Professor Jane Stout

• Stout JC, Duffy KJ, Egan PA, Harbourne M, Hodkinson TR, Genetic diversity and floral width variation in introduced and native populations of a long-lived woody perennial, AoB Plants., 19, 2014, p7-Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Tiedeken EJ, Stout JC, Insect-flower interaction network structure is resilient to a temporary pulse of floral resources from invasive Rhododendron ponticum, PLoS ONE, 10, 2015, pe0119733 -Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Kessler SC, Tiedeken EJ, Simcock KL, Derveau S, Mitchell J, Softley S, Radcliffe A, Stout JC, Wright GA, Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides, Nature , 521, (7550), 2015, p74-76Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
• Hudson LN, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, Phillips HR, Senior RA, Bennett DJ, Booth H, Choimes A, Correia DL, Day J, Echeverría-Londoño S, Garon M, Harrison ML, Ingram DJ, Jung M, Kemp V, Kirkpatrick L, Martin CD, Pan Y, White HJ, Aben J, Abrahamczyk S, Adum GB, Aguilar-Barquero V, Aizen MA, Ancrenaz M, Arbeláez-Cortés E, Armbrecht I, Azhar B, Azpiroz AB, Baeten L, Báldi A, Banks JE, Barlow J, Batáry P, Bates AJ, Bayne EM, Beja P, Berg Å, Berry NJ, Bicknell JE, Bihn JH, Böhning-Gaese K, Boekhout T, Boutin C, Bouyer J, Brearley FQ, Brito I, Brunet J, Buczkowski G, Buscardo E, Cabra-García J, Calviño-Cancela M, Cameron SA, Cancello EM, Carrijo TF, Carvalho AL, Castro H, Castro-Luna AA, Cerda R, Cerezo A, Chauvat M, Clarke FM, Cleary DF, Connop SP, D'Aniello B, da Silva PG, Darvill B, Dauber J, Dejean A, Diekötter T, Dominguez-Haydar Y, Dormann CF, Dumont B, Dures SG, Dynesius M, Edenius L, Elek Z, Entling MH, Farwig N, Fayle TM, Felicioli A, Felton AM, Ficetola GF, Filgueiras BK, Fonte SJ, Fraser LH, Fukuda D, Furlani D, Ganzhorn JU, Garden JG, Gheler-Costa C, Giordani P, Giordano S, Gottschalk MS, Goulson D, Gove AD, Grogan J, Hanley ME, Hanson T, Hashim NR, Hawes JE, Hébert C, Helden AJ, Henden JA, Hernández L, Herzog F, Higuera-Diaz D, Hilje B, Horgan FG, Horváth R, Hylander K, Isaacs-Cubides P, Ishitani M, Jacobs CT, Jaramillo VJ, Jauker B, Jonsell M, Jung TS, Kapoor V, Kati V, Katovai E, Kessler M, Knop E, Kolb A, K"rösi Á, Lachat T, Lantschner V, Le Féon V, LeBuhn G, Légaré JP, Letcher SG, Littlewood NA, López-Quintero CA, Louhaichi M, Lövei GL, Lucas-Borja ME, Luja VH, Maeto K, Magura T, Mallari NA, Marin-Spiotta E, Marshall EJ, Martínez E, Mayfield MM, Mikusinski G, Milder JC, Miller JR, Morales CL, Muchane MN, Muchane M, Naidoo R, Nakamura A, Naoe S, Nates-Parra G, Navarrete Gutierrez DA, Neuschulz EL, Noreika N, Norfolk O, Noriega JA, Nöske NM, O'Dea N, Oduro W, Ofori-Boateng C, Oke CO, Osgathorpe LM, Paritsis J, Parra-H A, Pelegrin N, Peres CA, Persson AS, Petanidou T, Phalan B, Philips TK, Poveda K, Power EF, Presley SJ, Proença V, Quaranta M, Quintero C, Redpath-Downing NA, Reid JL, Reis YT, Ribeiro DB, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Robles CA, Römbke J, Romero-Duque LP, Rosselli L, Rossiter SJ, Roulston TH, Rousseau L, Sadler JP, Sáfián S, Saldaña-Vázquez RA, Samnegård U, Schüepp C, Schweiger O, Sedlock JL, Shahabuddin G, Sheil D, Silva FA, Slade EM, Smith-Pardo AH, Sodhi NS, Somarriba EJ, Sosa RA, Stout JC, Struebig MJ, Sung YH, Threlfall CG, Tonietto R, Tóthmérész B, Tscharntke T, Turner EC, Tylianakis JM, Vanbergen AJ, Vassilev K, Verboven HA, Vergara CH, Vergara PM, Verhulst J, Walker TR, Wang Y, Watling JI, Wells K, Williams CD, Willig MR, Woinarski JC, Wolf JH, Woodcock BA, Yu DW, Zaitsev AS, Collen B, Ewers RM, Mace GM, Purves DW, Scharlemann JP, Purvis A, The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts., Ecology and evolution, 4, (24), 2014, p4701-35Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Stout JC, Finn JA, Recognising the value of insects in providing ecosystem services, Ecological Entomology, 40, 2015, p1 - 2Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Zimmermann J, Stout JC, Underestimating neonicotinoid exposure: how extent and magnitude may be affected by land use change, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, 2016, p7050-7054Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Tiedeken, Erin Jo, Egan, Paul A., Stevenson, Philip C., Wright, Geraldine A., Brown, Mark J. F., Power, Eileen F., Farrell, Iain, Matthews, Sharon M., Stout, Jane C., Nectar chemistry modulates the impact of an invasive plant on native pollinators, Functional Ecology, 30, 2016, p885-893Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Zimmermann, J., González, A, Jones, M.B., O'Brien, P., Stout, J.C. & S. Green, Assessing land-use history for reporting on cropland dynamics - a comparison between the Land-Parcel Identification System and traditional inter-annual approaches, Land Use Policy, 52, 2016, p30 - 40Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Rader, R., Bartomeus, I., Garibaldi, L.A., Garratt, M.P.D., Howlett, B.G., Winfree, R., Cunningham, S.A., Mayfield, M.M., Arthur, A.D., Andersson, G.K.S., Bommarco, R., Brittain, C., Carvalheiro, L.G., Chacoff, N.P., Entling, M.H., Foully, B., Freitas, B.M., Gemmill-Herren, B., Ghazoul, J., Griffin, S.R., Gross, C.L., Herbertsson, L., Herzog, F., Hipólito, J., Jaggar, S., Jauker, F., Klein, A.-M., Kleijn, D., Krishnan, S., Lemos, C.Q., Lindström, S.A.M., Mandelik, Y., Monteiro, V.M., Nelson, W., Nilsson, L., Pattemore, D.E., de O. Pereira, N., Pisanty, G., Potts, S.G., Reemer, M., Rundlöf, M., Sheffield, C.S., Scheper, J., Schüepp, C., Smith, H.G., Stanley, D.A., Stout, J.C., Szentgyörgyi, H., Taki, H., Vergara, C.H., Viana, B.F., Woyciechowski, M., Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Tiedeken EJ, Stout JC, Stevenson PC, Wright GA, Bumblebees are not deterred by ecologically relevant concentrations of nectar toxins., The Journal of experimental biology, 217, (Pt 9), 2014, p1620-5Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Egan P, Stevenson PC, Wright GA, Boylan F, Stout JC, Plant toxin levels in nectar vary spatially across native and introduced populations, Journal of Ecology, 104, 2016, p1106-1115Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Stout, J.C., Parnell, J.A.N., Arroyo, J., Crowe, T.P., Pollination ecology and seed production of Rhododendron ponticum in native and exotic habitats, Biodiversity and Conservation, 15, (2), 2006, p755 - 777Journal Article, 2006, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Stout JC, Tiedeken EJ , Direct interactions between invasive plants and native pollinators: evidence, impacts and approaches, Functional Ecology, 31, 2016, p38-46Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• De Palma A, Abrahamczyk S, Aizen MA, Albrecht M, Basset Y, Bates A, Blake RJ, Boutin C, Bugter R, Connop S, Cruz-López L, Cunningham SA, Darvill B, Diekötter T, Dorn S, Downing N, Entling MH, Farwig N, Felicioli A, Fonte SJ, Fowler R, Franzén M, Goulson D, Grass I, Hanley ME, Hendrix SD, Herrmann F, Herzog F, Holzschuh A, Jauker B, Kessler M, Knight ME, Kruess A, Lavelle P, Le Féon V, Lentini P, Malone LA, Marshall J, Pachón EM, McFrederick QS, Morales CL, Mudri-Stojnic S, Nates-Parra G, Nilsson SG, Öckinger E, Osgathorpe L, Parra-H A, Peres CA, Persson AS, Petanidou T, Poveda K, Power EF, Quaranta M, Quintero C, Rader R, Richards MH, Roulston Ta, Rousseau L, Sadler JP, Samnegård U, Schellhorn NA, Schüepp C, Schweiger O, Smith-Pardo AH, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stout JC, Tonietto RK, Tscharntke T, Tylianakis JM, Verboven HAF, Vergara CH, Verhulst J, Westphal C, Yoon HJ, Purvis A., Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes: Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases, Scientific Reports, 6, 2016, p31153-Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Brown MJF, Dicks LV, Paxton RJ, Baldock KCR, Barron AB, Chauzat M-P, Freitas BM, Goulson D, Jepsen S, Kremen C, Li J, Neumann P, Pattemore DE, Potts SG, Schweiger O, Seymour CL, Stout JC, A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination, PeerJ, 4, 2016, pe2249-Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Power EF Jackson Z and Stout JC , Organic farming and landscape factors affect abundance and richness of hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in grasslands, Insect Conservation and Diversity, 9, 2016, p244-253Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Hudson et al, The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project, Ecology and Evolution, 7, 2017, p145-188Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Naughton J, Tiedeken EJ, Garvey M, Stout JC, Rowan NJ , Pulsed light inactivation of the bumble bee trypanosome parasite Crithidia bombi, Journal of Apicultural Research, 56, 2017, p144-154Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
• Noriega JA, Hortal J, Azcárate FM, Berg MP, Bonada N, Briones MJI, Del Toro I, Goulson D, Ibanez S, Landis DA, Moretti M, Potts SG, Slade EM, Stout JC, Ulyshen MD, Wackers FL, Woodcock BA, Santos AMC, Research trends in ecosystem services provided by insects, Basic and Applied Ecology, 26, 2018, p8-23Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Stout JC, Nombre I, de Bruijn B, Delaney A, Doke DA, Gyimah T, Kamano F, Kelly R, Lovett P, Marshall E, Nana A, Nasare LI, Roberts J, Tankoano P, Tayleur C, Thomas D, Vickery J, Kwapong P, Insect pollination improves yield of Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa subsp. paradoxa) in the agroforestry parklands of West Africa, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 22, 2018, p11-20Journal Article, 2018, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Davis ES, Kelly R, Maggs CA, Stout JC, Contrasting impacts of highly invasive plant species on flower-visiting insect communities, Biodiversity and Conservation, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Redmond, C. M. and J. C. Stout, Breeding system and pollination ecology of a potentially invasive alien Clematis vitalba L. in Ireland, Journal of Plant Ecology, 11, 2018, p56-63Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Delaney A, Stout JC, Principles of cross congruence do not apply in naturally disturbed dune slack habitats: Implications for conservation monitoring, Ecological Indicators, 93, 2018, p358-364Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Kavanagh S, Gunnoo J, Passos TM, Stout JC, White B, Physicochemical properties and phenolic content of honey from different floral origins and from rural versus urban landscapes, Food Chemistry, 272, 2019, p66-75Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
• Ecosystem service evaluation in, editor(s)Fath, B , Encyclopedia of Ecology, Second Edition, Oxford, Elsevier, 2019, pp288 - 293, [Coscieme L, Stout JC]Book Chapter, 2019, DOI , URL
• Plants for bumblebees in, editor(s)Kirk WDJ & Howes FN , Plants for Bees, Cardiff UK, International Bee Research Association, 2012, [Stout JC]Book Chapter, 2012
• Legume crops and biodiversity in, editor(s)Murphy-Bokern D, Stoddard F, Watson C , Legumes in cropping systems, CABI, 2017, [Everwand G, Cass S, Dauber J, Williams M, Stout J]Book Chapter, 2017, DOI
• Woodcock, B.A., Garratt, M.P.D., Powney, G.D., Shaw, R.F., Osborne, J.L., Saroka, J., Lindström, S.A.M., Stanley, D., Ouvrard, P., Edwards, M.E., Jauker, F., McCracken, M.E., Zou,Y., Potts, S.G., Rundlöf, M., Noriega, J.A. Greenop, A., Smith, H.G., Bommarco, R., van der Werf, W., Stout, J.C., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Morandin, L. , Bullock, J.M. and Pywell, R.F., Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield, Nature Communications, (10), 2019, p1481Journal Article, 2019, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Dainese M, Martin EA, Aizen MA, Albrecht M, Bartomeus I, Bommarco R, Carvalheiro LG, Chaplin-Kramer R, Gagic V, Garibaldi LA, Ghazoul J, Grab H, Jonsson M, Karp DS, Kennedy CM, Kleijn D, Kremen C, Landis DA, Letourneau DK, Marini L, Poveda K, Rader R, Smith HG, Tscharntke T, Andersson GKS, Badenhausser I, Baensch S, Bezerra AND, Bianchi FJJA, Boreux V, Bretagnolle V, Caballero-Lopez B, Cavigliasso P, Ćetković A, Chacoff NP, Classen A, Cusser S, da Silva e Silva FD, de Groot GA, Dudenhöffer JH, Ekroos J, Fijen T, Franck P, Freitas BM, Garratt MPD, Gratton C, Hipólito J, Holzschuh A, Hunt L, Iverson AL, Jha S, Keasar T, Kim TN, Kishinevsky M, Klatt BK, Klein A-M, Krewenka KM, Krishnan S, Larsen AE, Lavigne C, Liere H, Maas B, Mallinger RE, Pachon EM, Martínez-Salinas A, Meehan TD, Mitchell MGE, Molina GAR, Nesper M, Nilsson L, O'Rourke ME, Peters MK, Pleća M, Potts SG, de L. Ramos D, Rosenheim JA, Rundlöf M, Rusch A, Sáez A, Scheper J, Schleuning M, Schmack J, Sciligo AR, Seymour C, Stanley DA, Stewart R, Stout JC, Sutter L, Takada MB, Taki H, Tamburini G, Tschumi M, Viana BF, Westphal C, Willcox BK, Wratten SD, Yoshioka A, Zaragoza-Trello C, Zhang W, Zou Y, Steffan-Dewenter I , A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production, Science Advances, 5, (10), 2019, peaax0121Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Cullen, Merissa G. AND Thompson, Linzi J. AND Carolan, James. C. AND Stout, Jane C. AND Stanley, Dara A., Fungicides, herbicides and bees: A systematic review of existing research and methods, PLOS ONE, 14, (12), 2019, p1-17Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Cole, L. J., D. Kleijn, L. V. Dicks, J. C. Stout, S. G. Potts, M. Albrecht, M. V. Balzan, I. Bartomeus, P. J. Bebeli, D. Bevk, J. C. Biesmeijer, R. Chlebo, A. Dautartė, N. Emmanouil, C. Hartfield, J. M. Holland, A. Holzschuh, N. T. J. Knoben, A. Kovács-Hostyánszki, Y. Mandelik, H. Panou, R. J. Paxton, T. Petanidou, M. A. A. Pinheiro de Carvalho, M. Rundlöf, J.