Roubik, David
Emeritus Research Entomologist, STRI
Roubik, David
Emeritus Research Entomologist, STRI
Tropical bees and beekeeping, ecology, systematics and behavior of bees, pollination systems; palynology; ecology and entomology.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.S., Oregon State University
- Ph.D., University of Kansas
Awards And Honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2020
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Kueneman, Jordan G., Bonadies, Ernesto, Thomas, Devin, Roubik, David W., and Wcislo, William T. 2023. "Neotropical bee microbiomes point to a fragmented social core and strong species-level effects." Microbiome, 11, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01593-z. 2023
- Roubik, David W. 2023. "Stingless Bee (Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini) Ecology." Annual Review of Entomology, 68, (1) 231–256. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-103938. 2023
- Kondo, Takumasa and Roubik, David W. 2022. "Description of a new ant- and stingless-bee-loving species of Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Ecuador living inside internodes of Cecropia (Urticaceae), with an updated key to the adult females and first-instar nymphs of the genus." Zootaxa, 5190, (4) 543–554. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5190.4.4. 2022
- Duell, Meghan E., Klok, C. Jaco, Roubik, David W., and Harrison, Jon F. 2022. "Size-Dependent Scaling of Stingless Bee Flight Metabolism Reveals an Energetic Benefit to Small Body Size." Integrative and Comparative Biology, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac131. 2022
- Roubik, David W. 2021. "Following the Amazonian Cecropia Bees." Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 102, (3) 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1905. 2021
- Villacres-Granda, Irina, Coello, Dayana, Proano, Adrian, Ballesteros, Isabel, Roubik, David W., Jijon, Gabriela, Granda-Albuja, Genoveva, Granda-Albuja, Silvana, Abreu-Naranjo, Reinier, Maza, Favian, Tejera, Eduardo, Gonzalez-Paramas, Ana M., Bullon, Pedro, and Alvarez-Suarez, Jose M. 2021. "Honey quality parameters, chemical composition and antimicrobial activity in twelve Ecuadorian stingless bees (Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini) tested against multiresistant human pathogens." Lwt-Food Science and Technology, 140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110737. 2021
- Roubik, David W., Basset, Yves, Lopez, Yacksecari, Bobadilla, Ricardo, Perez, Filonila, and Ramirez S, Jose Alejandro. 2021. "Long-term (1979-2019) dynamics of protected orchid bees in Panama." Conservation Science and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.543. 2021
- Roubik, David W. 2021. "Mutualism within a parasitism within a mutualism: the bees and coccids that inhabit Cecropia ant‐plants." Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3367. 2021
- Fujisawa, Natsuho, Roubik, David W., and Inoue, Makoto. 2020. "Farmer influence on shade tree diversity in rustic plots ofCoffea canephorain Panama coffee-agroforestry." Agroforestry Systems, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-020-00551-0. 2020
- Crespo-Pérez, Verónica, Kazakou, Elena, Roubik, David W., and Cárdenas, Rafael E. 2020. "The importance of insects on land and in water: a tropical view." Current Opinion in Insect Science, 40 31–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2020.05.016. 2020
- Baudier, Kaitlin M., Ostwald, Madeleine M., Grüter, Christoph, Segers, Francisca H. I. D., Roubik, David Ward, Pavlic, Theodore P., Pratt, Stephen C., and Fewell, Jennifer H. 2019. "Changing of the guard: mixed specialization and flexibility in nest defense (Tetragonisca angustula)." Behavioral Ecology, 30, (4) 1041–1049. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz047. 2019
- Rozen, Jerome G., Smith, Corey Shepard, and Roubik, David W. 2019. "Egg and Mature Larva of a Species of Plebeia with a Preliminary Overview of the Mature Larvae of the Meliponini Relative to Those of Other Corbiculate Taxa (Apoidea: Apidae)." American Museum Novitates, 2019, (3940) 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1206/3940.1. 2019
