Books
Caro, T., Huang, Y., Arkwright, M., How, M.J. Biting flies and Zebras. In: Sensory ecology of disease vectors. Ed: Ignell, R. Lazzari, C.R., Hill, S.R. Wageningen Academic Publishers. Ch 21 p563-603. LINK
Roberts, N. W. Polarisation Vision of Fishes. In Polarized Light and Polarization Vision in Animal Sciences, Springer Series in Vision Research Volume 2, 2014, pp 225-247. LINK
Marshall N. J., Roberts, N. W. and Cronin T. W. Polarization Signals. In Polarized Light and Polarization Vision in Animal Sciences, Springer Series in Vision Research Volume 2, 2014, pp 407-442. LINK
McGregor, J. E., Temple, S. E., and Horvath, G. Human polarization sensitivity. In Polarized Light and Polarization Vision in Animal Sciences, Springer Series in Vision Research Volume 2, 2014, pp 303-315. LINK
Publications
2025
157. Wainwright, J.B., Loupasaki, T., Ramirez, F., Penry-Williams, I.L., England, S.J., Barker, A., Meier, J., How, M.J., Roberts, N.W., Troscianko, J. and Montgomery, S.H., 2025. Mutualisms within light microhabitats drive sensory convergence in a mimetic butterfly community. PNAS 122 (29) e2422397122 DOI 10.1073/pnas.2422397122.
156. Derup, C., Herbet-Read, J.E., and How, M.J. 2025. Motion After-Effects Induced by Dynamic Illumination in Crab Vision. Ecology and Evolution15:e71426. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71426
155. van den Berg, C.P., Hassler, G.W., Blomberg, S.P., Wilson, N.G., Suchard, M.A. and Cheney K.L. Diel activity correlates with colour pattern morphology of heterobranch sea slugs. Jounral of Animal Ecology, Early Version First published: 15 April 2025 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70036
154. Santon, M., Troscianko, J., Heatubun, C. and How, M.J., 2025. Stealth and deception: adaptive motion camouflage in hunting broadclub cuttlefish. Science Advances, 11(13) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr3686
153. How, M.J., van den Berg, C., Karcz, M., Heatubun, C. and Santon, M., 2025. Multiple hunting displays in wild broadclub cuttlefish. Ecology, 106(2), p.e70021. doi: 10.1002/ecy.70021
152. Williams, S., Heyworth, S.M., Kano, Y., Roberts, N.W., Carter, H.F. and Cheney, K.L., 2025. The blue advantage: a novel blue carotenoprotein pigment in the tropical seastar Linckia laevigata is an antioxidant defence against extreme environmental stress. Mar Biol 172, 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-025-04595-7
2024
151. Ospina-Rozo, L, Medina I., Hugall, A., Rankin, K.J., Roberts, N.W., Roberts, A., Mitchell, A., Reid, C.A.M., Moussalli, A. and Stuart-Fox, D. “Polarization and Reflectance Are Linked to Climate, Size and Mechanistic Constraints in a Group of Scarab Beetles.” Scientific Reports 14(1): 29349. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80325-1.
150. Irwin, A.R., Roberts, N.W., Strong, E.E., Kano, Y., Speiser, D.I., Harper, E.M. and Williams, S.T., 2024. Evolution of large eyes in Stromboidea (Gastropoda): impact of photic environment and life history traits. Systematic Biology. syae063, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae063
149. Smithers, S.P., Brett, M.F., How, M.J., Scott-Samuel, N.E., and Roberts, N.W. 2024 Fiddler crabs (Afruca tangeri) detect second-order motion in both intensity and polarization Communications Biology 7:1255 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06953-5
148. Wainwright, J.B., Loupasaki, T., Ramirez, F., Penry-Williams, I.L., England, S.J., Barker, A., Meier, J., How, M.J., Roberts, N.W., Troscianko, J. and Montgomery, S.H., 2024. Mutualisms within light microhabitats drive sensory convergence in a mimetic butterfly community. bioRxiv, pp.2024-08.
147. Irwin, A.R., Roberts, N.W., Strong, E.E., Kano, Y., Speiser, D.I., Harper, E.M. and Williams, S.T., 2024. Evolution of large eyes in Stromboidea (Gastropoda): impact of photic environment and life history traits. BioRxiv, pp.2024-04.
146. van den Berg, C. P., Santon, M., Endler, J. A., Drummond, L., Dawson, B. R., Santiago, C., Cheney, K. L. (2024). Chemical defences indicate bold colour patterns with reduced variability in aposematic nudibranchs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291(2027), 20240953.
145. van den Berg, C. P., Santon, M., Endler, J. A., & Cheney, K. L. (2024). Highly defended nudibranchs “escape” to visually distinct background habitats. Behavioral Ecology, 35(5).
144. van den Berg, C.P., Condon, N.D., Conradsen, C., White, T.E. and Cheney, K.L., 2024. Automated workflows using Quantitative Colour Pattern Analysis (QCPA): A guide to batch processing and downstream data analysis. Evolutionary Ecology, pp.1-11.