-P. Sarthou, M. C. Stavrinides, M. J. Suso, H. Szentgyörgyi, B. E. Vaissière, A. Varnava, M. Vilà, R. Zemeckis, J. Scheper., A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland, Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, 2020, p681 - 694Journal Article, 2020, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Delaney A, Dembele A, Nombré I, Gnane Lirasse F, Marshall E, Nana A, Vickery J, Tayleur C, Stout JC, Local‐scale tree and shrub diversity improves pollination services to shea trees in tropical West African parklands, Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, (8), 2020, p1504-1513Journal Article, 2020, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Rotchés-Ribalta R, Ruas S, Ahmed KD, Gormally M, Moran J, Stout J, White B, Ó hUallacháin D, Assessment of semi-natural habitats and landscape features on Irish farmland: New insights to inform EU Common Agricultural Policy implementation, Ambio, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Zioga E, Kelly R, White B, Stout JC, Plant protection product residues in plant pollen and nectar: a review of current knowledge, Environmental Research, 2020, p109873Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Russo L, Buckley YM, Hamilton H, Kavanagh M, Stout JC, Low concentrations of fertilizer and herbicide alter plant growth and interactions with flower-visiting insects, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 304, 2020, p107141Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Ahmed, K. S. D., A. Volpato, M. F. Day, C. J. Mulkeen, A. O'Hanlon, J. Carey, C. Williams, S. Ruas, J. Moran, R. Rotchés-Ribalta, D. ÓhUallacháin, J. C. Stout, S. Hodge, B. White, and M. J. Gormally, Linear habitats across a range of farming intensities contribute differently to dipteran abundance and diversity. , Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Kavanagh S, Henry M, Stout JC, White B, Neonicotinoid residues in honey from urban and rural environments, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Neill, A.M. and O Donoghue, C. and Stout, J.C., A natural capital lens for a sustainable bioeconomy: Determining the unrealised and unrecognised services from nature, Sustainability (Switzerland), 12, (19), 2020, p1-24Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Kessler, S.C. and Tiedeken, E.J. and Simcock, K.L. and Derveau, S. and Mitchell, J. and Softley, S. and Radcliffe, A. and Stout, J.C. and Wright, G.A., Erratum: Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides (Nature (2015) 521 (74-76) DOI:10.1038/nature14414), Nature, 533, 2016, p278Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Dauber, J. and Biesmeijer, J.C. and Gabriel, D. and Kunin, W.E. and Lamborn, E. and Meyer, B. and Nielsen, A. and Potts, S.G. and Roberts, S.P.M. and Sõber, V. and Settele, J. and Steffan-Dewenter, I. and Stout, J.C. and Teder, T. and Tscheulin, T. and Vivarelli, D. and Petanidou, T., Effects of patch size and density on flower visitation and seed set of wild plants: A pan-European approach, Journal of Ecology, 98, (1), 2010, p188-196Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL
• Duffy, K.J. and Scopece, G. and Cozzolino, S. and Fay, M.F. and Smith, R.J. and Stout, J.C., Ecology and genetic diversity of the dense-flowered orchid, Neotinea maculata, at the centre and edge of its range, Annals of Botany, 104, (3), 2009, p507-516Journal Article, 2009, DOI , URL
• Goulson, D. and Stout, J.C., Homing ability of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Apidologie, 32, (1), 2001, p105-111Journal Article, 2001, DOI , URL
• Topping CJ, Brown M, Chetcuti J, de Miranda JR, Nazzi F, Neumann P, Paxton RJ, Rundlöf M, Stout JC, Holistic environmental risk assessment for bees, Science, 317, (6532), 2021, p897Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Ruas S, Rotchés-Ribalta R, Ó hUallacháin D, Ahmed KD, Gormally M, Stout JC, White B, Moran J, Selecting appropriate plant indicator species for Result-Based Agri-Environment Payments schemes, Ecological Indicators, 126, 2021, p107679Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Farrell CA, Coleman L, Kelly-Quinn M, Obst CG, Eigenraam M, Norton D, O'Donoghue C, Kinsella S, Delargy O, Stout JC, Applying the System of Environmental Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) framework at catchment scale to develop ecosystem extent and condition accounts, One Ecosystem, 6, 2021, pe65582Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Vanderplanck M, Michez D, Albrecht M, Attridge E, Babin A, Bottero I, Breeze T, Brown M, Chauzat M-P, Cini E, Costa C, De la Rua P, de Miranda JR, Di Prisco G, Dominik C, Dzul D, Fiordaliso W, Gennaux S, Ghisbain G, Hodge S, Klein A-M, Knapp J, Knauer A, Laurent M, Lefebvre V, Mänd M, Martinet B, Martinez-Lopez V, Medrzycki P, Pereira Peixoto MH, Potts SG, Przybyla K, Raimets R, Rundlöf M, Schweiger O, Senapathi D, Serrano J, Stout JC, Straw EA, Tamburini G, Toktas Y, Gérard M , Monitoring bee health in European agro-ecosystems using wing morphology and fat bodies, One Ecosystem, 6, 2021, pe63653.Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• White, C.; Collier, M.J.; Stout, J., Using ecosystem services to measure the degree to which a solution is nature-based, Ecosystem Services, 50, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Bottero I, Hodge S, Stout JC, Taxon-specific temporal shifts in pollinating insects in mass-flowering crops and field margins in Ireland, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 28, 2021, p90 - 107Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Ross, S.R.P.J., Arnoldi, J.F., Loreau, M., White, C.D., Stout, J.C., Jackson, A.L. & Donohue, I., Universal scaling of robustness of ecosystem services to species loss, Nature Communications, 2, 2021, p5167Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Herbertsson, L., Ekroos, J., Albrecht, M., Bartomeus, I., Batáry, P., Bommarco, R., Caplat, P., Diekötter, T., Eikestam, J., Entling, M., Farbu, S., Farwig, N., Gonzalez-Varo, J., Hass, A., Holzschuh, A., Hopfenmüller, S., Jakobsson, A., Jauker, B., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Kleve, W., Kunin, W., Lindström, S., Mullen, S., Öckinger, E., Petanidou, T., Potts, S., Power, E., Rundlöf, M., Seibel, K., Sõber, V., Söderman, A., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stout, J., Teder, T., Tscharntke, T. and Smith, H. , Bees increase seed set of wild plants while the proportion of arable land has a variable effect on pollination in European agricultural landscapes, Plant Ecology and Evolution, 154, (3), 2021, p341-350Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Farrell, Catherine A., Aronson, James, Daily, Gretchen C., Hein, Lars, Obst, Carl, Woodworth, Paddy, Stout, Jane C., Natural capital approaches: shifting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration from aspiration to reality, Restoration Ecology, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Mesnage, Robin, Straw, Edward A., Antoniou, Michael N., Benbrook, Charles, Brown, Mark J. F., Chauzat, Marie-Pierre, Finger, Robert, Goulson, Dave, Leadbeater, Ellouise, López-Ballesteros, Ana, Möhring, Niklas, Neumann, Peter, Stanley, Dara, Stout, Jane C., Thompson, Linzi J., Topping, Christopher J., White, Blánaid, Zaller, Johann G., Zioga, Elena, Improving pesticide-use data for the EU, Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5, (12), 2021, p1560-1560Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Ecological Entomology, 40, S1, (2015), 1 - 135p, Jane C Stout and John A Finn, [eds.], 1 yearJournal, 2015, URL
• Jane C. Stout, James T. Murphy and Saorla Kavanagh, Assessing market and non-market values of Pollination Services in Ireland, Report No. 291, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY , 2019Report, 2019, URL
• Catherine A. Farrell and Jane C. Stout, IRISH NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS: A LITERATURE REVIEW, www.incaseproject.com, Prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency as part of the INCASE project, December, 2019Report, 2019, URL
• Catherine A. Farrell and Jane C. Stout, Irish Natural Capital Accounting for Sustainable Environments: Stage 1 Feasibility Report , Research Report: 322, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY , July, 2020Report, 2020, URL
• Farrell, C. A., Coleman, L., Norton, D., Kelly-Quinn, M., Obst, C., Eigenraam, M., O'Donoghue, C., Kinsella, S., Smith, F., Sheehy, I., & Stout, J. C., Developing peatland ecosystem accounts to guide targets for restoration, One Ecosystem, 6, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Russo, L., J. Stout and M. C. D. Speight , On the presence of Neocnemodon breviens (Egger, 1865) in Ireland (Diptera: Syrpidae), Irish Naturalists' Journal , 36, 2019, p151-153Journal Article, 2019
• Murphy, J. T., Breeze, T. D., Willcox, B., Kavanagh, S. & Stout, J. C. , Globalisation and pollinators: Pollinator declines are an economic threat to global food systems, People and Nature, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• P. A. Egan, P. C. Stevenson and J. C. Stout, Pollinator selection against toxic nectar as a key facilitator of a plant invasion, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377 , (1853 ), 2022, p20210168Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• J. C. Stout and L. V. Dicks, From science to society: implementing effective strategies to improve wild pollinator health, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377, (1853), 2022, p20210165Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Alfonso Allen"Perkins, Ainhoa Magrach, Matteo Dainese, Lucas A Garibaldi, David Kleijn, Romina Rader, James R Reilly, Rachael Winfree, Ola Lundin, Carley M McGrady, Claire Brittain, David J Biddinger, Derek R Artz, Elizabeth Elle, George Hoffman, James D Ellis, Jaret Daniels, Jason Gibbs, Joshua W Campbell, Julia Brokaw, Julianna K Wilson, Keith Mason, Kimiora L Ward, Knute B Gundersen, Kyle Bobiwash, Larry Gut, Logan M Rowe, Natalie K Boyle, Neal M Williams, Neelendra K Joshi, Nikki Rothwell, Robert L Gillespie, Rufus Isaacs, Shelby J Fleischer, Stephen S Peterson, Sujaya Rao, Theresa L Pitts"Singer, Thijs Fijen, Virginie Boreux, Maj Rundlöf, Blandina Felipe Viana, Alexandra"Maria Klein, Henrik G Smith, Riccardo Bommarco, Luísa G Carvalheiro, Taylor H Ricketts, Jaboury Ghazoul, Smitha Krishnan, Faye E Benjamin, João Loureiro, Sílvia Castro, Nigel E Raine, Gerard Arjen de Groot, Finbarr G Horgan, Juliana Hipólito, Guy Smagghe, Ivan Meeus, Maxime Eeraerts, Simon G Potts, Claire Kremen, Daniel García, Marcos Miñarro, David W Crowder, Gideon Pisanty, Yael Mandelik, Nicolas J Vereecken, Nicolas Leclercq, Timothy Weekers, Sandra AM Lindstrom, Dara A Stanley, Carlos Zaragoza"Trello, Charlie C Nicholson, Jeroen Scheper, Carlos Rad, Evan AN Marks, Lucie Mota, Bryan Danforth, Mia Park, Antônio Diego M Bezerra, Breno M Freitas, Rachel E Mallinger, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Bryony Willcox, Davi L Ramos, Felipe D. da Silva e Silva, Amparo Lázaro, David Alomar, Miguel A González"Estévez, Hisatomo Taki, Daniel P Cariveau, Michael PD Garratt, Diego N Nabaes Jodar, Rebecca IA Stewart, Daniel Ariza, Matti Pisman, Elinor M Lichtenberg, Christof Schüepp, Felix Herzog, Martin H Entling, Yoko L Dupont, Charles D Michener, Gretchen C Daily, Paul R Ehrlich, Katherine LW Burns, Montserrat Vilà, Andrew Robson, Brad Howlett, Leah Blechschmidt, Frank Jauker, Franziska Schwarzbach, Maike Nesper, Tim Diekötter, Volkmar Wolters, Helena Castro, Hugo Gaspar, Brian A Nault, Isabelle Badenhausser, Jessica D Petersen, Teja Tscharntke, Vincent Bretagnolle, D Susan Willis Chan, Natacha Chacoff, Georg KS Andersson, Shalene Jha, Jonathan F Colville, Ruan Veldtman, Jeferson Coutinho, Felix JJA Bianchi, Louis Sutter, Matthias Albrecht, Philippe Jeanneret, Yi Zou, Anne L Averill, Agustin Saez, Amber R Sciligo, Carlos H Vergara, Elias H Bloom, Elisabeth Oeller, Ernesto I Badano, Gregory M Loeb, Heather Grab, Johan Ekroos, Vesna Gagic, Saul A Cunningham, Jens Åström, Pablo Cavigliasso, Alejandro Trillo, Alice Classen, Alice L Mauchline, Ana Montero"Castaño, CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination, Ecology, 103, (3), 2022Journal Article, 2022
• Farrell, C.A. and Coleman, L. and Norton, D. and Kelly-Quinn, M. and Kinsella, S. and Obst, C. and Eigenraam, M. and O'Donoghue, C. and Sheehy, I. and Smith, F. and Stout, J.C., Applying ecosystem accounting to develop a risk register for peatlands and inform restoration targets at catchment scale: a case study from the European region, Restoration Ecology, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• White, C.; Collier, M.J.; Stout, J.C., Anthropogenic induced beta diversity in plant-pollinator networks: dissimilarity, turnover, and predictive power, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 2022, p806615Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Ruas S, Kelly R, Ahmed KSD, Maher SM, O'Hora E, Volpato A, O'hUallacháin D, Gormally MJ, Stout JC, Moran J, Does landscape structure affect the presence of woodland specialist pollinators in farmland? Implications for Agri-Environment Scheme design, Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 122B, 2022, p17-37Journal Article, 2022, URL
• Holden NM, Neill AM, Stout JC, O'Brien D, Morris MA , Biocircularity: a framework to define sustainable, circular bioeconomy, Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2022Journal Article, 2022, URL , TARA - Full Text
• López-Ballesteros A, Delaney A, Quirke J, Stout JC, Saunders M, Carolan J, White B, Stanley DA, Assessing availability of European plant protection product data: an example evaluating basic area treated, Peer J, 2022Journal Article, 2022, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Hodge S, Bottero I, Dean R, Maher S, Stout JC., Stem-nesting Hymenoptera in Irish farmland: empirical evaluation of artificial trap nests as tools for fundamental research and pollinator conservation, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 32, 2022, p110-123Journal Article, 2022, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Neill, A.M. and O'Donoghue, C. and Stout, J.C., Conceptual integration of ecosystem services and natural capital within Irish national policy: An analysis over time and between policy sectors, Ecosystem Services, 57, (101468), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Tsakiridis, A. and O'Donoghue, C. and Ryan, M. and Cullen, P. and Ã" hUallacháin, D. and Sheridan, H. and Stout, J., Examining the relationship between farmer participation in an agri-environment scheme and the quantity and quality of semi-natural habitats on Irish farms, Land Use Policy, 120, (106284), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Latif Iddrisu Nasare, Jane Stout, Peter Lovett, Peter Kofi Kwapong, Determinants of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) fruit yield: A review of research approaches and current knowledge, Scientific African, 2022Journal Article, 2022
