Finke, Kelly, Kristopher Nichols, Elke Weber, and Corina E. Tarnita. n.d. “A Complex Systems Framework Reveals Hidden Context-Dependence of Behavior Transitions”. SSRN. Referenced from papers.ssrn.com: A Complex Systems Framework Reveals Hidden Context-Dependence of Behavior Transitions.

Finke, Kelly, Kristopher L Nichols, Elke Weber, and Corina E. Tarnita. n.d. “A Complex Systems Framework Reveals Hidden Context-Dependence of Behavior Transitions”. Referenced from papers.ssrn.com: A Complex Systems Framework Reveals Hidden Context-Dependence of Behavior Transitions.

Jorge, Daniel, Merlijn Staps, Yuriy Pichugin, and Corina E. Tarnita. (2026) 2026. “Direct Benefits Are Not Necessary for the Evolution of Multicellularity”. Nature Ecology and Evolution. Referenced from doi.org: Direct benefits are not necessary for the evolution of multicellularity.

Colombo, Eduardo H, Corina E. Tarnita, and Juan A. Bonachela. 2026. “Zooplankton Feeding Behavioral Signatures in the Morphology of Macroscale Prey Spatial Distribution”. PLoS Computational Biology.

Tarnita, Corina E., and Arne Traulsen. 2025. “Reconciling Ecology and Evolutionary Game Theory or ‘When Not to Think Cooperation’”. PNAS 122 (14). doi:10.1073/pnas.2413847122.

Tarnita, Corina E. (2024) 2024. “Self-Organization in Spatial Ecology”. Current Biology 34 (20): R965-R970. Referenced from authors.elsevier.com: Self-organization in spatial ecology.

Michel-Mata, Sebastian, Mari Kawakatsu, Joseph Sartini, Taylor Kessinger, Joshua Plotkin, and Corina E. Tarnita. (2024) 2024. “The Evolution of Private Reputations in Information-Abundant Landscapes”. Nature 634: 883-89. Referenced from www.nature.com: The evolution of private reputations in information-abundant landscapes.

Staps, Merlijn, Pearson Miller, Corina E. Tarnita, and Ricardo Mallarino. (2023) 2023. “Development Shapes the Evolutionary Diversification of Rodent Stripe Patterns”. PNAS 120 (45): e2312077120. Referenced from www.pnas.org: Development shapes the evolutionary diversification of rodent stripe patterns.

Kessinger, Taylor, Corina E. Tarnita, and Joshua Plotkin. (2023) 2023. “Evolution of Norms for Judging Social Behavior”. PNAS 120 (24).

Rossine, Fernando, Ricardo Martinez-Garcia, Allyson Sgro, Thomas Gregor, and Corina E. Tarnita. 2020. “Eco-Evolutionary Significance of ’loners’”. PLoS Biology.

Pourtois, Julie, Corina E. Tarnita, and Juan A. Bonachela. 2020. “Impact of Lytic Phages on Phosphorus- versus Nitrogen-Limited Marine Microbes”. Frontiers in Microbiology (Aquatic Microbiology).

Staps, Merlijn, Jordi Gestel, and Corina E. Tarnita. 2019. “Emergence of Diverse Life Cycles and Life Histories at the Origin of Multicellularity”. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Referenced from www.nature.com: Emergence of diverse life cycles and life histories at the origin of multicellularity.

Atkins, Justine, Ryan Long, Johan Pansu, Corina E. Tarnita, and Robert Pringle. 2019. “Cascading Impacts of Large-Carnivore Extirpation in an African Ecosystem”. Science 364: 173-77. Referenced from science.sciencemag.org: Cascading impacts of large-carnivore extirpation in an African ecosystem.

Stalmans, Marc, Tara Massad, Mike J. S. Peel, Corina E. Tarnita, and Robert Pringle. 2019. “War-Induced Collapse and Asymmetric Recovery of Large-Mammal Populations in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique”. PLoS ONE 14 (3): e0212864. Referenced from journals.plos.org: War-induced collapse and asymmetric recovery of large-mammal populations in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Tarnita, Corina E. 2018. “Fast Evolution Unlocks Forbidden Communities”. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 1525-26. Referenced from www.nature.com: Fast evolution unlocks forbidden communities.

Ulrich, Yuko, Jonathan Saragosti, Christopher Tokita, Corina E. Tarnita, and Daniel J.C. Kronauer. 2018. “Fitness Benefits and Emergent Division of Labour at the Onset of Group Living”. Nature 560: 635-38. Referenced from www.nature.com: Fitness benefits and emergent division of labour at the onset of group living.

Gestel, Jordi, and Corina E. Tarnita. 2017. “On the Origin of Biological Construction, With a Focus on Multicellularity”. Proc Natl Acad Sci 114 (42): 11018-26. Referenced from www.pnas.org: On the Origin of Biological Construction, with a Focus on Multicellularity.

Martinez-Garcia, Ricardo, and Corina E. Tarnita. 2017. “Seasonality Can Induce Coexistence of Multiple Bet-Hedging Strategies in Dictyostelium Discoideum via Storage Effect”. Journal of Theoretical Biology 426: 104-16. Referenced from dx.doi.org: Seasonality can induce coexistence of multiple bet-hedging strategies in Dictyostelium discoideum via storage effect.

Tarnita, Corina E., Juan A. Bonachela, Efrat Sheffer, Jennifer A. Guyton, Tyler C. Coverdale, Ryan A. Long, and Robert M. Pringle. 2017. “A Theoretical Foundation for Multi-Scale Regular Vegetation Patterns”. Nature 541: 398-401. Referenced from www.nature.com: A theoretical foundation for multi-scale regular vegetation patterns.

Martinez-Garcia, Ricardo, and Corina E. Tarnita. 2016. “Lack of Ecological and Life History Context Can Create the Illusion of Social Interactions in Dictyostelium Discoideum”. PLoS Computational Biology 12 (12): e1005246. Referenced from journals.plos.org: Lack of Ecological and Life History Context Can Create the Illusion of Social Interactions in Dictyostelium discoideum.

Tarnita, Corina E. 2017. “The Ecology and Evolution of Social Behavior in Microbes”. Journal of Experimental Biology. Special Issue: Evolution of Social Behavior 220 (1): 18-24. Referenced from jeb.biologists.org: The ecology and evolution of social behavior in microbes.

Tarnita, Corina E. 2016. “Mathematical Approaches or Agent-Based Methods? Comment on ‘Evolutionary Game Theory Using Agent-Based Methods’ by Christoph Adami et Al”. Physics of Life Reviews 10.1016/j.plrev.2016.10.017 ((invited comment).

Constable, George W.A., Tim Rogers, Alan McKane, and Corina E. Tarnita. 2016. “Demographic Noise Can Reverse the Direction of Deterministic Selection”. Proc Natl Acad Sci 113 (32): E4745–E4754.

Pringle, Robert, and Corina E. Tarnita. 2017. “Spatial Self-Organization of Ecosystems: Integrating Multiple Mechanisms of Regular-Pattern Formation”. Annual Review of Entomology 62: 359-77. Referenced from www.annualreviews.org: Spatial Self-Organization of Ecosystems: Integrating Multiple Mechanisms of Regular-Pattern Formation.

Tarnita, Corina E., Alex Wahburne, Ricardo Martinez-Garcia, Allyson Sgro, and Simon Levin. 2015. “Fitness Tradeoffs Between Spores and Nonaggregating Cells Can Explain the Coexistence of Diverse Genotypes in Cellular Slime Molds”. Proc Natl Acad Sci 112: 2776-81.