Publications
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2026
Tanner, JC, JL Heinen-Kay, L Hagg, M Lovegrove, M Zuk, and LW Simmons. Ejaculate investment differs by population, but not wing morph or perceived sperm competition risk, in Pacific field crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 39(2): 294-305. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf139
2025
Chou, TL, SAR Schrock, MQ Wilber and JC Tanner. 2025. Do I Sound Sick? Condition-Dependent Advertisement Signals in Naturally Infected Frogs. Ecology & Evolution 15(10) e72350.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72350
Tanner, JC, M Shein-Idelson, KL Hoke and MA Bee. 2025. Complex choice environments shelter unattractive signallers from sexual selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292: 20250585. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0585
Tanner, JC, and CT Hemingway. 2025. Choice overload and its consequences for decision making in non-human animals. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 29(5): 403-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.01.003
2022
Jaya, FR*, JC Tanner*, MR Whitehead, P Doughty, JS Keogh, CC Moritz, and RA Catullo. 2022. Population genomics and sexual signals support reproductive character displacement in Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in a contact zone. Molecular Ecology 31(17):4527-4543. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16597
*shared first author
Tanner, JC, ER Johnson and M Zuk. 2022. Is plasticity in field cricket mating behavior mediated by experience of song quality? Animal Behaviour 187: 253-262. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.03.004
Tanner, JC and LW Simmons. 2022. Spoiled for Choice: number of signalers constrains mate choice based on acoustic signals. Behavioral Ecology 33(2): 364-375. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab136
2020
Tanner, JC and MA Bee. 2020. Species recognition is constrained by chorus noise, but not inconsistency in signal production, in Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:256. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00256
Tanner, JC and MA Bee. 2020. Inconsistent sexual signaling degrades optimal mating decisions in animals. Science Advances 6(20): eaax3957. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/20/eaax3957
Tanner, JC and JP Tumulty. 2020. The signals and category boundaries that enable categorical perception: a comment on Green et al. Behavioral Ecology: araa053. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa053
Tanner, JC, J Justison, and MA Bee. 2020. SynSing: Open-Source MATLAB Code for Generating Synthetic Signals in Studies of Animal Acoustic Communication. Bioacoustics 29(6): 731-752. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2019.1674694
2019
Tanner, JC, E Swanger, and M Zuk. 2019. Sexual signal loss in field crickets maintained despite strong sexual selection favoring singing males. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13761
Tanner, JC, LM Garbe, and M Zuk. 2019. When Virginity Matters: Age and Mating Status Affect Measures of Female Responsiveness in Crickets. Animal Behaviour 147: 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.11.006
Ditmer, MA, LK Werden, JC Tanner, JB Vincent, PA Iaizzo, TG Laske, and DL Garshelis. 2019. Bears habituate to the repeated exposure of a novel stimulus, unmanned aerial vehicles. Conservation Physiology 7(1): in progress. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy067
Tanner, JC and MA Bee. 2019. Within-individual variation in sexual displays: signal or noise? Behavioral Ecology 30(1): 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary165
2018
Olzer, RM, R Ehrlich, JL Heinen-Kay, JC Tanner, and M Zuk. 2018 Insect Reproductive Behavior. In Insect Behavior: from mechanisms to ecological and evolutionary consequences. Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, Daniel González-Tokman, and Isaac González-Santoyo, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2017
Tanner, JC, JL Ward, RG Shaw, and MA Bee. 2017. Multivariate phenotypic selection on a complex sexual signal. Evolution 71(7): 1742-1754. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13264
Zuk, M, JC Tanner, E Schmidtman, MA Bee, and S Balenger. 2017. Calls of Recently Introdued Coquí Frogs Do Not Interfere with Cricket Phonotaxis in Hawaii. Journal of Insect Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-017-9597-1
2015
Ditmer, MA, JB Vincent, LK Werden, JC Tanner, TG Laske, PA Iaizzo, DL Garshellis, and JR Fieberg. 2015. Bears show a physiological but limited behavioral response to unmanned aerial vehicles. Current Biology 25: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.024
Makowicz, AM, JC Tanner, E Dumas, and I Schlupp. 2015. Pre-existing biases for swords in mollies (Poecilia). Behavioral Ecology 27(1): 175-184. https://doi.org/doi:10.1093/beheco/arv130
Ward, JL, EK Love, AT Baugh, NM Gordon, JC Tanner, and MA Bee. 2015. Progesterone and prostaglandin F2α induce species-typical female preferences for male sexual displays in Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). Physiology & Behavior 152(2015): 280-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.10.007
Werden, LK, JB Vincent, JC Tanner, and MA Ditmer. 2015. Not quite free yet: clarifying UAV regulatory progress for ecologists. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 13(10): 534-535. https://doi.org/10.1890/15.WB.019
2026
Tanner, JC, JL Heinen-Kay, L Hagg, M Lovegrove, M Zuk, and LW Simmons. Ejaculate investment differs by population, but not wing morph or perceived sperm competition risk, in Pacific field crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 39(2): 294-305. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf139
2025
Chou, TL, SAR Schrock, MQ Wilber and JC Tanner. 2025. Do I Sound Sick? Condition-Dependent Advertisement Signals in Naturally Infected Frogs. Ecology & Evolution 15(10) e72350.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72350
Tanner, JC, M Shein-Idelson, KL Hoke and MA Bee. 2025. Complex choice environments shelter unattractive signallers from sexual selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292: 20250585. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0585
