Publications
FIncke, O.M. Hedström, I. 2008. DIfferential forest use by predatory tree hole damselflies (Pseudostigmatidae): implcations for forest conversion. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 43:35-45. pdf
Fincke, O.M., Fargevieille A, Schultz TD. 2007. Lack of innact preference for morph and species identity in mate-searching Enallagma damselflies. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 61: 1121-1131. pdf.
Fincke, O.M. 2007. Consecuencias de la ecologia de las larvas sobre la territorialidad y el exito reproductor de una libelula neotropical Pp. 135-152 In: Ecologia y Evolucion en los Tropicos. Smithsonian Institution Press. pdf
Fincke, O.M. 2006. Use of forest and tree species, and dispersal by giant damselflies (Pseudostigmatidae): their prospects in fragmented forests. Pp. 103-125 in: Forests and dragonflies. A. Cordero Rivera, ed. Pensoft. pdf.
Fincke, O.M., Jödicke, R, Paulson, D. & Schultz, DT. 2005. The evolution and frequency of female color morphs in Holarctic Odonata: why are male-like morphs typically the minority? International Journal of Odonatology8: 183-212.pdf color plates pdf
Hadrys H, W Schroth, B Schierwater, B Streit & O.M. Fincke. 2005. Tree hole odonates as environmental monitors: Non-invasive isolation of polymorphic microsatellites from the neotropical damselfly Megaloprepus caerulatus. Conservation Genetics 6:481-483. pdf
Yanoviak, S.P. and O.M. Fincke. 2005. Sampling methods for water-filled tree holes and their analogues. Pp 165-185, In: S. Leather (ed.) Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems. Blackwell Science, London. pdf
Fincke, O.M. 2004. Polymorphic signals from harassed females and the males that learn them support a novel frequency-dependent model. Animal Behaviour 67:833-845. pdf
*Miller, M.N. & O.M. Fincke. 2004. Mistakes in sexual recognition among sympatric Zygoptera vary with time of day and color morphism (Odonata: Coeagrionidae). International Journal of Odonatology 7:471-491. pdf
Thompson, DJ and OM Fincke. 2002. Body size and fitness in Odonata, stabilizing selection: critique of a meta-analysis. Ecological Entomology 27:378-384. pdf
Fincke, OM & H. Hadrys. 2001. Unpredictable offspring survivorship in the damselfly Megaloprepus coerulatus shapes parental strategies, constrains sexual selection, and challenges traditional fitness estimates. Evolution 55:653-664. pdf color plate of fig 1
*Miller, M.N. and O.M. Fincke. 1999. Cues for mate recognition and the effect of prior experience on mate recognition in Enallagma damselflies. Journal of Insect Behavior 12:801-814.pdf
Fincke, OM. 1999. Organisation of predator assemblages in Neotropical tree holes: effects of abiotic factors and priority. Ecological Entomology 24:13-23. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1998. The population ecology of Megaloprepus coerulatus and its effect on species assemblages in water-filled tree holes. In: Insect populations: in theory and practice. JP Demster, IFG McLean (eds). Kluwer Academic Press, pp 391-416. pdf
*Fincke, OM., SP Yanoviak, DR Hanschu. 1997. Predation by odonates depresses mosquito abundance in water-filled tree holes in Panama. Oecologia 112:244-253. pdf
Fincke, OM, JK Waage, W Koenig. 1997. Natural and sexual selection components of odonate mating patterns. IN: The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids. JC Choe and BJ Crespi (eds). Cambridge U. Press. pp 58-74.
Fincke, OM. 1997. Conflict resolution in the Odonata: implications for understanding female mating patterns and female choice. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 60:201-220. pdf
Fincke OM. 1996. Larval behaviour of a giant damselfly: territoriality or size-dependent dominance? Animal Behaviour 51:77-87. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1994. Female colour polymorphism in damselflies: failure to reject the null hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 47:1249-1266. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1994. On the difficulty of detecting density-dependent selection on polymorphic females of the damselfly Ischnura graellsii: failure to reject the null. Evolutionary Ecology 8:328-329.pdf
Fincke, OM. 1994. Population regulation of a tropical damselfly in the larval stage by food limitation, cannibalism, intraguild predation and habitat drying. Oecologia 100:118-127. pdf
Fincke OM. 1992. Consequences of larval ecology for territoriality and reproductive success of a Neotropical damselfly. Ecology 73: 449-462. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1992. Interspecific competition for treeholes: consequences mating systems and coexistence in neotropical damselflies. American Naturalist 139:80-101. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1992. Behavioral ecology of the giant damselflies of Barro Colorado Island, Panama(Odonata: Zygoptera: Pseudostigmatidae). pages 102-113 IN: Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies. D. Quintero and A Aiello (eds.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
*Fincke, OM, L Higgens, and E Rojas. 1990. Parasitism of Nephila clavipes (Araneae: Araneidae) by an ichneumonid (Hymenoptera: Polysphinctini) in Panama. Journal of Arachnology: 18:321-329. pdf
Ruppell, G & OM Fincke. 1989. Megaloprepus coerulatus (Pseudostigmatidae) Flug- und Fortpflanzungs verhalten (Flying and reproductive behaviour). Publ. Wiss. Film, Sekt. Biol., Ser. 20, Nr 10/E 2976.
Ruppell, G & OM Fincke. 1989. Mecistogaster ornata (Pseudostigmatidae) - Flugverhslten und Nahrungserwerb. Publ. Wiss. Film., Sekt. Biol., Ser. 20, Nr 7/E 2975.
Fincke, OM. 1988. Sources of variation in lifetime reproductive success in a non-territorial damselfly. IN: Reproductive Success, T.H. Clutton-Brock (ed.) U. of Chicago Press. p. 24-42.
Fincke, OM. 1987. Female monogamy in the damselfly Ischnura verticalis Say (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 16: 129-143.
Fincke, OM. 1986. Lifetime reproductive success and the opportunity for selection in a nonterritorial damselfly (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Evolution 40: 791-803. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1986. Underwater oviposition in a damselfly (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) favors male vigilance, and multiple mating by females. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 18: 405-412. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1985. Alternative mate-finding tactics in a non-territorial damselfly (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Animal Behaviour 33: 1124- 1137. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1984. Sperm competition in the damselfly Enallagma hageni: benefits of multiple mating for males and females. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 14: 235 - 240. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1984. Giant damselflies in a tropical forest: reproductive biology of Megaloprepus coerulatus with notes on Mecistogaster (Zygoptera: Pseudostigmatidae). Advances in Odonatology 2: 13-27.
Fincke, OM. 1982. Lifetime mating success in a natural population of the damselfly Enallagma hageni Walsh (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 10:293-302. pdf
Fincke, OM. 1981. An association between two neotropical spiders
(Araneae:
Uloboridae and Tengellidae). Biotropica 13: 301-307. pdf
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