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Overview

Robert B. Srygley is affiliated with the US Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science, with particular focus on ecology, evolution, insect physiology, and ecological modeling.

Their publication record includes work in several key scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Insect Physiology
  • Environmental Entomology
  • Geographies
  • Insects
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Research topics covered by Srygley reveal a broad engagement with animal and plant ecology, physiological adaptations, and the impact of environmental factors on species behavior and distribution. Main topics include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Srygley's work appears predominantly within these subfields:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Insect Science
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Genetics

Coauthors who have frequently collaborated with Srygley include:

  • David H. Branson
  • John Humphreys
  • Fredric V. Vencl
  • Megan C. Sabal
  • Mark S. Boyce

Representative publications by Robert B. Srygley include:

  • "Parental Photoperiod Affects Egg Diapause in a Montane Population of Mormon Crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)," 2020, Environmental Entomology
  • "Increasing temperature reduces cuticular melanism and immunity to fungal infection in a migratory insect," 2021, Ecological Entomology
  • "Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution," 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution (authored by Megan C. Sabal with contribution from Srygley in related research)
  • "Pervasive mimicry in flight behavior among aposematic butterflies," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (coauthored)
  • "Geographic Variation in Migratory Grasshopper Recruitment under Projected Climate Change," 2022, Geographies (coauthored)

Best Publications

  • Unconventional lift-generating mechanisms in free-flying butterflies.

    R. B. Srygley;A. L. R. Thomas

  • Dragonfly flight: free-flight and tethered flow visualizations reveal a diverse array of unsteady lift-generating mechanisms, controlled primarily via angle of attack.

    Adrian L. R. Thomas;Graham K. Taylor;Robert B. Srygley;Robert L. Nudds

  • PREDATION AND THE FLIGHT, MORPHOLOGY, AND TEMPERATURE OF NEOTROPICAL RAIN-FOREST BUTTERFLIES

    Peng Chai;Robert B. Srygley

  • Flight morphology of neotropical butterflies : palatability and distribution of mass to the thorax and abdomen

    Robert B. Srygley;Robert B. Srygley;Peng Chai

  • FLIGHT PHYSIOLOGY OF NEOTROPICAL BUTTERFLIES: ALLOMETRY OF AIRSPEEDS DURING NATURAL FREE FLIGHT

    Robert Dudley;Robert B. Srygley

  • Magnetoreception in eusocial insects: an update.

    Eliane Wajnberg;Daniel Acosta-Avalos;Odivaldo Cambraia Alves;Jandira Ferreira de Oliveira

  • Aeroecology: probing and modeling the aerosphere

    Thomas H. Kunz;Sidney A. Gauthreaux;Nickolay I. Hristov;Jason W. Horn

  • CORRELATIONS OF THE POSITION OF CENTER OF BODY MASS WITH BUTTERFLY ESCAPE TACTICS

    Robert B. Srygley;Robert Dudley

  • Locomotor Mimicry in Butterflies? The Associations of Positions of Centres of Mass among Groups of Mimetic, Unprofitable Prey

    Robert B. Srygley

  • Orientation by magnetic field in leaf‐cutter ants, Atta colombica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Alexander N. Banks;Robert B. Srygley

  • Optimal strategies for insects migrating in the flight boundary layer: mechanisms and consequences

    Robert B. Srygley;Robert K. Dudley

  • PREDATION AND THE ELEVATION OF THORACIC TEMPERATURE IN BRIGHTLY COLORED NEOTROPICAL BUTTERFLIES

    Robert B. Srygley;Peng Chai

  • Immediate protein dietary effects on movement and the generalised immunocompetence of migrating Mormon crickets Anabrus simplex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).

    Robert B. Srygley;Robert B. Srygley;Patrick D. Lorch;Stephen J. Simpson;Gregory A. Sword

  • Locomotor mimicry in Heliconius butterflies: contrast analyses of flight morphology and kinematics

    Robert B. Srygley

  • The aerodynamic costs of warning signals in palatable mimetic butterflies and their distasteful models

    Robert B. Srygley

  • Predation landscapes influence migratory prey ecology and evolution.

    Megan C. Sabal;Mark S. Boyce;Corie L. Charpentier;Nathan B. Furey

  • DO NEOTROPICAL MIGRANT BUTTERFLIES NAVIGATE USING A SOLAR COMPASS

    Evandro G. Oliveira;Robert B. Srygley;Robert Dudley

  • Effects of weight loading on flight performance and survival of palatable Neotropical Anartia fatima butterflies

    Robert B. Srygley;Joel G. Kingsolver

  • El Niño and dry season rainfall influence hostplant phenology and an annual butterfly migration from Neotropical wet to dry forests

    Robert B. Srygley;Robert Dudley;Robert Dudley;Evandro G. Oliveira;Rafael Aizprúa

  • Do leafcutter ants, Atta colombica, orient their path-integrated home vector with a magnetic compass?

    A.J. Riveros;A.J. Riveros;R.B. Srygley;R.B. Srygley

  • The Butterflies of Barro Colorado Island, Panama: Local Extinction since the 1930s

    Yves Basset;Héctor Barrios;Simon Segar;Robert B. Srygley

  • Incorporating Motion into Investigations of mimicry

    Robert B. Srygley

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley University of California, Berkeley
Joel G. Kingsolver
Joel G. Kingsolver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
C. P. Ellington
C. P. Ellington University of Cambridge
Sharon M. Swartz
Sharon M. Swartz Brown University
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones University of Bristol
Gregory A. Sword
Gregory A. Sword Texas A&M University
Yves Basset
Yves Basset Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Philip J. DeVries
Philip J. DeVries University of New Orleans

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