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Associate Professor Terry Ord

Associate Professor Terry Ord

Associate Professor
Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in how phylogeny, natural selection and sexual selection contribute to the evolution of behavioural diversity. I combine large-scale phylogenetic comparative analysis across species and targeted experimental study within species to investigate macro- and microevolutionary processes shaping behaviour and other sexually-selected traits. From more details, see ordlab.unsw.edu.au

videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/terryjord
Phone
+ 61 2 9065 1192
E-mail
t.ord@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 5106, Level 5, Biological Sciences South (E26)
  • Book Chapters | 2010
    Ord T; Martins EP, 2010, 'The evolution of behavior: phylogeny and the origin of present-day diversity', in Westneat D; Fox C (ed.), Evolutionary Behavioural Ecology, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 108 - 128
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Ord T, 2010, 'Phylogeny and the evolution of communication', in Breed MD; Moore J (ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 652 - 660
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Ord T, 2010, 'Phylogeny', in Mills DS; Marchant Forde JN; McGreevy PD; Morton DB; Nicol CJ; Phillips CJC; Sandoe P; Swaisgood RR (ed.), The encyclopedia of applied animal behaviour and welfare, CABI, Cambridge MA, pp. 471 - 473
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Ord TJ, 2010, 'Evolution and Phylogeny of Communication', in Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Volume-Three Set, pp. V1-652-V1-660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00017-6
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Ord TJ, 2009, 'Evolution and Phylogeny of Communication', in Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, pp. 652 - 660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00017-6
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Ord TJ; Martins EP, 2004, 'Behavioral phylogeny: the evolutionary origins of behavior', in Bekoff M (ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Greenwood Press, Westport, pp. 87 - 92
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Ord TJ; Surovic EA; Vaz DFB; Irisarri I, 2024, 'Abiotic factors that prompt major ecological transitions: Are fish on land to escape an intolerable aquatic environment?', Functional Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14672
    Journal articles | 2023
    Campbell NE; Ord TJ, 2023, 'Wild kangaroos become more social when caring for young and may maintain long-term affiliations with popular individuals', Animal Behaviour, 205, pp. 183 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.011
    Journal articles | 2023
    Iglesias-Carrasco M; Medina I; Ord TJ, 2023, 'Global effects of forest modification on herpetofauna communities', Conservation Biology, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13998
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ord TJ; Diesmos A; Ahmad N; Das I, 2023, 'Evolutionary loss of complexity in animal signals: cause and consequence', Evolution, 77, pp. 660 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpac057
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ord TJ, 2023, 'Drought-induced relocation of ant colonies and its consequences for the long-term spatial ecology of a population under stress', Functional Ecology, 37, pp. 2231 - 2245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14383
    Journal articles | 2022
    Iglesias-Carrasco M; Cabido C; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Natural toxins leached from Eucalyptus globulus plantations affect the development and life-history of anuran tadpoles', Freshwater Biology, 67, pp. 378 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13847
    Journal articles | 2022
    Nelson CMV; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Identifying potential cues of species identity in complex animal signals', Animal Behaviour, 186, pp. 121 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.02.001
    Journal articles | 2022
    Nelson CMV; Sherwin WB; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Why does the complexity of functionally equivalent signals vary across closely related species?', Behavioral Ecology, 33, pp. 926 - 936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac050
    Journal articles | 2022
    Summers TC; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Female preference for super-sized male ornaments and its implications for the evolution of ornament allometry', Evolutionary Ecology, 36, pp. 701 - 716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10682-022-10181-w
    Journal articles | 2022
    Summers TC; Ord TJ, 2022, 'Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco lizards', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 35, pp. 1508 - 1523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14102
    Journal articles | 2022
    Summers TC; Ord TJ, 2022, 'The stabilising impact of natural selection on the allometry of sexual ornaments: Fish that escape locomotor constraints exhibit extravagant ornamentation', Functional Ecology, 36, pp. 500 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13968
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ord TJ; Blazek K; White TE; Das I, 2021, 'Conspicuous animal signals avoid the cost of predation by being intermittent or novel: Confirmation in the wild using hundreds of robotic prey', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, pp. 20210706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0706
