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List of works by Francis S. Gilbert

A novel form of territoriality: daily paternal investment in an anthophorid bee

article by Pat Willmer et al published September 1994 in Animal Behaviour

A pilot study to survey the carnivore community in the hyper-arid environment of South Sinai mountains

Alien honeybees increase pollination risks for range-restricted plants

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Allowing for human socioeconomic impacts in the conservation of plants under climate change

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Analysis of the prevalence of infection and associations between human gastrointestinal nematodes among different age classes living in the urban and suburban communities of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

scientific article

Aphid suitability and its relationship to oviposition preference in predatory hoverflies

scientific article published in September 2000

Babesia behnkei sp. nov., a novel Babesia species infecting isolated populations of Wagner's gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus, from the Sinai Mountains, Egypt

scientific article

Behavioural changes in the flour beetle Tribolium confusum infected with the spirurid nematode Protospirura muricola.

scientific article published on 10 September 2013

Catalogue of the Syrphidae of Egypt (Diptera)

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

Climate-based models of spatial patterns of species richness in Egypt’s butterfly and mammal fauna

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Comparative analyses of correlates of Red data book status: a case study using European hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Comparison of the efficacy of mebendazole, albendazole and pyrantel in treatment of human hookworm infections in the southern region of Mali, West Africa

scientific article published in March 1999

Conditioning pigeons to discriminate naturally lit insect specimens.

scientific article published in May 1999

Connectivity, non-random extinction and ecosystem function in experimental metacommunities

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Conserving Egypt's reptiles under climate change

scholarly article by Ahmed El-Gabbas et al published April 2016 in Journal of Arid Environments

Corridors maintain species richness in the fragmented landscapes of a microecosystem

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Culturally valuable minority crops provide a succession of floral resources for flower visitors in traditional orchard gardens

DOES THE ABUNDANCE OF HOVERFLY (SYRPHIDAE) MIMICS DEPEND ON THE NUMBERS OF THEIR HYMENOPTERAN MODELS?

scholarly article by Brigitte Howarth et al published 2004 in Evolution

Description of Candidatus Bartonella fadhilae n. sp. and Candidatus Bartonella sanaae n. sp. (Bartonellaceae) from Dipodillus dasyurus and Sekeetamys calurus (Gerbillinae) from the Sinai Massif (Egypt).

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Distance transform: a tool for the study of animal colour patterns

scientific article published in 2013

Diurnal activity patterns in hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae)

scientific article published in 1985

Does the abundance of hoverfly (Syrphidae) mimics depend on the numbers of their hymenopteran models?

scientific article published in February 2004

Ecomorphological Relationships in Hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae)

scientific article published in 1985

Effect of characteristics of butterfly species on the accuracy of distribution models in an arid environment

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Effect of ivermectin on infection with gastro-intestinal nematodes in Sierra Leone

scientific article published in September 1994

Efficacy of albendazole against Giardia and hookworm in a remote Aboriginal community in the north of Western Australia

scientific article published in August 1998

Egypt’s Protected Area network under future climate change

article by Katie Leach et al published March 2013 in Biological Conservation

Elevation patterns of plant diversity and recent altitudinal range shifts in Sinai's high-mountain flora

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Factors affecting components of fitness in a gall-making wasp (Cynips divisa Hartig)

scientific article published on 01 August 1988

Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

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Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in common voles ( Microtus arvalis) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

scientific article published on 9 January 2004

Failure of mebendazole in treatment of human hookworm infections in the southern region of Mali

scientific article published on July 1997

Failure of pyrantel in treatment of human hookworm infections (Ancylostoma duodenale) in the Kimberley region of north west Australia

scientific article published in December 1997

Final stage larvae and puparia of Platypezidae (Diptera)

Flower choice by honey bees (Apis mellifera L.): sex-phase of flowers and preferences among nectar and pollen foragers

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

Flowering ground vegetation benefits wild pollinators and fruit set of almond within arid smallholder orchards

Foraging ecology of hoverflies: morphology of the mouthparts in relation to feeding on nectar and pollen in some common urban species

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Functional, evolutionary and ecological aspects of feeding-related mouthpart specializations in parasitoid flies

Furlow Palatoplasty, Nasopharyngeal Size, and Sleep Oximetry

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

Helminth infections in Apodemus sylvaticus in southern England: interactive effects of host age, sex and year on the prevalence and abundance of infections

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Helminth species richness in wild wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus, is enhanced by the presence of the intestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus.

scientific article published in June 2009

Hidden in taxonomy: Batesian mimicry by a syrphid fly towards a Patagonian bumblebee

article by Carlo Polidori et al published 6 March 2013 in Insect Conservation and Diversity

Hoverflies are imperfect mimics of wasp colouration

Immunological relationships during primary infection with Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Nematospiroides dubius): dose-dependent expulsion of adult worms

scientific article published on 01 February 1989

Imperfect mimicry: a pigeon’s perspective

scientific article published in 1993

Individual variation in oviposition preference, and its interaction with larval performance in an insect predator.

scientific article published in March 1999

Individually recognizable scent marks on flowers made by a solitary bee

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Insect visitation rates to wild flowers increase in the presence of arid agriculture in South Sinai, Egypt

scholarly article by Olivia Norfolk & Francis Gilbert published October 2014 in Journal of Arid Environments

Intestinal helminths of spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus) from St Katherine's Protectorate in the Sinai, Egypt

scientific article published in March 2000

Invasive ants-are fire ants drivers of biodiversity loss?

