Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Undergraduate co-authors in bold

Sprayberry JDH, Ashman T, Crall J, Hranitz J, Jankauski M, Lihoreau M, Potdar S, Rafferty N, Rittschoff C, Smith M, Valdes I, Westerman E. (2025) Plant-pollinator interactions in the Anthropocene: why we need a systems approach. Integrative and Comparative Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf062 .

Jordan K, Sprayberry J, Joiner W, and Combes S (2024). Multisensory integration of noisy cues in bumblebees iScience, 27(1).

Yousry, N., Henderson, P. & Sprayberry, J (2023). Fungicide scent pollution disrupts floral search and selection in the bumblebeeBombus impatiens. Agrochemicals 2.2, 181-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/agrochemicals2020013.

Sommer, J., Rao, V. & Sprayberry, J (2022). Deconstructing and contextualizing foraging behavior in bumble bees and other central place foragers. Apidologie 53, 32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-022-00944-3. 

David  NF, Henry TJ, and Sprayberry JDH (2022). Odor pollution from fungicides disrupts learning and recognition of a common floral odor in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.765388.

Sprayberry, JDH (2020) Compounds without borders: A mechanism for quantifying complex odors and responses to scent-pollution in bumblebees. PLoS Comput Biol 16(4): e1007765. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007765

Sprayberry, JDH (2018) The prevalence of olfactory- versus visual- signal encounter by searching bumblebees. Scientific Reports. 8: 14590. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018032897-y

Sprayberry, JDH, Ritter K and Riffell J. (2013) The effect of olfactory exposure to noninsecticidal agrochemicals on bumblebee foraging behavior. Plos One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076273

Sprayberry, JDH and Suver M. (2011) Hawkmoths’ innate flower preferences: a potential selective force on floral biomechanics. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 5(4): 263-268.

Sprayberry, JDH. (2009) Responses of descending visually-sensitive neurons to three-dimensional flower-like stimuli. Journal of Insect Science 9:7. doi: 10.1673/031.009.0701

Geurten BRH, Nordstron K, Sprayberry JDH, Bolzon DM, and O’Carroll DC. (2007) Correlation type target detection in a dragonfly centrifugal target neuron. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210: 3277-3284.

Sprayberry JDH and Daniel T. (2007) Flower tracking in the hawk moth Manduca sexta: behavior and energetics. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210: 37-45.

Araki M, Nagayama T, and Sprayberry J. (2005) Cyclic AMP mediates serotonin induced synaptic enhancement of lateral giant interneuron of the crayfish. Journal of Neurophysiology. 94: 2644-2652.