- Galgani-Barraza, Paola, Moreno, Jorge Enrique, Lobo, Sofia, Tribaldos, Wendy, Roubik, David W., and Wcislo, William T. 2019. "Flower use by late nineteenth-century orchid bees (Eufriesea surinamensis, Hymenoptera, Apidae) nesting in the Catedral Basílica Santa María la Antigua de Panamá." Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 74 65–81. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.74.39191. 2019
- Nogueira, David Silva, Mahlmann, Thiago, Teixeira, Juliana Stephanie Galaschi, Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de, and Roubik, David Ward. 2019. "Geometric morphometrics of wing venation to differentiates new species of Scaura Schwarz populations (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)." Scientia Plena, 15, (1) 1–9. https://doi.org/10.14808/sci.plena.2019.018001. 2019
- Rozen, Jerome G., Quezada-Euán, J. Javier G., Roubik, David Ward, and Smith, Corey Shepard. 2019. "Immature Stages of Selected Meliponine Bees (Apoidea: Apidae)." American Museum Novitates, 2019, (3924) 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1206/3924.1. 2019
- Roubik, David Ward. 2019. "Population Traits and a Female Perspective for Aglae and Exaerete, Tropical Bee Parasites (Hymenoptera, Apinae: Euglossini)." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2019 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4602785. 2019
- Padrón, Pablo S., Roubik, David Ward, and Picón, Ruben P. 2018. "A Preliminary Checklist of the Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Ecuador." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2678632. 2018
- Jernigan, Christopher M., Birgiolas, Justas, McHugh, Cora, Roubik, David Ward, Wcislo, William T., and Smith, Brian H. 2018. "Colony-level non-associative plasticity of alarm responses in the stingless honey bee, Tetragonisca angustula." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72, (3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-018-2471-0. 2018
- Quezada-Euán, José,Javier G., Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Maués, Marcia M., Roubik, David Ward, and Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera. 2018. "The economic and cultural values of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) among ethnic groups of tropical America." Sociobiology, 65, (4) 534–557. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v65i4.3447. 2018
- Roubik, David W. and Knudsen, Jette T. 2017. "An embellishment that became a mutualism: Inquiries on male bee tibial bouquets and fragrance-producing orchids in Panama and oceanic islands (Apidae: Apinae, Euglossini; Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae)." Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 232 117–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2016.11.012. 2017
- Imbach, Pablo, Fung, Emily, Hannah, Lee, Navarro-Racines, Carlos, Roubik, David Ward, Ricketts, Taylor H., Harvey, Celia A., Donatti, Camila I., Läderach, Peter, Locatelli, Bruno, and Roehrdanz, Patrick R. 2017. "Coupling of pollination services and coffee suitability under climate change." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, (39) 10438–10442. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1617940114. 2017
- Roubik, David Ward and Villanueva-Gutierrez, Rogel. 2017. "Have native Hymenoptera or Africanized bees become aggressive foragers due to resource competition?" Trends in Entomology, 13 95–102. 2017
- Villanueva-Gutiérrez, Rogel and Roubik, David Ward. 2016. "More than protein? Bee–flower interactions and effects of disturbance regimes revealed by rare pollen in bee nests." Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 10, (1) 9–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-015-9413-9. 2016
- McCravy, Kenneth W., Van Dyke, Joseph, Creedy, Thomas J., and Roubik, David Ward. 2016. "Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Cusuco National Park, State of Cortés, Honduras." The Florida Entomologist, 99, (4) 765–768. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.099.0431. 2016
