Professor Robbie Wilson
Professor
School of the Environment
+61 7 336 52773
Researcher biography
My research group studies animal performance in the laboratory and in the field. We focus on discovering the underlying mechanistic basis of physical performance and it's implications for an individual's survival and reproductive success. We're particularly interested in how organisms respond to environmental variation, such as seasonal or long-term temperature change, and the costs of these responses to other traits. We examine interactions between behavioural, physiological and morphological traits to better understand how animal performance is optimised. Furthermore, we want to understand how an organism's performance relates to population-level processes, enabling better conservation practices in urban and wild habitats. Our research is question-driven, and we use a variety of model systems in our studies, including freshwater fish, crayfish, reptiles, marsupials, and humans.
Current projects
- Importance of performance, life history and behaviour to male mating success in the semelparous marsupial the northern quoll
- Relative importance of athleticism, skill and balance to success in complex human activities - focus on soccer players
- When and why do animals lie? Testing hypotheses of deceit and discovering its role in determining animal performance
Book Chapters
Wilson, Robbie S. and Angilletta, Michael J. (2015). Dishonest Signaling During Aggressive Interactions: Theory and Empirical Evidence. Animal Signaling and Function: An Integrative Approach. (pp. 205-227) edited by Duncan J. Irschick, Mark Briffa and Jeffrey Podos. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118966624.ch8
Wilson, R. S., Lefrancois, C., Domenici, P. and Johnston, I. A. (2010). Environmental influences on unsteady swimming behaviour : Consequences for predator-prey and mating encounters in teleosts. Fish locomotion: An eco-ethological perspective. (pp. 269-295) edited by Paolo Domenici and B.G. Kapoor.. Enfield, NH, U.S.A.: Science Publishers. doi: 10.1201/b10190-10
Wilson, R. S., Lefrançois, C., Domenici, P. and Johnston, I. A. (2010). Environmental influences on unsteady swimming behaviour: consequences for predatorprey and mating encounters in teleosts. Fish locomotion: an eco-ethological perspective. (pp. 281-307) edited by Paolo Domenici and B.G. Kapoor. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b10190
Navas, A., James, R. S. and Wilson, R. S. (2006). Interindividual variation in the muscle physiology of vertebrate ectotherms: Consequences for behavioral and ecological performance. Ecology and Biomechanics. (pp. 231-252) edited by Anthony Herrel; Thomas Speck; Nicholas P. Rowe. United States: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.
Journal Articles
Nasir, Ami F. Amir Abdul, Niehaus, Amanda C., Cameron, Skye F., Ujvari, Beata, Madsen, Thomas, von Hippel, Frank A., Gao, Sisi, Dillon, Danielle M., Buck, C. Loren, Charters, Jordan, Heiniger, Jaime, Blomberg, Simone and Wilson, Robbie S. (2024). Manganese exacerbates seasonal health declines in a suicidally breeding mammal. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 43 (1), 74-86. doi: 10.1002/etc.5753
Hunter, Andrew H., Smith, Nicholas M. A., Camata, Thiago V., Crowther, Mathew S., Mather, Andrew, Moura, Felipe A., Santiago, Paulo Roberto Pereira and Wilson, Robbie S. (2023). Are soccer players born later in the year more technically skilled than those born earlier in the year. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 18 (6), 2015-2024. doi: 10.1177/17479541221117630
David, Gwendolyn K., Hunter, Andrew H., Moromizato, Karine H., Allen, Charlotte M., Wheatley, Rebecca, von Hippel, Frank A., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2023). Pre-cleaning of hair is not beneficial in LA-ICP-MS studies of chronic metal exposure. PLoS One, 18 (8) e0289635, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289635
Gaschk, Joshua L., Del Simone, Kaylah, Wilson, Robbie S. and Clemente, Christofer J. (2023). Resting disparity in quoll semelparity: examining the sex-linked behaviours of wild roaming northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) during breeding season. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (2) 221180, 1-12. doi: 10.1098/rsos.221180
Hunter, Andrew H., Pavlic, Theodore P., Angilletta, Michael J. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2022). Identifying the best strategy for soccer penalty success: a predictive model for optimising behavioural and biomechanical trade-offs. Journal of Biomechanics, 141 111208, 111208. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111208
Lailvaux, Simon P., Mishra, Avdesh, Pun, Pooja, Kabir, Md Wasi Ul, Wilson, Robbie S., Herrel, Anthony and Hoque, Md Tamjidul (2022). Machine learning accurately predicts the multivariate performance phenotype from morphology in lizards. PLoS ONE, 17 (1 January) e0261613, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261613
Wilson, Robbie S., Hunter, Andrew H., Camata, Thiago V., Foster, Charles S. P., Sparkes, Gabriella R., Moura, Felipe A., Santiago, Paulo R. P. and Smith, Nicholas M. A. (2021). Simple and reliable protocol for identifying talented junior players in team sports using small‐sided games. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 31 (8), 1647-1656. doi: 10.1111/sms.13969
Hunter, Andrew H., Smith, Nicholas M. A., Camata, Thiago V., Crowther, Mathew S., Mather, Andrew, Souza, Nicolau Melo, Ramos-Silva, Luiz Fernando, Pazetto, Nerylson Ferraz, Moura, Felipe A. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2021). Age- and size-corrected kicking speed and accuracy in elite junior soccer players: original Investigation. Science and Medicine in Football, 6 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2021.1899274
Thomas, Hannah, Cameron, Skye F., Campbell, Hamish A., Micheli-Campbell, Mariana A., Kirke, Ellie C., Wheatley, Rebecca and Wilson, Robbie S. (2021). Rocky escarpment versus savanna woodlands: Comparing diet and body condition as indicators of habitat quality for the endangered northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). Wildlife Research, 48 (5), 434-443. doi: 10.1071/WR20032
Wheatley, Rebecca, Pavlic, Theodore P., Levy, Ofir and Wilson, Robbie S. (2020). Habitat features and performance interact to determine the outcomes of terrestrial predator–prey pursuits. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89 (12), 2958-2971. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13353
Wilson, Robbie S., Smith, Nicholas M. A., Bedo, Bruno Luiz Souza, Aquino, Rodrigo, Moura, Felipe Arruda and Santiago, Paulo Roberto Pereira (2020). Technical skill not athleticism predicts an individual's ability to maintain possession in small-sided soccer games. Science and Medicine in Football, 4 (4), 305-313. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2020.1780468
