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faculty
Robert Gegear, PhD
Associate Professor
Biology
Education
| 2010 | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Postdoc |
| 2006 | University of Toronto | Postdoc |
| 2002 | Western University | PhD |
Courses
The study of comparative and evolutionary aspects of behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Structure and function of nervous systems, simple behavioral patterns including reflexes and other forms of innate behavior as well as more complex patterns including learning and social behavior are stressed.
The study of comparative and evolutionary aspects of behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Structure and function of nervous systems, simple behavioral patterns including reflexes and other forms of innate behavior as well as more complex patterns including learning and social behavior are stressed.
The study of comparative and evolutionary aspects of behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Structure and function of nervous systems, simple behavioral patterns including reflexes and other forms of innate behavior as well as more complex patterns including learning and social behavior are stressed.
The study of comparative and evolutionary aspects of behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Structure and function of nervous systems, simple behavioral patterns including reflexes and other forms of innate behavior as well as more complex patterns including learning and social behavior are stressed.
The study of comparative and evolutionary aspects of behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Structure and function of nervous systems, simple behavioral patterns including reflexes and other forms of innate behavior as well as more complex patterns including learning and social behavior are stressed.
The study of comparative and evolutionary aspects of behavior of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Structure and function of nervous systems, simple behavioral patterns including reflexes and other forms of innate behavior as well as more complex patterns including learning and social behavior are stressed.
Terms and hours to be arranged. Graded A-F.
Terms and hours to be arranged. Graded A-F.
Terms and hours to be arranged. Graded A-F.
Research
Research awards
- $ 599,926 awarded by National Science Foundation for Connecting Undergraduates to Biodiversity Instruction through Citizen Science (CUBICS)
- $ 8,799 awarded by Landscape Interactions LLC for MA Lawn Conversion Project
- $ 3,399 awarded by Landscape Interactions LLC for NY Pollinate Now!
Research interests
- Conservation of native pollination systems
- Neuroecology of plant-pollinator interactions
- Multi-modal sensory integration
- Floral evolution
- Bumblebee ecology
Select publications
- Gegear, RJ., Heath, K., and EF Ryder (2021).
Modeling scale up of anthropogenic impacts from individual pollinator behavior to pollination systems
Conservation Biology, 35, 1519-1529. - Gegear, RJ (2021).
Exploring the Role of Cognition in the Annual Fall Migration of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Insects, 12, 760. - Burdon RCF, Raguso R, Gegear RJ, Scofield D, Kessler A, Pierce E, and AL Parachnowitsch (2020).
Scented nectar and the challenge of measuring honest signals in pollination
Journal of Ecology, 108, 2132–2144.