Steve Simpson - Publications

Journal Articles

Kearney, M., Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D. & Helmuth, B. (2009) Modelling the ecological niche from functional traits. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B (in press).

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2009) The role of protein in human obesity. Cardiology in General Practice (in press).

Clissold, F.J., Sanson, G.D., Read, J. & Simpson, S.J. (2009) Gross versus net income – how plant toughness affects performance of an insect herbivore. Ecology, (in press).

Sørensen, A., Mayntz, D., Simpson, S.J. and Raubenheimer, D. (2009) Dietary ratio of protein to carbohydrate induces plastic responses in the gastrointestinal tract of mice. Journal of Comparative Physiology B (doi: 10.1007/s00360-009-0402-0).

Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D., Charleston, M.A., Clissold, F.J. and ARC-NZ Vegetation Function Network Herbivory Working Group (2009) Modelling nutritional interactions: from individuals to communities. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.06.012).

Miller, G.A., Pell, J.K. & Simpson, S.J., (2009) Crowded locusts produce hatchlings vulnerable to fungal attack. Biology Letters (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0495).

Fanson, B.G., Weldon, C.W., Pérez-Staples, D., Simpson, S.J. & Taylor, P.W. (2009) Nutrients, not caloric restriction, extend lifespan in Queensland fruit flies (Bactrocera tryoni). Aging Cell (doi:10.1111/j.1474-9726.2009.00497.x).

Srygley, R.B., Lorch, P.D., Simpson, S.J. & Sword, G.A. (2009) Immediate protein dietary effects on movement and the generalized immunocompetence of migrating Mormon crickets Anabrus simplex (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Ecological Entomology 34, 663-668.

Pener, M.P. & Simpson, S.J. (2009) Locust phase polyphenism: an update. Advances in Insect Physiology 36, 1-286.

Miller, G.A., Clissold, F.J., Mayntz, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2009) Speed over efficiency: locusts select body temperatures that favour growth rate over efficient nutrient utilization. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276, 3581-3589.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S. J., (2009) Nutritional PharmEcology: doses, nutrients, toxins, and medicines. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49, 329-337.

Dukas, R. & Simpson, S.J. (2009) Locusts show rapid individual learning but no social learning about food. Animal Behaviour 78, 307-311.

Felton, A.M., Felton, A., Raubenheimer, D., Simpson, S.J., Foley, W.J., Wood, J.T., Wallis, I.R. & Lindenmayer, D.B. (2009). The protein content of food items dictates the total energy intake of a free-ranging primate. Behavioral Ecology 20, 685-690.

Warbrick-Smith, J., Raubenheimer, D., Simpson, S.J. & Behmer, S. T. (2009) Three hundred and fifty generations of extreme food specialisation: testing predictions of nutritional ecology. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 132, 65-75.

Maklakov, A.A., Hall, M.D., Simpson, S.J., Dessmann, J., Clissold, F., Zajitschek, F., Lailvaux, S.P., Raubenheimer, D., Bonduriansky, R. & Brooks, R.C. (2009). Sex differences in nutrient-dependent reproductive ageing. Aging Cell 8, 324-330.

Gray, L. J., Sword, G. A., Anstey, M. L., Clissold, F. J. & Simpson, S. J. (2009). Behavioural phase polyphenism in the Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera). Biology Letters 5, 306-309.

Dussutour, A. & Simpson, S.J. (2009) Communal nutrition in ants. Current Biology 19, 740-744.

Gluckman, P.D., Hanson, M.A., Bateson, P., Beedle, A.S., Law, C.M., Bhutta, Z.A., Anokhin, K.V., Bougnères, P., Chandak, G.R., Dasgupta, P., Smith, G.D., Ellison, P.T., Forrester, T., Gilbert, S.F., Jablonka, E., Kaplan, H., Prentice, A.M., Simpson, S.J., Uauy, R. & West-Eberhard, M.J. (2009). Towards a new developmental synthesis: adaptive developmental plasticity and human disease. The Lancet 373, 1654-1657.

Warwick, S., Vahed, K., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson S.J. (2009). Free amino acids as phagostimulants in cricket nuptial gifts: support for the "candymaker" hypothesis. Biology Letters 5, 194-196.

Povey S., Cotter, S.C., Simpson S. J., Lee, K.P., & Wilson, K. (2009). Can the protein costs of bacterial resistance be offset by altered feeding behaviour? Journal of Animal Ecology 78, 437-446.

Mayntz, D., Nielsen, V.H., Sørensen, A., Toft, S., Raubenheimer, D., Hejlesen, C. and Simpson, S.J. (2009). Balancing of protein and lipid intake by a mammalian carnivore, the mink, Mustela vison. Animal Behaviour 77, 349-355.