Wilson, Robbie S., Sandes de Souza, Ana Paula, Santiago, Paulo, Ignacio, Daniele Leão and Smith, Nicholas M. A. (2020). Individual performance in passing tests predicts age‐independent success in small‐sided soccer possession games. Translational Sports Medicine, 3 (4), 353-363. doi: 10.1002/tsm2.142
Rew-Duffy, Miranda, Cameron, Skye F., Freeman, Natalie J., Wheatley, Rebecca, Latimer, Jessica M. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2020). Greater agility increases probability of survival in the endangered northern quoll. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 223 (15) jeb218503, jeb.218503. doi: 10.1242/jeb.218503
Heiniger, Jaime, Cameron, Skye F., Madsen, Thomas, Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2020). Demography and spatial requirements of the endangered northern quoll on Groote Eylandt. Wildlife Research, 47 (3), 224-238. doi: 10.1071/wr19052
Barth, Benjamin J., Fitzgibbon, Sean I., Gillett, Amber, Wilson, Robbie S., Moffitt, Beth, Pye, Geoffrey W., Adam, Dalene, Preece, Harriet and Ellis, William A. (2020). Scattered paddock trees and roadside vegetation can provide important habitat for koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in an agricultural landscape. Australian Mammalogy, 42 (2), 194-203. doi: 10.1071/AM18031
da Silva, Carmen R. B., van den Berg, Cedric P., Condon, Nicholas D., Riginos, Cynthia, Wilson, Robbie S. and Cheney, Karen L. (2020). Intertidal gobies acclimate rate of luminance change for background matching with shifts in seasonal temperature. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89 (7), 1735-1746. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13226
Viacava, Pietro, Blomberg, Simone P., Sansalone, Gabriele, Phillips, Matthew J., Guillerme, Thomas, Cameron, Skye F., Wilson, Robbie S. and Weisbecker, Vera (2020). Skull shape of a widely distributed, endangered marsupial reveals little evidence of local adaptation between fragmented populations. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (18) ece3.6593, 9707-9720. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6593
Wilson, Robbie S., Smith, Nicholas M. A., Melo de Souza, Nicolau and Moura, Felipe Arruda (2020). Dribbling speed predicts goal-scoring success in a soccer training game. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 30 (11) sms.13782, 2070-2077. doi: 10.1111/sms.13782
Aquino, Rodrigo, Carling, Christopher, Maia, José, Vieira, Luiz H. Palucci, Wilson, Robbie S., Smith, Nicholas, Almeida, Rodrigo, Gonçalves, Luiz Guilherme C., Kalva-Filho, Carlos Augusto, Garganta, Júlio and Puggina, Enrico F. (2020). Relationships between running demands in soccer match-play, anthropometric, and physical fitness characteristics: a systematic review. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 20 (3), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/24748668.2020.1746555
Angilletta, Michael J., Kubitz, Gregory and Wilson, Robbie S. (2019). Self-deception in nonhuman animals: weak crayfish escalated aggression as if they were strong. Behavioral Ecology, 30 (5), 1469-1476. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arz103
Clemente, Christofer J., Dick, Taylor J. M., Wheatley, Rebecca, Gaschk, Joshua, Nasir, Ami Fadhillah Amir Abdul, Cameron, Skye F. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2019). Moving in complex environments: a biomechanical analysis of locomotion on inclined and narrow substrates. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 222 (6) jeb189654, jeb189654. doi: 10.1242/jeb.189654
da Silva, Carmen Rose Burke, Riginos, Cynthia and Wilson, Robbie Stuart (2019). An intertidal fish shows thermal acclimation despite living in a rapidly fluctuating environment. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 189 (3-4), 385-398. doi: 10.1007/s00360-019-01212-0
Wilson, Robbie S., Smith, Nicholas M. A., Santiago, Paulo Roberto Pereira, Camata, Thiago, de Paula Ramos, Solange, Caetano, Fabio Giuliano, Cunha, Sergio Augusto, de Souza, Ana Paula Sandes and Moura, Felipe Arruda (2018). Predicting the defensive performance of individual players in one vs. one soccer games. PLoS ONE, 13 (12) e0209822, e0209822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209822
Hunter, Andrew H., Angilletta, Michael J. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Behaviors of shooter and goalkeeper interact to determine the outcome of soccer penalties. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 28 (12), 2751-2759. doi: 10.1111/sms.13276
Bywater, Candice L., Wilson, Robbie S., Monro, Keyne and White, Craig R. (2018). Legs of male fiddler crabs evolved to compensate for claw exaggeration and enhance claw functionality during waving displays. Evolution, 72 (11), 2491-2502. doi: 10.1111/evo.13617
Amir Abdul Nasir, Ami Fadhillah, Cameron, Skye F., Niehaus, Amanda C., Clemente, Christofer J., von Hippel, Frank A. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Manganese contamination affects the motor performance of wild northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus). Environmental Pollution, 241, 55-62. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.087
Hunter, Andrew H., Murphy, Sean C., Angilletta, Michael J. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Anticipating the direction of soccer penalty shots depends on the speed and technique of the kick. Sports, 6 (3) 73, 73. doi: 10.3390/sports6030073
Jessop, Tim S., Lane, Meagan, Wilson, Robbie S. and Narayan, Edward J. (2018). Testing for short- and long-term thermal plasticity in corticosterone responses of an ectothermic vertebrate. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 91 (4), 967-975. doi: 10.1086/698664
Charters, Jordan E., Heiniger, Jaime, Clemente, Christofer J., Cameron, Skye F., Amir Abdul Nasir, Ami F., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Multidimensional analyses of physical performance reveal a size-dependent trade-off between suites of traits. Functional Ecology, 32 (6), 1541-1553. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13115
Wheatley, Rebecca, Niehaus, Amanda C., Fisher, Diana O. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Ecological context and the probability of mistakes underlie speed choice. Functional Ecology, 32 (4), 990-1000. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13036
Wheatley, Rebecca, Clemente, Christofer J., Niehaus, Amanda C., Fisher, Diana O. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Surface friction alters the agility of a small Australian marsupial. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 221 (Pt 8) jeb172544, jeb172544. doi: 10.1242/jeb.172544
Hunter, Andrew H., Angilletta, Michael J., Pavlic, Theodore, Lichtwark, Glen and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Modeling the two-dimensional accuracy of soccer kicks. Journal of Biomechanics, 72, 159-166. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.03.003
