

Dr. Jorge Contreras Garduño

& Sexual Selection
Eco-Immunology


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58. Kowal et al. 2025. Cross-cultural data on romantic love and mate preferences from 117,293 participants across 175 countries. Scientific Data. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05365-2
57. Gelbart et al. 2025. The function of love: A signaling-to-alternatives account of the commitment device hypothesis. Evolution and Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2025.106672.
56. Krama et al. 2025. Non-lethal effects of predation risk enhance long-term memory in Drosophila melanogaster. Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10302.
55. Krams et al. 2025. Great tit (Parus major) nestlings have longer telomeres in old-growth forests Than in young forests. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70823.
54. Samore et al. 2024. Accordance and conflict between religious and scientific precautions against COVID-19 in 27 societies. Religion, Brain & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2024.2363757
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50. Cordero-Molina et al. 2024. Exploring the males’ terminal investment strategy: Impact of the dose of stress and the time-lapse between stress and mating. Ecological Entomology. 49: 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13275
49. García Bucio et al. 2023. Incubation in shaded hatcheries biases sex-determination but preserves Lepidochelys olivacea hatchling physiology. Marine Environmental Research. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106244
48. Marino et al. 2023. Genomics of the relict species Baronia brevicornis sheds light on its demographic history and genome size evolution across swallowtail butterflies. Genes Genomes Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad239
47. Vargas-Vargas et al. 2023. Evidence of long-term allocentric spatial memory in the terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita compressus. PLoS ONE. 10.1371/journal.pone.0293358
46. Hernández-Villanueva et al. 2023. The females’ response to male attractiveness: mate choice, larvae production and differential brain protein expression. Ethology. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13389
45. Krama et al. 2023. Development under predation risk increases serotonin-signaling, variability of turning behavior and survival in adult fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1189301
44. Sorokowska et al. 2023. Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31502-1
43. Sorokowski et al. 2023. Modernization, collectivism, and gender equality predict love experiences in 45 countries. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26663-4
42. Kowal et al. 2022. Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries. Evolution and Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.003
41. Krams et al. 2022. Physiological stress and higher reproductive success in bumblebees are both associated with intensive agriculture. Peer J. 10:e12953 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12953
40. Krams et al. 2022. Dominance of Fructose-Associated Fructobacillus in the Gut Microbiome of Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) Inhabiting Natural Forest Meadows. Insects. DOI: 10.3390/insects13010098
39. Krams et al. 2021. Ecological stoichiometry of bumblebee castes, sexes and age groups. Frontiers in Physiology. 12: 696689. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.696689
38. Galicia-Mendoza et al. 2021. Biology of the oldest butterfly species in the world, Baronia brevicornis: food, abundance, polymorphism and survival. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. e923503. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.3503
37. Butterfield et al. 2021. Morphology of the limb, shell and head explain the variation in performance and ecology across 14 turtle taxa (12 species). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab117
36. Walter et al. 2021. Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1115
35. Sorokowska et al. 2021. Affective international touch in close relationships: A cross-cultural perspective. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220988373
34. Ruiz-Guzman et al. 2021. Interactions between oxidative stress and attractiveness to mates and individual mate choice in the beetle Tenebrio molitor. Ethology. 127: 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13108
33. Krams. et al. 2021. Spider odors induce stoichiometric changes in fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Current Zoology. 67: 127-129. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa070
32. Sorokowski et al. 2020. Universality of the triangular theory of love: Adaptation and psychometric properties of the triangular love scale in 25 Countries. Journal of Sex Research. 58: 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1787318
31. Krams et al. 2020. Developmental speed affects ecological stoichiometry and adult fat reserves in Drosophila melanogaster. Animal Biology. 71: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1163/15707563-bja10043
30. Kowal et al. 2020. Reasons for facebook usage: Data from 46 countries. Frontiers in psychology 11.711. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00711
29. Walter et al. 2020. Sex differences in mate preferences across 45 Countries: A large-scale replication. Psychological Science. 31: 408-423. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620904154
28. Conroy-Beam et. al. 2019. Contrasting computational models of mate preference integration across 45 countries. Scientific reports, 9:16885. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52748-8
27. Dean-Conroy et al. 2019. Assortative mating and the evolution of desirability covariation. Evolution and Human Evolution. 40(5):479-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.06.003
