Knight, Mairi - Plymouth University - School of Biological Sciences

个人简介

Role Head of School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor in Molecular Ecology Qualifications 2005-2007 Post-Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Plymouth University 2002-2005 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Southampton (BBSRC) 1999-2002 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Universities of Southampton & Hull (NERC) 1996-1999 PhD Sexual selection and speciation in Lake Malawi fishes University of Southampton (The Carnegie Trust) 1995-1996 MSc Marine & Fisheries Science, University of Aberdeen (NERC) 1986-1990 BSc Biological Sciences (Hons Zoology), University of Edinburgh Professional membership The Genetics Society British Ecological Society European Society for Evolution Biology

研究领域

I am interested in the evolutionary and ecological processes that give rise to and maintain extant biodiversity, employing molecular techniques alongside lab and field-based experimental approaches. My research spans a broad range of specific questions, from reproductive isolation and gene flow between populations, to ecological issues such as dispersal and foraging ranges through to species delineation and phylogeny reconstruction. I am increasingly interested in how these processes operate in populations that are declining and thus of conservation concern, and how molecular techniques can inform conservation science both in an applied and theoretical context.

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De Palma A, Abrahamczyk S, Aizen MA, Albrecht M, Basset Y, Bates A, Blake RJ, Boutin C, Bugter R & Connop S 2016 'Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes: Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases' SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6, Author Site , DOI PEARL Scriven JJ, Woodall LC, Tinsley MC, Knight MIE, Williams PH, Carolan JC, Brown MJF & Goulson D 2015 'Revealing the hidden niches of cryptic bumblebees in Great Britain: Implications for conservation' BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 182, 126-133 Author Site , DOI Bicknell AWJ, Knight ME, Bilton DT, Campbell M, Reid JB, Newton J & Votier SC 2014 'Intercolony movement of pre-breeding seabirds over oceanic scales: implications of cryptic age-classes for conservation and metapopulation dynamics' DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 20, (2) Author Site , DOI Cooper EM, Lunt PH, Ellis JS & Knight ME 2013 'Biogeographical patterns of variation in Western European populations of the great green bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima; Orthoptera Tettigoniidae)' JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION 17, (3) 431-440 Author Site , DOI Stanley DA, Knight ME & Stout JC 2013 'Ecological Variation in Response to Mass-Flowering Oilseed Rape and Surrounding Landscape Composition by Members of a Cryptic Bumblebee Complex' PLOS ONE 8, (6) Author Site , DOI Ellis JS, Turner LM & Knight ME 2013 'Lack of Variation at Phosphoglucose Isomerase (Pgi) in Bumblebees: Implications for Conservation Genetics Studies' PLOS One 8, (6) 1-11 , DOI Benefer C, van Herk WG, Ellis JS, Blackshaw RP, Vernon RS & Knight ME 2013 'The molecular identification and genetic diversity of economically important wireworm species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Canada' Journal of Pest Science 86, (1) 19-27 , DOI Ellis JS, Turner LM & Knight ME 2012 'Patterns of selection and polymorphism of innate immunity genes in bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)' GENETICA 140, (4-6) 205-217 Author Site , DOI