Bishop, P. J., Graham, D. F., Lamas, L. P., Hutchinson, J. R., Rubenson, J., Hancock, J. A., Wilson, R. S., Hocknull, S. A., Barrett, R. S., Lloyd, D. G. and Clemente, C. J. (2018). The influence of speed and size on avian terrestrial locomotor biomechanics: Predicting locomotion in extinct theropod dinosaurs. PloS One, 13 (2) e0192172, 1-40. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192172
Cameron, Skye F., Wheatley, Rebecca and Wilson, Robbie S. (2018). Sex-specific thermal sensitivities of performance and activity in the asian house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 188 (4), 635-647. doi: 10.1007/s00360-018-1149-2
Wilson, Robbie S., Smith, Nicholas M. A., Ramos, Solange de Paula, Giuliano Caetano, Fabio, Aparecido Rinaldo, Marcio, Santiago, Paulo Roberto Pereira, Cunha, Sergio Augusto and Moura, Felipe Arruda (2018). Dribbling speed along curved paths predicts attacking performance in match-realistic one vs. one soccer games. Journal of Sports Sciences, 37 (9), 1072-1079. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2018.1544110
Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2017). Integrating conservation biology into the development of automated vehicle technology to reduce animal-vehicle collisions. Conservation Letters, 11 (3) e12427. doi: 10.1111/conl.12427
Wilson, Robbie S., David, Gwendolyn K., Murphy, Sean C., Angilletta, Michael J., Niehaus, Amanda C., Hunter, Andrew H. and Smith, Michelle D. (2017). Skill not athleticism predicts individual variation in match performance of soccer players. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1868) 20170953, 1-9. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0953
Amir Abdul Nasir, Ami Fadhillah, Cameron, Skye F., von Hippel, Frank A., Postlethwait, John, Niehaus, Amanda C., Blomberg, Simon and Wilson, Robbie S. (2017). Manganese accumulates in the brain of northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) living near an active mine. Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 233, 377-386. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.088
Careau, Vincent and Wilson, Robbie S. (2017). Performance trade-offs and ageing in the ‘world’s greatest athletes’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B- Biological Sciences, 284 (1860) 20171048, 20171048. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1048
Bishop, P. J., Clemente, C. J., Weems, R. E., Graham, D. F., Lamas, L. P., Hutchinson, J. R., Rubenson, J., Wilson, R. S., Hocknull, S. A., Barrett, R. S. and Lloyd, D. G. (2017). Using step width to compare locomotor biomechanics between extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs and modern obligate bipeds. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 14 (132) 20170276, 20170276. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0276
Amir Abdul Nasir, Ami Fadhillah, Clemente, Christofer J. , Wynn, Melissa L. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2017). Optimal running speeds when there is a trade-off between speed and the probability of mistakes. Functional Ecology, 31 (10), 1941-1949. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12902
Ellis, William A., FitzGibbon, Sean I., Barth, Benjamin J., Niehaus, Amanda C., David, Gwendolyn K., Taylor, Brendan D., Matsushige, Helena, Melzer, Alistair, Bercovitch, Fred B., Carrick, Frank, Jones, Darryl N., Dexter, Cathryn, Gillett, Amber, Predavec, Martin, Lunney, Dan and Wilson, Robbie S. (2016). Daylight saving time can decrease the frequency of wildlife-vehicle collisions. Biology Letters, 12 (11). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0632
Bonneaud, Camille, Wilson, Robbie S. and Seebacher, Frank (2016). Immune-challenged fish up-regulate their metabolic scope to support locomotion. PLoS ONE, 11 (11) e0166028, e0166028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166028
Jessop, Tim S., Lane, Meagan L., Teasdale, Luisa, Stuart-Fox, Devi, Wilson, Robbie S., Careau, Vincent and Moore, Ignacio T. (2016). Multiscale evaluation of thermal dependence in the glucocorticoid response of vertebrates. American Naturalist, 188 (3), 342-356. doi: 10.1086/687588
von Hippel, William, Baker, Ernest, Wilson, Robbie, Brin, Loic and Page, Lionel (2016). Detecting deceptive behaviour after the fact. British Journal of Social Psychology, 55 (2), 195-205. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12129
Wilson, Robbie S., James, Rob S., David, Gwendolyn, Hermann, Ecki, Morgan, Oliver J., Niehaus, Amanda C., Hunter, Andrew, Thake, Doug and Smith, Michelle D. (2016). Multivariate analyses of individual variation in soccer skill as a tool for talent identification and development: utilising evolutionary theory in sports science. Journal of Sports Sciences, 34 (21), 2074-2086. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2016.1151544
Clemente, Christofer J. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2016). Speed and maneuverability jointly determine escape success: exploring the functional bases of escape performance using simulated games. Behavioral Ecology, 27 (1), 45-54. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv080
van Uitregt, Vincent O., Alton, Lesley A., Heiniger, Jaime and Wilsonm, R.S. (2016). Warmer temperatures reduce the costs of inducible defences in the marine toad, Rhinella marinus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 186 (1), 123-130. doi: 10.1007/s00360-015-0938-0
Bywater, Candice L., Seebacher, Frank and Wilson, Robbie S. (2015). Building a dishonest signal: the functional basis of unreliable signals of strength in males of the two-toned fiddler crab, Uca vomeris. Journal of Experimental Biology, 218 (19), 3077-3082. doi: 10.1242/jeb.120857
Murphy, Sean C., von Hippel, William, Dubbs, Shelli L., Angilletta, Michael J., Wilson, Robbie S., Trivers, Robert and Barlow, Fiona Kate (2015). The role of overconfidence in romantic desirability and competition. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41 (8), 1036-1052. doi: 10.1177/0146167215588754
David, Gwendolyn Kim and Wilson, Robbie Stuart (2015). Cooperation Improves Success during Intergroup Competition: An Analysis Using Data from Professional Soccer Tournaments. PLoS One, 10 (8) e0136503, e0136503.-e0136503.. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136503
Barth, Benjamin James, FitzGibbon, Sean Ian and Wilson, Robbie Stuart (2015). New urban developments that retain more remnant trees have greater bird diversity. Landscape and Urban Planning, 136, 122-129. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.11.003
Wynn, Melissa L., Clemente, Christofer, Nasir, Ami Fadhillah Amir Abdul and Wilson, Robbie S. (2015). Running faster causes disaster: trade-offs between speed, manoeuvrability and motor control when running around corners in northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 218 (3), 433-439. doi: 10.1242/jeb.111682
Kuchel, Louise, Wilson, Robbie S. and Ellis, William H. (2015). Cameras, competition and creativity: assessing 1st year ecology in the field. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 23 (2), 34-45.
