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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:<\/span><\/b> <\/b>*most significant contributions; U <\/sup><\/i>= undergrad; G <\/sup><\/i>= grad; P <\/sup><\/i>= postdoc.<\/p>\n

2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L. 2025<\/strong>. Transitions in levels of organization: Lessons from social and colonial spiders. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics<\/em>, 56 (in press).<\/p>\n

Camacho, L. G<\/sup>, N. Schwarz, and Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>. 2025<\/strong>. From the rainforest to the paramo: Vegetation structural complexity on the tropical Andes as potential substrate for biodiversity<\/a>. J Biogeog<\/em> 52:e15102.<\/p>\n

2023 – 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> G Greenberg-Pines, S Straus, R Bennett, L Avil\u00e9s. 2024. Scaling of the extended phenotype: convergent energetics from diverse spider web geometries<\/a>. Proceedings B 291 (2036), 20242147. [indexed<\/a> in Nature Index Research Leaders 2025<\/a>]<\/p>\n

AM Haberkern, JC Boles, YL Zhou, LF Camacho, AD Brescovit, L Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>. 2024. Disguise or surprise: spider antipredator adaptations as a function of the architecture of their webs<\/a>. Insect Systematics and Diversity 8 (4), 4.<\/p>\n

S Straus, L Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>. 2023. Sublethal effects of kleptoparasitism on experimental social spider colonies<\/a>. Ethology 129 (12), 649-654<\/p>\n

2021 – 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tong, C., L Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>, LS Rayor, AS Mikheyev, TA Linksvayer. 2022. Genomic signatures of recent convergent transitions to social life in spiders<\/a>. Nature Communications 13 (1), 6967<\/p>\n

Camacho, LF G<\/sup>, JP Lessard, L Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>. 2022. Partner supply mediates elevational gradients in the outcome of ant\u2010hemipteran mutualistic associations. <\/a>Journal of Biogeography 49 (11), 1967-1977 link<\/a><\/p>\n

Straus, S. G<\/sup>, Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>., 2022. Kleptoparasites of social spider colonies do not track hosts’ subdivided population structure. Molecular Ecology 31, 6505\u20136514.\u00a0 shareable link<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> V\u00e1s\u00e1rhelyi, Z., Scheuring, I. and L. Aviles<\/strong>. 2022. The ecology of spider sociality \u2013 A spatial model. American Naturalist <\/em>199 (6). link, open access<\/a> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/719182 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Straus, S. G<\/sup>, Gonz\u00e1lez, A.L., Matthew, P., and Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>. 2021. Economies of scale scape energetics of solitary and group-living spiders and their webs.\u00a0Journal of Animal Ecology, Nov 2021<\/em>. DOI: 10.1111\/1365-2656.13628. shareable link<\/a><\/p>\n

Caponera, V G<\/sup>, L. Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>, M. BarrettG<\/sup>, and S. O\u2019Donnell. 2021. Behavioral attributes of social groups determine the strength and direction of selection on neural investment. Frontiers Ecol and Evol<\/em>, 826, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fevo.2021.733228<\/a><\/p>\n

Hayes, L., L. Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>, E. Fernandez-Duque, M. Huck, E. A. Lacey, A. Maldonado-Chaparro, M. Matchinske, N. Pillay, N G. Solomon & C Schradin. 2021. Using remote seminars to teach animal behavior. Ethology<\/em>, 127: 935-942. shareable link<\/a><\/p>\n

Camacho, L.F. G<\/sup>, and Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>. 2021. Resource exchange and partner recognition mediate mutualistic interactions between prey and their would-be predators.\u00a0Biology Letters,\u00a0<\/em>17(8), 202110316. DOI: 10.1098\/rsbl.2021.0316. Journal Link<\/a><\/p>\n

* Avil\u00e9s L<\/strong>. 2021. Social Spiders. In: Starr C.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer, Cham. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-28102-1_110 link<\/a><\/p>\n

2019 – 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Haberkern, A. G<\/sup>, P. Fernandez-Fournier, and L. Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>. 2020. Spinning in the rain: interactions between spider web morphology and microhabitat use. Biotropica<\/em>, in press. DOI: 10.1111\/btp.12752\u00a0 \u00a0shareable link<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in the news<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Camacho, L.G<\/sup> and Avil\u00e9s<\/strong>. 2019. Decreasing predator density and activity explain declining predation rates along elevational gradients. Am Nat<\/em>, 194: 334-343. DOI: 10.1086\/704279.\u00a0 Journal link<\/a><\/p>\n