Anstey, M.L., Rogers, S.M., Ott, S.R., Burrows, M. & Simpson, S.J. (2009). Serotonin mediates behavioral gregarization underlying swarm formation in desert locusts. Science 323, 627-630.

Raubenheimer, D., Simpson, S.J. and Mayntz, D. (2009). Nutrition, ecology and nutritional ecology: toward an integrated framework. Functional Ecology 23, 4-16.

Reynolds, A.M., Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J. & Reynolds, D.R. (2009). Predator percolation, insect outbreaks and phase polyphenism. Current Biology 19, 20-24.

Maklakov, A.A., Simpson, S.J., Zajitschek, F., Hall, M., Dessman, J., Clissold, F., Raubenheimer, D., Bonduriansky, R. and Brooks, R. C. (2008). Sex-specific fitness effects of nutrient intake on reproduction and lifespan. Current Biology 18, 1062-1066. [Faculty of 1000 featured]

Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2008). Radiotracking sexual selection [dispatch paper]. Current Biology 18, R955-956.

Chapuis, M.P., Popple, J.-A., Simpson, S.J., Estoup, A., Martin, J.-F., Steinbauer, M., McCulloch, L. & Sword, G.A. (2008). Eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera. Molecular Ecology Resources 8, 1414-1416.

Ballard, J.W.O., Melvina, R.G. & Simpson, S.J. (2008). Starvation resistance is positively correlated with body lipid proportion in five wild caught Drosophila simulans populations. Journal of Insect Physiology 54, 1371-1376.

Cheng, K., Simpson, S.J. and Raubenheimer, D. (2008). A geometry of regulatory scaling, The American Naturalist 172, 681-693.

Lee, K.P., Simpson, S.J. and Wilson, K. (2008). Dietary protein-quality influences melanization and immune function in an insect. Functional Ecology 22, 1052-1061.

Dussutour, A. and Simpson, S.J. (2008). Carbohydrate regulation in relation to colony growth in ants. Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 2224-2232.

Andrews, G., Pile, A. and Simpson, S.J. (2008). A new method for presenting nutritionally defined food sources to marine organisms. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 6, 299-306.

Dussutour and Simpson, S.J. (2008). Description of a simple synthetic diet for studying nutritional responses in ants. Insectes Sociaux 55, 329-333.

Bazazi, S., Buhl, J., Hale, J. J., Anstey, M. L., Sword, G. A., Simpson, S. J. and Couzin, I. D. (2008). Collective motion and cannibalism in locust migratory bands. Current Biology 18, 1-5.

Ji, R., Simpson, S.J., Yu, F., He, Q.X. and Yun, C.J. (2008). Diets of migratory rosy starlings (Passeriformes: Sturnidae) and their effects on grasshoppers: Implications for a biological agent for insect pests. Biological Control 46, 547-551.

Simpson, S.J. and Sword, G.A. (2008). Locusts. Current Biology 18, R364-366.

Dussutour, A., Despland, E, Nicolis, S.C. and Simpson, S.J. (2008). Individual differences influence collective behaviour in social caterpillars. Animal Behaviour 76, 5-16.

Lee, K.P., Simpson, S.J., Clissold, F.J., Brooks, R., Ballard, J.W.O., Taylor, P.W., Soran, N. and Raubenheimer, D. (2008). Lifespan and reproduction in Drosophila: new insights from nutritional geometry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U. S. A. 105, 2498-2503. [Faculty of 1000 featured]

Miller, G.A., Islam, M.S., Claridge, D.W., Dodgson, T. and Simpson, S.J. (2008). Swarm formation in the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria): isolation and NMR analysis of the primary maternal gregarizing agent. Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 370-376.

Sørensen, A., Mayntz, D., Raubenheimer, D. and Simpson, S.J. (2008). Protein leverage in mice: geometry of macronutrient balancing and consequences for fat deposition. Obesity 16, 566-571.

Raubenheimer, D., Mayntz, D., Simpson, S.J. and Toft, S. (2007). Nutrient specific compensation following overwintering diapause in a generalist predatory invertebrate: implications for intraguild predations. Ecology 88, 2598-2608.

Raubenheimer, D. and Simpson, S.J. (2007). Geometric analysis: from nutritional ecology to livestock production. Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition in Australia 16, 51-63.

Simpson, S.J. and Miller, G. A. (2007). Maternal effects on phase characteristics in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: a review of current understanding. Journal of Insect Physiology 53, 869-876.

Dussutour, A., Simpson, S.J., Despland, E. and Colasurdo, N. (2007). When the group denies the individual. Animal Behaviour 74, 931-939.