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ord TJ; Klomp DA; Summers TC; Diesmos A; Ahmad N; Das I, 2021, 'Deep-time convergent evolution in animal communication presented by shared adaptations for coping with noise in lizards and other animals', Ecology Letters, 24, pp. 1750 - 1761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13773
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ord TJ, 2021, 'Costs of territoriality: a review of hypotheses, meta-analysis, and field study', Oecologia, 197, pp. 615 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05068-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Ord TJ; Garcia-Porta J; Querejeta M; Collar DC, 2020, 'Gliding dragons and flying squirrels: Diversifying versus stabilizing selection on morphology following the evolution of an innovation', American Naturalist, 195, pp. E51 - E66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/706305
    Journal articles | 2020
    Ord TJ; Hundt PJ, 2020, 'Crossing extreme habitat boundaries: Jack-of-all-trades facilitates invasion but is eroded by adaptation to a master-of-one', Functional Ecology, 34, pp. 1404 - 1415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13600
    Journal articles | 2018
    Cortesi F; Cheney KL; Cooke GM; Ord TJ, 2018, 'Opsin gene evolution in amphibious and terrestrial combtooth blennies (Blenniidae)', , pp. 503516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/503516
    Journal articles | 2018
    Medina I; Cooke GM; Ord TJ, 2018, 'Walk, swim or fly? Locomotor mode predicts genetic differentiation in vertebrates', Ecology Letters, 21, pp. 638 - 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12930
    Journal articles | 2017
    Klomp DA; Stuart-Fox D; Cassidy EJ; Ahmad N; Ord TJ, 2017, 'Color pattern facilitates species recognition but not signal detection: A field test using robots', Behavioral Ecology, 28, pp. 597 - 606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arw186
    Journal articles | 2017
    Klomp DA; Stuart-Fox D; Das I; Ord TJ, 2017, 'Gliding lizards use the position of the sun to enhance social display', Biology Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0979
    Journal articles | 2017
    Klomp DA; Stuart-Fox D; Das I; Ord TJ, 2017, 'Gliding lizards use the position of the sun to enhance social display', Biology Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3671992
    Journal articles | 2017
    Ord TJ; Emblen J; Hagman M; Shofner R; Unruh S, 2017, 'Manipulation of habitat isolation and area implicates deterministic factors and limited neutrality in community assembly', Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 5845 - 5860, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3126
    Journal articles | 2017
    Ord TJ; Stamps JA, 2017, 'Why does the rate of signal production in ectotherms vary with temperature?', Behavioral Ecology, 28, pp. 1272 - 1282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx089
    Journal articles | 2017
    Ord TJ; Summers TC; Noble MM; Fulton CJ, 2017, 'Ecological release from aquatic predation is associated with the emergence of marine blenny fishes onto land', American Naturalist, 189, pp. 570 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/691155
    Journal articles | 2016
    Cooke GM; Schlub TE; Sherwin WB; Ord TJ, 2016, 'Understanding the spatial scale of genetic connectivity at sea: Unique insights from a land fish and a meta-analysis', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0150991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150991
    Journal articles | 2016
    Hagman M; Ord TJ, 2016, 'Many paths to a common destination: Morphological differentiation of a functionally convergent visual signal', American Naturalist, 188, pp. 306 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/687560
    Journal articles | 2016
    Klomp DA; Ord TJ; Das I; Diesmos A; Ahmad N; Stuart-Fox D, 2016, 'Ornament size and colour as alternative strategies for effective communication in gliding lizards', Journal of evolutionary biology, 29, pp. 1689 - 1700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12908
    Journal articles | 2016
    Ord TJ; Charles GK; Palmer M; Stamps JA, 2016, 'Plasticity in social communication and its implications for the colonization of novel habitats', Behavioral Ecology, 27, pp. 341 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv165
    Journal articles | 2016
    Ord TJ; Cooke GM, 2016, 'Repeated evolution of amphibious behavior in fish and its implications for the colonization of novel environments', Evolution; international journal of organic evolution, 70, pp. 1747 - 1759, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12971
    Journal articles | 2016
    Platt ERM; Fowler AM; Ord TJ, 2016, 'Land colonisation by fish is associated with predictable changes in life history', Oecologia, 181, pp. 769 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3593-6
    Journal articles | 2016
    Tucker MA; Ord TJ; Rogers TL, 2016, 'Revisiting the cost of carnivory in mammals', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, pp. 2181 - 2190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12936
    Journal articles | 2015
    Clark DL; Macedonia JM; Rowe JW; Stuart MA; Kemp DJ; Ord TJ, 2015, 'Evolution of displays in Galápagos lava lizards: Comparative analyses of signallers and robot playbacks to receivers', Animal Behaviour, 109, pp. 33 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.08.002
    Journal articles | 2015
    Ord TJ; Klomp DA; Garcia-Porta J; Hagman M, 2015, 'Repeated evolution of exaggerated dewlaps and other throat morphology in lizards', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, pp. 1948 - 1964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12709
