Journal Articles In Press/Published:

* Denotes undergraduate or post-graduate at time of participation.

29. Fremgen, M. et al. (2021). Assessing accuracy of GAP and LANDFIRE land cover datasets in winter habitat used by greater sage-grouse in Idaho and Wyoming, USA. Journal of Environmental Management. [link]

28. Perry, AC et al., (2019). Hidden Markov Models Reveal Tactical Adjustment of Temporally Clustered Courtship Displays in Response to the Behaviors of a Robotic Female. American Naturalist 194: 1-12. [link to journal]

27. Forbey, J. et al.*, (2017). Emerging technology to measure habitat quality and behavior of grouse: examples from studies of Greater Sage-grouse. Wildlife Biology 1, wlb.00238. [link to journal]

26. Rios-Chelen et al.* (2017). Do birds vocalize at higher pitch in noise, or is it a matter of measurement? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 71: 1-12. [link to journal]

25. Fregmen et al.* (2017). Necklace-style radio-transmitters are associated with changes in display vocalizations of male Greater Sage-Grouse. Wildlife Biology 1, wlb00236. [link to journal]

24. Patricelli, G.L., Krakauer, A.H., and Taff, C.C. (2016). Variable signals in a complex World: Shifting views of within-individual variability in sexual display traits. Advances in the Study of Behavior. 48: 319-386. [Online Early]

23. Krakauer, A.H., et al.* (2016). Successfully-mating male sage-grouse show greater laterality in courtship and aggressive interactions. Animal Behaviour. 111: 261-267. * includes 4 co-authors who were undergraduates) [link to journal]

22. Koch, R.B*., Krakauer A.H., and Patricelli, G.L. (2015). Investigating female mate choice for mechanical sounds in the male Greater Sage-grouse. The Auk: Ornithological Advances.132: 349-358. [link to journal]

21. Diaz-Muñoz, S. et al. (2014). Cooperating to compete: altruism, sexual selection, and causes of male reproductive cooperation. Animal Behavior 88: 67-78.[OPEN ACCESS- link to journal]

20. Pellis, S. et al., (2013). Drawn into the vortex: The facing-past encounter and combat in lekking male greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Behaviour 150: 1567-1599.

19. Benedict, L. and A. H. Krakauer. (2013). Kiwis to pewees: the value of studying bird calls. Ibis 155: 225-228.

18. Nonne, D., et al. (2013). Effects of radio collars on male sage-grouse survival and lekking behavior. Condor 115: 769-776.

17. Blickley, J.L., et al. (2012). The effects of experimental exposure to chronic noise on fecal corticosteroid metabolites in the lekking male greater sage-grouse. PLoS One. [OPEN ACCESS- link to journal]

16. Krakauer, A.H., Webster, M.S., DuVal, E.H., Jones, A.G., and Shuster, S.M. (2011). The opportunity for selection: not mismeasured, just misunderstood. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24: 2064-2071. [link to journal]

15. Blumstein, D.T. et al. (2011). Acoustic monitoring in terrestrial environments: applications, technological considerations, and prospectus. Journal of Applied Ecology. 48: 758-767.(Editor’s Choice Commentary) [Link to journal]

14. Patricelli, G.L., Krakauer, A.H., and McElreath, R. (2011). Assets and tactics in a mating market: economic models of negotiation offer insights into animal courtship dynamics. Current Zoology 57: 225-236. [link to journal]

13. Patricelli, G.L. & A.H. Krakauer. (2010) . Tactical allocation of display effort reduces trade-offs among multiple sexual signals in greater sage-grouse: an experiment with a robotic female. Behavioral Ecology 21:97-106.[ Link to Journal ]

12. Krakauer, A.H., Tyrrell, M*., Lehmann, K*., Losin, N*., Goller, F., and Patricelli, G.L. (2009). Vocal and anatomical evidence for a two-voiced system in the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). J. Experimental Biology 212: 3719-3727. [Link to Journal].