• Hodge S, Schweiger O, Klein A-M, Potts SG, Costa C, Albrecht M, de Miranda J, Mand M, De la Rúa P, Rundlöf M, Attridge E, Dean R, Bulet P, Michez D, Paxton RJ, Babin A, Chauzat M-P, Cougoule N, Laurent M, Martel A-C, Paris L, Rivière M-P, Dubois E, Arafah K, Askri D, Voison SN, Kiljanek T, Bottero I, Dominik C, Tamburini G, Pereira-Peixoto MH, Wintermantel D, Breeze TD, Cini E, Senapathi D, de Prisco G, Medrzycki P, Hagenbucher S, Knauer A, Schwarz JM, Raimets R, Martínez-López V, Ivarsson K, Hartfield C, Brown MJF, Stout JC, Design and planning of a transdisciplinary investigation into farmland pollinators: rationale, co-design, and lessons learned, Sustainability, 4, (17), 2022, p10549-Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Russo, L., Fitzpatrick, Ú., Larkin, M., Mullen, S., Power, E., Stanley, D., White, C., O'Rourke, A., & Stout, J. C. , Conserving diversity in Irish plant"pollinator networks, Ecology and Evolution, 12, 2022, pe9347Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Zioga, E. and White, B. and Stout, J.C., Glyphosate used as desiccant contaminates plant pollen and nectar of non-target plant species, Heliyon, 8, (12), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Thompson, L.J. and Smith, S. and Stout, J.C. and White, B. and Zioga, E. and Stanley, D.A., Bumblebees can be Exposed to the Herbicide Glyphosate when Foraging, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 41, (10), 2022, p2603-2612Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Alejandre EM, Scherer L, Guinée JB, Aizen MA, Albrecht M, Balzan MV, Bartomeus I, Bevk D, Burkle LA, Clough Y, Cole LJ, Delphia CM, Dicks LV, Garratt MPD, Kleijn D, Kovács-Hostyánszki A, Mandelik Y, Paxton R, Petanidou T, Potts S, Sárospataki M, Schulp CJE, Stavrinides M, Stein K, Stout JC, Szentgyörgyi H, Varnava AI, Woodcock BA , van Bodegom PM , Characterization Factors to Assess Land Use Impacts on Pollinator Abundance in Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Science and Technology, 57, (8), 2023, p3445 - 3454Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Ruas, S. and Kelly, R. and Ahmed, K.S.D. and Maher, S. and O†hora, E. and Volpato, A. and Huallacháin, D.Ã". and Gormally, M.J. and Stout, J.C. and Moran, J., DOES LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE AFFECT THE PRESENCE OF WOODLAND SPECIALIST POLLINATORS IN FARMLAND? IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRI-ENVIRONMENT SCHEME DESIGN, Biology and Environment, 122B, (1), 2022, p17-37Journal Article, 2022, URL
• Naughton, J. and Tiedeken, E.J. and Garvey, M. and Stout, J.C. and Rowan, N.J., Pulsed light inactivation of the bumble bee trypanosome parasite Crithidia bombi [Inactivación del parásito tripanosomátido de abejorros, Crithidia bombi, mediante luz pulsada], Journal of Apicultural Research, 56, (2), 2017, p144-154Journal Article, 2017, DOI , URL
• Thompson LJ, Stout JC, Stanley DA, Contrasting effects of fungicide and herbicide active ingredients and their formulations on bumblebee learning and behaviour, Journal of Experimental Biology, 226, (6), 2023, jeb245180Journal Article, 2023, URL
• Karbassioon A, Yearlsey J, Dirilgen T, Hodge S, Stout JC, Stanley DA, Differential responses of honeybees and bumblebees to weather conditions, Oecologia , 2023Journal Article, 2023, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Neill AM, O'Donoghue C, Stout JC, Spatial analysis of cultural services using social media data: A guide to model selection for research and practice, One Ecosystem, 8, 2023, pe95685Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Gorman CE, Torsney A, Gaughran A, McKeon C, Farrell C, White C, Donohue I, Stout J, Buckley YM, Reconciling climate action with the need for biodiversity protection, restoration and rehabilitation, Science of the Total Environment, 857, (1), 2023, p159316Journal Article, 2023, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Zioga E, White B, Stout JC , Pesticide mixtures detected in crop and non-target wild plant pollen and nectar, Science of the Total Environment, 879, 2023, p162971Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Zioga, E. and White, B. and Stout, J.C., Honey bees and bumble bees may be exposed to pesticides differently when foraging on agricultural areas, Science of the Total Environment, 896, (166214), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Larragy, S.J. and Möllmann, J.S. and Stout, J.C. and Carolan, J.C. and Colgan, T.J., Signatures of Adaptation, Constraints, and Potential Redundancy in the Canonical Immune Genes of a Key Pollinator, Genome biology and evolution, 15, (4), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Karbassioon, A. and Yearlsey, J. and Dirilgen, T. and Hodge, S. and Stout, J.C. and Stanley, D.A., Responses in honeybee and bumblebee activity to changes in weather conditions, Oecologia, 201, (3), 2023, p689-701Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Russo, L. and Stout, J.C., Manipulating network connectance by altering plant attractiveness, PeerJ, 11, (e16319), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Kavanagh, S. and Phelan, N. and Rodriguez-Gasol, N. and O' Brien, S. and Stout, J.C. and Fitzpatrick, Ã ., PROTECTING FARMLAND POLLINATORS: WHOLE FARM SCORECARD - EXPERIENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 34, (5), 2023, p312-328Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Russo, L. and Ruedenauer, F. and Gronert, A. and Van de Vreken, I. and Vanderplanck, M. and Michez, D. and Klein, A. and Leonhardt, S. and Stout, J.C., Fertilizer and herbicide alter nectar and pollen quality with consequences for pollinator floral choices, PeerJ, 11, (e15452), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Bottero, I. and Dominik, C. and Schweiger, O. and Albrecht, M. and Attridge, E. and Brown, M.J.F. and Cini, E. and Costa, C. and De la Rúa, P. and de Miranda, J.R. and Di Prisco, G. and Dzul Uuh, D. and Hodge, S. and Ivarsson, K. and Knauer, A.C. and Klein, A.-M. and MÀnd, M. and Martínez-López, V. and Medrzycki, P. and Pereira-Peixoto, H. and Potts, S. and Raimets, R. and Rundlöf, M. and Schwarz, J.M. and Senapathi, D. and Tamburini, G. and Talaván, E.T. and Stout, J.C., Impact of landscape configuration and composition on pollinator communities across different European biogeographic regions, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, (1128228), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Hodge, S., Maher, S., Stout, J.C., Notes on the use of `bee hotels' by stem-nesting Hymenoptera in three County Dublin orchards, Irish Naturalists' Journal, 40, 2023, p40-44Journal Article, 2023
• Dalel Askri, Mathilde Pottier, Karim Arafah, Sébastien N Voisin, Simon Hodge, Jane C Stout, Christophe Dominik, Oliver Schweiger, Giovanni Tamburini, Maria Helena Pereira-Peixoto, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Vicente Martínez López, Pilar De la Rúa, Elena Cini, Simon G Potts, Janine M Schwarz, Anina C Knauer, Matthias Albrecht, Risto Raimets, Reet Karise, Gennaro di Prisco, Kjell Ivarsson, Glenn P Svensson, Oleksandr Ronsevych, Jessica L Knapp, Maj Rundlöf, Piero Onorati, Joachim R de Miranda, Michel Bocquet, Philippe Bulet, A blood test to monitor bee health across a European network of agricultural sites of different land-use by MALDI BeeTyping mass spectrometry, Science of The Total Environment, 2024Journal Article, 2024
• Marion Laurent, Stéphanie Bougeard, Lucile Caradec, Florence Ghestem, Matthias Albrecht, Mark JF Brown, Joachim de Miranda, Reet Karise, Jessica Knapp, José Serrano, G Simon, Maj Rundlöf, Janine Schwarz, Eleanor Attridge, Aurélie Babin, Irene Bottero, CINI Elena, Pilar de La Rúa, Gennaro Di Prisco, Christophe Dominik, DZUL Daniel, Andrés García Reina, Simon Hodge, Alexandra M Klein, Anina Knauer, MAND Marika, Vicente Martínez López, Giorgia Serra, Helena Pereira-Peixoto, Risto Raimets, Oliver Schweiger, Deepa Senapathi, Jane C Stout, Giovanni Tamburini, Cecilia Costa, Tomasz Kiljanek, Anne-Claire Martel, LE Sébastien, Marie-Pierre Chauzat, Novel indices reveal that pollinator exposure to pesticides varies across biological compartments and crop surroundings, Science of the Total Environment, 2024Journal Article, 2024
• Aurélie Babin, Frank Schurr, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach, Minh Huyen Ton Nu Nguyet, Stéphanie Bougeard, Joachim R de Miranda, Maj Rundlöf, Dimitry Wintermantel, Matthias Albrecht, Eleanor Attridge, Irene Bottero, Elena Cini, Cecilia Costa, Pilar De la Rúa, Gennaro Di Prisco, Christophe Dominik, Daniel Dzul, Simon Hodge, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Jessica Knapp, Anina C Knauer, Marika Mänd, Vicente Martínez-López, Piotr Medrzycki, Maria Helena Pereira-Peixoto, Simon G Potts, Risto Raimets, Oliver Schweiger, Deepa Senapathi, José Serrano, Jane C Stout, Giovanni Tamburini, Mark JF Brown, Marion Laurent, Marie-Pierre Rivière, Marie-Pierre Chauzat, Eric Dubois, Distribution of infectious and parasitic agents among three sentinel bee species across European agricultural landscapes, Scientific Reports, 2024Journal Article, 2024
• Gorman, C.E. and Martini, F. and Conroy, K. and King, E. and Mcleod, R. and Obst, C. and Stout, J.C. and Donohue, I. and Buckley, Y.M., A decision methodology for site-level ecosystem accounting, Journal of Environmental Management, 366, (121814), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
• Nasare, L.I. and Stout, J.C. and Kwapong, P.K., Beekeeping improves shea pollination and fruit set in West African agroforestry parklands, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5, (2), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
• Maher, S. and Kelly, R. and Hodge, S. and O†Hora, E. and Ruas, S. and Ahmed, K.D. and Rotchés-Ribalta, R. and Gormally, M. and Moran, J. and Ã" hUallacháin, D. and Stout, J.C., POLLINATOR RESPONSES TO FARMLAND HABITAT FEATURES: ONE-SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 36, (3), 2024, p29-46Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
• Neill, A.M. and O'donoghue, C. and Stout, J.C., Spatial analysis of cultural ecosystem services using data from social media: A guide to model selection for research and practice, One Ecosystem, 8, (e95685), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Hodge, S. and Bottero, I. and Dean, R. and Maher, S. and Stout, J.C., STEM-NESTING HYMENOPTERA IN IRISH FARMLAND: EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF ARTIFICIAL TRAP NESTS AS TOOLS FOR FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND POLLINATOR CONSERVATION, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 31, 2022, p110-123Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Murray TE, Stout JC, Brown MJF , Additions to the Irish Apoidea: Andrena trimmerana and Osmia rufa (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae and Megachilidae) , Irish Naturalists' Journal , 28, 2005, p48 - 49Journal Article, 2005
• Stout JC, Kells AR, Goulson D, Pollination of the invasive exotic shrub Lupinus arboreus (Fabaceae) by introduced bees in Tasmania, Biological Conservation , 106, (3), 2002, p425 - 434Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
• Stout JC, Goulson D, The influence of nectar secretion rates on the responses of bumblebees (Bombus spp.) to previously visited flowers, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology , 52, (3), 2002, p239 - 246Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
• Goulson D, Stout JC, Kells AR, Do alien bumblebees compete with native flower-visiting insects in Tasmania?, Journal of Insect Conservation , 6, (3), 2002, p179 - 189Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
• Goulson D, Peat J, Stout JC, Tucker J, Darvill B, Derwent LC, Hughes WOH , Can alloethism in workers of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, be explained in terms of foraging efficiency?, Animal Behaviour, 64, (1), 2002, p123 - 130Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
• Goulson D, Hughes WO, Derwent LC, Stout JC , Colony growth of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, in improved and conventional agricultural and suburban habitats, Oecologia, 130, (2), 2002, p267 - 273Journal Article, 2002, DOI , URL
• Stout JC, Goulson D, The use of conspecific and interspecific scent marks by foraging bumblebees and honeybees, Animal Behaviour , 62, (1), 2001, p183 - 189Journal Article, 2001, DOI , URL
• Goulson D, Stout JC , Homing ability of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, Apidologie , 32, 2001, p105 - 111Journal Article, 2001, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Stout JC, Goulson D, Bumblebees in Tasmania: their distribution and potential impact on Australian flora and fauna, Bee World , 81, 2000, p80 - 86Journal Article, 2000
• Stout JC, Allen JA, Goulson D, Nectar robbing, forager efficiency and seed set: bumblebees foraging on the self-incompatible plant Linaria vulgaris (Scrophulariaceae), Acta Oecologica , 21, (4-5), 2000, p277 - 283Journal Article, 2000, DOI , URL
• Goulson D, Stout JC, Langley JG, Hughes WOH, The identity and function of scent marks deposited by foraging bumblebees, Journal of Chemical Ecology , 26, (12), 2000, p2897 - 2911Journal Article, 2000, DOI , URL
• Stout JC, Goulson D, Allen JA , Repellent scent-marking of flowers by a guild of foraging bumblebees (Bombus spp.). , Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology , 43, (4-5), 1998, p317 - 326Journal Article, 1998, DOI , URL
• Stout JC, Allen JA, Goulson D, The influence of relative plant density and floral morphological complexity on the behaviour of bumblebees, Oecologia , 117, (4), 1998, p543 - 550Journal Article, 1998, DOI , URL
• Goulson D, Stout JC, Hawson SA, Allen JA , Floral display size in comfrey, Symphytum officinale L. (Boraginaceae): relationships with visitation by three bumblebee species and subsequent seed set. , Oecologia , 113, (4), 1998, p502 - 508Journal Article, 1998, DOI , URL