143. John, L., Santon, M. and Michiels, N.K., 2024. Scorpionfish adjust skin pattern contrast on different backgrounds. Ecology and Evolution, 14(3), p.e11124.
142. Drerup, C., Dunkley, K., How, M.J. and Herbert-Read, J., 2024. Cuttlefish adopt disruptive camouflage under dynamic lighting. Current Biology. 34 (14) 3258-3264.e5
141. Drerup, C., How, M.J. and Herbert‐Read, J.E., 2024. Dynamic visual noise has limited influence on the habitat selection and behavioural activity of crustaceans and cephalopods. Ethology, p.e13432.
2023
140. Kemp, D.J., Reznick, D.N., Arendt, J., van den Berg, C. and Endler, J.A., 2023. How to generate and test hypotheses about colour: insights from half a century of guppy research. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(2000), p.20222492.
139. van den Berg, C.P., Santon, M., Endler, J.A., Drummond, L., Dawson, B.R., Santiago, C., Weber, N. and Cheney, K.L., 2023. Chemical defences indicate distinct colour patterns with reduced variability in aposematic nudibranchs. bioRxiv, pp.2023-01.
138. Santon, M., Korner-Nievergelt, F., Michiels, N.K. and Anthes, N., 2023. A versatile workflow for linear modelling in R. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, p.1065273.
137. Wijewardhane, N., Uppington, M., How, M., Hauser, H., Piddini, E. and Hauert, S., 2023, October. Modular Wavelength Adaptation of the Dynamic Optical MicroEnvironment. In 2023 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
136. Wernet, M.F., Roberts, N.W. and Belušič, G. 2023 Non-celestial polarization vision in arthropods. J Comp Physiol A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-023-01679-x
135. John, L., Santon, M. and Michiels, N.K., 2023. Scorpionfish rapidly change colour in response to their background. Frontiers in Zoology, 20(1), p.10.
134. Wainwright, J.B., Schofield, C., Conway, M., Phillips, D., Martin-Silverstone, E., Brodrick, E.A., Cicconardi, F., How, M.J., Roberts, N.W. and Montgomery, S., 2023. Multiple axes of visual system diversity in Ithomiini, an ecologically diverse tribe of mimetic butterflies. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(24) jeb.246423 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246423
133. How, M.J., Robertson, A., Smithers, S.P. and Wilby, D., 2023. Polarization vision in terrestrial hermit crabs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, pp.1-7 Early online.
132. Allibhai, I., Zanghi, C., How, M.J. and Ioannou, C.C., 2023. Increased water temperature and turbidity act independently to alter social behavior in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Ecology and Evolution, 13(3), p.e9958.
131. Drerup, C., How, M.J. and Herbert-Read, J.E., 2023. Visual noise from caustic flicker does not affect the hunting success of cuttlefish. Animal Behaviour, 202, 59-72.
130. Ospina-Rozo, L., Priscilla, N., Hutchison, J., van de Meene, A., Roberts, N.W., Stuart-Fox, D. and Roberts, A. 2023. Deconstructed beetles: bilayered materials produce green coloration with remarkably high near-infrared reflectance Materials Today Advances In press.
129. Caro, T., Fogg, E., Stephens-Collins, T., Santon, M., How, M.J. 2023 Why don’t tabanids land on zebras? Journal of Experimental Biology. 226 (4): jeb244778. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244778
128. Wilson, R., Cooper, C.E.C., Meah, R.J., Wakefield, A., Roberts, N.W. and Jones G. 2023. The spectral composition of a white light influences its attractiveness to Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Ecology and Evolution 13(1) e9714 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9714
2022
127. van den Berg, C.P., Endler, J.A., and Cheney, K.L., 2022 Highly defended nudibranchs do not ‘escape’ to visually diverse background habitats bioRxiv 2022.12.13.520332; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.13.520332
126. van den Berg, C.P., Endler, J.A., Papinczak, D.E. and Cheney, K.L., 2022. Using colour pattern edge contrast statistics to predict detection speed and success in triggerfish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(23), p.jeb244677.
125. Vincent Venebles, S., Drerup, C., Powell, S.B., Marshall, N.J., Herbert-Read, J.E., and How, M.J. 2022. Polarization vision mitigates visual noise from flickering light underwater. Science Advances 8(32): eabq2770. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq2770
124. Hawkes, W.L.S., Walliker, E., Gao, B., Forster, O., Lacey, K., Doyle, T., Massy, R., Roberts, N.W., Reynolds, D.R., Özden, Ö., Chapman, J.W., and Wotton, K.R. 2022 Huge spring migrations of insects from the Middle East to Europe: quantifying the migratory assemblage and ecosystem services. Ecogeography, http://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06288
123. Irwin, A.R., Williams, S.T., Speiser, D.I. and Roberts, N.W. 2022. The marine gastropod Conomurex luhuanus (Strombidae) has high-resolution spatial vision and eyes with complex retinas. Journal of Experimental Biology J Exp Biol 225 (16): jeb243927. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243927
122. How, M.J. and Santon, M., 2022. Cuttlefish camouflage: Blending in by matching background features. Current Biology, 32(11), pp.R523-R525.
