Category Archives: pollinator bees

Methodology, Nesting Biology, pollinator bees, 未分类

Trapping strategy for ground nesting bees?

In 2007, I was contacted for the pollination problems of the tree oil, Camellia oleifera Abel. This tree has been planted alone Yangtze River in very large area. It helps to prevent the water loss and keep soil in mountainous area. The oil quality has been studied and evaluated to be very high than those made from Brassicaceae. However, the fruit-sets have been quite low even after so many years cultivation. As this species blossoms in late autumn till early spring, there are quite low number of insect species in local fauna. Some scientists, including Prof. Yan-Ru WU thought about the pollination inefficiency. Previously, she found around 15 pollinator bees including Apis spp., with most species have their nests in soil.

So, I was encouraged to study nesting biology of some pollinator bees in Jiangxi and Hunan. Mr. Liang DING and Dr. Dunyuan HUANG stayed in the Yichun to observe the local pollinators. They did a very good job to experiment on many aspects of some bees by digging deep in soil. Basing on nesting biological studies, Dunyuan kept working on building artificial nests after he found a job in Ganzhou. He finally set up these nests as traps in soil and moved them to different places to increase the populations for farmers or for experimental purposes.

Currently, I prefer to use Malaise Traps, Nest Traps and Yellow Pan Traps to sample wild bees. However, many other solitary bees, especially those nesting in soil were probably neglected. Recently, I had a few chats with Dr. Raphael Didham, Dr. Douglas Chesters and Dr. Jeff Ollerton about this issue. It should be fantastic to experiment on artificial soil traps for wild bees.

So, I raise and divide the questions into two as below –

1. What most cost-effective trapping methods do you recommend for sampling wild bees?

2. What trapping strategy do you recommend for sampling ground nesting bees?

Thanks for your kind comments and suggestions.

Best,

cd

Trapping strategy for ground nesting bees? – ResearchGate. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Trapping_strategy_for_ground_nesting_bees?_tpcectx=qa_overview_asked&_trid=KbAd0QWqFstwct1gx0EDie0c_ [accessed Mar 13, 2016].

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Biodiversity, Collaboration, pollinator bees, 未分类

Jeff visits IOZ on Monday

Professor Jeff Ollerton visited the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences on Monday this week. He gave a brilliant talk on wild pollinator bee diversity and ecosystem services. His talk includes several parts impressed the audience. He did great job to associate the significant diversity dynamics with the 4 major events including World War II and agriculture policy changes. Besides, he brought a fine art book, British field guid to wild bees. The book includes 270 species and many colorful pictures taken in the field. We expect we can compile another one in China to be helpful for other researchers.

Jeff Ollerton教授周一到访动物研究所，就野生蜜蜂多样性和生态功能做了一场精彩的学术报告。他的报告令我印象最深的是对英国中部野生蜜蜂20年来物种多样性变化和近代历史上4次重大事件或农业政策变化之间关联性的研究。另外，Jeff给我带了一件精美的礼物：英国野生蜜蜂野外手册。该手册涉及英国270种物种，并配以彩色生态照片。期待不远的将来，我们也能够编撰这样一部志书，方便各个学科的学者使用。
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Biodiversity, pollinator bees, 未分类

关注IPBES传粉昆虫多样性评估报告

​关注IPBES报告。

中国传粉功能研究严重滞后的原因：1、缺乏面向传粉者的分类队伍，本底不清；2、对传粉者多样性价值认识不够，缺乏监测数据；3、对重要作物主要传粉者缺乏长期规范的基础生物学研究；4、传粉昆虫迫切需要包括分类学、进化生物学和农学、林学方面多学科交叉合作。

抛砖引玉，欢迎指正。

Global biodiversity report warns pollinators are under threat

First assessment from intergovernmental body set up to track world’s ecosystems suggests curbing pesticide use to save bees.

26 February 2016

Rights & Permissions

Frank Bienewald/LightRocket/Getty Images

Honeybees (pictured) are among pollinators whose population is in decline.

An international science body tasked with tracking the ecological health of the planet has announced the findings of its first report. The review warns that the ongoing decline in the number of pollinating insects and animals threatens global crop production.

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was established in 2012, and is roughly modelled on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The reponse to the pollinator report, announced on 26 February at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, may be an early sign of whether the body’s influence will one day match the IPCC’s political and scientific clout.

Robert Watson, an environmental scientist at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, who is vice-chairman of the IPBES, says that he is confident that the assessment will have an impact. The IPBES has 124 member governments, and its pollinator assessment went through two rounds of external peer review. And just as with the IPCC’s climate reports, the assessment was debated word for word, Watson says. “The fact that all governments requested this document really bodes well that they will use the results,” he says.

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But Dave Goulson, a bee researcher at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, says: “I would question whether any practical on-the-ground action to help pollinators will happen as a result of this document. We are in the midst of the sixth global mass-extinction event, and we sit around spending thousands of hours writing documents about biodiversity, but we do not take action to address the fundamental issues that are causing this ecological catastrophe.”

Pollinator warning

The report offers a sober assessment of the decline in populations of pollinating insects and animals, affected by factors including climate change, disease and pesticide use. The global production of crops that depend on pollinators is an industry worth up to US$577 billion annually, the report says.

“If we get further declines in wild and managed pollinators, it would be a serious risk to foods that rely on those pollinators, especially food of high nutritional quality such as seeds and fruits,” says Watson.

It is “becoming very clear” that pesticides have “definite harmful effects” on wild bees, says Simon Potts, a biodiversity scientist at the University of Reading, UK, and co-chair of the report. “There needs to be less application and smart application” of such chemicals, he adds.

Studies have yielded mixed results on the link between pesticides and declining bee health, the IPBES assessment notes. Critics have questioned some studies for using doses that are much higher than those typically found in pesticide residues on farmers’ fields, and also ask whether sub-lethal effects seen in individual insects are relevant to whole populations.

The review acknowledges these limitations, but it says that some lab studies do use realistic doses. The harmful effects seen on individual bees in one recent field-based study1 are “so huge and so strong”, adds Potts, that it indicates that effects on populations and colonies will likely be negative. The next step is to get direct evidence of long-term population effects, he says.

“Exposure of pollinators to pesticides can be decreased by reducing the use of pesticides,” the report says, and by using other forms of pest control. It also suggests that farmers could adopt ecologically friendly farming techniques, such as planting strips of flowers to boost pollinating insect numbers.

In 2013, the European Commission imposed a temporary ban on the use of three controversial ‘neonicotinoid’ insecticides — clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in Parma, Italy, is reviewing their safety and expects to complete its analysis by January 2017.

IPBES controversy

The IPBES assessment attracted controversy before its release: some scientists complained of a lack of transparency in the appointment of two agrochemical scientists among 40 lead authors involved in the review. Axel Hochkirch, a biodiversity scientist at the University of Trier, Germany, says that he is still concerned about how the scientists from industry were selected, even though the IPBES requires all lead authors to complete conflict-of-interest statements.

Watson told Nature that the IPBES conflict-of-interest committee “looked carefully” at the industry scientists’ CVs and “concluded there is no conflict”. In addition, Watson says that the IPBES has “checks and balances” in place — such as planned independent reviews of its procedures in 2017 and 2018 — to ensure that everything is above board.

“The independent review will be critical,” says Thomas Brooks, head of science at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Gland, Switzerland. The IPBES has proposed to hand over the leadership of the review to the International Council for Science, a non-governmental organization representing scientific bodies and unions, but Brooks says that the IPBES should select a consultancy company through a competitive and open process.

Anne Larigauderie, executive secretary of the IPBES, says that the body will decide how to conduct the reviews at the end of its Kuala Lumpur meeting, on 28 February. The meeting will also set the IPBES budget for the next two years and decide whether it should conduct a global assessment of sustainable biodiversity use, as well as a separate review on invasive species.

The IPBES is currently working on four regional biodiversity assessments including in Africa and the Americas, and a separate assessment of land degradation, all of which it hopes to complete by 2018.

Nature

 

doi:10.1038/nature.2016.19456

References

  1. Rundlöf, M. et al. Nature 521, 77–80 (2015).
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Biodiversity, Collaboration, Committee and Working Groups, pollinator bees, Scientific Meetings, Symposia, Workshops, 未分类

Prof. Jeff Ollerton is coming to give a talk in IOZ, CAS

生物多样性教授Jeff Ollerton博士学术报告（2016年3月7日上午）

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-536560-959585.html

英国Northampton大学生物多样性教授Jeff Ollerton博士将到访动物研究所开展合作交流，并做学术报告。

报告题目：Pollinator function, diversity and declines: the view from central England

报告时间：2016年3月7日上午10:00-11:30

报告地点：中国科学院动物研究所C101会议室

Jeff Ollerton教授作为主要或唯一作者在Science、Ecology、Proceedings B、Ecology Letters等期刊上发表了60余篇研究论文。其中Waser etal.（1996）是传粉生态学领域被引用最高的论文之一。他和他的团队关于植物－传粉者相互作用生态学和多样性的研究成果在国际学术界得到公认：1）为传粉者种群保护提供了科学依据，并影响了英国及世界保护政策；2）提高了英国及世界对传粉者保护的公众意识；3）引领了英国园林业的改变。

附：Jeff Ollerton教授简历

ProfessorJEFF OLLERTON BSc (Hons), PhD

CONTACT DETAILS AND LINKS

Email: jeff.ollerton@northampton.ac.uk

Personal blog: http://jeffollerton.wordpress.com/

ResearchGate profile:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeff_Ollerton/

Google Scholar profile:  http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=6zHjOd8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0887-8235

The Landscape and Biodiversity Research Group atthe University of Northampton: http://oldweb.northampton.ac.uk/aps/env/lbrg/index.html

EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION

September2014 to present

Head of Research and Enterprise in the School of Science and Technology.

September2012

Promoted to Professor of Biodiversity, School of Science and Technology, The Universityof Northampton.

Current roles include: chair of theSchool of Science and Technology Research and Enterprise Committee; membershipof the Science Research Degrees Board; contributing to research student andearly career researcher training across the university; teaching and moduleleadership within the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences; leadershipof the Landscape and Biodiversity Research Group.  I also led the Research Excellence Framework(REF) submission to UoA17 (Geography and Environmental Studies) and in thatrole sat on the University’s REF Working Group.

September2010

Promoted to Reader in Biodiversity, School of Science and Technology, The University ofNorthampton.  In addition I was theSchool’s Research Coordinator (0.5 appointment, effective October 2009).

1995- 2010

Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, in the Division of Environmental Science, School ofApplied Sciences (now School of Science and Technology), The University ofNorthampton (formerly Nene College, then University College Northampton).  Lecturing on BSc courses in ConservationBiology, Biology and Environmental Science, and MSc Environmental Management.