- Basset, Yves, Cizek, Lukas, Cuénoud, Philippe, Didham, Raphael K., Novotny, Vojtech, Ødegaard, Frode, Roslin, Tomas, Tishechkin, Alexey K., Schmidl, Jü, Winchester, Neville N., Roubik, David Ward, Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre, Bail, Johannes, Barrios, Héctor, Bridle, Jonathan R., Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela, Corbara, Bruno, Curletti, Gianfranco, Duarte, da Rocha, De Bakker, Domir, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Dejean, Alain, Fagan, Laura L., Floren, Andreas, Kitching, Roger L. et al. 2015. "Arthropod Distribution in a Tropical Rainforest: Tackling a Four Dimensional Puzzle." PLOS ONE, 10, (12) 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144110. 2015
- Lebuhn, Gretchen, Droege, Sam, Connor, Edward F., Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Potts, Simon G., Minckley, Robert L., Jean, Robert P., Kula, Emmanuel, Roubik, David Ward, Wright, Karen W., Frankie, Gordon, and Parker, Frank. 2015. "Evidence-based conservation: reply to Tepedino et al." Conservation Biology, 29, (1) 283–285. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12438. 2015
- Deng, Xiaobao, Mohandass, Dharmalingam, Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Hughes, Alice C., and Roubik, David Ward. 2015. "Impact of Striped-Squirrel Nectar-Robbing Behaviour on Gender Fitness in Alpinia roxburghii Sweet (Zingiberaceae)." PloS One, 10, (12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144585. 2015
- Rodríguez, Enrique, Weber, Jean-Michel, Pagé, Benoît, Roubik, David Ward, Suarez, Raul K., and Darveau, Charles-A. 2015. "Setting the pace of life: membrane composition of flight muscle varies with metabolic rate of hovering orchid bees." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, (1802). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2232. 2015
- Villanueva-Gutierrez, R., Echazarreta-Gonzalez, C., Roubik, David Ward, and Moguel-Ordoñez, Y. B. 2014. "Transgenic soybean pollen (Glycine max L.) in honey from the Yucatán peninsula,Mexico." Scientific Reports, 4 4022. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04022. 2014
- Villanueva-Gutierrez, Rogel, Roubik, David Ward, Colli-Ucan, Wilberto, Guemez-Ricalde, Francisco, and Buchman, Stephen L. 2013. "A Critical View of Colony Losses in Managed Mayan Honey-Making Bees (Apidae: Meliponini) in the Heart of Zona Maya." Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 86, (4) 352–362. https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES130131.1. 2013
- Lebuhn, Gretchen, Droege, Sam, Connor, Edward F., Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Potts, Simon G., Minckley, Robert L., Griswold, Terry, Jean, Robert, Kula, Emanuel, Roubik, David Ward, Cane, Jim, Wright, Karen W., Frankie, Gordon, and Parker, Frank. 2013. "Detecting Insect Pollinator Declines on Regional and Global Scales." Conservation Biology, 27, (1) 113–120. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01962.x. 2013
- Eckles, M. A., Roubik, David Ward, and Nieh, J. C. 2012. "A stingless bee can use visual odometry to estimate both height and distance." Journal of experimental biology, 215, (18) 3155–3160. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.070540. 2012
- Basset, Yves, Cizek, Lukas, Cuénoud, P., Didham, R. K., Guilhaumon, F., Missa, O., Novotny, Vojtech, Ødegaard, F., Roslin, T., Schmidl, J., Tishechkin, A. K., Winchester, N. N., Roubik, David Ward, Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre, Bail, J., Barrios, Hector, Bridle, J. R., Castaño-Meneses, G., Corbara, B., Curletti, Gianfranco, Duarte, da Rocha, De Bakker, D., Delabie, J. H., Dejean, Alain, Fagan, L. L. et al. 2012. "Arthropod Diversity in a Tropical Forest." Science, 338, (6113) 1481–1484. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1226727. 2012
- Aebi, Alexandre, Vaissière, Bernard E., Van Engelsdorp, Dennis, Delaplane, Keith S., Roubik, David Ward, and Neumann, Peter. 2012. "Back to the future: Apis versus non-Apis pollination - a response to Ollerton et al." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27, (3) 142–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.017. 2012
