Author key:
* undergraduate student
† graduate student
§ postdoc
Books and Book Chapters
Harrison, J. F., H. A. Woods and S. P. Roberts. 2012. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Insects. Oxford University Press Inc. New York. 378 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-922594-1. Reviewed by Behmer, S.T. 2012. Ecology 93(12): 2772-2773, and Davidowitz, G. 2013. The Quarterly Review of Biology 88(1): 50.
Williams§, J. B., S. P. Roberts and M. M. Elekonich. 2008. Heat Shock Proteins and Their Role in Generating, Maintaining and Even Preventing Alternative Insect Phenotypes. In Phenotypic Plasticity in Insects: Mechanisms and Consequences. D. W. Whitman and T. N. Ananthakrishnan, Editors. Science Publishers, Inc. Plymouth, UK.
Scientific Journal Articles
Margotta†, J. W., S. P. Roberts and M. M. Elekonich. 2018. Effects of flight activity and age on oxidative stress in the honey bee Apis mellifera. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221: jeb183228
Wang†, X., A. Amei, J. S. DeBelle and S. P. Roberts. 2018. Environmental effects on Drosophila brain development and learning. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221: jeb169375
Vance†, J., D. L. Altshuler, M. H. Dickinson and S. P. Roberts. 2014. Hovering flight in the honey bee Apis mellifera: Kinematic mechanisms for varying aerodynamic forces. Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology 87: 870-881. See also Neil Savage. 2015. Aerodynamics: vortices and robobees. Nature. 521: S64–S65.
Vance†, J. T., and S. P. Roberts. 2014. The effects of artificial wing wear on the flight capacity of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Journal of Insect Physiology 65: 27-36.
Lane†, S. J., W. A. Frankino, M. E. Elekonich and S. P. Roberts. 2014. The effects of age and lifetime flight behavior on flight capacity in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 1437-1443. Featured article. See also Kathryn Knight. 2014. Inside JEB: Inactivity exacerbates flies’ senescence. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 1420.
Margotta†, J. W., G. E. Mancinelli*, A. A. Benito*, A. Ammons§, S. P. Roberts and M. M. Elekonich. 2013. Effects of flight on gene expression and aging in the honey bee brain and flight muscle. Insects 3(4): 9-30.
Sinclair, B. J., A. G. Gibbs, W. K. Lee, A. Rajamohan§, S. P. Roberts and J. Socha. 2009. Synchrotron x-ray visualization of ice formation in insects during lethal and non-lethal freezing. PLoS One 4(12): e8259
Vance†, J. T., J. B. Williams§, M. M. Elekonich and S. P. Roberts. 2009. The effects of age and behavioral development on honey bee (Apis mellifera) flight performance. The Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 2604-2611. Featured article. See also Kathryn Knight. 2009. Inside JEB: Light foragers hover better than heavy nurses. Journal of Experimental Biology 212: iii
Stark, L. R., D. N. McLetchie and S. P. Roberts. 2009. Gender Differences and a new adult eukaryotic record for upper thermal tolerance in the desert moss Syntrichia caninervi. The Journal of Thermal Biology 34: 131-137.
Frazier†, M. R., J. F. Harrison, S. D. Kirkton and S. P. Roberts. 2008. Cold rearing improves cold-flight performance in Drosophila via changes in wing morphology. The Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 2116-2122.
Williams§, J. B., S. P. Roberts, and M. M. Elekonich. 2008. Age and natural metabolically-intensive behavior affect oxidative stress and antioxidant mechanisms. Experimental Gerontology 43: 538-549.
Sinclair§, B. J., A. G. Gibbs and S. P. Roberts. 2007. Gene transcription during exposure to and recovery from cold and desiccation stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Molecular Biology 16: 435-443.
Wang†, X., D. S. Green, S. P. Roberts and J. S. de Belle. 2007. Thermal disruption of mushroom body development and odor learning in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS ONE 2(11): e1125.
Sinclair§, B. J., S. Nelson*, T. L. Nilson*, S. P. Roberts and A. G. Gibbs. 2007. The effect of selection for desiccation resistance on cold tolerance of Drosophila melanogaster. Physiological Entomology 32: 322-327.
Nilson*, T. L., B. J. Sinclair§ and S. P. Roberts. 2006. The effects of carbon dioxide anesthesia and anoxia on rapid cold-hardening and chill coma recovery in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 52: 1027-1033.
Roberts, S. P. and M. M. Elekonich. 2005. Muscle biochemistry and the ontogeny of flight capacity during behavioral development in the honey bee Apis mellifera. The Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 4193-4198.
