Rate My Professor Dale Roberts

Roberts specializes in frog biology, with research encompassing speciation, conservation biology, biogeography particularly in south-western Australia, anuran biology, sexual selection and sperm competition in polyandrous mating systems, animal acoustics, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, and restoration biology. Notable publications include 'Sperm competition selects for increased testes mass in Australian frogs' (Byrne, Roberts & Simmons, 2002), 'Sperm competition and the evolution of gamete morphology in frogs' (Byrne, Simmons & Roberts, 2003), 'Biogeography and speciation of terrestrial fauna in the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot' (Rix et al., 2015), 'Commercial honey bees (Apis mellifera) reduce the fecundity of an Australian native bee (Hylaeus alcyoneus)' (Paini & Roberts, 2005), and 'Intrasexual selection and group spawning in quacking frogs (Crinia georgiana)' (Byrne & Roberts, 2004). Recent contributions feature 'Red hot frogs: Identifying the Australian frogs most at risk of extinction' (Geyle et al., 2022) and 'A national-scale dataset for threats impacting Australia’s imperiled flora and fauna' (Ward et al., 2021). He served on the Editorial Board of Animal Behaviour from 2004 to 2006. Now retired, he remains involved in the FrogID citizen science program with the Australian Museum Sydney.