Ruohonen, K., Simpson, S.J. and Raubenheimer, D. (2007). A new approach to diet optimisation: a reanalysis using European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus). Aquaculture 267, 147-156.

Simpson, S.J. and Raubenheimer, D. (2007). Caloric restriction and aging revisited: the need for a geometric analysis of the nutritional bases of aging. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences. 62A, 707-713.

Warbrick-Smith, J., Behmer, S.T., Lee, K-P., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2006). Evolving resistance to obesity in an insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U. S. A. 103, 14045-14049

Buhl, J., Sumpter, D.J.T., Couzin, I.C., Hale, J., Despland, E., Miller, E. & Simpson, S.J. (2006). From disorder to order in marching locusts. Science, 312, 1402-1406.

Lee, K-P, Behmer, S.T. & Simpson, S.J. (2006). Nutrient regulation in relation to diet breadth: a comparison of Heliothis sister species and a hybrid. Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 2076-2084.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2006). Can geometry save the kakapo? Notornis 53, 100-111.

Despland, E. & Simpson, S.J. (2006). Resource distribution mediates synchronization of physiological rhythms in locust groups. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 273, 1517-1522.

Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A., Lorch, P.D. & Couzin, I.D. (2006). Cannibal crickets on a forced march for protein and salt. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U. S. A. 103, 4152-4156.

Lee, K.P., Cory, J.S., Wilson, K., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2006). Flexible diet choice offsets protein costs of pathogen resistance in a caterpillar. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 273, 823-829.

Simpson, S.J., Sword, G.A. & De Loof, A. (2005). Advances, controversies and consensus in locust phase polyphenism research. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(2), 213-222.

Raubenheimer, D., Lee, K-P. & Simpson, S.J. (2005). Does Bertrand’s Rule apply to macronutrients? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 272, 2429-2434.

Mayntz, D., Raubenheimer, D., Salomon, M., Toft, S. & Simpson, S.J. (2005). Nutrient-specific foraging in invertebrate predators. Science 307, 111-113.

Lester, R.L., Grach, C., Pener, M.P. & Simpson, S.J. (2005). Stimuli inducing gregarious colouration and behaviour in nymphs of Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology 51, 737-747.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2005). Obesity: the protein leverage hypothesis. Obesity Reviews 6, 133-142.

Despland, E. & Simpson, S.J. (2005). Surviving the change to warning colouration: density-dependent polyphenism suggests a route for the evolution of aposematism. Chemoecology 15, 69-75.

Despland, E. & Simpson, S.J. (2005). Food choices of solitarious and gregarious locusts reflect cryptic and aposematic antipredator strategies. Animal Behaviour 69, 471-479.

Lee, K.P., Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2004). A comparison of nutrient regulation between solitarious and gregarious phases of the specialist caterpillar, Spodoptera exempta (Walker). Journal of Insect Physiology 50, 1171-1180.

Hägele, B.F., H-F. Wang, Sehnal, F. & Simpson, S.J. (2004). Effect of crowding, isolation, and transfer from isolation to crowding on the total ecdysteroid content of eggs in Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology 50, 621-628.

Rogers, S.M., Matheson, T., Sasaki, K., Kendrick, K., Simpson, S.J., Burrows, M. (2004). Substantial changes in central nervous neurotransmitters and neuromodulators accompany phase change in the locust. Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 3603-3617.

Zudaire, E., Simpson, S.J., Illa, I. & Montuenga, L.M. (2004). Dietary influences over proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression in the locust midgut. Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 2255-2265.

Opstad, R., Rogers, S.M., Behmer, S.T. & Simpson, S.J. (2004). Behavioural correlates of phenotypic plasticity in mouthpart chemoreceptor numbers in locusts. Journal of Insect Physiology 50, 725-736.

Simpson, S.J., Sibly, R.M., Lee, K.P., Behmer, S.T. & Raubenheimer, D. (2004). Optimal foraging when regulating intake of multiple nutrients. Animal Behaviour 68, 1299-1311.

Lee, K.P., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2004). The effect of nutritional imbalance on compensatory feeding for cellulose-mediated dietary dilution in a generalist caterpillar. Physiological Entomology 29, 108-117.

Despland, E., Rosenberg, J. & Simpson, S.J. (2004). Landscape structure and locust swarming: a satellite’s view. Ecography 27, 381-391.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2004). Organismal stoichiometry: quantifying non-independence among food components. Ecology 85, 1203-1216.

Lee, K.P., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2003). A correlation between nutrient balancing and insect host-plant range: evidence from the specialist caterpillar Spodoptera exempta. Journal of Insect Physiology 49, 1161-1171.

