Patricia Trubl
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
USA
Journal Articles
2019
Trubl, P. and J. C. Johnson. 2019. Ecological stoichiometry of the black widow spider and its prey from desert, urban and laboratory populations. Journal of Arid Environments 163(Apr):18-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.12.002. (link )
2014
Johnson, J. C., L. S. Miles, P. Trubl and A. Hagenmaier. 2014. Maternal effects on egg investment and offspring performance in black widow spiders. Animal Behaviour 91:67-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.02.031. (link )
2012
Johnson, J. C., P. Trubl and L. S. Miles. 2012. Black widows in an urban desert: City-living compromises spider fecundity and egg investment despite urban prey abundance. The American Midland Naturalist 168:333-340. (link )
Trubl, P., T. Gburek, L. S. Miles and J. C. Johnson. 2012. Black widows in an urban desert: Population variation in an arthropod pest across metropolitan Phoenix. Urban Ecosystems 15(3):599-609. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0223-2. (link )
2011
Johnson, J. C., P. Trubl, V. Blackmore and L. S. Miles. 2011. Male black widows court well-fed females more than starved females: Silken cues indicate sexual cannibalism risk. Animal Behaviour 82(2):388-390. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.018. (link )
Trubl, P., V. Blackmore and J. C. Johnson. 2011. Wasteful killing in black widows: Adaptive gluttony or behavioral syndromes of voracity?. Ethology 117:236-245. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01870.x. (link )
Posters
2013
Trubl, P. and J. C. Johnson. 2013. Ecological stoichiometry of the black widow spider: From solitary desert predator to urban pest. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2012
Trubl, P. and J. C. Johnson. 2012. The stoichiometry of urban pests: Nutrient composition in an athropod predatory-prey system across metropolitan Phoenix. Poster presented at 13 January 2012 CAP LTER 14th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )
2011
Trubl, P., T. Gburek, L. S. Miles and J. C. Johnson. 2011. Black widows in an urban desert: Population variation in an urban pest across metropolitan Phoenix. Tempe, AZ. Poster presented at the 12-13 January 2011 CAP LTER 13th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University. (link )
2010
Johnson, J. C., L. S. Miles and P. Trubl. 2010. The urban behavioral ecology of the western black widow spider: The effect of nature and nuture on development and cannibalism. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Poster presented at the January 14, 2010 12th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability.
2008
Johnson, J. C., C. I. Torres, P. Trubl, A. Gohr and M. Rife. 2008. Urban behavioral ecology of the western black widow spider Latrodectus hesperus: From solitary desert predator to urban pest. Poster presented at 10 January 2008 CAP LTER 10th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )
Thesis (Masters)
2012
Trubl, P. 2012. Population Ecology and Stoichiometry of the Western Black Widow Spider: From Solitary Desert Predator to Urban Pest. M.S. thesis. Arizona State University. (link )