- Ackerman, James D. and Roubik, David Ward. 2012. "Can extinction risk help explain plant–pollinator specificity among euglossine bee pollinated plants?" Oikos, 121, (11) 1821–1827. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20193.x. 2012
- Francoy, Tiago Mauricio, de Faria Franco, Fernando, and Roubik, David Ward. 2012. "Integrated landmark and outline-based morphometric methods efficiently distinguish species of Euglossa (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini)." Apidologie, 43, (6) 609–617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-012-0132-2. 2012
- Smith, Adam R., López Quintero, Isis J., Moreno Patiño, Jorge Enrique, Roubik, David Ward, and Wcislo, William T. 2012. "Pollen use by Megalopta sweat bees in relation to resource availability in a tropical forest." Ecological Entomology, 37, (4) 309–317. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01367.x. 2012
- Basset, Yves, Cizek, Lucas, Cuenoud, Philippe, Didham, Raphael K., Guilhaumon, Francois, Missa, Oivier, Novotny, Vojtech, Odegaard, Frode, Roslin, Tomas, Schmidl, Jurgen, Tishechkin, Alexey K., Winchester, Neville N., Roubik, David Ward, Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre, Bail, Johannes, Barrios, Hector, Bridle, Jon R., Castano-Meneses, Gabriela, Corbara, Bruno, Curletti, Gianfranco, Duarte, da Rocha, De Bakker, Domir, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Dejean, Alain, Fagan, Laura et al. 2012. "Supplementary Materials for Arthropod Diversity in a Tropical Forest." Science, 338, (1481) 1–27. 2012
- Roubik, David Ward and Franco De Camargo, Joao Maria. 2012. "The Panama microplate, island studies and relictual species of Melipona (Melikerria) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)." Systematic Entomology, 37, (1) 189–199. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00587.x. 2012
- Greco, M. K., Welz, P. M., Siegrist, M., Ferguson, S. J., Gallmann, P., Roubik, David Ward, and Engel, M. S. 2011. "Description of an ancient social bee trapped in amber using diagnostic radioentomology." Insectes Sociaux, 58, (4) 487–494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-011-0168-8. 2011
- Ramírez, Santiago R., Nieh, James C., Quental, Tiago B., Roubik, David Ward, Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera L., and Pierce, Naomi E. 2010. "A molecular phylogeny of the stingless bee genus Melipona (Hymenoptera: Apidae)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 56, (2) 519–525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.026. 2010
- Roubik, David Ward. 2010. "Ecological impact on native bees by the invasive africanized honey bee. Abejas cleptoparasitas, con énfasis en las abejas hospederas colectoras de aceites (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)." Acta Biologica Colombiana, 14, (2) 115–124. 2010
- Wikelski, Martin C., Moxley, Jerry, Eaton-Mordas, Alexander, Lopez-Uribe, Margarita M., Holland, Richard, Moskowitz, David, Roubik, David Ward, and Kays, Roland. 2010. "Large-Range Movements of Neotropical Orchid Bees Observed via Radio Telemetry." Plos One, 5, (5) e10738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010738. 2010
- Ramirez, Santiago R., Roubik, David Ward, Skov, Charlotte, and Pierce, Naomi E. 2010. "Phylogeny, diversification patterns and historical biogeography of euglossine orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100, (3) 552–572. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01440.x. 2010
- Roubik, David Ward and Moreno Patiño, Jorge Enrique. 2009. "Trigona corvina: An ecological study based on unusual nest structure and pollen analysis." Psyche, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/268756. 2009
- Roubik, David Ward. 2009. "Ecological impact on native bees by the invasive Africanized honey bee." Acta Biológica Colombiana, 14, (2) 115–124. 2009
- Vit, Patricia, Rodríguez-Malaver, Antonio, Roubik, David W., Moreno, Enrique, Souza, Bruno A., Sancho, María T., Fernández-Muiño, Miguel, Almeida-Anacleto, Daniela, Marchini, Luis C., Gil, Florimar, González, Carolina, Aguilera, Greana, and Nieves, Beatriz. 2009. "Expanded parameters to assess the quality of honey from Venezuelan bees (Apis mellifera)." Journal of Apiproduct and Apimedical science, 1, (3) 72–81. https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.4.01.3.03. 2009
