Kate DL Umbers, Slatyer RA, Tatarnic NJ, Muschett GM, Wang S, and Song H (2021) Phylogenetics of the skyhoppers (Kosciuscola) of the Australian Alps: evolutionary and conservation implications https://doi.org/10.1071/PC21015 [pdf]

James S Camac, Kate DL Umbers, John W Morgan, Sonya R Geange, Anca Hanea, Rachel A Slatyer, Keith L McDougall, Susanna E Venn Peter A Vesk, Ary A Hoffmann, Adrienne B Nicotra (2021) Predicting species and community responses to global change using structured expert judgement: An Australian mountain ecosystems case study Global Change Biology, 00, 1-15 [pdf]

Thomas E. White and Kate DL Umbers (2021) Meta-analytic evidence for quantitative honesty in aposematic signals Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 288: 20210679 [pdf]

Manu E Saunders, Philip S Barton, James RM Bickerstaff, Lindsey Frost, Tanya Latty, Bryan D Lessard, Elizabeth C Lowe, Juanita Rodriguez, Thomas E White, Kate DL Umbers (2021) Limited understanding of bushfire impacts on Australian invertebrates Insect Conservation and Diversity [pdf]

Slatyer RA, Umbers KDL, Arnold PA (2021) Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover Conservation Biology doi: 10.1111/cobi.13727 [pdf]

Vidal-García, M, O’Hanlon J, Svenson G and Umbers KDL (2020) the evolution of startle displays: a case study in the praying mantises Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287: 20201016. [pdf]

Harvey JA, R Heinen, I Armbrecht, Y Basset, JH Baxter-Gilbert … KDL Umbers… Hans de Kroon (2020) International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-3 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, JL Riley, MBJ Kelly, G Taylor‐Dalton, JP Lawrence and PG Byrne (2020) Educating the enemy: Harnessing learned avoidance behavior in wild predators to increase survival of reintroduced southern corroboree frogs Conservation Science and Practice 2 (1), e139 [pdf]

De Bona S, TE White, KDL Umbers (2020) Fight or flight trade-offs and the defensive behaviour of the mountain katydid, Acripeza reticulata Animal Behaviour 159, 81-87 [pdf]

O’Hanlon JC, DN Rathnayake, KL Barry, KDL Umbers (2018) Post-attack defensive displays in three praying mantis species Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72 (11), 176 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, TE White, S De Bona, T Haff, J Ryeland, E Drinkwater, and J Mappes (2019) The protective value of a defensive display varies with the experience of wild predators, Scientific Reports 9 (1), 463 [pdf]

Muschett G, KDL Umbers, ME Herberstein (2018) Male mate choice in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) Ethology 124 (10), 751-759 [pdf]

Fabricant SA, ER Burdfield-Steel, KDL Umbers, EC Lowe, ME Herberstein (2018) Warning signal plasticity in hibiscus harlequin bugs Evolutionary Ecology 32 (5), 489-507 2018 [pdf]

Ahrens CW, PD Rymer, A Stow, J Bragg, S Dillon, KDL Umbers and Dudaniec R (2018) The search for loci under selection: trends, biases and progress Molecular Ecology 27 (6), 1342-1356 15 [pdf]

Mahoney PC, NJ Tatarnic, JC O’Hanlon, KDL Umbers (2017) Mate guarding and male mate choice in the chameleon grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Journal of Ethology 35 (2), 197-201 [pdf]

Muschett G, Umbers KDL, ME Herberstein (2017) Within-season variability of fighting behaviour in an Australian alpine grasshopper PloS One 12 (4), e0171697 3 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, De Bona S, White TE, Lehtonen J, Mappes J and Endler JA (2017) Deimatism: a neglected dimension of antipredator defense Biology Letters [pdf]

Drinkwater EL, Ryeland J, Haff T & Umbers KDL (2017) Observation of food dunking in the Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) Australian Field Ornithologist [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Silla A, Bailey J, Byrne, PG (2016) Dietary carotenoids change the colour of Southern corroboree frogs Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society DOI: 10.1111/bij.12818 [pdf]

Kahlke T & Umbers KDL (2016) Bioluminescence Current Biology 26 (8), R313-R314 [pdf]

