Publications

For a complete and updated list of publications please visit my google scholar site. If you don’t have access to a paper send me an e-mail a.franklin (at) latrobe.edu.au

2025

Medina I.M., … Franklin A.M. … Allen W.L. (57 authors) (2025). Global selection on antipredator defense strategies. Science.

Caves E.M., … Franklin A.M. … Schweikert L.E. (18 authors) (2025). Emerging Frontiers in Visual Ecology. Journal of Experimental Biology. (DOI: 10.1242/jeb.250537)

Stuart-Fox D., Rankin K.J., Shah Scott M., Wang L.-Y., Franklin A.M. (2025). Near-infrared background matching in leaf-sitting frogs: no evidence of adaptive function. Interface (DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2024.0771)

Wang L.-Y., Stuart-Fox D., Lee K.-H. Black J., Franklin A.M. (2025). A new ultrafast movement enables escape at low temperature. Communications Biology (DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-07650-7)

2024

Franklin A.M., Brown M.R., Willmott N.J. (2024). Glossiness disrupts predator localisation of moving prey. Current Biology (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.066).

Margetts B.M., Stuart-Fox D., Franklin A.M. (2024). Red vision in animals is broadly associated with lighting environment but not types of visual task. Ecology and Evolution (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10899)

2023

Stuart-Fox D., Ng L., …  Franklin A.M. … (27 authors) (2023). Challenges and opportunities for innovation in bioinformed sustainable materials. Communications Materials (DOI: 10.1038/s43246-023-00405-z)

Henríquez-Piskulich P., Stuart-Fox D., Elgar M.E., Marusic I., Franklin A.M. (2023). Dazzled by shine: gloss as an antipredator strategy in fast moving prey. Behavioural Ecology (DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arad046)

Franklin A.M., Rivera A., Robbins J., Pechenik J.A. (2023). Body Mass Index does not decline during winter for the sedentary marine gastropod Crepidula fornicata. Biology Letters (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0026)

Ball C., Clark D., Franklin A.M., Pechenik J.A. (2023). Impacts of toxic red tide algae Karenia brevis on shell selection behavior of the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2022.151838)

Wang L. Y., Franklin A. M., Hugall A. F., Medina I., & Stuart‐Fox D. (2023). Disentangling thermal from alternative drivers of reflectance in jewel beetles: A macroecological study. Global Ecology and Biogeography. (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13632)

2022

Franklin A. M., Rankin K. J., Hugall A., Stuart-Fox D. (2022). Exposure to thermal extremes favors higher solar reflectivity in intertidal gastropods. iScience. (DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105674)

Franklin A.M. (2022). All camouflage strategies are not equal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1869)

Wang L.-Y., Stuart-Fox D., Walker G., Roberts N.W., Franklin A.M. (2022). Insect visual sensitivity to long wavelengths enhances colour contrast of insects against vegetation. Scientific Reports. (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04702-w)

Franklin A.M., Rankin K.J., Ospina Rozo L., Medina I., Garcia J.E., Ng L., Dong C., Wang L.-Y., Aulsebrook A.E., Stuart-Fox D. (2022). Cracks in the mirror hypothesis: High specularity does not reduce detection or predation risk. Functional Ecology (DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13963)

2021

Wang L.-Y., Franklin A.M., Black J.R., Stuart-Fox D. (2021). Heating rates are more strongly influenced by near-infrared than visible reflectance in beetles. Journal of Experimental Biology. (DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242898)

Franklin A.M., Ospina-Rozo L. (2021). Gloss. Current Biology. (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.065)

2020

Stuart-Fox D., Ospina-Rozo L., Ng L., Franklin A.M. (2020). The paradox of iridescent signals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. (DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.009)

Franklin A.M., Marshall N.J., Feinstein A.D., Bok M.J., Byrd A.D., Lewis S.M. (2020). Differences in signal contrast and camouflage among different colour variations of a stomatopod crustacean, Neogonodactylus oerstedii. Scientific Reports. (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57990-z)

2019 and earlier

Pechenik J.A., Chaparro O.R., Franklin A.M., Mardones M.L., Montory J.A. (2019). Thermal tolerance of intertidal and subtidal adults and embryos of the marine gastropod Crepipatella peruviana. Marine Ecology Progress Series. (DOI: 10.3354/meps12956)

Franklin A.M., Donatelli, C.M., Culligan, C.R., Tytell, E.D. (2019). Meral spot brightness signals fighting ability in the mantis shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii (Stomatopoda). Biological Bulletin  (DOI: doi.org/10.1086/700836)

Franklin A.M., Ysrael M., Lewis, S.M. (2018). Turbidity affects stomatopod contest behaviours and response to UV cues. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology  (DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2018.06.005)

Franklin A.M., Applegate M.B., Lewis S.M., Omenetto F.G. (2017). Stomatopods detect and assess achromatic cues in contests. Behavioral Ecology (DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx096)           

Pechenik J.A., Diederich C.M., Chaparro O.R., Montory J.A., Paredes F.J., Franklin A.M. (2017) Differences in resource allocation to reproduction across the intertidal-subtidal gradient for two suspension-feeding marine gastropods: Crepidula fornicata and Crepipatella peruviana. Marine Ecology Progress Series. (DOI: 10.3354/meps12152)

Franklin A.M., Stuart-Fox D. (2017) Single and multiple mating reduces longevity of female dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica). Journal of Evolutionary Biology (DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13063)

Franklin A.M., Marshall N.J. and Lewis S.M. (2016). Multimodal signals: Ultraviolet reflectance and chemical cues in stomatopod agonistic encounters. Royal Society Open Science (DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160329)

Franklin A.M., Squires Z.E. and Stuart-Fox D. (2014). Does predation risk affect mating behavior? An experimental test in dumpling squid (Euprymna tasmanica). PLOS ONE (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115027).

Franklin A.M., Squires Z.E. and Stuart-Fox D. (2012). The energetic cost of mating in a promiscuous cephalopod. Biology Letters (DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0556).

Franklin A.M., O’Hara T.D. (2008).  A new species in the genus Ophiomyxa from South-west Australian waters (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiomyxidae).  Memoirs of Museum Victoria65: 57-62. Link