Dr. Andre S. Gilburn

Lecturer in Ecology

PhD - University of Nottingham (1992)
BSc Hons - University of Nottingham, Genetics (1988)

Room 3A131, Cottrell Building

Biological & Environmental Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling
Scotland, FK9 4LA

tel: +44 1786 467801
fax: +44 1786 467843
email: Andre Gilburn

Research Interests

Behavioural and evolutionary ecology, and the conservation of sandy beach ecosysems. In particular I’m interested in the role of sexual conflict in shaping the evolution of mating systems and life histories. Much of my research has used the seaweed flies (Coelopidae) as a model system for studying sexual conflict. I am also interested in the environmental impacts of mechanical beach clearing.

Current Funding Projects

Carnegie Trust – The environmental impacts of mechanical beach clearing in Scotland.
University Research Studentship – The environmental impacts of mechanical beach clearing.
University Research Studentship – Mathematical modelling of sexual selection and sexual conflict within a specific empiriical system, the coelopids.

External Activities

Associate Editor, Journal of Animal Ecology 2006-2010
Editorial Board Member Journal of Animal Ecology 2001-2005
Editorial Board Member Heredity 1998-2003
Consulting Editor of Animal Behaviour 2001-2003

Teaching

BSc Teaching

BIO6AE Animal Ecology (co-ordinator)
BIO7SX The Evolution of Sex and It’s Consequences (co-ordinator)
BIO8DI Dissertation (co-ordinator)
BIO9EP Portugal Field Course (co-ordinator)
BIO9PR/ENV9PR Honours Projects (co-ordinator)
ENV3EC Introduction to Ecology (co-ordinator)
SCI3FC Lochearnhead Field Course (co-ordinator)
BIO5AT Advanced Analytical Techniques
Programme Director (Animal Biology, Biology & Psychology)
Chief Examiner (Biological Sciences)

Recent Publications

Hoyle, A. & Gilburn, A.S. (2010) Sexually antagonistic co-evolution: a model and an empirical test. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23, 166-174.

Gilburn, A.S., Stewart, K.M. & Edward, D.A. (2009) Sex biased phoretic mite load on two seaweed flies, Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes. Environmental Entomology, 38, 1608-1612.

Goulson, D., Mcguire, K., Munro, E.E., Adamson, S., Colliar, L., Park, K.J., Tinsley, M.C., Gilburn, A.S. (2009) Functional significance of the dark central floret of Daucus carota (Apiaceae) L.; is it an insect mimic? Plant Species Biology, 24, 77-82.

Edward, D.A., Newton, J. & Gilburn, A.S. (2008) Investigating dietary preferences in two competing dipterans, Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes using stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 127, 169–175.

Meader, S.J. and Gilburn, A.S. (2008) Asymmetrical costs of sexual conflict in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Ecological Entomology, 33, 380-384.

Edward, D.A., Blyth, J.E., McKee and Gilburn, A.S. (2007) Change in the distribution of a member of the strand line community: the seaweed fly (Diptera: Coelopidae). Ecological Entomology, 32, 741-746.

Goulson, D., Cruise, J.L., Sparrow, K.R., Harris, A.J., Park, K.J., Tinsley, M.C. and Gilburn, A.S. (2007) Choosing rewarding flowers; perceptual limitations and innate preferences influence decision making in bumblebees and honeybees. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 61, 1523-1529.

Edward, D.A. and Gilburn, A.S. (2007) The effect of habitat composition on male harassment and copulation duration in the seaweed flies, Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes. Animal Behaviour, 74, 343-348.

Blyth, J.E and Gilburn, A.S. (2006) Extreme promiscuity in a mating system dominated by sexual conflict. Journal of Insect Behavior, 19, 447-455.

Blyth, J.E and Gilburn, A.S. (2005) The effect of time interval between matings on post-copulatory sexual selection in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Heredity, 95, 174-178.

Hunt, M.K., Nicholls, C.J., Wood, R.J., Rendon, A.P. and Gilburn, A.S. (2004) Sexual selection for symmetrical male medflies (Diptera: Tephritidae) confirmed in the field. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81, 347-355.

Hunt, M.K, Roux, E. , Wood, R.J. and Gilburn, A.S. (2002) The effect of supra-fronto-orbital (SFO) bristle removal on mating success in the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae). Florida Entomologist, 85, 83-88

Vera, M.T., Wood, R.J., Cladera, J.L and Gilburn, A.S. (2002) Factors affecting female remating frequency in the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae). Florida Entomologist, 85, 156-164.

