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6734
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533

Overview

J. Dale Roberts is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in global and planetary change, ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, and ecology. This work integrates several subfields, including ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's main topics of study include amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, wildlife ecology and conservation, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, turtle biology and conservation, animal behavior and reproduction, and evolution and genetic dynamics.

Roberts has contributed to multiple publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles in notable venues such as Biological Conservation, Ecology and Evolution, PLoS Genetics, Biodiversity and Conservation, and Pacific Conservation Biology.

  • Status and priority conservation actions for Australian frog species (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • A national-scale dataset for threats impacting Australia's imperiled flora and fauna (2021, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus (2020, PLoS Genetics)
  • Citizen science data accurately predicts expert-derived species richness at a continental scale when sampling thresholds are met (2020, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • Red hot frogs: identifying the Australian frogs most at risk of extinction (2021, Pacific Conservation Biology)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Roberts include Harry B. Hines, Graeme R. Gillespie, Conrad J. Hoskin, Geoffrey W. Heard, and Frank Lemckert.

Best Publications

  • Sperm competition and the evolution of gamete morphology in frogs.

    Phillip Gregory Byrne;Leigh Simmons;J Dale Roberts

  • Biogeography and speciation of terrestrial fauna in the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot

    Michael G. Rix;Michael G. Rix;Danielle L. Edwards;Margaret Byrne;Mark S. Harvey;Mark S. Harvey

  • Commercial honey bees (Apis mellifera) reduce the fecundity of an Australian native bee (Hylaeus alcyoneus)

    Dean R. Paini;J. Dale Roberts

  • Parasite loads in parthenogenetic and sexual lizards (Heteronotia binoei) : support for the Red Queen hypothesis

    C. Moritz;H. McCallum;S. Donnellan;J. D. Roberts

  • Intrasexual selection and group spawning in quacking frogs (Crinia georgiana)

    Phillip Gregory Byrne;J Dale Roberts

  • Influence of environmental oxygen on development and hatching of aquatic eggs of the Australian frog, Crinia Georgiana

    Roger S. Seymour;J. Dale Roberts;Nicola J. Mitchell;Amy J. Blaylock

  • Burrow building in seabird colonies: a soil-forming process in island ecosystems

    Wesley J. Bancroft;Mark J. Garkaklis;J. Dale Roberts

  • Simultaneous mating with multiple males reduces fertilization success in the myobatrachid frog Crinia georgiana

    P. G. Byrne;J. D. Roberts

  • Molecular Phylogeny of the Australian Frog Genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and Allied Taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae)

    Kathryn Read;J.Scott Keogh;Ian A.W. Scott;J.Dale Roberts

  • Synchronous polyandry and multiple paternity in the frog Crinia georgiana (Anura: Myobatrachidae).

    J.Dale Roberts;Rachel J. Standish;Phillip G. Byrne;Paul Doughty

  • Call matching in the quacking frog (Crinia georgiana)

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  • Sperm competitiveness in frogs: slow and steady wins the race.

    Martin A. Dziminski;J. Dale Roberts;Maxine Beveridge;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Overview of the Conservation Status of Australian Frogs

    Jean Marc Hero;Clare Morrison;Graeme R Gillespie;J Dale Roberts

  • Sperm traits of the quacking frog, Crinia georgiana : intra- and interpopulation variation in a species with a high risk of sperm competition

    Attila Hettyey;Attila Hettyey;J. Dale Roberts

  • Among-population covariation between sperm competition and ejaculate expenditure in frogs

    Martin A. Dziminski;J. Dale Roberts;Maxine Beveridge;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Status and priority conservation actions for Australian frog species

    Graeme R. Gillespie;J. Dale Roberts;David Hunter;Conrad J. Hoskin

  • FITNESS CONSEQUENCES OF PARENTAL COMPATIBILITY IN THE FROG CRINIA GEORGIANA

    Martin A. Dziminski;J. Dale Roberts;Leigh W. Simmons

  • Molecular phylogenetics of the spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae) using nuclear rRNA genes (18S and 28S).

    Michael G. Rix;Mark S. Harvey;J. Dale Roberts

  • Biogeographic barriers in a subdued landscape : the distribution of the Geocrinia rosea (Anura : Myobatrachidae) complex in south-western Australia

    G. Wardell-Johnson;J. D. Roberts

  • Fungal communities on decaying wheat straw of different resource qualities

    Clare H. Robinson;John Dighton;Juliet C. Frankland;J. D. Roberts

  • A national-scale dataset for threats impacting Australia's imperiled flora and fauna.

    Michelle Ward;Michelle Ward;Josie Carwardine;Chuan J. Yong;James E.M. Watson

  • Embryonic respiration and oxygen distribution in foamy and nonfoamy egg masses of the frog Limnodynastes tasmaniensis

    Roger S. Seymour;J. Dale Roberts

  • Impact of fuel‐reduction burning on the frog Geocrinia lutea in southwest Western Australia

    Don A. Driscoll;J. Dale Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret Byrne
Margaret Byrne University of Western Australia
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty Western Australian Museum
Mark S. Harvey
Mark S. Harvey Australian Museum
J. Scott Keogh
J. Scott Keogh Australian National University
Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
Stephen Dovers
Stephen Dovers Australian National University
Graeme Gillespie
Graeme Gillespie Government of the Northern Territory
Conrad J. Hoskin
Conrad J. Hoskin James Cook University
Stephen C. Donnellan
Stephen C. Donnellan South Australian Museum
Roger S. Seymour
Roger S. Seymour University of Adelaide

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