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2020
Journal article
Nocturnal pollination: an overlooked ecosystem service vulnerable to environmental change.
Existing assessments of the ecosystem service of pollination have been largely restricted to diurnal insects, with a particular focus on generalist foragers such as wild and honey bees. As knowledge of how these plant-pollinator systems function, their relevance to food security and biodiversity, and the fragility of these mutually beneficial...Macgregor, Callum J. ; Scott-Brown, Alison S.
Artificial light at night, Climate change, Plant-insect interactions, Biodiversity, Pollution, and Pollinators
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2020
Journal article
Genome characterization of brugmansia latent virus, a novel tobamovirus.
A novel tobamovirus, brugmansia latent virus (BrLV), was discovered during a study of brugmansia (Brugmansia spp.) in the living collections held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of BrLV, which is 6,397 nucleotides long and contains the four open reading frames (RNA-dependent RNA...Scott-Brown, Alison S. ; D’Elia, Tom ; Devey, Dion S. ; Funderburk, Joseph E. ; Adkins, Scott
Brugmansia latent virus (BrLV), Genome sequence, Brugmansia, and Tobamovirus
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2020
Policy report
Multifunctional landscapes in the UK: tools for policy and practice
Ensuring food supply meets future demand will require transdisciplinary thinking to develop robust new policies, steer behavioural change and encourage the development and uptake of innovative technological solutions. The multifunctional landscapes (MFL) approach recognises that, in addition to food, UK landscapes provide a range of natural resource provisions and ecosystem...Franco, S.C. ; Keane, J.B. ; Scott-Brown, Alison S. ; Wade, R. ; O’Connor, R.S.
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2019
Journal article
Mechanisms in mutualisms: a chemically mediated thrips pollination strategy in common elder
The concept of flower-feeding thrips as pollinating insects in temperate regions is rarely considered as they are more frequently regarded to be destructive florivores feeding on pollen and surrounding plant tissue. Combining laboratory and field-based studies we examined interactions between Sambucus nigra (elderflower) and Thrips major within their native range...