James Tumulty

Assistant Professor


[email protected]


Biology Department

Rhodes College

2000 N. Parkway
Memphis, TN 38112



Publications


Home is where the high-quality resources are: nursery characteristics and territory distribution suggest reproductive resource defense in golden rocket frogs


Chloe A. Fouilloux, Johana Goyes Vallejos, James P. Tumulty

Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 38, 2024, pp. 223–240


Evidence for a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition


James P. Tumulty, Sara E. Miller, Steven M. Van Belleghem, Floria M.K. Uy, Alexander Walton, Michael J. Sheehan

Current Biology, vol. 33, 2023, pp. 5478–5487


Evolution of acoustic signals associated with cooperative parental behavior in a poison frog


Jeanette B. Moss, James P. Tumulty, Eva K. Fischer

PNAS, vol. 120, 2023, pp. e2218956120


Identity signaling, identity reception, and the evolution of social recognition in a Neotropical frog


James P Tumulty, Zachary K Lange, Mark A Bee

Evolution, vol. 76(1), 2022, pp. 158-170


Predicting and measuring decision rules for social recognition in a Neotropical frog


James P Tumulty, Chloe A Fouilloux, Johana Goyes Vallejos, Mark A Bee

The American Naturalist, vol. 200(2), 2022, pp. E77-E92


Animal behavior missing from data archives


SE Miller, CM Jernigan, AW Legan, CH Miller, JP Tumulty, A Walton, MJ Sheehan

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 36(11), 2021, pp. 960-963


Ecological and social drivers of neighbor recognition and the dear enemy effect in a poison frog


James P Tumulty, Mark A Bee

Behavioral Ecology, vol. 32(1), 2021, pp. 138–150


Hormonal modulation of reproduction in Polistes fuscatus social wasps: dual functions in both ovary development and sexual receptivity


Alexander Walton, James P Tumulty, Amy L Toth, Michael J Sheehan

Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 120, 2020, p. 103972


What drives diversity in social recognition mechanisms?


James P Tumulty, Michael J Sheehan

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7(517), 2020


“Reverse” sexual dichromatism in a Neotropical frog


Emily Engelbrecht-Wiggans, James P Tumulty

Ethology, vol. 125, 2019, pp. 957–964


Brilliant-thighed poison frogs do not use acoustic identity information to treat territorial neighbours as dear enemies


James P Tumulty, A Pašukonis, M Ringler, JD Forester, W Hödl, MA Bee

Animal Behaviour, vol. 141, 2018, pp. 203-220


Dear enemy effect


James P Tumulty

Encyclopedia of animal cognition and behavior, 2018


Plant-borne vibrations modulate calling behaviour in a tropical amphibian


Peter M. Narins, Sebastiaan W.F. Meenderink, James P. Tumulty, Ariadna Cobo-Cuan, Rafael Márquez

Current Biology, vol. 28, 2018, pp. R1333-R1334


Assessment and recognition of rivals in anuran contests


Mark A Bee, Michael S Reichert, James Tumulty

Advances in the Study of Behavior, vol. 48, 2016, pp. 161--249


Parental care, sexual selection, and mating systems in neotropical poison frogs


Kyle Summers, James Tumulty

RH. Macedo, G. Machado, Sexual Selection: Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics, Elsevier Academic Press, Waltham (MA), 2014, pp. 289--320


The biparental care hypothesis for the evolution of monogamy: experimental evidence in an amphibian


James Tumulty, Victor Morales, Kyle Summers

Behavioral Ecology, vol. 25(2), 2014, pp. 262-270




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