• Goulson D, Hawson SA, Stout JC, Foraging bumblebees avoid flowers already visited by conspecifics or by other bumblebee species, Animal Behaviour , 55, (1), 1998, p199 - 206Journal Article, 1998, DOI , URL
• Goulson D, Stout JC, Hawson SA, Can flower constancy in nectaring butterflies be explained by Darwin's interference hypothesis?, Oecologia , 112, (2), 1997, p225 - 23Journal Article, 1997, DOI , URL
• Stout, J.C., Reproductive biology of the invasive exotic shrub, Rhododendron ponticum L. (Ericaceae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 155, (3), 2007, p373 - 381Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Stout JC, Pollination of invasive Rhododendron ponticum (Ericaceae) in Ireland, Apidologie, 38, (2), 2007, p198 - 206Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Milbau A, Stout JC, Factors associated with alien plants transitioning from casual, to naturalized, to invasive, Conservation Biology, 22, 2008, p308 - 317Journal Article, 2008, DOI
• Williamson M, Stout JC, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Milbau A, Hall AR, A provisional list of Irish archaeophytes, Irish Naturalists' Journal, 29, 2008, p30 - 35Journal Article, 2008
• Duffy KJ, Kingston NE, Sayers BA, Roberts DL, Stout JC, Inferring national and regional declines of rare orchid species using probabilistic models, Conservation Biology, 23, 2008, p184 - 195Journal Article, 2008
• Duffy KJ, Stout JC, The effects of plant density and nectar reward on bee visitation to the endangered orchid Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Acta Oecologia, 34, 2008, p131 - 138Journal Article, 2008
• Williamson M, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Hill M, Kühn I, Klotz S, Milbau A, Py ek P, Stout JC, The distribution of range sizes of native and alien plants in four European countries and the effects of residence time, Diversity and Distributions , 15, 2008, p158 - 166Journal Article, 2008
• Stout, Jane C, Does size matter? Bumblebee behaviour and the pollination of Cytisus scoparius L. (Fabaceae), Apidologie, 31, (1), 2000, p129-139Journal Article, 2000, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Milbau A, Stout JC, Graae BJ and Nijs I, A hierarchical framework for integrating invasibility experiments incorporating different factors and spatial scales, Biological Invasions, 11, (4), 2009, p941 - 950Journal Article, 2009
• Duffy KJ, Scopece G, Cozzolino S, Fay MF, Smith RJ, Stout JC, The ecology and genetic diversity of the dense-flowered orchid (Neotinea maculata) at the centre and edge of its range, Annals of Botany, 104, 2009, p507 - 516Journal Article, 2009
• Nienhuis CM, Dietzsch AC, Stout JC, The impacts of an invasive alien plant and its removal on native bees, Apidologie, 40, 2009, p388 - 409Journal Article, 2009, URL
• Stout JC, Morales C, Ecological impacts of invasive alien species on bees, Apidologie, 40, 2009, p388 - 409Journal Article, 2009
• Hammen VC, Biesmeijer JC, Bommarco R, Budrys E, Christensen TR, Fronzek S, Grabaum R, Jaksic P, Klotz S, Kramarz P, Kroel-Dulay G, Kühn I, Mirtl M, Moora M, Petanidou T, Potts SG, Rortais A, Schulze CH, Steffan-Dewenter, Stout J, Szentgyörgyi H, Vighi M, Vila M, Vujic, Wolf T, Zavala G, Settele J, Kunin WE, Establishment of a cross-European field site network in the ALARM project for assessing large-scale changes in biodiversity, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 164, 2010, p337 - 348Journal Article, 2010, URL
• Vilà M, Bartomeus I, Dietzsch AC, Petanidou T, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stout JC, Tscheulin T, Invasive plant integration into native plant-pollinator networks across Europe, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, 276, 2009, p3887 - 3893Journal Article, 2009, URL
• Dauber J, Biesmeijer J, Gabriel D, Kunin WE, Lamborn E, Meyer B, Nielsen A, Potts SG, Sõber V, Steffan-Dewenter I, Settele J, Stout JC, Teder T, Tscheulin T, Vivarelli D, Petanidou T, Effects of plant population structure on flower visitation and seed set of wild plants at two spatial scales: a pan-European approach, Journal of Ecology, 98, 2010, p188 - 196Journal Article, 2010, DOI
• Nienhuis CM, Stout JC, Effectiveness of native bumblebee pollinators on flowers of the alien invasive plant Impatiens glandulifera (Balsaminaceae) in Ireland, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 1, (1), 2009, p1 - 11Journal Article, 2009, URL
• Oliver Schweiger, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Riccardo Bommarco, Thomas Hickler, Philip E. Hulme, Stefan Klotz, Ingolf Kühn, Mari Moora, Anders Nielsen, Ralf Ohlemüller, Theodora Petanidou, Simon G. Potts, Petr Py ek, Jane C. Stout, Martin T. Sykes, Thomas Tscheulin, Montserrat Vilà, Gian-Reto Walther , Catrin Westphal, Marten Winter, Martin Zobel, Josef Settele, Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination, Biological Reviews, 85, 2010, p777 - 795Journal Article, 2010
• Claire Micheneau, Karl J. Duffy, Rhian J. Smith, Laura J. Stevens, Jane C. Stout, Laure Civeyrel, Robyn S. Cowan and Michael F. Fay, Plastid microsatellites for the study of genetic variability in the widespread Cephalanthera longifolia, C. damasonium and C. rubra (Neottieae, Orchidaceae), and cross-amplification in other Cephalanthera species, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 163, 2010, p181 - 193Journal Article, 2010
• Dauber J, Jones MB, Stout JC, The impact of biomass crop cultivation on temperate biodiversity, Global Change Biology: Bioenergy, 2, 2010, p289 - 309Journal Article, 2010
• Dietzsch AC, Stanley DA, Stout JC, Relative abundance of an invasive alien plant affects native pollination processes. , Oecologia, 167(2):, (2), 2011, p469 - 479Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Power EF, Stout JC, Organic dairy farming: impacts on insect-flower interaction networks and pollination, Journal of Applied Ecology, 48, (3), 2011, p561-569Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Mapping plant-invader integration into plant-pollinator networks in, editor(s)Settele, J, Penev, L, Georgiev, T, Grabaum, R, Grobelnik, V, Hammen, V, Klotz, S, Kotarac, M, Kuehn, I , Atlas of Biodiversity Risk, Sofia-Moscow, Pensoft Publishers, 2010, pp210 - 211, [Vilà, M, Bartomeus, I, Dietzsch, A, Petanidou, T, Steffan-Dewenter, I, Stout, J, Tscheulin, T]Book Chapter, 2010, URL
• Mayer C, Adler L, Armbruster WS, Dafni A, Eardley C, Huang S-Q, Kevan PG, Ollerton J, Packer L, Ssymank A, Stout JC, Potts SG, Pollination ecology in the 21st century: Key Questions for future research, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 3, 2011, p8 - 23Journal Article, 2011, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Moora M, Berger S, Davison J, Öpik M, Bommarco R, Bruelheide H, Kühn I, Kunin WE, Metsis M, Rortais A, Vanatoa E, Vanatoa A, Stout JC, Truusa M, Westphal C, Zobel M, Walther G-R , Alien plants associate with widespread generalist arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal taxa: evidence from a continental-scale study using massively parallel 454-sequencing, Journal of Biogegraphy, 38, 2011, p1305 - 1317Journal Article, 2011
• Duffy KJ, Stout JC, Effects of conspecific and heterospecific floral density on the pollination of two related rewarding orchids, Plant Ecology, 212, 2011, p1397 - 1406Journal Article, 2011, URL
• Duffy KJ, Fay MF, Smith RJ, Stout JC, Population genetics and conservation of the small white orchid, Pseudorchis albida, in Ireland, Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 11B, 2011, p1 - 9Journal Article, 2011
• Waldren S, Scally L, Atalah J, Brown M, Byrne C, Crowe T, Cuningham C, Davies A, Eschmann C, Fritch J, Fitzgerald H, Galley C, Gittings T, Grennan J, Guiry M, Higgins T, Irvine K, Kavanagh R, Kelly-Quinn DL, Long MP, McCarthy TK, Milbau A, O'Callaghan E, O'Halloran J, O'Mahony L, Osborne B, O'Toole C, Parnell JAN, Rodríguez Tuñón A, Stengel D, Stout J , Biodiversity and Environmental Change: An Integrated Study Encompassing a Range of Scales, Taxa and Habitats, STRIVE Report Series, 68, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, December, 2011, p1 - 49Report, 2011, URL
• Ugoletti P, Stout JC, Jones MB, Ecophysiological traits of invasive and non-invasive introduced Impatiens species, Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 111B, (3), 2011, p143 - 156Journal Article, 2011
• Stout JC, Plant invasions: their threats in the Irish context, Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 111B, (3), 2011, p135 - 141Journal Article, 2011
• Power EF, Kelly DL, Stout JC, Organic farming and landscape structure: Effects on insect-pollinated plant diversity in intensively managed grasslands, PLoS ONE, 7, (5), 2012, pe38073-Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Ollerton J, Price V, Armbruster WS, Memmott J, Watts S, Waser NM, Totland Ø, Goulson D, Alarcón R, Stout JC, Tarrant S , Overplaying the role of honey bees as pollinators: A comment on Aebi and Neumann (2011), Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27, (3), 2012, p141 - 142Journal Article, 2012
• Power EF, Kelly DL, Stout JC , The impacts of traditional and novel herbicide application methods on target plants, non-target plants and production in intensive grasslands, Weed Research, 53, 2013, p131 - 139Journal Article, 2013, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Stanley DA, Stout JC , Quantifying the impacts of bioenergy crops on pollinating insect abundance and diversity: a field scale evaluation reveals taxon-specific responses., Journal of Applied Ecology, 50, 2013, p335 - 344Journal Article, 2013
• Power EF, Kelly DL, Stout JC, Impacts of organic and conventional dairy farmer attitude, behaviour and knowledge on farm biodiversity in Ireland, Journal for Nature Conservation, 21, 2013, p272 - 278Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Ugoletti P, Reidy D, Jones, MB, Stout JC , Do native bees have the potential to promote interspecific pollination in introduced Impatiens species? , Journal of Pollination Ecology, 11, (1), 2013, p1 - 8Journal Article, 2013
• Stanley DA, Knight ME, Stout JC, Ecological Variation in Response to Mass-Flowering Oilseed Rape and Surrounding Landscape Composition by Members of a Cryptic Bumblebee Complex., PloS one, 8, (6), 2013, pe65516Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Stanley DA, Gunning D, Stout JC , Pollinators and pollination of oilseed rape crops (Brassica napus L.) in Ireland: ecological and economic incentives for pollinator conservation, Journal of Insect Conservation , 17, 2013, p1181 - 1189Journal Article, 2013, URL
• Bourke D, Stanley D, O'Rourke E, Thompson R, Carnus T, Dauber J, Emmerson M, Whelan P, Hecq F, Fynn E, Dolan L, Stout JC, Response of farmland biodiversity to the introduction of bioenergy crops: effects of local factors and surrounding landscape context, Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 6, 2014, 275-289Journal Article, 2014
• Nielsen A, Dauber J, Kunin WE, Lamborn E, Jauker B, Moora M, Potts SG, Reitan T, Roberts S, Sõber V, Settele J, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stout JC, Tscheulin T, Vaitis M, Vivarelli D, Biesmeijer JC & Petanidou T., Pollinator community responses to the spatial population structure of wild plants: A pan-European approach, Basic and Applied Ecology, 13, 2012, p489 - 499Journal Article, 2012
• Stout JC, Bourke D, Callier M, Carnus T, Crowe TP, Dauber D, Dolan D, Emmerson M,A Green D, Jones MB, Kochmann J, Mina-Vargas A, O'Rourke E, Sharkey N, Spillane C, Stanley D, Thompson R, Tuteja R, Whelan P, Zimmermann J, SIMBIOSYS: Sectoral Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Synthesis Report, Johnstown Castle, Co.Wexford, Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, 2013Report, 2013
• Rortais A, Stout J, Dorne J-L, Hardy T , Editorial: EFSA calls for integrated and coordinated actions at EU and international levels to address global declines of pollinators, 2013, -Miscellaneous, 2013
• Dauber J, Cass S, Gabriel D, Harte K, Åström S, O'Rourke E & Stout JC, Yield-biodiversity trade-off in patchy fields of Miscanthus x giganteus, Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 7, (3), 2015, p455-467Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL
• Stout JC, Anthropogenic impacts on pollination networks and plant mating systems, Functional Ecology, 28, 2014, p1 - 2Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL
• Stout JC, Casey LE, Relative abundance of an invasive alien plant affects insect-flower interaction networks in Ireland, Acta Oecologica, 55, 2014, p78 - 85Journal Article, 2014
• Breeze TD, Vaissière BE, Bommarco R, Petanidou T, Seraphides N, Kozák L, Scheper J, Biesmeijer JC, Kleijn D, Gyldenkærne S, Moretti M, Holzschuh A, Steffan-Dewenter I, Stout JC, Pärtel M, Zobel M, Potts SG, Agricultural policies exacerbate honeybee pollination service supply-demand mismatches across europe., PloS one, 9, (1), 2014, pe82996Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Stanley DA, Stout JC, Pollinator sharing between a mass flowering entomophilous bioenergy crop (oilseed rape) and co-flowering wild plants, Plant Ecology, 215, 2014, p315-325Journal Article, 2014
• Tiedeken EJ, Stout JC, Stevenson PC, Wright GA, The bumblebee Bombus terrestris has poor acuity for the detection of toxins in nectar, Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 2014, p1620-1625Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• O'Rourke AT, Fitzpatrick U, Stout JC , Spring foraging resources and the behaviour of pollinating insects in fixed dune ecosystems, Journal of Pollination Ecology, 13, 2014, p161-173Journal Article, 2014, TARA - Full Text
• Carvalheiro L, Biesmeijer J, Benadi G, Fruend J, Stang M, Bartomeus I, Kaiser-Bunbury C, Baude M, Gomes S, Merckx V, Baldock K, Bennett A, Boada R, Bommarco R, Cartar R, Chacoff N, Danhardt J, Dicks L, Ekroos J, Henson K, Holzschuh A, Junker R, Lopezaraiza-Mikel M, Memmott J, Montero-Castaño A, Nelson I, Petanidou T, Power E, Rundlöf M, Smith H, Stout JC, Temitope K, Tscharntke T, Tscheulin T, Vila M, & Kunin WE , The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness, Ecology Letters, 17, 2014, p1389-1399Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text