Bywater, Candice L., White, Craig R. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2014). Metabolic incentives for dishonest signals of strength in the fiddler crab Uca vomeris. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (16), 2848-2850. doi: 10.1242/jeb.099390
Lailvaux, Simon P., Wilson, Robbie and Kasumovic, Michael M. (2014). Trait compensation and sex-specific aging of performance in male and female professional basketball players. Evolution, 68 (5), 1523-1532. doi: 10.1111/evo.12375
McElroy, Eric J., Wilson, Robbie, Biknevicius, Audrone R. and Reilly, Stephen M. (2014). A comparative study of single-leg ground reaction forces in running lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (5), 735-742. doi: 10.1242/jeb.095620
Latimer, Camille A. L., McGuigan, Katrina, Wilson, Robbie S., Blows, Mark W. and Chenoweth, Stephen F. (2014). The contribution of spontaneous mutations to thermal sensitivity curve variation in drosophila serrata. Evolution, 68 (6), 1824-1837. doi: 10.1111/evo.12392
Wilson, Robbie S., Niehaus, Amanda C., David, Gwendolyn, Hunter, Andrew and Smith, Michelle (2014). Does individual quality mask the detection of performance tradeoffs? A test using analyses of human physical performance. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (4), 545-551. doi: 10.1242/jeb.092056
Kuchel, Louise J., Stevens, Sarah K., Wilson, Robbie and Cokley, John (2014). A Documentary video assignment to enhance learning in large first-year science classes. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 22 (4), 48-64.
Cameron, S. F., Wynn, M. L. and Wilson, R. S. (2013). Sex-specific trade-offs and compensatory mechanisms: bite force and sprint speed pose conflicting demands on the design of geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (20), 3781-3789. doi: 10.1242/jeb.083063
Prates, Ivan, Angilleta, Michael J., Jr., Wilson, Robbie S., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Navas, Carlos A. (2013). Dehydration hardly slows hopping toads (Rhinella granulosa) from xeric and mesic environments. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86 (4), 451-457. doi: 10.1086/671191
Seebacher, F., Ward, A. J. W. and Wilson, R. S. (2013). Increased aggression during pregnancy comes at a higher metabolic cost. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216 (5), 771-776. doi: 10.1242/jeb.079756
Hancox, Daniel, Wilson, Robbie S. and White, Craig R. (2013). Visual habitat geometry predicts relative morph abundance in the colour-polymorphic ornate rainbowfish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 280 (1752) 20122377, 20122377. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2377
Ellis, William, FitzGibbon, Sean, Melzer, Alistair, Wilson, Robbie, Johnston, Steve, Berkovitch, Fred, Dique, David and Carrick, Frank (2013). Koala habitat use and population density: using field data to test the assumptions of ecological models. Australian Mammalogy, 35 (2), 160-165. doi: 10.1071/AM12023
van Uitregt, Vincent O., Hurst, Timothy P. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2013). Greater costs of inducible behavioural defences at cooler temperatures in larvae of the mosquito, Aedes notoscriptus. Evolutionary Ecology, 27 (1), 13-26. doi: 10.1007/s10682-012-9576-0
Trappett, Andrew, Condon, Catriona H., White, Craig, Matthews, Phil and Wilson, Robbie S. (2013). Extravagant ornaments of male threadfin rainbowfish (Iriatherina werneri) are not costly for swimming. Functional Ecology, 27 (4), 1034-1041. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12097
Seebacher, Frank, Holmes, Sebastian, Roosen, Nicholas J., Nouvian, Morgane, Wilson, Robbie S. and Ward, Ashley J. W. (2012). Capacity for thermal acclimation differs between populations and phylogenetic lineages within a species. Functional Ecology, 26 (6), 1418-1428. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02052.x
Angilletta, Michael J. Jr. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2012). Cryptic asymmetry: Unreliable signals mask asymmetric performance of crayfish weapons. Biology Letters, 8 (4), 551-553. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0029
Bywater, Candice L. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2012). Is honesty the best policy? Testing signal reliability in fiddler crabs when receiver-dependent costs are high. Functional Ecology, 26 (4), 804-811. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02002.x
Adriaenssens, Bart, van Damme, Raoul, Seebacher, Frank and Wilson, Robbie S. (2012). Sex cells in changing environments: can organisms adjust the physiological function of gametes to different temperatures?. Global Change Biology, 18 (6), 1797-1803. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02672.x
Ferris, Rebecca and Wilson, Robbie S. (2012). The physiological arms race: Exploring thermal acclimation among interacting species. Journal of Thermal Biology, 37 (3), 236-242. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.01.006
Alton, Lesley A., White, Craig R., Wilson, Robbie S. and Franklin, Craig E. (2012). The energetic cost of exposure to UV radiation for tadpoles is greater when they live with predators. Functional Ecology, 26 (1), 94-103. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01900.x
Niehaus, Amanda C., Wilson, Robbie S., Storm, Jonathan J. and Angilletta, Michael J. (2012). Fall field crickets did not acclimate to simulated seasonal changes in temperature. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 182 (2), 199-207. doi: 10.1007/s00360-011-0611-1
Niehaus, Amanda C., Angilletta, Michael J., Sears, Michael W., Franklin, Craig E. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2012). Predicting the physiological performance of ectotherms in fluctuating thermal environments. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215 (4), 694-701. doi: 10.1242/jeb.058032
van Uitregt, Vincent O., Hurst, Timothy P. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2012). Reduced size and starvation resistance in adult mosquitoes, Aedes notoscriptus, exposed to predation cues as larvae. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81 (1), 108-115. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01880.x
Walter, Gregory M., van Uitregt, Vincent O. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2011). Social control of unreliable signals of strength in male but not female crayfish, Cherax destructor. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (19), 3294-3299. doi: 10.1242/jeb.056754
David, Gwendolyn K., Condon, Catriona H., Bywater, Candice L., Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel and Wilson, Robbie S. (2011). Receivers limit the prevalence of deception in humans: Evidence from diving behaviour in humans. PLoS One, 6 (10) e26017, e26017-1-e26017-5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026017
