgson

Thesis entitled: Great bowerbirds as ecosystem engineers in a semi-arid savannah community

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Adelaide Marie Colette Sibeaux

Thesis entitled: Light, pattern geometry and colour vision in guppy mate choice

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2017

Aditya Vivek Ponkshe

Thesis entitled: Joint effects of selective mating and ecology on the persistence of polymorphism and the divergence of sexually selected traits

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2015

Gemma Cole

Thesis entitled: Estimatig the evolutionary link between food detection and mate choice

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

2012

Bibiana Andrea Rojas Zuluaga

Thesis entitled: The apparent paradox of colour variation in aposematic poison frogs

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences