Outputs (28)

Culturally valuable minority crops provide a succession of floral resources for flower visitors in traditional orchard gardens (2014)
Journal Article
Norfolk, O., Eichhorn, M. P., & Gilbert, F. (2014). Culturally valuable minority crops provide a succession of floral resources for flower visitors in traditional orchard gardens. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23(13), 3199-3217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0775-6

Agricultural intensification typically has detrimental effects on pollinator communities, but diverse cropping systems that contain sequentially-flowering crops have the potential to benefit pollinators through the provision of additional floral reso... Read More about Culturally valuable minority crops provide a succession of floral resources for flower visitors in traditional orchard gardens.

Spatiotemporal variation in the endangered Thymus decussatus in a hyper-arid environment (2014)
Journal Article
Thompson, K., & Gilbert, F. (2015). Spatiotemporal variation in the endangered Thymus decussatus in a hyper-arid environment. Journal of Plant Ecology, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtu004

Aims: Arid environments are resource limited, with scarcity of water the key limiting factor, but hyper-arid environments are rarely studied. We test for spatial and temporal variation in ecologically important characteristics to deduce plant adaptat... Read More about Spatiotemporal variation in the endangered Thymus decussatus in a hyper-arid environment.

Temporal and between-site variation in helminth communities of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) from N.E. Poland. 1. Regional fauna and component community levels (2008)
Journal Article
Behnke, J. M., Bajer, A., Harris, P. D., Newington, L., Pidgeon, E., Rowlands, G., …Barnard, C. (2008). Temporal and between-site variation in helminth communities of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) from N.E. Poland. 1. Regional fauna and component community levels. Parasitology, 135(8), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182008004393

Helminth infections were studied in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) from 3 woodland sites in N.E. Poland in the late summers of 1999 and 2002, to assess the temporal stability of derived statistics describing the regional helminth fauna and component c... Read More about Temporal and between-site variation in helminth communities of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) from N.E. Poland. 1. Regional fauna and component community levels.

The evolution of imperfect mimicry (2005)
Book Chapter
Gilbert, F. (2005). The evolution of imperfect mimicry. In M. Fellowes, G. Holloway, & J. Rolff (Eds.), Insect Evolutionary Ecology: Proceedings Of The Royal Entomological Society's 22nd Symposium, Reading, UK, 2003 (231-288). CABI

Ideas about the evolution of imperfect mimicry are reviewed. Their relevance to the colours patterns of hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) are discussed in detail. Most if not all of the hoverflies labelled as mimetic actually are mimics. The apparent... Read More about The evolution of imperfect mimicry.

Does the abundance of hoverfly mimics (Syrphidae) depend on the numbers of their hymenopteran models ? (2004)
Journal Article
Howarth, B., Edmunds, M., & Gilbert, F. (2004). Does the abundance of hoverfly mimics (Syrphidae) depend on the numbers of their hymenopteran models ?. Evolution, 58(2), 367-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01652.x

We tested the prediction that, if hoverflies are Batesian mimics, this may extend to behavioral mimicry such that their numerical abundance at each hour of the day (the daily activity pattern) is related to the numbers of their hymenopteran models. A... Read More about Does the abundance of hoverfly mimics (Syrphidae) depend on the numbers of their hymenopteran models ?.

Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt (2004)
Journal Article
Behnke, J. M., Harris, P. D., Bajer, A., Barnard, C. J., Sherif, N. E., Cliffe, L., …Zalat, S. (2004). Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Parasitology, 129(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118200400558X

We compared helminth communities in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from 4 wadis in the arid montane region of the southern Sinai in Egypt, in a 4-week period in late summer. Total helminth species richness was 14 (8 nematodes, 5 cestodes and 1 acanth... Read More about Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Prevalence and abundance of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia spp. in wild rural rodents from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland (2002)
Journal Article
Bajer, A., Bednarska, M., Pawelczyk, A., Behnke, J. M., Gilbert, F. S., & Sinski, E. (2002). Prevalence and abundance of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia spp. in wild rural rodents from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland. Parasitology, 125(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182002001865

Prevalence and abundance of Cryptosporodium parvum and Giardia spp. were studied in 3 species of rodents from forests and abandoned agricultural fields in N.E. Poland (Clethrionomys glareolus n=459; Microtus arvalis n=274; Apodemus flavicollis n=209)... Read More about Prevalence and abundance of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia spp. in wild rural rodents from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland (2001)
Journal Article
Bajer, A., Pawelczyk, A., Behnke, J. M., Gilbert, F., & Sinski, E. (2001). Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland. Parasitology, 122(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182000007058

The prevalence and abundance of infections with haemoparasites were studied over a 3 year period in Clethrionomys glareolus (bank vole, n=420) sampled from forests in the NE of Poland. Total species richness was 5 (Prevalence=Haemobartonella sp. 63.1... Read More about Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.