education and training
- B.S., Oregon State University
- Ph.D., University of Kansas
Roubik, David
Fellowship Advisor
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staff
Tropical bees and beekeeping, ecology, systematics and behavior of bees, pollination systems; palynology; ecology and entomology.
Background And Education
awards and honors
- Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, conferred by Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Awards, 2020
Publications
selected publications
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article
- Roubik, David W. 2021. "Following the Amazonian Cecropia Bees." Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 1–5. 102, (3), 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, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 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
- Roubik, David W. 2020. "Bees, Ecological Roles Bees: Ecological Roles." in Encyclopedia of Social Insects, edited by Starr, Christopher K., 1-6. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_158-1 2020
- 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
- Roubik, David Ward. 2018. "Applied pollination and selected studies." in The pollination of cultivated plants: A compendium for practitioners: Volume 1, 183-285. FAO. 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
- 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. FAO. 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. Springer. 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
- Jernigan, Chris M., Roubik, David Ward, Wcislo, William T., and Riveros, Andre. 2014. "Color-dependent learning in restrained Africanized honey bees." Journal of Experimental Biology 217:337-343. https://doi.org/10.1242/?jeb.091355 2014
- Roubik, David Ward. 2014. "Orchids of neotropical pollinators since Darwin's time." in Darwin's orchids: Then and now., edited by Edens-Meier, Retha and Bernhardt, Peter., 229-261. The University of Chicago Press. 2014
- 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
- 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, edited by Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David Ward., 295-314. Springer. 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
- 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
- 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., edited by Vit, Patricia., 102-117. ABIPA-DIGECEX. 2008
- 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, 163–U118. 39, (1), LES ULIS CEDEX A; 17, AVE DU HOGGAR, PA COURTABOEUF, BP 112, F-91944 LES ULIS CEDEX A, FRANCE: EDP SCIENCES S A. 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. 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. "Nest Structure: Stingless Bees." in Encyclopedia of Social Insects, edited by Starr, Christopher K., 1-6. 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. 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. 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. FAO. 2018
- Kajobe, Robert and Roubik, David W. 2018. "Nesting ecology of stingless bees in Africa." in Pot-pollen in stingless bee melittology, edited by Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David W., 229-240. 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. 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, edited by Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David W., 47-66. 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, edited by Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David Ward., 67-76. 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, edited by Gemmill-Herren, Barbara., 131-152. 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, edited by Islebe, Gerald Alexander, Calme, Sophie, Leon-Cortes, Jorge L., and Schmook, Birgit., 131-152. 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., edited by Roubik, David Ward., 1-14. FAO. 2014
- 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, edited by Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia R. M., and Roubik, David Ward., 247-260. 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, edited by Vit, Patricia, Pedro, Silvia, R.M., and Roubik, David Ward., 87-98. 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, edited by Vit, P. and Roubik, David Ward., 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, edited by Ssymank, Axel, Hamm, Andree, and Vischer-Leopold, Mareike., 26-38. 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. "Mieles tropicales en vías de extinción." in Abejas sin aguijón y valorización sensorial de su miel., edited by Vit, Patricia., 94-101. 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., edited by Vit, Patricia, Carvalho, Carlos, Enriquez, Eunice, Gonzalez, Isbelia, Moreno, Jorge Enrique, Roubik, David Ward, Souza, Bruno A., and Villas-Boas, Jeronimo., 48. 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, edited by Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Herre, Edward Allen, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., and Santos-Granero, Fernando., 269-286. Editora Nova Art. 2007
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dataset
- Moreno, Enrique and Roubik, David W. 2021. [Dataset] "Euglossini Pollen." Distributed by https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.14823660.V1 2021
- Roubik, David W. and Basset, Yves. 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
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Department
