Andrea S. Aspbury
Senior Lecturer
Educational Background
Ph.D. 2002: University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Biology. (Advisor: Robert M. Gibson).
Ecology of male dispersion in lek-breeding grouse.
M.S. 1996: Illinois State University, Biological Sciences. (Advisor: Steven A. Juliano).
Resource quality in ephemeral habitats: Effects of drying and prior exploitation.
B.S. 1994: University of Arizona.
University Experience
Senior Lecturer, Texas State University—San Marcos. 2005 – present
Adjunct Doctoral Graduate Faculty, Texas State University—San Marcos. 2003 – present
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Texas State University—San Marcos. 2002-2004.
Lecturer, University of Texas—Austin. 2002 – 2005.
Publications
Aspbury, AS, KL Grayson, S Fantaye, I Nichols, M Myers-Burton, X Ortiz-Mangual, & CR Gabor. 2016. The association between male-biased sex ratio and indicators of stress in red-spotted newts. Physiology and Behavior 173: 156-162.
Decolo, S, AS Aspbury, K Ostrand, CR Gabor. 2016. Male – male interactions and their influence on the mating behavior and success in the fountain darter, Etheostoma fonticola. Acta Ethologica 19: 15-20.
Reedy, AM, A Edwards, C Pendlebury, L Murdaugh, R Avery, J Seidenberg, AS Aspbury, CR Gabor. 2014. Male and female newts increase corticosterone during amplexus. Integrative and Comparative Biology 208: 57-63.
Kim, D, J. Waller, AS Aspbury, CR Gabor. 2014. Mating preferences of the gynogenetic Amazon molly differ between populations sympatric with different host species. Ethology 120: 1-9.
Muraco, JJ, AS Aspbury, CR Gabor. 2014. Does male behavioral type correlate with species recognition and stress hormones in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex? Behavioral Ecology 25: 200-205.
L Alberici da Barbiano, L, R Robinson, M Tobler, AS Aspbury & CR Gabor. 2014. Differences in resource assimilation between the unisexual Amazon molly, Poecilia formosa (Poeciliidae) and its sexual host (Poecilia latipinna). Environmental Biology of Fishes 97:875-880.
Alberici da Barbiano, L., Z Gompert, AS Aspbury, CR Gabor & CC Nice. 2013. Population genomics reveals a possible history of backcrossing and recombination in the gynogenetic fish Poecilia formosa. Proceedings National Academy of Science 110: 13797-13802.
Gabor, C. R., A.S. Aspbury & R. L. Rodríguez. 2013. Geographic variation in behaviour: An introduction. Evolutionary Ecology Research 15:601-604.
Gabor, C. R., L. Alberici da Barbiano & A.S. Aspbury. 2013. Geographic variation in male mate choice in a gynogenetic species complex: evaluating long-term data across mating contexts. Evolutionary Ecology Research 15:653-666.
Alberici da Barbiano, L., L. Rangel, A. S. Aspbury, CR Gabor. 2012. Male permissiveness in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex promotes maintenance of a vertebrate unisexual sperm-dependent species. Behaviour 149: 869-879.
Gabor, C. R., A. S. Aspbury, J. Ma, & C. C. Nice. 2012. The role of androgens in sperm production and species recognition in Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana). Physiology & Behavior 105:885-892.
Swanbrow, L, A. S. Aspbury & C. R. Gabor. 2012. Body size dependent male sexual behavior in a natural population of sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna). American Midland Naturalist 167: 366-372.
Alberici da Barbiano, L., A. S. Aspbury, C. C. Nice, & C.R. Gabor. 2011. The impact of social context on male mate preference in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex. Journal of Fish Biology 79: 194-204
Robinson, D. M., T. Konkin-Garcia, C. M. Espinedo, C. R. Gabor, & A. S. Aspbury. 2011. Seasonal effects on female fecundity and male sperm availability in a thermal stable temperate population of sailfin mollies (Poecilia latpinna). American Midland Naturalist 166: 394-403
Gabor, C.R., M. Parmley, A.S. Aspbury. 2011. Repeatability of female preferences in a unisexual-bisexual mating system. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13: 145-157
Aspbury, A. S., J. M. Coyle & C. R. Gabor. 2010. Effect of predation on male mating behavior in a unisexual-bisexual mating system. Behaviour 147: 53-63
Gabor, C.R., R. Gonzalez; M. Parmley; A.S. Aspbury. 2010. Variation in male sailfin molly, preference for female size: Does sympatry with sexual parasites drive preference for smaller conspecifics? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 783-792
Espinedo, C.M., C.R. Gabor & A.S. Aspbury. 2010. Males, but not females, contribute to sexual isolation between two sympatric species of Gambusia. Evolutionary Ecology. 24: 865-878
Aspbury, A. S., C. M. Espinedo & C. R. Gabor. 2010. Lack of species recognition based on chemical cues by male sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna. Evolutionary Ecology. 24: 69-82.
C. R. Gabor & A. S. Aspbury. 2008. Non-repeatable mate choice by male sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna, in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex. Behavioral Ecology 19: 871-878.
D. M. Robinson, A. S. Aspbury, & C. R. Gabor. 2008. Differential sperm transfer by male sailfin mollies in a unisexual-bisexual species complex: rapid spermiation during mating? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 705-711.
Aspbury, A. S. 2007. Sperm competition effects on sperm production and expenditure in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna. Behavioral Ecology 18: 776-780.
Gumm, J. M. R. Gonzalez, A. S. Aspbury, & C. R. Gabor. 2006. Do I know you? Species recognition in an unisexual-bisexual species complex of mollies. Ethology 112:448-457.
Aspbury, A. S. & C. R. Gabor. 2004 a. Discriminating males alter sperm production between species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 15970-15973.
Aspbury, A. S. & C. R. Gabor. 2004 b. Differential sperm priming by male sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna): Effects of female and male size. Ethology 110: 193-202.
Aspbury, A. S. & R. M. Gibson. 2004. Long-range visibility of greater sage grouse leks: a GIS-based analysis. Animal Behaviour 67: 1127-1132.
Gibson, R.M., A. S. Aspbury, & L. M. McDaniel. 2002. Active formation of mixed-species grouse leks: a role for predation in lek evolution? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 2503-2507.
Aspbury, A. S. & A. L. Basolo. 2002. Repeatable female preferences, mating order, and mating success in the poeciliid fish, Heterandria formosa. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51: 238-244.
Aspbury, A. S. & S. A. Juliano. 1998. Negative effects of drying and prior exploitation on the detritus resource in an ephemeral aquatic habitat. Oecologia 115:137-148.