Christy, John
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staffChristy, John
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staffAnimal communication; sexual selection and mating systems; functional morphology; reproductive cycles, larval dispersal; behavioral ecology of intertidal invertebrates with an emphasis on fiddler crabs.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., Lewis and Clark College, Oregon
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Sakugawa, Naoto, Kasamura, Keiji, Christy, John H., and Henmi, Yasuhisa. 2021. "Claws and claw waving attract both sexes in the dotillid crab Ilyoplax pusilla." Journal of Ethology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-021-00692-4. 2021
- Bashevkin, Samuel M., Christy, John H., and Morgan, Steven G. 2020. "Costs and compensation in zooplankton pigmentation under countervailing threats of ultraviolet radiation and predation." Oecologia, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04648-2. 2020
- Pardo, Juan C. F., Stefanelli-Silva, Gabriel, Christy, John H., and Costa, Tânia. 2020. "Fiddler crabs and their above-ground sedimentary structures: a review." Journal of Ethology, 38 137–154. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-020-00647-1. 2020
- Schaefer, Jessica L. B., Christy, John H., and Marko, Peter B. 2020. "Multiple and extra-pair mating in a pair-living hermaphrodite, the intertidal limpet Siphonaria gigas." Integrative Organismal Biology, 1–46. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa013. 2020
- Bashevkin, Samuel M., Christy, John H., and Morgan, Steven G. 2019. "Adaptive specialization and constraint in morphological defenses of planktonic larvae." Functional Ecology, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13464. 2019
- Bashevkin, Samuel M., Christy, John H., and Morgan, Steven G. 2019. "Photoprotective benefits of pigmentation in the transparent plankton community: A comparative species experimental test." Ecology, 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2680. 2019
- Heatwole, Siobhan J., Christy, John H., and Backwell, Patricia R. Y. 2018. "Taking a risk: how far will male fiddler crabs go?" Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72 82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2500-z. 2018
- Luque, Javier, Christy, John H., Hendy, Austin J. W., Rosenberg, Michael S., Portell, Roger W., Kerr, Kecia A., and Palmer, A. R. 2017. "Quaternary intertidal and supratidal crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from tropical America and the systematic affinities of fossil fiddler crabs." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1362599. 2017
- Perez, Daniela M., Christy, John H., and Backwell, Patricia R. Y. 2016. "Choosing a mate in a high predation environment: Female preference in the fiddler crab Uca terpsichores." Ecology and Evolution, 6, (20) 7443–7450. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2510. 2016
- Christy, John H., Ribeiro, Pablo D, Iribarne, Oscar O, and Nuñez, Jesús D. 2016. "Hood-building dynamics and mating mode in the temperate fiddler crab Uca uruguayensis Nobili, 1901." Journal of Crustacean Biology, 36, (4) 507–514. https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002440. 2016
- Lim, Shirley S. L., Yong, Adeline Y. P., and Christy, John H. 2016. "Ontogenetic changes in diet and related morphological adaptations in Ocypode gaudichaudii." Invertebrate Biology, 135, (2) 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12122. 2016
- deVries, Maya S., Stock, Brian C., Christy, John H., Goldsmith, Gregory R., and Dawson, Todd E. 2016. "Specialized morphology corresponds to a generalist diet: linking form and function in smashing mantis shrimp crustaceans." Oecologia, 182, (2) 429–442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3667-5. 2016
- Shih, Hsi-Te, Ng, Peter K. L., and Christy, John H. 2015. "Uca (Petruca), a new subgenus for the rock fiddler crab Uca panamensis (Stimpson, 1859) from Central America, with comments on some species of the American broad-fronted subgenera." Zootaxa, 4034, (3) 471–494. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4034.3.3. 2015
- Kim, Tae Won and Christy, John H. 2015. "A mechanism for visual orientation may facilitate courtship in a fiddler crab." Animal Behaviour, 101 61–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.007. 2015
- How, Martin J, Christy, John H., Temple, Shelby E, Hemmi, Jan M, Marshall, N. Justin, and Roberts, Nicholas W. 2015. "Target Detection Is Enhanced by Polarization Vision in a Fiddler Crab." Current Biology, 25, (23) 3069–3073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.073. 2015
- How, Martin J., Christy, John H., Roberts, Nicholas W., and Marshall, N. Justin. 2014. "Null point of discrimination in crustacean polarisation vision." Journal of experimental biology, 217 2462–2467. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.103457. 2014