26. Martínez-Lendech N. et al. 2019. Does juvenile hormone prompt males to oxidative stress? Journal of Experimental Biology. 222. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.194530
25. Trakimas et al. 2019. Ecological Stoichiometry: A link between developmental speed and physiological stress in an omnivorous insect. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience. 13:42. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00042
24. Marcinkowska U. et al. 2019. Women’s preferences for men’s facial masculinity are strongest under favorable ecological conditions. Scientific Reports. 9:3387. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39350-8
23. Canales-Lazcano J., Contreras-Garduño J. & Cordero C. 2019. Strategic adjustment of copulatory plug size in a nematode. Current Zoology. 65(5):571-577. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy067
22. Martínez-Lendech N., Golab, M., Osorio-Beristain M. & Contreras-Garduño, J. 2018. Sexual signals reveal males’ oxidative stress defenses: testing the hypothesis in an invertebrate. Functional Ecology. 32(4): 937-947. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13051
21. Golab M.J. et al. 2017. The effects of habitat deterioration and social status on patrolling behavior in the territorial damselfly Calopteryx splenden. Polish Journal of Ecology. 65(1):122-131. https://doi.org/10.3161/15052249PJE2017.65.1.011
20. Covarrubias-Camarillo T. et al. 2016. Baronia brevicornis caterpillars build shelters to avoid predation. Journal of Natural History. 50(35-36): 2299-2310. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1193640
19. Márquez-García A. et al. 2016. Is Juvenile hormone a potential mechanism that underlay the "branched Y-model"? General and Comparative Endocrinology. 230-231:170-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.03.027
18. Ambriz-Aviña V., Contreras-Garduño J. & Pedraza-Reyes M. 2014. Applications of Flow Cytometry to Characterize Bacterial physiological responses. BioMed Research International. ID 461941. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/461941
17. Marcinkowska et al. 2014. Cross-cultural variation in men’s preference for sexual dimorphism in women’s faces. Biology Letters. 10: 20130850. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0850
16. Manjarrez-Silva J., Janczur-Feret M.K. & Contreras-Garduño J. 2014. Sexual size dimorphism, diet and reproduction in the mexican Garter snake Thamnophis eques? Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 9(1):163−169.
15. Moore et al. 2013. Cross-cultural variation in women’s preferences for cues to sex- and stress-hormones in male face. Biology Letters. 9(3). 20130050. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0050
14. López-Olmos et al. 2012. Role of endonuclease V, Uracil-DNA glycosylase and mismatch repair in Bacillus subtilis DNA base-deamination-induced mutagenesis. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(2):243-252. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.06082-11
13. Córdoba-Aguilar et al. 2012. No firm evidence of immunological costs of insect oviposition and copulation: a test with dragonflies. Odonatologica. 41(1):7-15.
12. Contreras-Garduño et al. 2011. Juvenile hormone favors sexually-selected traits but impairs fat reserves and abdomen mass in males and females. Evolutionary Ecology. 25(4):845-856. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-010-9438-6
11. Contreras-Garduño J., Osorno J.L., & Macías-García C. 2009. Weight difference threshold during shell selection relates to growth rate in the semi-terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita compressus. Behaviour. 146(12):1601-1614. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853909X463326
10. Córdoba-Aguilar A., Serrano-Meneses M.A., & Contreras-Garduño J. 2009. The Lek Mating System of Hetaerina Damselflies (Insecta: Calopterygidae). Behaviour. 146(2):189-207. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853909X410739
9. Contreras-Garduño J., Córdoba Aguilar A., Peretti A. & Drummond H. 2009. Selección Sexual. In: Evolución Biológica. Morrone J.J. & Magaña P. (eds.). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
8. Aebi et al. 2008. The potential of native parasitoids for the control of mexican bean beetles: A genetic and ecological approach. Biological Control. 47(3):289-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.07.019
7. Contreras-Garduño et al. 2007. Male-male competition and female behavior as determinants of male mating success in the semi-terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita compressus (H. Milne Edwards). Journal of Crustacean Biology 27(3): 411-416. https://doi.org/10.1651/S-2684.1
6. Contreras-Garduño J. & Córdoba-Aguilar A. 2006. Sexual selection in hermit crabs: a review and outlines for future research. Journal of Zoology 270(4):595-605. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00182.x
5. Contreras-Garduño J., Peretti A.V. & Córdoba-Aguilar A. 2006. Evidence that mating plug is related to null female mating activity in the scorpion Vaejovis punctatus. Ethology. 112(2):152-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01149.x
4. Álvarez et al. 2006. Ecological distribution and niche segregation of sibling species: The case of bean beetles, Acanthoscelides obtectus Say and A. obvelatus Bridwell. Ecological Entomology. 31(6):582-590. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00817.x
3. Osorno J.L., Contreras-Garduño J. & Macías-García C. 2005. Long-term costs of using heavy shells in terrestrial hermit crabs and the limit of a shell preference: an experimental study. Journal of Zoology. 266(4):377-383. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0952836905007028
2. Córdoba-Aguilar A. & Contreras-Garduño J. 2003. Sexual Conflict. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 18(9):439-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00182-4
1. Contreras-Garduño et al. 2003. Thamnophis scalaris (Mexican Alpine Blotched Garter Snake). Little Size. Herpetological Review. 32:110.