Evans, J. P. 2009 No evidence for sperm priming responses under varying sperm competition risk or intensity in guppies. Naturwissenschaften 96: 771-779
Zajitschek, S. R. K., Lindholm, A. K., Evans, J. P. & Brooks, R. C. 2009 Experimental Evidence that high levels of inbreeding depress sperm competitiveness. J. Evol. Biol. 22: 1338-1345
Binks, R. M., Lukehurst, S., García-González, F. & Evans, J. P. 2009 Characterization of microsatellite loci for the Australian sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma. Mol. Ecol. Res. 9: 1259-1261
Fitzpatrick, J. L. & Evans, J. P. 2009 Reduced heterozygosity impairs sperm quality in endangered mammals. Biol. Lett. 5: 320-323
Young, M. J., Simmons, L. W. & Evans, J. P. 2009 Isolation and characterization of 12 novel DNA microsatellites in the western rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis. Mol. Ecol. Res. 9: 1252-1254
Humphries, S., Evans, J. P. & Simmons, L. W. 2008 Sperm competition: linking form to function. BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 319
Evans, J. P. & Kelley, J. L. 2008 Implications of multiple mating for offspring relatedness and shoaling behaviour in juvenile guppies. Biol. Lett. 4: 623-626
Evans, J. P., Brooks, R. C., Zajitschek, S. R. K. & Griffith, S. C. 2008 Does genetic relatedness of mates influence competitive fertilization success in guppies? Evolution 62: 2929-2935
Simmons, L. W., Beveridge, M. & Evans, J. P. 2008 Molecular evidence for multiple paternity in a feral population of green swordtails. J. Hered. 99: 610-615
Evans, J. P. & Simmons, L. W. 2008 The genetic basis of traits regulating sperm competition and polyandry: can selection favour the evolution of good- and sexy-sperm? Genetica 134: 5-19
Evans, J. P. & Rutstein, A. 2008 Postcopulatory sexual selection favours intrinsically good sperm competitors. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 1167-1173
Pilastro, A. Boschetto, C. Gasparini, C. & Evans, J. P. 2008 Colorful male guppies do not provide females with fecundity benefits. Behav. Ecol. 19: 374-381
Marshall, D. J. & Evans, J. P. 2007 Context-dependent genetic benefits of polyandry in a marine hermaphrodite. Biol. Lett. 3: 685-688
Evans, J. P., García-González, F & Marshall, D. J. 2007. Sources of genetic and phenotypic variance in fertilization rates and larval traits in a sea urchin. Evolution 61: 2832-2838
Evans, J. P., Gasparini, C. & Pilastro, A. 2007 Female guppies shorten brood retention in response to predator cues. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61: 719-727
Zajitschek, S. R. K., Evans, J. P. & Brooks, R. 2006 Independent effects of familiarity and mating preferences for ornamental traits on mating decisions in guppies. Behav. Ecol. 17: 911-916
Locatello, L., Rasotto, M. B., Evans, J. P. & Pilastro, A. 2006 Colourful male guppies produce faster and more viable sperm. J. Evol. Biol. 19: 1595-1602
Mariette, M., Kelley, J. L., Brooks, R. & Evans, J. P. 2006 The effects of inbreeding on male courtship and coloration in guppies. Ethology 112: 807-814
Marshall, D. J. & Evans, J. P. 2005 Does egg competition occur in marine broadcast-spawners? J. Evol. Biol 18: 1244-1252
Ojanguren, A. F., Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 2005 Multiple mating influences offspring size in guppies. J. Fish Biol. 67: 1184-1188
Marshall, D. J. & Evans, J. P. 2005 The benefits of polyandry in the free-spawning polychaete Galeolaria caespitosa. J. Evol. Biol. 18: 735-741
Evans, J. P. & Marshall, D. J. 2005 Male-by-female interactions influence fertilization success and mediate the benefits of polyandry in the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma. Evolution 59: 106-112.
Evans, J. P., Kelley, J. L., Bisazza, A., E. Finazzo & Pilastro, A. 2004 Sire attractiveness influences offspring performance in guppies. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271: 2035-2042
Evans, J. P., Bisazza, A. & Pilastro, A. 2004 Female mating preferences for colourful males in a population of guppies subject to high predation. J. Fish Biol. 65: 1154-1159
Marshall, D. J., Steinberg, P. D. & Evans, J. P. 2004 The early sperm gets the good egg: mating order effects in free spawners Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 271: 1585-1589
Pilastro, A. Simonato, M., Bisazza, A. & Evans, J. P. 2004 Cryptic female preference for colorful males in guppies. Evolution 58: 665--669
Evans, J. P., Zane, L., Francescato, S. & Pilastro, A. 2003. Directional postcopulatory sexual selection revealed by artificial insemination. Nature 421: 360-363
Evans, J. P., Pilastro, A. & Ramnarine, I. W. 2003. Sperm transfer through forced matings and its evolutionary implications in natural guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 78: 605-612
Evans, J. P., Pierotti, M. & Pilastro A. 2003. Male mating behavior and ejaculate expenditure under sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquitofish. Behav. Ecol. 14: 268-273
Kelley, J. L., Evans J. P., Ramnarine, I. W. & Magurran, A. E. 2003. Back to school: can antipredator behaviour in guppies be enhanced through social learning? Anim. Behav. 65: 655-662
Evans, J. P., Kelley, J. L., Ramnarine, I. W. & Pilastro, A. 2002. Female behaviour mediates male courtship under predation risk in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 52: 496-502
Pilastro, A., Evans, J. P., Sartorelli, S. & Bisazza, A. 2002. Male phenotype predicts insemination success in guppies. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269: 1325-1330
Evans, J. P., Pitcher, T. E. & Magurran, A. E. 2002. The ontogeny of courtship, colour and sperm production in male guppies (Poecilia reticulata). J. Fish Biol. 60: 495-498
Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 2001. Patterns of sperm precedence and predictors of paternity in the Trinidadian guppy. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268: 719-724
Pitcher, T. E. & Evans, J. P. 2001. Male phenotype and sperm number in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Can. J. Zool. 79: 1891-1896
Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 2000. Multiple benefits of multiple mating in guppies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76: 10074-10076
Geffen, A. J. & Evans, J. P. 2000. Sperm traits and fertilization success of male and sex-reversed female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture 182: 61-72
Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 1999. Geographic variation in sperm production by Trinidadian guppies. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 266: 2083-2087
Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 1999. Male mating behaviour and sperm production characteristics under varying sperm competition risk in guppies. Anim Behav. 58: 1001-1006
Evans, J. P. & Geffen, A. J. 1998. Male characteristics, sperm traits and reproductive success in winter-spawning Celtic Sea Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus. Mar. Biol. 132: 179-186
Matthews, I. M., Evans, J. P. & Magurran, A. E. 1997. Male display rate reveals ejaculate characteristics in the Trinidadian guppy Poecilia reticulata. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264: 695-700
Book Chapters
Evans, J. P. & Meisner, A. D. Copulatory structures: taxonomic overview and the potential for sexual selection. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Fishes. (B. G. M. Jamieson, ed.). Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire, USA (scheduled for publication in 2009)