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William O. H. Hughes

William O. H. Hughes

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
9940
World Ranking
3647
National Ranking
400

Overview

William O. H. Hughes is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, the scientist has contributed notably to subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The research topics undertaken by Hughes cover multiple areas with emphasis on plant and animal studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect and pesticide research, animal behavior and reproduction, ichthyology and marine biology, fish ecology and management studies, and metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications.

Hughes has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, with recent papers addressing various aspects of insect ecology and behavior. Notable publications include:

  • Multiple stressors interact to impair the performance of bumblebee Bombus terrestris colonies, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • A review of nutrition in bumblebees: The effect of caste, life-stage and life history traits, 2020, Advances in insect physiology
  • Division of labour and risk taking in the dinosaur ant, Dinoponera quadriceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), 2023, UCL Discovery (University College London)
  • Inclusion and release of ant alarm pheromones from metal-organic frameworks, 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • Limited introgression from non-native commercial strains and signatures of adaptation in the key pollinator Bombus terrestris, 2023, Molecular Ecology

Publication venues where Hughes has frequently contributed include:

  • PeerJ
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Advances in insect physiology
  • UCL Discovery (University College London)
  • Molecular Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hughes are:

  • Dave Goulson
  • Joanne D. Carnell
  • Rosaline A. Hulse
  • Tina Düren
  • John Spencer

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Can alloethism in workers of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, be explained in terms of foraging efficiency?

    Dave Goulson;James Peat;Jane C Stout;James Tucker

  • Parasites in bloom: flowers aid dispersal and transmission of pollinator parasites within and between bee species.

    Peter Graystock;Dave Goulson;William O. H. Hughes

  • Trade-offs in group living: transmission and disease resistance in leaf-cutting ants.

    William O. H. Hughes;Jorgen Eilenberg;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • Colony growth of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, in improved and conventional agricultural and suburban habitats

    Dave Goulson;William O H Hughes;Lara C Derwent;Jane C Stout

  • GENETIC DIVERSITY AND DISEASE RESISTANCE IN LEAF-CUTTING ANT SOCIETIES

    William O. H. Hughes;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • The Trojan hives: pollinator pathogens, imported and distributed in bumblebee colonies

    Peter Graystock;Kathryn Yates;Sophie E. F. Evison;Ben Darvill

  • Molecular signatures of plastic phenotypes in two eusocial insect species with simple societies

    Solenn Patalano;Ana Vlasova;Chris Wyatt;Philip Ewels

  • Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    William O. H. Hughes;Seirian Sumner;Steven Van Borm;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • Do managed bees drive parasite spread and emergence in wild bees

    Peter Graystock;Edward J. Blane;Quinn S. McFrederick;Dave Goulson

  • Pervasiveness of parasites in pollinators.

    Sophie E. F. Evison;Katherine E. Roberts;Lynn Laurenson;Stéphane Pietravalle

  • Emerging dangers: Deadly effects of an emergent parasite in a new pollinator host

    Peter Graystock;Kathryn Yates;Ben Darvill;Dave Goulson

  • Life histories and parasite pressure across the major groups of social insects.

    J.J. Boomsma;P. Schmid-Hempel;W.O.H. Hughes

  • Diversity of entomopathogenic fungi near leaf-cutting ant nests in a neotropical forest, with particular reference to Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae.

    W.O.H. Hughes;L. Thomsen;J. Eilenberg;J.J. Boomsma

  • Gut microbiota composition is associated with environmental landscape in honey bees.

    Julia C Jones;Carmelo Fruciano;Falk Hildebrand;Hasan Al Toufalilia

  • Only full-sibling families evolved eusociality.

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

  • Genetic royal cheats in leaf-cutting ant societies

    William O. H. Hughes;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • Identity and function of scent marks deposited by foraging bumblebees

    Dave Goulson;Jane C Stout;John Langley;William O H Hughes

  • Targeted agri-environment schemes significantly improve the population size of common farmland bumblebee species

    Thomas J. Wood;John M. Holland;William O. H. Hughes;Dave Goulson

  • Let your enemy do the work: within-host interactions between two fungal parasites of leaf-cutting ants.

    William O. H. Hughes;Jacobus J. Koos Boomsma

  • GENETIC DIVERSITY AND DISEASE RESISTANCE IN LEAF‐CUTTING ANT SOCIETIES

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Dave Goulson
Dave Goulson University of Sussex
Jacobus J. Boomsma
Jacobus J. Boomsma University of Copenhagen
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Francis L. W. Ratnieks University of Sussex
Judith E. Smith
Judith E. Smith University of Salford
Peer Bork
Peer Bork European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Benjamin P. Oldroyd
Benjamin P. Oldroyd University of Sydney
Michael Poulsen
Michael Poulsen University of Copenhagen
Ben Darvill
Ben Darvill British Trust for Ornithology
Wolf Reik
Wolf Reik Babraham Institute
Jane C. Stout
Jane C. Stout Trinity College Dublin

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