Fitzgibbon, Sean I., Wilson, Robbie S. and Goldizen, Anne W. (2011). The behavioural ecology and population dynamics of a cryptic ground-dwelling mammal in an urban Australian landscape. Austral Ecology, 36 (6), 722-732. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02209.x
Alton, Lesley A., Wilson, Robbie S. and Franklin, Craig E. (2011). A small increase in UV-B increases the susceptibility of tadpoles to predation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 278 (1718), 2575-2583. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2368
Niehaus, Amanda C., Wilson, Robbie S., Seebacher, Frank and Franklin, Craig E. (2011). Striped marsh frog (Limnodynastes peronii) tadpoles do not acclimate metabolic performance to thermal variability. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214 (11), 1965-1970. doi: 10.1242/jeb.054478
Latimer, C. A. L., Wilson, R. S. and Chenoweth, S. F. (2011). Quantitative genetic variation for thermal performance curves within and among natural populations of Drosophila serrata. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24 (5), 965-975. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02227.x
Ellis, W., Bercovitch, F., FitzGibbon, S. I., Roe, P., Wimmer, J., Melzer, A. and Wilson, R. (2011). Koala bellows and their association with the spatial dynamics of free-ranging koalas. Behavioral Ecology, 22 (2), 372-377. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arq216
Bownds, C, Wilson, R and Marshall, DJ (2010). Why do colder mothers produce larger eggs? An optimality approach. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213 (22), 3796-3801. doi: 10.1242/jeb.043356
Hancox, Daniel, Hoskin, Conrad J. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2010). Evening up the score: Sexual selection favours both alternatives in the colour-polymorphic ornate rainbowfish. Animal Behaviour, 80 (5), 845-851. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.08.004
Condon, Catriona H., Chenoweth, Stephen F. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2010). Zebrafish take their cue from temperature but not photoperiod for the seasonal plasticity of thermal performance. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213 (21), 3705-3709. doi: 10.1242/jeb.046979
Lowe, Katrin, FitzGibbon, Sean, Seebacher, Frank and Wilson, Robbie S. (2010). Physiological and behavioural responses to seasonal changes in environmental temperature in the Australian spiny crayfish Euastacus sulcatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 180 (5), 653-660. doi: 10.1007/s00360-010-0445-2
Barth, B. J. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Life in acid: Interactive effects of pH and natural organic acids on growth, development and locomotor performance of larval striped marsh frogs (Limnodynastes peronii). Journal of Experimental Biology, 213 (8), 1293-1300. doi: 10.1242/jeb.028472
Alton, L.A., Wilson, R.S. and Franklin, C.E. (2010). Risk of predation enhances the lethal effects of UV-B in amphibians. Global Change Biology, 16 (2), 538-545. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02010.x
Schimpf, NG, Matthews, PGD, Wilson, RS and White, CR (2009). Cockroaches breathe discontinuously to reduce respiratory water loss. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 212 (17), 2773-2780. doi: 10.1242/jeb.031310
Wilson, RS, James, RS, Bywater, C and Seebacher, F (2009). Costs and benefits of increased weapon size differ between sexes of the slender crayfish, Cherax dispar. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212 (6), 853-858. doi: 10.1242/jeb.024547
Bywater, C.L., Angilletta Jr, M.J. and Wilson, R. S. (2008). Weapon size is a reliable indicator of strength and social dominance in female slender crayfish (Cherax dispar). Functional Ecology, 22 (2), 311-316. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01379.x
James, R. S. and Wilson, R. S. (2008). Explosive Jumping: Extreme Morphological and Physiological Specializations of Australian Rocket Frogs (Litoria nasuta). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81 (2), 176-185. doi: 10.1086/525290
Angilletta Jr, M.J., Roth II, T.C., Wilson, R. S., Niehaus, A. and Ribeiro, P.L. (2008). The fast and the fractalous: speed and tortuosity trade off in running ants. Functional Ecology, 22 (1), 78-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01348.x
Wilson, Robbie S., Hammill, Edd and Johnston, Ian A. (2007). Competition moderates the benefits of thermal acclimation to reproductive performance in male eastern mosquitofish. Proceedings of The Royal Society B- Biological Sciences, 274 (1614), 1199-1204. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0401
Wilson, R. S., Condon, C. H. L. and Johnston, I. A. (2007). Consequences of thermal acclimation for the mating behaviour and swimming performance of female mosquito fish. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 362 (1487), 2131-2139. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2106
Wilson, R. S., Angilletta, M. J., James, R. S., Navas, C. and Seebacher, F. (2007). Dishonest signals of strength in male slender crayfish (Cherax dispar) during agonistic encounters. American Naturalist, 170 (2), 284-291. doi: 10.1086/519399
Seebacher, F. and Wilson, R. S. (2007). Individual recognition in crayfish (Cherax dispar): the roles of strength and experience in deciding aggressive encounters. Biology Letters, 3 (5), 471-474. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0289
Angilletta, Michael J., Wilson, Robbie S., Niehaus, Amanda C., Sears, Michael W., Navas, Carlos A. and Ribeiro, Pedro L. (2007). Urban Physiology: City ants possess high heat tolerance. PLoS One, 2 (2) e258, e258.1-e258.4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000258
James, R. and Wilson, R. (2007). Explosive jumping: Extreme morphological and physiological specialisations of Australian Rocket frogs (Litoria nasuta). Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 146 (4 (Supplement)), S113-S113. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.195
Wilson, R. S. (2007). Testing the beneflts of acclimation to reproductive performance in male mosquitofish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 146 (4), S205-S205. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.455
van Uitregt, V. O., Wilson, R. S. and Franklin, C. E. (2007). Cooler temperatures increase sensitivity to ultraviolet B radiation in embryos and larvae of the frog Limnodynastes peronii. Global Change Biology, 13 (6), 1114-1121. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01353.x
