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Research Interests: Ecology, Behavior, Evolution, Herpetology, Sexual selection, Life history evolution, Senescence, Chemical ecology
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2008  Graves, B.M. Distribution of reproductive effort across the life span in human males. Evolution and Human Behavior. Under Review.

2007 Graves, B.M. Sexual selection effects on the evolution of senescence. Evolutionary Ecology 21:663-668.
2006 Graves, B.M., M. Strand, and A. Lindsay. A reassessment of sexual dimorphism in human senescence: theory, evidence, and causation. American Journal of Human Biology 18:161-168.
2005 Gardner, E.A., and B.M. Graves. Effects of territory intruders on display behavior of Dendrobates pumilio. Journal of Herpetology 39:248-253.
2005 Graves, B.M., K.A. Stanley, and E.A Gardner. Correlates of vocal display in a Costa Rican population of Strawberry Poison-dart Frogs, Dendrobates pumilio. Journal of Herpetology 39:101-107.
2005 Graves, B.M., and J.J. Krupa. Bufo cognatus. In Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Pp. 401-404. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
2004 Jermakowicz, W.J., D.A. Dorsey, A.L. Brown, K. Wojciechowski, C.L. Giscombe, B.M. Graves, C.H. Summers, and G.R. Ten Eyck. Development of the nasal chemosensory organs in two terrestrial anurans: the directly developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae) and the metamorphosing
toad, Bufo americanus (Anura: Bufonidae). Journal of Morphology 261:225-248.
2004 Nelson, G.L. and B.M. Graves. Anuran population monitoring: comparison of the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program’s calling index with mark-recapture estimates for Rana clamitans. Journal of Herpetology 38:14-18.
2002 Placyk, J.S. and B.M. Graves. Prey detection by vomeronasal chemoreception in a plethodontid salamander. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28:1017-1036.
2001 Placyk, J.S. and B.M. Graves. Foraging behavior of the red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) under various lighting conditions. Journal of Herpetology 35:521-524.
2001 Placyk, J.S. and B.M. Graves. Natural History Note: Plethodon cinereus. Site attachment. Herpetological Review 32:246.
2001 Placyk, J.S., Jr., and B.M. Graves. A new technique for observing redback salamanders, Plethodon cinereus, in the absence of visual stimuli. Herpetological Review 32:94-95.
2000 Graves, B.M. and V.S. Quinn. Temporal persistence of alarm pheromones in skin secretions of the salamander, Plethodon cinereus. Journal of Herpetology 34:287-291.
2000 Placyk, J.S., L. Torretti, and B. M. Graves. Natural History Note: Plethodon cinereus. Intraspecific Aggregation. Herpetological Review 31:167.
1999 Graves, B.M. Diel activity patterns of the sympatric poison dart frogs, Dendrobates auratus and D. pumilio in Costa Rica. Journal of Herpetology 33:375-381.
1999 Quinn, V.S. and B.M. Graves. Space use in response to conspecifics by the red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus, Plethodontidae, Caudata). Ethology 105:993-1002.

1999 Quinn, V.S. and B.M. Graves. A technique for sexing red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus). Herpetological Review 30:32.