2018<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Robertson, M.G<\/sup><\/i> &\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>. 2018<\/strong>. Rain, predators, and vegetation lushness may structure web-building spider communities along precipitation gradients. Ecological Entomology<\/em>. In press. Graphical abstract<\/a>\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a> Journal link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Fernandez-Fournier PG<\/sup><\/i>, Straus SG<\/sup><\/i>, Sharpe RVG<\/sup><\/i> & Avil\u00e9s L<\/strong>. 2018<\/strong>. Behavioral modification of a social spider by a parasitoid wasp. Ecological Entomology<\/em>. Graphical abstract<\/a>\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a> Journal link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Straus SG\u00a0<\/sup><\/i>,\u00a0& Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>. 2018<\/strong>. Effects of host colony size and hygiene behaviors on social spider kleptoparasite loads along an elevation gradient. Functional Ecology<\/em>.\u00a010.1111\/1365\u20102435.13225. Plain language summary<\/a>\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a> Journal link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Harwood GG<\/sup><\/i>, &\u00a0\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/strong>\u00a02018<\/strong>. The shortfall of sociality: how group living affects hunting performance of individual social spiders. Behavioral Ecology<\/em>. In press.\u00a0Journal link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Fernandez-Fournier, P.G<\/sup><\/i>, Guevara, J.P<\/sup><\/i>, Hoffman, C. &\u00a0L. Avil\u00e9s.<\/strong> 2018<\/strong>. Trait overdispersion and the role of sociality in the assembly of social spider communities across the Americas. PNAS.\u00a0<\/em>201721464.\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a> Journal link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Fernandez-Fournier PG<\/sup><\/i>, Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>. 2018<\/strong>. Environmental filtering and dispersal as drivers of metacommunity composition: Complex spider webs as habitat patches.\u00a0Ecosphere<\/em>. 9(2): e2101.\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a> Open access<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ludwig, L., Barbour, M., Guevara, J. P<\/sup><\/i>, Avil\u00e9s, L.,\u00a0<\/strong>&, Gonzalez, A. 2018<\/strong>. Caught in the web: spider web architecture affect prey specialization and spider prey stoichiometric relationships. Ecology and Evolution<\/em>. 8: 6449\u20136462.\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a> Journal link<\/a><\/span>\u00a0PDF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Straus, S.G<\/sup><\/i>\u00a0& Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/strong> 2018<\/strong>. Estimating consumable biomass from body length and order in insects and spiders. Ecological Entomology<\/em>. 43: 69-75.\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a> Journal link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2017<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Pruitt, J. a& Avil\u00e9s L.<\/strong>\u00a02017<\/strong>. Social spiders: Mildly successful social animals with much untapped research potential. Animal Behavior<\/em> Online version 14 Sep 2017 doi.org\/10.1016\/j.anbehav.2017.08.015. ResearchGate<\/a> Journal link<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>. &\u00a0GuevaraP<\/sup>, J. 2017<\/strong>. Sociality in Spiders. Pp. 188-223, in Rubenstein DR and P Abbot, eds. “Comparative Social Evolution”. Cambridge University Press (invited and peer reviewed) ResearchGate<\/a> Publisher link<\/a><\/p>\n

* Hoffman, C.RG<\/sup>. &\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L. 2017<\/strong>. Rain, predators, and spider sociality: a manipulative experiment.\u00a0Behavioral Ecology<\/em>\u00a028:589-596. ResearchGate<\/a> Journal link<\/a><\/p>\n