Previous duties have included:Admissions Tutor for Ecology (1995-1999); Course Leader for MSc EnvironmentalManagement (1997-1999); founder and course leader for BSc (Hons) Biology (1999to 2010); Postgraduate Degrees Tutor for the Division of Environmental Science(2001-2004); member of the Research Degrees Committee of the University(2004-2007); Postgraduate Research Training Framework Coordinator for theUniversity (2001-2007).  The role ofPostgraduate Research Training Framework Coordinator is particularly noteworthyas this was in the period just prior to the then University CollegeNorthampton’s application for Research Degree Awarding Powers and fulluniversity status.  The generic trainingprogramme that I developed and implemented was widely acknowledged within theuniversity, and in the QAA’s subsequent report, as playing a significant rolein the institution successfully attaining full university status.  Although I stepped down from this role in 2007to focus on other activities, I continue to be involved in the twice-yearlyresearch student induction weeks, and the evening and weekend trainingworkshops.  The time that I spent in therole of Postgraduate Research Training Framework Coordinator is one of the mostfulfilling periods of my career to date and I was pleased to play a part,however minor, in a significant developmental stage of the University ofNorthampton.

1994– 1995

Parttime lecturer, Oxford Brookes University.

1993– 1994

Visiting postdoctoral researcher based at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia,studying the pollination ecology of Australian Piperaceae.  Hosted by Professor Andrew Beattie and fundedby grants from the British Ecological Society, the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund(Linnean Society of London) and the British Council.

1989- 1993

PhD:”Ecology of flowering and fruiting in Lotuscorniculatus L.”, Oxford Brookes University (Supervisors: Dr. AndrewLack and Dr Denis Owen).

This research was anassessment of the interaction of flowering phenology, pollinator activity,plant size, seed predation and reproductive output using the Wytham Woodspopulations of Lotus corniculatus(Fabaceae) as a case study.  Whilstcarrying out the research I was at the same time employed as a PostgraduateTeaching Assistant, running tutorials and assisting with laboratory and fieldwork for undergraduate courses.

1987- 1989

BSc(Hons) Environmental Biology (2:i) Oxford Brookes University.

RESEARCHAND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS

The ecology, evolution and conservation the Earth’s biodiversity defines the broad scope ofmy professional interests.  Within thisvast field I mainly work on the biogeography and biodiversity of mutualisticspecies interactions, such as plant-pollinator relationships, in which allparticipants benefit from the relationship. Mutualisms are hugely important ecological relationships that play keyroles in determining community structure and ecosystem function, as well asbeing the basis for ecosystem services of human value, for example croppollination.  As well as plant-pollinatorrelationships, I also work on non-terrestrial mutualisms such as those betweenanemonefish and sea anemones.

In addition I havea wider interest in how biodiversity contributes to human society throughecosystem goods and services, how that biodiversity may be conserved in anever-changing world, and how we have arrived at our current understanding ofthe biogeography and biodiversity of the natural world.  This links to the research and writing I doin the area of the history of human understanding and exploitation ofbiodiversity, specifically botanical science and horticulturalexploration.  The main current project isa biography of John Tweedie, a notable 19th Century plant collector who was asignificant early collector working in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil and inthe pampas grasslands.  In addition heintroduced a number of plants from South America that continue to be grown inBritish gardens.

Current internationalresearch collaborations include projects related to the biogeography ofplant-pollinator interactions (e.g. Prof. Nick Waser, Prof. Mary Price, Dr Ruben Alarcón in the USA); the ecology of flowering time with Mexicancolleagues (Prof. Victor Parra-Tabla and Dr Miguel Munguía-Rosas) and theeffect of historical climates on pollination systems (Dr Bo Dalsgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark).

This research has been covered by a range of local, national and international media, and I am regularly interviewed about my work.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Only those from the last ten years that Ipersonally presented are listed:

2015 – Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology, Denmark (paper)

– Ecological Networks Conference,University of Bristol (paper)

2014 – Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology, Sweden (paper)

2014 – BES Macroecology Special Interest Group,University of Nottingham (paper)

2013 – 64th NationalBotanical Congress, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (invitedpaper)

2012 – Hedgerow Futures,University of Staffordshire (invitedpaper)

2011- Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology, Denmark (paper)

2010 – Linnean Society – Palynology SpecialistGroup, London (invited paper)

– ScandinavianAssociation for Pollination Ecology, Sweden (paper)

2009 – Origin of Biodiversity byBiological Interactions, Tokyo (invited paper)

2008 – The Ecology and Evolutionof Plant-Pollinator Interactions, Milwaukee (invited paper)

– Biodiversity Research – Safeguarding the Future,Bonn (invited paper – see conference report at:  http://www.iubs.org/pdf/publi/PreCOP9%20Report.pdf)

2007 – Royal Entomological SocietyMeeting, Edinburgh (invited paperand symposium co-organizer)

2005 – Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology, Sweden (invitedspecial paper)

– 17thInternationalBotanical Congress, Vienna (invited paper)

2004 – Southern Connections Conference, Cape Town (invited paper)

– RoyalEntomological Society Meeting, London (invitedpaper)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

  • Member of The British Ecological Society since     1990
  • Active participant of the Bumblebee Working Group
  • Grant reviewer for the Natural Environment     Research Council, Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council, Science     Foundation Ireland, the Norwegian Research Council, Linnean Society of     London, the U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, the Czech Science     Foundation, National Geographic, the Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium),     the National Science Foundation of South Africa, the Swiss National     Science Foundation, and the U.S. Army Research Office
  • Academic     referee for manuscripts in over 30 journals including:  Science,Nature Communications, PNAS-USA, Trends in     Ecology and Evolution,Proceedings of the     Royal Society series B.,     Ecology, Ecology Letters, Evolution,     Biology Letters, American Naturalist, PLoS Biology, PLoS ONE, Heredity, Oikos, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Oecologia and Journal of     Ecology
  • Academic     referee for books published by Blackwell Science, Cambridge University     Press and Oxford University Press
  • Founding member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Pollination Ecology
  • Academic Editor for PLoS ONE
  • Internal examiner for 4 PhDs at The University of     Northampton
  • External examiner for 23 PhD candidates, as     follows:

(1)  Cambridge University – February 2002 (Lynn Dicks)

(2)  Open University – February 2002 (Mark Gardener)

(3)  University of Bristol – February 2003 (Mikael Forup)

(4)  University of Southampton – September 2004 (James Peat)

(5)  University of Stockholm – May 2004 (Kjell Bolmgren)

(6)  University of Sydney – June 2006 (Yvonne Davila)

(7)  University of Zurich – August 2006 (Christopher Kaiser)

(8)  University of Leeds – January 2007 (Shazia Raja)

(9)  University of Edinburgh – May 2007 (Kath Baldock)

(10) Swedish Agricultural University,Uppsala – May 2007 (Erik Sjödin)

(11) Norwegian University of LifeSciences – May 2007 (Anders Nielsen)

(12) University of Lausanne – March 2008(Antonina Internicola)

(13) Trinity College Dublin – May 2009(Caroline Nienhuis)

(14) Queen Mary, University of London –May 2010 (Sarah Arnold)

(15) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,Spain – November 2010 (Ana María Martín González)

(16) University of KwaZulu-Natal, SouthAfrica – February 2011 (Adam Shuttleworth)

(17) Rhodes University, South Africa –February 2011 (Gareth Coombs)

(18) University of Bristol – February2013 (Rachel Gibson)

(19) Trinity College Dublin – May 2013(Sarah Mullen)

(20) University of Sydney – September2013 (Tony Popic)

(21) University of Birmingham – November2014 (Robert Fowler)

(22) University of Lausanne – June 2015(Tomasz Suchan)

(23)University of Reading – September2015 (Jennifer Wickens)

  • Invited research lectures have been presented at     the Universities of Cambridge, York, Lancaster, Portsmouth, KwaZulu-Natal,     California (Riverside), Southampton, Bayreuth, Mainz, Copenhagen and     Zurich, as well as Royal Holloway, Rothamsted Research, Oxford Brookes     University, Trinity College, Dublin, the Institute of Zoology (London),     the University of Tübingen (the Hilgendorf Lecture) and the University of     Lausanne.  In November 2013 I spoke     at five different Brazilian universities as part of a month-long research     and teaching visit
  • External panel member for a number of course     reviews and validations, most recently at the Open University and the     University of Brighton
  • Reviewer and Panel Member (2010) for the     L’Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Fellowships 2010 – 2015
  • External examiner for MRes theses at University     of Brighton – 2010 – 2103
  • Tutor for Tropical Biology Association Tanzania     field course (July-August 2011).
  • External examiner for undergraduate and     postgraduate environmental science courses at University College, Dublin     (2011 –  2015)
  • Member of the British Ecological Society Grant     Review College (2012 – present)
  • Member of the Northamptonshire Local Nature     Partnership committee, representing The University of Northampton (2012 to     present)
  • Visiting Professor at the University of Campinas,     Brazil (2013)

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY ACTIVITIES

  • Script advisor for the BBC Scotland series How to Grow a Planet, broadcast     2012
  • Science advisor for a feature length documentary Hidden Beauty: A Love Story That Feeds     the Earth(Cinesite and the Walt Disney Studios).  First international premier was in     Spring 2011 in France (renamed Pollen)
  • Science advisor and on-screen participant in the     BBC three part series Bees,     Butterflies and Blooms with Sarah Raven.  Filming and advising during 2010 and     2011, broadcast 2012
  • Science advisor and on-screen participant in the     BBC Gardeners’ World – Science in the Garden special     edition with Carol Klein. Filmed August 2009, broadcast November 2010
  • Member of the Wildlife Gardening Forum: Research     Working Group (Royal Horticultural Society).  Invited to join 2010, ongoing
  • Advisor to the Parliamentary Office of Science     and Technology for their POSTnote briefing on Insect Pollination (POSTnote number 348, January 2010)
  • Invited participant in the International Insect     Pollinators Workshop at Westminster, hosted by the Foreign and     Commonwealth Office, the Science and Innovation Network and the Department     for Business Innovation and Skills      (February 2012)
  • Invited participant in the Pollinator Monitoring     Workshop, Natural History Museum, London (October 2013)
  • Science advisor and on-screen participant in the     BBC series Plant Odyssey with Carol     Klein.  Filming and advising summer     2014 for broadcast 2015
  • Expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental     Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Pollination     Assessment Report (2015)
  • Invited participant in a two-day RC-funded     workshop at Imperial College to develop novel research actions to support     the National Pollinator Strategy (2015)

RESEARCH IMPACT

The decline of bees, hoverflies, and other pollinators has been widely described as a“pollination crisis” (e.g. Progress Report of FAO on the Implementation of theInternational Pollinators Initiative – September 2012) which could haveprofound effects on both food security, and wild plant populations and theecosystem services they support.  Researchby myself and colleagues into the ecology and diversity of plant-pollinatorinteractions has: (a) provided a scientific evidence base that has influencednational and international policies relating to the conservation of pollinatorpopulations; (b) raised national and international public awareness of thesubject of pollinator conservation; and (c) led to positive changes in UKgardening practices.  This wasacknowledged by a successful REF Impact Case Study entitled “Pollinatorconservation: impact on government policy and public practices – 1996 to 2013”(copy available on request)

PUBLICATIONS

Since1992 I have published or in press, 60 peer reviewed research papers, bookchapters and edited books, the majority as first or sole author.  High Impact Factor journals publishing mypeer-reviewed work include Science, Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and Ecology Letters.  One ofthese papers (Waser et al. 1996) isnow the third most highly cited paper in the field of pollination ecology with904 citations.  The average citation ratefor my peer-reviewed research outputs is 49.5 citations per paper and myh-index currently stands at 23 (source for all statistics: ISI Web of Science,all databases, October 2015).  Citationrates and h-index using the less conservative Google Scholar are, of course,significantly higher.