Condon, Catriona H. L. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2006). Effect of thermal acclimation on female resistance to forced matings in the eastern mosquitofish. Animal Behaviour, 72 (3), 585-593. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.11.016
Angilletta, M. J., Bennett, A. F., Guderley, H., Navas, C. A., Seebacher, F. and Wilson, R. S. (2006). Coadaptation: A unifying principle in evolutionary thermal biology. Physiological And Biochemical Zoology, 79 (2), 282-294. doi: 10.1086/499990
Seebacher, F. and Wilson, R. S. (2006). Fighting fit: thermal plasticity of metabolic function and fighting success in the crayfish Cherax destructor. Functional Ecology, 20 (6), 1045-1053. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01194.x
Kraft, P. G., Wilson, R. S., Franklin, C. E. and Blows, M. W. (2006). Substantial changes in the genetic basis of tadpole morphology of Rana lessonae in the presence of predators. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19 (6), 1813-1818. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01185.x
Carter, Alecia J. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2006). Improving sneaky-sex in a low oxygen environment: reproductive and physiological responses of male mosquito fish to chronic hypoxia. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209 (24), 4878-4884. doi: 10.1242/jeb.02531
Niehaus, A. C., Wilson, R. S. and Franklin, C. E. (2006). Short- and long-term consequences of thermal variation in the larval environment of anurans. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75 (3), 686-692. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01089.x
Wilson, Robbie S. (2005). Temperature influences the coercive mating and swimming performance of male eastern mosquitofish. Animal Behaviour, 70 (6), 1387-1394. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.12.024
Wilson, R. S. (2005). Consequences of metamorphosis for the locomotor performance and thermal physiology of the newt Triturus critatus. Physiological And Biochemical Zoology, 78 (6), 967-975. doi: 10.1086/432923
James, R. S., de Carvalho, J. E., Kohlsdorf, T., Gomes, F. R., Navas, C. A. and Wilson, R. S. (2005). Interindividual Differences in Leg Muscle Mass and Pyruvate Kinase Activity Correlate with Interindividual Differences in Jumping Performance of Hyla multilineata. Physiological And Biochemical Zoology, 78 (5), 857-867. doi: 10.1086/432149
Wilson, R. S., Kraft, P. G. and Van Damme, R. (2005). Predator-specific changes in the morphology and swimming performance of larval Rana lessonae. Functional Ecology, 19 (2), 238-244. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00958.x
Kraft, P. G., Wilson, R. S. and Franklin, C. E. (2005). Predator-mediated phenotypic plasticity in tadpoles of the striped marsh frog, Limnodynastes peronii. Austral Ecology, 30 (5), 558-563. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01469.x
Navas, Carlos A., Antoniazzi, Marta M., Carvalho, Jose Eduardo, Chaui-Berlink, Jose Guilherme, James, Rob S., Jared, Carlos, Kohlsdorf, Tiana, Dal Pai-Silva, Maeli and Wilson, Robbie S. (2004). Morphological and physiological specialization for digging in amphisbaenians, an ancient lineage of fossorial vertebrates. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207 (14), 2433-2441. doi: 10.1242/jeb.01041
James, Rob. S., Wilson, Robbie S. and Askew, Graham N. (2004). Effects of caffeine on mouse skeletal muscle power output during recovery from fatigue. Journal of Applied Physiology, 96 (2), 545-552. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00696.2003
Wilson, R. S. and James, R. S. (2004). Constraints on muscular performance: trade-offs between power output and fatigue resistance. Proceedings of The Royal Society of London Series B-biological Sciences, 271 (Supp. 4), S222-S225. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0143
Kohlsdorf, T., James, R. S., Carvalho, J. E., Wilson, R. S., Dal Pai-Silva, M. and Navas, C. A. (2004). Locomotor performance of closely related Tropidurus species: relationships with physiological parameters and ecological divergence. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207 (7), 1183-1192. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00870
Wilson, R. S., James, R. S., Kohlsdorf, T. and Cox, V. M. (2004). Interindividual variation of isolated muscle performance and fibre-type composition in the toad Bufo viridus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 174 (6), 453-459. doi: 10.1007/s00360-004-0431-7
Hammill, E., Wilson, R. S. and Johnston, I. A. (2004). Sustained swimming performance and muscle structure are altered by thermal acclimation in male mosquitofish. Journal of Thermal Biology, 29 (4-5), 251-257. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.04.002
Wilson, R. S. and Johnston, I. (2004). Combining studies of comparative physiology and behavioural ecology to test the adaptive benefits of thermal acclimation. International Congress Series, 1275, 201-208. doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.08.078
Angilletta Jr, Michael J., Wilson, Robbie S., Navas, Carlos A. and James, Rob S. (2003). Tradeoffs and the evolution of thermal reaction norms. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18 (5), 234-240. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00087-9
Franklin, C. E., Wilson, R. S. and Davison, W. (2003). Locomotion at-1.0 degrees C: burst swimming performance of five species of Antarctic fish. Journal of Thermal Biology, 28 (1), 59-65. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4565(02)00037-2
Wilson, Robbie S. and Franklin, Craig E. (2002). The detrimental acclimation hypothesis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 17 (9), 408-408. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02555-7
Wilson, Robbie S., James, Rob S. and Van Damme, Raoul (2002). Trade-offs between speed and endurance in the frog Xenopus laevis: a multi-level approach. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205 (8), 1145-1152.
Wilson, Robbie S. and Franklin, Craig E. (2002). Testing the beneficial acclimation hypothesis. Trends In Ecology & Evolution, 17 (2), 66-70. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02384-9
Van Damme, Raoul, Wilson, Robbie S., Vanhooydonck, Bieke and Aerts, Peter (2002). Evolutionary biology - Performance constraints in decathletes. Nature, 415 (6873), 755-756.
Wilson, R. S., Kuchel, L. J., Franklin, C. E. and Davison, W. (2002). Turning up the heat on subzero fish: thermal dependence of sustained swimming in an Antarctic notothenioid. Journal of Thermal Biology, 27 (5), 381-386. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4565(02)00006-2
Wilson, Robbie S. (2001). Geographic variation in thermal sensitivity of jumping performance in the frog Limnodynastes peronii. Journal of Experimental Biology, 204 (24), 4227-4236.