• King, U, and Stout, J.C., Discovering Trinity's Biodiversity: Report from the Biodiversity Audit Pilot Study, Trinity College Dublin, 2021Report, TARA - Full Text
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• Fitzpatrick U, Stout JC and Steering Group, ' All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-25', National Biodiversity Data Centre, 2021, -Protocol or guideline, URL
• Stout J.C., Ó Cinnéide, M. , Review of the NPWS 2021: Key findings and recommendations. Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS),, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH), Government of Ireland., 2021Report
• Gaughran A and Stout J, Biodiversity Audit at Áras an Uachtaráin Final Report, 2020Report, URL
• EFSA , Towards holistic approaches to the risk assessment of multiple stressors in bees. EFSA Scientific Colloquium Summary Report 18, European Food Safety Authority, November, 2013Report

My research explores relationships in nature, and between nature and people. I address causes and consequences of biodiversity loss across sectors and scales, applying my work to global challenges of climate change, food security, and human health. I make a unique and substantive contribution to pollinator ecology research and am at the forefront of this field worldwide. By disentangling relationships between pollinators and human activity, beyond crop pollination, my research enables more sustainable landscapes and livelihoods, and improved well-being. I founded the Irish Pollinator Research Network, and my research has shaped the field in a fundamental and enduring manner. This is evidenced by the excellent researchers I have trained, and by my research underpinning what was described by the Minister for Heritage as "the most successful conservation strategy in Ireland", the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. I co-founded and co-lead this initiative, which has influenced management at thousands of sites across Ireland, and inspires action across the EU and beyond. Additionally, my research explores the value of ecosystems to society, and I have spear-headed transdisciplinary research on the natural capital approach, uniting environment, society and economy, as a mechanism for nature restoration. I have developed Natural Capital Accounting research, and my INCASE project has been pronounced as "game changing" by the Central Statistics Office. In the last five years, I have secured €4million in research funding, from national and international sources. Last year, I led a multidisciplinary team to win a Trinity E3 Kinsella Challenge-Based award, led a collaboration with industry to win a DAFM Thematic Research award, and played leadership roles in the successful SFI Zero Emissions Challenge €2 million Prize and Nature+ Energy bids. I continue my trajectory of research excellence and impact by publishing in the world"s top journals (127 peer-reviewed journal papers, 16 so far in 2022, often with international authors, 83% in Q1 journals, including Nature and Science, and 5,000 citations). My reputation as a world-class researcher has earned me invitations to join collaborations all over the world, including in tropical Africa, where my work will improve the livelihoods of some of the world"s poorest people by changing habitat management. My research crosses disciplinary boundaries and sectors, and justifies my standing as a prominent voice for nature and its value in academia, policy, regulation, and practice. I founded Natural Capital Ireland, which, under my leadership, has successfully developed key research and action for business and policy in Ireland. My unique research profile has earned me invitations to lead initiatives (including Platform-Lead in the second phase of SFI Bioeconomy Centre, BiOrbic) and speak at national and international research, policy and public fora (including the EU Commission and Oireachtas Committees). I have led research that has, and will, transform the management of nature, from individual sites (e.g. Áras an Uachtaráin and Trinity Campus) to the national level (e.g. my review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, which has the responsibility for Ireland"s nature conservation, led to its budget being doubled in 2022).

