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68
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21158
World Ranking
1509
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189

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2015 - Marsh Award for Ecology, British Ecological Society
  • President’s Medal, British Ecological Society
  • President’s Medal, British Ecological Society

Overview

Jane Memmott is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and concentrates their research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science.

Their academic output spans several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Plant Science; Insect Science; and Genetics.

Memmott's work covers multiple main research topics such as Plant and animal studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Avian ecology and behavior.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Memmott include:

  • Quantifying nectar production by flowering plants in urban and rural landscapes (2021, Journal of Ecology)
  • Urban gulls adapt foraging schedule to human-activity patterns (2020, Ibis)
  • Bumblebee colony density on farmland is influenced by late-summer nectar supply and garden cover (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • Turnover in floral composition explains species diversity and temporal stability in the nectar supply of urban residential gardens (2022, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • Reliably predicting pollinator abundance: Challenges of calibrating process-based ecological models (2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution)

Frequent collaborators in Memmott's research include Ian P. Vaughan, Thomas P. Timberlake, Simon G. Potts, Alyssa R. Cirtwill, and Tomas Roslin.

Their work is often published in venues such as Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Journal of Applied Ecology, Functional Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Journal of Ecology.

Memmott has been recognized with several awards including the Marsh Award for Ecology from the British Ecological Society in 2015, membership in Academia Europaea in 2020, and the President's Medal from the British Ecological Society.

Best Publications

  • Global warming and the disruption of plant–pollinator interactions

    Jane Memmott;Paul G. Craze;Nickolas M. Waser;Mary V. Price

  • Tolerance of pollination networks to species extinctions

    Jane Memmott;Nickolas M. Waser;Mary V. Price

  • Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links

    Kevin D. Lafferty;Stefano Allesina;Matias Arim;Cherie J. Briggs

  • CONSUMER–RESOURCE BODY-SIZE RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURAL FOOD WEBS

    Ulrich Brose;Tomas Jonsson;Eric L. Berlow;Eric L. Berlow;Philip Warren

  • Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects.

    Katherine C. R. Baldock;Mark A. Goddard;Mark A. Goddard;Damien M. Hicks;William E.. Kunin

  • The robustness and restoration of a network of ecological networks.

    Michael J. O. Pocock;Darren M. Evans;Jane Memmott

  • The robustness of pollination networks to the loss of species and interactions: a quantitative approach incorporating pollinator behaviour.

    Christopher N. Kaiser-Bunbury;Stefanie Muff;Jane Memmott;Christine B. Müller

  • The structure of a plant‐pollinator food web

    J. Memmott

  • The impact of an alien plant on a native plant-pollinator network: an experimental approach.

    Martha E Lopezaraiza-Mikel;Richard B Hayes;Martin R Whalley;Jane Memmott

  • A systems approach reveals urban pollinator hotspots and conservation opportunities

    Katherine C. R. Baldock;Mark A. Goddard;Damien M. Hicks;William E. Kunin

  • Historical nectar assessment reveals the fall and rise of floral resources in Britain

    Mathilde Baude;Mathilde Baude;William E. Kunin;Nigel D. Boatman;Simon Conyers

  • The ecological and evolutionary implications of merging different types of networks

    Colin Fontaine;Paulo R. Guimarães;Sonia Kéfi;Nicolas Loeuille;Nicolas Loeuille

  • A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes.

    Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Christina M. Kennedy;Claire Kremen;Péter Batáry

  • Integration of alien plants into a native flower-pollinator visitation web.

    Jane Memmott;Nickolas M. Waser

  • When parasites become prey: ecological and epidemiological significance of eating parasites

    Pieter T.J. Johnson;Andrew P. Dobson;Kevin D. Lafferty;David J. Marcogliese

  • Food for Pollinators: Quantifying the Nectar and Pollen Resources of Urban Flower Meadows

    Damien M. Hicks;Pierre Ouvrard;Pierre Ouvrard;Katherine C. R. Baldock;Mathilde Baude;Mathilde Baude

  • Infiltration of a Hawaiian Community by Introduced Biological Control Agents

    M. L. Henneman;J. Memmott

  • The forgotten flies: the importance of non-syrphid Diptera as pollinators

    Katherine A. Orford;Ian P. Vaughan;Jane Memmott

  • The restoration of ecological interactions: plant-pollinator networks on ancient and restored heathlands

    Mikael Lytzau Forup;Kate S. E. Henson;Paul G. Craze;Jane Memmott

  • Predators, parasitoids and pathogens: species richness, trophic generality and body sizes in a natural food web

    Jane Memmott;ND Martinez;JE Cohen

  • Infiltration by alien predators into invertebrate food webs in Hawaii: a molecular approach

    Samuel Keir Sheppard;M. L. Henneman;J. Memmott;William Oliver Chistian Symondson

  • REVIEW A ND SYNTHESIS The ecological and evolutionary implications of merging different types of networks

    Colin Fontaine;R Paulo;Jane Memmott

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Kunin
William E. Kunin University of Leeds
Ruben H. Heleno
Ruben H. Heleno University of Coimbra
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Ian Phillip Vaughan
Ian Phillip Vaughan Cardiff University
Graham N. Stone
Graham N. Stone University of Edinburgh
Yvonne M. Buckley
Yvonne M. Buckley Trinity College Dublin
Andy W. Sheppard
Andy W. Sheppard Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Luísa G. Carvalheiro
Luísa G. Carvalheiro Universidade Federal de Goiás
Michael J. O. Pocock
Michael J. O. Pocock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Darren M. Evans
Darren M. Evans Newcastle University

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