Publication List
2023
Lopresti, L., Gilpin, A-M., Sommerville, K., Minchinton, TE. (2023) Floral biology, pollination vectors and breeding system of Zieria granulata (Rutaceae), an endangered shrub endemic to Eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany.
Sheoran, S., Kalkal, D., Chauhan, R., Rolania, K., Ahlawat, S., Gilpin, A-M. (2023) Insecticide Efficacy against Earias Species Infestation of Okra and Residue Analysis of Chlorantraniliprole under Field Conditions in India. Horticulturae. Vol 9, (3), 356.
Finch, J, Gilpin, A-M, and Cook, J. (2023). Fishing for flies: Testing the efficacy of “stink stations” for promoting blow flies (Calliphoridae) as tree crop pollinators. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 33, 79-99.
Lopresti, L.C., Sommerville, K.D., Gilpin, A-M., Minchinton, T.E. (2023). Reproductive biology of rainforest Rutaceae: floral biology, breeding systems and pollination vectors of Acronychia oblongifolia and Sarcomelicope simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia. Cunninghamia. 23, 011-026.
2022
Gilpin, A-M., O’Brien, C, Kobel, C, Cook, J., Power, S.A. (2022)Co-flowering plants support diverse pollinator populations and facilitate pollinator visitation to sweet cherry crops. Basic and Applied Ecology. Vol 63, 1-13.
Ollerton, J., Trunschke, J., Havens, K., Landaverde-González, P., Keller, A., Gilpin A-M et al., (2022) Pollinator-flower interactions in gardens during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of 2020. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 32(9), 87-96.
Gilpin, A-M., Brettell, L.E., O’Brien C., Cook J.M., Power S.A. (2022) Co-flowering species richness increases pollinator visitation to apple flowers. Agriculture. 12, 1246.
Gilpin, A-M., Brettell, L.E. Cook, J., and Power, S.A. (2022) The use of trap-nests to support crop pollinators in agricultural areas. Ecological Research.
2020
Schmidt, LA., Gilpin, A-M., Cook, J., Rymer, P., Gibson-Roy, P., Craigie, S., Power, S.A. (2020) ‘Restoration of native wildflower patched in agronomic settings for diverse and healthy pollinator populations.’ Australasian Plant Conservation: Journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation. Vol 28. Pp17-19
2019
Gilpin, A-M., Denham, A.J. and Ayre D.J. (2019) Do mass flowering agricultural species affect the pollination of Australian native plants through localised depletion of pollinators or pollinator spillover effects? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 277, 83-94
Gilpin, A-M., Denham, A.J. and Ayre, D.J. (2019). Are there magnet plants in Australian ecosystems: Pollinator visits to neighbouring plants are not affected by proximity to mass flowering plants. Basic and Applied Ecology. 35, 34-44.
2017
Gilpin A-M, Denham AJ, Ayre DJ, (2017). 'The use of Digital Video Recorders in pollination biology. Ecological Entomology. 42, 383-388. DOI: 10.1111/een.12394
Gilpin A-M, Collette J, Ooi M, Denham AJ, Ayre DJ, (2017). 'Do introduced honeybees effect seed set and seed quality in a plant adapted for bird pollination?' Journal of Plant Ecology. 10, 721–729.
Gilpin A-M, (2017). Investigating the combined role of the introduced honeybee (Apis mellifera) and magnet plants on the pollination of both native and exotic plants in Australian ecosystems. PhD thesis. University of Wollongong.
2014
Gilpin A-M, Ayre DJ, Denham AJ, (2014) 'Can the pollination biology and floral ontogeny of the threatened Acacia carneorum explain its lack of reproductive success?' Ecological Research. 29, 225-235.
2013
Denham AJ, Auld T, Ayre DJ, Forrest C, Gilpin A-M, O'Brien E, Roberts D, (2013) 'Research and conservation initiatives for the vulnerable Purple-wood wattle: a model for plant species conservation in Australia?' Australasian Plant Conservation: Journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation. 21, 22-24.
Under review
Liyanage GS, Gilpin A-M, Offord CA, Martyn Yenson AJ. Understanding seed biology to inform in situ and ex situ conservation actions: a case study on Geijera parviflora. Under Review
Schmidt, LA; Gilpin A-M; Rymer, PD; Gibson-Roy, P; Cook, JM; Power, SA. Warming alters floral phenology and resource provisioning in native plant species from a threatened ecological community. Under Review
Grants / Awards
Horticulture Innovation Australia grant. Loss of Horticultural pollination services from wild insects following bushfires. ($189,000) 2021-2023.