121. Varkevisser, J.M., Simon, R., Mendoza, E., How, M., van Hijlkema, I., Jin, R., Liang, Q., Scharff, C., Halfwerk, W.H. and Riebel, K., 2022. Adding colour-realistic video images to audio playbacks increases stimulus engagement but does not enhance vocal learning in zebra finches. Animal Cognition, 25(2), pp.249-274.
120. Brayley, O., How, M.J., and Andrew Wakefield. "The Biological Effects of Light Pollution on Terrestrial and Marine Organisms." International Journal of Sustainable Lighting 24, no. 1 (2022): 13-38.
119. Brodrick, E.A., How, M.J. and Hemmi, J.M., 2022. Fiddler crab electroretinograms reveal vast circadian shifts in visual sensitivity and temporal summation in dim light. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(5), p.jeb243693.
118. Wang, L-Y., Stuart-Fox, D., Walker, G., Roberts, N.W. and Franklin, A.M. 2021 Insect visual sensitivity to long wavelengths enhances colour contrast of insects against vegetation Scientific Reports12(1), pp.1-11.
2021
117 Ryan, L.A., Slip, D.J., Chapuis, L., Collin, S.P., Gennari, E., Hemmi, J.M., How, M.J., Huveneers, C., Peddemors, V.M., Tosetto, L. and Hart, N.S., 2021. A shark's eye view: testing the ‘mistaken identity theory’behind shark bites on humans. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 18(183), p.20210533.
116. Irwin, A.R., Williams, S.T., Speiser, D.I., and Roberts, N.W. 2021 The marine gastropod Conomurex luhuanus (Strombidae) has high-resolution spatial vision and eyes with complex retinas bioRxiv 2021.12.21.473630; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.473630
115. Massy, R., Hawkes ,W.L.S., Doyle, T., Troscianko J., Menz, M.H.M., Roberts, N.W., Chapman, J.W. and Wotton K.R. 2021 Hoverflies use a time-compensated sun compass to orientate during autumn migrationProc. R. Soc. B.2882021180520211805 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1805
114. Drerup, C. and How, M.J., 2021 Polarization contrasts and their effect on the gaze stabilisation of crustaceans. Journal of Experimental Biology. doi: 10.1242/jeb.229898
113. Temple, S.E., How, M.J., Powell, S.B., Gruev, V., Marshall, N.J. and Roberts, N.W. 2021 Thresholds of polarization vision in octopus. Journal of Experimental Biology. In press jeb.240812. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.240812 Published 18 February 2021
112. Wilson, R., Wakefield, A., Roberts, N. and Jones, G. 2021 Artificial light and biting flies: the parallel development of attractive light traps and unattractive domestic lights Parasites & Vectors 14: 28, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04530-3.
2020
111. How, M.J., Gonzales, D., Irwin, A. and Caro, T. 2020 Zebra stripes, tabanid biting flies and the aperture effect. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287, 1933 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1521
110. Ginnawa, G.M., Davidson, I.K., Harding, H.R., Simpson, S.D., Roberts, N.W., Radford, A.N. and Ioannou C.C. 2020 Effects of multiple stressors on fish shoal collective motion are independent and vary with shoaling metric. Animal Behaviour 168, 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.07.024
109. Brodrick, E.M., Roberts, N.W., Sumner‐Rooney, L., Schlepütz, C.M. and How, M.J. 2020 Light adaptation mechanisms in the eye of the fiddler crab Afruca tangeri Journal of Comparative Neurology. First published: 27 June 2020 https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24973.
108. Porter, M.L., Awata, H., Bok, M.J. and Cronin, T.W., 2020. Exceptional diversity of opsin expression patterns in Neogonodactylus oerstedii (Stomatopoda) retinas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(16), 8948-8957.
107. Franklin, A.M., Marshall, J., Feinstein, A.D., Bok, M.J., Byrd, A.D. and Lewis, S.M., 2020. Differences in signal contrast and camouflage among different colour variations of a stomatopod crustacean, Neogonodactylus oerstedii. Scientific Reports, 10(1), pp.1-14.
106. Fleming, J.F., Feuda, R., Roberts, N.W. and Pisani, D. 2020 A novel approach to investigate the effect of tree reconstruction artifacts in single gene analysis clarifies opsin evolution in non-bilaterian metazoans. J Genome Biology and Evolution evaa015, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa015
2019
105. Bok, M.J., Nilsson, D.E. and Garm, A., 2019. Photoresponses in the radiolar eyes of the fan worm Acromegalomma vesiculosum. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(23) jeb212779 doi: 10.1242/jeb.212779.
