Keith, S.A., McGill, B., Monk, C.T., Drury, J.P., Rueger, T., Beaudrot, L., Brose, U., et al. (2026). Fundamental and realised behaviours structure geographic variation in ecological assemblages. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2026.08.004
†Vasconcellos-Bunholi, I., Affleck, Brandl, S., Freeman, C. J., Casey, J. M. & Rueger, T. (2026). Microhabitat specialization shapes social organization and life-history strategies in a sponge-dwelling goby. AmNat, https://doi.org/10.1086/74431
†Vasconcellos-Bunholi, I., Affleck, A., Johnson, K., Ortega, R., Freeman, C. J., Rueger, T., & Casey, J. M. (2026.) Cryptic interactions in a marine microcosm: sponges shape the microbiome of a resident goby. Molecular Ecology, 35: e70523. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70523
†Branconi, R., Rueger, T., Stouffer, D., Buston, P. M., & Wong, M. (2026). Experimental manipulation of ecological constraints influences conflict but not cooperation in the humbug damselfish Dascyllus aruanus. Proceedings B, 293 (2080): 20253229 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3229
†Fitzgerald, L. M., Coulmance, F., Marcionetti, A., Gaboriau, T., Garcia Jimenez, A., Apag, P. T., Versteeg, M., Noble, F. J., Gaffney, K., Mercader, M., Diola, A. G., Geraldino, P. J., Rueger, T., Laudet, V., & Salamin, N. (2026.) Color polymorphism in the saddleback clownfish, Amphiprion polymnus: species or complex?. bioRxiv, 2026-06. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.06.28.735040
†Gaffney, K., Bartlett, M., & Rueger T. (2026) Pay-to-stay drives the evolution of helping independent of kin selection in anemonefish societies. Behavioral Ecology, 37: arag061 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag061
Prchalová, M., Arlinghaus, R., Westrelin, S., Jarić, I., Bertram, M. G., Alós, J., Baktoft, H., Brand, J. A., Brodin, T., Cordero-Rivera, A., Feldmann, C., Futamura, R., Hont, S., Klamser, P., Nilsen, C. I., Mourier, J., Øystein-Gjelland, Moland-Olsen, E., Penga, P., Rabaneda-Bueno, R., Říha, M., Rueger, T., Schielzeth, H., Signaroli, M., Smederevac-Lalić, M., & Monk, C. T. (2026) Behavioural diversity of fishes: concepts, drivers, and its role in conservation and management. Fish and Fisheries, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.70107.
†Himes, L., & Rueger, T. (2026) Drone Imaging can Accurately Assess Coral Cover, Bleaching, and Growth Form for Shallow Coral Reefs. Coral Reefs, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-026-02864-5
†Yllan, L., & Rueger, T. (2026) Going Beyond Body Size in Fish Acoustic Communication. Ecology and Evolution, 16: e73547. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73547.
†Yllan, L., & Rueger, T. (2025). ‘What Does the Anemonefish Say?’: Investigating Amphiprion percula's Acoustic Behaviour. Ecology and Evolution, 15: e72479. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72479
†Bennett-Smith, M.F., Villela, H., Justo, M.S., Peinemann, V.N., Berumen, M.L., Carvalho, S., Garcias-Bonet, N., García, F.C., Versteeg, M., Rueger, T., Buston, P.M., & Peixoto, R. S. (2025). Near complete local extinction of iconic anemonefish and their anemone hosts following a heat stress event. npj Biodiversity, 4: 35.
Fusi, M., Stephenson, F., Navarrete, S.A., Tapia, F.J., Largier, J.L., Marasco, R., Rueger, T., MacDonald, C., Daffonchio, D., Fernandez, M. Wieters, E.A., Booth, J., Daghio, M., Sugden, H., Scaife, K., Evans, D. M., Moore, P., & Baldanzi, S. (2025). The ecology of the oxyscape in coastal ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 40: 791-804.
Rueger, T., Barbasch, T. A., Patel, M., Bogdanowicz, S. M., & Buston, P. M. (2025). No evidence for kin selection as an explanation for social group formation in clown anemonefish. Behavioral Ecology, 36: araf075. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf075
†Versteeg, M. A., MacDonald, C., Bennett-Smith, M. F., Buston, P. M., & Rueger, T. (2025). Individual clown anemonefish shrink to survive heat stress and social conflict. Science Advances, 11: eadt7079. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt7079
Rueger, T., Barbasch, T. A., Versteeg, M., Campbell, A., & Buston, P. M. (2025). Interspecific competition among anemonefishes: pink anemonefish engage in hostile takeovers of sea anemones occupied by clown anemonefish. Coral Reefs, 44: 339-344.
