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Robert Dudley is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, with a primary focus on Environmental Science, Engineering, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work engages extensively with subfields such as Ecology, Aerospace Engineering, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics of Robert Dudley's research include biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, animal behavior and reproduction, avian ecology and behavior, physiological and biochemical adaptations, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, and biochemical analysis and sensing techniques.

Robert Dudley has contributed to a range of scientific publications. Frequent venues for their work include the Journal of Experimental Biology, Royal Society Open Science, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, and Science Advances.

Among the recent papers associated with this scientist are:

  • "Specimen collection is essential for modern science," 2023, PLoS Biology
  • "A Tale of Winglets: Evolution of Flight Morphology in Stick Insects," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Human Evolution and Dietary Ethanol," 2021, Nutrients
  • "Dietary ethanol ingestion by free-ranging spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)," 2022, Royal Society Open Science
  • "Hummingbird blood traits track oxygen availability across space and time," 2023, Ecology Letters

Robert Dudley collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including Yu Zeng, Jimmy A. McGuire, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Aleksey Maro, and Erik A. Sathe. These partnerships contribute to a significant volume of research outputs.

Best Publications

  • The biomechanics of insect flight : form, function, evolution

    Robert Dudley

  • Molecular Phylogenetics and the Diversification of Hummingbirds

    Jimmy A. McGuire;Christopher C. Witt;J.V. Remsen;Ammon Corl

  • Implications of the late Palaeozoic oxygen pulse for physiology and evolution

    Jeffrey B. Graham;Nancy M. Aguilar;Robert Dudley;Robert Dudley;Carl Gans

  • Mechanics of Forward Flight in Bumblebees: I. Kinematics and Morphology

    R. Dudley;C. P. Ellington

  • An integrative approach to understanding bird origins

    Xing Xu;Zhonghe Zhou;Robert Dudley;Susan Mackem

  • PHANEROZOIC ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN

    Robert A. Berner;David J. Beerling;Robert Dudley;Jennifer M. Robinson

  • ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN, GIANT PALEOZOIC INSECTS AND THE EVOLUTION OF AERIAL LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE

    Robert Dudley

  • Into thin air: Physiology and evolution of alpine insects.

    Michael E. Dillon;Melanie R. Frazier;Robert K. Dudley;Robert K. Dudley

  • Mechanics of Forward Flight in Bumblebees: II. QUASI-STEADY LIFT AND POWER REQUIREMENTS

    R. Dudley;C. P. Ellington

  • Repeated elevational transitions in hemoglobin function during the evolution of Andean hummingbirds.

    Joana Projecto-Garcia;Chandrasekhar Natarajan;Hideaki Moriyama;Roy E. Weber

  • Why are there so few evolutionary transitions between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

    Geerat J. Vermeij;Robert K. Dudley

  • Gliding and the Functional Origins of Flight: Biomechanical Novelty or Necessity?

    Robert Dudley;Greg Byrnes;Stephen P. Yanoviak;Brendan Borrell

  • Ethanol, fruit ripening, and the historical origins of human alcoholism in primate frugivory.

    Robert K. Dudley

  • Resolution of a paradox: Hummingbird flight at high elevation does not come without a cost

    Douglas L. Altshuler;Robert Dudley;Jimmy A. McGuire

  • Fermenting fruit and the historical ecology of ethanol ingestion: is alcoholism in modern humans an evolutionary hangover?

    Robert Dudley

  • Sodium shortage as a constraint on the carbon cycle in an inland tropical rainforest.

    Michael E. Kaspari;Stephen P. Yanoviak;Robert K. Dudley;May Yuan

  • Biomechanics of Flight in Neotropical Butterflies: Morphometrics and Kinematics

    Robert Dudley

  • On the biogeography of salt limitation: A study of ant communities

    Michael E. Kaspari;Stephen P. Yanoviak;Robert K. Dudley

  • Evolutionary origins of human alcoholism in primate frugivory.

    Robert K. Dudley

  • Mechanisms and implications of animal flight maneuverability.

    Robert K. Dudley

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Yanoviak
Stephen P. Yanoviak University of Louisville
Robert B. Srygley
Robert B. Srygley US Department of Agriculture
Michael Kaspari
Michael Kaspari University of Oklahoma
Jimmy A. McGuire
Jimmy A. McGuire University of California, Berkeley
A. Stanley Rand
A. Stanley Rand Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Jon F. Harrison
Jon F. Harrison Arizona State University
M. A. R. Koehl
M. A. R. Koehl University of California, Berkeley
C. P. Ellington
C. P. Ellington University of Cambridge
Carl Gans
Carl Gans University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Berry Pinshow
Berry Pinshow Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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