104. Kam, J.H., Weinrich, T.W., Shinhmar, H., Powner, M.B., Roberts, N.W., Aboelnour, A. and Jeffery G. 2019 Fundamental differences in patterns of retinal ageing between species. Primates are not mice. Scientific Reports 9 (1) 12574 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49121-0
103. Feller, K.D., Wilby, D., Jacucci, G., Vignolini, S., Mantell, J., Wardill, T., Cronin, T.W. and Roberts, N.W. 2019 Long-wavelength reflecting filters found in the larval retinas of one mantis shrimp family (Nannosquillidae) Current Biology 29 (18), P3101-3108.E4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.070
102. Smithers, S., Roberts, N.W. and How, M.J. 2019 Parallel processing of polarization and intensity information in fiddler crab vision Science Advances 5, (8), eaax3572
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax3572
101. Daly, I.M., How, M.J., Partridge, J.C. and Roberts, N. W. 2019 Gaze stabilization in mantis shrimp in response to angled stimuli. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 205 (4) 515–527. doi.org/10.1007/s00359-019-01341-5
100. Wang, X., Gao, J. and Roberts, N. W. 2019 Bio-inspired orientation using the polarization pattern in the sky based on artificial neural networks. Optics Express 27 13681-13693. doi: 10.1364/OE.27.013681
99. Temple, S.E., Roberts, N. W. and Misson, G. P. 2019 Haidinger’s brushes elicited at varying degrees of polarization rapidly and easily assesses total macular pigmentation. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 36 (4): B123-B131.
98. Caro, T., Argueta Y., Briolat, E.S., Bruggink, J., Kasprowsky, M., Lake, J., Mitchell, M.J., Richardson, S., and How, M. 2019 Benefits of zebra stripes: Behaviour of tabanid flies around zebras and horses PLoS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210831
97. Marshall, N.J., Powell, S.B., Cronin, T.W., Caldwell, R.L., Johnsen, S., Gruev, V., Chiou, T.H.S., Roberts, N.W. and How, M.J., 2019. Polarisation signals: a new currency for communication. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(3), jeb134213.
2018
96. Fleming, J.F., Kristensen, R.M., Sørensen, M.V., Park, T-Y. S., Arakawa, K., Blaxter, M., Rebecchi, L., Guidetti, R., Williams, T.A., Roberts, N.W., Vinther, J. and Pisani, D. 2018 Molecular palaeontology illuminates the evolution of ecdysozoan vision Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285(1892): 20182180. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2180
95. Conrad Helm, Michael J Bok, Pat Hutchings, Elena Kupriyanova and María Capa. 2018 Developmental studies provide new insights into the evolution of sense organs in Sabellariidae (Annelida) BMC Evolutionary Biology 18:149 doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1263-5
94. Smithers, S.P., Rooney, R., Wilson, A., Stevens, M. 2018 Rock pool fish use a combination of colour change and substrate choice to improve camouflage. Animal Behaviour 144 53-65 doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.08.004
93. Bok, M.J., Roberts, N.W., and Cronin, T.W. 2018 Behavioural evidence for polychromatic ultraviolet sensitivity in mantis shrimp Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 20181384. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1384
92. Kirwan, J. D., Bok, M. J., Smolka, J., Foster, J. J., Hernández, J. C. and Nilsson, D. E. 2018 The sea urchin Diadema africanum uses low resolution vision to find shelter and deter enemies Journal of Experimental Biology. 221, 14, jeb176271
91. Valdez-Lopez, J. C., Donohue, M. W., Bok, M. J., Wolf, J., Cronin, T. W. & Porter, M. L. 2018 Sequence, Structure, and Expression of Opsins in the Monochromatic Stomatopod Squilla empusa Integrative and Comparative Biology. icy007
90. Wilby, D., Riches, S., Daly, I., Bird, A., Wheelwright, M. and Foster, J. 2018 Hermit crabs (Pagurus bernhardus) use visual contrast in self- assessment of camouflage. Journal of Experimental Biology 221 jeb173831 doi:10.1242/jeb.173831
89. Winters, A.E., Wilson, N.G., van den Berg, C., How, M.J., Endler, J., Marshall, N.J., and Cheney, K.L. 2018. Toxicity and taste: unequal chemical defences in a mimicry ring. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285 20180457 doi:10.1098/rspb.20180457
88. Daly, I.M., How, M.J., Partridge, J.C. and Roberts N.W. 2018. Complex gaze stabilization in mantis shrimp Proceedings of the Royal Society B DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0594
87. Tibbs, A.B., Daly, I.M., Bull, D.R. and Roberts, N.W., 2018. Noise creates polarization artefacts. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 13 015005 doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/aa9e22
86. Tibbs, A.B., Daly, I.M., Roberts, N.W. and Bull, D.R., 2018. Denoising Imaging Polarimetry by Adapted BM3D Method. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 35(4), 690-701. doi:10.1364/JOSAA.35.000690 (arXiv (preprint) arXiv:1711.04853 doi: arXiv:1711.04853v2)
85. Foster, J.J.,Temple, S.E., How, M.J., Daly, I.M., Sharkey, C.R. Wilby, D. and Roberts N.W.. 2018. Polarization Vision: Overcoming Challenges of Working with a Property of Light We Barely See. The Science of Nature. 105(3-4) 27. doi:10.1007/s00114-018-1551-3
2017
84. Smithers, S.P., Wilson, A., Stevens, M. 2017 Rock pool gobies change their body pattern in response to background features. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 121(1) 109-121. doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blw022.