Roberts, S. P. 2005. Effects of flight behavior on body temperature and kinematics during inter-male mate competition in the solitary desert bee Centris pallida. Physiological Entomology 30: 151-157.
Altshuler§, D. L., W. B. Dickson§, J. T. Vance†, S. P. Roberts and M. H. Dickinson. 2005. Short amplitude, high frequency wing strokes determine the aerodynamics of honeybee flight. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 102: 18213-18218. Featured in the Wildlife section (page 30) of the August 2008 issue of National Geographic. See also Neil Savage. 2015. Aerodynamics: vortices and robobees. Nature. 521: S64–S65.
Sinclair§, B. J. and S. P. Roberts. 2005. Acclimation, shock and hardening in the cold. The Journal of Thermal Biology 30: 557-562.
Elekonich, M. M. and S. P. Roberts. 2005. Honey bees as a model for understanding mechanisms of life history transitions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A141: 362-371.
Reiber, C. L. and S. P. Roberts. 2005. Ontogeny of physiological regulatory mechanisms: fitting into the environment. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A141: 359-361.
Guadagnoli†, J. A., A. M. Braun§, S. P. Roberts and C. L. Reiber. 2005. Environment influences hemoglobin subunit structure in the branchiopod crustacean Triops longicaudatus. The Journal of Experimental Biology 208:3543-3551.
Roberts, S. P., J. F. Harrison and R. Dudley. 2004. Allometry of kinematics and energetics in carpenter bees (Xylocopa varipuncta) hovering in variable-density gases. The Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 993-1004.
Williams§, K. D., A. B. Helin*, J. Posluszny*, S. P. Roberts and M. E. Feder. 2003. Effect of heat shock, pretreatment, and hsp70 copy number on wing development in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Ecology 12: 1165-1177.
Roberts, S. P., M. E. Feder and J. H. Marden. 2003. Dropping like flies: Environmentally- induced impairment and protection of locomotor performance in adult Drosophila melanogaster. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75:615-621.
Feuerbacher*, E. N., J. F. Harrison, J. H. Fewell, S. P. Roberts and E. F. Smith†. 2003. Loading effects on flight metabolic rate and mechanical power output in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. The Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 1855-1865.
Krebs, R. A., S. P. Roberts, B. R. Bettencourt† and M. E. Feder. 2001. Evolution of thermotolerance and Hsp70 expression in Drosophila melanogaster in the absence of stress. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14: 75-82.
Roberts, S. P., and M. E. Feder. 2000. Changing fitness consequences of hsp70 copy number in transgenic Drosophila larvae undergoing natural thermal stress. Functional Ecology 14: 353-357.
Feder, M. E., S. P. Roberts, and A. C. Bordelon*. 2000. Molecular thermal telemetry of free-ranging adult Drosophila melanogaster. Oecologia 123: 460-465.
Harrison, J. F., and S. P. Roberts. 2000. Flight respiration and energetics. Annual Review of Physiology 62: 179-205.
Roberts§, S. P., and M. E. Feder. 1999. Natural hyperthermia and expression of the heat- shock protein Hsp70 affect developmental abnormalities in Drosophila melanogaster. Oecologia 121: 323-329.
Roberts†, S. P., and J. F. Harrison. 1999. Mechanisms of thermal stability during flight in the honey bee Apis mellifera. The Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 1523-1533.
Roberts†, S. P., J. F. Harrison and N. F. Hadley. 1998. Mechanisms of thermal balance in flying Centris pallida (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). The Journal of Experimental Biology 201: 2321-2331.
Roberts†, S. P., and J. F. Harrison. 1998. Mechanisms of thermoregulation in flying bees. American Zoologist 38: 492-502.
Harrison, J. F., J. H. Fewell, S. P. Roberts† and H. G. Hall. 1997. Reply to Heinrich, Esch, Stevenson and Woods. Science 276: 1016-1017.
Joos, B., J. R. B. Lighton, J. F. Harrison, R. K. Suarez and S. P. Roberts†. 1997. Effects of ambient oxygen tension on flight performance, metabolism, and water loss of the honey bee. Physiological Zoology 70: 167-174.
Suarez, R. K., J. R. B. Lighton, B. Joos, S. P. Roberts† and J. F. Harrison. 1996. Energy metabolism, enzymatic flux capacities and metabolic flux rates in flying honey bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 93: 12616-12620.
Harrison, J. F., J. H. Fewell, S. P. Roberts† and H. G. Hall. 1996. Achievement of thermal stability by varying metabolic heat production in flying honey bees. Science 274: 88-90.
Roberts†, S. P., M. C. Quinlan† and N. F. Hadley. 1994. Interactive effects of humidity and temperature on water loss in the lubber grasshopper Romalea guttata. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A109: 627-631.