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Jane Memmott
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'''Jane Memmott''' [[Royal Entomological Society|Hon.FRES]] is an [[Ecology|ecologist]] and [[Entomology|entomologist]] in the United Kingdom, she is professor of ecology at the [[University of Bristol]]. Her research looks at [[Community (ecology)|community ecology]] and she is an expert on the interactions of [[insect]] [[Pollinator|pollinators]] and [[Plant|plants]]<ref name=":0"></ref>.
== Education and career ==
Memmott was educated at the [[University of Leeds]] where she studied a BSc [[zoology]] in the early 1980s; she continued at Leeds studying a PhD looking at the community ecology of [[Phlebotominae|phlebotomine]] [[Sandfly|sandflies]] with fieldwork in Costa Rica. As a postdoctoral researcher she constructed the first [[Food web|food webs]] in tropical ecosystems, looking at [[Plant|plants]], [[Leaf miner|leaf-miners]] and [[Parasitoid wasp|parasitoids]]<ref> School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol|last=Bristol|first=University of|website=www.bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>, working with [[Charles Godfray]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and she later did research looking at [[invasive plants]] in New Zealand.
In 1996 Memmott moved to the University of Bristol to be a lecturer, in 2012 she was appointed Head of the School of Biological Sciences and she oversaw the school move to a new Life Sciences building<ref> News University of Bristol|last=Bristol|first=University of|date=6 October 2014|website=www.bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>.
== Research ==
Memmott's research looks at a wide range of areas in ecology including [[pollination ecology]], [[Invasive species|invasion ecology]], [[Agroecology|agro-ecology]], [[Biological pest control|biological control]], [[urban ecology]] and [[restoration ecology]]<ref name=":0" />.
Her work in urban habitats includes the urban pollinators project (part of the Insect Pollinators Initiative<ref></ref>) which sampled insect pollinators in 1km long transects in urban areas<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. The project found that private residential gardens, allotments and community gardens had a higher abundance of insect pollinators than public amenity gardens such as parks and road verges<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
Memmott is an advocate that urban habitats can provide resources to sustain pollinators<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, in particular she has found growing areas of wildflowers, which have plants with more [[nectar]] and [[pollen]] than many [[cultivated plant]] varieties, can provide more [[Foraging|foraging resources]] for pollinators<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
She has also looked at how resources available to insect pollinators has changed over the past century and also they can change over a single year. Her research looking at longterm [[Vegetation|vegetation surveys]] found that nectar resources in the UK declined up to the 1970s, during agricultural intensification, but since the 1970s resources have increased<ref> News University of Bristol|last=Bristol|first=University of|website=www.bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>. On the smaller timescale Memmott found a potential for mismatch in the phenology (timing) between flowering plants and the flighttimes of pollinators that visit them through the year<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
Memmott also researches [[Agroecosystem|agroecosystems]] and her research showed that seasonally there are significant gaps in resources for pollinators from plants, such as pollen and nectar, in early spring and late summer; this knowledge could be used to alter the species mix of wildflower strips as part of [[Agri-environment scheme|agri-environment schemes]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
== Honours and awards ==
Memmott is a reviewing editor on [[Science Magazine]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) AAAS|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>.
She was awarded the [[Marsh Ecology Award]] by the [[Marsh Christian Trust]] and the [[British Ecological Society]] in 2015<ref></ref>.
In 2018 gave the Sir John Burnett Memorial Lecture at the [[National Biodiversity Network]] annual conference<ref></ref>.
Memmott was made President Elect of the British Ecological Society in 2019, she will become President of the society in 2020<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2uozTHm University of Bristol profile]
* [https://ift.tt/1Ewe5b3 Memmott Community Ecology lab webpage]
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== Education and career ==
Memmott was educated at the [[University of Leeds]] where she studied a BSc [[zoology]] in the early 1980s; she continued at Leeds studying a PhD looking at the community ecology of [[Phlebotominae|phlebotomine]] [[Sandfly|sandflies]] with fieldwork in Costa Rica. As a postdoctoral researcher she constructed the first [[Food web|food webs]] in tropical ecosystems, looking at [[Plant|plants]], [[Leaf miner|leaf-miners]] and [[Parasitoid wasp|parasitoids]]<ref> School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol|last=Bristol|first=University of|website=www.bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>, working with [[Charles Godfray]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and she later did research looking at [[invasive plants]] in New Zealand.
In 1996 Memmott moved to the University of Bristol to be a lecturer, in 2012 she was appointed Head of the School of Biological Sciences and she oversaw the school move to a new Life Sciences building<ref> News University of Bristol|last=Bristol|first=University of|date=6 October 2014|website=www.bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>.
== Research ==
Memmott's research looks at a wide range of areas in ecology including [[pollination ecology]], [[Invasive species|invasion ecology]], [[Agroecology|agro-ecology]], [[Biological pest control|biological control]], [[urban ecology]] and [[restoration ecology]]<ref name=":0" />.
Her work in urban habitats includes the urban pollinators project (part of the Insect Pollinators Initiative<ref></ref>) which sampled insect pollinators in 1km long transects in urban areas<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. The project found that private residential gardens, allotments and community gardens had a higher abundance of insect pollinators than public amenity gardens such as parks and road verges<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
Memmott is an advocate that urban habitats can provide resources to sustain pollinators<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>, in particular she has found growing areas of wildflowers, which have plants with more [[nectar]] and [[pollen]] than many [[cultivated plant]] varieties, can provide more [[Foraging|foraging resources]] for pollinators<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
She has also looked at how resources available to insect pollinators has changed over the past century and also they can change over a single year. Her research looking at longterm [[Vegetation|vegetation surveys]] found that nectar resources in the UK declined up to the 1970s, during agricultural intensification, but since the 1970s resources have increased<ref> News University of Bristol|last=Bristol|first=University of|website=www.bristol.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>. On the smaller timescale Memmott found a potential for mismatch in the phenology (timing) between flowering plants and the flighttimes of pollinators that visit them through the year<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
Memmott also researches [[Agroecosystem|agroecosystems]] and her research showed that seasonally there are significant gaps in resources for pollinators from plants, such as pollen and nectar, in early spring and late summer; this knowledge could be used to alter the species mix of wildflower strips as part of [[Agri-environment scheme|agri-environment schemes]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
== Honours and awards ==
Memmott is a reviewing editor on [[Science Magazine]]<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2) AAAS|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>.
She was awarded the [[Marsh Ecology Award]] by the [[Marsh Christian Trust]] and the [[British Ecological Society]] in 2015<ref></ref>.
In 2018 gave the Sir John Burnett Memorial Lecture at the [[National Biodiversity Network]] annual conference<ref></ref>.
Memmott was made President Elect of the British Ecological Society in 2019, she will become President of the society in 2020<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>.
== References ==
<!-- Inline citations added to your article will automatically display here. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:REFB for instructions on how to add citations. -->
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2uozTHm University of Bristol profile]
* [https://ift.tt/1Ewe5b3 Memmott Community Ecology lab webpage]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:British ecologists]]
[[Category:British entomologists]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society]]
[[Category:Women entomologists]]
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