Rogers, S.M, Matheson, T., Despland, E., Dodgson, T., Burrows, M. & Simpson, S.J. (2003). Mechanosensory-induced behavioural gregarization in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 3991-4002.

Simpson, S.J. Batley, R. & Raubenheimer, D. (2003). Geometric analysis of macronutrient intake in humans: the power of protein? Appetite 41, 123-140.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2003). Nutrient balancing in grasshoppers: behavioural and physiological correlates of diet breadth. Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 1669-1681.

Behmer, S.T., Cox, E., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2003). Food distance and its effect on nutrient balancing in a mobile insect herbivore. Animal Behaviour 66, 665-675.

Hoste, B., Simpson, S.J., De Loof, A. & Breuer, M. (2003). Behavioural differences in Locusta migratoria caused by albinism and their relation to [His⁷]-corazonin. Physiological Entomology 28, 32-38.

Bouaïchi, A. & Simpson, S.J. (2003). Density-dependent accumulation of phase characteristics in a natural population of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. Physiological Entomology 28, 25-31.

Wright, G.A., Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D. & Stevenson, P. (2003). The feeding behaviour of the weevil, Exopthalmus jekelianus, with respect to the nutrients and allelochemical in host plant leaves. Oikos 100, 172-184.

Zee, B. van der, Behmer, S.T. & Simpson, S.J. (2002). Food mixing strategies in the desert locust: effects of phase, distance between foods and food nutrient content. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 103, 227-237.

Hoste, B., Simpson, S.J., Tanaka, S., De Loof, A. & Breuer, M. (2002). Effects of [His⁷]-corazonin on the phase state of isolated-reared Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology 48, 981-990.

Behmer, S.T., Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2002). Herbivore foraging strategies in chemically heterogeneous environments: allelochemical-nutrient interactions. Ecology 83, 2489-2501.

Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D., Behmer, S.T., Whitworth, A. & Wright, G.A. (2002). A comparison of nutritional regulation in solitarious and gregarious phase nymphs of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 121-129.

Wilson, K., Thomas, M.B., Blanford, S., Doggett, M., Simpson, S.J. & Moore, S.L. (2002). Coping with crowds: density-dependent disease resistance in desert locusts Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U. S. A. 99, 5471-5475.

Lee, K.P., Behmer, S.T., Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2002). A geometric analysis of nutrient regulation in the generalist caterpillar Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval). Journal of Insect Physiology 48, 655-665.

Simpson, S.J., Despland, E., Haegele, B.F. & Dodgson, T. (2001). Gregarious behaviour in desert locusts is evoked by touching their back legs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U. S. A. 98, 3895-3897.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2001). A framework for the study of macronutrient intake in fish. Aquaculture Research 32, 421-432.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2001). The geometric analysis of nutrient-allelochemical interactions: a case study using locusts. Ecology 422-439.

Lenz, E.M., Haegele, B.F., Wilson, I.D. & Simpson, S.J. (2001). High resolution H NMR spectroscopic studies of the composition of the haemolymph of crowd- and solitary-reared nymphs of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 32, 51-56.

Hägele, B.F. & Simpson, S.J. (2000). The influence of mechanical, visual and contact chemical stimulation on the behavioural phase state of solitary desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria). Journal of Insect Physiology 46, 1295-1301.

Wright, G.A., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2000). The use of Arabidopsis mutants in the study of nutrient balancing and foraging by locusts. Chemoecology 10, 59-67.

Despland, E. & Simpson, S.J. (2000). The role of food distribution and nutritional quality in behavioural phase change in the desert locust. Animal Behaviour 59, 643-652.

Despland, E. & Simpson, S.J. (2000). Small-scale vegetation patterns in the parental environment influence the phase state of hatchlings of the desert locust. Physiological Entomology 25, 74-81.

Sword, G.A., Simpson, S.J., El Haldi, O.U.M. & Wilps, H. (2000). Density-dependent aposematism in the desert locust. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 267, 63-68.

Sword, G.A. & Simpson, S.J. (2000). Intra versus interspecific function of density-dependent colour change in the desert locust: an aposematic perspective. Animal Behaviour 59, 861-870.

Haegele, B., McCaffery, A.R., Oag, V., Bouaichi, A. & Simpson, S.J. (2000). Role of the reproductive accessory glands in maternal transmission of phase in the desert locust. Journal of Insect Physiology 46, 275-280.

Despland, E., Collett, M. & Simpson, S.J. (2000). Small-scale processes in Desert Locust swarm formation: how vegetation patterns influence gregarization. Oikos 88, 652-662.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2000). The Hungry Locust. Advances in the Study of Behavior 29, 1-44.

