Dr. Ian Robertson is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Dr.
Robertson’s research interests include the behavior and evolutionary ecology of insects
and their populations. His studies have focused on such topics as insect-mediated
pollination in slickspot peppergrass, seed predation on slickspot peppergrass by
harvester ants, predator-prey relationships between crab spiders and insects, host choice
decisions in bark beetles, and the function and duration of parental care in subsocial
insects. As a part of this work, Dr. Robertson often involves graduate students, allowing
them to receive high level research experience.

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Relative Contributions to Seed Production by Floral Visitors of Slickspot Peppergrass, Lepidium papilliferum (Brassicaceae) (with Hollie Leavitt), Arthropod-Plant Interactions (2011)

Assessing the relative contributions to seed production made by different types of floral visitors is...

 

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Intense Seed Predation by Harvester Ants on a Rare Mustard (with Joshua P. White), Ecoscience (2009)

Seed predation can significantly restrict the reproductive output and fitness of individual plants, and its...

 

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An Unusual Life History Strategy in Lepidium papilliferum (Brassicaceae), A Rare Mustard Endemic to Southwestern Idaho (with Joshua P. White), Northwest Science (2009)

Lepidium papilliferum (Brassicaceae) is a rare mustard endemic to sagebrush-steppe habitat in southwestern Idaho. The...

 

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Phylogenetic Relationships Among Lepidium papilliferum (L. Henderson) A. Nels. & J. F. Macbr., L. montanum Nutt., and L. davisii Rollins (Brassicaceae) (with James F. Smith, Amy J. Stillman, Steven R. Larson, C. Mae Culumber, and Stephen J. Novak), The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club (2009)

Previous phylogenetic analyses of Lepidium included only a few accessions of L. montanum, L. flavum,...

 

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Using Automated Flight Mills to Manipulate Fat Reserves in Douglas-fir Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (with Wyatt I. Williams), Environmental Entomology (2008)

Because current techniques for quantifying fat, the main fuel used for flight in insects, are...

 

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