Sean A Rands
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Recent Articles
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Reeves L, Jarvis E, Lawson D, Rands S
R Soc Open Sci
. 2024 Jul;
11(5):231882.
PMID: 39076813
Bumblebee activity typically decreases during rainfall, putting them under the threat of the increased frequency of precipitation due to climate change. A novel rain machine was used within a flight...
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Harrap M, de Vere N, Hempel de Ibarra N, Whitney H, Rands S
Ecol Evol
. 2024 Jul;
14(7):e11651.
PMID: 38952664
Floral temperature is a flower characteristic that has the potential to impact the fitness of flowering plants and their pollinators. Likewise, the presence of floral temperature patterns, areas of contrasting...
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Tunstad S, Bull I, Rands S, Whitney H
Open Biol
. 2024 May;
14(5):230430.
PMID: 38806146
Both leaves and petals are covered in a cuticle, which itself contains and is covered by cuticular waxes. The waxes perform various roles in plants' lives, and the cuticular composition...
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Rands S, Whitney H, Hempel de Ibarra N
Curr Opin Insect Sci
. 2023 Jul;
59:101086.
PMID: 37468044
Flowers present information to their insect visitors in multiple simultaneous sensory modalities. Research has commonly focussed on information presented in visual and olfactory modalities. Recently, focus has shifted towards additional...
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Rowe Z, Robins J, Rands S
Ecol Evol
. 2023 Mar;
13(3):e9908.
PMID: 36937074
Most animals need to spend time being vigilant for predators, at the expense of other activities such as foraging. Group-living animals can benefit from the shared vigilance effort of other...
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Rands S, Ioannou C
PLoS Comput Biol
. 2023 Mar;
19(3):e1010908.
PMID: 36862622
The movement of groups can be heavily influenced by 'leader' individuals who differ from the others in some way. A major source of differences between individuals is the repeatability and...
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Harrison A, Rands S
Environ Entomol
. 2022 Jul;
51(5):1010-1019.
PMID: 35899458
Flowers produce local humidity that is often greater than that of the surrounding environment, and studies have shown that insect pollinators may be able to use this humidity difference to...
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Harrap M, Rands S
Planta
. 2022 Mar;
255(4):78.
PMID: 35246754
Using petrolatum gel as an antitranspirant on the flowers of California poppy and giant bindweed, we show that transpiration provides a large contribution to floral humidity generation. Floral humidity, an...
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Hereward H, Facey R, Sargent A, Roda S, Couldwell M, Renshaw E, et al.
Ecol Evol
. 2021 Nov;
11(21):14585-14597.
PMID: 34765127
Bespoke (custom-built) Raspberry Pi cameras are increasingly popular research tools in the fields of behavioral ecology and conservation, because of their comparative flexibility in programmable settings, ability to be paired...
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