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Srygley, R.B., Lorch,
P.D., Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (in press)
Immediate protein dietary effects on movement and the
generalized immunocompetence of migrating Mormon crickets
Anabrus simplex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).
Ecological Entomology.
Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D., Charleston, M.A.,
Clissold, F.J.,
Couzin, I.D.,
Clements, K.D., Coleman, R.A., Dussutour, A., Foley, W.,
Forbey, J., Glaze, E., Gordon, I.J., Hanan, J., Hochuli,
D., Kearney, M.R., McArthur, C., Poore, A.G.B., Sword, G.A.
& Wallis, I.R. (in press)
Modelling nutritional interactions: from individuals to
communities. Trends in Ecolology and Evolution.
Gray, L.J., Sword, G.A., Anstey, M.L.,
Clissold, F.J. & Simpson, S.J. (2009)
Behavioural phase polyphenism in the Australian Plague
locust (Chortoicetes terminifera). Biology
Letters
5:306-309.
Branson, D.B. & Sword, G.A. (2009) Grasshopper
herbivory affects native plant diversity and abundance in a
grassland dominated by the exotic grass Agropyron
cristatum. Restoration Ecology 17:89-96.
Reynolds, A.M., Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J. &
Reynolds, D.R. (2009) Predator percolation, insect
outbreaks and phase polyphenism. Current Biology
19:20-24.
Sword, G.A. (2008) Gregarious behaviour in
insects. In: Capinera, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of
Entomology. Springer, Netherlands. pp. 1733-1740.
Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2008)
Evolution: Radiotracking Sexual Selection. Current
Biology 18:R955-956.
Sword, G.A., Lorch, P.D. & Gwynne,
D.T. (2008) A radiotelemetric analysis of the
effects of prevailing wind direction on Mormon cricket
migratory band movement direction. Environmental
Entomology 37:889-886.
Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2008) Phase
polyphenism in locusts: Mechanisms, population
consequences, adaptive significance and evolution. In:
Ananthakrishnan, T. & Whitman, D. (eds.) Phenotypic
Plasticity of Insects: Mechanisms and Consequences. pp
93-135.
Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2008)
Locusts. Current Biology. 18:r364-366.
Beekman, M., Simpson, S.J. & Sword,
G.A. (2008) Biological foundations of swarm
intelligence. In: Blum, C. & Merkle, D. (eds.)
Swarm Intelligence – Introduction and
applications. Springer, Netherlands. pp. 3-41.
Bazazi, S., Buhl, J., Hale, J.J., Anstey, M.L.,
Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J. & Couzin, I.D.
(2008) Collective motion and cannibalism in locust marching
bands. Current Biology 18:735-739 (Cover story).
Chapuis,, M.P., Lecoq,, M., Loiseau, A.,
Michalakis, Y., Sword, G.A., Piry, S. & Estoup,
A. (2008) Do outbreaks affect genetic population
structure? A worldwide survey in Locusta
migratoria, a pest plagued by microsatellite null
alleles. Molecular Ecology 17:3640-3653.
Chapuis, M.P., Popple, J.A., Simpson, S.J., Estoup,
A., Martin, J.F., McCulloch, L., Steinbauer, M. &
Sword, G.A. (2008) Eight polymorphic
microsatellite loci for the Australian Plague Locust,
Chortoicetes terminifera. Molecular Ecology
Resources. 8:1414-1416.
Sword, G.A, Senior, L.B., Gaskin, J.E. & Joern,
A. (2007) Double trouble for grasshopper molecular
systematics: Intra-individual heterogeneity of both
mitochondrial 12S-valine-16S and nuclear internal
transcribed spacer ribosomal DNA sequences in
Hesperotettix viridis (Orthoptera: Acrididae).
Systematic Entomology 32:420-428.
Simpson, S.J.*,
Sword, G.A.*, Lorch, P.D. & Couzin, I.D.
(2006) Cannibal crickets on a forced march for protein
and salt. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Science USA 103:4152-4156. (* equal contributors)
Branson, D.H., Joern, A. & Sword, G.A.
(2006) Sustainable management of insect herbivores in
renewable grassland ecosystems: Developing new perspectives
in grasshopper control. BioScience 56:743-755.
