White TE, Lynch K, Amory J, Forster CY, Hart AG, Latty T, Umbers KDL, and Drinkwater E (2026) INSTAR: reporting items for invertebrate welfare in research. EcoEvoRxiv preprint

Drinkwater E, Thurman L, Bates H, Broome L, Clemann N, Encinas-Viso F, Fink M, Geange S, Haines ML, Nicotra A, Raadik TA, Scheele B, Wapstra E, While GM, and Umbers KDL (2026) Adaptive capacity of alpine fauna in Australia https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70392

Skojec C, Godfrey RK, Adams B, Nazrul N, Earl C, McTammany A, Kawahara AY, Shirey V, and Umbers KDL (2026) Eyespots in Automeris moths mimic sympatric owl species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.74144

Mesaglio T, Umbers KDL, Emery NJ, Foster C, McBurney BA, Poyitt J, et al. (2026) The sounds of the Australian summer: a continental-scale inventory of cicada ecoacoustics https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70272

Ryeland J, House CM, Umbers KDL, and Spencer RJ (2026) Parent-offspring conflict drives selection for integrated egg traits in the male-incubated emu egg

Hämäläinen L, Marsland CM, White TE, Rowland HM, and Umbers KDL (2026) The protective value of the size and movement components of deimatic behavior https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag047

Rowland JA, Sato C, Regan T, Keith DA, Ferrer-Paris JR, Balmer J, … Umbers KDL, … and Nicholson E (2026) Risk status of Australia's alpine and subalpine ecosystems <https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70214>

Lownds RM, Waters J, Marsland C, Drinkwater E, and Umbers KDL (2026) The bogong moth: Agrotis infusa. In: Kitching RL (ed) Australian Moths: A Natural History. CABI, pp 526–536

Kate DL Umbers (2025) Invertebrate conservation: we know enough to act!

Medina I, Exnerová A, Daňková K, Penacchio O, Sherratt TN, Albrecht T, … Umbers KDL, … and Allen WL (2025) Global selection on insect antipredator coloration <https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr7368>

Kate DL Umbers, Wolfe K, Head M, Chowdhury S, and Latty T (2025) Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia's 1,000 threatened invertebrates. The Conversation <https://theconversation.com/saving-species-starts-at-home-how-you-can-help-australias-1-000-threatened-invertebrates-258285>

Pringle S, Dallimer M, Goddard MA, Le Goff LK, Hart E, Langdale SJ, … Umbers KDL, … and Davies ZG (2025) Opportunities and challenges for monitoring terrestrial biodiversity in the robotics age <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02704-9>

Binns GE, Hämäläinen L, Rowland HM, Caputi L, Kunert M, Mappes J, Ramon-Cabrera GM, Umbers KDL, Hart NS, and Herberstein ME (2025) Sexual differences in defensive strategies: investigating chemical defences and visual signals in a wasp moth Amata nigriceps <https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.242186>

Sague M, Dudaitis V, Plumert L, Umbers KDL, Saporito RA, and Lawrence JP (2024) Alkaloid-based chemical defenses and diet in six species of Australian poison frogs in the genus Pseudophryne (Myobatrachidae) <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-023-10269-x>

Beasley-Hall PG, Papadelos P, Hewitt A, Lassaline CR, Umbers KDL, et al. (2024) Sci-comm "behind the scenes": gendered narratives of scientific outreach activities in the life sciences. bioRxiv preprint <https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.28.582614>

Dielenberg J, Bekessy S, Cumming GS, Dean AJ, Fitzsimons JA, Garnett S, … Umbers KDL, … and Wintle BA (2024) Australia's biodiversity crisis and the need for the Biodiversity Council <https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12594>

Hämäläinen L, Binns GE, Hart NS, Mappes J, McDonald PG, O'Neill LG, Rowland HM, Umbers KDL, and Herberstein ME (2024) Predator selection on multicomponent warning signals in an aposematic moth <https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad097>

Binns G, Rowland H, McLean D, Umbers KDL, Mappes J, Hart N, et al. (2023) Amata variation analysis for eco-geographic hypotheses do not explain variation in warning signals in diurnal Amata nigriceps wasp moths [dataset] <https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0rxwdbs6f>

Kate DL Umbers, Dielenberg J, and Shanks M (2023) Trapped: Australia's extraordinary alpine insects are being marooned on mountaintops as the world warms. The Conversation <https://theconversation.com/trapped-australias-extraordinary-alpine-insects-are-being-marooned-on-mountaintops-as-the-world-warms-211104>

