Gill research group
insect ecology & evolution
Dr Ana Ramos Rodrigues - Was a BBSRC PhD student in the group, and now works for UNEP in Cambridge
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Ana was interested in how changes to nutritional availability and pesticide exposure associated with agricultural landscapes combine to affect bumblebee colonies.
1) Applied an experimental and ecological approach to understand how exposure to pesticides and variation in temporal availability of nutrition across a landscape affects colony development and fitness;
Publications
Colgan TJ, Arce AN, Gill RJ, Ramos Rodrigues A, Kanteh A, Duncan EJ, Li L, Chittka L & Wurm Y (2022) Genomic signatures of recent adaptation in a wild bumblebee. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 39, msab366.
Watrobska CM, Ramos Rodrigues A, Arce AN, Clarke J & Gill RJ (2022) Pollen source richness may be a poor predictor of bumblebee colony growth. Frontiers in Insect Science, 1, 741349.
Smith DB, Arce AN, Ramos Rodrigues A, Bischoff PH, Burris D, Ahmed F & Gill RJ (2020) Insecticide exposure during brood or early-adult development reduces brain growth and impairs adult learning in bumblebees. in Proc. Roy. Soc. B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2442