    Journal articles | 2015
    Ord TJ; Summers TC, 2015, 'Repeated evolution and the impact of evolutionary history on adaptation Evolutionary Ecology and Behaviour', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15, pp. 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0424-z
    Journal articles | 2015
    Platt ERM; Ord TJ, 2015, 'Population variation in the life history of a land fish, alticus arnoldorum, and the effects of predation and density', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0137244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137244
    Journal articles | 2014
    Klomp DA; Stuart-Fox D; Das I; Ord TJ, 2014, 'Marked colour divergence in the gliding membranes of a tropical lizard mirrors population differences in the colour of falling leaves', Biology Letters, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0776
    Journal articles | 2014
    Morgans CL; Cooke GM; Ord TJ, 2014, 'How populations differentiate despite gene flow: Sexual and natural selection drive phenotypic divergence within a land fish, the Pacific leaping blenny', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14, pp. 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-97
    Journal articles | 2014
    Ord TJ; Klomp DA, 2014, 'Habitat partitioning and morphological differentiation: The Southeast Asian Draco lizards and Caribbean Anolis lizards compared', Oecologia, 175, pp. 651 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2921-y
    Journal articles | 2014
    Tucker MA; Ord TJ; Rogers TL, 2014, 'Evolutionary predictors of mammalian home range size: Body mass, diet and the environment', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, pp. 1105 - 1114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12194
    Journal articles | 2013
    Garcia-Porta J; Ord TJ, 2013, 'Key innovations and island colonization as engines of evolutionary diversification: A comparative test with the Australasian diplodactyloid geckos', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, pp. 2662 - 2680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12261
    Journal articles | 2013
    Morgans CL; Ord TJ, 2013, 'Natural selection in novel environments: Predation selects for background matching in the body colour of a land fish', Animal Behaviour, 86, pp. 1241 - 1249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.027
    Journal articles | 2013
    Ord TJ; Collar DC; Sanger TJ, 2013, 'The biomechanical basis of evolutionary change in a territorial display', Functional Ecology, 27, pp. 1186 - 1200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12110
    Journal articles | 2012
    Charles GK; Ord T, 2012, 'Factors leading to the evolution and maintenance of a male ornament in territorial species', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66, pp. 231 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1271-6
    Journal articles | 2012
    Freeberg T; Dunbar RIM; Ord T, 2012, 'Social complexity as a proximate and ultimate factor in communicative complexity', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 367, pp. 1785 - 1801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0213
    Journal articles | 2012
    Freeberg T; Ord T; Dunbar RIM, 2012, 'The social network and communicative complexity: preface to theme issue', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 316, pp. 1782 - 1784, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0294
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ord T; Garcia-porta J, 2012, 'Is sociality required for the evolution of communicative complexity? Evidence weighed against alternative hypotheses in diverse taxonomic groups', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 316, pp. 1811 - 1828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0215
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ord T; Mowles SL, 2012, 'Repetitive signals and mate choice: insights from contest theory', Animal Behaviour, 84, pp. 295 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.015
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ord T, 2012, 'Historical contingency and behavioural divergence in territorial Anolis lizards', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, pp. 2047 - 2055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02582.x
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ord T, 2012, 'Receiver perception predicts species divergence in long-range communication', Animal Behaviour, 83, pp. 3 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.016
    Journal articles | 2011
    Ord T; Charles GK; Hofer RK, 2011, 'The evolution of alternative adaptive strategies for effective communication in noisy environments', American Naturalist, 177, pp. 54 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/657439
    Journal articles | 2011
    Ord T; King L; Young AM, 2011, 'Contrasting theory with the empirical data of species recognition', Evolution, 65, pp. 2572 - 2591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01319.x
    Journal articles | 2011
    Ord T; Tonia hsieh S, 2011, 'A highly social, land-dwelling fish defends territories in a constantly fluctuating environment', Ethology, 117, pp. 918 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01949.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    Clusas B; Ord T; Owings DH, 2010, 'Fossils and phylogeny uncover the evolutionary history of a unique antipredator behaviour', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23, pp. 2197 - 2211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02083.x
    Journal articles | 2010