• Title

  PoshBee Pan-European Assessment, Monitoring, and Mitigation of Stressors on the Health of Bees
  Summary

  PoshBee aims to support healthy bee populations, sustainable beekeeping and pollination across Europe. Integrating the knowledge and experience of academics, beekeepers and farmers, PoshBee will: provide the first pan-European quantification of the exposure hazard of chemicals to managed and wild bees; determine how chemicals alone, in mixtures, and in combination with pathogens and nutrition, affect bee health, and; meet the need for monitoring tools, novel screening protocols, and practice- and policy-relevant research outputs to local, national, European, and global stakeholders.
  Funding Agency

  EU
  Date From

  01/06/2018
  Date To

  30/05/2023
• Title

  Irish Natural Capital Accounting for Sustainable Environments (INCASE)
  Summary

  This transdisciplinary, multi-institutional research project will develop Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) systems in Ireland. By reviewing approaches and data sources, and incorporating world-leading best-practice and approaches, this dynamic project will develop ecosystem and environmental flow accounts for Irish catchments. In addition, we will develop tools for data visualisation, quality assessment and framework development. Furthermore, we will conduct economic impact assessment to determine the projected impacts of future policy change, using the agri-food sector as an exemplar. The outputs from this project will advance academic and technical capabilities, address specific policy actions, build capacity and substantially improve understanding and implementation across a wide range of public and private stakeholders. The project team brings together different disciplines, organisations and expertise in an integrative way, with work by researchers in Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University of Limerick and National University of Ireland, Galway, along with non-academic partners. These partners include the lead author of the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting and the Executive Co-ordinator of the Irish Forum on Natural Capital (IFNC). This team has already established links with key stakeholders, and support for the project has been pledged by key organisations and institutions nationally and internationally.
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  01.03.2019
  Date To

  28.02.2023
• Title

  Enhancing pollinator diversity through biodiversity-friendly management actions
  Summary

  Pollinators provide a crucial ecosystem service by facilitating the reproduction of wild plants, thus supporting a vast majority of global plant diversity. Pollinators are also important to food security, ensuring the successful pollination of many commercially important crops. However, pollinators are at risk, with 50% of Ireland's bee species in decline and 30% of species threatened with extinction. Agricultural intensification and other industrial developments are a major driver of decline, with an associated loss of forage plants and nesting habitats, contamination of soils and forage with pollutants, and disease transfer between wild and managed bee species. To address these issues, on-farm biodiversity enhancement measures and other schemes have been proposed. Many of these schemes are part of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. These measures need testing for efficacy and economic sustainability, in commercial situations, both on farms and on other agri-food industrial sites. This project will survey pollinators and their forage plants on working farms of the Enterprise Partner and their suppliers, both where biodiversity management actions have been implemented, and where they have not. In addition, similar surveys will be conducted on industrial sites belonging to the Enterprise Partner. Cost-benefit analysis will be conducted for all financial and non-financial costs and benefits of biodiversity enhancement implementation. This will provide crucial ecological information on farmland biodiversity in Ireland and inform the business case for further biodiversity enhancement and pollinator conservation. As such, the project contributes to national policy on biodiversity conservation, natural capital assessment, and business and biodiversity.
  Funding Agency

  IRC and Kepak
  Date From

  Apr 2020
  Date To

  Mar 2024
• Title

  Predicting plant invasion - which taxa are the future invasive aliens?
  Summary

  Globally, alien plant invasions have severe impacts on biodiversity at all levels. Often invading alien plants are only recognised as such once they have become established and are already very difficult to eradicate. Although it is notoriously difficult to predict which taxa will become invasive in the future, one of the targets of the National Plant Conservation Strategy for Ireland is to develop and implement mechanisms for early detection and rapid action against potentially new invasive species. This is particularly important in Ireland as approximately half of Ireland's flora is recorded as non-native. This project will focus on established non-native terrestrial and aquatic plant species in Ireland. We will create a database of alien plants and their biological characteristics, and attempt to identify potential future invasives.
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  Apr 2006
  Date To

  Jul 2007
• Title

  Interactions between hydrology and ecology of dune slack ecosystems
  Summary

  Dune slacks are freshwater wetlands found between dry, fixed dune ridges in sand dune systems. The groundwater table is close to the surface and flooding typically occurs in winter. Because of their soil moisture content and plant communities, dune slacks increase the habitat and species diversity of sand dune systems where they occur. Their conservation value has been recognised under the EU Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC), where dune slacks are listed as an Annex I habitat. The most recent monitoring round for Annex I habitats in Europe identified pollution and abstraction of groundwater as major threats to the conservation status of dune slacks. Currently, the conservation status of dune slacks is assessed primarily on the floristic characteristics and vegetation structure of the habitat. Invertebrates fulfil a key role in ecosystem function of natural and agricultural landscapes, facilitating pollination and nutrient cycling among other functions. Sensitivity of aquatic macro-invertebrates to water quality has been utilised in freshwater monitoring methodologies such as Q-value assessment. The effects of changing water levels and water quality on flora of dune slacks has been studied elsewhere, but the invertebrate communities of dune slacks are poorly understood in comparison, particularly in Ireland. This project seeks to establish what resources dune slacks provide for invertebrates in sand dune systems and whether they support specific assemblages of plants and invertebrates which are indicative of habitat quality. The effects of human interference with groundwater in sand dune systems will also be investigated.
  Funding Agency

  TCD
  Date From

  01.09.13
  Date To

  31.08.16
• Title

  Effects of fertilisation on the structure of mutualistic plant-pollinator communities
  Summary

  Humans rely on services provided by natural ecosystems, including pollination of agricultural crops by wild and native pollinators. Understanding how to support and protect these services is critical to a sustainable future. This project will enable evidence-based predictions of the impact of fertilizer use on pollination service delivery. Much work has been done on the implications of pesticide use for pollinator health, but the role of fertilisers in agroecosystems is understudied. Yet, given the volume of fertilizer runoff, impacts on primary plant productivity and floral resource availability, may have cascading impacts on plant-pollinator interactions. Our research seeks to fill this gap in understanding by quantifying community level impacts of fertiliser use with ecological network theory and theoretical simulations of plant-pollinator interactions. Further, we will quantify the quality of resources provided by plants in terms of their pollen and nectar, and the quality of the pollination services provided by insects by looking at plant fitness.
  Funding Agency

  EU MSC
  Date From

  06.03.17
  Date To

  05.03.19
• Title

  Farm Zero C
  Summary

  Farm Zero C is a collaboration between Carbery, BiOrbic, UCD, TCD, MTU, Teagasc and others to create a climate-neutral, economically-viable dairy farm. The project takes a holistic approach, combining a range of technologies and practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the productivity and resilience of the farm. https://biorbic.com/farm-zero-c/
  Funding Agency

  SFI
  Date From

  2019
  Date To

  2023
• Title

  Impacts of exotic plants on native plant-pollinator mutualisms
  Summary

  Exotic species that become naturalised in native ecosystems can have a wide range of impacts and disrupt key ecosystem processes. Since many exotic plants require animals to transfer pollen between flowers, they have the potential to disrupt native plant-pollinator interactions. This potential has largely been overlooked in previous studies. Using a combination of field and laboratory techniques, this project will make a comprehensive study of the potential direct and indirect impacts of a model species (Rhododendron ponticum) on native plants and pollinators in Ireland. Findings will contribute to general understanding of impacts of invasive species on native and agricultural ecosystems.
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  Oct04
  Date To

  Oct07
• Title

  For-ES Accounting for Forest Ecosystem Services in Ireland
  Summary

  Forestry provides timber, but also supports biodiversity and supplies other public benefits, including carbon capture to tackle climate change. To provide a sustainable supply of multiple benefits from Irish forests, this project will co-develop tools for foresters to enable robust and transparent management decision-making. A Natural Capital Accounting approach will be used at specific forest sites, which will enable quantification of forestry stocks (the amount, location and condition of forest habitats), and flows of ecosystem services (in terms of commercial timber production, carbon sequestration, water retention, biodiversity and recreation) and benefits. By assessing the quantity, quality and location of forest stocks, flows of commercial timber production, carbon sequestration, water retention, biodiversity and recreation will be determined. This will be modelled under different land management scenarios to provide managers will the information they need to fulfil multiple objectives at both site and estate level. This is the first project to combine Natural Capital Accounting with Bayesian Belief Network modelling of ecosystem service supply to support a structured decision-making approach in an Irish context.
  Funding Agency

  DAFM
  Date From

  2021
  Date To

  2025
• Title

  Building resilient landscapes and livelihoods in Burkina Faso's shea parklands.
  Summary

  Shea trees provide vital food and income for 80m people throughout the Sudano-Sahel region of Africa. However, unsustainable shea parkland management has reduced tree, pollinator and bird diversity, threatening long-term livelihoods. The project, coordinated by BirdLife, in partnership with RSPB, Naturama, Vogelbescherming Nederland (VBN), Global Shea Alliance and the University of Ouagadougou, will research and pilot best management practices for optimum pollination, and inform sustainable shea production in Burkina Faso and beyond.
  Funding Agency

  DEFRA
  Date From

  01.04.16
  Date To

  31.03.19
• Title

  Nature+ Energy
  Summary

  Nature+Energy is founded on the idea that wind farms have the potential to provide so much more than renewable energy. If managed properly, the biodiversity on onshore wind farms has the potential to take additional carbon out of the atmosphere, to improve the resilience of ecosystems to climate change and to enhance the provision of ecosystem services, such as pollination, water filtration and habitat provision. There is much potential to enhance nature"s contributions to people through improving our understanding of how habitat quality, diversity and connectivity can be enhanced by wind farm land-management for conservation.Nature+Energy will develop new ways of accounting for the value of nature on onshore wind farms. We will design a state-of-the-art environmental monitoring system that will revolutionise how we measure and monitor biodiversity on wind farms. We will develop a sector-specific Natural Capital Accounts, Decision Support Tools and Biodiversity Action Plans to facilitate the enhancement of biodiversity and to mitigate the effects of wind farms on key species. A graduate training programme will be co-developed by industry and academia partners with the goal of building human capacity in natural capital accounting, and will be key in delivering the upskilling required to facilitate Ireland"s transition to a net-zero society and economy. By focusing on solutions for overcoming the twin problems of climate change and biodiversity loss, this project gives us the opportunity to showcase how researchers and industry can work together to develop genuine win-win scenarios for the economy, society and the environment. https://www.marei.ie/project/natureenergy/
  Funding Agency

  SFI
  Date From

  2020
  Date To

  2024
• Title

  PROTECTS: Protecting terrestrial ecosystems through sustainable pesticide use
  Summary

  Food Wise 2025 provides a vision and strategy for substantial growth in the Irish agri-food industry which, critically, incorporate processes which are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. Sustainable pesticide use forms an integral part of this vision. However, concerns exist regarding impacts of pesticides on non-target organisms and the ecosystem services they provide. Pesticides are applied to crops in numerous ways, and non-target organisms may come in contact with them through direct sprays (topical exposure), via exposure in the soil, or translocation from the soil into nectar and pollen of plants where non-target organisms may feed (oral exposure). Soils in particular may act as reservoirs for pesticides, and understanding pesticide levels and risks in soils is key. PROTECTS will provide baseline information in an Irish context to build towards mitigating the effects of pesticide use on terrestrial ecosystem services, focussing on pollinators and soils. We will use cutting edge research and expertise of our interdisciplinary team to develop a new sensor and bioassays for testing the toxicity of soils, nectar and pollen, and carry out a large scale survey of pesticide residues in these matrices in Ireland; develop risk assessment scenarios for pesticides in Irish soils and recommendations for a national soil monitoring programme; investigate whether the most widely used pesticides in Ireland pose a hazard to pollinating insects; and provide recommendations and potential measures to mitigate the effects of pesticides on pollinators and other ecosystem service providers. Throughout PROTECTS, we will work closely with farmers and other stakeholders to achieve our aims and develop practical, useful and realistic solutions. Our findings will help to ensure that pesticides can be used safely while protecting wildlife, health and the environment, both in Ireland and internationally.
  Funding Agency

  DAFM
  Date From

  01/07/2018
  Date To

  30/06/2022
• Title

  Effects of scale and landscape structure on pollinator diversity and the provision of ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
  Summary

  Pollinating insects are important in agricultural and natural landscapes to ensure seed production in crop and wild plant species. However, pollinators are becoming more scarce in farmland and semi-natural areas and require conservation in order to continue delivering this pollination service. Since pollinating insects are very mobile and are influenced by the availability of flowers and nest sites over a scale of several kilometres, it is important that conservation is implemented at the appropriate scale. This project will investigate how different pollinating insects (bees, hoverflies, butterflies) are affected by agricultural habitats at the field scale (which crop is being grown), at the local scale (the diversity of crop and non-crop habitats surrounding agricultural fields) and the regional scale (the type and intensity of farming in region). At the same time, we will investigate how this affects pollination of different types of plants. This project will allow us to determine conservation measures for different pollinating insects and to recommend strategies to promote pollination of both crop and wild plants in agricultural landscapes.
  Funding Agency

