keywords
- Animal Behavior, Science and Technology Studies, Cross-Disciplinary
- Contact Info
Kamath, Ambika
Positions
- Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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journal article
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Male and female Anolis carolinensis maintain their dimorphism despite the presence of novel interspecific competition.
Evolution.
2708-2716.
2021
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What Determines Paternity in Wild Lizards? A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Behavior and Morphology.
Integrative and Comparative Biology.
634-642.
2021
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Jumping Spiders (Habronattus clypeatus) Exhibit Substrate Preferences that Partially Maximize Vibration Transmission Efficiency.
Journal of Insect Behavior.
151-161.
2021
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Model Systems in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior: A Call for Diversity in Our Model Systems and Discipline.
The American Naturalist.
53-68.
2021
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THE ANOLES OF LA SELVA: NICHE PARTITIONING AND ECOLOGICAL MORPHOLOGY IN A MAINLAND COMMUNITY OF ANOLIS LIZARDS
2021
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Character displacement in the midst of background evolution in island populations ofAnolislizards: A spatiotemporal perspective.
Evolution.
2250-2264.
2020
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A. Kamath et al. reply.
Nature Ecology and Evolution.
786-787.
2020
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Animal territoriality, property and access: a collaborative exchange between animal behaviour and the social sciences.
Animal Behaviour.
233-239.
2020
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An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of same-sex sexual behaviour in animals (vol 3, pg 1622, 2019).
Nature Ecology and Evolution.
169-169.
2020
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An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of same-sex sexual behaviour in animals.
Nature Ecology and Evolution.
1622-1631.
2019
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Potential feedback between coral presence and farmerfish collective behavior promotes coral recovery.
OIKOS.
482-492.
2019
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Re-examining escape behaviour and habitat use as correlates of dorsal pattern variation in female brown anole lizards, Anolis sagrei (Squamata: Dactyloidae).
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
783-795.
2019
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Collective behavior and colony persistence of social spiders depends on their physical environment.
Behavioral Ecology.
39-47.
2019
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Ants Do Not Traverse the Silk of Adult Female Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus) Webs.
Neotropical Entomology.
780-785.
2018
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Evidence for contrasting size-frequency distributions of workers patrolling vegetation vs. the ground in the polymorphic African ant Anoplolepis custodiens.
Insectes Sociaux.
663-668.
2018
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Hurricane-induced selection on the morphology of an island lizard.
Nature.
88-+.
2018
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Reconsidering territoriality is necessary for understanding Anolis mating systems.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
2018
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Estimating encounter rates as the first step of sexual selection in the lizard Anolis sagrei.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
2018
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Selection for Collective Aggressiveness Favors Social Susceptibility in Social Spiders.
Current Biology.
100-+.
2018
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Intraindividual Behavioral Variability Predicts Foraging Outcome in a Beach-dwelling Jumping Spider.
Scientific Reports.
2017
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Facilitating discussions about privilege among future conservation practitioners.
Conservation Biology.
727-730.
2017
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The erratic and contingent progression of research on territoriality: a case study.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
2017
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Does ecological specialization transcend scale? Habitat partitioning among individuals and species of Anolis lizards.
Evolution.
541-549.
2017
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Floral size and shape evolution following the transition to gender dimorphism.
American Journal of Botany.
451-460.
2017
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Variation in Display Behavior, Ornament Morphology, Sexual Size Dimorphism, and Habitat Structure in the Fan-Throated Lizard (Sitana, Agamidae).
Journal of Herpetology.
394-403.
2016
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Morphology, ecology, and behaviour of Hylarana intermedia, a Western Ghats frog.
Acta Herpetologica.
15-20.
2016
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Correlated polymorphism in cytotype and sexual system within a monophyletic species, Lycium californicum.
Annals of Botany.
307-317.
2016
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Movement Rates of the LizardAnolis carolinensis(Squamata: Dactyloidae) in the Presence and Absence ofAnolis sagrei(Squamata: Dactyloidae).
1-7.
2015
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Behavioral Partitioning by the Native LizardAnolis carolinensisin the Presence and Absence of the InvasiveAnolis sagreiin Florida.
1-10.
2013
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Out of America to Africa or Asia: Inference of Dispersal Histories Using Nuclear and Plastid DNA and the S-RNase Self-incompatibility Locus.
Molecular Biology and Evolution.
793-801.
2011
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What is the unit of natural selection?.
Resonance.
1047-1059.
2009
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Do Multiple Tortoises Equal a Hare? The Utility of Nine Noncoding Plastid Regions for Species-Level Phylogenetics in Tribe Lycieae (Solanaceae).
Systematic Botany.
796-804.
2009
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Male and female Anolis carolinensis maintain their dimorphism despite the presence of novel interspecific competition.
Evolution.
2708-2716.
2021
Teaching
courses taught
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EBIO 3240 - Animal Behavior
Primary Instructor - Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Lect. and lab. Topics include basic concepts and history, methods of study, ethical issues, neurobiology, behavior, the development of behavior, predator-prey relationships, communication, aggression and dominance, mating systems, cognitive ethology, and parental care. When possible, life-history strategies, the evolution of behavior, and behavioral ecology are stressed. Uses animals and animal tissues. Recommended prerequisites: EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 and EBIO 1230 and EBIO 1240 (minimum grade C-). -
EBIO 4740 - Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
Primary Instructor - Spring 2022
Comparative morphology, taxonomy, ecology, behavior and geographic distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Uses animals and animal tissue. Recommended prerequisites: EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1220 and EBIO 1230 and EBIO 1240 (minimum grade C-). Same as EBIO 5740. -
EBIO 5190 - Diversity and Inclusion
Primary Instructor - Spring 2022
Topics have included: implicit bias, privilege, inclusive pedagogy, inclusive hiring practices, inclusive mentoring, barriers facing undergraduate students, barriers facing graduate students, fairness of the GRE. -
EBIO 5740 - Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
Primary Instructor - Spring 2022
Comparative morphology, taxonomy, ecology, behavior and geographic distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Uses animals and animal tissue. Same as EBIO 4740.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Harvard University 2017
- B.A., Amherst College 2011