Behavioural ecology of pollinators

Project (past)

Project dates01 Apr 1999 to end of 31 Mar 2008
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project number4179
DepartmentPlant and Invertebrate Ecology (PIE)
Research fish codeBBS/E/C/00004179
Grant IDBBS/E/C/00004179

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The role of pollen odour in the attraction of pollen beetles to oilseed rape flowers

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cook, S. M., Bartlet, E., Murray, D. A. and Williams, I. H. 2002. The role of pollen odour in the attraction of pollen beetles to oilseed rape flowers. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 104 (1), pp. 43-50. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00989.x

The use of pollen cues by free-flying honey bees (Apis mellifera)

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Cook, S. M., Poppy, G. M. and Williams, I. H. 2007. The use of pollen cues by free-flying honey bees (Apis mellifera). Abstracts 13th Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships (SIP13), Uppsala, 29 July-2 August 2007 . pp. 152

The use of pollen cues in resource location by a pollinator and a pest

F - Theses
Cook, S. M. 2000. The use of pollen cues in resource location by a pollinator and a pest. F - Theses

Tracking butterfly flight paths across the landscape with harmonic radar

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Cant, E. T., Smith, A. D., Reynolds, D. R. and Osborne, J. L. 2005. Tracking butterfly flight paths across the landscape with harmonic radar. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 272 (1565), pp. 785-790. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2004.3002

Tracking butterfly movements with harmonic radar reveals an effect of population age on movement distance

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ovaskainen, O., Smith, A. D., Osborne, J. L., Reynolds, D. R., Carreck, N. L., Martin, A. P., Niitepold, K. and Hanski, I. 2008. Tracking butterfly movements with harmonic radar reveals an effect of population age on movement distance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105, pp. 19090-19095. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0802066105

Tracking individual insect flights with harmonic radar

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Osborne, J. L. and Smith, A. D. 2005. Tracking individual insect flights with harmonic radar. Abstracts Measuring Behavior 2005. 5th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioral Research, Wageningen, 30 August-2 September 2005 . pp. 217

Tracking individual insect flights with harmonic radar

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Osborne, J. L. and Smith, A. D. 2005. Tracking individual insect flights with harmonic radar. Proceedings Measuring Behavior 2005. 5th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioral Research, Wageningen, 30 August-2 September 2005 .

UK non-native organism risk assessment scheme: confidential risk assessment of Bombus terrestris subspecies not native to the UK imported for pollination of glasshouse and open crops

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Osborne, J. L. 2007. UK non-native organism risk assessment scheme: confidential risk assessment of Bombus terrestris subspecies not native to the UK imported for pollination of glasshouse and open crops. Confidential report to GB Non-native Species Secretariat.

Update on bee related studies at Rothamsted Research

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Carreck, N. L. and Birchall, C. 2005. Update on bee related studies at Rothamsted Research. Scottish Beekeeper. 82, pp. 49-51.

Welcome to Symposium participants on behalf of ICPBR

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Williams, I. H. 2001. Welcome to Symposium participants on behalf of ICPBR. International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS).

Where bumblebees live

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications
Osborne, J. L. and Martin, A. P. 2007. Where bumblebees live. Bee Craft. 89 (10), pp. 10-11.