scientific article published in 2013

LAWS IN ECOLOGY: DIVERSE MODES OF EXPLANATION FOR A HOLISTIC SCIENCE ⬇️

Long-term spatiotemporal stability and dynamic changes in helminth infracommunities of spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) in St. Katherine's Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

Long-term spatiotemporal stability and dynamic changes in the haemoparasite community of spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) in four montane wadis in the St. Katherine Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt

scientific article published on 8 April 2016

Macroevolution of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): the effect of using higher-level taxa in studies of biodiversity, and correlates of species richness

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Metapopulation Dynamics, Abundance, and Distribution in a Microecosystem

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Migration: Ecosystem Services Helicoptered In

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Migratory bird species benefit from traditional agricultural gardens in arid South Sinai

Mimicry profiles are affected by human-induced habitat changes

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Modelling terrestrial reptile species richness, distributions and habitat suitability in Saudi Arabia

scientific article published in July 2020

National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation

scientific article published in 2023

Nowhere left to go: the Sinai Hairstreak Satyrium jebelia

On the role of sinigrin (mustard oil) in a tritrophic context: plant-aphid-aphidophagous hoverfly

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Oviposition preference of aphidophagous hoverflies toward oviposition site quality: The presence of intra- and interspecific competitor, glucosinolate content, and prey species

article published in 2016

Paying for nectar with wingbeats: a new model of honeybee foraging

scientific article published in December 2004

Performance of a predatory hoverfly feeding on Myzus persicae (Hem. Aphididae) reared on two brassicaceous plants varies with ant attendance

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Phenological shifts in hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): linking measurement and mechanism ⬇️

scientific article published in 2016

Phenological synchrony between a plant and a specialised herbivore

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Phylogenetic relationships and the larval head of the lower Cyclorrhapha (Diptera)

scholarly article by GRAHAM E. ROTHERAY & Francis Gilbert published June 2008 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Phylogeny of Palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera): evidence from larval stages

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Phylogeny of Syrphidae (Diptera) inferred from combined analysis of molecular and morphological characters

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Phylogeny of the South Asian Halyine Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Halyini) Based on Morphological Characters

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Plant quality and the presence of beneficiaries govern the larval distribution of the critically endangered Sinai Baton Blue butterfly (Pseudophilotes sinaicus)

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Predicting the distributions of Egypt's medicinal plants and their potential shifts under future climate change

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Rainwater harvesting and arthropod biodiversity within an arid agro-ecosystem

Remembering Christopher John Barnard (1952–2007)

scientific article published in 2007

Seasonal and site specific variation in the component community structure of intestinal helminths in Apodemus sylvaticus from three contrasting habitats in south-east England

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Size, Shape, Competition, and Community Structure in Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae)

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Solving sampling bias problems in presence–absence or presence‐only species data using zero‐inflated models

scientific article published in 2021

Source food webs as estimators of community web structure

scientific article published in 1997

Spatial conservation prioritisation in data-poor countries: a quantitative sensitivity analysis using multiple taxa

scientific article published on 26 June 2020

Spatial variation in selection in a plant-pollinator system in the wadis of Sinai, Egypt

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Species richness of moss landscapes unaffected by short-term fragmentation

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Temporal and between-site variation in helminth communities of bank voles ( Myodes glareolus) from N.E. Poland. 1. Regional fauna and component community levels

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Temporal and between-site variation in helminth communities of bank voles ( Myodes glareolus) from N.E. Poland. 2. The infracommunity level.

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Testing the accuracy of species distribution models using species records from a new field survey

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The Ancient Tree Inventory: a summary of the results of a 15 year citizen science project recording ancient, veteran and notable trees across the UK

scientific article published in 2020

The Desert BeautyCalopieris eulimene:a butterfly new to Egypt (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

scholarly article by Ahmed El-Gabbas & Francis Gilbert published 27 June 2016 in Zoology in the Middle East

The effects of grazing on the endangered Sinai Thyme (Thymus decussatus) in a hyper-arid environment

The epidemiology of human hookworm infections in the southern region of Mali

scientific article published in May 2000

The key mimetic features of hoverflies through avian eyes

scientific article published in August 2007

The phylogeny and systematics of European predacious Syrphidae (Diptera) based on larval and puparial stages

scholarly article by GRAHAM E. ROTHERAY & Francis Gilbert published January 1989 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

The prevalence and intensity of infection with helminth parasites in Mus spretus from the Setubal Peninsula of Portugal

scientific article published in June 1993

The relationship between Schistosoma haematobium infection and school performance and attendance in Bamako, Mali

scientific article published in December 1998

The relationship between mimetic imperfection and phenotypic variation in insect colour patterns

scientific article published in February 2002

The response of Nigerian West African Dwarf goats to experimental infections with Haemonchus contortus.

scientific article published in April 1999

Thyme and isolation for the Sinai baton blue butterfly (Pseudophilotes sinaicus).

scientific article published on 11 January 2003

Traditional agricultural gardens conserve wild plants and functional richness in arid South Sinai

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Using species distribution models to assess the importance of Egypt's protected areas for the conservation of medicinal plants

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Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

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Which traits do observers use to distinguish Batesian mimics from their models?

scientific article published in 2016

Why many Batesian mimics are inaccurate: evidence from hoverfly colour patterns.

scientific article published in November 2016

Windows of opportunity and the temporal structuring of foraging activity in a desert solitary bee

scientific article published in May 1999

Zoogeographical affinities and faunal relationships of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) in Egypt

scholarly article by Magdi El-Hawagry & Francis Gilbert published 2 January 2014 in Zoology in the Middle East

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