Paul A. De Luca, Ph.D.

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2007 University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States 
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Zoology Biology, Ecology Biology
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Reginald Cocroft grad student 2007 University of Missouri - Columbia
 (Age effects on reproductive behavior in the treehopper Umbonia crassicornis (Hemiptera: Membracidae).)
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De Luca PA, Buchmann S, Galen C, et al. (2019) Does body size predict the buzz-pollination frequencies used by bees? Ecology and Evolution. 9: 4875-4887
De Luca PA, Stoltz JA, Andrade MC, et al. (2015) Metabolic efficiency in courtship favors males with intermediate mass in the Australian redback spider, Latrodectus hasselti. Journal of Insect Physiology. 72: 35-42
De Luca PA. (2015) Mass correlates with increased mating success for older but not younger males in thornbug treehoppers Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 108: 222-228
De Luca PA, Cox DA, Vallejo-Marín M. (2014) Comparison of pollination and defensive buzzes in bumblebees indicates species-specific and context-dependent vibrations. Die Naturwissenschaften. 101: 331-8
De Luca PA, Vallejo-Marín M. (2013) What's the 'buzz' about? The ecology and evolutionary significance of buzz-pollination. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 16: 429-35
De Luca PA, Bussière LF, Souto-Vilaros D, et al. (2013) Variability in bumblebee pollination buzzes affects the quantity of pollen released from flowers. Oecologia. 172: 805-16
Judge KA, de Luca PA, Morris GK. (2011) Food limitation causes female haglids to mate more often Canadian Journal of Zoology. 89: 992-998
De Luca PA, Cocroft RB. (2011) The Influence of Age on Male Mate-Searching Behaviour in Thornbug Treehoppers Ethology. 117: 440-450
de Luca PA, Cocroft RB. (2009) Age-related changes in an insect mating signal have no effect on female choice Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 63: 1787-1798
De Luca PA, Cocroft RB. (2008) The effects of age and relatedness on mating patterns in thornbug treehoppers: Inbreeding avoidance or inbreeding tolerance? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62: 1869-1875
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