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Udo M. Savalli
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
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- Savalli, U.M., & Fox, C.W. (Submitted) Proximate mechanisms influencing egg size plasticity in the seed beetle Stator limbatus (Bruchidae).
- Savalli, U.M. (2001) Sexual selection. Pp 207-221 in: C.F. Fox, D. Roff, & D. Fairbairn, eds., Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies. Oxford University Press.
- Savalli, U.M., Czesak, M.E., & Fox, C.W. (2000) Paternal investment in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae): Variation among populations. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93: 1173-1178.
- Fox, C.W., & Savalli, U.M. (2000) Maternal effects mediate diet expansion in a seed-feeding beetle. Ecology 81: 3-7.
- Fox, C.W., Czesak, M.E., & Savalli, U.M. (1999) Environmentally-based maternal effects on development time in the seed beetle Stator pruininus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae): consequences of larval density Environmental Entomology 28: 217-223.
- Savalli, U.M., & Fox, C.W. (1999) The effect of male mating history on paternal investment, fecundity, and female remating in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. Functional Ecology13: 169-177.
- Savalli, U.M., & Fox, C.W.(1999) The effect of male size, age, and mating behavior on sexual selection in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution11: 49-60.
- Savalli, U.M., & Fox, C.W.(1998) Genetic variation in paternal investment in a seed beetle. Animal Behaviour 56: 953-961.
- Fox, C.W., & Savalli, U.M. (1998) Inheritance of environmental variation in body size: superparasititsm of seeds affects progeny and grandprogeny body size via a nongenetic maternal effect. Evolution 52 : 172-182.
- Savalli, U.M. & Fox, C.W.(1998) Sexual selection and the fitness consequences of male body size in the seed beetle Stator limbatus. Anim. Behav. 55 : 473-483.
- Savalli, U.M. (1997) The role of male territories in the mating system of the Yellow-shouldered Widowbird Euplectes
macrourus . Ibis 139 : 374-378.
- Grasso, M.J. , Savalli, U.M. , & Mumme, R. (1996) Status signalling in Dark-eyed Juncos: perceived status of other birds affects dominance interactions. Condor 98 : 636-639.
- Savalli, U.M. (1995) Morphology, territoriality and mating system of the Pintailed Whydah Vidua macroura . Ostrich 66: 129-134.
- Savalli, U.M. (1995) Does rainfall constrain the evolution of tail length in widowbirds? Ethology Ecology & Evolution 7 : 379-385.
- Savalli, U.M. (1995) The evolution of tail-length in widowbirds (Ploceidae): tests of alternatives to sexual selection. Ibis 137 : 389-395.
- Savalli, U.M. (1995) The evolution of coloration and ornamentation in birds: a review of hypotheses. Current Ornithology 12: 141-190.
- Savalli, U.M. (1994) Sexual dimorphism and sex ratio in the Yellowshouldered Widowbird Euplectes macrourus soror . Ostrich 65 : 297-301.
- Savalli, U.M. (1994) Mate choice in the yellow-shouldered widowbird: correlates of male attractiveness. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 35 : 227-234.
- Savalli, U.M. (1994) Tail length affects territory ownership in the yellow-shouldered widowbird. Animal Behaviour 48 : 105-111.
- Savalli, U.M. (1993) The timing of breeding and moult of the Yellowmantled Widowbird Euplectes macrourus in western Kenya. Ostrich 64: 49-56.
- Savalli, U.M. (1993) The behaviour of male Yellowmantled Widowbirds Euplectes macrourus in western Kenya. Ostrich 64 : 57-62.
- Savalli, U.M. (1993) An application of the neutral model to the evolution of tail length in the genus Euplectes (Aves, Ploceidae). Evolution47: 696-699.
- Savalli, U.M. (1991) New bird records for the Kakamega Forest, Kenya, including new breeding records. Scopus 15 : 35-41.
- Savalli, U.M. (1990) Interspecific aggression for food by a granivorous bird. Condor 92 : 1082-1084.
- Savalli, U.M. (1990) Bird watching at the Kakamega National Reserve. EANHS
Bull. 20 : 59-63.
- Savalli, U.M. (1989) Checklist of Birds of the Kakamega Forest and National Reserve. Wildlife Conservation and Management Department, Kakamega, Kenya.
- Savalli, U.M. (1989) Female choice. Nature 339 : 432-3.
- Savalli, U.M. (1989) Leaf-stripping display by a Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops . Scopus 13 : 134-135.
- Savalli, U.M. (1989) Black and White Mannikins Lonchura bicolor eating algae. Scopus 13 : 136.
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