  IRC
  Date From

  Sep 2012
  Date To

  Aug 2015
• Title

  Impacts of Legume cropping on biodiversity
  Summary

  Legumes Futures is an EU project (full title: Legume-supported cropping systems for Europe), coordinated by The Scottish Agricultural College, involving 18 partner institutions. The project will deliver knowledge and technology for the optimisation of legumes in European agricultural systems and promote the partnerships needed to support the public policy outcomes sought. Our task is to carry out an assessment of the influence of legume crops on plant and soil biodiversity in cropping systems across Atlantic, Central Europe and Scandinavian Climate zones. We will assess higher plant biodiversity, earthworm biodiversity and within-soil biological activity.
  Funding Agency

  EU FP7
  Date From

  Sept 2010
  Date To

  Sept 2013
• Title

  Parallel declines in pollinators and animal-pollinated plants
  Summary

  It has long been recognized that plant and pollinator decline are inextricably linked and recent work has demonstrated parallel declines using historical data. What is still lacking, however, is a demonstration of the causal link, if any, and its direction between plant and pollinator decline. In this project we will determine the direction of causality using modeling and empirical approaches. If causality can be demonstrated, this will further justify development of priorities to halt pollinator decline.
  Funding Agency

  IRCSET
  Date From

  01.10.09
  Date To

  30.09.12
• Title

  Enhancing natural capital for ecosystem service provision
  Summary

  Natural capital and the ecosystem services that flow from it are essential for human livelihoods, health and well-being. Our food supply depends on healthy functioning agricultural ecosystems. Insect pollinators and pest-control agents provide key ecosystem services in these systems. It is crucial we understand interactions between agricultural management and insect populations to optimize benefits and minimize conflicts. Agricultural practices at the local (e.g. the use of pesticides) and landscape (e.g. habitat fragmentation) scales can damage insect populations, but can be mitigated by regulating pesticide use and introducing flower strips into cropped landscapes. While such practices can benefit insect populations, further research is needed on whether flower strip habitats near crops are safe for insects, and ensure they are not being affected by pesticide residues. This project will take a novel approach to test whether flower strips enhance pollinator and natural enemy activity and insect exposure to agrochemicals. Hoverflies will be used as model species as they are attracted to flower strips and can enhance pest control and pollination in crops, but can be adversely affected by agrochemicals. Using two test model species of hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus and Eristalis tenax, both pollinators, the former with predatory larvae that act as pest-control agents) we will also investigate how chemical exposure affects adult behaviour and mortality. We hypothesise that flower strips will enhance the activity of hoverflies and improve pollination and pest control services, but this benefit will be mediated by exposure to agrichemicals. Previous research on flower strips and agrichemicals has focussed on bees, but hoverflies are also important crop pollinators, and their larvae perform additional ecosystem services, thus understanding hoverflies is both necessary and novel. The results of this study can be used to alter and encourage pesticide policies and the management, protection and restoration of ecosystem service providers on farmland.
  Funding Agency

  IRC
  Date From

  01.09.16
  Date To

  31.08.20
• Title

  Connecting Nature
  Summary

  Connecting Nature is a €12m five year project funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Innovation Action Programme. With 29 project partners from industry, local authorities, local communities, NGO's and research in 16 countries, our aim by project end is to position Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature -based solutions. We will form a community of cities that fosters peer to peer learning and capacity building among our front runner cities who are experienced in delivering large scale nature-based solutions, and our fast follower cities who have the desire to implement large scale nature-based solutions but lack the expertise. As knowledge and expertise increases, so too will our community to include new members (multiplier cities). At the same time, project partners will develop policy and practices necessary to scale up urban resilience, innovation and governance using nature-based solutions. Our approach will be open and innovative, fostering the development of co-operation between local governments, SME's, academic research and community partners to produce a tool kit and guidebook for cities seeking to deliver nature-based solutions in their locales. http://connectingnature.eu/
  Funding Agency

  EU H2020
  Date From

  Jun 2017
  Date To

  Jun 2022
• Title

  Plant-pollinator ecology in dune ecosystems
  Summary

  Coastal sand dunes are diverse habitats both in terms of physical structure and community richness and are protected under the EU Habitats Directive. Despite being recognised as providing a range of physical ecosystem services (eg rainwater and/or groundwater filtration, protection from storm damage, sediment stores etc), their value in providing biological services, such as pollination, has not been well explored. Dunes provide excellent habitats for a wide range of plants and invertebrates, particularly warmth-loving specie that need a degree of openness of habitat as part of their life-history requirements, and represent a refugia for rarer species. This project will assess how the size, management and surrounding land use of coastal sand dunes affects plant and insect communities, insect-flower interaction networks, and pollination services. We are working in collaboration with Dr Una Fitzpatrick at the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
  Funding Agency

  TCD Studentship
  Date From

  Oct 2010
  Date To

  Sept 2013
• Title

  The distribution and ecology of the mountain bumblebee, Bombus monticola
  Summary

  Bumblebees are ecologically and economically important components of Ireland's natural heritage. Of our 18 native Irish species, 10 are likely to qualify for IUCN threatened status. Bombus monticola (Smith) was first discovered in Ireland in 1974. This species is generally confined to mountains and moorlands, and is only found in the Wicklow mountains in the Republic of Ireland. We know very little about the local distribution and ecology of B. monticola in Ireland. As part of a generally declining bumblebee fauna, and a specialist of heathland plants, this species represents an important element of Irish biodiversity. Since the global distribution of B. monticola is restricted to the British Isles and Fenno-Scandinavia, Irish populations are globally important. Consequently, we need to know much more about its distribution, foraging ecology, population phenology (life cycle through the year) and nesting requirements in Ireland. This will allow us to make predictions about the future spread of this species and its potential interactions with other bumblebee species.
  Funding Agency

  Heritage Council
  Date From

  March 2006
  Date To

  November 2006
• Title

  Precision pasture management: impacts on weeds and implications for biodiversity
  Summary

  Grassland renovation is the basis for the generation of improved grassland for Irish livestock farmers. To date the extent of reseeding within region, farm enterprise or stocking rate is unknown. However in the future it's likely that grazed grass will play a pivotal role in underpinning the profitability of livestock enterprises. This project will provide excellent guideline data on the impacts of weed control with plant ID technology in both high/low input and organic grassland systems by quantifying the extent of reseeding, methods used, input usage and success on grassland farms. Experiments will be undertaken to investigate the effects of using automated systems to recognise specific weeds and spot-apply herbicide, such methods will be compared against blanket application techniques and manual spot spraying (as used in low N systems). The impact of plant machine technology to identify weeds and weed grasses to spray will also be tested in a minimal cultivation reseeding experiment against sward renovation controls. With minimal herbicide application technologies major additional benefits are anticipated for biodiversity: a large reduction in herbicide damage to non-target species through the much greater precision in herbicide application and the elimination in spray drifting.
  Funding Agency

  Department of Agriculture and Food
  Date From

  01.01.08
  Date To

  31.12.10
• Title

  Habitat mosaics and biodiversity at the landscape scale
  Summary

  This project will determine insect assemblages across habitats in the landscape mosaic (focusing on bumble bees, butterflies, ladybirds and ants), determine the potential resource value of each habitat to specific taxa, determine if rare and common species interact with the habitat mosaic in the same, or context-specific ways, and develop a model of how habitats interact, and thus predict how individual management decisions will affect landscape-scale biodiversity.
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  Oct06
  Date To

  Oct09
• Title

  The role of repellent scent marking in efficient foraging by bees
  Summary

  We showed that the duration of the repellent effect corresponded to nectar secretion rates, evidence for inter-generic interpretation of scent marks and that bees behaved according to predictions made from an ESS model.
  Funding Agency

  Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC)
  Date From

  Aug99
  Date To

  Mar00
• Title

  Biodiversity audit of Áras an Uachtaráin
  Summary

  This project, commissioned by the OPW on behalf of the President of Ireland will quantify both habitat and species diversity on the 130-acre site - an area that contains both formal gardens, certified organic kitchen gardens, and areas that are managed for biodiversity. The iconic Phoenix Park deer are excluded from the Áras, making it a unique biological site within the Park. At the end of the project, recommendations for biodiversity-friendly management will be made via the creation of an Action Plan Report for Áras an Uachtaráin.
  Funding Agency

  Office of Public Works
  Date From

  01.10.19
  Date To

  30.09.20
• Title

  Urban bees
  Summary

  Urban bees: pollen collection in relation to resource availability and landscape structure - This project will seek to identify where and upon what urban bees are foraging in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Existing data will be used to characterise urban landscapes and resource availability for bees. We will collect pollen from three groups of bees: Honeybees (Apis mellifera), bumblebees (Bombus spp.), and solitary/semi-social bees. The diversity of pollen collected by bees will be related to urban landscape character and resource availability. We will also use mark-release-recapture experiments to analyse foraging patterns to identify differences in behaviour between common and rare bee species. The results will feed into the All Ireland Pollinator Plan Guide for Local Councils, allowing appropriate steps to be taken to improve urban bee diversity.
  Funding Agency

  Eva Crane Trust
  Date From

  02.02.17
  Date To

  31.08.17
• Title

  FOREST: Reimagining relations with nature
  Summary

  FOREST brings together research leaders across Botany, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Geography and Statistics to reimagine our relations with nature. People and nature are not separate - we are dependent on nature as our life support system. The systematic failure of economic, political, and financial systems to take nature into account has resulted in climate and biodiversity crises. Ireland is now seeking to transition away from highly carbon-dependent social and economic practices, towards sustainable practices, systems and behaviours that support the coexistence of flourishing human systems and natural environments. This project will investigate how to assign value to the natural world to create investment initiatives with ecological benefits, to encourage investors to actively invest in assets with environmental and societal benefits. It will examine the behavioural aspects and financial investment incentives that can be linked to the protection or restoration of forests. However, placing a financial value on nature is not enough to preserve it, there must also be policy initiatives, and stronger legal mechanisms which recognise the multiple benefits of forests such as carbon capture, biodiversity habitat, and recreation. The financial industry is beset by a focus on short term gains, caused by performance metrics, remuneration incentives and incomplete measures of value. Policy supports can to some extent address these market failures by creating incentives which incorporate the long term non-market and socio-cultural benefits of nature. To correctly design incentives, an understanding of different perspectives on the values and benefits of nature in the widest sense is key, particularly in terms of impacting on individual and collective action. Actions taken have consequences for environment, people, and economies, but are often only assessed through a single lens. Implementing the right action in the right place urgently requires a new kind of multi-disciplinary dynamic, and a way of integrating data measured on different scales. This research challenge is inherently multidisciplinary in nature and will be conducted in conjunction with researchers across a range of relevant disciplines. FOREST will use the increase in forestry in Ireland as a model system to explore the challenges associated with addressing climate and biodiversity issues, and examine potential solutions through a multi-disciplinary lens. It will recruit a team of PhD candidates to study as part of an interdisciplinary team to address complex human-nature relations and the social-economic-ecological challenges and opportunities associated with transitioning away from unsustainable to sustainable development pathways.
  Funding Agency

  TCD E3 Kinsella Multidisciplinary Challenge
  Date From

  2021
  Date To

  2025
• Title

  Toxic nectar and pollne: impacts on flower-visiting mutualists and antagonists and role in invasion succes
  Summary

  This project will examine the effects of toxic nectar from invasive Rhododendron on native insects and determine why toxic nectar is produced - is it to deter flower visitors that do not pollinate? Also, we will investigate which Rhododendron species have toxic nectar and how poisonous it is. Findings will be crucial for informing conservation management of declining pollinators and invading non-native plants. Rhododendron ponticum, an invasive species in Ireland, produces toxic nectar and pollen which appears to have little impact on the survival of bumblebees, the main pollinators in Ireland. In fact, R. ponticum may act as an important floral resource for these bees. However, other bees (e.g. honeybees) avoid Rhododendron flowers, presumably because they cannot tolerate the toxins. This 4-year project is an interdisciplinary collaboration, bringing together Dr Stout and Dr Geraldine Wright (Newcastle), Dr Phil Stevenson (Kew/Greenwich) and Dr Mark Brown (Royal Holloway, London). The team will assess the impacts of floral toxins on plant mutualists (pollinators) and antagonists (nectar thieves - insects which visit flowers in order to collect nectar, but who do not transfer pollen and act as pollinators) and explore the extent to which toxic nectar plays a role in invasion by non-native species.
  Funding Agency

  Science Foundation Ireland
  Date From

  01.09.10
  Date To

  31.08.14
• Title

  Reproductive biology and conservation of rare Irish Orchids
  Summary

  Several species of orchid are extremely rare in the Republic of Ireland. Rarity can have severe impacts on plant population viability and recruitment and knowledge of a rare plant's reproductive biology is essential for its conservation. Many orchids rely on animal pollinators to transfer pollen between individuals to facilitate the production of seeds. However, interactions with pollinators are affected by rarity, and a negative feedback may exist whereby rare plants fail to attract sufficient pollinators which results in reduced seed production, which increases rarity. This project will determine whether limitation in pollination is reducing seed production in four rare orchid species in Ireland and suggest mechanisms for managing not only orchids, but also their pollinators. In addition, detailed ecological examination of sites where these orchid species are found will contribute to monitoring programmes of rare plant species.
  Funding Agency