- Roubik, David Ward and Villanueva-Gutiérrez, Rogel. 2009. "Invasive Africanized honey bee impact on native solitary bees: a pollen resource and trap nest analysis." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 98, (1) 152–160. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01275.x. 2009
- Zimmermann, Y., Roubik, David Ward, Quezada-Euan, J. J. G., Paxton, R. J., and Eltz, T. 2009. "Single mating in orchid bees (Euglossa, Apinae): implications for mate choice and social evolution." Insectes Sociaux, 56, (3) 241–249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-009-0017-1. 2009
- Gonzalez, Victor H. and Roubik, David W. 2008. "Especies nuevas y filogenia de las abejas de fuego, Oxytrigona (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)." Acta zoológica mexicana, 24, (1) 43–71. 2008
- Kawakita, Atsushi, Ascher, John S., Sota, Teiji, Kato, Makoto, and Roubik, David Ward. 2008. "Phylogenetic analysis of the corbiculate bee tribes based on 12 nuclear protein-coding genes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae)." Apidologie, 39, (1) 163–U118. https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2007046. 2008
- Stearman, Allyn MacLean, Stierlin, Eugenio, Sigman, Michael E., Roubik, David W., and Dorrien, Derek. 2008. "Stradivarius in the Jungle: Traditional Knowledge and the Use of "Black Beeswax" Among the Yuquí of the Bolivian Amazon." Human Ecology, 36, (2) 149–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-007-9153-2. 2008
- Liu, F., Chen, J., Chai, J., Zhang, X., Bai, X., He, D., and Roubik, David Ward. 2007. "Adaptive functions of defensive plant phenolics and a non-linear bee response to nectar components." Functional Ecology, 21, (1) 96–100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01200.x. 2007
- Basset, Yves, Corbara, Bruno, Barrios, Hector, Cuenoud, Philippe, Leponce, Maurice, Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre, Bail, Johannes, Bito, Darren, Bridle, Jon R., Castano Meneses, Gabriela, Cizek, Lukas, Cornejo Remice, Aidee, Curletti, Gianfranco, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Dejean, Alain, Didham, Raphael K., Dufrene, Marc, Fagan, Laura L., Floren, Andreas, Frame, Dawn M., Halle, Francis, Hardy, Olivier J., Hernandez, Andres de J., Kitching, Roger L., Lewinsohn, Thomas M. et al. 2007. "IBISCA-Panama, a large-scale study of arthropod beta-diversity and vertical stratification in a lowland rainforest: rationale, study sites and field protocols." Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie, 77, (1) 39–69. 2007
- Liu, F., Roubik, David Ward, He, D., and Li, J. 2007. "Old comb for nesting site recognition by Apis dorsata? Field experiments in China." Insectes Sociaux, 54, (4) 424–426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0963-4. 2007
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Book
- Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David Ward. 2018. Pot-Pollen in Stingless Bee Melittology. Springer. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward. 2018. The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners: Volume 1. Rome, Italy: FAO. 2018
- Jalil, Abuhassan and Roubik, David Ward. 2017. Handbook of Meliponiculture: Indo-Malayan Stingless Bees. Akademi Lelulut Malaysia Sdn Bhd. 2017
- Vit, Patricia and Roubik, David Ward. 2013. Stingless bees process honey and pollen in cerumen pots. Merida, Venezuela, Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioanálisis. 2013
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Chapter
- Roubik, David W. 2020. "Bees, Ecological Roles Bees: Ecological Roles." In Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Starr, Christopher K., editor. 1–6. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_158-1. 2020
- Roubik, David W. 2020. "Nest Structure: Stingless Bees." In Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Starr, Christopher K., editor. 1–6. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_147-1. 2020
