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Name: Sara Lewis
Title: Professor of Biology
Departmental Affiliation: Biology Department
Degrees: Ph.D. Duke University; A.B. Harvard College
Expertise: Evolutionary and Behavioral Ecology
Major Awards: National Science Foundation Research Awards 1998-2009; USDA Competitive Research Award 2006-2010; Smithsonian Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Visiting Scientist 2002-2008; Radcliffe Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship; American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Fellowship; Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellowship; NSF Graduate Fellowship
E-mail: sara.lewis@tufts.edu

Other websites: http://ase.tufts.edu/biology/faculty/lewis
Scholarship & Research: Lewis, S.M. and R.D. Rotjan. 2009. Vacancy chains provide aggregate benefits to Coenobita clypeatus hermit crabs. Ethology, in press.

Tigreros, N., A. South, T. Fedina, and S.M. Lewis. 2009. Does fertilization by proxy occur in Tribolium beetles? A replicated study of a novel mechanism of sperm transfer. Animal Behaviour, in press.

LeVan, K.*, T. Fedina, and S.M. Lewis. 2008. Testing multiple hypotheses for the maintenance of male homosexual copulatory behavior in flour beetles. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, in press.

Rotjan, R.D. and S.M. Lewis. 2008. The impact of coral predators on tropical reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 367: 73–91.

Fedina, T*. and S.M. Lewis. 2008. An integrative view of sexual selection in Tribolium flour beetles. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 83: 151-171.

South, A*., T. Sota, N. Abe, M. Yuma, and S.M. Lewis. 2008. The production and transfer of spermatophores in three Asian species of Luciola fireflies. Journal of Insect Physiology 54; 861-866.

Lewis, S.M. and C.K. Cratsley. 2008. Flash signal evolution, mate choice and predation in fireflies. Annual Review of Entomology 53:293–321.

Woods, W., H. Hendrickson, J. Mason, and S.M. Lewis. 2007. Energy and predation costs of firefly courtship signals. The American Naturalist, in press.

Demary, K. and S.M. Lewis 2007. Male courtship attractiveness and paternity success in Photinus greeni fireflies. Evolution 61:431-439.

Fedina, T. and S.M. Lewis. 2006. Proximal traits and mechanisms for biasing paternity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60:844-853.

Rotjan, R.D. and S.M. Lewis. 2006. Parrotfish abundance and selective corallivory on a Belizean coral reef. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, in press.

Michaelidis, C.*, Demary, K., and S.M. Lewis. 2006. Male courtship signals and female signal assessment in Photinus greeni fireflies. Behavioral Ecology 17:329-335.

Rotjan, R.D. and S.M. Lewis. 2005. Selective predation by parrotfishes on the reef coral, Porites asteroides. Marine Ecology Progress Series 305: 193-201.

Lewis, S.M., C.K. Cratsley, and K. Demary. 2004. Mate recognition and choice in Photinus fireflies. Annales Zoologici Fennici 41:809-821.

Fedina, T.Y. and S.M. Lewis. 2004. Female influence over offspring paternity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Proc. Royal Society of London 271:1393-1399.

Lewis, S.M. 2004. Multiple mating and repeated copulations; effects on male reproductive success in red flour beetles. Animal Behaviour 67:799-804.

Rotjan R.D., J. Blum, and S.M. Lewis. 2004. Shell choice in Pagarus longicarpus hermit crabs: does predation threat influence shell choice behavior? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56:171-176.

Lewis, S. M. and J. E. Lloyd. 2003. Summer flings: firefly courtship, sex, and death. Natural History, July/August: 44-49.

Cratsley, C.K. and S.M. Lewis. 2003. Female preference for male courtship flashes in Photinus ignitus fireflies. Behavioral Ecology 14: 135-140.

Trimmer, B.A., J.R. Aprille, D.M. Dudzinski, C.J. Lagace, S.M. Lewis, T. Michel, S. Qazi, and R.M. Zayas. 2001. Nitric oxide and the control of firefly flashing. Science 292: 2486-2488.

Pechenik, J. and S.M. Lewis. 2000. Avoidance of drilled gastropod shells by Pagurus longicarpus hermit crabs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 253:17-32.

Masonjones, H.D. and S.M. Lewis. 2000. Differences in potential reproductive rates of male and female seahorses related to courthsip roles. Animal Behaviour 59: 11-20.

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