Wright, G.A., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1999). The pattern of feeding of the Costa Rican weevil, Exopthalmus jekelianus. Physiological Entomology 24, 391-397.

Simpson, S.J., McCaffery, A.R. & Haegele, B. (1999). A behavioural analysis of phase change in the desert locust. Biological Reviews 74, 461-480.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1999). Assuaging nutritional complexity: a geometric approach. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 58, 779-789.

Gouveia, S.M., Zanotto, F.P., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2000). Respiratory correlates of feeding behaviour in Locusta migratoria. Physiological Entomology, 25, 88-93.

Raubenheimer, D., & Simpson, S.J.  (1999). Integrating nutrition: a geometrical approach. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 91, 67-82.

Rogers, S.M. & Simpson, S.J. (1999). Chemodiscriminatroy neurones in the sub-oesophageal ganglion of Locusta migratoria L. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 91, 19-28.

Webb, S.C., Simpson, S.J. & Hedges, R. (1998). The effect of diet quality on the delta 13C and delta 15 N in the tissues of locusts Locusta migratoria. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 34, 43-51.

Collett, M., Despland, E., Simpson, S.J. & Krakauer, D.C. (1998). The spatial scales of desert locust gregarisation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U. S. A. 95, 13052-13055.

Zudaire, E., Simpson, S.J. & Montuenga, L.M. (1998). Effects of food nutrients, age during the stadium and stage in the feeding cycle on the FMRFamide immunoreactivity of diffuse endocrine cells in the locust gut. Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 2971-2979.

Roessingh, P., Bouaichi, A. & Simpson, S.J. (1998). Effects of sensory stimuli on the behavioural phase state of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology 44, 883-893.

Webb, S.C., Hedges, R. & Simpson, S.J. (1998). Diet quality influences the δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N of locusts and their biochemical components, Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 2903-2911

Kathirithamby, J., Simpson, S.J., Solulu, T. & Caudwell, R. (1998). Strepsipterans as model bio-control agents. International Journal of Pest Management 44, 127-133.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1998). Nutrient transfer functions: the site of integration between feeding behaviour and nutritional physiology. Chemoecology 8, 61-68.

Solulu, T.M., Simpson, S.J. & Kathirithamby, J, (1998). Effects of strepsipteran parasitism on a tettigoniid pest of oil palm in Papua New Guinea. Physiological Entomology 23, 388-398.

McCaffery, A.R., Simpson, S.J., Islam, M.S. & Roessingh, P. (1998). A gregarizing factor present in egg pod foam of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 347-363.

Chambers, P.G., Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1998). The functional significance of switching interval in food mixing by Locusta migratoria. Journal of Insect Physiology 44, 77-85.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1997). Integrative models of nutrient balancing: application to insects and vertebrates. Nutrition Research Reviews, 10, 151-179.

Rogers, S.M. & Simpson, S.J. (1997). Experience-dependent changes in the number of chemosensilla on the mouthparts and antennae of Locusta migratoria. Journal of Experimental Biology 200, 2313-2321.

Zanotto, F.P., Gouveia, S.M., Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D. & Calder, P.C. (1997). Nutritional homeostasis in locusts: is there a mechanism for increased energy expenditure during carbohydrate overfeeding? Journal of Experimental Biology 200, 2437-2448.

Chambers, P.G., Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1997). The selection of nutritionally balanced foods by Locusta migratoria: the interaction between food nutrients and added flavours. Physiological Entomology 22, 199-206.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1997). The geometric analysis of feeding and nutrition in the rat. Appetite 28, 201-213.

Bouaichi, A., Simpson, S.J. & Roessingh, P. (1996). The influence of environmental microstructure on the behavioural phase state and distribution of the desert locust. Physiological Entomology 21, 247-256.

Zanotto, F.P., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1996). Haemolymph amino acid and sugar levels in locusts fed nutritionally unbalanced diets. Journal of comparative Physiology, B 166, 223-229.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1996). Meeting nutrient requirements: the roles of power and efficiency. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80, 65-68.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1996). Feeding behaviour, sensory physiology and nutrient feedback: a unifying model. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 80, 55-64.

Chambers, P.G., Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1995). Behavioural mechanisms of nutrient balancing in Locusta migratoria nymphs. Animal Behaviour 50, 1513-1523.

Bouaïchi, A., Roessingh, P. & Simpson, S.J. (1995). An analysis of the behavioural effects of crowding and re-isolation on solitary-reared adult desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria, Forskal) and their offspring. Physiological Entomology 20, 199-208.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1995). Constructing nutrient budgets. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 77, 99-104.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1995). The geometric analysis of feeding and nutrition: a user's guide. Journal of Insect Physiology 41, 545-553.

