Publications

(Peer-reviewed, except preprints; listed in reverse chronological order. For full metrics, see Google Scholar.)

(Verified peer reviews)

  • 2025: Broadcasting for democracy: Reimagining official-citizen communication. Zajitschek, F. Preprint. DOI
  • 2023: Dietary restriction fails to extend life in stressful environments. Zajitschek, F., Zajitschek, S., Vasconcelos, A., Bonduriansky, R. Functional Ecology 37(9): 2459-2470. DOI
    Accompanying Scientific American article: Dietary restriction works in lab animals, but it might not work in the wild.
  • 2022: Adaptive maternal effects shape offspring phenotype and survival in natal environments. Bestion, E., Teyssier, A., Rangassamy, M., Calvez, O., Guillaume, O., Richard, M., Braem, A., Zajitschek, F., Zajitschek, S., Cote, J. American Naturalist 200(6): 773-789. DOI
  • 2022: Effects of developmental and adult environments on ageing. Sanghvi, K., Iglesias-Carrasco, M., Zajitschek, F., Kruuk, L., Head, M. Evolution 76(8): 1868-1882. DOI
  • 2021: Sex- and trait-specific silver-spoon effects of developmental environments on ageing. Sanghvi, K., Zajitschek, F., Iglesias-Carrasco, M., Head, L. Evolutionary Ecology 35: 367–385. DOI
  • 2020: Sex and Power: sexual dimorphism in trait variability and its eco-evolutionary and statistical implications. Zajitschek, S.R.K., Zajitschek, F., Bonduriansky, R., Brooks, R.C., Cornwell, W., Falster, D., Lagisz, M., Mason, J., Senior, A., Noble, D., Nakagawa, S. eLife 9: e63170. DOI
  • 2020: Senescence in wild insects: Key questions and challenges. Zajitschek, F., Zajitschek, S.R.K., Bonduriansky, R. Functional Ecology 34(1): 26-37. DOI
  • 2019: Costs and benefits of giant sperm and sperm storage organs in Drosophila melanogaster. Zajitschek, S.R.K., Zajitschek, F., Josway, S., Al Shabeeb, R., Weiner, H., Manier, M.K. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32(11): 1300-1309. DOI
  • 2019: The diversity of population responses to environmental change. Colchero, F., Jones, O., Conde, D., Hodgson, D., Zajitschek, F., Schmidt, B., et al. Ecology Letters 22(2): 342-353. DOI
  • 2019: Evolution under dietary restriction decouples survival from fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster females. Zajitschek, F., Georgolopoulos, G., Vourlou, A., Ericsson, M., Zajitschek, S.R.K., Friberg, U., Maklakov, A.A. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 74(10): 1542-1548. DOI
  • 2018: Host diet mediates a negative relationship between abundance and diversity of Drosophila gut microbiota. Erkosar, B., Yashiro, E., Zajitschek, F., Friberg, U., Maklakov, A.A., van der Meer, J.R., Kawecki, T.J. Ecology and Evolution 8(18): 9491-9502. DOI
  • 2018: Antagonistic pleiotropy in species with separate sexes, and the maintenance of genetic variation in life-history traits and fitness. Zajitschek, F., Connallon, T. Evolution 72(6): 1306-1316. DOI
  • 2017: Paternal personality and social status influence offspring activity in zebrafish. Zajitschek, S., Herbert-Read, J., Abbasi, N., Zajitschek, F., Immler, S. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:157. DOI
  • 2017: High-protein paternal diet confers an advantage to sons in sperm competition. Zajitschek, F., Zajitschek, S., Manier, M. Biology Letters 13(2). DOI
  • 2017: Partitioning of resources: the evolutionary genetics of sexual conflict over resource acquisition and allocation. Zajitschek, F., Connallon, T. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30(4). DOI
  • 2016: Evolution under dietary restriction increases male reproductive performance without survival cost. Zajitschek, F., Zajitschek, S., Canton, C., Georgolopoulos, G., Friberg, U., Maklakov, A. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283(1825). DOI