Tanner, JC, and CT Hemingway. 2025. Choice overload and its consequences for decision making in non-human animals. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 29(5): 403-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.01.003
2022
Jaya, FR*, JC Tanner*, MR Whitehead, P Doughty, JS Keogh, CC Moritz, and RA Catullo. 2022. Population genomics and sexual signals support reproductive character displacement in Uperoleia (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in a contact zone. Molecular Ecology 31(17):4527-4543. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16597
*shared first author
Tanner, JC, ER Johnson and M Zuk. 2022. Is plasticity in field cricket mating behavior mediated by experience of song quality? Animal Behaviour 187: 253-262. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.03.004
Tanner, JC and LW Simmons. 2022. Spoiled for Choice: number of signalers constrains mate choice based on acoustic signals. Behavioral Ecology 33(2): 364-375. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab136
2020
Tanner, JC and MA Bee. 2020. Species recognition is constrained by chorus noise, but not inconsistency in signal production, in Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:256. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00256
Tanner, JC and MA Bee. 2020. Inconsistent sexual signaling degrades optimal mating decisions in animals. Science Advances 6(20): eaax3957. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/20/eaax3957
Tanner, JC and JP Tumulty. 2020. The signals and category boundaries that enable categorical perception: a comment on Green et al. Behavioral Ecology: araa053. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa053
Tanner, JC, J Justison, and MA Bee. 2020. SynSing: Open-Source MATLAB Code for Generating Synthetic Signals in Studies of Animal Acoustic Communication. Bioacoustics 29(6): 731-752. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2019.1674694
2019
Tanner, JC, E Swanger, and M Zuk. 2019. Sexual signal loss in field crickets maintained despite strong sexual selection favoring singing males. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13761
Tanner, JC, LM Garbe, and M Zuk. 2019. When Virginity Matters: Age and Mating Status Affect Measures of Female Responsiveness in Crickets. Animal Behaviour 147: 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.11.006
Ditmer, MA, LK Werden, JC Tanner, JB Vincent, PA Iaizzo, TG Laske, and DL Garshelis. 2019. Bears habituate to the repeated exposure of a novel stimulus, unmanned aerial vehicles. Conservation Physiology 7(1): in progress. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy067
Tanner, JC and MA Bee. 2019. Within-individual variation in sexual displays: signal or noise? Behavioral Ecology 30(1): 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ary165
2018
Olzer, RM, R Ehrlich, JL Heinen-Kay, JC Tanner, and M Zuk. 2018 Insect Reproductive Behavior. In Insect Behavior: from mechanisms to ecological and evolutionary consequences. Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, Daniel González-Tokman, and Isaac González-Santoyo, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2017
Tanner, JC, JL Ward, RG Shaw, and MA Bee. 2017. Multivariate phenotypic selection on a complex sexual signal. Evolution 71(7): 1742-1754. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13264
Zuk, M, JC Tanner, E Schmidtman, MA Bee, and S Balenger. 2017. Calls of Recently Introdued Coquí Frogs Do Not Interfere with Cricket Phonotaxis in Hawaii. Journal of Insect Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-017-9597-1
2015
Ditmer, MA, JB Vincent, LK Werden, JC Tanner, TG Laske, PA Iaizzo, DL Garshellis, and JR Fieberg. 2015. Bears show a physiological but limited behavioral response to unmanned aerial vehicles. Current Biology 25: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.024
Makowicz, AM, JC Tanner, E Dumas, and I Schlupp. 2015. Pre-existing biases for swords in mollies (Poecilia). Behavioral Ecology 27(1): 175-184. https://doi.org/doi:10.1093/beheco/arv130
Ward, JL, EK Love, AT Baugh, NM Gordon, JC Tanner, and MA Bee. 2015. Progesterone and prostaglandin F2α induce species-typical female preferences for male sexual displays in Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). Physiology & Behavior 152(2015): 280-287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.10.007
Werden, LK, JB Vincent, JC Tanner, and MA Ditmer. 2015. Not quite free yet: clarifying UAV regulatory progress for ecologists. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 13(10): 534-535. https://doi.org/10.1890/15.WB.019
In Popular Press
Smithsonian Magazine: From a Motorcycle Revving to a Pig Oinking, Eight Amazing Sounds Made by Frogs
Earth.com: Frogs settle for average mates when dating gets too noisy
EurekAlert!: Crowded conditions muddle frogs' mating choices
Der Tagesspiegel: Überangebot verdirbt die Auslese: Sexparty am Froschteich
NPR: Drones Increase Heart Rates of Wild Bears. Too Much Stress?
BBC: Bears get "stressed" by drones
Washington Post: Drones could be stressing out wildlife, scientists suggest
The Onion: Drones Could Be Causing Stress to Wildlife
Monga Bay: Study Finds Bears React, Then Habituate, to Drones
The Wildlife Society: Black Bears Become Habituated to Drones
Earth.com: Frogs settle for average mates when dating gets too noisy
EurekAlert!: Crowded conditions muddle frogs' mating choices
Der Tagesspiegel: Überangebot verdirbt die Auslese: Sexparty am Froschteich
NPR: Drones Increase Heart Rates of Wild Bears. Too Much Stress?
BBC: Bears get "stressed" by drones
Washington Post: Drones could be stressing out wildlife, scientists suggest
The Onion: Drones Could Be Causing Stress to Wildlife
Monga Bay: Study Finds Bears React, Then Habituate, to Drones
The Wildlife Society: Black Bears Become Habituated to Drones
Around the University
Faculty Spotlight: Treefrog Communication in Complex Environments
Daily Beacon: UT community calls on university to better recognize Native, Indigenous people
Daily Beacon: UT community calls on university to better recognize Native, Indigenous people
Photography
The cover of Hormones and Behavior for February 2019 features my photo.