Umbers KDL and Mappes J (2016) Toward a working hypothesis for deimatic displays Animal Behaviour 113, e5-e7 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, McBride C, Despres, F, Williamson, JE & Stow AJ (2016) Genetic structure of mourning cuttlefish (Sepia plangon Gray 1849) in Sydney Harbour Journal of Molluscan Studies eyv051. [pdf]

White TE, Dalrymple, RL, Noble, DWA, O'Hanlon JC, Zurek, DB & Umbers KDL (2015) Reproducible research in the study of biological colouration Animal Behaviour [pdf]

López-Sepulcre A, De Bona S, Valkonen JK, Umbers KDL & Mappes J (2015) Item Response Trees: A recommended method for analysing categorical data in behavioural studies Behavioural Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/arv091 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Lehtonen JL, Mappes, J (2015) Deimatic displays Current Biology 29(2) R58-R59 [pdf]

Umbers KDL & Mappes J (2015) Post-attack deimatic display in the mountain katydid (Acripeza reticulata) Animal Behaviour 100 68-73 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Hill, N, Hose G, Byatt L, Herberstein ME & Power ML (2015) Prevalence of Nematoda and Diptera parasites in an Australian alpine grasshopper PLoS ONE [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Symonds MRE, Kokko H (2015) The mothematics of female pheromone signaling: strategies for aging virgins The American Naturalist 185(3) 417-432 [pdf]

Slatyer R, Nash M, Miller A, Endo Y, Umbers KDL, Hoffmann AA (2014) Strong genetic structure corresponds to small-scale geographic breaks in the Australian alpine grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis 
BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(1) 204 [pdf]

Umbers^ KDL, Fabricant^, SA, Gawryszewski FM, Seago, AE, Herberstein, ME (2014) Reversible colour change in Arthropoda Biological Reviews [pdf]

Keogh JS, Umbers KDL, Wilson, E, Stapley J and Whiting MJ (2013) Influence of alternate reproductive tactics and pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection on paternity and offspring performance in a lizard Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67 4 629-638 [pdf]

Umbers KDL (2013) On the function of blue colouration in animals Journal of Zoology 289 229-242 [pdf]

Tatarnic^ NJ, Umbers^ KDL, Song H (2013) Phylogenetics of Kosciuscola grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) across Australian sky islands Invertebrate Systematics 27: 307-316 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Tatarnic, NJ, Holwell GI, Herberstein ME (2013) Bright turquoise as an intraspecific signal in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67 439-447 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Herberstein ME & Madin JS (2013) Colour in insect thermoregulation: empirical and theoretical tests in a colour changing grasshopper Journal of Insect Physiology 59 1 81-90 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, MD Jennions, MG Gardner & JS Keogh (2013) Twenty-five new polymorphic microsatellites for the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki), an invasive species in Australia Australian Journal of Zoology 284 1 40-45 [pdf]

Osborne L, Umbers KDL, Backwell, PRY & Keogh JS (2012) Male tawny dragons use throat patterns to recognise rivals Naturwissenschaften 99 869-872 [pdf]

Osborne L, Umbers KDL & Keogh JS (2012) The effects of perch height, time in residence and distance from opponent on aggressive display in male lizards Acta Ethologica doi:10.1007/s10211-012-0135-z [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Tatarnic NJ, Holwell GI & Herberstein ME (2012) Ferocious fighting in male grasshoppers PLoS ONE 7 11 e49600 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Dennison S, Manahan CA, Blondin L, Pagés C, Risterucci A-M & Chapuis M-P (2012) Microsatellite markers for the chameleon grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis (Orthoptera: Acrididae), an Australian alpine specialist International Journal of Molecular Science 13 12094-12099 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Osborne L & Keogh JS (2012) The effects of residency and body size on contest initiation and outcome in the territorial dragon, Ctenophorus decresii PLoS ONE 7 10 e47143 [pdf]

Umbers KDL (2011) Turn the temperature to turquoise: Cues for colour change in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) Journal of Insect Physiology 57 1198-1204 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Holwell GI, Stow A & Herberstein ME (2011) Molecular evidence for variation in polyandry among praying mantids (Mantodea: Ciulfina) Journal of Zoology 284 40-45 [pdf]

Attard CM, Holwell GI, Schwartz TS, Umbers KDL, Stow AJ, Herberstein ME & Beheregaray LB (2009) Microsatellite markers for the praying mantis Ciulfina rentzi Molecular Ecology Resources 9 1480-1482 [pdf]

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