The DuVal Lab

Florida State University
Emily H. DuVal, Department of Biological Science
Tallahassee FL 32306-4295
ehduval -AT- gmail.com

DuVal, E. H. and B. Kempenaers.  (2008)  Sexual selection in a lekking bird:  the relative opportunity for selection by female choice and male competition.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 275: 1995-2003.  (doi:  10.1098/rspb.2008.0151) PDF

Laucht, S., E. H. DuVal, B. Kempenaers (2008) Maternal correlates of brood sex ratio variation in the lekking lance-tailed manakin. Journal of Avian Biology 39:  198-205.PDF

DuVal, E. H. (2007) Cooperative display and lekking behavior of the lance-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata).  The Auk 124 (4): 1168-1185. PDF

DuVal, E. H., K. L. Carter, and B. Kempenaers (2007) Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite loci for parentage assessment in the lance-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata)  Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 1111-1113. (doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01795.x) PDF

DuVal, E. H. (2007) Adaptive advantages of cooperative courtship for subordinate male lance-tailed manakins.  American Naturalist. 169 (4): 423-432. PDF; this research was featured by ScienceNOW, MSNBC.com, CBC's Quirks and Quarks Radio Program, ScienceNews, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Newsweek Poland, Jornal do Brasil, California Magazine, and various scientific blogs.

DuVal, E. H. (2007) Social organization and variation in cooperative alliances among male lance-tailed manakins.  Animal Behaviour 73: 391-401. PDF

DuVal, E.H., H. W. Greene, and K. L. Manno (2006) Laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) predation on Coral Snakes (Micrurus nigrocinctus). Biotropica 38(4): 566-568. PDF

DuVal, E. H. (2005)  Age-based plumage changes in the lance-tailed manakin: a two-year delay in plumage maturation.  The Condor 107: 915-920. PDF

DuVal, E. H. and K. J. Nutt (2005) Isolation and characterization of polymoprphic microsatellite loci in the lance-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata).  Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 112-114. PDF

Johnson, K., DuVal, E., Kielt, M., Hughes, C.  (2000)  Male mating strategies and the mating system of great-tailed grackles.  Behavioral Ecology 11: 132-141. PDF