Simpson, S.J., Abisgold, J.D. & Douglas, A.E. (1995). Response of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) to variation in dietary levels of sugar and amino acids: the significance of amino acid quality. Journal of Insect Physiology 41, 71-75.

Trumper, S. & Simpson, S.J. (1994). Mechanisms regulating salt intake in fifth instar nymphs of Locusta migratoria. Physiological Entomology 19, 203-215.

Islam, M.S., Roessingh, P., Simpson, S.J. & McCaffery, A.R. (1994). Effects of population density experienced by parents during mating and oviposition on the phase of hatchling desert locusts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B., 257, 93-98.

Roessingh, P. & Simpson, S.J. (1994). The time-course of behavioural phase change in nymphs of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Physiological Entomology 19, 191-197.

Simpson, S.J. (1994). Experimental support for a model in which innate taste responses contribute to regulation of salt intake by nymphs of Locusta migratoria. Journal of Insect Physiology 40, 555-559.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1994). The analysis of nutrient budgets. Functional Ecology 8, 783-791.

Zanotto, F.P., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1994). Selective egestion of lysine by locusts fed nutritionally unbalanced foods. Journal of Insect Physiology 40, 259-265.

Abisgold, J.D., Simpson, S.J. & Douglas, A.E. (1994). Nutrient regulation in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum: application of a novel geometric framework to sugar and amino acid consumption. Physiological Entomology 19, 95-102.

Islam, M.S., Roessingh, P., Simpson, S.J. & McCaffery, A.R. (1994). Parental effects on the behaviour and coloration of nymphs of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Journal of Insect Physiology 40, 173-181.

Zanotto, F.P., Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1993). The regulation of growth by locusts through post-ingestive compensation for variation in the levels of dietary protein and carbohydrate. Physiological Entomology 18, 425-434.

Trumper, S. & Simpson, S.J. (1993). Regulation of salt intake by nymphs of Locusta migratoria. Journal of Insect Physiology 39, 857-864.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1993). The central role of the haemolymph in the regulation of nutrient intake in insects. Physiological Entomology 18, 395-403.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1993). A multi-level analysis of feeding behaviour: the geometry of nutritional decisions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 342, 381-402.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (1993). The geometry of compensatory feeding in the locust. Animal Behaviour 45, 953-964.

Roessingh, P., Simpson, S.J. & James, S. (1993). Analysis of phase-related changes in behaviour of desert locust nymphs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 252, 43-49.

Simpson, S.J. (1992). Mechanoresponsive neurones in the suboesophageal ganglion of the locust. Physiological Entomology 17, 351-369.

Rowell, C.H.F. & Simpson, S.J. (1992). A peripheral input of thoracic origin inhibits chewing movements in the larvae of Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology 38, 475-483.

Prosser, W.A., Simpson, S.J. & Douglas, A.E. (1992). How an aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) symbiosis responds to variation in dietary nitrogen. Journal of Insect Physiology 38, 301-307.

Simpson, S.J. & Simpson, C.L. (1992). Mechanisms controlling modulation by haemolymph amino acids of gustatory responsiveness in the locust. Journal of Experimental Biology 168, 269-287.

Raubenheimer, D. and Simpson, S.J. (1992). Analysis of covariance: an alternative to nutritional indices. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 62, 221-231.

Simmonds, M.S.J., Simpson, S.J. and Blaney, W.M. (1992). Dietary selection behaviour in Spodoptera littoralis: the effects of conditioning diet and conditioning period on neural responsiveness and selection behaviour. Journal of Experimental Biology 162, 73-90.

Griss, C., Simpson, S.J., Rohrbacher, J and Rowell, C.H.F. (1991). Localization in the central nervous system of larval Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of areas responsible for aspects of feeding behaviour. Journal of Insect Physiology 37, 477-482.

Simpson, S.J., Simmonds, M.S.J., Blaney, W.M. and James, S. (1991). Variation in chemosensitivity and the control of dietary selection behaviour in the locust. Appetite 17, 141-154.

Simmonds, M.S.J., Simpson, S.J. and Blaney, W.M. (1990). Dietary selection behaviour; comparisons between locusts and caterpillars. Symposium Biologica Hungarica 39, 47-52.

Simpson, C.L., Simpson, S.J. and Abisgold, J.D. (1990). The role of various amino acids in the protein compensatory response of Locusta migratoria. Symposium Biologica Hungarica 39, 39-46.

Chyb, S. and Simpson, S.J. (1990). Dietary selection in adult Locusta migratoria L. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 56, 47-60.

Simpson, C.L., Chyb, S. and Simpson, S.J. (1990). Changes in chemoreceptor sensitivity in relation to dietary selection by adult Locusta migratoria L. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 56, 259-268.

