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Tim G. Shreeve is a researcher affiliated with Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple fields related to biological sciences, particularly focusing on genetics, ecology, and the study of Lepidoptera.

The main fields of study associated with Tim G. Shreeve include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields where they have contributed include Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and broader Ecology.

Their research topics cover a broad range of biological and ecological concerns:

  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Tim G. Shreeve has published extensively in a few key scientific venues:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • Scientific Data
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on butterfly genetics and biodiversity:

  • A new comprehensive trait database of European and Maghreb butterflies, Papilionoidea (2020, Scientific Data)
  • Evidence for multiple colonisations and Wolbachia infections shaping the genetic structure of the widespread butterfly Polyommatus icarus in the British Isles (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • The last days of Aporia crataegi (L.) in Britain: Evaluating genomic erosion in an extirpated butterfly (2024, Molecular Ecology)
  • The last days ofAporia crataegi(L.) in Britain: evaluating genomic erosion in an extirpated butterfly (2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Frequent collaborators with Tim G. Shreeve include Saad Arif, Leonardo Dapporto, Rebecca Whitla, Korneel Hens, and James E. Hogan. This network reflects interdisciplinary work linking genetics, ecology, and evolutionary biology, often focusing on insect species.

Best Publications

  • Towards a functional resource-based concept for habitat: a butterfly biology viewpoint

    Roger L.H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Hans Van Dyck

  • Habitats and Resources: The Need for a Resource-based Definition to Conserve Butterflies

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Hans Van Dyck

  • Host plants and butterfly biology. Do host‐plant strategies drive butterfly status?

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Roger L. H. Dennis;John G. Hodgson;Richard Grenyer;Tim G. Shreeve

  • Ecology of Butterflies in Europe

    Josef Settele;Tim Shreeve;Martin Konvicka;Hans Van Dyck

  • Habitat selection, mate location, and microclimatic constraints on the activity of the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria

    T. G. Shreeve

  • Contemporary geography dominates butterfly diversity gradients within the Aegean archipelago (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea)

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Alain Olivier;John G. Coutsis

  • Climatic change and the British butterfly fauna: Opportunities and constraints

    R.L.H. Dennis;T.G. Shreeve

  • The effects of visual apparency on bias in butterfly recording and monitoring

    R.L.H. Dennis;T.G. Shreeve;N.J.B. Isaac;D.B. Roy

  • An ecological classification of British butterflies: Ecological attributes and biotope occupancy

    T.G. Shreeve;R.L.H. Dennis;D.B. Roy;D. Moss

  • A new comprehensive trait database of European and Maghreb butterflies, Papilionoidea.

    Joseph Middleton-Welling;Leonardo Dapporto;Enrique García-Barros;Martin Wiemers

  • Corridors and barriers in biodiversity conservation: a novel resource-based habitat perspective for butterflies

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Roger L. H. Dennis;Leonardo Dapporto;John W. Dover;Tim G. Shreeve

  • Diversity of butterflies on British islands: ecological influences underlying the roles of area, isolation and the size of the faunal source

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve

  • Integrating three comprehensive data sets shows that mitochondrial DNA variation is linked to species traits and paleogeographic events in European butterflies.

    Leonardo Dapporto;Alessandro Cini;Alessandro Cini;Raluca Vodă;Vlad Dincă

  • Hostplant‐habitat structure and the evolution of butterfly mate‐locating behaviour

    R. L. H. Dennis;T. G. Shreeve

  • Egg‐laying by the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria): the role of female behaviour, host plant abundance and temperature

    T. G. Shreeve

  • A multivariate approach to the determination of faunal structures among European butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)

    R. L. H. Dennis;W. R. Williams;T. G. Shreeve

  • Butterflies on British and Irish offshore islands: ecology and biogeography.

    R. Dennis;T. Shreeve

  • Does diet breadth control herbivorous insect distribution size? Life history and resource outlets for specialist butterflies

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Henry R. Arnold;David B. Roy

  • The mate location behaviour of the male speckled wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria, and the effect of phenotypic differences in hind-wing spotting

    T.G. Shreeve

  • Butterfly wing morphology variation in the British Isles: the influence of climate, behavioural posture and the hostplant-habitat

    R. L. H. Dennis;T. G. Shreeve

  • Resources, habitats and metapopulations - Whither reality?

    Tim G. Shreeve;Roger L. H. Dennis;Hans Van Dyck

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger L. H. Dennis
Roger L. H. Dennis Staffordshire University
Leonardo Dapporto
Leonardo Dapporto University of Florence
Vlad Dincă
Vlad Dincă University of Oulu
Hans Van Dyck
Hans Van Dyck Université Catholique de Louvain
Roger Vila
Roger Vila Spanish National Research Council
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Tim H. Sparks
Tim H. Sparks University of Cambridge
Richard Fox
Richard Fox Butterfly Conservation
Rosemary S. Hails
Rosemary S. Hails Mansfield University
Andrew S. Pullin
Andrew S. Pullin Bangor University

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