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Dr Tobias Smith

t.smith5@uq.edu.au

Publications

Book (1)
Journal Articles (16)
Conference Papers (7)
Data Collection (1)
Thesis (1)

Book

Fletcher, Mary, Hungerford, Natasha and Smith, Tobias (2021). Optimising bioactive content of Australian stingless bee honey. Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia: AgriFutures Australia.

Journal Articles

Persson, Anna S., Westman, Amy, Smith, Tobias J., Mayfield, Margaret M., Olsson, Peter, Smith, Henrik G. and Fuller, Richard (2022). Backyard buzz: human population density modifies the value of vegetation cover for insect pollinators in a subtropical city. Urban Ecosystems, 25 (6), 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s11252-022-01277-w
Lau, Ieng Hou, Hereward, James P., Smith, Tobias J., Heard, Tim A. and Walter, Gimme H. (2022). Inter-colony fights in Tetragonula stingless bees result in temporary mixed-species worker cohorts. Apidologie, 53 (4) 37, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s13592-022-00936-3
Zhang, Jiali, Hungerford, Natasha L., Yates, Hans S.A., Smith, Tobias J. and Fletcher, Mary T. (2022). How is trehalulose formed by Australian stingless bees? - An intermolecular displacement of nectar sucrose. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 70 (21), 6530-6539. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c01732
Kendall, Liam K., Evans, Lisa J., Gee, Megan, Smith, Tobias J., Gagic, Vesna, Lobaton, Juan D., Hall, Mark A., Jones, Jeremy, Kirkland, Lindsay, Saunders, Manu E., Sonter, Carolyn, Cutting, Brian T., Parks, Sophie, Hogendoorn, Katja, Spurr, Cameron, Gracie, Alistair, Simpson, Melinda and Rader, Romina (2021). The effect of protective covers on pollinator health and pollination service delivery. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 319 107556, 107556. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2021.107556
Lázaro‐Lobo, Adrián, Moles, Angela T., Fried, Guillaume, Verloove, Filip, Antonio Campos, Juan, Herrera, Mercedes, Goñi, Elena, Bioret, Fréderic, Buffa, Gabriella, Fantinato, Edy, Sentinella, Alexander, Zalucki, Myron P., Mayfield, Margaret, Smith, Tobias, Catling, Alexandra, Zalucki, Jacinta M., Lucardi, Rima D., Shoemaker, Cory M., Mason, David S. and Ervin, Gary N. (2021). Phenotypic differentiation among native, expansive and introduced populations influences invasion success. Journal of Biogeography, 48 (11), 2907-2918. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14252
Hungerford, Natasha L., Zhang, Jiali, Smith, Tobias J., Yates, Hans S. A., Chowdhury, Sadia A., Carter, James F., Carpinelli de Jesus, Matheus and Fletcher, Mary T. (2021). Feeding sugars to stingless bees: identifying the origin of trehalulose-rich honey composition. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 69 (35) acs.jafc.1c02859, 10292-10300. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c02859
Elliott, Brittany, Wilson, Rachele, Shapcott, Alison, Keller, Alexander, Newis, Ryan, Cannizzaro, Chris, Burwell, Chris, Smith, Tobias, Leonhardt, Sara D., Kämper, Wiebke and Wallace, Helen M. (2021). Pollen diets and niche overlap of honey bees and native bees in protected areas. Basic and Applied Ecology, 50, 169-180. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2020.12.002
Wilson, Rachele S., Leonhardt, Sara D., Burwell, Chris J., Fuller, Chris, Smith, Tobias J., Kaluza, Benjamin F. and Wallace, Helen M. (2020). Landscape simplification modifies trap-nesting bee and wasp communities in the subtropics. Insects, 11 (12) 853, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/insects11120853
Smith, T. J. (2020). Evidence for male genitalia detachment and female mate choice in the Australian stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria. Insectes Sociaux, 67 (1), 189-193. doi: 10.1007/s00040-019-00744-6
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M., Smith, Tobias J., Connors, Sophie, Marschner, Petra and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018). Seedling growth responses to species-, neighborhood-, and landscape-scale effects during tropical forest restoration. Ecosphere, 9 (8) e02386, e02386. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.2386
Smith, Tobias J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2018). The effect of habitat fragmentation on the bee visitor assemblages of three Australian tropical rainforest tree species. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (16), 8204-8216. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4339
Saunders, Manu E., Smith, Tobias J. and Rader, Romina (2018). Bee conservation: Key role of managed bees. Science, 360 (6387), 389-389. doi: 10.1126/science.aat1535
Charles, Lachlan S., Dwyer, John M., Smith, Tobias J., Connors, Sophie, Marschner, Petra and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2017). Species wood density and the location of planted seedlings drive early-stage seedling survival during tropical forest restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (2), 1009-1018. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13031
Smith, Tobias J. and Saunders, Manu E. (2016). Honey bees: the queens of mass media, despite minority rule among insect pollinators. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 9 (5), 384-390. doi: 10.1111/icad.12178
Smith, Tobias J. and Mayfield, Margaret M. (2015). Diptera species and functional diversity across tropical Australian countryside landscapes. Biological Conservation, 191, 436-443. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.07.035
Smith, Tobias (2014). Pollination and floral ecology. Austral Ecology, 39 (4), e6-e7. doi: 10.1111/aec.12139

