Dr Remy Ware
Research Fellow
Peterhouse Cambridge CB2 1RD (+44)1223 742980
Evolutionary Genetics Group Department of Genetics Field
Station University of Cambridge 219d Huntingdon
Road Cambridge CB3 0DL. (+44)1223 276190
Remy Ware is a Research Fellow at Peterhouse and a member of the
Department of Genetics. Having started her academic life as a
student of Natural Sciences at Peterhouse, Remy undertook doctoral
research as a graduate student at this college, and was elected to a
Research Fellowship in 2007. Remy has also been involved in
temporary departmental teaching, giving lectures and supervisions in
Part 1A Evolution & Behaviour, Part 1B Ecology and Part II
Genetics.
Remy works on the evolutionary ecology of the Coccinellidae
(ladybirds). Her current research interests include:
- The ecological impacts of the invasive 'harlequin ladybird',
Harmonia axyridis, on British aphidophagous insects, particularly
native coccinellids, through the processes of resource competition
and intraguild predation.
- The selection for chemical, physical and behavioural defensive
strategies against intraguild predation amongst coccinellids
evolving in sympatry versus allopatry.
- Using H. axyridis as a model system to investigate the
evolutionary genetics of an invasive insect species, by looking at
processes such as founder effects and the natural enemy escape
hypothesis.
- The interactions between British coccinellids and their
natural enemies (including parasitoid wasps and flies, fungal
pathogens, sexually transmitted mites and male-killing bacteria),
and the potential for these enemies to regulate H. axyridis
numbers in Britain.
Some of Remy's favourite native ladybirds...
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Publications
- Ware, R.L. (2006): Ladybird, ladybird fly away home:
A new invasive species is spreading across Britain. Peterhouse
Annual Record.
- Ware, R.L. & Majerus, M.E.N. (2005): Monitoring
the spread of an invasive alien. Proceedings of the International
Symposium for the Biological Control of Aphids & Coccids,
102-108.
- Ware, R.L. & Majerus, M.E.N. (2008): Intraguild
predation of immature stages of British and Japanese coccinellids
by the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. BioControl, 53:
169-188.
- Ware, R.L., Majerus, M.E.N., Roy, H.E. &
Symington, F. (2005): The harlequin ladybird arrives in Britain: a
threat to our native species? Bulletin of the Amateur
Entomologists' Society, 64: 175-186.
- Ware, R.L., Ramon-Portugal, F., Magro, A., Ducamp,
C., Hemptinne, J-L. & Majerus, M.E.N. (2008): Chemical
protection of Calvia quatuordecimguttata eggs against intraguild
predation by the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. BioControl,
53: 189-200.
- Ware, R.L., Evans, N., O'Farrell, K., Majerus,
M.E.N., Malpas, L. & Michie, L.J. (in press): Intraguild
predation of British and Japanese coccinellid eggs by the invasive
ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Neobiota.
- Ware, R.L., Yguel, B. & Majerus, M.E.N. (in
press): Effects of intraguild predation and competition on larval
development of the European coccinellid Adalia 2-punctata and the
invasive species Harmonia axyridis. Ecological Entomology.
- Ware, R.L., Yguel, B. & Majerus, M.E.N. (in
press): Effects of larval diet on female reproductive output of
the European coccinellid Adalia bipunctata and the invasive
species Harmonia axyridis. European Journal of Entomology.
- Brown, P.M.J, Roy, H.E., Ware, R.L. & Majerus,
M.E.N. (2006): Distribution and identification of the harlequin
ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Atropos, 28: 63-69.
- Brown, P.M.J., Roy, H.E., Rothery, P., Roy, D.B., Ware,
R.L. & Majerus, M.E.N. (2008): Harmonia axyridis in Great
Britain: analysis of the spread and distribution of a non-native
coccinellid. BioControl, 53: 55-68.
- Majerus, M.E.N., Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J. & Ware,
R.L. (2006): Guide to ladybirds of the British Isles. Field
Studies Council Identification Guide. FSC.
- Majerus, M.E.N., Ware, R.L. & Majerus, C.A. (in
press): A year in the lives of British ladybirds. AES Bug Club.
- Pell, J.K., Baverstock, J., Roy, H.E., Ware, R.L.
& Majerus, M.E.N. (2008): Intraguild predation involving
Harmonia axyridis: a review of current knowledge and future
perspectives. BioControl, 53: 147-168.
- Roy, H.E., Rowland, F., Brown, P.M.J., Ware, R.L.
& Majerus, M.E.N. (2005): Ecology of the harlequin ladybird: a
new invasive species. British Wildlife, 16: 403-407.
- Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J., Ware, R.L. & Majerus,
M.E.N. (2006): Potential impacts of Harmonia axyridis on
functional biodiversity. Bulletin of IOBC/WPRS.
- Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J., Ware, R.L., Michie, L.J.,
Beckman, B. & Majerus, M.E.N. (2008): The harlequin ladybird
marches on. British Wildlife, 19: 182-186.
- Roy, H.E., Baverstock, J., Ware, R.L., Clark, S.J.,
Majerus, M.E.N., Baverstock, K.E. & Pell, J.K. (2008):
Intraguild predation of the aphid pathogenic fungus Pandora
neoaphidis by the invasive coccinellid Harmonia axyridis.
Ecological Entomology, 33: 175-182.
- Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J., Rotheray, P., Ware, R.L.
& Majerus, M.E.N. (2008): Effect of Beauveria bassiana on the
survival and fecundity of three species of ladybird: Harmonia
axyridis, Coccinella septempunctata and Adalia bipunctata.
BioControl, 53: 265-276.
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