1998 Quinn, V.S. and B.M. Graves. Responses to the odors of conspecifics by the crayfish Orconectes virilis. Crustaceana 71:856-861.
1998 Quinn, V.S. and B.M. Graves. Home pond discrimination using chemical cues in Chrysemys picta. Journal of Herpetology 32:457-461.
1997 Flowers, M.A. and B.M. Graves. Juvenile toads avoid chemical cues from snake predators. Animal Behaviour 53:641-646.
1996 Swanson, D.L., B.M. Graves, and K.L. Koster. Freezing tolerance/intolerance and cryoprotectant synthesis in terrestrially overwintering anurans in the Great Plains, USA. Journal of Comparative Physiology B
166:110-119.
1995 Flowers, M.A. and B.M. Graves. Prey selectivity and size-specific diet changes in Bufo cognatus and B. woodhousei during early postmetamorphic ontogeny. Journal of Herpetology 29:608-612.
1995 Graves, B.M and D. Duvall. Effects of sexually transmitted disease on heritable variation in sexually selected systems. Animal Behaviour 50:1129-1131.
1995 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. Aggregation in squamate reptiles associated with gestation, oviposition, and parturition. Herpetological Monographs 9:102-119.
1995 Swanson, D.L. and B.M. Graves. Supercooling and freeze intolerance in overwintering juvenile plains spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus bombifrons). Journal of Herpetology 29:280-285.
1994 Graves, B.M. The role of nasolabial grooves and the vomeronasal system in recognition of home area by redback salamanders. Animal Behaviour 47:1216-1219.
1993 Graves, B.M., C.H. Summers, and K.L. Olmstead. Sensory mediation of aggregation among postmetamorphic Bufo cognatus. Journal of Herpetology 27:315-319.
1993 Graves, B.M., M. Halpern, and J.C. Gillingham. Effects of peripheral deafferentation of the vomeronasal system on home range use in eastern garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Animal Behaviour 45:307-311.
1993 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. Reproduction, rookery use, and thermoregulation in free-ranging pregnant Crotalus viridis viridis. Journal of Herpetology 27:33-41.
1993 Graves, B.M. Mechanisms of odorant delivery and functional domain of the squamate vomeronasal system. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 41:198-202.
1991 Graves, B.M. Consumption of an adult mouse by a free-ranging neonate prairie rattlesnake. Southwestern Naturalist 36:143.
1991 Graves, B.M and M. Halpern. Discrimination of self from conspecific odors in the skink, Tiliqua scincoides. Journal of Herpetology 25:125-127.
1991 Graves, B.M., M. Halpern and J.L. Friesen. Snake aggregation pheromones: source and chemosensory mediation in western ribbon snakes (Thamnophis proximus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 105:140-144.
1990 Graves, B.M. Natural History Note: Crotalus viridis viridis (Prairie Rattlesnake). Predation. Herpetological Review 20:71-72.
1990 Graves, B.M. and M. Halpern. The role of vomeronasal organ chemoreception in tongue flicking, exploration, and feeding behaviours of the lizard, Chalcides ocellatus. Animal Behaviour 39:692-698.
1990 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. Spring emergence patterns of prairie rattlesnakes and wandering garter snakes in Wyoming. Journal of Herpetology 24:351-356.
1989 Graves, B.M. Defensive behavior of female prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis) changes after parturition. Copeia 1989: 791-794.
1989 Graves, B.M. and M. Halpern. Chemical access to the vomeronasal organs of the lizard, Chalcides ocellatus. Journal of Experimental Zoology 249:150-157.
1988 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. Evidence of an alarm pheromone from the cloacal sacs of prairie rattlesnakes. Southwestern Naturalist 33:339-345.
1988 Graves, B.M. and M. Halpern. Neonate plains garter snakes (Thamnophis radix) are attracted to conspecific skin extracts. Journal of Comparative Psychology 102:251-253.
1987 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. An experimental study of aggregation and thermoregulation in prairie rattlesnakes, Crotalus viridis viridis. Herpetologica 43:259-264.
1987 Graves, B.M., G.C. Carpenter, and D. Duvall. Chemosensory behaviors of neonate prairie rattlesnakes, Crotalus viridis. Southwestern Naturalist 32:515-517.
1987 Duvall, D., B.M. Graves, and G.C. Carpenter. Visual and chemical composite signaling effects of Sceloporus lizard fecal boli. Copeia 1987:1028-1031.
1986 Graves, B.M., D. Duvall, M.B. King, S.L.Lindstedt, and W. A. Gern. Initial den location by neonatal prairie rattlesnakes: Functions, causes, and Natural history in chemical ecology. In: D. Duvall, D. Muller-Schwarze, and R.M. Silverstein (eds.), Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 4. Plenum. New York.
1985 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. Avomic prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis) fail to attack rodent prey. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 7:161-166.
1985 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. Mouth gaping and head shaking by prairie rattlesnakes are associated with vomeronasal organ olfaction. Copeia 1985:496-497.
1985 Mackay-Sim, A., D. Duvall, and B.M. Graves. Manatee (Trichechus manatus) lacks vomero-nasal organ. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 27:186-194.
1983 Duvall, D., M.B. King, and B.M. Graves. Fossil and comparative evidence for possible chemical signaling in the mammal-like reptiles. In: D. Muller-Schwarze and R.M. Silverstein (eds), Chemical Signals 3. Plenum, N.Y.
1983 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. Paleoethological inference: therapsids as a model system. American Biology Teacher. 45:325-333.
1983 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. Occurrence and function of prairie rattlesnake mouth gaping in a non-feeding context. Journal of Experimental Zoology 227:471-474.
1983 Graves, B.M. and D. Duvall. A role for aggregation pheromones in the evolution of mammal-like reptile lactation. American Naturalist 122:835-839.
     

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