Conference Papers

Zhang, J., Hungerford, N. L., Smith, T. J., Yates, H. S. A. and Fletcher, M. T. (2022). The origin of rare reducing sugar, trehalulose, in Australian stingless bee honey. 34th Australian Association of Animal Sciences Conference, Cairns, QLD Australia, 5-7 July 2022.
Hungerford, Natasha L., Zhang, Jiali, Smith, Tobias J., Yates, Hans S. A., Chowdhury, Sadia A., Carter, James F., Carpinelli de Jesus, Matheus and Fletcher, Mary T. (2022). Sugar feeding trials establish the origin of trehalulose in stingless bee honey. RACI National Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3-8 July 2022.
Zhang, Jiali, Hungerford, Natasha L., Yates, Hans S. A., Smith, Tobias J. and Fletcher, Mary T. (2022). Trehalulose formation in Australian stingless bees: an intermolecular isomerization of nectar sucrose. RACI National Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3-8 July 2022.
Hungerford, N. L., Zhang, J., Smith, T. J., Yates, H. S. A., Carpinelli de Jesus, M., Webber, D., Stone, I. S. J. , Blanchfield, J. T., Zawawi, N. and Fletcher, M. T. (2022). Stingless bee honeys feature an unusual bioactive sugar, trehalulose. 3rd Australian Native Bee Conference, Rosehill, NSW Australia, 11-12 June 2022.
Zhang, J., Lai, C., Yates, H. S. A., Smith, T. J., Hungerford, N. L. and Fletcher, M. T. (2022). The origin and optimization of trehalulose in Australian stingless bee honey. 3rd Australian Native Bee Conference, Rosehill, NSW Australia, 11-12 June 2022.
Hungerford, Natasha L., Zhang, Jiali, Smith, Tobias J., Carpinelli de Jesus, Matheus, Yates, Hans S. A., Chowdhury, Sadia A., Carter, James F., Webber, Dennis, Stone, Isobella S. J., Blanchfield, Joanne T., Zawawi, Norhasnida, Schirra, Horst J., Tran, Trong D. and Fletcher, Mary T. (2021). Stingless bees produce honey rich in the beneficial disaccharide, trehalulose. Symposium of Research & Innovation for Food (SoRIF), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia via WebEX, 23-24 June 2021.
Hungerford, Natasha L., Zhang, Jiali, Smith, Tobias J., Carpinelli de Jesus, Matheus, Yates, Hans S. A., Chowdhury, Sadia A., Carter, James F., Webber, Dennis, Stone, Isobella S. J., Blanchfield, Joanne T., Zawawi, Norhasnida and Fletcher, Mary T. (2021). Stingless Bee Honey’s unique properties. Australian Apitherapy Association Global Conference 2021, Online, 26-27 November 2021.

Data Collection

Hereward, James, Smith, Tobias and Lau, Ieng Hou (2020). Stingless bee fighting. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/0592ecf

Thesis

Smith, Tobias (2014). The taxonomic and functional diversity of bees and flies in Australian tropical countryside landscapes. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland.
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