Data
Journal Article
Sporopollenin as a dilution agent in artificial diets for solitary bees
Tainsh, F., Woodmansey, S. R., Austin, A. J., Bagnall, T. E., & Gilbert, J. D. (in press). Sporopollenin as a dilution agent in artificial diets for solitary bees. Apidologie, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-020-00801-1
Research interests
James is interested in the evolution of parental care and social behaviour – especially how these crucial animal interactions shape, and are shaped by, animals' nutritional environments – and the unforeseen pressures exerted upon parental and social interactions by anthropogenic change.
Lead investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Resilience of pollinators in a changing world: impact of developmental environment on metabolism and energetic budgets in social and solitary bees
Funder
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Counc
Grant
£431,448.81
Started
1 January 2024
Status
Ongoing
Project
Investigating temporal impacts of reintroduced beavers at Cropton Forest on biodiversity using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding.
Funder
Forestry England
Grant
£5,500.00
Started
1 April 2022
Status
Ongoing
Project
Big Windermere Survey: eDNA pilot
Funder
Freshwater Biological Association
Grant
£6,235.36
Started
1 April 2023
Status
Ongoing
Project
Do Bees regulate the composition of food they give their offspring, and does it matter?
Funder
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Grant
£3,262.99
Started
1 February 2015
Status
Complete
Project
Evaluating biodiversity impacts of beaver reintroductions on invertebrate and vertebrate communities using environmental DNA
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£93,837.75
Started
10 February 2022
Status
Complete
Co-investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
The missing link: do impacts of beavers traverse aquatic-terrestrial boundaries?
Funder
Buglife
Grant
£5,000.00
Started
26 September 2021
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
I am happy to supervise PhDs on a range of topics related to invertebrate behaviour and ecology. Currently I am supervising projects on nutritional ecology of solitary bees, and the macroevolution of insect parental care and life history, but am always open to creative, interesting suggestions. I do not currently have a funded position to offer, though, so we would have to work together to obtain funding.