Doctor Kate Umbers

Journal Articles

• Hamalainen, L., Binns, G., Hart, N., Mappes, J., McDonald, P., O?Neill, L., Rowland, H., Umbers, K. and Herberstein, M. (2024), 'Predator selection on multicomponent warning signals in an aposematic moth', Behavioral Ecology, vol 35, no 1 .
• Lownds, R., Turbill, C., White, T. and Umbers, K. (2023), 'The impact of elevated aestivation temperatures on the behaviour of bogong moths (Agrotis infusa)', Journal of Thermal Biology, vol 113 .
• Riley, J., Haff, T., Ryeland, J., Drinkwater, E. and Umbers, K. (2023), 'The protective value of the colour and shape of the mountain katydid's antipredator defence', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol 36, no 7 , pp 992 - 1002.
• Slatyer, R., Umbers, K. and Arnold, P. (2022), 'Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover', Conservation Biology, vol 36, no 1 .
• Umbers, K., Slatyer, R., Tatarnic, N., Muschett, G., Wang, S. and Song, H. (2022), 'Phylogenetics of the skyhoppers (Kosciuscola) of the Australian Alps : evolutionary and conservation implications', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol 28 , pp 261 - 276.
• Raynal, R., Schwanz, L., Riley, J. and Umbers, K. (2022), 'Genetic and environmental drivers of colour and pattern in the Australian jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus)', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol 35, no 9 , pp 1229 - 1239.
• Marsh, J., Bal, P., Fraser, H., Umbers, K., Latty, T., Greenville, A., Rumpff, L. and Woinarski, J. (2022), 'Accounting for the neglected : invertebrate species and the 2019-2020 Australian megafires', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol 31, no 10 , pp 2120 - 2130.
• Drinkwater, E., Allen, W., Endler, J., Hanlon, R., Holmes, G., Homziak, N., Kang, C., Leavell, B., Lehtonen, J., Loeffler-Henry, K., Ratcliffe, J., Rowe, C., Ruxton, G., Sherratt, T., Skelhorn, J., Skojec, C., Smart, H., White, T., Yack, J., Young, C. and Umbers, K. (2022), 'A synthesis of deimatic behaviour', Biological Reviews, vol 97, no 6 , pp 2237 - 2267.
• Kent, B., Holman, C., Amoako, E., Antonietti, A., Azam, J., Ballhausen, H., Bediako, Y., Belasen, A., Carneiro, C., Chen, Y., Compeer, E., Connor, C., Cruwell, S., Debat, H., Dorris, E., Ebrahimi, H., Erlich, J., Fernandez-Chiappe, F., Fischer, F., Gazda, M., Glatz, T., Grabitz, P., Heise, V., Kent, D., Lo, H., McDowell, G., Mehta, D., Neumann, W., Neves, K., Patterson, M., Penfold, N., Piper, S., Puebla, I., Quashie, P., Quezada, C., Riley, J., Rohmann, J., Saladi, S., Schwessinger, B., Siegerink, B., Stehlik, P., Tzilivaki, A., Umbers, K., Varma, A., Walavalkar, K., de Winde, C., Zaza, C. and Weissgerber, T. (2022), 'Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice', PLoS Biology, vol 20, no 7 .
• White, T., Latty, T. and Umbers, K. (2022), 'The exploitation of sexual signals by predators : a meta-analysis', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol 289, no 1976 .
• Saunders, M., Barton, P., Bickerstaff, J., Frost, L., Latty, T., Lessard, B., Lowe, E., Rodriguez, J., White, T. and Umbers, K. (2021), 'Limited understanding of bushfire impacts on Australian invertebrates', Insect Conservation and Diversity, vol 14, no 3 , pp 285 - 293.
• Camac, J., Umbers, K., Morgan, J., Geange, S., Hanea, A., Slatyer, R., McDougall, K., Venn, S., Vesk, P., Hoffmann, A. and Nicotra, A. (2021), 'Predicting species and community responses to global change using structured expert judgement : an Australian mountain ecosystems case study', Global Change Biology, vol 27, no 18 , pp 4420 - 4434.
• White, T. and Umbers, K. (2021), 'Meta-analytic evidence for quantitative honesty in aposematic signals', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol 288, no 1949 .
• Ryeland, J., House, C., Umbers, K. and Spencer, R. (2021), 'Optimal clutch size and male incubation investment in the male-only incubating emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 75, no 12 .
