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Herberstein ME, Wignall AE, Nessler S, Harmer AMT, Schneider J. (2012). How effective and persistent are fragments of male genitalia as mating plugs? Behavioral Ecology 23: 1140- 1145

Harmer AMT, Kokko H, Herberstein ME, Madin JS. (2012). Optimal web investment in sub- optimal foraging conditions. Naturwissenschaften 99: 65-70

Harmer AMT, Blackledge TA, Madin JS, Herberstein ME. (2011). High-performance spider webs: integrating biomechanics, ecology and behaviour. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 8: 457-471

Herberstein ME, Schneider JM, Harmer AMT, Gaskett AC, Robinson K, Shaddick K, Soetkamp D, Wilson PD, Pekar S, Elgar MA. (2011). Sperm storage and copulation duration in a sexually cannibalistic spider. Journal of Ethology 29: 9-15

Harmer AMT, Herberstein ME. (2010). Functional diversity of ladder-webs: moth specialisation or optimal area use? Journal of Arachnology 38: 119-122

Harmer AMT, Herberstein ME. (2009). Taking it to extremes: what drives extreme web elongation in Australian ladder-web spiders (Telaprocera maudae)? Animal Behaviour 78: 499-504

Harmer AMT. (2009). Elongated orb-webs of Australian ladder-web spiders (Araneidae: Telaprocera) and the significance of orb-web elongation. Journal of Ethology 27: 453-460

Harmer AMT, Framenau VW. (2008). Telaprocera (Araneae: Araneidae), a new genus of Australian orb-web spiders with highly elongated webs. Zootaxa 1956: 59-80

Perez-Staples D, Harmer AMT, Collins SR & Taylor PW. (2008). Potential for pre-release diet supplements to increase the sexual performance and longevity of male Queensland fruit flies. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 10: 255-262

Mankin RW, Lemon M, Harmer AMT, Evans CS, Taylor PW. (2008). Time-pattern and frequency analyses of sounds produced by irradiated and untreated male Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) during mating behavior. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 101: 664- 674

Perez-Staples D, Harmer AMT, Taylor PW. (2007). Sperm storage and utilization in female Queensland fruit flies (Bactrocera tryoni). Physiological Entomology. 32: 127-135

Harmer AMT, Radhakrishnan P, Taylor PW. (2006). Remating inhibition in female Queensland fruit flies: effects and correlates of sperm storage. Journal of Insect Physiology. 52: 179-186