  • 2014: Short-term variation in sperm competition causes sperm-mediated epigenetic effects on early offspring performance in the zebrafish. Zajitschek, S., Hotzy, C., Zajitschek, F., Immler, S. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281(1785). DOI
  • 2014: Quantitative genetics of wild populations of arthropods. Zajitschek, F., Bonduriansky, R. Book chapter in Quantitative Genetics in the Wild (Charmantier, A., Garant, D., Kruuk, L., Eds.). Oxford University Press.
  • 2014: Aging differently: diet- and sex-dependent late-life mortality patterns in Drosophila melanogaster. Zajitschek, F., Jin, T., Colchero, F., Maklakov, A. Journals of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 69(6): 666-674. DOI
  • 2013: Why ageing stops: heterogeneity explains late-life mortality deceleration in nematodes. Chen, H., Zajitschek, F., Maklakov, A. Biology Letters 9(5): 20130217. DOI
  • 2013: Interactive effects of sex, social environment, dietary restriction and methionine on survival and reproduction in fruit flies. Zajitschek, F., Zajitschek, S., Friberg, U., Maklakov, A. AGE 35(4): 1193-1204. DOI
  • 2012: The importance of habitat resistance for movement decisions in the common lizard, Lacerta vivipara. Zajitschek, S., Zajitschek, F., Clobert, J. BMC Ecology 12:13. DOI
  • 2012: The Metatron: an experimental system to study dispersal and metaecosystem dynamics for terrestrial vertebrates. Legrand, D., Guillaume, O., Baguette, M., Cote, J., Trochet, A., Calvez, O., Zajitschek, S., Zajitschek, F., Lecomte, J., Bénard, Q., Le Galliard, J.F., Clobert, J. Nature Methods 9:828-833. DOI
  • 2012: The effect of coloration and temperature on sprint performance in male and female wall lizards. Zajitschek, S., Zajitschek, F., Miles, D., Clobert, J. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107(3):573-582. DOI
  • 2012: Diet, sex and death in field crickets. Zajitschek, F., Lailvaux, S., Dessmann, J., Brooks, R. Ecology & Evolution 2(7):1627-1636. DOI
  • 2012: Sexual selection affects the evolution of lifespan and ageing in the decorated cricket Gryllodes sigillatus. Archer, C., Zajitschek, F., Sakaluk, S., Royle, N., Hunt, J. Evolution 66(10):3088-3100. DOI
  • 2009: Sex differences in nutrient‐dependent reproductive ageing. Maklakov, A.A., Hall, M.D., Simpson, S.J., Dessmann, J., Clissold, F.J., Zajitschek, F., Lailvaux, S.P., Brooks, R.C. Aging Cell 8(3):324-330. DOI
  • 2009: Effects of juvenile and adult diet on ageing and reproductive effort of male and female black field crickets, Teleogryllus commodus. Zajitschek, F., Hunt, J., Jennions, M.D., Hall, M.D., Brooks, R.C. Functional Ecology 23(3):602-611. DOI
  • 2009: Sexual dimorphism in life history: Age, survival, and reproduction in male and female field crickets Teleogryllus commodus under seminatural conditions. Zajitschek, F., Bonduriansky, R., Zajitschek, S.R.K., Brooks, R.C. The American Naturalist 173(6):792-802. DOI
  • 2009: Sex effects on life span and senescence in the wild when dates of birth and death are unknown. Zajitschek, F., Brassil, C.E., Bonduriansky, R., Brooks, R.C. Ecology 90(6):1698-1707. DOI
  • 2008: Sexual selection, sexual conflict and the evolution of ageing and life span. Bonduriansky, R., Maklakov, A., Zajitschek, F., Brooks, R. Functional Ecology 22(3):443-453. DOI
  • 2008: Sex-specific fitness effects of nutrient intake on reproduction and lifespan. Maklakov, A.A., Simpson, S.J., Zajitschek, F., Hall, M.D., Dessmann, J., Clissold, F., Raubenheimer, D., Bonduriansky, R., Brooks, R.C. Current Biology 18(14):1062-1066. DOI
  • 2007: Reconciling strong stabilizing selection with the maintenance of genetic variation in a natural population of black field crickets (Teleogryllus commodus). Hunt, J., Blows, M.W., Zajitschek, F., Jennions, M.D., Brooks, R. Genetics 177(1):875-880. DOI
  • 2007: No intra-locus sexual conflict over reproductive fitness or ageing in field crickets. Zajitschek, F., Hunt, J., Zajitschek, S.R.K., Jennions, M.D., Brooks, R. PLoS One 2(1):e155. DOI