83. Bok, MJ, ML Porter, HA ten Hove, R Smith & D-E. Nilsson. 2017. Radiolar Eyes of Serpulid Worms (Annelida, Serpulidae): Structures, Function, and Phototransduction. The Biological Bulletin, 233, 39-57.
82. D-E Nilsson & MJ Bok. 2017. Low-Resolution Vision—at the Hub of Eye Evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57: 1066-1070.
81. Cronin,TW, MJ Bok, & C Lin. 2017. Crustacean Larvae—Vision in the Plankton. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57: 1139-1150.
80. Bok, MJ, ML Porter & D-E Nilsson. 2017. Phototransduction in fan worm radiolar eyes. Current Biology, 27: R698-R699.
79. Winters, A., Green, N., Wilson, N., How, M., Garson, M., Marshall, J. and Cheney, K. 2017 Stabilising selection on individual pattern elements of aposematic signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1861): 20170926. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0926
78. Templin, R.M., How, M.J., Roberts, N.W., Chiou, T-H. and Marshall J. 2017 Circularly polarized light detection in stomatopod crustaceans: a comparison of photoreceptors and possible function in six species. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 3222-3230 doi: 10.1242/jeb.162941
77. Innes C. Cuthill, William L. Allen, Kevin Arbuckle, Barbara Caspers, George Chaplin, Mark Hauber, Geoffrey E. Hill, Nina Jablonski, Chris D. Jiggins, Almut Kelber, Johanna Mappes, Justin Marshall, Richard Merrill, Daniel Osorio, Richard Prum, Nicholas W. Roberts, Alexandre Roulin, Hannah Rowland, Thomas Sherratt, John Skelhorn, Michael P. Speed, Martin Stevens, Mary Caswell Stoddard, Devi Stuart-Fox, Laszlo Talas, Elizabeth Tibbetts and Tim Caro. 2017 The biology of color. Science 357 (6350): eaan0221 doi: 10.1126/science.aan0221
76. How, M.J., Norman. M.D., Finn, J., Chung. W-S. and Marshall, N.J. 2017 Dynamic skin patterns in cephalopods. Frontiers in Physiology doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00393
75. Daly, I.M., Tetley, A.E., Jared, S.L., How, M.J. and Roberts, N.W. 2017 Colour preference in Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Stomatopoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology rux038. doi: 10.1093/jcbiol/rux038
74. Phillips, G.A.C.. How, M.J., Lange, J.E., Marshall, J., Cheney, K. 2017 Disruptive colouration in reef fish: does matching the background reduce predation risk? Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 1962-1974 doi: 10.1242/jeb.151480
73. Wilby, D., Roberts, N.W. 2017 Optical influence of oil droplets on cone photoreceptor sensitivity. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 1997-2004 doi: 10.1242/jeb.152918
72. Feller, K.D., Jordan, T.M. Wilby, D. and Roberts, N.W. 2017 Selection of the intrinsic polarization properties of animal optical materials creates enhanced structural reflectivity and camouflage Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 372 20160336. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0336
71. Maxwell, D.J., Partridge, J.C., Roberts, N.W., Boonham, N. and Foster, G.D. 2017 The effects of surface structure mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana on the polarization of reflections from virus-infected leaves. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0174014. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174014
70. Daly, I.M., How, M.J., Partridge, J.C., and Roberts, N.W. 2017 The independence of eye movements in a stomatopod crustacean is task dependent. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 1360-1368. doi: 10.1242/jeb.153692
69. Olsson, P., Wilby, D., and Kelber, A. 2017 Spatial summation improves bird color vision in low light intensities. Vision Research 130:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2016.10.009
2016
68. Porter, M.L., Roberts N.W., and Partridge, J.C. 2016 Evolution under pressure and the adaptation of visual pigment compressibility in deep-sea environments. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 105 160-165. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.007
67. Cronin, T.W., Gagnon, Y.L., Johnsen, S., Marshall, N.J., and Roberts, N.W. 2016 Comment on Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments. Science 353 (6299) 552. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4481
66. Toomey, M.B., Lind, O., Frederiksen R., Curley, Jr., R.W., Riedl, K.M., Wilby, D., Schwartz, S.J., Witt, C.C., Harrison, E.H., Roberts, N.W., Vorobyev, M., McGraw, J.M., Cornwall, M.C., Kelber A, and Corbo, J.C. 2016 Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds. eLife 5:e15675. doi: 10.7554/eLife.15675
65. Daly, I.M., How, M.J., Partridge J.C., Temple S.E., Marshall N.J., Cronin T.W. and Roberts, N.W. 2016 Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps. Nature Communications 7:12140. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12140
