Professor James Cook

Journal Articles

• Oliver, T., Leather, S. and Cook, J. (2012), 'Ant larval demand reduces aphid colony growth rates in an ant-aphid interaction.', Insects, 11.
• al Beidh, S., Dunn, D., Power, S. and Cook, J. (2012), 'Parasites and mutualism function: measuring enemy-free space in a fig-pollinator symbiosis', Oikos, 7.
• al Beidh, S., Dunn, D. and Cook, J. (2012), 'Spatial Stratification of Internally and Externally Non-Pollinating Fig Wasps and Their Effects on Pollinator and Seed Abundance in Ficus burkei', ISRN Zoology, .
• Segar, S., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Rasplus, J. and Cook, J. (2012), 'The global phylogeny of the subfamily Sycoryctinae (Pteromalidae) : parasites of an obligate mutualism', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 10.
• Segar, S. and Cook, J. (2012), 'The dominant exploiters of the fig/pollinator mutualism vary across continents, but their costs fall consistently on the male reproductive function of figs', Ecological Entomology, 8.
• Yang, C., Xiao, J., Niu, L., Ma, G., Cook, J., Bian, S., Fu, Y. and Huang, D. (2012), 'Chaos of Wolbachia sequences inside the compact fig syconia of Ficus benjamina (Ficus: Moraceae)', PLoS ONE, .
• Oliver, T., Leather, S. and Cook, J. (2012), 'Ant larval demand reduces aphid colony growth rates in an ant-aphid interaction', Insects, 11.
• al Beidh, S., Dunn, D. and Cook, J. (2012), 'Spatial stratification of internally and externally non-pollinating gig wasps and their effects on pollinator and seed abundance in Ficus burkei', ISRN Zoology, .
• Power, S. and Cook, J. (2012), 'Parasites and mutualism function : measuring enemy-free space in a fig-pollinator symbiosis', Oikos, 7.
• Cook, J. (2012), 'Biased oviposition and biased survival together help resolve a fig-wasp conflict', Oikos, 8.
• Cook, J. (2012), 'Development of microsatellite markers using 454 sequencing for the rare socially parasitic hoverfly, Microdon mutabilis', Australian Journal of Zoology, 3.
• Cook, J. (2012), 'An extreme case of plant-insect co-diversification : figs and fig-pollinating wasps', Systematic Biology, 19.
• Dunn, D., Jansen-Gonzalez, S., Cook, J., Yu, D. and Pereira, R. (2011), 'Measuring the discrepancy between fecundity and lifetime reproductive success in a pollinating fig wasp', Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 8.
• Sun, X., Xiao, J., Cook, J., Feng, G. and Huang, D. (2011), 'Comparisons of host mitochondrial, nuclear and endosymbiont bacterial genes reveal cryptic fig wasp species and the effects of Wolbachia on host mtDNA evolution and diversity', Bmc Evolutionary Biology, .
• Cook, J. and Segar, S. (2010), 'Speciation in fig wasps', Ecological Entomology, 13.
• Chen, L., Cook, J., Xiao, J., Hu, H., Niu, L. and Huang, D. (2010), 'High incidences and similar patterns of Wolbachia infection in fig wasp communities from three different continents', Insect Science, 11.
• Bailey, R., Schonrogge, K., Cook, J., Melika, G., Csoka, G., Thuroczy, C. and Stone, G. (2009), 'Host Niches and Defensive Extended Phenotypes Structure Parasitoid Wasp Communities.', Plos Biology, .
• Bouteiller-Reuter, C., Hale, M. and Cook, J. (2009), 'Characterization of microsatellite markers for Sycoscapter nonpollinating fig wasps', Molecular Ecology Resources, 4.
• Delgado, A. and Cook, J. (2009), 'Effects of a sex-ratio distorting endosymbiont on mtDNA variation in a global insect pest', Bmc Evolutionary Biology, .
• Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Wikstrom, N., Kjer, K., Weiblen, G., Rasplus, J., Machado, C. and Cook, J. (2009), 'Molecular dating and biogeography of fig-pollinating wasps', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 12.
• Moore, J., Obbard, D., Reuter, C., West, S. and Cook, J. (2009), 'Male morphology and dishonest signalling in a fig wasp', Animal Behaviour, 7.
• Oliver, T., Leather, S. and Cook, J. (2009), 'Tolerance traits and the stability of mutualism', Oikos, 7.
