Pollinator habitat enhancement: Benefits to other ecosystem services
- S. Wratten, M. Gillespie, A. Decourtye, E. Mader, N. Desneux
- Environmental Science
- 15 September 2012
Historical nectar assessment reveals the fall and rise of Britain in bloom
- Mathilde Baude, W. Kunin, J. Memmott
- Environmental ScienceNature
- 25 December 2015
It is shown that overall floral rewards can be estimated at a national scale by combining vegetation surveys and direct nectar measurements, and this national-scale assessment of floral resource provision affords new insights into the links between plant and pollinator declines, and offers considerable opportunities for conservation.
High Arctic plant phenology is determined by snowmelt patterns but duration of phenological periods is fixed: an example of periodicity
- P. Semenchuk, M. Gillespie, S. Rumpf, Nanna S. Baggesen, B. Elberling, E. Cooper
- Environmental Science
- 29 November 2016
The duration of specific periods within a plant’s life cycle are critical for plant growth and performance. In the High Arctic, the start of many of these phenological periods is determined by…
Beyond nectar provision: the other resource requirements of parasitoid biological control agents
- M. Gillespie, G. Gurr, S. Wratten
- Biology
- 1 May 2016
This review summarises recent work on these additional requirements of parasitoids with the aim of promoting the integration of the floral resource subsidies into a more ecosystem‐based view of pest suppression by Parasitoids.
Manipulating floral resources dispersion for hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in a California lettuce agro-ecosystem
- M. Gillespie, S. Wratten, R. Sedcole, R. Colfer
- Biology
- 1 November 2011
Life history and host‐plant relationships of the rare endemic Arctic aphid Acyrthosiphon calvulus in a changing environment
- M. Gillespie, I. Hodkinson, E. Cooper, J. Bird, I. Jónsdóttir
- Environmental Science
- 1 June 2007
The abundance, life history, host‐plant relationships, and overwintering biology of Acyrthosiphon calvulus Ossiannilsson is examined as a precursor to understanding its rarity and potential response to a changing climate.
Incongruence between morphological and molecular markers in the butterfly genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in New Zealand
- M. Gillespie, S. Wratten, R. Cruickshank, B. Wiseman, G. Gibbs
- Biology
- 1 January 2013
The butterfly genus Zizina in New Zealand has a complex taxonomic history due to the presence of morphological intermediates between the two species, the endemic Z. oxleyi and the introduced Z. labradus, in a putative hybrid zone, but the possibility that recent speciation has occurred or is occurring is not ruled out.
The importance of viticultural landscape features and ecosystem service enhancement for native butterflies in New Zealand vineyards
- M. Gillespie, S. Wratten
- Environmental ScienceJournal of Insect Conservation
- 1 February 2012
The fragmentation of habitats in intensively managed farming landscapes is often considered to be partly responsible for butterfly population decline in Europe and the USA. Although relatively little…
Nonlinear trends in abundance and diversity and complex responses to climate change in Arctic arthropods
- T. Høye, S. Loboda, A. Koltz, M. Gillespie, J. Bowden, N. Schmidt
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 11 January 2021
Overall arthropod abundance and diversity showed opposing nonlinear trends, with a sharp increase in overall abundance in recent years, however, trends varied substantially among taxa and habitats and several groups declined in abundance.
Oviposition preference of Lycaena salustiusfor, and larval performance on, a novel host plant: an example of ecological fitting
- M. Gillespie, S. Wratten
- Biology
- 1 October 2011
1. ‘Ecological fitting’ is the process whereby the suites of traits an organism carries from previous evolutionary relationships are used to enable colonisation of novel environments or resources.
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