2013-2016<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Sharpe, R.V. & Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>. 2016<\/strong>. Prey size and scramble vs. contest competition in a social spider: implications for population dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology<\/em> 85:1401-1410. doi: 10.1111\/1365-2656.12559. ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Guevara, JG<\/sup> &\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/strong>\u00a02015. <\/strong>Ecological predictors of spider sociality in the Americas. Global Ecology and Biogeography<\/em> 24: 1181-1191. ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Hart, E.M. P<\/sup><\/em> &\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/strong>\u00a02014<\/strong>. Reconstructing local population dynamics in noisy metapopulations\u2014the role of catastrophes and Allee effects. PLoS ONE, vol 9, doi 10.1371\/journal.pone.0110049. ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Harwood, G. G<\/sup><\/i>\u00a0& Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. 2013<\/b>. Differences in group size and the extent of individual participation in group hunting may contribute to differential prey-size use among social spiders. Biology Letters<\/em>, 9:\u00a0<\/em>3-7.\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a>
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Samuk, K. G<\/sup><\/i> & Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. 2013<\/b>. Indiscriminate care of offspring predates the evolution of sociality in alloparenting social spiders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology<\/i>, <\/i>67: <\/i>1275-1284. Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Agnarsson, I.P<\/sup>, Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>, & W.P. Maddison.\u00a0 2013<\/b>. Loss of genetic variability in social spiders: genetic and phylogenetic consequences of population subdivision and inbreeding. J Evol Biol<\/i>, 26: 27-37. DOI: 10.1111\/jeb.12022. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Guevara, JG<\/sup>. & \u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. \u00a02013<\/b>. Community-wide body size differences between diurnal and nocturnal insects. Ecology<\/i>, 94: 537-543. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

2010-2012<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. & Harwood, GG<\/sup>.\u00a0 2012<\/b>. A quantitative index of sociality and its application to group-living spiders and other social organisms. Ethology<\/i> 118: 1219-1229.\u00a0 DOI: 10.1111\/eth.12028 Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Purcell, J.G<\/sup>, Brelsford, AG<\/sup>,<\/i> & Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/b> 2012.<\/b> Co-evolution between sociality and dispersal: the role of synergistic cooperation benefits.\u00a0 J Theor Biol<\/i>, 312: 44-54. DOI: 10.1016\/j.jtbi.2012.07.016 Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Corcobado, G.G<\/sup><\/i>, Rodr\u00edguez-Giron\u00e9s, M.A., Moya-Lara\u00f1o, J.\u00a0& L. Avil\u00e9s<\/b>. 2012<\/b>. Sociality level correlates with dispersal ability in spiders. Functional Ecology<\/i>, 26: 794-803. DOI: 10.1111\/j.1365-2435.2012.01996.x Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n

* Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/b> & Purcell, J\u00a0G<\/sup><\/i>.\u00a0 2012<\/b>. The evolution of inbred social systems in spiders and other organisms: From short-term gains to long term evolutionary dead-ends?\u00a0 Invited synthesis paper, Advances in the Study of Behavior<\/i>, 44: 99-133.\u00a0 DOI: 10.1016\/B978-0-12-394288-3.00003-4. Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Research Gate<\/a><\/p>\n

Purcell, J.G<\/sup><\/i>, Vasconcellos-Netto, J., Gonzaga, J M., Fletcher,\u00a0J., \u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. 2012<\/b>. Spatio-Temporal differentiation and sociality in spiders. PLOS <\/i>ONE, 7: 4, e34592 \u00a0\u00a0DOI: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0034592. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Pruitt, J.N. G<\/sup><\/i>, Iturralde, G.\u00a0U<\/sup><\/i>, Riechert, S. E.,\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2011<\/b>. Amazonian social spiders share similar within-colony behavioural variation and behavioural syndromes.\u00a0 Animal Behaviour<\/i>, 82: 1449-1455. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Samuk, K. G<\/sup><\/i>, LeDue, E.\u00a0U<\/sup><\/i>\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2011<\/b>. Sister clade comparison reveal reduced maternal care behavior in social cobweb spiders. \u00a0Behavioral Ecology<\/i>, 23: 35-43. DOI: 10.1093\/beheco\/arr146 Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n