Wilson, R. S., Franklin, C. E., Davison, W. and Kraft, P. (2001). Stenotherms at sub-zero temperatures: thermal dependence of swimming performance in Antarctic fish. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 171 (4), 263-269. doi: 10.1007/s003600000172
Wilson, Robbie S. and Franklin, Craig E. (2000). Inability of adult Limnodynastes peronii (Amphibia:Anura) to thermally acclimate locomoter performance (Absence of thermal acclimatory capacity of locomotor performance in adults of the frog Limnodynastes peronii). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 127 (1), 21-28. doi: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00238-5
Wilson, R. S. and Franklin, C. E. (2000). Inability of adult Limnodynastes peronii (Amphibia : Anura) to thermally acclimate locomotor performance. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology A-molecular And Integrative Physiology, 127 (1), 21-28. doi: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00238-5
Wilson, RS, James, RS and Johnston, IA (2000). Thermal acclimation of locomotor performance in tadpoles and adults of the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 170 (2), 117-124. doi: 10.1007/s003600050266
Wilson, Robbie S. and Franklin, Craig E. (2000). Effect of ontogenetic increases in body size on burst swimming performance in tadpoles of the striped marsh frog, Limnodynastes peronii. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 73 (2), 142-152. doi: 10.1086/316730
Wilson, Robbie S., Franklin, Craig E. and James, Rob S. (2000). Allometric scaling relationships of jumping performance in the striped marsh frog Limnodynastes peronii. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 203 (12), 1937-1946. doi: 10.1242/jeb.203.12.1937
Wilson, R. S. and Franklin, C. E. (1999). Thermal acclimation of locomotor performance in tadpoles of the frog Limnodynastes peronii. Journal of Comparative Physiology B - Biochemical Systemic And Environmental Physiology, 169 (6), 445-451. doi: 10.1007/s003600050241
Wilson, RS and Booth, DT (1998). Effect of tail loss on reproductive output and its ecological significance in the skink Eulamprus quoyii. Journal of Herpetology, 32 (1), 128-131. doi: 10.2307/1565493
Conference Papers
Wilson, Robbie S., Pavlic, Theodore P., Wheatley, Rebecca, Niehaus, Amanda C. and Levy, Ofir (2020). Modeling escape success in terrestrial predator-prey interactions. Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX United States, 3-7 January 2020. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icaa070
Wilson, R. S., Amir, Abdul Nasir A. F., Cameron, S. and Von Hippel, F. (2019). Manganese contamination affects the motor performance of wild northern quolls. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB), Tampa, FL, United States, 3-7 January 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Wheatley, R., Levy, O., Pavlic, T. P. and Wilson, R. S. (2017). What Factors Determine Predation Success? Considering Speed, Agility, and Strategy for Predators and Prey. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB), New Orleans La, Jan 04-08, 2017. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Careau, Vincent and Wilson, Robbie S. (2017). Of uberfleas and krakens: Detecting trade-offs using mixed models. Integrative Life-History of Whole-Organism Performance (SICB wide), New Orleans, LA, United States, 4-8 January 2017. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icx015
Charters, J., Clemente, C., Heiniger, J., Niehaus, A. C. and Wilson, R. S. (2015). Does individual quality mask the detection of performance trade-offs? A test using Australian northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus). Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach, Fl United States, 03-07 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv011
Clemente, C. J., Wynn, M. L., Amir, Abdul Nasir A. F., Hudson, M. G. and Wilson, R. S. (2015). Balancing biomechanical constraints when selecting movement speeds in natural environments.. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach, Fl United States, 03-07 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv011
Wilson, Robbie S., Husak, Jerry F., Halsey, Lewis G. and Clemente, Christofer J. (2015). Predicting the movement speeds of animals in natural environments. Towards a General Framework for Predicting Animal Movement Speeds in Nature, West Palm Beach, Florida, 3-7 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv106
Rusch, T. W., Cameron, S. F., Borchert, J. D. and Wilson, R. S. (2015). Performing when it's hot - does increased oxygen help buffer the loss of performance?. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach, Fl United States, 03-07 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv012
Wilson, R. S. (2015). Can we predict how fast animals will move in their environment?. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach, Fl United States, 03-07 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv011
Charters, J., Clemente, C., Heiniger, J., Abdul Nasir, Amir A., Cameron, S. F., Niehaus, A. C. and Wilson, R. S. (2015). Building the best sex addict: what are the morphological and performance bases of individual quality?. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), West Palm Beach, Fl United States, 03-07 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv012
Clemente, C. J. and Wilson, R. S. (2015). Balancing biomechanical constraints: optimal escape speeds when there is a trade-off between speed and maneuverability. Towards a General Framework for Predicting Animal Movement Speeds in Nature, West Palm Beach, Florida, 3-7 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv103
Wilson, Robbie S. and Husak, Jerry F. (2015). Introduction to the symposium: towards a general framework for predicting animal movement speeds in nature. Towards a General Framework for Predicting Animal Movement Speeds in Nature, West Palm Beach, Florida, 3-7 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv107
Wheatley, Rebecca, Angilletta Jr., Michael J., Niehaus, Amanda C. and Wilson, Robbie S. (2015). How fast should an animal run when escaping? An optimality model based on the trade-off between speed and accuracy. Towards a General Framework for Predicting Animal Movement Speeds in Nature, West Palm Beach, Florida, 3-7 January 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icv091
Clemente, C. J. and Wilson, R. S. (2014). Surviving in the slow lane: speed and maneuverability jointly determine escape success. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX United States, 03 - 07 January 2014. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icu009
Heiniger, J., Dickman, C. and Wilson, R. S. (2013). The frenetic sex life of male northern quolls: does performance degrade when the sex becomes too demanding?. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco Ca, 03-07 January 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Heiniger, J., Dickman, C. and Wilson, R. S. (2013). The life and times of a sex addict in northern Australia: understanding the breeding dynamics of the world s largest semelparous mammal. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco Ca, 03-07 January 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Wilson, R. S. and Carter, A. J. (2013). Optimal Performance Theory: developing a framework for understanding whole-animal performance in the wild. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco Ca, 03-07 January 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Hunter, A. and Wilson, R. S. (2013). Power, accuracy & deception: using evolutionary theory to improve scoring success in soccer penalties. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco Ca, 03-07 January 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Lailvaux, S. P., Wilson, R. and Kasumovic, M. M. (2013). Sex-specific aging of performance in male and female professional basketball players. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco CA USA, 3-7 Jan 2013. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/ict013
Hunter, A. and Wilson, R. S. (2013). Can we improve a footballer s kicking performance using optimisation theory?. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), San Francisco Ca, 03-07 January 2013. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Bywater, CL, White, C and Wilson, RS (2012). It's costly to be honest: the metabolic expense of maintaining a reliable signal of strength for crustaceans. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology (SICB), Charleston Sc, Jan 03-07, 2012.