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment grants. The regreening of the Blue Mountains: Using citizen science to study post-fire recovery in the Blue Mountains. ($120,000), 2021.
Wheen Bee Foundation Grant. ($18,000) Ecoregional planting guides to support pollinators within agroecosystems in NSW. 2021-2022.
Research Support Fellowship. ($230,000) Western Sydney University, 2021-2023.
Sustainable Schools Grant NSW Department of Education. Bee Curious. ($14,850) In collaboration with Keiraville Primary School and Wollongong Botanic Gardens.
MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development. ($5,000) Survey on supporting environmental literacy in public green spaces.
Upper Campaspe Landcare Network. ($32,297) Increasing pollinator diversity by restoring and linking habitat across landscapes. 2020.
Nominated for the Research Impact Competition, Western Sydney University. 2019.
Early Career Researcher Fellowship Western Sydney University: Quantifying the effects of climate change on key floral resources for agriculturally important wild pollinators. ($18, 174) 2018.
Lake Macquarie Environmental Research Grant: Determining seed viability of endangered coastal saltmarsh plants in Lake Macquarie under climate change. ($4320) 2016.
Australian Postgraduate Scholarship 2012-2015.
Deans merit list University of Wollongong, 2011.
Professional Service
Associate Editor, Ecology and Evolution. 2023-
IUCN Wild Bee Specialist Group Oceania Committee Member. 2023-
Communications volunteer for Birds in Backyards, Bird Life Australia. 2022.
Chair, Ecological Society of Australia, Early Career Working Group, 2017-2018.
- Organising committee, Job application workshop for Higher Degree and Early Career Researchers at the Ecological Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane, 2018.
- Conference organising committee, Early Career Researcher Twitter Conference supported by the Ecological Society of Australia and The International Network of Next Generation Ecologists, 2017.
Conference Presentations
2020 Gilpin, A-M., Brettell, L.E., O’Brien, C., Cook, J and Power, S.A. Co-flowering species richness facilitates apple flower visitation. Oral presentation at the Ecological Society of America conference, virtual.
2019 Gilpin, A-M., Cook, J. and Power, S. The effect of climate change on pollinators and pollination and its implication for beekeepers. Invited keynote presentation at the Victorian Beekeepers Association Conference in Melbourne, Australia.
2018 Gilpin, A-M., Cook, J. and Power, S. The state of pollinators and pollination in Australia. Poster presentation at the Ecological Society of Australia Annual Meeting in Brisbane, Australia.
2016 Gilpin, A-M., Collette, J., Ooi, M., Denham, A.J. and Ayre, D.J. Do introduced honeybees effect seed set and seed quality in a plant adapted for bird pollination? Oral presentation at the Ecological Society of Australia Annual Meeting in Freemantle, Australia.
2015 Gilpin, A-M, Ayre, DJ and Denham, AJ. The effect of magnet plants in agro-ecosystems on the visitation of European honeybees to co-flowering native Australian and European plants. Oral presentation at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland.
2014 Gilpin, A-M, Ayre, DJ and Denham, AJ. If you have a rich neighbour will you get robbed? Oral presentation at the Ecological Society of Australia meeting in Alice Springs, Australia.
2014 Ayre, DJ, Denham, AJ, Roberts, DG, Forrest, C and Gilpin, A-M. Is genetic rescue a valid option for arid zone acacia? Co-authored oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution . North Carolina, USA.
2011 Ayre, DJ, Denham, AJ, Roberts, DG, Forrest C, Gilpin, A-M. Genetic rescue of arid zone acacia species. Co-authored poster presentation at the Ecological Society of America, Austin, Texas USA.
2011 Gilpin, A-M, Ayre, DJ and Denham, AJ. Reproductive failure- is pollination the key? Oral presentation at the Ecological Society of Australia meeting, Hobart, Tasmania Australia.
Education
Aug 2021- 2023 Research Fellow. Western Sydney University. Understanding the effect of fire on plant-pollinator dynamics and the interaction between introduced honeybees (Apis mellifera) and native plants and pollinators.
2017 - July 2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Western Sydney University. Healthy bee populations for horticultural pollination services. Investigating the effect of climate change on floral resources. Horticulture Innovation Australia Funded project.
2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow. University of New England. Securing pollination for more productive agriculture.
2012 – 2017 Ph.D., Biological Sciences University of Wollongong. Investigating the combined role of the introduced honeybee (Apis mellifera) and magnet plants on the pollination of both native and exotic plants in Australian ecosystems.
2012 BSc Hons First class, Biological Science University of Wollongong.
2011 BSc, Biological Science and Geosciences, University of Wollongong.