| Chameleons communicate with complex colour changes during contests: different body regions convey different information RA Ligon, KJ McGraw Biology letters 9 (6), 20130892, 2013 | 143 | 2013 |
| Evolution of correlated complexity in the radically different courtship signals of birds-of-paradise RA Ligon, CD Diaz, JL Morano, J Troscianko, M Stevens, A Moskeland, ... PLoS biology 16 (11), doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006962, 2018 | 141 | 2018 |
| Biochemical regulation of pigment motility in vertebrate chromatophores: a review of physiological color change mechanisms RA Ligon, KL McCartney Current zoology 62 (3), 237-252, 2016 | 133 | 2016 |
| Ecological and geographical overlap drive plumage evolution and mimicry in woodpeckers ET Miller, GM Leighton, BG Freeman, AC Lees, RA Ligon Nature communications 10 (1), 1602, 2019 | 104 | 2019 |
| Dynamic color communication P Hutton, BM Seymoure, KJ McGraw, RA Ligon, RK Simpson Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 6, 41-49, 2015 | 86 | 2015 |
| Comparative bioacoustics: a roadmap for quantifying and comparing animal sounds across diverse taxa KJ Odom, M Araya‐Salas, JL Morano, RA Ligon, GM Leighton, CC Taff, ... Biological Reviews 96 (4), 1135-1159, 2021 | 82 | 2021 |
| Social costs are an underappreciated force for honest signalling in animal aggregations MS Webster, RA Ligon, GM Leighton Animal Behaviour 143, 167-176, 2018 | 62 | 2018 |
| Urban and colorful male house finches are less aggressive M Hasegawa, RA Ligon, M Giraudeau, M Watanabe, KJ McGraw Behavioral Ecology 25 (3), 641-649, 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
| Defeated chameleons darken dynamically during dyadic disputes to decrease danger from dominants RA Ligon Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68 (6), 1007-1017, 2014 | 60 | 2014 |
| Host reproductive phenology drives seasonal patterns of host use in mosquitoes ND Burkett-Cadena, CJW McClure, RA Ligon, SP Graham, C Guyer, ... PLOS one 6 (3), e17681, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Social costs enforce honesty of a dynamic signal of motivation RA Ligon, KJ McGraw Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1841), 20161873, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| Feeding decisions of eastern bluebirds are situationally influenced by fledgling plumage color RA Ligon, GE Hill Behavioral Ecology 21 (3), 456-464, 2010 | 41 | 2010 |
| Evolutionary innovation and diversification of carotenoid-based pigmentation in finches RA Ligon, RK Simpson, NA Mason, GE Hill, KJ McGraw Evolution 70 (12), 2839-2852, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| Vector–host interactions in avian nests: do mosquitoes prefer nestlings over adults? ND Burkett-Cadena, RA Ligon, M Liu, HK Hassan, GE Hill, MD Eubanks, ... The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 83 (2), 395, 2010 | 39 | 2010 |
| A chorus of color: hierarchical and graded information content of rapid color change signals in chameleons RA Ligon, KJ McGraw Behavioral Ecology 29 (5), 1075-1087, 2018 | 33 | 2018 |
| Sex-biased parental investment is correlated with mate ornamentation in eastern bluebirds RA Ligon, GE Hill Animal Behaviour 79 (3), 727-734, 2010 | 30 | 2010 |
| Visual detection and avoidance of pathogenic bacteria by aphids TA Hendry, RA Ligon, KR Besler, RL Fay, MR Smee Current Biology 28 (19), 3158-3164. e4, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Avian anthrophobia? Behavioral and physiological responses of house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) to human and predator threats across an urban gradient M Weaver, RA Ligon, M Mousel, KJ McGraw Landscape and Urban Planning 179, 46-54, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| Invasive fire ants reduce reproductive success and alter the reproductive strategies of a native vertebrate insectivore RA Ligon, L Siefferman, GE Hill PloS one 6 (7), e22578, 2011 | 17 | 2011 |
| Do adult eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis, males recognize juvenile-specific traits? RA Ligon, GE Hill Animal Behaviour 77 (5), 1267-1272, 2009 | 17 | 2009 |
Kevin McGrawProfessor and Chair, Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State UniversityVerified email at msu.edu