• Song, H., Muschett, G., Woller, D., Slatyer, R., Tatarnic, N. and Umbers, K. (2021), 'Taxonomic notes on the Australian skyhopper genus Kosciuscola Sjostedt (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oxyinae)', Zootaxa, vol 5071, no 1 , pp 118 - 130.
• De Bona, S., White, T. and Umbers, K. (2020), 'Fight or flight trade-offs and the defensive behaviour of the mountain katydid, Acripeza reticulata', Animal Behaviour, vol 159 , pp 81 - 87.
• Vidal-Garcia, M., O?Hanlon, J., Svenson, G. and Umbers, K. (2020), 'The evolution of startle displays : a case study in praying mantises', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol 287, no 1934 .
• Umbers, K., Riley, J., Kelly, M., Taylor-Dalton, G., Lawrence, J. and Byrne, P. (2020), 'Educating the enemy : harnessing learned avoidance behavior in wild predators to increase survival of reintroduced southern corroboree frogs', Conservation Science and Practice, vol 2, no 1 .
• Umbers, K., White, T., De Bona, S., Haff, T., Ryeland, J., Drinkwater, E. and Mappes, J. (2019), 'The protective value of a defensive display varies with the experience of wild predators', Scientific Reports, vol 9 .
• Ahrens, C., Rymer, P., Stow, A., Bragg, J., Dillon, S., Umbers, K. and Dudaniec, R. (2018), 'The search for loci under selection : trends, biases and progress', Molecular Ecology, vol 27, no 6 , pp 1342 - 1356.
• Fabricant, S., Burdfield-Steel, E., Umbers, K., Lowe, E. and Herberstein, M. (2018), 'Warning signal plasticity in hibiscus harlequin bugs', Evolutionary Ecology, vol 32, no 5 , pp 489 - 507.
• Muschett, G., Umbers, K. and Herberstein, M. (2018), 'Male mate choice in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)', Ethology, vol 124, no 10 , pp 751 - 759.
• O?Hanlon, J., Rathnayake, D., Barry, K. and Umbers, K. (2018), 'Post-attack defensive displays in three praying mantis species', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 72, no 11 .
• Mahoney, P., Tatarnic, N., O?Hanlon, J. and Umbers, K. (2017), 'Mate guarding and male mate choice in the chameleon grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis (Orthoptera: Acrididae)', Journal of Ethology, vol 35, no 2 , pp 197 - 201.
• Muschett, G., Umbers, K. and Herberstein, M. (2017), 'Within-season variability of fighting behaviour in an Australian alpine grasshopper', PLoS One, vol 12, no 4 .
• Umbers, K., De Bona, S., White, T., Lehtonen, J., Mappes, J. and Endler, J. (2017), 'Deimatism : a neglected component of antipredator defence', Biology Letters, vol 13, no 4 .
• Drinkwater, E., Ryeland, J., Haff, T. and Umbers, K. (2017), 'A novel observation of food dunking in the Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen', Australian Field Ornithology, vol 34 , pp 95 - 97.
• Umbers, K. and Mappes, J. (2016), 'Towards a tractable working hypothesis for deimatic displays', Animal Behaviour, vol 113 , pp 5 - 7.
• Umbers, K., McBride, C., Despres, F., Williamson, J. and Stow, A. (2016), 'Genetic structure of mourning cuttlefish (Sepia plangon Gray, 1849) in Sydney Harbour, Australia', Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol 82, no 1 , pp 187 - 192.
• Umbers, K., Silla, A., Bailey, J., Shaw, A. and Byrne, P. (2016), 'Dietary carotenoids change the colour of Southern corroboree frogs', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol 119, no 2 , pp 436 - 444.
• Kahlke, T. and Umbers, K. (2016), 'Bioluminescence', Current Biology, vol 26, no 8 , pp 313 - 314.
• Umbers, K., Byatt, L., Hill, N., Bartolini, R., Hose, G., Herberstein, M. and Power, M. (2015), 'Prevalence and molecular identification of nematode and dipteran parasites in an Australian alpine grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)', PLoS One, vol 10, no 4 .
• White, T., Dalrymple, R., Noble, D., O'Hanlon, J., Zurek, D. and Umbers, K. (2015), 'Reproducible research in the study of biological coloration', Animal Behaviour, vol 106 , pp 51 - 57.