As well as these peer reviewed research outputs I have contributed non-peerreviewed commentaries, book reviews, popular articles and editorials tomagazines and journals, including Natureand Science.

I have co-editedand contributed chapters to two collections of papers: a festschrift in honour of the late Professor Knut Faegri (Totland et al. 2000); and a major volume for theUniversity of Chicago Press (Waser & Ollerton 2006).  The latter received a series of enthusiasticreviews in international journals, with statements such as: “an important contribution to ourunderstanding of plant–pollinator interactions” and “a masterful overview of a rich field in a stage of dynamic ferment”.

PUBLICATIONS

Since 1992 I have published or in press, 60 peer reviewed research papers, book chapters and edited books, the majority as first or sole author. High Impact Factor journals publishing my peer-reviewed work include Science, Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and Ecology Letters. One of these papers (Waser et al. 1996) is now the third most highly cited paper in the field of pollination ecology with 904 citations. The average citation rate for my peer-reviewed research outputs is 49.5 citations per paper and my h-index currently stands at 23 (source for all statistics: ISI Web of Science, all databases, October 2015). Citation rates and h-index using the less conservative Google Scholar are, of course, significantly higher.

As well as these peer reviewed research outputs I have contributed non-peer reviewed commentaries, book reviews, popular articles and editorials to magazines and journals, including Nature and Science.

I have co-edited and contributed chapters to two collections of papers: a festschrift in honour of the late Professor Knut Faegri (Totland et al. 2000); and a major volume for the University of Chicago Press (Waser & Ollerton 2006). The latter received a series of enthusiastic reviews in international journals, with statements such as: “an important contribution to our understanding of plant–pollinator interactions” and “a masterful overview of a rich field in a stage of dynamic ferment”.

 

All of my publications are listed below; peer-reviewed journal papers, edited volumes and chapters are marked*

 

[89] *Sonne, J., Kyvsgaard, P., Maruyama, P.K., Vizentin-Bugoni, J., Ollerton, J., Sazima, M., Rahbek, C. & Dalsgaard, B. (in press) Spatial effects of artificial feeders on hummingbird abundance, floral visitation and pollen deposition. Journal of Ornithology

 

[88] *Bailes, E., Ollerton, J., Pattrick, J. & Glover, B.J. (2015) How can an understanding of plant-pollinator interactions contribute to global food security? Current Opinion in Plant Biology 26: 72-79

 

[87] *Moles, A. & Ollerton, J. (in press) Is the notion that species interactions are stronger and more specialized in the tropics a zombie idea? Biotropica

 

[86] *Rahman, L. Md., Tarrant, S., McCollin, D. & Ollerton, J. (2015) Vegetation cover and grasslands in the vicinity accelerate development of carabid beetle assemblages on restored landfill sites. Zoology and Ecology (in press)

 

[85] *Sirohi, M.H., Jackson, J., Edwards, M. & Ollerton, J. (2015) Diversity and abundance of solitary bees in an urban centre: a case study from Northampton (England). Journal of Insect Conservation 19: 487-500

 

[84] Ollerton, J. (2015) Book review of: “A Veritable Eden” by A. Brooks. Manchester Region History Review in press

 

[83] *Ollerton, J. Waser, N.M., Rodrigo Rech, A. & Price, M.V. (2015) Using the literature to test pollination syndromes — some methodological cautions. Journal of Pollination Ecology 16: 119-

125

 

[82] *Ollerton, J., Erenler, H., Edwards, M. & Crockett, R. (2014) Extinctions of aculeate pollinators in Britain and the role of large-scale agricultural changes. Science 346: 1360-1362

 

[81] Ollerton, J. (2013) The Biodiversity Index – a tool for facilities management. Essential FM Report 109: 2-3

 

[80] *Dalsgaard, B., Trøjelsgaard, K, Martín González, A.M., Nogués-Bravo, D., Ollerton, J., Petanidou, T., Sandel, B., Schleuning, M., Wang, Z., Rahbek, C., Sutherland, W.J., Svenning, J.C. & Olesen, J.M. (2013) Historical climate-change influences modularity of pollination networks. Ecography 36: 1331–1340

 

[79] *Tarrant, S., Ollerton, J., Rahman, L. Md., Griffin, J. & McCollin, D. (2013) Grassland restoration on landfill sites in the East Midlands, UK: an evaluation of floral resources and pollinating insects. Restoration Ecology 21: 560–568

 

[78] *Ollerton, J. & Nuttman, C. (2013) Aggressive displacement of Xylocopa nigrita carpenter bees from flowers of Lagenaria sphaerica (Cucurbitaceae) by territorial male Eastern Olive Sunbirds (Cyanomitra olivacea) in Tanzania. Journal of Pollination Ecology 11: 21-26

 

[77] *Parker, W. & Ollerton, J. (2013) Immunology enlightened by evolutionary biology and anthropology: an approach necessary for public health. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2013(1): 89-103 doi:10.1093/emph/eot008

 

[76] *Rahman, L. Md., Tarrant, S., McCollin, D. Ollerton, J. (2013) Plant community composition and attributes reveal conservation implications for newly created grassland on capped landfill sites. Journal for Nature Conservation 21: 198-205

 

