Dr. Andrew Roberts. Dept. Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University at Newark

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My complete CV (last updated September 2007)  (full text)

Recent Publications:

Roberts JA, Taylor PW, & Uetz GW. (2007) Consequences of complex signaling: Predator detection of multimodal cues. Behavioral Ecology, 18: 236-240 (OSU Library Link)

Taylor PW, Roberts JA, & Uetz GW. (2006) Mating in the absence of visual cues by Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz 1844) wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology, 34(3): 501-505 (OSU Library Link)

Roberts JA, Galbraith E, Milliser J, Taylor PW, & Uetz GW. (2006) Absence of social facilitation of courtship in the wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz) (Araneae: Lycosidae). Acta Ethologica, 9: 71-77 (OSU Library Link)

Taylor, PW, JA Roberts, & GW Uetz. 2006. Compensation for injury? Modified multi-modal courtship of wolf spiders following autotomy of signaling appendages. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 18: 79-89 (FULL TEXT)

Roberts, J.A. and G.W. Uetz. 2005. Information content of female chemical signals in the wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata: male discrimination of reproductive state and receptivity. Animal Behaviour, 70: 217-223  (OSU Library Link)

Taylor, P.W., J.A. Roberts, and G.W. Uetz. 2005. Flexibility in the multi-modal courtship of a wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata. Journal of Ethology, 23: 71-75  (OSU Library Link)

Roberts, J.A. and G.W. Uetz. 2004. Species-specificity of chemical signals: Silk source affects discrimination in a wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 17(4): 477-491  (OSU Library Link)

Roberts, J.A. and G.W. Uetz. 2004. Chemical signaling in a wolf spider: A test of ethospecies discrimination. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 30(6): 1271-1284  (full text)

Roberts, J.A., P.W. Taylor, and G.W. Uetz. 2003. Kinship and food availability influence cannibalism tendency in early-instar wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 54: 416-422  (full text)

Uetz, G.W. and J.A. Roberts. 2002. Multi-sensory cues and multi-modal communication in spiders: insights from video/audio playback studies. Brain, Behavior & Evolution, 59: 222-230  (full text)