• Stone, G., Hernandez-Lopez, A., Nicholls, J., Pierro, E., Pujade-Villar, J., Melika, G. and Cook, J. (2009), 'Extreme host plant conservatism during at least 20 million years of host plant pursuit by oak gallwasps', Evolution, 16.
• Wang, R., Ridley, J., Dunn, D., Cook, J. and Yu, D. (2009), 'Interference competition and high temperature reduce the 'virulence' of fig wasps and contribute to the stability of a fig-wasp mutualism', Plos One, .
• Dunn, D., Ridley, J., Yu, D. and Cook, J. (2008), 'Longevity, early emergence, and body size in a pollinating fig wasp - implications for stability in a fig-pollinator mutualism', Journal of Animal Ecology, 9.
• Dunn, D., Segar, S., Ridley, J., Chan, R., Crozier, R., Yu, D. and Cook, J. (2008), 'A role for parasites in stabilising the fig-pollinator mutualism', PLoS Biology, 7.
• Jia, X., Yao, J., Chen, Y., Cook, J. and Crozier, R. (2008), 'The phenology and potential for self-pollination of two Australian monoecious fig species.', Symbiosis, 6.
• Moore, J., Obbard, D., Reuter, C., West, S. and Cook, J. (2008), 'Fighting strategies in two species of fig wasp', Animal Behaviour, 8.
• Oliver, T., Jones, I., Cook, J. and Leather, S. (2008), 'Avoidance responses of an aphidophagous ladybird, Adalia bipunctata , to aphid-tending ants', Ecological Entomology, 6.
• Oliver, T., Leather, S. and Cook, J. (2008), 'Macroevolutionary patterns in the origin of mutualisms involving ants', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 12.
• Oliver, T., Pettitt, T., Leather, S. and Cook, J. (2008), 'Numerical abundance of invasive ants and monopolisation of exudate-producing resources - a chicken and egg situation.', Insect Conservation & Diversity, 7.
• Ronsted, N., Savolainen, V., Weiblen, G. and Cook, J. (2008), 'Phylogeny, biogeography, and ecology of Ficus section Malvanthera (Moraceae).', Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 11.
• Crozier, Y., Cheng, X., Yao, J., Field, A., Cook, J. and Crozier, R. (2007), 'Microsatellite primers for Ficus racemosa and Ficus rubiginosa', Molecular Ecology Notes, 3.
• Haine, E., Martin, J. and Cook, J. (2007), 'Diverse Mariner-like elements in fig wasps.', Insect Molecular Biology, 10.
• Oliver, T., Cook, J. and Leather, S. (2007), 'When are ant-attractant devices a worthwhile investment? Vicia faba extrafloral nectaries and Lasius niger ants', Population Ecology, 9.
• Oliver, T., Mashanova, A., Leather, S., Cook, J. and Jansen, V. (2007), 'Ant semiochemicals limit apterous aphid dispersal', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 5.
• Haine, E., Martin, J. and Cook, J. (2006), 'Deep mtDNA divergences indicate cryptic species in fig-pollinating wasps', BMC Evolutionary Biology, .
• Cook, J. and Bean, D. (2006), 'Cryptic male dimorphism and fighting behaviour', Animal Behaviour, 7.
• Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Wikstrom, C., Labandeira, C., Goodman, S., Godfray, H. and Cook, J. (2006), 'Fossil-calibrated molecular phylogenies reveal that leaf-mining moths radiated several million years after their host plants', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 11.
• Cook, J. and West, S. (2005), 'Figs and fig wasps', Current Biology, 3.
• Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Godfray, H., West, S. and Cook, J. (2005), 'Evolutionary dynamics of host use and sex allocation in Achrysocharoides parasitoids', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 13.
• Haine, E. and Cook, J. (2005), 'Evidence from three genes for horizontal transfer of Wolbachia in Drosophila-parasitoid communities', Ecological Entomology, 9.
• Haine, E. and Cook, J. (2005), 'Convergent incidences of Wolbachia infection in fig wasp communities from two continents', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 9.
• Ronsted, N., Weiblen, G., Machado, C., Cook, J. and Savolainen, V. (2005), '60 million years of co-cladogenesis in the fig-pollinator symbiosis', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 7.
• Cook, J., Bean, D., Power, S. and Dixon, D. (2004), 'Evolution of a complex coevolved trait: active pollination in a genus of fig wasps.', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 9.
• Yu, D., Ridley, J., Jousselin, E., Herre, E., Compton, S., Cook, J., Moore, J. and Weiblen, G. (2004), 'Oviposition strategies, host coercion, and the stable exploitation of figs by wasps', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 11.