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My research interests are in ecological interactions among species,
particularly plant-pollinator interactions, plant reproductive biology,
ecosystem services and global biodiversity. My three year postdoctoral
project in Israel combined biodiversity, structure and spatio-temporal
dynamics of plant-pollinator interaction networks, habitat modification
and pollination services into a unifying framework to better understand
ecosystem functioning. This research also included a long-term study
of the pollination biology of the endemic Iris atropurpurea Baker
and the relative importance of night-sheltering solitary male bees
and honey bees as pollinators.
Prior to this I obtained my PhD from the University of Northampton
investigating plant- flower visitor interactions in the Sacred Valley,
Perú. As a member of the Landscape and Biodiversity Group
I am currently investigating the potential to market ecosystems
services provided by the Nene Valley. Our group are responsible
for the identification, analysis and mapping of ecosystem services
within the Nene Valley Nature Improvement Area (NIA).
Publications
Schleuning, M., Fründ, J., Klein, A.M., Abrahamczyk, S., Alarcón, R., Albrecht, M., Andersson, G.K.S., Bazarian, S., Böhning-Gaese, K., Bommarco, R., Dalsgaard, B., Dehling, D.M., Gotlieb, A., Hagen, M., Hickler, T., Holzschuh, A., Kaiser-Bunbury, C. N., Kreft, H., Morris, R.J., Sandel, B., Sutherland, W.J., Svenning, J.C., Tscharntke, T., Watts, S. , Weiner, C.N., Werner, M., Williams, N.M., Winqvist, C., Dormann, C.F., & Blüthgen, N. (2012) Specialization of mutualistic interaction networks decreases towards tropical latitudes. Current Biology 22: 1925-1931. (pdf 1MB)
Schleuning, M., Watts, S. et al. (2012) Supplement to above paper (pdf 773KB)
Vereecken N.J., Dorchin A., Dafni A, Hötling S, Schulz S. & Watts S. (2012) A pollinators' eye view of a shelter mimicry system. Annals of Botany: doi:10.1093/aob/mct081 (pdf 658KB)
Watts, S., Sapir, Y., Segal, B., Dafni, A. (2012) The endangered Iris atropurpurea (Iridaceae) in Israel: honey bees, night-sheltering male bees and female solitary bees as pollinators. Annals of Botany doi: 10.1093/aob/mcs29 (pdf 763KB)
Ollerton, J., Watts, S., Connerty, S., Lock, J., Parker, L., Wilson, I., Schueller, S., Nattero, J., Cocucci, A.A., Izhaki, I., Geerts, S. & Pauw, A. (2012) Pollination ecology of the invasive tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca: comparisons across native and non-native ranges. Journal of Pollination Ecology 9: 85-95. (pdf 292KB)
Dalsgaard,
B., Magård, E., Fjeldså, J., Martín González, A.M., Rahbek, C.,
Olesen, J.M., Ollerton, J., Alarcón, R., Araujo, A.C., Cotton, P.,
Lara, C., Machado, C.C., Sazima, I., Sazima, M., Timmermann, A.,
Watts, S., Sandel, B., Sutherland, W.J., Svenning, J.C. (2011)
Specialization in plant-hummingbird networks and the legacy of spatiotemporal
climatic stability during the Late Quaternary. PLoS ONE 6(10):
e25891. (pdf 210KB)
Watts,
S., Huamán Ovalle, D., Moreno Herrera, M. &
Ollerton, J. (2011) Pollinator effectiveness of native and non-native
flower visitors to an apparently generalist Andean shrub, Duranta
mandonii (Verbenaceae). Plant Species Biology in
press (pdf 533KB)
Ollerton,
J., Alarcón, R., Waser, N.M., Price, M.V., Watts, S.,
Cranmer, L., Hingston, A. Peter, C.I. and Rotenberry, J. (2009)
A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis. Annals of
Botany 103: 1471-1480. (pdf 588KB)[Appendix
1 (pdf 18KB)] [Appendix
2 (pdf 60KB)] [Appendix
3 (pdf 35KB)] [Appendix
4 (pdf 65KB)]
Ollerton,J.,
Killick, A., Lamborn, E., Watts, S. & Whiston, M. (2007)
Multiple meanings and modes: on the many ways to be a generalist
flower. Taxon 56: 717-728 (pdf 283KB)
Ollerton,
J. and Watts, S. (2000) Phenotype space and floral typology:
towards an objective assessment of pollination syndromes. Det Norske
Videnskaps-Akademi I. Matematisk-Naturvitenskapelig Klasse, Avhandlinger,
Ny Serie 39: 149-159. (pdf 1.8MB)
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