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Bernard D. Roitberg

Bernard D. Roitberg

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
8203
World Ranking
3195
National Ranking
217

Overview

Bernard D. Roitberg is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Key subfields of study include global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, insect science, plant science, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The primary focus of Roitberg's scholarly work covers several topics, including:

  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Roitberg has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed journal articles, often collaborating with other researchers. Their recent publications include:

  • Foraging behaviour of Rhagoletis pomonella, a parasite of hawthorn (Crataegus), 2023, Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
  • Ecology and Prediction of Compensatory Growth: From Theory to Application in Forestry, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Forest Productivity Enhancement and Compensatory Growth: A Review and Synthesis, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Detecting Compensatory Growth in Silviculture Trials: Empirical Evidence From Three Case Studies Across Canada, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Modelling the stand dynamics after a thinning induced partial mortality: A compensatory growth perspective, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science

Roitberg has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Ecological Entomology
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Plants
  • Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

The scientist often collaborates with other scholars, with notable frequent co-authors including:

  • Robert G. Lalonde
  • Hugh J. Barclay
  • Shongming Huang
  • Chao Li

Best Publications

  • Fitness, parasitoids and biological control: an opinion

    B.D. Roitberg;G. Boivin;L.E.M. Vet

  • JOINING AND AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR IN NONSOCIAL INSECTS

    Ronald J. Prokopy;Bernard D. Roitberg

  • Life expectancy and reproduction.

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Julie Sircom;Carol A. Roitberg;Jacques J. M. van Alphen

  • The economics of escape behaviour in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Lawrence M. Dill;Alex H. G. Fraser;Bernard D. Roitberg

  • Insects that Mark Host Plants

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Ronald J. Prokopy

  • Seasonal dynamic shifts in patch exploitation by parasitic wasps.

    B.D. Roitberg;M. Mangel;R.G. Lalonde;C.A. Roitberg

  • Instar-specific defense of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum:influence on oviposition success of the parasite Aphelinus asychis (Hymenoptera:Aphelinidae).

    D. Gerling;B. D. Roitberg;M. Mackauer

  • Adaptive suicidal behaviour in pea aphids

    Murdoch K. McAllister;Bernard D. Roitberg

  • On the evolutionary ecology of marking pheromones

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Marc Mangel

  • THE INFLUENCE OF PREDATORS ON THE MOVEMENT OF APTEROUS PEA APHIDS BETWEEN PLANTS

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Judith H. Myers;B. D. Frazer

  • Dynamic information and host acceptance by a tephritid fruit fly

    Marc Mangel;Bernard D. Roitberg

  • Foraging Behaviour of Rhagoletis pomonella, a Parasite of Hawthorn (Crataegus viridis), in Nature

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Joop C. Van Lenteren;Jacques J. M. Van Alphen;Frietson Galis

  • Trophic egg laying : hypotheses and tests

    Jennifer C. Perry;Bernard D. Roitberg

  • Impacts of flight distance on sex ratio and resource allocation to offspring in the leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata

    Jason H. Peterson;Bernard D. Roitberg;J. H. Peterson

  • Effects of simulated heat waves on an experimental community of pepper plants, green peach aphids and two parasitoid species

    David R. Gillespie;Abida Nasreen;Chandra E. Moffat;Peggy Clarke

  • Does mother really know best? Oviposition preference reduces reproductive performance in the generalist parasitoid Aphidius ervi.

    Lee M. Henry;David R. Gillespie;Bernard D. Roitberg

  • Adaptation of alarm pheromone responses of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris)

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Judith H. Myers

  • Host deprivation influence on response of Rhagoletis pomonella to its oviposition deterring pheromone.

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Ronald J. Prokopy

  • BEHAVIOURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF PEA APHIDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) TO HIGH GROUND TEMPERATURES AND PREDATOR DISTURBANCE

    Bernard D. Roitberg;Judith H. Myers

  • Foraging Behavior of True Fruit Flies

    Ronald J. Prokopy;Bernard D. Roitberg

  • Ladybird mothers mitigate offspring starvation risk by laying trophic eggs

    Jennifer C. Perry;Jennifer C. Perry;Bernard D. Roitberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Mangel
Marc Mangel University of Bergen
Ronald J. Prokopy
Ronald J. Prokopy University of Massachusetts Amherst
Daniel R. Papaj
Daniel R. Papaj University of Arizona
Louise E. M. Vet
Louise E. M. Vet Wageningen University & Research
Judith H. Myers
Judith H. Myers University of British Columbia
Jacques J. M. van Alphen
Jacques J. M. van Alphen Leiden University
Alex Córdoba-Aguilar
Alex Córdoba-Aguilar National Autonomous University of Mexico
Michael E. Robinson
Michael E. Robinson University of Florida
Jacques Brodeur
Jacques Brodeur University of Montreal
Martin Aluja
Martin Aluja Instituto de Ecología

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