Guevara, J. G<\/sup><\/i> &\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2011<\/b>.\u00a0 Influence of body size and level of cooperation on the prey capture efficiency of two sympatric social spiders exhibiting an included niche pattern. Functional Ecology<\/i>, 25: 859-867. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Guevara, J. G<\/sup><\/i>, Gonzaga,\u00a0M., Vasconcellos-Netto,\u00a0J. &\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2011<\/b>. Sociality and resource use: Insights from a community of social spiders in Brazil. Behavioural Ecology<\/i>, 22: 630-638. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. & Purcell, J\u00a0G<\/sup><\/i>.\u00a0 2011<\/b>. Anelosimus oritoyacu<\/i>, a cloud forest social spider with only slightly female-biased primary sex ratios.\u00a0 Journal of Arachnology<\/i>, 39:178\u2013182. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Salomon, M. P<\/sup><\/i>, Sponarski,\u00a0C.\u00a0U<\/sup><\/i>, Larocque,\u00a0A.\u00a0U<\/sup><\/i>,\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2010<\/b>.\u00a0 Social organization of the colonial spider Leucage sp. <\/i>in the Neotropics: vertical stratification within colonies. Journal of Arachnology <\/i>38: 446 – 451. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Van Veelen, M., Garc\u00eda,\u00a0J.G\u00a0<\/sup><\/i>,\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2010<\/b>. It takes grouping and cooperation to evolve sociality. Journal of Theoretical Biology<\/i>, 264: 1240-1253. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Agnarsson, I.P<\/sup><\/i>, Maddison, W.,\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. 2010<\/b>. Complete separation along matrilines in a social spider metapopulation inferred from hypervariable mitochondrial DNA region.\u00a0 Molecular Ecology<\/i>, 19: 3052-3063. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Pruit, J.N., Riechert, SE., Iturralde,\u00a0G.U<\/sup><\/i>, Vega,\u00a0M.\u00a0U<\/sup><\/i>, Fitzpatrick, B. M.,\u00a0& Avil\u00e9s, L<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong>2010<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong>Population differences in behavior are explained by shared within-population trait correlations.\u00a0 Journal of Evolutionary Biology<\/i> 23: 748-756. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

2007 – 2009<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Guevara, J.G<\/sup>&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. 2009<\/b>.\u00a0 Elevational changes in the composition of insects and other terrestrial arthropods at tropical latitudes: a comparison of multiple sampling methods and social spider diets. Insect Conservation and Diversity <\/i>2: 142-152. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Yip, E.CU<\/sup>, K.S. PowersG<\/sup>, &\u00a0\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. 2008<\/b>. Cooperative capture of large prey solves scaling challenge faced by large spider societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the<\/i> USA 105: 11818-11822. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Purcell, J<\/i>.G<\/sup><\/i> &<\/i>\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. 2008<\/b>.\u00a0 Gradients of precipitation and ant abundance may contribute to the altitudinal range limit of subsocial spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London <\/i>B 275: 2617-2625. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Bilde, T., K.S. Coates, K. Birkhofer, T. Bird, A. Maklakov, Y. Lubin, &\u00a0Aviles, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2007<\/b>. Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs.\u00a0 Journal of Evolutionary Biology<\/i> 20: 2412-2426. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>., Agnarsson, I.P<\/sup><\/i>, Salazar,\u00a0P.\u00a0G<\/sup><\/i>, Purcell,\u00a0J.G<\/sup><\/i>, Iturralde,\u00a0G.U<\/sup><\/i>, Yip,\u00a0E.\u00a0U<\/sup><\/i>, Powers,\u00a0K.S.G<\/sup><\/i>, & Bukowski,\u00a0T.P<\/sup><\/i>. 2007<\/b>.\u00a0 Altitudinal patterns of spider sociality and the biology of a new mid-elevation social Anelosimus<\/i> species in Ecuador. The American Naturalist<\/i> 170: 783\u2013792. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Powers, K.S.G<\/sup><\/i>\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2007<\/b>.\u00a0 The role of prey size and abundance in the geographical distribution of spider sociality.\u00a0 Journal of Animal Ecology<\/i> 76: 995-1003. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Guevara, J.U\/G<\/sup><\/i>\u00a0,\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2007<\/b>.\u00a0 Multiple sampling techniques confirm differences in insect size between low and high elevations that may influence levels of sociality in spiders. Ecology<\/i> 88: 2015-2033. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Purcell, J.G<\/sup><\/i>,\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2007<\/b>.\u00a0 Smaller colonies and more solitary living mark higher elevation populations of a social spider.\u00a0 Journal of Animal Ecology<\/i> 76: 590-597. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Agnarsson, I.P<\/sup><\/i>, Maddison, W.,\u00a0&\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>.\u00a0 2007<\/b>.\u00a0 The phylogeny of the social Anelosimus<\/i> spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) inferred from six molecular loci and morphology.\u00a0 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution <\/i>43: 833-851. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