- Roubik, David Ward. 2018. "100 Species of Meliponines (Apidae: Meliponini) in a Parcel of Western Amazonian Forest at Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador." In Pot-Pollen in Stingless Bee Melittology. 189–206. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward and Moreno, Jorge Enrique. 2018. "A pollen atlas of cultivated plants." In Pollination of cultivated plants: a compendium for practitioners: Volume 2. 185–213. Roma, Italia: FAO. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward. 2018. "Applied pollination and selected studies." In The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners: Volume 1. 183–285. Roma, Italia: FAO. 2018
- Macfarlane, R. C., Davis, A. R., and Roubik, David Ward. 2018. "Evaluating pollinators." In Pollination of cultivated plants: a compendium for practitioners: Volume 2. 129–138. Roma, Italia: FAO. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward. 2018. "Lessons learned over the last 20 years." In The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners: Volume 1. 1–17. Roma, Italia: FAO. 2018
- Kajobe, Robert and Roubik, David W. 2018. "Nesting ecology of stingless bees in Africa." In Pot-pollen in stingless bee melittology. Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David W., editors. 229–240. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward and Patiño, Jorge Enrique Moreno. 2018. "Pot-Pollen as a Discipline: What Does It Include?" In Pot-Pollen in Stingless Bee Melittology. 3–15. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward, Heard, T. A., and Kwapong, P. 2018. "Stingless bee colonies and pollination." In Pollination of cultivated plants: a compendium for practitioners: Volume 2. 39–58. Roma, Italia: FAO. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward and Moreno Patiño, Jorge Enrique. 2018. "The Stingless honey bees (Apidae, Apinae: Meliponini) in Panama and Pollination ecology from pollen analysis." In Pot-pollen in stingless bee melittology. Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David W., editors. 47–66. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61839-5_4. 2018
- Villanueva-Gutiérrez, Rogel, Roubik, David Ward, Colli-Ucán, Wilberto, and Tuz-Novelo, Margarito. 2018. "The Value of Plants for the Mayan Stingless Honey Bee Melipona beecheii (Apidae: Meliponini): A Pollen-Based Study in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico." In Pot-Pollen in Stingless Bee Melittology. Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David Ward, editors. 67–76. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61839-5_5. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward and Gemmill-Herren, Barbara. 2016. "Developing pollination management plans across agricultural landscapes: quo vadis, sustainable crop pollination?" In Pollination Services to Agriculture: Sustaining and enhancing a key ecosystem service. Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, editor. 131–152. New York: Routledge;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2016
- Villanueva-Gutierrez, Rogel, Roubik, David Ward, and Porter-Bolland, Luciana. 2015. "Bee–Plant Interactions: Competition and Phenology of Flowers Visited by Bees." In Biodiversity and conservation of the Yucatan Peninsula. Islebe, Gerald Alexander, Calme, Sophie, Leon-Cortes, Jorge L., and Schmook, Birgit, editors. 131–152. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06529-8_6. 2015
- Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Allara, Manuela, Koomen, Irene, van, der Valk, and Roubik, David Ward. 2014. "An agroecosystem approach to protecting pollinators from pesticides." In Pollinator safety in agriculture.. Roubik, David Ward, editor. 1–14. Rome, Italy: FAO. 2014
- Roubik, David Ward. 2014. "Orchids of neotropical pollinators since Darwin's time." In Darwin's orchids: Then and now.. Edens-Meier, Retha and Bernhardt, Peter, editors. 229–261. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 2014
- Roubik, David Ward and Moreno, Jorge Enrique. 2013. "How to be a bee-botanist using pollen spectra." In Pot-honey a legacy of stingless bees. Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David Ward, editors. 295–314. New York: Springer. 2013