Lovejoy, N.R.*, Mullen, S.P.*, Sword, G.A.,
Chapman, R.F. & Harrison, R. (2006) Ancient
trans-Atlantic flight explains locust biogeography:
Molecular phylogenetics of the locust genus
Schistocerca. Proceedings of the Royal Society
of London B. 273:767-774. (* equal contributors)
Sword, G.A. (2005) Local population
density and the activation of movement in migratory
band-forming Mormon crickets. Animal Behaviour
69(2):437-444.
Sword, G.A., Lorch, P.D. & Gwynne,
D.T. (2005) Migratory bands give crickets
protection. Nature 433:703.
Sword, G.A., Joern, A. & Senior, L.B.
(2005) Host plant-associated genetic differentiation in the
snakeweed grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis
(Orthoptera: Acrididae). Molecular Ecology
14(7):2197-2205
Lorch, P.D., Sword, G.A., Gwynne, D.T. &
Anderson, G.L. (2005) Radiotelemetry reveals
differences in individual movement patterns between
outbreak and non-outbreak Mormon cricket populations.
Ecological Entomology 30:548-555.
Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A. &
DeLoof, A. (2005) Advances, controversies and
consensus in locust phase polyphenism research. Journal
of Orthoptera Research 14:213-222.
Babah, M.A.O. & Sword, G.A. (2004)
Linking locust gregarization to resource distribution
patterns across a large spatial scale. Environmental
Entomology 33(6):1577-1583.
Sword, G.A. (2003) To be or not to be a
locust? A comparative analysis of behavioral phase change
in nymphs of Schistocerca americana and S.
gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology
47(7):709-717.
Sword, G.A. (2002) A role for phenotypic
plasticity in the evolution of aposematism. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London B 269:1639-1644.
Dopman, E.B., Sword, G.A., & Hillis,
D.M. (2002) The importance of the ontogenetic
niche in resource-associated divergence: evidence from a
generalist grasshopper. Evolution 56(4):731-740.
Sword, G.A. (2001) Tasty on the outside,
but toxic in the middle: Grasshopper regurgitation and host
plant-mediated toxicity to a vertebrate predator.
Oecologia 128:416-421.
Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J., El Hadi, O.T.M. &
Wilps, H. (2000) Density-dependent aposematism in
the Desert locust. Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London B 267:63-68.
Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2000) Is
there an intraspecific function for density-dependent color
change in the Desert locust? Animal Behaviour 59:
861-870.
Sword, G.A. (1999) Density-dependent
warning coloration. Nature 397:217.
Sword, G.A. and Dopman, E.B. (1999)
Developmental specialization and geographic structure of
host plant use in a polyphagous grasshopper,
Schistocerca emarginata (=lineata)
(Orthoptera: Acrididae). Oecologia 120:437-445.
Chapman, R.F. & Sword, G.A. (1997)
Polyphagy in the Acridomorpha. In: Gangwere, S.K.,
Muralirangan, M.C. & Muralirangan, M. (eds.) The
Bionomics of Grasshoppers, Katydids and Their Kin. CAB
International, Wallingford, pp. 183-195.
Chambers, P., Sword, G., Angel, J., Behmer, S.
& Bernays, E.A. (1996) Foraging by generalist
grasshoppers: dietary mixing in two cryptic species.
Animal Behaviour 52:155-165.
Chapman, R.F., Espelie, K.E. & Sword,
G.A. (1995) Use of cuticular lipids in grasshopper
taxonomy: A study of variation in Schistocerca
shoshone (Thomas). Biochemical Systematics and
Ecology 23:383-398.
Sword, G.A. and Chapman, R.F. (1994)
Monophagy in a polyphagous grasshopper, Schistocerca
shoshone. Entomologia Experimentalis et
Applicata 73:225-234.
Chapman, R.F. and Sword, G.A. (1994) The
relationship between plant acceptability and suitability
for survival and development in the polyphagous
grasshopper, Schistocerca americana. Journal
of Insect Behavior 7:411-431.
Espelie, K.E., Chapman, R.F. & Sword,
G.A. (1994) Variation in the surface lipids of the
grasshopper, Schistocerca americana (Drury).
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 22:563-575.
Chapman, R.F. and Sword, G. (1993) The
importance of palpation in food selection by a polyphagous
grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Insect
Behavior 6:79-91.