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Overview

Ronald L. Rutowski is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work notably intersects with subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and animal science and zoology.

The primary topics of Rutowski's research include plant and animal studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, neurobiology and insect physiology research, animal nutrition and physiology, and Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy.

Their publication record features contributions to several journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Behavioural Processes
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Recently published papers by Ronald L. Rutowski illustrate a focus on behavioral ecology and the sensory biology of insects. Notable papers include:

  • "Male behavior in a swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor) ensures directional iridescent sexual signal is visible to females during courtship" (2023) in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • "Male behavior in a swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor) ensures directional iridescent sexual signal is visible to females during courtship" (2023) published as a preprint in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Color, activity period, and eye structure in four lineages of ants: Pale, nocturnal species have evolved larger eyes and larger facets than their dark, diurnal congeners" (2022) in PLoS ONE
  • "Variation in predator response to short-wavelength warning coloration" (2021) in Behavioural Processes
  • "Color, activity period, and eye structure in four lineages of ants: pale, nocturnal species have evolved larger eyes and larger facets than their dark, diurnal congeners" (2021) preprinted in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Ronald L. Rutowski has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Robert A. Johnson
  • Kimberly V. Pegram
  • Nicolas Lessios
  • Brett Seymoure
  • Andrew Raymundo

Best Publications

  • The evolution of male mate-locating behavior in butterflies

    Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Female butterflies mated with recently mated males show reduced reproductive output

    Ronald L. Rutowski;George W. Gilchrist;Barbara Terkanian

  • CONDITION DEPENDENCE, QUANTITATIVE GENETICS, AND THE POTENTIAL SIGNAL CONTENT OF IRIDESCENT ULTRAVIOLET BUTTERFLY COLORATION

    Darrell J. Kemp;Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Pterin pigment granules are responsible for both broadband light scattering and wavelength selective absorption in the wing scales of pierid butterflies.

    Nathan I Morehouse;Peter Vukusic;Ron Rutowski

  • Pterin Pigments Amplify Iridescent Ultraviolet Signal in Males of the Orange Sulphur Butterfly, Colias Eurytheme

    R.L Rutowski;J.M Macedonia;N Morehouse;L Taylor-Taft

  • Multimodal signalling: structural ultraviolet reflectance predicts male mating success better than pheromones in the butterfly Colias eurytheme L. (Pieridae)

    Randi S. Papke;Darrell J. Kemp;Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Variation of eye size in butterflies: Inter- and intraspecific patterns

    Ronald L. Rutowski

  • In the eyes of the beholders: Female choice and avian predation risk associated with an exaggerated male butterfly color.

    Nathan I. Morehouse;Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Quantifying iridescent coloration in animals: a method for improving repeatability

    Melissa G. Meadows;Nathan I. Morehouse;Nathan I. Morehouse;Ronald L. Rutowski;Jonathan M. Douglas

  • The use of visual cues in sexual and species discrimination by males of the small sulphur butterfly Eurema lisa (lepidoptera, pieridae)

    Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Courtship solicitation by females of the checkered white butterfly, Pieris protodice

    Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Epigamic selection by males as evidenced by courtship partner preferences in the checkered white butterfly (Pieris protodice)

    Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Visual acuity and sensitivity increase allometrically with body size in butterflies.

    R.L. Rutowski;Lars Gislén;Eric J. Warrant

  • Material Benefits from Multiple Mating in Female Mealworm Beetles (Tenebrio molitor L.)

    J. M. Drnevich;R. S. Papke;C. L. Rauser;R. L. Rutowski

  • Stress-mediated covariance between nano-structural architecture and ultraviolet butterfly coloration

    D. J. Kemp;P. Vukusic;R. L. Rutowski

  • The butterfly as an honest salesman

    Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Courtship solicitation by colias females lepidoptera pieridae

    Ronald L. Rutowski;Cruz E. Long;Larry D. Marshall;Richard S. Vetter

  • Evidence for Mate Choice in a Sulphur Butterfly (Colias eurytheme)

    Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Iridescence: views from many angles

    Melissa G Meadows;Michael W Butler;Nathan I Morehouse;Lisa A Taylor

  • Iridescent ultraviolet signal in the orange sulphur butterfly (Colias eurytheme): spatial, temporal and spectral properties

    Ronald L. Rutowski;Joseph M. Macedonia;Justin W. Merry;Nathan I. Morehouse

Frequent Co-Authors

Darrell J. Kemp
Darrell J. Kemp Macquarie University
John Alcock
John Alcock Arizona State University
Kevin J. McGraw
Kevin J. McGraw Arizona State University
Janis L. Dickinson
Janis L. Dickinson Cornell University
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner Cornell University
W. Owen McMillan
W. Owen McMillan Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Jerrold Meinwald
Jerrold Meinwald Cornell University
Frank C. Schroeder
Frank C. Schroeder Boyce Thompson Institute
Nicholas J. Strausfeld
Nicholas J. Strausfeld University of Arizona
Arja Kaitala
Arja Kaitala University of Oulu

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