Kikuchi DW, Allen WL, Arbuckle K, Aubier TG, Briolat ES, Burdfield-Steel ER, … Umbers KDL, … and Exnerová A (2023) The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences <https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14192>

White TE, Latty T, and Umbers KDL (2023) An invited reply to: a comment on: The exploitation of sexual signals by predators: a meta-analysis (2022) White et al. <https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0243>

Lownds RM, Turbill C, White TE, and Umbers KDL (2023) The impact of elevated aestivation temperatures on the behaviour of bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103538>

Marsh JR, Bal P, Fraser H, Greenville A, Latty T, Moir ML, Rumpff L, Umbers KDL, and Woinarski JCZ (2023) Impacts of the 2019–20 wildfires on Australian invertebrates. In: Rumpff L, Legge SM, van Leeuwen S, Wintle BA, Woinarski JCZ (eds) Australia's Megafires: Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons from 2019–2020. CSIRO Publishing, pp 141–153 <https://doi.org/10.1071/9781486316656>

Drinkwater E, Allen WL, Endler JA, Hanlon RT, Holmes G, Homziak NT, … and Umbers KDL (2022) A synthesis of deimatic behaviour <https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12891>

Marsh JR, Bal P, Fraser H, Umbers KDL, Latty T, Greenville A, Rumpff L, and Woinarski JCZ (2022) Accounting for the neglected: invertebrate species and the 2019–2020 Australian megafires <https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13550>

Raynal RS, Schwanz LE, Riley JL, and Umbers KDL (2022) Genetic and environmental drivers of colour and pattern in the Australian jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus) <https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14066>

Mourmourakis F, De Bona S, and Umbers KDL (2022) Increasing intensity of deimatic behaviour in response to repeated simulated attacks: a case study on the mountain katydid (Acripeza reticulata) <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03226-1>

Muschett GE, Painting CJ, Herberstein ME, and Umbers KDL (2022) Aggressive behaviour in the skyhoppers of the Australian Alps <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-022-10185-6>

Kent BA, Holman C, Amoako E, Antonietti A, Azam JM, Ballhausen H, et al. (2022) Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice <https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001680>

Binns GE, Hämäläinen L, Kemp DJ, Rowland HM, Umbers KDL, and Herberstein ME (2022) Additive genetic variation, but not temperature, influences warning signal expression in Amata nigriceps moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae) <https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9111>

White TE, Latty T, and Umbers KDL (2022) The exploitation of sexual signals by predators: a meta-analysis <https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0444>

Slatyer RA, Umbers KDL, and Arnold PA (2022) Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover <https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13727>

Riley JL, Haff TM, Ryeland J, Drinkwater E, and Umbers KDL (2022) The protective value of the colour and shape of the mountain katydid's antipredator defence <https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14067>

Kate DL Umbers, Slatyer RA, Tatarnic NJ, Muschett GM, Wang S, and Song H (2021) Phylogenetics of the skyhoppers (Kosciuscola) of the Australian Alps: evolutionary and conservation implications https://doi.org/10.1071/PC21015 [[pdf](https://kate-umbers.squarespace.com/s/Umbers_et_al_2021_PacConBio.pdf)]

Ryeland J, House CM, Umbers KDL, and Spencer RJ (2021) Optimal clutch size and male incubation investment in the male-only incubating emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03110-4>

Song H, Muschett GR, Woller DA, Slatyer RA, Tatarnic NJ, and Umbers KDL (2021) Taxonomic notes on the Australian skyhopper genus Kosciuscola Sjöstedt (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oxyinae) <https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5071.1.6>

Camac JS, Umbers KDL, Morgan JW, Geange SR, Hanea A, Slatyer RA, McDougall KL, Venn SE, Vesk PA, Hoffmann AA, and Nicotra AB (2021) Predicting species and community responses to global change using structured expert judgement: an Australian mountain ecosystems case study <https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15750>

Marsh J, Bal P, Fraser H, Umbers KDL, Greenville A, Rumpff L, and Woinarski J (2021) Assessment of the impacts of the 2019–20 wildfires of southern and eastern Australia on invertebrate species: final report. NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub <https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/publications-and-tools/assessment-of-the-impacts-of-the-2019-20-wildfires-of-southern-and-eastern-australia-on-invertebrate-species-final-report>

Saunders ME, Barton PS, Bickerstaff JRM, Frost L, Latty T, Lessard BD, Lowe EC, Rodriguez J, White TE, and Umbers KDL (2021) Limited understanding of bushfire impacts on Australian invertebrates <https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12493>