- Barcelo Quintal, Raquel and Roubik, David Ward. 2013. "Melipona bees in the scientific world :Western cultural views." In Pot-honey: A legacy of stingless bees. Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David Ward, editors. 247–260. New York: Springer. 2013
- Pauly, Alain, Pedro, Silvia R. M., Rasmussen, Claus, and Roubik, David Ward. 2013. "Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Meliponini) of French Guiana." In Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees. Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia, R.M., and Roubik, David Ward, editors. 87–98. New York: Springer. 2013
- Roubik, David Ward. 2013. "Why do they keep changing the names of our stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Meliponini)? A little history and guide to taxonomy." In Stingless bees process honey and pollen in cerumen pots. Vit, P. and Roubik, David Ward, editors. 1–7. Merida, Venezuela, Universidad de Los Andes. 2013
- Roubik, David Ward. 2012. "Ecology and social organisation of bees." In eLS. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470015902.a0023596. 2012
- Roubik, David Ward. 2009. "Small bees have a big job - holding up biome biodiversity." In Caring for Pollinators: Safeguarding agro-biodiversity and wild plant diversity: results of a workshop and research project commissioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature conservation. Ssymank, Axel, Hamm, Andree, and Vischer-Leopold, Mareike, editors. 26–38. Germany: Federal Agency for Nature Conservancy. 2009
- Vit, Patricia, Carvalho, Carlos, Enriquez, Eunice, Gonzalez, Isbelia, Moreno, Jorge Enrique, Roubik, David Ward, Souza, Bruno A., and Villas-Boas, Jeronimo. 2008. "Descripción sensorial de mieles de abejas sin aguijón de Argentina, Australia, Brasil, Guatemala y Venezuela." In Abejas sin aguijón y valoración sensorial de su miel.. Vit, Patricia, editor. 102–117. Mérida, Venezuela: ABIPA-DIGECEX. 2008
- Vit, Patricia, Carvalho, Carlos, Enriquez, Eunice, Gonzalez, Isbelia, Moreno, Jorge Enrique, Roubik, David Ward, Souza, Bruno A., and Villas-Boas, Jeronimo. 2008. "Mieles tropicales en vías de extinción." In Abejas sin aguijón y valorización sensorial de su miel.. Vit, Patricia, editor. 94–101. Mérida, Venezuela: APIBA-DIGECEX. 2008
- Roubik, David Ward and Moreno, Jorge Enrique. 2008. "Mieles tropicales en vías de extinción." In Abejas sin aguijón y valoración sensorial de su miel.. Vit, Patricia, Carvalho, Carlos, Enriquez, Eunice, Gonzalez, Isbelia, Moreno, Jorge Enrique, Roubik, David Ward, Souza, Bruno A., and Villas-Boas, Jeronimo, editors. 48. Mérida, Venezuela: APIBA-DIGECEX. 2008
- Nieh, James C. and Roubik, David Ward. 2007. "Posibles mecanismos para comunicar la altura y la distancia por la abeja sin aguijón, Melipona panamica." In Ecología y evolución en los trópicos. Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Herre, Edward Allen, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., and Santos-Granero, Fernando, editors. 269–286. Panama: Editora Nova Art. 2007
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Dataset
- Harrison, Jon F., Duell, Meghan E., Roubik, David W., and Klok, C. Jaco. 2022. [Dataset] Body and wing morphology, flight metabolic rates, and wingbeat frequencies for 13 stingless bee species. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.G1JWSTQTF. 2022
- Moreno, Enrique and Roubik, David W. 2021. [Dataset] Euglossini Pollen. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.14823660.V1. 2021
- Basset, Yves and Roubik, David W. 2021. [Dataset] Long-term (1979-2019) dynamics of orchid bees in Panama. Distributed by Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.16598810.V1. 2021
Editor Of
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Book
- Roubik, David Ward, editor. 2018. Pollination of cultivated plants: a compendium for practitioners; Volume 2. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2018
- Roubik, David Ward, editor. 2014. Pollinator Safety in Agriculture. Rome: FAO. 2014
- Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David Ward, editors. 2013. Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees. New York: Springer. 2013
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Department
