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Úna Fitzpatrick
Researcher at Trinity College, Dublin
Publications - 14
Citations - 1063
Úna Fitzpatrick is an academic researcher from Trinity College, Dublin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Species complex. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 13 publications receiving 914 citations. Previous affiliations of Úna Fitzpatrick include Waterford Institute of Technology.
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Rarity and decline in bumblebees - : A test of causes and correlates in the Irish fauna
Úna Fitzpatrick,Tomás E. Murray,Robert J. Paxton,John Breen,Don Cotton,Veronica Santorum,Mark J. F. Brown +6 more
TL;DR: Irish data support the finding that rare and declining bumblebees are later nesting species, associated with open grassy habitats, and suggest that the widespread replacement of hay with silage in the agricultural landscape has played a major role in bumblebee declines.
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Climatic Risk and Distribution Atlas of European Bumblebees
Pierre Rasmont,Markus Franzén,Thomas Lecocq,Alexander Harpke,Stuart K. Roberts,Jacobus C. Biesmeijer,Leopoldo Castro,Björn Cederberg,Libor Dvorak,Úna Fitzpatrick,Yves Gonseth,Eric Haubruge,Gilles Mahé,Aulo Manino,Denis Michez,Johann Neumayer,Frode Ødegaard,Juho Paukkunen,T. Pawlikowski,Simon G. Potts,Menno Reemer,Josef Settele,Jakub Straka,Oliver Schweiger +23 more
TL;DR: In this paper, maps depicting potential risks of climate change for bumble bees are shown together with informative summary statistics, ecological background information and a picture of each European species, thanks to the EU FP7 project STEP, the authors gathered over one million bumblebee records from all over Europe.
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Cryptic species diversity in a widespread bumble bee complex revealed using mitochondrial DNA RFLPs
TL;DR: The RFLP approach to identify native fauna can underpin ecological studies of these important cryptic species as well as the impact of commercial bumble bees on them.
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Colour Patterns Do Not Diagnose Species: Quantitative Evaluation of a DNA Barcoded Cryptic Bumblebee Complex
James C. Carolan,Tomás E. Murray,Tomás E. Murray,Úna Fitzpatrick,John Crossley,Hans Schmidt,Björn Cederberg,Luke McNally,Robert J. Paxton,Robert J. Paxton,Paul H. Williams,Mark J. F. Brown,Mark J. F. Brown +12 more
TL;DR: The results presented here raise questions on the reliability of species determinations in previous studies and highlights the benefits of implementing DNA barcoding prior to ecological, taxonomic and conservation studies of these important key pollinators.
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Local-scale factors structure wild bee communities in protected areas
Tomás E. Murray,Tomás E. Murray,Úna Fitzpatrick,Úna Fitzpatrick,Andrew W. Byrne,Andrew W. Byrne,Reamonn Fealy,Mark J. F. Brown,Mark J. F. Brown,Robert J. Paxton,Robert J. Paxton +10 more
TL;DR: Local environmental factors were powerful determinants of community composition, and management effort prioritising the maintenance of a diversity of high-quality habitats within a broad network of protected areas best facilitates bee conservation in this system.