White TE, and Umbers KDL (2021) Meta-analytic evidence for quantitative honesty in aposematic signals <https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0679>

Kent B, Holman C, Amoako E, Antonietti A, Azam J, Ballhausen H, et al. (2021) Empowering early career researchers to improve science. MetaArXiv preprint <https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/p5evw>Kate DL Umbers, Slatyer RA, Tatarnic NJ, Muschett GM, Wang S, and Song H (2021) Phylogenetics of the skyhoppers (Kosciuscola) of the Australian Alps: evolutionary and conservation implications https://doi.org/10.1071/PC21015 [pdf]

James S Camac, Kate DL Umbers, John W Morgan, Sonya R Geange, Anca Hanea, Rachel A Slatyer, Keith L McDougall, Susanna E Venn Peter A Vesk, Ary A Hoffmann, Adrienne B Nicotra (2021) Predicting species and community responses to global change using structured expert judgement: An Australian mountain ecosystems case study Global Change Biology, 00, 1-15 [pdf]

Thomas E. White and Kate DL Umbers (2021) Meta-analytic evidence for quantitative honesty in aposematic signals Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 288: 20210679 [pdf]

Manu E Saunders, Philip S Barton, James RM Bickerstaff, Lindsey Frost, Tanya Latty, Bryan D Lessard, Elizabeth C Lowe, Juanita Rodriguez, Thomas E White, Kate DL Umbers (2021) Limited understanding of bushfire impacts on Australian invertebrates Insect Conservation and Diversity [pdf]

Slatyer RA, Umbers KDL, Arnold PA (2021) Ecological responses to variation in seasonal snow cover Conservation Biology doi: 10.1111/cobi.13727 [pdf]

Vidal-García, M, O’Hanlon J, Svenson G and Umbers KDL (2020) the evolution of startle displays: a case study in the praying mantises Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287: 20201016. [pdf]

Harvey JA, R Heinen, I Armbrecht, Y Basset, JH Baxter-Gilbert … KDL Umbers… Hans de Kroon (2020) International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-3 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, JL Riley, MBJ Kelly, G Taylor‐Dalton, JP Lawrence and PG Byrne (2020) Educating the enemy: Harnessing learned avoidance behavior in wild predators to increase survival of reintroduced southern corroboree frogs Conservation Science and Practice 2 (1), e139 [pdf]

De Bona S, TE White, KDL Umbers (2020) Fight or flight trade-offs and the defensive behaviour of the mountain katydid, Acripeza reticulata Animal Behaviour 159, 81-87 [pdf]

O’Hanlon JC, DN Rathnayake, KL Barry, KDL Umbers (2018) Post-attack defensive displays in three praying mantis species Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72 (11), 176 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, TE White, S De Bona, T Haff, J Ryeland, E Drinkwater, and J Mappes (2019) The protective value of a defensive display varies with the experience of wild predators, Scientific Reports 9 (1), 463 [pdf]

Muschett G, KDL Umbers, ME Herberstein (2018) Male mate choice in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) Ethology 124 (10), 751-759 [pdf]

Fabricant SA, ER Burdfield-Steel, KDL Umbers, EC Lowe, ME Herberstein (2018) Warning signal plasticity in hibiscus harlequin bugs Evolutionary Ecology 32 (5), 489-507 2018 [pdf]

Ahrens CW, PD Rymer, A Stow, J Bragg, S Dillon, KDL Umbers and Dudaniec R (2018) The search for loci under selection: trends, biases and progress Molecular Ecology 27 (6), 1342-1356 15 [pdf]

Mahoney PC, NJ Tatarnic, JC O’Hanlon, KDL Umbers (2017) Mate guarding and male mate choice in the chameleon grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Journal of Ethology 35 (2), 197-201 [pdf]

Muschett G, Umbers KDL, ME Herberstein (2017) Within-season variability of fighting behaviour in an Australian alpine grasshopper PloS One 12 (4), e0171697 3 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, De Bona S, White TE, Lehtonen J, Mappes J and Endler JA (2017) Deimatism: a neglected dimension of antipredator defense Biology Letters [pdf]

Drinkwater EL, Ryeland J, Haff T & Umbers KDL (2017) Observation of food dunking in the Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen) Australian Field Ornithologist [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Silla A, Bailey J, Byrne, PG (2016) Dietary carotenoids change the colour of Southern corroboree frogs Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society DOI: 10.1111/bij.12818 [pdf]

Kahlke T & Umbers KDL (2016) Bioluminescence Current Biology 26 (8), R313-R314 [pdf]