Simpson, S.J. and White, P.R. (1990). Associative learning and locust feeding: evidence for a "learned hunger" for protein. Animal Behaviour 40, 506-513.

Raubenheimer, D. and Simpson, S.J. (1990). The effects of simultaneous variation in protein, digestible carbohydrate and tannic acid on the feeding behaviour of larval Locusta migratoria and Schistocerca gregaria - I: short-term studies. Physiological Entomology 15, 219-233.

Simpson, S.J., Simmonds, M.S.J., Blaney, W.M. and Jones, J.P. (1990). Compensatory dietary selection occurs in larval Locusta migratoria but not Spodoptera littoralis after a single deficient meal during ad libitum feeding. Physiological Entomology 15, 235-242.

Simpson, S.J., Barton Browne, L. and van Gerwen, A.C.M. (1989). The patterning of compensatory sugar feeding in the Australian sheep blowfly. Physiological Entomology 14, 91-105.

Abisgold, J.D. and Simpson, S.J. (1988). The effect of dietary protein levels and haemolymph composition on the sensitivity of the maxillary palp chemoreceptors of locusts. Journal of Experimental Biology 135, 215-229.

Simpson, S.J., Simmonds, M.S.J., Wheatley, A.R. and Bernays, E.A. (1988). The control of meal termination in the locust. Animal Behaviour 36, 1216-1227.

Simpson, S.J., Simmonds, M.S.J. and Blaney, W.M. (1988). A comparison of dietary selection behaviour in larval Locusta migratoria and Spodoptera littoralis. Physiological Entomology 13, 225-238.

Abisgold, J.D. and Simpson, S.J. (1987). The physiology of compensation by locusts for changes in dietary protein. Journal of Experimental Biology 129, 329-346.

Rolls, E.T., Murzi, E., Yaxley, S., Thorpe, S.J. and Simpson, S.J. (1986). Sensory-specific satiety: food-specific reduction in responsiveness of ventral forebrain neurones after feeding in the monkey. Brain Research, 368, 79-86.

Simpson, S.J. and Ludlow, A.R. (1986). Why locusts start to feed: an analysis of causal factors. Animal Behaviour 34, 480-496.

Simpson, S.J. and Abisgold, J.D. (1985). Compensation by locusts for changes in dietary nutrients: behavioural mechanisms. Physiological Entomology 10, 443-452.

Roessingh, P., and Simpson, S.J. (1984). Volumetric feedback and the control of meal size in Schistocerca gregaria. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 36, 279-286.

Simpson, S.J. and Bernays, E.A. (1983). The regulation of feeding: locusts and blowflies are not so different from mammals. Appetite 4, 313-346.

Chapman, R.F., Bernays, E.A., Woodhead, S., Padgham, D.E. and Simpson, S.J. (1983). Control of hatching time of eggs of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 73, 667-677.

Simpson, S.J. (1983). Changes during the fifth instar of Locusta migratoria in the rate of crop emptying and their relationship to feeding and food utilisation. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 33, 235-243.

Simpson, S.J. (1983). The role of volumetric feedback from the hindgut in the regulation of meal size in fifth instar Locusta migratoria nymphs. Physiological Entomology 8, 451-467.

Simpson, S.J. (1982). Changes in the efficiency of utilisation of food throughout the fifth instar in nymphs of Locusta migratoria. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 31, 265-275.

Simpson, S.J. (1982). Patterns in feeding: a behavioural analysis using Locusta migratoria nymphs. Physiological Entomology 7, 325-336.

Bernays, E.A. and Simpson, S.J. (1982). Control of food intake. Advances in Insect Physiology 16, 59-118.

Chapman, R.F., Bernays, E.A. and Simpson, S.J. (1981) Attraction and repulsion of the aphid, Cavariella aegopodii, by plant odours. Journal of Chemical Ecology 7, 881-888.

Simpson, S.J. (1981) An oscillation underlying feeding and a number of other behaviours in fifth instar Locusta migratoria nymphs. Physiological Entomology 6, 315-324.

Book chapters

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2009). The nutritional geometry of aging. In Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity (ed A. Everitt), Springer, Germany (in press)

Raubenheimer, D. & Simspon, S.J. (2009). Hunger and satiety. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour (eds M. Breed & J. Moore), Elsevier, Amsterdam (in press)

Thompson, S.N. & Simpson, S.J. (2009). Nutrition. In Encyclopedia of Insects. 2^nd Ed. (eds V.H. Resh & R.T. Cardé), Academic Press, Elsevier Science, New York (in press)

Simpson, S.J. and Sword, G.A. (2009). Phase polyphenism in locusts: mechanisms, population consequences, adaptive significance and evolution. In Phenotypic Plasticity of Insects: Mechanisms and Consequences (eds D. Whitman & T.N. Ananthakrishnan), Science Publishers Inc, Plymouth, pp 93-135.