  National Parks and Wildlife Service
  Date From

  Jun04
  Date To

  Jun07
• Title

  Birds, Bees and Butter
  Summary

  This project will determine the relationships between tree, bird and pollinator diversity, to enable management for sustainable production of shea fruits, and to help conserve the mixed agroforestry parkland systems of the Sudano zone in sub-Saharan Africa. The long-term goal is more resilient rural livelihoods and restoration and conservation of habitat for migratory birds, honeybees and other pollinating insects and wider biodiversity.
  Funding Agency

  LUSH
  Date From

  Jun 2015
  Date To

  Jun 2016
• Title

  Invasive weeds: the role of pollination mutualisms in population expansion
  Summary

  I investigated mutualistic interactions between invasive plants and native pollinators, using invasive Rhododendron ponticum as a model. I found that R. ponticum has a generalised pollination system, both in its native and its exotic ranges, but that fruit production may be pollinator limited. Field observations have indicated infrequent long-distance pollen transfer and I am using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and microsatellite molecular markers quantify levels of gene flow and to characterise patterns of genetic variation within and between populations.
  Funding Agency

  Enterprise Ireland
  Date From

  Dec01
  Date To

  Aug03
• Title

  Urban versus agricultural environments: bumble bee species diversity and abundance in Ireland
  Summary

  Bumble bees are ecologically and economically important pollinators and a charismatic component of Ireland's native biodiversity. Natural populations of bumble bees have declined in Northern Europe in the last fifty years, largely because of changes in farming practices. Using Malaise Traps, we surveyed bumblebees in urban and agricultural areas. Urban areas hosted a more species-rich bumble bee assemblage, but there was no overall difference in diversity between urban and agricultural areas. Urban areas also supported larger bumblebee populations, although the statistical significance of this difference varied across the year. Bumblebee abundance peaked two weeks earlier in urban sites, but due to the lack of queens and males caught in agricultural sites, it is impossible to make more detailed statements about differences in phenology. Malaise traps proved to be good samplers of the bumble bee assemblage, but modifications to avoid by-catch problems are suggested. Overall, this work does suggest that urban areas have an important role to play as reservoirs for bumble bee populations.
  Funding Agency

  Heritage
  Date From

  Mar03
  Date To

  Nov03
• Title

  Farming and Natural Resources: Measures for Ecological Sustainability ("Farm_Ecos")
  Summary

  Biodiversity has undergone significant declines throughout Ireland and Europe in recent decades. The trend is particularly apparent in agricultural ecosystems, where changes in farming practices (e.g. intensification, specialisation, abandonment) have led to a decrease in habitats and species dependent on agricultural practices. Conservation of natural resources (including biodiversity) and halting the degradation of ecosystem services are key environmental objectives of the European Union. Significant resources are allocated to these objectives in the Common Agricultural Policy (e.g. 'Greening'; Agri-environment schemes) However, deficiencies in relation to the design, targeting, monitoring, evaluation and flexibility of measures and schemes have resulted in their effectiveness being questioned (Kleijn & Sutherland, 2003; Finn & Ó hUallacháin, 2012). This poses a significant challenge to develop measures with a strong evidence base to support their environmental effectiveness, and cost-efficiency. This project, in close consultation with key stakeholders, will identify and outline the evidence base for novel, cost-effective measures to protect and enhance farmland biodiversity. These measures will increase habitat quantity, enhance habitat quality and improve ecological connectivity, from farm to landscape scale. Measures will thus help halt biodiversity loss and enhance the provision of above and below ground ecosystem services, thus supporting agriculture and local communities. The project will build on international research to identify new agri-environment measures appropriate to Irish conditions. Cost-benefit analysis of selected measures will identify those most suitable for inclusion in future iterations of agri-environment policy (e.g. GLAS, Ecological Focus Areas). The farm and landscape scale research in this study will address gaps in knowledge related to the importance of habitat quality and ecological connectivity in halting biodiversity loss and enhancing the provision of ecosystem services. Additionally, the spatial extent of benefits will be determined using spatial modelling. The results will feed back into cost-benefit models to help stakeholders assess the ecosystem services associated with farm habitats. This approach will facilitate the identification of measures and practices required to enhance habitat quantity, quality, connectivity and the provision of ecosystem services. The project will provide stakeholders with the necessary evidence base for novel measures and practices to effectively protect and enhance biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Addressing these challenges will help the agri-food sector achieve its objectives in relation to the development of economically and environmentally sustainable food production systems.
  Funding Agency

  DAFM
  Date From

  01.11.16
  Date To

  31.10.20
• Title

  Sectoral IMpacts on BIOdiversity and ecoSYStem services (SIMBIOSYS)
  Summary

  Biodiversity and associated ecosystem services are fundamental to humanity but are threatened by human activity in a range of sectors. This €1.6M project involving researchers at TCD, UCD and UCC will quantify impacts of key sectoral activities (in particular: cultivation of bioenergy crops, road landscaping and aquaculture) on genetic, species and landscape biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide, including pollination, biological pest control, carbon sequestration and resistance to alien species invasion. In addition, we will test methods for mitigating impacts, carry out in-depth strategic reviews in order to inform national policy decisions, and make recommendations for future strategic research and management.
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  02.04.08
  Date To

  30.09.12
• Title

  BiOrbic
  Summary

  BiOrbic Bioeconomy Research Centre will develop sustainable novel processes and products using biobased resources, creating clusters for new industry partnerships and delivering the expertise and trained workforce to translate new technologies into new sustainable products, processes, markets and industries. As part of the Sustainability Platform, we will be investigating the sustainability of the bioeconomy, using a Natural Capital approach. http://biorbic.com/
  Funding Agency

  SFI
  Date From

  Oct 2017
• Title

  POLLIVAL: assessing market and non-market values of pollination services in Ireland
  Summary

  Assessing and evaluating natural capital and ecosystem services which flow from it are key national environmental research priorities (for various organisations including the EPA, National Biodiversity Plan, Irish Forum on Natural Capital, All-Ireland Pollinator Plan), enabling integration of natural capital into decision-making processes and the sustainable use of natural resources. This project will provide a comprehensive evaluation and assessment of the market value of pollination services in Ireland using best-practice methods. Data gaps in terms of pollination dependency of Irish crops will be identified and filled. In addition, the project will deliver a method for assessing non-market values of pollination services, including supporting, regulating and cultural services. Finally, by investigating future drivers of change, including climate, policy and consumer behaviour using horizon scanning and scenario modelling, we can predict how values may change. By understanding and communicating the total value of key ecosystem services, such as pollination, we can develop a better appreciation of natural capital for policy and planning decisions at many levels and in several sectors. The POLLIVAL project will develop national capacity in evaluation of ecosystem services using pollination as a case study. By integrating market and non-market values, assessing current status and identifying drivers of future change, the project will develop a model system to enable evaluation of other forms of natural capital for decision-making and planning processes. The objectives of the project are: 1. To identify best practice to evaluate the current market values of pollination services in Ireland 2. To develop methods to assess non-market values 3. To integrate the implications of land use change (driven by various processes including environmental change, policy change and consumer behaviour) on the value of pollination services in Ireland The project will integrate approaches from natural, social and economic sciences and will involve consultation with experts and integration of expert knowledge, data-gathering (from a range of sources, including collection of novel ecological data sets), development of methods, and modelling of future scenarios.
  Funding Agency

  EPA
  Date From

  01.12.16
  Date To

  30.11.18
• Title

  What are the impacts of alien plants on native pollinators?
  Summary

  Pollinators provide essential ecosystem services and may be directly affected by alien plants. Bumblebees are important generalist pollinators which have declined during the last century, partly as a result of a reduction in wildflower forage resources. This project will investigate whether invasion by rewarding alien plants has beneficial impacts on native bumblebees by providing an alternative forage resource; or negative effects, both directly by providing low quantity and quality rewards, or indirectly by reducing rewarding native forage resources. By manipulating numbers of alien plants, this project will assess the impacts of management of invasive alien plants on native bumblebee species.
  Funding Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency
  Date From

  Oct 05
  Date To

  Sept 08
• Title

  Toxic nectar and pollen: impacts on flower-visiting mutualists and antagonists and role in invasion success
  Summary

  Despite the ecological and medical importance of secondary plant compounds, their role in biological invasion and impacts on native species are poorly understood. Using field surveys, laboratory bioassays and chemical analyses, we will ascertain the impacts of toxins in nectar (and pollen) on plant mutualists (pollinators) and antagonists (nectar robbers), determine how local selection pressures affect the expression of toxic compounds and elucidate how toxins influence invasion by non-native species. By determining impacts of non-native toxic nectar on key ecosystem service providers, results will contribute to sustainable management of pollinators and invasive species.
  Funding Agency

  IRCSET
  Date From

  Sept 2010
  Date To

  Sept 2014

Environmental management, Ecology,

• British Ecological Society Ecological Engagement Prize winner 2017
• Won most cited review award from the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (GFÖ) (2021) 2021
• Elected Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society 2015
• Elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2011

• Royal Entomological Society present
• British Ecological Society present
• International Bee Research Association 2005
• International Union for the Study of Social Insects (British Section) 2003
• Natural Capital Ireland (The Irish Forum on Natural Capital) present
• Ecological Society of America

• Global Coalition of the Willing 'Promote Pollinators' Irish member representative 2018
• Overall Rapporteur and Organising Committee member for European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Colloquium on "Towards holistic approaches to the risk assessment of multiple stressors in bees", Parma Italy 2013
• National Parks and Wildlife review Chair 2021
• PLoS ONE Journal Associate Editor 2008
• Future Earth Ireland National Committee Member 2016
• Royal Irish Academy (RIA) Praeger Grants Assessment Committee member 2020
• National Horizon 2020 SC-2 Advisory Group member 2016
• EU H2020 'Safeguard' project External Advisory Board Member 2021
• National Parks and Wildlife review Chair 2021
• Member, National Platform for Biodiversity Research, Ireland 2005
• FAO International Pollinator Initiative 2.0 Working Group Member 2017
• Founder, former Chair and current Director, Irish Forum on Natural Capital www.naturalcapitalireland.com 2014
• Trustee, Bumblebee Conservation Trust 2013
• BMC Ecology Journal Editorial Board Member 2013
• External PhD Examiner University of Bristol (2006, 2017, 2018), Norwegian University of Life Sciences Ås Norway (2008), University of Northampton (2009, 2015), Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (2009), University of Reading (2010, 2016), Queens University Belfast (2010, 2016), University of Queensland (2012), University of Limerick (2013), University of Southampton (2013), University of Leeds (2013), University of Stirling (2015), University of Newcastle (2016, 2018), University of Helsinki (2016), University of Sussex (2017, 2018, 2022), Leiden University (2017), University of Exeter (2019), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2019) 2006
• The Common Agricultural Policy post-2020: Irish Scientists Workshop member 2020
• BMC Ecology Journal Editorial Board Member 2013
• Management Committee and WP leader COST Action Super-B 2014
• Consultant, Bee conservation workshop - creating red data list for Irish bees, Trinity College Dublin 2005
• Overall Rapporteur and Organising Committee member for European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Colloquium on "Towards holistic approaches to the risk assessment of multiple stressors in bees", Parma Italy 2013
• External Examiner for MSc (Research) University of Nottingham (2015), University of KwaZulu Natal (2018) 2015
• Royal Irish Academy nomination to European Academies' Science Advisory Council working group on Ecosystem services, Agriculture and Neonicotinoids https://easac.eu/fileadmin/Reports/Easac_15_ES_web_complete_01.pdf 2013
• External Examiner for MSc in Ecological Management and Conservation Biology Queens University Belfast 2011
• Journal of Pollination Ecology, co-founder and Editorial Board member 2009
• Co-founder and Deputy Chair All-Ireland Pollinator Plan www.pollinators.ie 2014
• Co-leader of the Irish Pollinator Research Network 2016
• Associated Partner in EU integrated project on Assessing LArge scale Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods (ALARM) 2005
• Trustee, Bumblebee Conservation Trust 2013
• Associated Partner in EU integrated project on Assessing LArge scale Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods (ALARM) 2005
• Ireland's National Bioeconomy Forum Expert Advisory Group member 2021
• National Sustainability Research Coordination Group Member 2017
• Consultant, Bee conservation workshop - creating red data list for Irish bees, Trinity College Dublin 2005