64. Gagnon, Y.L., Wilby, D., Temple, S.E. 2016 Losing Focus: How lens position and viewing angle affect the function of multifocal lenses in fish. Journal of the Optical Society of America A 33:1901-1909. doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.33.001901
63. Olsson, P., Wilby, D., Kelber, A. 2016 Quantitative studies of animal colour constancy: using the chicken as model. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283:20160411. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0411
62. Maxwell, D.J., Partridge, J.C., Roberts, N.W., Boonham, N. and Foster, G.D. 2016 The effects of plant virus infection on polarization reflection from leaves. PLOSone 11(4):e0152836. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152836
61. Wang, X., Gao, J., Fan, Z., Roberts, N.W. 2016 An analytical model for the celestial distribution of polarized light, accounting for polarization singularities, wavelength and atmospheric turbidity. Journal of Optics 18(6):065601. doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/18/6/065601
60. Jordan, T.M., Wilby, D., Chiou, T-H., Feller, K.D., Caldwell, R.L., Cronin, T.W., Roberts, N.W. 2016 A shape-anisotropic reflective polarizer in a stomatopod crustacean. Scientific Reports 6:21774. doi: 10.1038/srep21744
59. Iwasaka, M., Mizukawa, Y., Roberts, N.W. 2016 Magnetic control of the light reflection anisotropy in a biogenic micro-guanine crystal platelet. Langmuir 32: 180-187. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03522
2015
58. How, M.J., Christy, J., Temple, S. E., Hemmi, J. M., Marshall, N. J., Roberts, N.W. 2015 Target detection is enhanced by polarization vision in a fiddler crab. Current Biology. 25, 3069–3073. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.073
57. Gagnon, Y.L., Templin, R.M., How, M.J., Marshall, N.J. 2015. Circularly polarized light as a communication signal in mantis shrimp. Current Biology. 25, 3074–3078. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.047
56. Enright, J. M., Toomey, M. B., Sato, S, Temple, S. E., Allen, J. E., Fujiwara, R., Kramlinger, V. M., Nagy, L. D., Johnson, K. M., Xiao, Y., How, M. J., Johnson, S. L., Roberts, N. W., Kefalov, V. J., Guengerich, F. P., Corbo, J. C. 2015 Cyp27c1 red-shifts the spectral sensitivity of photoreceptors by converting vitamin A1 into A2. Current Biology 25 (23), 3048-3057. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.018
55. Wilby, D., Toomey, M. B., Olsson, P., Frederiksen, R., Cornwall, M. C., Oulton, R., Kelber, A., Corbo, J. C., Roberts, N. W. 2015Optics of cone photoreceptors in the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12, 20150591. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0591
54. Sharkey, C. R., Partridge, J. C., Roberts N. W. 2015 Polarization sensitivity as a visual contrast enhancer in the Emperor dragonfly larva, Anax imperator (Leach, 1815). Journal of Experimental Biology. 218, 3399-3405. doi: 10.1242/eb.122507
53. Temple, S. E., McGregor, J. E., Miles, C., Graham, L., Miller, J., Buck, J., Scott-Samuel, N. E., Roberts, N. W. Perceiving polarization with the naked eye: characterization of human polarization sensitivity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(1811), 20150338, 2015. LINK
2014
52. Gent, I.O., Seddon, A.M., Roberts, N. W., Trask R.S. Polychromatic composite films for adaptive camouflage. Proceedings of ASME 2014 Smart Materials, V002T06A003-V002T06A003, 2014.
51. Jordan T. M., Partridge J. C., Roberts N. W. Disordered animal multilayer reflectors and the localization of light. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 11 20140948, 2014. LINK
50. Roberts, N.W., How, M.J., Porter, M.L., Temple, S.E., Caldwell, R.L., Powell, S.B., Gruev, V., Marshall, N.J., and Cronin, T.W. Animal Polarization Imaging and Implications for Optical Processing. Proceedings of the IEEE 102(10), 1427-1434, 2014. LINK
49. Powell, S.B., Gao, S., Kahan, L., Charanya, T., Saha, D., Roberts, N.W., Cronin, T.W., Marshall, J., Achilefu, S., Lake, S.P., Raman, B., Gruev, V. Bioinspired Polarization Imaging Sensors: From Circuits and Optics to Signal Processing Algorithms and Biomedical Applications. V. Proceedings of the IEEE 102(10), 1450-1469, 2014. PDF
48. How, M.J., Porter, M.L., Radford, A.N., Feller, K.D., Temple, S.E., Caldwell, R.L., Marshall, N.J., Cronin, T.W., Roberts, N.W. Out of the blue: the evolution of horizontally polarized signals in Haptosquilla (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Protosquillidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 3425-3431, 2014. LINK
47. How, M.J., Christy, J., Roberts, N.W. and Marshall, N.J. Null point of discrimination in crustacean polarisation vision. Journal of Experimental Biology 217, 2462-2467, 2014. LINK
46. Foster, J.J., Sharkey, C.R., Gaworska, A.V.A., Roberts, N.W., Whitney, H.M. and Partridge, J.C. Bumblebees Learn Polarization Patterns. Current Biology. 24: 1415-1420, 2014.