2000 – 2006<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Agnarsson, I.P<\/sup><\/i>, Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/b>, Coddington, J., & Maddison, W.\u00a0 2006<\/b>.\u00a0 Sociality in Theridiid spiders: repeated origins of an evolutionary dead end.\u00a0 Evolution<\/i> 60: 2342-2351. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>., Maddison, W.,\u00a0&\u00a0Agnarsson,\u00a0I.P<\/sup><\/i>.\u00a0 2006<\/b>. A new independently derived social spider with explosive colony proliferation and a female size dimorphism.\u00a0 Biotropica<\/i>, 36: 743-753.\u00a0 Featured in Science Magazine Editor\u2019s Choice, Dec 2006. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>. and Bukowski,\u00a0T.P<\/sup><\/i>.\u00a0 2006<\/b>.\u00a0 Group living and inbreeding depression in a subsocial spider. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London <\/i>B: 270: 157-163. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Klein, B.G<\/sup><\/i>, Bukowski,\u00a0T.P<\/sup><\/i>, and Avil\u00e9s,\u00a0L<\/b>.\u00a0 2005<\/b>.\u00a0 Male residency and mating patterns in a subsocial spider. Journal of Arachnology<\/i>, 33: 703-710. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/i><\/b>Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>., Fletcher,\u00a0J.P<\/sup><\/i>, and Cutter,\u00a0A.C.\u00a0G<\/sup><\/i>.\u00a0 2004<\/b>.\u00a0 The kin composition of social groups: Trading group size for degree of altruism. The American Naturalist<\/i> 164: 132-144. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Powers, K.S.G<\/sup><\/i> and Avil\u00e9s,\u00a0L.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a02003<\/b>.\u00a0 Natal dispersal patterns of a subsocial spider Anelosimus cf. jucundus<\/i> (Theridiidae).\u00a0 Ethology<\/i> 109: 725-737. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Cutter, A.G<\/sup><\/i>,\u00a0Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/b>, and Ward, S.\u00a0 2003<\/b>.\u00a0 The determinants of male frequency in C. elegans<\/i> populations.\u00a0 Genetical Research <\/i>81: 91-102. Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n

*<\/i><\/b>Avil\u00e9s, L.<\/b>\u00a0 2002<\/b>.\u00a0 Solving the freeloaders paradox: Genetic associations and frequency dependent selection in the evolution of cooperation among nonrelatives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the<\/i> USA 99(22):14268-14273. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Bukowski, T.P<\/sup><\/i> and Avil\u00e9s,\u00a0L.<\/b>\u00a0\u00a02002.<\/b>\u00a0 Asynchronous maturation of the sexes may limit close inbreeding in a subsocial spider. Canadian Journal of Zoology<\/i> 80: 193-198. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>., Abbot,\u00a0P.G<\/sup><\/i> and Cutter,\u00a0A.G<\/sup><\/i>.\u00a0 2002.<\/b>\u00a0 Population ecology, nonlinear dynamics, and social evolution I: Associations among nonrelatives. The American Naturalist<\/i> 159: 115-127. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L<\/b>., Maddison, W., Salazar, P.U<\/sup><\/i>, Est\u00e9vez,\u00a0G.U<\/sup><\/i>, Tufi\u00f1o, P.U<\/sup><\/i> and Ca\u00f1as,\u00a0G.U<\/sup><\/i>. 2001<\/b>.\u00a0 Social spiders of the Ecuadorian Amazonia, with notes on previously undescribed social species.\u00a0 Revista Chilena de Historia Natural<\/i>, 74 (3): 619-638. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Miller, D.P<\/sup><\/i> and L. Avil\u00e9s.\u00a0 2000<\/b>.\u00a0 Sex ratio and brood size in a monophagous outcrossing gall aphid, Tamalia coweni<\/i> (Homoptera: Aphididae).\u00a0 Evolutionary Ecology Research<\/i>, 2: 745-759 Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L., <\/b>J. McCormackU<\/sup><\/i>, A. CutterG<\/sup><\/i>, and T. BukowskiP<\/sup><\/i>. 2000<\/b>.\u00a0 Precise highly female-biased sex ratios in a social spider. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London <\/i>B, 267: 1445-1449. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

Avil\u00e9s, L. 2000. <\/b>Nomadic behaviour and colony fission in a cooperative spider: life history evolution at the level of the colony?\u00a0 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society<\/i> 70: 325-339. Google Scholar<\/a> ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n

prior to 2000<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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