Ellen L. Rotheray

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Ellen L. Rotheray is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen L. Rotheray has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 18 papers in Insect Science and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ellen L. Rotheray's work include Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (12 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (8 papers). Ellen L. Rotheray is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (12 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (12 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (8 papers). Ellen L. Rotheray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Switzerland. Ellen L. Rotheray's co-authors include Dave Goulson, Cristina Botías, Elizabeth Nicholls, Arthur David, Elizabeth M. Hill, Alaa Abdul‐Sada, Juliet L. Osborne, Robert Fowler, Matthias A. Becher and Hugo Rebelo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ellen L. Rotheray

19 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

2015 2.8k citations Dave Goulson, Elizabeth Nicholls et al. Science profile →
Widespread contamination of wildflower and bee-collected pollen with complex mixtures of neonicotinoids and fungicides commonly applied to crops

2016 305 citations Arthur David, Cristina Botías et al. Environment International profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen L. Rotheray United Kingdom	12	3.1k	2.9k	2.0k	740	273	19	3.5k
Elizabeth Nicholls United Kingdom	17	3.5k 1.1×	3.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	905 1.2×	257 0.9×	28	4.2k
Fabrice Réquier France	24	2.5k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	569 0.8×	185 0.7×	65	3.0k
Quinn S. McFrederick United States	33	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	559 0.8×	141 0.5×	70	2.9k
Thomas J. Wood Belgium	24	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	799 0.4×	774 1.0×	273 1.0×	93	2.2k
James Cresswell United Kingdom	37	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.9×	630 2.3×	79	3.5k
Orianne Rollin France	14	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	536 0.7×	206 0.8×	20	2.1k
Leif L. Richardson United States	23	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	928 0.5×	813 1.1×	415 1.5×	41	2.4k
Hajnalka Szentgyörgyi Poland	17	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	669 0.3×	866 1.2×	553 2.0×	30	2.1k
Keith S. Delaplane United States	30	3.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	2.7k 1.3×	773 1.0×	124 0.5×	100	4.0k
Blandina Felipe Viana Brazil	25	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	551 0.3×	828 1.1×	381 1.4×	90	2.0k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Rotheray, Ellen L., et al.. (2023). Marvellous moths! pollen deposition rate of bramble (Rubus futicosus L. agg.) is greater at night than day. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0281810–e0281810. 16 indexed citations

Rebelo, Hugo, Dave Goulson, Thomas J. Wood, et al.. (2022). From pastures to forests: Changes in Mediterranean wild bee communities after rural land abandonment. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 15(3). 325–336. 12 indexed citations

Goulson, Dave, et al.. (2021). Investigating the Foraging, Guarding and Drifting Behaviors of Commercial Bombus terrestris. Journal of Insect Behavior. 34(5-6). 334–345. 5 indexed citations

Nicholls, Elizabeth, Cristina Botías, Ellen L. Rotheray, et al.. (2018). Monitoring Neonicotinoid Exposure for Bees in Rural and Peri-urban Areas of the U.K. during the Transition from Pre- to Post-moratorium. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(16). 9391–9402. 31 indexed citations

Becher, Matthias A., et al.. (2018). Bumble‐BEEHAVE: A systems model for exploring multifactorial causes of bumblebee decline at individual, colony, population and community level. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55(6). 2790–2801. 65 indexed citations

Rotheray, Ellen L., Juliet L. Osborne, & Dave Goulson. (2017). Quantifying the food requirements and effects of food stress on bumble bee colony development. Journal of Apicultural Research. 56(3). 288–299. 62 indexed citations

Fowler, Robert, Ellen L. Rotheray, & Dave Goulson. (2016). Floral abundance and resource quality influence pollinator choice. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 9(6). 481–494. 81 indexed citations

David, Arthur, Cristina Botías, Alaa Abdul‐Sada, et al.. (2016). Widespread contamination of wildflower and bee-collected pollen with complex mixtures of neonicotinoids and fungicides commonly applied to crops. Environment International. 88. 169–178. 305 indexed citations breakdown →

Rebelo, Hugo, et al.. (2015). Evidence for habitat and climatic specializations driving the long‐term distribution trends of UK and Irish bumblebees. Diversity and Distributions. 21(8). 864–875. 26 indexed citations

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Exley, Christopher, Ellen L. Rotheray, & Dave Goulson. (2015). Bumblebee Pupae Contain High Levels of Aluminium. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0127665–e0127665. 18 indexed citations

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Goulson, Dave, Elizabeth Nicholls, Cristina Botías, & Ellen L. Rotheray. (2015). Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers. Science. 347(6229). 1255957–1255957. 2830 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rotheray, Ellen L., Dave Goulson, & Luc F. Bussière. (2015). Growth, development, and life‐history strategies in an unpredictable environment: case study of a rare hoverfly B lera fallax ( D iptera, S yrphidae). Ecological Entomology. 41(1). 85–95. 8 indexed citations

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Rotheray, Ellen L., et al.. (2014). Mark recapture estimates of dispersal ability and observations on the territorial behaviour of the rare hoverfly, Hammerschmidtia ferruginea (Diptera, Syrphidae). Journal of Insect Conservation. 18(2). 179–188. 17 indexed citations

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Rotheray, Ellen L.. (2013). Differences in ecomorphology and microhabitat use of four saproxylic larvae (Diptera , S yrphidae) in S cots pine stump rot holes. Ecological Entomology. 38(3). 219–229. 7 indexed citations

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Rotheray, Ellen L., Olivier Lepais, Alexander Nater, et al.. (2012). Genetic variation and population decline of an endangered hoverfly Blera fallax (Diptera: Syrphidae). Conservation Genetics. 13(5). 1283–1291. 8 indexed citations

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Goulson, Dave & Ellen L. Rotheray. (2012). Population dynamics of the invasive weedLupinus arboreusin Tasmania, and interactions with two non‐native pollinators. Weed Research. 52(6). 535–541. 3 indexed citations

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Rotheray, Ellen L., Maja P. Greminger, Alexander Nater, et al.. (2011). Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the endangered pine hoverfly Blera fallax (Diptera: Syrphidae). Conservation Genetics Resources. 4(1). 117–120. 1 indexed citations

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Rotheray, Ellen L., et al.. (2009). The ecology and conservation of the Aspen hoverfly.. 12–14. 2 indexed citations

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Rotheray, Ellen L., et al.. (2008). The conservation requirements of an endangered hoverfly, Hammerschmidtia ferruginea (Diptera, Syrphidae) in the British Isles. Journal of Insect Conservation. 13(6). 569–574. 23 indexed citations

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