45. How, M.J. and Zanker, J.M. Motion camouflage induced by zebra stripes. Zoology 117(3), 163-170, 2014.
44. How, M.J. and Marshall, N.J. Polarisation distance: a framework for modelling detection by polarisation vision systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281(1776), 20131632, 2014.
43. Partridge, JC, Douglas, RH, Marshall, NJ, Chung, WS, Jordan, TM, and Wagner, HJ. Reflecting optics in the diverticular eye of a deep-sea barreleye fish (Rhynchohyalus natalensis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281, 20133223, 2014.
42. Cheney, K.L., Cortesi, F., How, M.J., Wilson, N.G., Blomberg, S.P., Winters, A.E. Umanzör, S. and Marshall, N.J. Conspicuous visual signals do not coevolve with increased body size in marine sea slugs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27, 676-687, 2014.
41. Thoen, H. H., How M.J., Chiou T-H, Marshall N.J. A different form of colour vision in mantis shrimps. Science 343, 411-413, 2014.
40. Basari, N., Bruendl, A. C., Hemingway, C. E., Roberts, N. W., Sendova-Franks, A. B. and Franks, N. R. Landmarks and ant search strategies after interrupted tandem runs. The Journal of Experimental Biology 217(6), 944-954 2014. PDF
2013
39. Alkaladi, A., How, M.J. and Zeil, J. Systematic variations in microvilli banding patterns along fiddler crab rhabdoms. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 199(2): 99-113, 2013.
38. Jordan T. M., Partridge J. C. and Roberts N. W. Suppression of Brewster delocalization anomalies in an alternating isotropic-birefringent random layered medium Physical Review B 88(4) 041105, 2013. PDF
37. Jordan, T.M., Partridge, J.C., Roberts, N.W. Inspiration from the reflective sides of silvery fish SPIE Optoelectronics Communications DOI: 10.1117/2.1201306.004951, 2013 PDF
2012
36. Jordan T. M., Partridge J. C. and Roberts N. W. Non-polarizing broadband multilayer reflectors in fish Nature Photonics 6 759-763, 2012. PDF
35. Graydon O. and Roberts N. The fish that beat physics Nature Photonics 6 794, 2012. PDF
34. Roberts N. W., Marshall J. N. and Cronin T. W. High levels of reflectivity and pointillist structural color in fish, cephalopods, and beetles Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 3387, 2012. PDF
33. Jordan T. M., Roberts N. W. and Partridge J. C. An omnidirectional broadband mirror design inspired by biological multilayer reflectors Proceedings of SPIE 8339 83390G, 2012. PDF
32. Yallop M. L., Anesio A. M., Perkins R. G., Cook J., Telling J., Fagan D., Macfarlane J., Stibal M., Barker G., Bellas C., Hodson A., Tranter M., Wadham J. and Roberts N. W. Photophysiology and albedo-changing potential of the ice algal community on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet ISME J. 6 2302-2313, 2012. PDF
31. Talbot C., Jordan T. M., Roberts N. W., Collin S. P., Marshall N. J. and Temple S.E. Corneal microprojections in coleoid cephalopods Journal of Comparative Physiology A 198 849-856, 2012. PDF
30. How, M.J., Pignatelli, V., Temple, S.E., Marshall, N.J. and Hemmi, J.M. 2012. High e-vector acuity in the polarisation vision system of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris. Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 2128-2134
29. Temple S. E., Pignatelli V., Cook T., How M. J., Chiou T-H. Roberts N. W. and Marshall N. J. High-resolution polarization vision in a cuttlefish Current Biology 22 R121-R122, 2012. PDF
2011
28. Roberts N. W., Porter M.L. and Cronin T.W. The molecular basis of mechanisms underlying polarization vision Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 366 627-637, 2011. PDF
27. Pignatelli V., Temple S. E., Chiou T-H., Roberts N. W., Collin S. P. and Marshall N. J. Behavioural relevance of polarization sensitivity as a target detection mechanism in cephalopods and fishes. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 366 734-741, 2011. PDF
2009
26. Roberts N. W., Chiou T-H., Marshall N. J. and Cronin T. W. A Novel Biological Achromatic Optical Retarder Nature Photonics 3 641-644, 2009. PDF
25. Graydon O. and Roberts N. An eye for inspiration. Nature Photonics 3 668-668 2009. PDF
24. Gortz V., Southern C., Roberts N. W., Gleeson H. F. and Goodby, J. W. Frustration in a non-chiral ordered fluid. Soft Matter, 5(2), 463-471 2009. PDF
23. Wagner H-J., Douglas R.H., Frank T.M., Roberts N.W. and Partridge J.C. A novel vertebrate eye using both refractive and reflective optics Current Biology 19 108-114, 2009. PDF
22. Cronin T. W., Chiou T-H., Caldwell R.L., Roberts N. W. and Marshall N. J. Polarization signals in mantis shrimps. Proc. SPIE 7461 74610C, 2009.