[75] Vanbergen, A.J., Ambrose, N., Aston, D., Biesmeijer, J.C., Bourke, A., Breeze, T., Brotherton, P., Brown, M., Chandler, D., Clook, M., Connolly, C.N., Costigan, P., Coulson, M., Cresswell, J., Dean, R., Dicks, L., Felicioli, A., Fojt, O., Gallai, N., Genersch, E., Godfray, C., Grieg-Gran, M., Halstead, A., Harding, D., Harris, B., Hartfield, C., Heard, M.S., Herren, B., Howarth, J., Ings, T., Kleijn, D., Klein, A., Kunin, W.E., Lewis, G., MacEwen, A., Maus, C., McIntosh, L., Millar, N.S., Neumann, P., Ollerton, J., Olschewski, R., Osborne, J.L., Paxton, R.J., Pettis, J., Phillipson, B., Potts, S.G., Pywell, R., Rasmont, P., Roberts, S., Salles, J.-M., Schweiger, O., Sima, P., Thompson, H., Titera, D., Vaissiere, B., Van der Sluijs, J., Webster, S., Wentworth, J. & Wright, G.A. (2012) Insect pollinators: linking research and policy. Workshop report, U.K. Science and Innovation Network.

 

[74] Ollerton, J. (2012) The names of pubs and inns: not just for the birds. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 43: 46-47

 

[73] Ollerton, J. (2012) Biogeography: are tropical species less specialised? Current Biology 22: R914-R915

 

[72] Ollerton, J. (2012) The importance of native pollinators. The Plantsman 11:86-89

 

[71] *Ollerton, J., Watts, S., Connerty, S., Lock, J., Parker, L., Wilson, I., Schueller, S., Nattero, J., Cocucci, A.A., Izhaki, I., Geerts, S. & Pauw, A. (2012) Pollination ecology of the invasive tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca: comparisons across native and non-native ranges. Journal of Pollination Ecology 9: 85-95

 

[70] *Dalsgaard, B., Timmermann, A., Martín González, A.M., Olesen, J.M, Ollerton, J. & Andersen, L.H. (2012) Heliconia-hummingbird interactions in the Lesser Antilles: a geographic mosaic? Caribbean Journal of Science 46: 328-331

 

[69] *Ollerton, J., Chancellor, G. & van Wyhe, J. (2012) John Tweedie and Charles Darwin in Buenos Aires. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 66: 115-124

 

[68] Ollerton, J. (2012) The importance of LWS meadows for pollinating insects. WildPlaces – the Local Wildlife Sites Newsletter 3: 10

 

[67] *Watts, S., Huamán Ovalle, D., Moreno Herrera, M. & Ollerton, J. (2012) Pollinator effectiveness of native and non-native flower visitors to an apparently generalist Andean shrub, Duranta mandonii (Verbenaceae). Plant Species Biology 27: 147–158

 

[66] *Cranmer, L., McCollin, D. & Ollerton, J. (2012) Landscape structure influences pollinator movements and directly affects plant reproductive success. Oikos 121: 562-568

 

[65] *Rahman, L. Md., Tarrant, S., McCollin, D. & Ollerton, J. (2012) Influence of habitat quality, landscape structure and food resources on breeding skylark (Alauda arvensis) territory distribution on restored landfill sites. Landscape and Urban Planning 105: 281–287

 

[64] Ollerton, J., Price, V., Armbruster, W.S., Memmott, J., Watts, S., Waser, N.M., Totland, Ø., Goulson, D., Alarcón, R., Stout, J.S. & Tarrant, S. (2012) Overplaying the role of honey bees as pollinators: A comment on Aebi and Neumann (2011). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27: 141-142

 

[63] *Munguía-Rosas, M.A., Parra-Tabla, V., Ollerton, J. & Carlos Cervera, J. (2012) Environmental control of reproductive phenology and the effect of pollen supplementation on resource allocation in the cleistogamous weed, Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae). Annals of Botany 109: 343-350

 

[62] *Dalsgaard, B., Magård, E., Fjeldså, J., Martín González, A.M., Rahbek, C., Olesen, J.M., Ollerton, J., Alarcón, R., Araujo, A.C., Cotton, P., Lara, C., Machado, C.C., Sazima, I., Sazima, M., Timmermann, A., Watts, S., Sandel, B., Sutherland, W.J., Svenning, J.C. (2011) Specialization in plant-hummingbird networks is associated with species richness, contemporary precipitation and Quaternary climate-change velocity. PLoS ONE 6(10): e25891. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025891

 

[61] *Rahman, L. Md., Tarrant, S., McCollin, D. and Ollerton, J. (2011) The conservation value of restored landfill sites in the East Midlands, UK for supporting bird communities. Biodiversity and Conservation 20: 1879-1893

 

[60] *Munguía-Rosas, M.A. Ollerton, J. Parra-Tabla, V. & Arturo De-Nova, J. (2011) Meta-analysis of phenotypic selection on flowering phenology suggests that early flowering plants are favoured. Ecology Letters 14: 511-521

 

[59] *Munguía-Rosas, M.A. Ollerton, J. & Parra-Tabla, V. (2011) Phenotypic selection on flowering phenology and size of two dioecious plant species with different pollen vectors. Plant Species Biology 26: 205–212

 

[58] *Parra-Tabla, V., Vargas C.F., Naval, C., Calvo, L.M. & Ollerton, J. (2011) Population status and reproductive success of an endangered epiphytic orchid in a fragmented landscape. Biotropica 43: 640-647

 