Heiniger, J., Van Uitregt, V. and Wilson, R. S. (2012). Fine tuning anti-predator responses: are the costs of inducible predator defences proportional to the magnitude of the responses?. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative-Biology (SICB), Charleston, SC, United States, 3-7 January 2012. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/ics078
Wilson, R. S. (2012). Bigger is better in all environments: Temperature-induced variation in phallus size is a reliable indicator of male physical performance and gamete quality. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative-Biology (SICB), Charleston, SC, United States, 3-7 January 2012. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/ics078
Cameron, S. F., Wynn, M. L. and Wilson, R. S. (2012). Trade-offs and compensatory traits: bite force and sprint speed pose conflicting demands on the design of male geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus). Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative-Biology (SICB)iology, Charleston, SC, United States, 3-7 January 2012. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/ics078
Heiniger, J., Van Uitregt, V. and Wilson, Robbie (2012). Death after Sex in the Australian Bush: Determinants of survival and reproduction in males of the world's largest semelparous mammal. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative-Biology (SICB), Charleston, SC, United States, 3-7 January 2012. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/ics079
Condon, C. H., Chenoweth, S. F. and Wilson, R. S. (2011). The evolution of acclimation of thermal performance. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Salt Lake City Ut, Jan 03-07, 2011. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Bywater, C. L., White, C. and Wilson, R. S. (2011). The physiological basis of dishonest signals of strength in males of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris.. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Salt Lake City Ut, Jan 03-07, 2011. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
David, G. K., Wilson, R. S. and Ortiz-Barrientos, D. (2011). Diving in soccer: When does it pay to be dishonest?. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Salt Lake City Ut, Jan 03-07, 2011. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Bywater, C. L. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Costs and benefits of unreliable signalling in males of the two-toned fiddler crab (Uca vomeris). Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Cameron, S. F. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Can temperature drive the intensity of male-male competition across a latitudinal cline?. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Van Uitregt, V. O., Hurst, T. P. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). The evolution and thermal dependence of inducible defences in mosquito larvae. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Condon, C. H., Trappett, A. G., White, C. R. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Costs and benefits of a sexually selected ornament in male threadfin rainbowfish, Iriatherina werneri. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Condon, C. H., Chenoweth, S. F. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Genetic variation in the plasticity of thermal performance in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Barth, B. J., Fitzgibbon, S., Carter, A. J. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Effects of resource availability on dung beetle abundance and male horn size in Australian urban forest fragments. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Bywater, C. L. and Wilson, R. S. (2010). Competition drives the reliability of signalling in the two-toned fiddler crab (Uca vomeris).. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Wilson, R. S. and Smith, M. D. (2010). What makes a great footballer? Trade-offs between athleticism and skill in human performance. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle Wa, Jan 03-07, 2010. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Wilson, Robbie S., Condon, Catriona H., David, Gwendolyn, FitzGibbon, Sean, Niehaus, Amanda C. and Pratt, Kirstin (2010). Females prefer athletes, males fear the disadvantaged: Different signals used in female choice and male competition have varied consequences. London, United Kingdom: The Royal Society Publishing. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2196
Van Uitregt, V. O., Wilson, R. S. and Franklin, C. E. (2010). Cooler temperaturews increase sensitivity to ultraviolet B radiation in embryos and larvae of the frog Limnodynastes peronii. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle, WA, United States, 3-7 January 2010. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Ellis, WA, Fitzgibbon, SI, Roe, P, Bercovitch, FB and Wilson, R (2010). Unraveling the mystery of koala vocalisations: acoustic sensor network and GPS technology reveals males bellow to serenade females. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Seattle WA, JAN 03-07, 2010.
Van Uitregt, Vincent O., Wilson, Robbie S. and Hurst, Tim (2009). Thermal dependence of inducible defences in mosquito larvae. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Experimental-Biology, Glasgow Scotland, Jun 28-Jul 01, 2009. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.353
Van Uitregt, Vincent O., Wilson, Robbie S. and Hurst, Tim (2009). Costs and benefits of predator induced behaviour in larvae of the urban mosquito (Aedes notoscriptus). Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Experimental-Biology, Glasgow Scotland, Jun 28-Jul 01, 2009. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.315
Wilson, Robbie S. (2009). What makes a great footballer? Trade-offs between athleticism and skill in human performance. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Experimental-Biology, Glasgow Scotland, Jun 28-Jul 01, 2009. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.170
Condon, C. H., Chenoweth, S. F. and Wilson, R. S. (2009). Mixed signals: thermal performance of zebrafish Danio rerio in uncertain environments. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Boston Ma, Jan 03-07, 2009. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Wilson, R. S., Oliver, J., Goldizen, A. and Blomberg, S. (2009). Unreliable signals of strength in male slender crayfish (Cherax dispar): costs of enlarged claws and the importance of resources during disputes. Annual Meeting of the Society form Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, MA, United States, 3-7 January 2009. Oxford, United Kingdom,: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp002
Pratt, K. L., Wilson, R. S., Blomberg, S. P. and Franklin, C. E. (2009). Diving and digestion - the effect of an elevated metabolic rate on submergence in an aquatic ectotherm. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, MA, 3-7 January, 2009. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp002
Wilson, RS, Oliver, J, Goldizen, A and Blomberg, S (2009). Unreliable signals of strength in male slender crayfish (Cherax dispar): costs of enlarged claws and the importance of resources during disputes. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Boston Ma, Jan 03-07, 2009. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Alton, Lesley A., Wilson, Robbie S. and Franklin, Craig E. (2009). The use of multi-factorial experimental studies in determining the causes of amphibian declines. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow Scotland, 28June-01 July 2009. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.521
Pratt, KL, Wilson, RS, Blomberg, SP and Franklin, CE (2009). Diving and digestion - the effect of an elevated metabolic rate on submergence in an aquatic ectotherm. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, Boston Ma, Jan 03-07, 2009. CARY: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
Angilletta, M. J., Jr., Bywater, C. L. and Wilson, R. S. (2007). Clawing your way to the top: Variation, repeatability, and social benefits of chela strength in slender crayfish. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.06.043
Wilson, R., Bywater, C., Angilletta, M., James, R. and Navas, C. (2007). Honest and dishonest signals of strength in Australian slender crayfish (Cherax dispar): Are male's liars and cheaters?. Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow, Scotland, 31 March - 4 April 2007. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.215
Navas, CA, James, RS and Wilson, RS (2006). Interindividual variation in the muscle physiology of vertebrate ectotherms: Consequences for behavioral and ecological performance. Symposium on Ecology and Biomechanics held at the Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Experimental-Biology, Edinburgh Scotland, Apr, 2004. BOCA RATON: CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP.
Wilson, Robbie S. and Condon, Catriona H. L. (2005). The benefits of thermal acclimation to the sneaky-mating avoidance behaviour of female mosquito fish (Gambusia holbrooki). NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
Van Damme, R and Wilson, RS (2003). Human athletes and the evolution of vertebrate locomotor performance. Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology, New Orleans La, 2004. MCLEAN: SOC INTEGRATIVE COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY.
James, RS, Wilson, RS and Askew, GN (2002). Effects of caffeine on power output of isolated mouse extensor digitorum longus muscle during recovery from fatigue. Meeting of the Physiological-Society, Leeds England, Sep 10-12, 2002. NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.
Thesis
Wilson, Robbie S (2000). Thermal acclimation and adaptation of locomotor performance in the striped marsh frog (Limnodynastes peronii) and African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis). PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/365917