21. Goertz V., Southern C., Roberts N. W., Gleeson H. F. and Goodby J. W. Unusual properties of a bent-core liquid-crystalline fluid. Soft Matter 5 463-471, 2009. PDF
2008
20. Grigorenko A. N., Roberts N.W., Dickinson M. R. and Zhang Y. Nanometric optical tweezers based on nanostructured substrates Nature Photonics 2 365-370, 2008. PDF
19. Southern C. D., Brimicombe P. D., Siemianowski S. D., Jaradat S., Roberts N., Gortz V., Goodby J. W. and Gleeson H.F. Thermotropic biaxial nematic order parameters and phase transitions deduced by Raman scattering Euro. Phys. Lett. 82 56001, 2008. PDF
18. Baev A., Furlani E. P., Prasad P. N., Grigorenko A. N. and Roberts N. W. Laser nanotrapping and manipulation of nanoscale objects using subwavelength apertured plasmonic media J. App. Phys. 103 084316, 2008. PDF
17. Jaradat S., Brimicombe P. D., Roberts N. W., Southern C. and Gleeson H. F. Asymmetric switching in a ferrielectric liquid crystal device App. Phys. Lett. 93 153506, 2008. PDF
16. Yang Y., Brimicombe P. D., Roberts N. W., Dickinson M. R., Osipov M. and Gleeson H. F. Continuously rotating chiral liquid crystal droplets in a linearly polarized laser trap Optics Express 16 6877-6882, 2008. PDF
2007
15. Roberts N.W., Needham M. A mechanism of polarized light sensitivity in cone photoreceptors of the goldfish Carassius auratus. Biophys. J. 93 3241-3248, 2007. PDF
14. Jewell S.A., Vukusic P., and Roberts N.W. Circularly polarised colour reflection from helicoidal structures in the beetle Plusiotis boucardi. New J. Phys. 9 99, 2007. PDF
13. Brimicombe P. D., Roberts N. W., Jaradat S., Southern C., Wang S.-T, Huang C.-C., DiMasi E., Pindak R. and Gleeson H. F. Deduction of the temperature-dependent structure of the four- layer intermediate smectic phase using resonant X-ray scattering Euro. Phys. J. E. 23 281-287, 2007. PDF
2006
12. Jaradat S., Roberts N. W., Wang Y., Hirst L. S. and Gleeson H. F. Remarkably Wide Four-Layer Smectic Phases in Mixtures of Liquid Crystals and Highly Chiral Dopants. J. Mater. Chem. 16 3753-3761, 2006. PDF
11. Roberts N. W. The optics of vertebrate photoreceptors: anisotropy and form birefringence Vision Research 46 3259-3266, 2006. PDF
10. Yoon Y. G., Roberts N. W. and Gleeson H. F. An experimental investigation of discrete changes in pitch in a thin, planar chiral nematic device Liquid Crystals 33 503-510, 2006. PDF
9. Gleeson H. F., Roberts N. W., Conn J., Jaradat S. and Wang Y. Mechanisms of switching in an antiferroelectric liquid crystal device revealed by time-resolved x-ray scattering Liquid Crystals 33 451-458, 2006. PDF
8. Grigorenko A. N., Gleeson H. F., Zhang Y., Roberts N. W., Sidorov A. R., and Panteleev A. A. An antisymmetric plasmon resonance in coupled gold nanoparticles as a sensitive tool for detection of local index of refraction Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 124103, 2006. PDF
2005
7. Roberts N. W., Jaradat S., Hirst L. S., Thurlow M. S., Wang Y., Wang S. T., Liu Z. Q., Huang C.C., Bai J., Pindak R. and Gleeson H. F. Biaxiality and temperature dependence of 3- and 4-layer intermediate smectic phase structures as revealed by resonant x-ray scattering Euro. Phys. Lett. 72 976-982, 2005. PDF
6. Conn J., Roberts N. W. and Gleeson H. F. Investigation into the effects of Optical Tilt Angle Pro- file, Biaxiality and Dispersion of the Optic Axis on the Calculation of Reflection Spectra of SmC* Liquid Crystal Films Ferroelectrics 315 205-211, 2005. PDF
2004
5. Roberts N. W., Temple S. E., Haimberger T. J. Gleeson H. F. and Hawryshyn C. W. Liquid Crystals, the visual system and polarization sensitivity Liquid Crystals Today 13 1-7, 2004. PDF
4. Roberts N. W. and Gleeson H. F. The absorption of polarized light by vertebrate photoreceptors Vision Research 44 2643-2652, 2004. PDF
3. Roberts N. W., Temple S. E., Haimberger T. J., Gleeson H. F. and Hawryshyn C. W. Differences in the optical properties of vertebrate photoreceptor classes leading to axial polarization sensitivity J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 21 355-345, 2004. PDF
2. Roberts N. W., Guillou J-P. S., Gleeson H. F., Kirar I., Watson S. J., Arikainen E. O. Optical properties of a series of cholesteric materials used in surface stabilised cholesteric texture devices Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 411 1099-1112, 2004. PDF
2003
1. Roberts N. W., Bowring N., Gleeson H. F., Seed A., Nassif L., Hird M. and Goodby J. Physical properties and reflection spectra of SmC* sub-phases J. Mater. Chem. 13 353-359, 2003. PDF