[57] *Mayer, C., Adler, L., Armbruster, W.S. Dafni, A., Eardley, C., Huang, S.-Q., Kevan, P.G., Ollerton, J., Packer, L. Ssymank, A., Stout, J.C. & Potts, S.G. (2011) Pollination ecology in the 21st century: key questions for future research. Journal of Pollination Ecology 3: 8-23

 

[56] *Waser, N.M., Ollerton, J. & Erhardt, A. (2011) Typology in pollination biology: lessons from an historical critique. Journal of Pollination Ecology 3: 1-7

 

[55] *Ollerton, J., Tarrant, S. & Winfree, R. (2011) How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals? Oikos 120: 321–326

 

[54] Ollerton, J. and Waser, N.M. (2010) Pollinators as critical ecosystem service providers: the biodiversity of species interactions [abstract]. Proceedings of the CBD – COP 9 Associated Scientific Conference on Biodiversity Research (including the COP 9 President’s Conclusions and the Recommendations to COP 9),

Bonn, May 12 – 16, 2008. Biology International 48: s.n.

 

[53] Ollerton, J. (2010) W(h)ither science? Dark Mountain 1: 146-149

 

[52] *Erenler, H.E., Ashton, P., Gillman, M. & Ollerton, J. (2010) Factors determining species richness of soil seed banks in lowland ancient woodlands. Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 1631-1648

 

[51] *Ricciardi, F., Boyer, M. & Ollerton, J. (2010) Assemblage and interaction structure of the anemonefish-anemone mutualism across the Manado region of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Environmental Biology of Fishes 87: 333-347

 

[50] Ollerton, J. & Coulthard, E. (2009) Evolution of animal pollination. Science 326: 808-809

 

[49] *Martin Gonzalez, A.M., Dalsgaard, B., Ollerton, J., Timmermann, A., Olesen, J.M., Andersen, L. & Tossas, A.G. (2009) Effects of climate on pollination networks in the West Indies. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25: 493-506

 

[48] *Ollerton, J., Masinde, S., Meve, U., Picker, M. & Whittington, A. (2009) Fly pollination in Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): Biogeographic and phylogenetic perspectives. Annals of Botany 103: 1501-1514

 

[47] *Ollerton, J., Alarcón, R., Waser, N.M., Price, M.V., Watts, S., Cranmer, L., Hingston, A. Peter, C.I. & Rotenberry, J. (2009) A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis. Annals of Botany 103: 1471-1480

 

[46] *Dalsgaard, B., Martín González, A.M., Olesen, J.M., Ollerton, J., Timmermann, A., Andersen, L.H., & Tossas, A.G. (2009) Plant–hummingbird interactions in the West Indies: floral specialisation gradients associated with environment and hummingbird size. Oecologia 159: 757-766

 

[45] *Ollerton, J., Cranmer, L., Stelzer, R., Sullivan, S. & Chittka, L. (2009) Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants. Naturwissenschaften 96: 221-232

 

[44] *Alarcón, R., Waser, N.M. & Ollerton, J. (2008) Year-to-year variation in the topology of a plant-pollinator interaction network. Oikos 117: 1796-1807

 

[43] *Dalsgaard, B., Martín González, A.M., Olesen, J.M. Timmermann, A., Andersen, L.H. & Ollerton, J. (2008) Pollination networks and functional specialization: a test using Lesser Antillean plant-hummingbird assemblages. Oikos 117: 789-793

 

[42] Ollerton, J. (2008) Blogging from Bonn – a personal account of the pre-COP9 meeting: “Biodiversity Research – Safeguarding the Future”. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 39: 35-38

 

[41] Ollerton, J. (2008) Book review of: “Ecology and Evolution of Flowers” by L.D. Harder & S.C.H. Barrett. Systematic Biology 57: 516-517

 

[40] *Ollerton, J., Killick, A., Lamborn, E., Watts, S. & Whiston, M. (2007) Multiple meanings and modes: on the many ways to be a generalist flower. Taxon 56: 717-728

 

[39] *Ollerton, J., Grace, J. & Smith, K. (2007) Pollinator behaviour and adaptive floral colour change in Anthophora alluadii (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Erysimum scoparium (Brassicaceae) on Tenerife. Entomologia Generalis 29: 253-268

 

[38] *Ollerton, J., McCollin, D., Fautin, D.G & Allen, G.R. (2007) Finding NEMO – nestedness engendered by mutualistic organisation in anemonefish and their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society series B 274: 591-598

 

 

[37] *Ollerton, J., Stott, A., Allnutt, E., Shove, S., Taylor, C. & Lamborn, E. (2007) Pollination niche overlap between a parasitic plant and its host. Oecologia 151: 473-485

 

[36] *Stelzer, R.J., Ollerton, J. & Chittka, L. (2007) Keine Nachweis für Hummelbesuch

der Kanarischen Vogelblumen (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia Generalis 30: 153-154

 

[35] Ollerton, J. & Raguso, R. (2006) The sweet stench of decay. New Phytologist 172: 382-385

 

[34] *Ollerton, J. (2006) “Biological Barter”: patterns of specialization compared across different mutualisms. Pp. 411—435 in: Waser, N.M. & Ollerton, J. (eds.) Plant-Pollinator Interactions: from Specialization to Generalization. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA

 

[33] *Ollerton, J. Johnson, S.D. & Hingston, A.B. (2006) Geographical variation in diversity and specificity of pollination systems. Pp. 283—308 in: Waser, N.M. & Ollerton, J. (eds.) Plant-Pollinator Interactions: from Specialization to Generalization. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA

 

[32] *Waser, N.M. & Ollerton, J. [eds.] (2006) Plant-Pollinator Interactions: from Specialization to Generalization. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA

 