Umbers KDL and Mappes J (2016) Toward a working hypothesis for deimatic displays Animal Behaviour 113, e5-e7 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, McBride C, Despres, F, Williamson, JE & Stow AJ (2016) Genetic structure of mourning cuttlefish (Sepia plangon Gray 1849) in Sydney Harbour Journal of Molluscan Studies eyv051. [pdf]

White TE, Dalrymple, RL, Noble, DWA, O'Hanlon JC, Zurek, DB & Umbers KDL (2015) Reproducible research in the study of biological colouration Animal Behaviour [pdf]

López-Sepulcre A, De Bona S, Valkonen JK, Umbers KDL & Mappes J (2015) Item Response Trees: A recommended method for analysing categorical data in behavioural studies Behavioural Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/arv091 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Lehtonen JL, Mappes, J (2015) Deimatic displays Current Biology 29(2) R58-R59 [pdf]

Umbers KDL & Mappes J (2015) Post-attack deimatic display in the mountain katydid (Acripeza reticulata) Animal Behaviour 100 68-73 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Hill, N, Hose G, Byatt L, Herberstein ME & Power ML (2015) Prevalence of Nematoda and Diptera parasites in an Australian alpine grasshopper PLoS ONE [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Symonds MRE, Kokko H (2015) The mothematics of female pheromone signaling: strategies for aging virgins The American Naturalist 185(3) 417-432 [pdf]

Slatyer R, Nash M, Miller A, Endo Y, Umbers KDL, Hoffmann AA (2014) Strong genetic structure corresponds to small-scale geographic breaks in the Australian alpine grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis 
BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(1) 204 [pdf]

Umbers^ KDL, Fabricant^, SA, Gawryszewski FM, Seago, AE, Herberstein, ME (2014) Reversible colour change in Arthropoda Biological Reviews [pdf]

Keogh JS, Umbers KDL, Wilson, E, Stapley J and Whiting MJ (2013) Influence of alternate reproductive tactics and pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection on paternity and offspring performance in a lizard Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67 4 629-638 [pdf]

Umbers KDL (2013) On the function of blue colouration in animals Journal of Zoology 289 229-242 [pdf]

Tatarnic^ NJ, Umbers^ KDL, Song H (2013) Phylogenetics of Kosciuscola grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) across Australian sky islands Invertebrate Systematics 27: 307-316 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Tatarnic, NJ, Holwell GI, Herberstein ME (2013) Bright turquoise as an intraspecific signal in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67 439-447 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Herberstein ME & Madin JS (2013) Colour in insect thermoregulation: empirical and theoretical tests in a colour changing grasshopper Journal of Insect Physiology 59 1 81-90 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, MD Jennions, MG Gardner & JS Keogh (2013) Twenty-five new polymorphic microsatellites for the eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki), an invasive species in Australia Australian Journal of Zoology 284 1 40-45 [pdf]

Osborne L, Umbers KDL, Backwell, PRY & Keogh JS (2012) Male tawny dragons use throat patterns to recognise rivals Naturwissenschaften 99 869-872 [pdf]

Osborne L, Umbers KDL & Keogh JS (2012) The effects of perch height, time in residence and distance from opponent on aggressive display in male lizards Acta Ethologica doi:10.1007/s10211-012-0135-z [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Tatarnic NJ, Holwell GI & Herberstein ME (2012) Ferocious fighting in male grasshoppers PLoS ONE 7 11 e49600 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Dennison S, Manahan CA, Blondin L, Pagés C, Risterucci A-M & Chapuis M-P (2012) Microsatellite markers for the chameleon grasshopper Kosciuscola tristis (Orthoptera: Acrididae), an Australian alpine specialist International Journal of Molecular Science 13 12094-12099 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Osborne L & Keogh JS (2012) The effects of residency and body size on contest initiation and outcome in the territorial dragon, Ctenophorus decresii PLoS ONE 7 10 e47143 [pdf]

Umbers KDL (2011) Turn the temperature to turquoise: Cues for colour change in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis) Journal of Insect Physiology 57 1198-1204 [pdf]

Umbers KDL, Holwell GI, Stow A & Herberstein ME (2011) Molecular evidence for variation in polyandry among praying mantids (Mantodea: Ciulfina) Journal of Zoology 284 40-45 [pdf]

Attard CM, Holwell GI, Schwartz TS, Umbers KDL, Stow AJ, Herberstein ME & Beheregaray LB (2009) Microsatellite markers for the praying mantis Ciulfina rentzi Molecular Ecology Resources 9 1480-1482 [pdf]