    Ord T; Stamps JA; Losos JB, 2010, 'Adaptation and plasticity of animal communication in fluctuating environments', Evolution, 64, pp. 3134 - 3148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01056
    Journal articles | 2010
    Ord TJ; Stamps JA; Losos JB, 2010, 'Adaptation and plasticity of animal communication in fluctuating environments', Evolution, 64, pp. 3134 - 3148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01056.x
    Journal articles | 2009
    Ord T; Stamps JA, 2009, 'Species Identity Cues in Animal Communication', American Naturalist, 174, pp. 585 - 593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/605372
    Journal articles | 2008
    Ord T; Stamps JA, 2008, 'Alert signals enhance animal communication in “noisy” environments', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105, pp. 18830 - 18835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0807657105
    Journal articles | 2008
    Ord T, 2008, 'Dawn and Dusk "Chorus" in Visually Communicating Jamaican Anole Lizards', American Naturalist, 172, pp. 585 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/590960
    Journal articles | 2007
    Ord T; Peters RA; Clusas B; Stamps JA, 2007, 'Lizards speed up visual displays in noisy motion habitats', Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 274, pp. 1057 - 1062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.0263
    Journal articles | 2007
    Ord TJ; Peters RA; Clucas B; Stamps JA, 2007, 'Lizards speed up visual displays in noisy motion habitats', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 274, pp. 1057 - 1062, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.0263
    Journal articles | 2006
    Martins EP; Ord T; Slaven J; Wright JL; Houseworth EA, 2006, 'Individual, sexual, seasonal, and temporal variation in the amount of sagebrush lizard scent marks', Journal of Chemical Ecology, 32, pp. 881 - 893
    Journal articles | 2006
    Ord T; Martins EP, 2006, 'Tracing the origins of signal diversity in anole lizards: phylogenetic approaches to inferring the evolution of complex behaviour', Animal Behaviour, 71, pp. 1411 - 1429
    Journal articles | 2006
    Ord T; Stuart-Fox D, 2006, 'Ornament evolution in dragon lizards: multiple gains and widespread losses reveal a complex history of evolutionary change', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, pp. 797 - 808
    Journal articles | 2004
    Stuart-Fox DM; Ord TJ, 2004, 'Sexual selection, natural selection and the evolution of dimorphic coloration and ornamentation in agamid lizards', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 271, pp. 2249 - 2255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.2802
    Journal articles | 2004
    Thakur S; Börner K; Mane K; Martins E; Ord T, 2004, 'Content coverage of animal behavior data', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5295, pp. 305 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.539228
    Journal articles | 2003
    Ord TJ; Evans CS, 2003, 'Display rate and opponent assessment in the Jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus): An experimental analysis', Behaviour, 140, pp. 1495 - 1508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853903771980684
    Journal articles | 2003
    Peters RA; Ord TJ, 2003, 'Display response of the Jacky Dragon, Amphibolurus muricatus (Lacertilia: Agamidae), to intruders: A semi-Markovian process', Austral Ecology, 28, pp. 499 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01306.x
    Journal articles | 2002
    Ord TJ; Blumstein DT; Evans CS, 2002, 'Ecology and signal evolution in lizards', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 77, pp. 127 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00100.x
    Journal articles | 2002
    Ord TJ; Blumstein DT, 2002, 'Size constraints and the evolution of display complexity: Why do large lizards have simple displays?', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76, pp. 145 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00058.x
    Journal articles | 2002
    Ord TJ; Evans CS, 2002, 'Interactive video playback and opponent assessment in lizards', Behavioural Processes, 59, pp. 55 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0376-6357(02)00045-1
    Journal articles | 2002
    Ord TJ; Peters RA; Evans CS; Taylor AJ, 2002, 'Digital video playback and visual communication in lizards', Animal Behaviour, 63, pp. 879 - 890, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/anbe.2001.1983
    Journal articles | 2001
    Ord TJ; Blumstein DT; Evans CS, 2001, 'Intrasexual selection predicts the evolution of signal complexity in lizards', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 268, pp. 737 - 744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2000.1417
    Journal articles | 2001
    Ord TJ; Dangerfield JM, 2001, 'Implications of paradoxomatid millipede density and dispersion for faecal pellet production in Eucalyptus woodland of eastern Australia', General and Applied Entomology, 30, pp. 1 - 10, http://www.entsocnsw.org.au/content/view/38/64/
    Journal articles | 1999
    Ord TJ; Evans CS; Cooper DW, 1999, 'Nocturnal behaviour of the parma wallaby, Macropus parma (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea)', Australian Journal of Zoology, 47, pp. 155 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO98047
  • Conference Papers | 2009
    Ord TJ; Stamps JA, 2009, 'Studying cues for species identification using robotic lizards in the field', in INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, MA, Boston, pp. E126 - E126, presented at Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, MA, Boston, 03 January 2009 - 07 January 2009, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000268808800501&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1