11. Koenig,W.D., Krakauer, A.H.,  Monahan, W.B., Haydock, J., Knops, J.M.H., and W. J. Carmen. (2009). Mast-producing trees and the geographical Ecology of Western Scrub Jays. Ecography. 32: 561-570.[link to journal]

10. Krakauer, A.H. and R.T.Kimball. (2009). Interspecific brood parasitism in galliform birds. Ibis 151 373-381. [link to journal]

9. Krakauer, A.H. (2008). Sexual selection and the genetic mating system of Wild Turkeys. Condor 110(1): 1-12. [link to journal]

8. Kuchta, S., Krakauer, A.H., and Sinervo, B. (2008). Why should the Yellow-eyed Salamander have yellow eyes? Batesian mimicry of Pacific newts (genus Taricha) by the salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica. Evolution 62(4): 984-990. [link to journal]

7. Krakauer, A.H. (2005). Kin selection and cooperative courtship in wild turkeys. Nature 434: 69-72. [link to journal]

Supplementary Tables. Please note typo in paper: equation in table 1 should read rB – C > 0

6. Krakauer, A.H. (2003). California Quail lays egg in Wild Turkey nest. Western Birds 34: 169-170.

5. Adkins-Regan, E. and Krakauer, A.* (2000). Removal of adult males from the rearing environment increases preference for same sex partners in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Animal Behaviour, 60: 47-53.[link to journal]

4. Walcott, C., Evers, D., Froehler, M*, and Krakauer, A.* (1999). Individuality in “Yodel” calls recorded from a banded population of Common Loons (Gavia immer). Bioacoustics, 10: 101-114.

3. Krakauer, A.H.*and Krakauer, T.H. (1999). Foraging of Yellow-headed Caracaras in the fur of a three-toed sloth. Journal of Raptor Research 33: 270.

2. Tauber, C.A. and Krakauer, A.H.* (1997). Larval characterisitcs and generic placement of endemic Hawaiian Hemerobiids (Neuroptera). Pacific Science, 51: 413-423.

1.  Krakauer, A.H.* and Tauber, C.A. (1996). Larvae of Micromus, generic characteristics and a description of Micromus subanticus (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 89: 203-211.

Book Chapters

4. Krakauer, A.H. 2018. Spandrels. in Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. [link]

3. Krakauer, A.H. 2018. Disruptive Selection. in Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. [link]

2. Krakauer, A.H. and DuVal, E.H. 2011. Kin Selection and Cooperative Courtship in Birds. Pp. 230-247 in (C. Salmon and T. Shackleford, eds). Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Family Psychology. Oxford University Press. [Link to Amazon.com page] [email me for a .pdf]

1. Koenig, W.D., Shen, S-F., Krakauer, A.H., and Haydock, J. 2009. Reproductive skew in avian societies. Pp. 227-264 in (R. Hager, and C.B. Jones, eds) Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [link to Amazon page]. [Email me for a .pdf]

Non-Peer Reviewed Reports

Krakauer et al*. (2016). Use of camera traps to record activity on sage-grouse leks. Grouse News number 52: 19-23.

Forbey et al*. (2016) Overview of a workshop to expand the use of emerging technology to understand the ecology of grouse in a changing climate. Grouse News number 52. 7-18

Popular Press Writings

Krakauer A.H. 2021. Birds for Breakfast. Golden Gate Audubon Society Blog. [link]

Krakauer, A.H. 2020. The Secret Lives of Turkeys. Golden Gate Audubon Society Blog. [link].

Krakauer, A.H. 2020. Why I’m Partnering with GGAS. Golden gate Audubon Society Blog. [link].

Krakauer, A.H. 2020. Wildcat Canyon Regional Park: Birding Hotspot. The Gull (Golden Gate Audubon Society). 104 (4): 3 [link]

Krakauer, A.H. 2020. How I came to love owls even more. Golden Gate Audubon Society Blog. [link].

Krakauer, A.H. 2020. When birds are more than a hobby. Golden Gate Audubon Society Blog. [link]

Krakauer, A.H. 2015. Brotherly Love: The History and Breeding Behavior of Wild Turkeys in California. The Quail (Mount Diablo Audubon Society) Volume 61 Number 3. [Link]

Krakauer, A.H. 2014. Guest Blog: The Ethogram. [Link]

Krakauer, A.H. 2013. Guest Blog, Golden Gate Audubon Society. [Link]

Krakauer, A.H. 2012. Greater Sage-grouse. The Quail (Mount Diablo Audubon Society) Volume 58 Number 2. [Link]