Rueger, T., MacDonald, C., Harrison, H. B., Gardiner, N. M., Jones, G. P., & Mills, S. C. (2024). Strength of Sexual Selection and Sex Roles Vary between Social Groups in a Coral Reef Cardinalfish. The American Naturalist, 204: 289-303. https://doi.org/10.1086/731422
Osborne, M., McKenna, T. J., Crawford, F., Rueger, T., Shah, B., Gott, M. R., & Labadorf, A. T. (2024). Reading Outside the Lines: A Systematic Approach for Detecting Bias in Scientific Communication. bioRxiv, 2024-06. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.12.598649
†Yllan, L., Heatwole, S., Wong, M., & Rueger, T. (2024). The effect of social context on behaviour in anemonefish hierarchies. Animal Behaviour, 209: 83-93.
†Francis, R., Catalano, K., Majoris, J., Rueger, T., D’Aloia, C., Bogdanowicz, S., & Buston, P. (2022). Characteristics of breeding habitat, genetic mating system, and determinants of mating success in the sponge-dwelling goby Elacatinus lori. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 76: 157.
Rueger, T., Bhardwaj, A., Turner, E., Barbasch, T., Trumble, I., Dent, B., & Buston, P. (2022). Vertebrate growth plasticity in response to a mutualistic interaction. Scientific Reports, 12: 11238. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14662-4
Rueger, T., Heatwole, S., & Wong, M. (2022). Social rank and species-specific differences influence cooperation and conflict in anemonefish societies. Animal Behaviour. 187: 105-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.02.018
Buston, P., Branconi, R., & Rueger, T. (2022). Social Evolution: Formation, Maintenance, and Transformation of Social Groups. In: Evolution, Development and Ecology of Anemonefishes: Model Organisms for Marine Science (eds. V. Laudet & T. Ravasi). https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.1201/9781003125365-17/social-evolution-anemonefishes-peter-buston-rebecca-branconi-theresa-rueger
Rueger, T., Wong, M., Heatwole, S., Branconi, R., & Buston, P. (2021). The next frontier in understanding the evolution of coral reef fish societies. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8: 665780. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.665780
Rueger, T., Bogdanowicz, S., Buston, P., & Wong, M. (2021). Genetic relatedness in social groups of the emerald coral goby Paragobiodon xanthosoma creates potential for weak kin selection. Molecular Ecology. 30: 1311-1321. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15809
Rueger, T., Harrison, H., Buston, P., Gardiner, N., Berumen, M., & Jones, G. (2020). Natal philopatry increases relatedness within groups of coral reef cardinalfish. Proc B. 287: 20201133. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1133
†Barbasch, T., Rueger, T., Srinivasan, M., Wong, M., Jones, G., & Buston, P. (2020). Substantial Plasticity of Reproduction and Parental Care in Response to Local Resource Availability. Oikos. 129: 1844-1855.
Rueger, T., Harrison, H., Gardiner, N., Berumen, M., & Jones, G. (2019). Extra-pair mating in a socially monogamous and paternal mouthbrooding cardinalfish. Molecular Ecology. 28: 2625- 2635. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15103
†Giffin, A., Rueger, T., & Jones, G. (2019). Ontogenetic shifts in microhabitat use and coral selectivity in three coral reef fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102: 55-67.
Rueger, T., Barbasch, T., Wong, M., Srinivasan, M., Jones, G., & Buston, P. (2018). Reproductive control via the threat of eviction in the clown anemonefish. Proc B. 285: 20181295. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1295
Rueger, T., Gardiner, N., & Jones, G. (2018). Site fidelity facilitates pair formation in aggregations of coral reef cardinalfish. Oecologia. 186: 425-434.
Rueger, T., Gardiner, N., & Jones, G. (2016). Homing is not for everyone: displaced cardinalfish find a new place to live. Journal of Fish Biology. 89: 2182-2188.
Rueger, T., Gardiner, N., & Jones, G. (2016). Size matters: male and female mate choice leads to size-assortative pairing in a coral reef cardinalfish. Behavioural Ecology. 27: 1585-159.
Rueger, T., Harrison, H., Jones, G., Mansour, H., & Berumen, M. (2015). Resolving genealogical relationships in the Pyjama cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera (Apogonidae) with 23 novel microsatellite markers. Conservation Genetics Resources. 7: 623-627.
Rueger, T., Gardiner, N., & Jones, G. (2014). Relationships between pair formation, site-fidelity and gender in a coral reef cardinalfish. Behavioural Processes. 107: 119-126.
Rueger, T., & Sommer, U. (2012). Warming does not always benefit the small- results from a plankton experiment. Aquatic Botany. 97: 64-68.