Mairi E. Knight

A modular system for trapping and mass-marking bumblebees: applications for studying food choice and foraging range (2006)

Martin, Andrew.P., Carreck, Norman.L., Swain, Jennifer.L., Goulson, Dave, Knight, Mairi.E., Hale, Roddy.J., ...

Two new techniques for the study of bumblebee behavioural ecology are described. Interchangeable nest entrance modules allow (i) unimpeded bee traffic, (ii) trapping of incoming foragers for counting...

Use of genetic markers to quantify bumblebee foraging range and nest density (2004)

Darvill, Ben, Knight, Mairi E., Goulson, Dave

Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) are important pollinators of crops and wildflowers, but many species have suffered dramatic declines in recent decades. Strategies for their conservation require...

Interspecific differences in response to novel landmarks in bumblebees (Bombus sp.) (2004)

Goulson, Dave, Darvill, Ben, Ellis, Jon, Knight, Mairi.E., Hanley, Mick.E.

We provide evidence for interspecific differences in the behaviour of bumblebees which suggests that there may be important differences in the way that they navigate. Bumblebees commonly investigate...

Divergent selection during speciation of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes inferred from parallel radiations in nuptial coloration (2003)

Allender, Charlotte J., Seehausen, Ole, Knight, Mairi E., Turner, George F., Maclean, Norman

Repeated evolution of the same phenotypic difference during independent episodes of speciation is strong evidence for selection during speciation. More than 1,000 species of cichlids, >10% of the...

Divergent selection during speciation of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes inferred from parallel radiations in nuptial coloration

Allender, Charlotte J., Seehausen, Ole, Knight, Mairi E., Turner, George F., Maclean, Norman

Repeated evolution of the same phenotypic difference during independent episodes of speciation is strong evidence for selection during speciation. More than 1,000 species of cichlids, >10% of the...

Divergent selection during speciation of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes inferred from parallel radiations in nuptial coloration

Allender, Charlotte J., Seehausen, Ole, Knight, Mairi E., Turner, George F., Maclean, Norman

Repeated evolution of the same phenotypic difference during independent episodes of speciation is strong evidence for selection during speciation. More than 1,000 species of cichlids, >10% of the...

Nuclear markers reveal unexpected genetic variation and a Congolese-Nilotic origin of the Lake Victoria cichlid species flock.

Seehausen, Ole, Koetsier, Egbert, Schneider, Maria Victoria, Chapman, Lauren J, Chapman, Colin A, Knight, Mairi E, ...

Phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial (mt) DNA have indicated that the cichlid species flock of the Lake Victoria region is derived from a single ancestral species found in East African...

Laboratory mating trials indicate incipient speciation by sexual selection among populations of the cichlid fish Pseudotropheus zebra from Lake Malawi.

Knight, Mairi E, Turner, George F

It has been suggested that sexual selection may have played a major role in the rapid evolution of hundreds of species of cichlid fishes in Lake Malawi. We report the results of a laboratory test of...