- Kerr, Kecia A., Christy, John H., Joly-Lopez, Zo, Luque, Javier, Collin, Rachel, and Guichard, Frédéric. 2014. "Reproducing on Time When Temperature Varies: Shifts in the Timing of Courtship by Fiddler Crabs." PLoS ONE, 9, (5) 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097593. 2014
- Matsumasa, Masatoshi, Murai, Minoru, and Christy, John H. 2013. "A low-cost sexual ornament reliably signals male condition in the fiddler crab Uca beebei." Animal Behaviour, 85, (6) 1335–1341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.024. 2013
- Swanson, Brook O., George, Matthew N., Anderson, Stuart P., and Christy, John H. 2013. "Evolutionary variation in the mechanics of fiddler crab claws." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13 137. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-137. 2013
- Dennenmoser, Stefan and Christy, John H. 2013. "The Design of a Beautiful Weapon: Compensation for Opposing Sexual Selection on a Trait with Two Functions." Evolution, 67, (4) 1181–1188. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12018. 2013
- Lombardo, Roberto C., Christy, John H., and Cipriani, Roberto. 2013. "The false limpet Siphonaria gigas, a simultaneous hermaphrodite, lives in pairs in rock fissures on the Pacific coast of Panama." Marine Biology, 160, (3) 729–735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2127-y. 2013
- Kasatani, Asami, Wada, Keiji, Yusa, Yoichi, and Christy, John H. 2012. "Courtship tactics by male Ilyoplax pusilla (Brachyura, Dotillidae)." Journal of Ethology, 30, (1) 69–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-011-0296-7. 2012
- Kerr, Kecia A., Christy, John H., Collin, Rachel, and Guichard, F. 2012. "Reducing error in reproductive timing caused by temperature variation: interspecific differences in behavioural adjustment by fiddler crabs." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 459 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09832. 2012
- Lopez-Duarte, Paola, Christy, John H., and Tankersley, Richard. 2011. "A behavioral mechanism for dispersal in fiddler crab larvae (genus Uca) varies with adult habitat, not phylogeny." Limnology and Oceanography, 56, (5) 1879–1892. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1879. 2011
- Christy, John H. 2011. "Timing of Hatching and Release of Larvae by Brachyuran Crabs: Patterns, Adaptive Significance and Control." Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51, (1) 62–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr013. 2011
- Kim, Tae Won, Christy, John H., Rissanen, Jade Rebecca, Ribeiro, Pablo D., and Choe, Jae Chun. 2010. "Effect of food addition on the reproductive intensity and timing of both sexes of an intertidal crab." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 401 183–194. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08416. 2010
- Kim, Tae Won, Christy, John H., Dennenmoser, Stefan, and Choe, Jae Chun. 2009. "The strength of a female mate preference increases with predation risk." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, (1657) 775–780. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1070. 2009
- Kim, Tae Won, Christy, John H., and Choe, Jae Chun. 2007. "A preference for a sexual signal keeps females safe." Public Library of Science PLoS, 2, (5) e422. 2007
- Ribeiro, Pablo D., Christy, John H., Rissanen, Rebecca, and Tae Won, Kim. 2007. "Males are attracted by their own courtship signals. Erratum." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61, (5) 823. 2007
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Chapter
- Dennenmoser, Stefan, Christy, John H., and Thiel, Martin. 2020. "Rhythms and reproduction." In Reproductive Biology. 472–504. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. In The Natural History of the Crustacea, 6. 2020
- Christy, John H. and Rittschof, Dan. 2011. "Deception in visual and chemical communication in crustaceans." In Chemical Communication in Crustaceans. Breithaupt, Thomas and Thiel, Martin, editors. 313–333. New York: Springer. 2011
- Robertson, D. Ross, Christy, John H., Collin, Rachel, Cooke, Richard G., D'Croz, Luis, Kaufmann, Karl W., Moreno, Stanley Heckadon, Maté, Juan L., O'Dea, Aaron, and Torchin, Mark E. 2009. "The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Marine Research, Education, and Conservation in Panama." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. 73–93. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.73. 2009
- Santos-Granero, Fernando, Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Christy, John H., Herre, Edward Allen, and Jackson, Jeremy B. C. 2007. "Imitación, elección de pareja y la hipótesis de trampa sensorial." In Ecología y evolución en los trópicos. 127–134. Panama: Editora Nova Art. 2007
Contact
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Department