• Lopez-Sepulcre, A., De Bona, S., Valkonen, J., Umbers, K. and Mappes, J. (2015), 'Item Response Trees : a recommended method for analyzing categorical data in behavioral studies', Behavioral Ecology, vol 26, no 5 , pp 1268 - 1273.
• Umbers, K., Symonds, M. and Kokko, H. (2015), 'The mothematics of female pheromone signaling : strategies for aging virgins', American Naturalist, vol 185, no 3 , pp 417 - 432.
• Umbers, K. and Mappes, J. (2015), 'Postattack deimatic display in the mountain katydid, Acripeza reticulata', Animal Behaviour, vol 100 , pp 68 - 73.
• Umbers, K., Lehtonen, J. and Mappes, J. (2015), 'Deimatic displays', Current Biology, vol 25, no 2 , pp 58 - 59.
• Slatyer, R., Nash, M., Miller, A., Endo, Y., Umbers, K. and Hoffmann, A. (2014), 'Strong genetic structure corresponds to small-scale geographic breaks in the Australian alpine grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis', BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol 14, no 1 .
• Umbers, K., Fabricant, S., Gawryszewski, F., Seago, A. and Herberstein, M. (2014), 'Reversible colour change in Arthropoda', Biological Reviews, vol 89, no 4 , pp 820 - 848.
• Keogh, J., Umbers, K., Wilson, E., Stapley, J. and Whiting, M. (2013), 'Influence of alternate reproductive tactics and pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection on paternity and offspring performance in a lizard', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 67, no 4 , pp 629 - 638.
• Umbers, K., Tatarnic, N., Holwell, G. and Herberstein, M. (2013), 'Bright turquoise as an intraspecific signal in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 67, no 3 , pp 439 - 447.
• Umbers, K., Herberstein, M. and Madin, J. (2013), 'Colour in insect thermoregulation : empirical and theoretical tests in the colour-changing grasshopper, Kosciuscola tristis', Journal of Insect Physiology, vol 59, no 1 , pp 81 - 90.
• Osborne, L., Umbers, K. and Keogh, J. (2013), 'The effects of perch height, time in residence and distance from opponent on aggressive display in male lizards', Acta Ethologica, vol 16, no 1 , pp 41 - 46.
• Tatarnic, N., Umbers, K. and Song, H. (2013), 'Molecular phylogeny of the Kosciuscola grasshoppers endemic to the Australian alpine and montane regions', Invertebrate Systematics, vol 27, no 3 , pp 307 - 316.
• Umbers, K. (2013), 'On the perception, production and function of blue colouration in animals', Journal of Zoology, vol 289, no 4 , pp 229 - 242.
• Umbers, K., Dennison, S., Manahan, C., Blondin, L., Pages, C., Risterucci, A. and Chapuis, M. (2012), 'Microsatellite markers for the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), an Australian alpine specialist', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol 13, no 9 , pp 12094 - 12099.
• Osborne, L., Umbers, K., Backwell, P. and Keogh, J. (2012), 'Male tawny dragons use throat patterns to recognize rivals', Naturwissenschaften, vol 99, no 10 , pp 869 - 872.
• Umbers, K., Tatarnic, N., Holwell, G. and Herberstein, M. (2012), 'Ferocious fighting between male grasshoppers', PLoS One, vol 7, no 11 .
• Umbers, K., Osborne, L. and Keogh, J. (2012), 'The effects of residency and body size on contest initiation and outcome in the territorial dragon, Ctenophorus decresii', PLoS One, vol 7, no 10 .
• Umbers, K., Jennions, M., Gardner, M. and Keogh, J. (2012), 'Twenty-five new polymorphic microsatellites for the eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki (Actinopterygii : Poeciliidae), an invasive species in Australia', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol 60, no 4 , pp 235 - 237.
• Umbers, K., Holwell, G., Stow, A. and Herberstein, M. (2011), 'Molecular evidence for variation in polyandry among praying mantids (Mantodea: Ciulfina)', Journal of Zoology, vol 284, no 1 , pp 40 - 45.
• Umbers, K. (2011), 'Turn the temperature to turquoise : cues for colour change in the male chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)', Journal of Insect Physiology, vol 57, no 9 , pp 1198 - 1204.
• Attard, C., Holwell, G., Schwartz, T., Umbers, K., Stow, A., Herberstein, M. and Beheregaray, L. (2009), 'Microsatellite markers for the praying mantid Ciulfina rentzi (Liturgusidae)', Molecular Ecology Resources, vol 9, no 6 , pp 1480 - 1482.