Ward, J., Blum, M., Walters, D., Freeman, B, Burkhead, N. and Porter, B. (in review).
Discordant introgression in a rapidly expanding hybrid swarm. Molecular Ecology
Ward. J.L. and McLennan, D. (2009). Female mate choice based on complex visual signals in the Brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans. Behavioural Ecology 20:1323-1333. pdf
Ward, J.L. and McLennan, D.A (2009). Historical and ecological correlates of body shape in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96:769-783. pdf
Ward, J.L. and McLennan, D.A. (2008). Interpopulation differences in courtship and spawning behaviour of the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans. American Midland Naturalist 60(1): 82–95. pdf
Ward, J.L. Mohapatra, S. and Mitchell, A. (2008). An overview of policies for regulating and managing polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Great Lakes. Environment International. 34: 1148-1156. pdf
McLennan, D.A. and Ward, J.L. (2008). Conservation and variation of agonistic displays of the brook stickleback Culaea inconstans. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 82:377-384 pdf
Daniel R. Brooks, Jaret Bilewitch, Charmaine Condy, David C. Evans, Kaila E. Folinsbee, Jörg Fröbisch, Dominik Halas, Stephanie Hill, Michelle Mattern, Linda A. Tsuji, Jessica L. Ward, Niklas Wahlberg, David Zamparo, and David Zanatta. (2007). Quantitative Phylogenetic Analysis in the 21st Century: Progress and Prognosis. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 225-252
Ward, J.L. and McLennan, D.A. (2006a). Changes in agonistic, courtship and parental displays of the male brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans, across the breeding cycle. Behaviour 143: 33-56. pdf
Ward, J.L. and McLennan, D.A. (2006b). The relative influences of sexual and natural selection upon the evolution of male nuptial colouration in the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans. Behaviour: 143:483-510. pdf
Ward, J.L. Saleh, N., Dunham, D. and Rahman, N. (2004). Individual discrimination in the big-clawed snapping shrimp, Alpheus heterochelis. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 37(1): 35-42. pdf
Pending submission
Ward, J.L and McLennan, D. Environmentally dependent female responses to a conspicuous
male trait. Target journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.
Ward, J.L, Blum, M., and McLachlan, J. Endocrine disruption accelerates biological invasions. Target journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Working papers
Ward, J.L, Zhang, A. and Blum, M. Uncorrelated divergence in male traits and female preferences promotes invasive success. Target journal: Animal Behavior
Glotzbecker, G., Ward, J.L. and Blum, M. Spectral determinants of interspecific hybridization between native and invasive fishes. Target journal: Ecological Applications
Ward, J.L, and Mohapatra, S. Policy and regulatory management of invasive species in the Great Lakes Basin. Target journal: Biological Invasions
Publications