Dunn, D.W., Crean, C.S., and Gilburn, A.S. (2002) The effects of exposure to seaweed on willingness to mate, oviposition and longevity in seaweed flies (Diptera: Coelopidae). Ecological Entomology, 27, 554-564.

Dunn, D.W., Crean, C.S and Gilburn, A.S. (2001) Male mating preference for female survivorship in the seaweed fly, Gluma musgravei. (Diptera: Coelopidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 268, 1255-1258.

Crean, C.S., Dunn, D.W., Day, T.H. and Gilburn, A.S. (2000) Female mate choice for large males in several species of seaweed flies (Diptera: Coelopidae) Animal Behaviour, 59, 121-126.

Weall, C.V. and Gilburn, A.S. (2000) Factors influencing the choice of female mate rejection strategies in the seaweed fly Coelopa nebularum (Diptera: Coelopidae). J. Insect Behavior, 13, 539-552.

Dunn, D.W., Crean, C.S., Wilson, C.L. and Gilburn, A.S. (1999) Male choice, willingness to mate and body size in seaweed flies (Diptera: Coelopidae). Animal Behaviour, 57, 847-853.

Gilburn, A.S. and Day, T.H. (1999) Female mating behaviour, sexual selection and chromosome I inversion karyotype in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Heredity, 82, 276-281.

Crean, C.S. and Gilburn, A.S. (1998) Sexual selection as a side effect of sexual conflict in the seaweed fly, Coelopa ursina (Diptera: Coelopidae). Animal Behaviour, 56, 1405-1410

Gilburn, A.S. and Hunt, M.K. (1998) Tails of love and war. Biological Sciences Review, 11, 30-33.

Hunt, M.K., Crean, C.S., Wood, R.J. and Gilburn, A.S. (1998) Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual selection in the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera, Tephritidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 64, 385-396.

Bardgett, R.D., Keiller, S., Cook, R. and Gilburn, A.S. (1998) Dynamic interactions between soil fauna and micro-organisms in upland grassland soils amended with sheep dung: a microcosm experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 30, 531-539

Black, J.M., Marshall, A.P., Gilburn, A.S., Santos, N, Hoshide, H., Mederios, J., Mello, J., Hodges, C. N. and Katahira, L. (1997) Survival, movements and breeding of released Hawaiian Geese: An assessment of the reintroduction program. Journal of Wildlife Management, 61, 1161-1173.

Rees, E.C., Kirby, J.S. and Gilburn, A.S. (1997) Site selection by swans wintering in Britain and Ireland; the importance of geographical location and habitat variables. Ibis, 139: 337-352.

Day, T.H. and Gilburn, A.S. (1997) Sexual selection in seaweed flies. Advances in the Study of Behavior, 26: 1-58.

Day, T.H., Crean, C.S., Gilburn, A.S., Shuker, D.M. & Wilcockson, R.W. (1996) Sexual selection in seaweed flies: genetic variation in male size and its reliability as an indicator in natural populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 263: 1127-1134.

Gilburn, A.S., Crean, C.S. and Day, T.H. (1996) Sexual selection in natural populations of seaweed flies: variation in the offspring fitness of females carrying different inversion karyotypes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 263: 249-256.

Gilburn, A.S. and Day, T.H. (1996) The evolution of female choice when the preference and the preferred trait are linked to the same inversion system. Heredity, 76: 19-27.

Kirby, J.S., Gilburn, A.S. and Sellars, R.M. (1995) Status, distribution and habitat use by Cormorants, Phalacrocorax carbo, wintering in Britain. Ardea, 83: 93-102.

Gilburn, A.S. and Day, T.H. (1994) Sexual dimorphism, sexual selection and the ab inversion polymorphism in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 257: 303-309.

Gilburn, A.S. and Day, T.H. (1994) The inheritance of female mating behaviour in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Genetical Research, 64: 19-25.

Gilburn, A.S. and Day, T.H. (1994) Evolution of female choice in seaweed flies: Fisherian and good genes mechanisms operate in different populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 255: 159-165.

Gilburn, A.S., Foster, S.P. and Day, T.H. (1993) Genetic correlation between a female mating preference and the male preferred character in seaweed flies (Coelopa frigida). Evolution, 47: 1788-1795.