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Madeleine Beekman

Madeleine Beekman

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
9951
World Ranking
3838
National Ranking
289

Overview

Madeleine Beekman is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research focuses on topics within agricultural and biological sciences, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Specifically, they work extensively in the subfields of ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, genetics, biomedical engineering, and social psychology.

The scientist's work covers several research topics, including:

  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Slime mold and myxomycetes research
  • Biocrusts and microbial ecology
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Insect-plant interactions and control

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Accumulation and Competition Amongst Deformed Wing Virus Genotypes in Naïve Australian Honeybees Provides Insight Into the Increasing Global Prevalence of Genotype B (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • A Single Gene Causes Thelytokous Parthenogenesis, the Defining Feature of the Cape Honeybee Apis mellifera capensis (2020), published in Current Biology
  • Adaptation to vector-based transmission in a honeybee virus (2021), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Paternally-biased gene expression follows kin-selected predictions in female honey bee embryos (2020), published in Molecular Ecology
  • Australian stingless bees detect odours left at food sources by nestmates, conspecifics and honey bees (2021), published in Insectes Sociaux

The primary publication venues frequented by Madeleine Beekman include:

  • Insectes Sociaux
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Current Biology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Molecular Ecology

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably:

  • Gabriele Buchmann
  • Emily J. Remnant
  • Amanda Norton
  • Benjamin P. Oldroyd
  • Alyson Ashe

Best Publications

  • Long-range foraging by the honey-bee, Apis mellifera L.

    M. Beekman;F. L. W. Ratnieks

  • Ancestral Monogamy Shows Kin Selection Is Key to the Evolution of Eusociality

    William O. H. Hughes;Benjamin P. Oldroyd;Madeleine Beekman;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Nature versus nurture in social insect caste differentiation.

    Tanja Schwander;Nathan Lo;Madeleine Beekman;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • Amoeboid organism solves complex nutritional challenges

    Audrey Dussutour;Tanya Latty;Madeleine Beekman;Stephen J. Simpson

  • Phase transition between disordered and ordered foraging in Pharaoh's ants.

    Madeleine Beekman;David J. T. Sumpter;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Slime mold uses an externalized spatial “memory” to navigate in complex environments

    Chris R. Reid;Tanya Latty;Audrey Dussutour;Madeleine Beekman

  • The effects of rearing temperature on developmental stability and learning and memory in the honey bee, Apis mellifera.

    Julia C. Jones;Paul Helliwell;Madeleine Beekman;Ryszard Maleszka

  • From nonlinearity to optimality: pheromone trail foraging by ants

    David J.T Sumpter;Madeleine Beekman

  • A Diverse Range of Novel RNA Viruses in Geographically Distinct Honey Bee Populations

    Emily J. Remnant;Mang Shi;Gabriele Buchmann;Tjeerd Blacquière

  • Diapause survival and post-diapause performance in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris)

    M. Beekman;P. van Stratum;R. Lingeman

  • Only full-sibling families evolved eusociality.

    Jacobus J. Boomsma;Madeleine Beekman;Charlie K. Cornwallis;Ashleigh S. Griffin

  • Parasitic Cape honeybee workers, Apis mellifera capensis , evade policing

    Stephen J Martin;Madeleine Beekman;Madeleine Beekman;Theresa C Wossler;Francis L W Ratnieks

  • When Workers Disunite: Intraspecific Parasitism by Eusocial Bees

    Madeleine Beekman;Benjamin P. Oldroyd

  • How does an informed minority of scouts guide a honeybee swarm as it flies to its new home

    Madeleine Beekman;Robert L. Fathke;Thomas D. Seeley

  • Power over reproduction in social Hymenoptera

    Madeleine Beekman;Madeleine Beekman;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • Comparing foraging behaviour of small and large honey‐bee colonies by decoding waggle dances made by foragers

    M. Beekman;M. Beekman;D. J. T. Sumpter;N. Seraphides;F. L. W. Ratnieks

  • Does the field of animal personality provide any new insights for behavioral ecology

    Madeleine Beekman;L. Alex Jordan

  • Honeybee swarms: how do scouts guide a swarm of uninformed bees?

    Stefan Janson;Martin Middendorf;Madeleine Beekman

  • Brainless but Multi-Headed: Decision Making by the Acellular Slime Mould Physarum polycephalum.

    Madeleine Beekman;Tanya Latty

  • Reproductive conflicts in social animals: who has power?

    Madeleine Beekman;Jan Komdeur;Francis L.W. Ratnieks

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Benjamin P. Oldroyd University of Sydney
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Francis L. W. Ratnieks University of Sussex
Audrey Dussutour
Audrey Dussutour Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Martin Middendorf
Martin Middendorf Leipzig University
Michael B. Thompson
Michael B. Thompson University of Sydney
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
William O. H. Hughes
William O. H. Hughes University of Sussex
Xuelong Li
Xuelong Li China Telecom (China)
Nathan Lo
Nathan Lo University of Sydney
Catherine M. Suter
Catherine M. Suter University of New South Wales

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