Beekman, M., Simpson, S.J. and Sword, G.A. (2008). Biological foundations of swarm intelligence. In Swarm Intelligence – Introduction and Applications. (eds C. Blum & D. Merkle) Springer, Germany.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (2004) The geometry of human nutrition. Jahrbuch, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin 2002/3, 295-316.

Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S.J. (2004) Unravelling the tangle of nutritional complexity. Jahrbuch, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin 2002/3, 275-294.

Thompson, S.N. & Simpson, S.J. (2003) Nutrition. In Encyclopedia of Insects (eds V.H. Resh & R. Cardé), Elsevier Science, San Diego.

Simpson, S.J. & Raubenheimer, D. (1999). Geometric models of macronutrient selection. In Neural Control of Macronutrient Selection (eds H.-R. Berthoud & R.J. Seeley), CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 29-42.

Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D. & Chambers, P.G. (1995). Nutritional homeostasis. In Regulatory Mechanisms of Insect Feeding (eds R.F. Chapman & J. de Boer), Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 251-278.

Simpson, S.J. (1995). Regulation of a Meal: Chewing Insects. In Regulatory Mechanisms of Insect Feeding (eds R.F. Chapman & J. de Boer), Chapman & Hall, New York, pp. 137-156.

Simpson, S.J., Raubenheimer, D. & Chambers, P. (1992). The geometry of feeding: a new way of looking at insect nutrition. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relations (eds S.B.J. Menken & J.H. Visser), Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, pp. 183-186.

Simpson, S.J. and Simpson, C.L. (1990). The mechanisms of nutritional compensation by phytophagous insects. Insect-Plant Interactions 2 (ed E.A. Bernays), CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 111-160.

Bernays, E.A. and Simpson, S.J. (1990). Nutrition. In A Biology of Grasshoppers (eds R.F. Chapman & T. Joern), John Wiley, New York, pp. 105-127.

Simpson, S.J. (1990). The pattern of feeding. In: A Biology of Grasshoppers (eds R.F. Chapman & T. Joern), John Wiley, New York, pp. 73-103.

Simpson, S.J. (1988). The peculiar natural history of New Holland. In Australia in Oxford (eds H. Morphy & E. Edwards), Pitt Rivers, Oxford.

Books

Simpson, S.J. and Casas, J. (eds.) (2008) Advances in Insect Physiology, Vol. 35, Elsevier

Simpson, S.J. and Casas, J. (eds.) (2008) Advances in Insect Physiology, Vol. 34, Elsevier

Simpson, S.J. (ed.) (2007) Advances in Insect Physiology, Vol. 33, Elsevier

Simpson, S.J. (ed.) (2005) Advances in Insect Physiology, Vol. 32, Elsevier

Simpson, S.J. (ed.) (2003) Advances in Insect Physiology, Vol. 31, Elsevier

Simpson, S.J. (ed.) (2003) Advances in Insect Physiology, Vol. 30, Elsevier

Simpson, S.J., Mordue, A.J. and Hardie, J. (1999) Insect-Plant Relationships. Proceedings of the 10^th International Symposium, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht

Simpson, S.J. and McGavin, G.C. (1997) Anglers' Flies. Apple Press, London

Simpson, S.J. and McGavin, G.C. (1996) The Right Fly. Aurum Press, London. A book on fly fishing for trout, introducing concepts of animal behaviour, taxonomy and entomology. Reprinted under imprint of David & Charles Ltd. (2002).

Simpson, S.J. and McGavin, G.C. (1996) The Angler's Fly Identifier. Running Press Books, Philadelphia

Selection of reviews and features on Simpson’s work

The hunger, the horror. New Scientist (2008) 31 May, 42-45.

Two “must read” features in Faculty of 1000 for Lee et al. (2008) and Bazazi et al. (2008)

Align in the sand. Perspective. Science (2006) 312, 1320-1322.

March of the locusts. Research Highlights. Nature (2006) 441, 670.

Push on the marching crickets. News & Views. Nature (2006) 440, 38.

Can the war on locusts be won? An insect's extreme makeover. Science (2004) 306, 1880-1882.

The Biology of an Insect Brain By M. Burrows. Nature (1997) 385, 785-786.

Foam turns locusts into party animals. New Scientist (1996) 6 Jan, 13.

Bugs in the System By M. Berenbaum. Nature (1995) 373, 842.

Endocrinology of Insects By R.G.H. Downer & H. Laufer. Nature (1984)