[31] Ollerton, J. & Dafni, A. (2005) Functional floral morphology and phenology. pp. 1-26 in: Dafni, A., P.G. Kevan & Husband, B.C. (Eds.) Practical Pollination Biology. Enviroquest, Cambridge, Ontario

 

[30] Ollerton, J. (2005) Flowering time and the Wallace Effect. Heredity 95: 181-182

 

[29] *Ollerton J., Johnson S. D., Cranmer, L. & Kellie, S. (2003) The pollination ecology of an assemblage of grassland asclepiads in South Africa. Annals of Botany 92: 807-834

 

[28] *Ollerton, J. & Liede, S. (2003) Corona structure in Cynanchum: linking morphology to function. Ecotropica 9: 107-112

 

[27] Ollerton, J. (2002) Book review: Vuorisalo, T.O. & Mutikainen, P.K. (eds.) Life History Evolution in Plants. Plant Systematics and Evolution 232: 138-141

 

[26] *Ollerton, J. & Cranmer, L. (2002) Latitudinal trends in plant-pollinator interactions: are tropical plants more specialised? Oikos 98: 340-350

 

[25] *Ollerton, J. & Watts, S. (2000) Phenotype space and floral typology: towards an objective assessment of pollination syndromes. Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi I. Matematisk-Naturvitenskapelig Klasse, Avhandlinger, Ny Serie 39: 149-159

 

[24] *Totland, Ø., Armbruster, W.S., Fenster, C., Molau, U., Nilsson, L.A., Olesen, J.M., Ollerton, J., Philipp, M. & Ågren, J. [eds.] (2000) The Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology honours Knut Fægri. Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi I. Matematisk-Naturvitenskapelig Klasse, Avhandlinger, Ny Serie 39: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo

 

[23] *Lamborn, E. & Ollerton, J. (2000) Experimental assessment of the functional morphology of inflorescences of Daucus carota (Apiaceae): testing the “fly catcher effect”. Functional Ecology 14: 445-454

 

[22] Ollerton, J. (1999) The evolution of pollinator-plant relationships within the arthropods. pp. 741-758 in Melic, A., DeHaro, J.J., Mendez, M. & Ribera, I. (eds.) Evolution and Phylogeny of the Arthropoda. Entomological Society of Aragon, Zaragoza

 

[21] Ollerton, J. (1999) Fly trapping in Ceropegia flowers – evidence of ant predation of pollinators. Asklepios 77: 31-32

[20] *Ollerton, J. & Diaz, A. (1999) Evidence for stabilising selection acting on flowering time in Arum maculatum (Araceae): the influence of phylogeny on adaptation. Oecologia 119: 340-348

 

[18] *Kite, G.C., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Lewis, M.J., Boyce, P.C., Ollerton, J., Cocklin, E., Diaz, A., & Simmonds, M.S.J. (1998) Inflorescence odours and pollinators of Arum and Amorphophallus (Araceae).   pp. 295-315 in Owens, S.J. & Rudall, P.J. (eds.) Reproductive Biology in Systematics, Conservation and Economic Botany. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

 

[18] Ollerton, J. (1998) Sunbird surprise for syndromes. Nature 394: 726-727

 

[17] Ollerton, J. & McCollin, D. (1998) Insect and angiosperm diversity in marine environments: a response to van der Hage. Functional Ecology 12: 976-977

 

[16] *Ollerton, J. & Lack, A.J. (1998) Relationships between flowering phenology, plant size and reproductive success in Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae). Plant Ecology 139: 35-47

 

[15] *Ollerton, J. & Liede, S. (1997) Pollination systems in the Asclepiadaceae: a survey and preliminary analysis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 62: 593-610

 

[14] *Goulson, D. Ollerton, J. & Sluman, C. (1997) Foraging strategies in the small skipper butterfly, Thymelicus flavus; when to switch? Animal Behaviour 53: 1009-1016

 

[13] *Ollerton, J. (1996) Reconciling ecological processes with phylogenetic patterns: the apparent paradox of plant-pollinator systems. Journal of Ecology 84: 767-769

 

[12] *Ollerton, J. (1996) Interactions between gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and inflorescences of Piper novae-hollandiae (Piperaceae) in Australia. The Entomologist 115: 181-184

 

[11] *Ollerton, J. & Lack, A.J. (1996) Partial predispersal seed predation in Lotus corniculatus L. (Fabaceae). Seed Science Research 6: 65-69

 

[10] *Waser, N.M., Chittka, L., Price, M.V., Williams, N. & Ollerton, J. (1996) Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters. Ecology 77: 1043-1060

 

[9] Ollerton, J. (1996) An update of the ASCLEPOL project. Asklepios 67: 31-32

 

[8] Ollerton, J. & Forster, P. (1995) Diptera associated with flowers of Ceropegia cumingiana in Australia. Asklepios 66: 21-22

 

[7] Ollerton & Lack (1993) Plant phenology – selection and neutrality – reply. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8: 35-35

 

[6] *Ollerton, J. & Lack, A.J. (1992) Flowering phenology: an example of relaxation of natural selection? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 7: 274-276

 

[5] Ollerton, J. (1992) Asclepiad cultivation in the early 19th Century: part 2. Asklepios 57: 22-23

 

[4] Ollerton, J. (1992) Asclepiad cultivation in the early 19th Century: part 1. Asklepios 56: 27-28

 

[3] Ollerton, J. (1989) A lesson from the students. New Scientist 1685: 69

 

[2] Ollerton, J. (1989) The Walls of the Garden. Oxford Wildlife News 4: 1-2

 

[1] Ollerton, J. (1986) Adaptations to arid environments in the Asclepiadaceae. British Cactus and Succulent Journal 4: 94-98

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