Ariel Kahrl's Full CV
Publications
22. Kahrl, A. F., Snook, R. R., & Fitzpatrick, J. L. 2022. Fertilization mode differentially impacts the evolution of vertebrate sperm components. Nature Communications. 13(1): 1-9. [PDF]
21. Fargevieille, A., A. M. Reedy, A. F. Kahrl, T. S. Mitchell, A. M. Durso, D. M. Delaney, P. R. Pearson, R. M. Cox, and D. A. Warner. 2022. Propagule size and sex ratio influence colonisation dynamics after introduction of a non-native lizard. Journal of Animal Ecology 91(4): 845-857.
20. Fernlund Isaksson, E., Reuland, C., Kahrl, A. F., Devigili, A., and Fitzpatrick, J. L. 2022. Resource-dependent investment in male sexual traits in a viviparous fish. Behavioral Ecology, 33(5), 954-966. [PDF]
19. Fitzpatrick, J.L., A.F. Kahrl, and R.R. Snook. 2021. SpermTree, a species-level database of sperm morphology spanning the animal tree of life. Scientific Data. 9(1): 1-6. [PDF]
18. Kahrl, A.F., M.C. Kustra, A.M. Reedy, R. Bhave, H.A. Seears, D.A. Warner, and R.M. Cox. 2021. Selection on sperm count but not sperm morphology or velocity in a wild population of Anolis lizards. Cells. 10, 2369. [PDF]
17. Kahrl, A.F., R.R. Snook, J.L. Fitzpatrick. 2021. Fertilization mode drives sperm length evolution across the animal tree of life. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://rdcu.be/cmVPy
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16. McDiarmid, C, R. Li, A.F Kahrl, M. Rowe, S. Griffith. 2021. Sperm Sizer: a program to semi-automate the measurement of sperm length. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 75(5), 1-8. [PDF]
15. Martin, K.S.*, A.F. Kahrl*, B.M. Ivanov, M.A. Johnson. 2021. Use it and bruise it: copulation rates are associated with muscle inflammation across anole lizard species. Journal of Zoology. *=co-first authors [PDF]
14. Reuland, C., B.M Culbert, E.F. Isaksson, A.F. Kahrl, A. Devigili, J.L. Fitzpatrick. 2020. Male-male behavioral interactions drive social-dominance mediated differences in ejaculate traits. Behavioral Ecology. araa118. [PDF]
13. Friesen, C. R., A.F. Kahrl, M. Olsson. 2020. Sperm competition in reptiles. Philosophical Transactions B. (1813), 20200079. [PDF]
12. Kustra, M.C., A.F. Kahrl, A.M. Reedy, D.A. Warner, R.M. Cox. 2019. Sperm morphology and count vary with fine-scale changes in local density in a wild lizard population. Oecologia. 191 (3): 555-564. [PDF]
11. Reuland, C., B.M. Culbert, A. Devigili, A.F. Kahrl, J.L. Fitzpatrick. 2019. Contrasting female mate preferences for red coloration in a fish. Current Zoology, zoz052. [PDF]
10. Ogden,H.J.P., R.A. de Boer, A. Devigili, C. Reuland, A.F. Kahrl, J.L. Fitzpatrick. 2019. Male mate choice for large gravid spots in a livebearing fish. Behavioral Ecology, arz156. [PDF]
9. Rowley, A., L. Locatello, L., A.F. Kahrl, M. Rego, A. Boussard, E. Garza‐ Gisholt R. M. Kempster, S. P. Collin, E. Giacomello, M. C. Follesa, C. Porcu, J. P. Evans, F. Hazin, F. Garcia‐Gonzalez, T. Daly‐Engel, C. Mazzoldi, J. L. Fitzpatrick. 2019. Sexual selection and the evolution of sperm morphology in sharks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32(10): 1027-1035. [PDF]
8. Kahrl, A.F., M.A. Johnson, R.M. Cox. 2019. Rapid evolution of testis size relative to sperm morphology suggests that post‐copulatory selection targets sperm number in Anolis lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32(4): 302-309. [PDF]
7. Kahrl, A.F., B.M. Ivanov, K.C. Wollenberg, M.A. Johnson. 2018. Ecomorphology within an ecomorph: Variation in morphology, ecology, and behavior within the Anolis cybotes species group. Herpetologica 74(1): 29-37. [PDF]
6. Kahrl, A.F., R.M. Cox. 2017. Consistent differences in sperm morphology and testis size between native and introduced populations of three Anolis lizard species. Journal of Herptetology 51(4): 532-537. [PDF]
5. Ren, T., Kahrl, A.F., Wu, M., and R.M. Cox. 2016. Does adaptive radiation of a host lineage promote ecological diversity of its bacterial communities? A test using gut microbiota of Anolis lizards. Molecular Ecology 25 (19): 4793-4804. [PDF]
4. Kahrl, A.F., C.L. Cox, and R.M. Cox. 2016. Correlated evolution between targets of pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection across squamate reptiles. Ecology and Evolution. 6(18): 6452-6459. [PDF]
3. Kahrl, A.F. and R.M. Cox. 2015. Diet affects ejaculate traits in a lizard with condition-dependent fertilization success. Behavioral Ecology, arv105. [PDF]
2. Cox, R.M. and A.F. Kahrl. 2014. Sexual Selection and Sexual Dimorphism. Chapter 4 in: Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara. (Eds. J. L. Rheubert, D. S. Siegel, S. E. Trauth and B. G. Jamieson). CRC Press. [Link]
1. Kahrl, A.F., R. H. Laushman, and A. J. Roles. 2014. Evidence for multiple paternity in two species of Orconectes crayfish. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 92(11): 985-988. [PDF]