Dr Lynne Osgathorpe

Summary

Biography

After graduating from Lancaster University in 2005 with a BSc (Hons) Ecology, I went on to study Ecology, Evolution & Conservation at Imperial College London, where I was based at the Silwood Park Campus. During this period I worked with the RSPB on my MSc research project, which examined the habitat use and foraging behaviour of breeding golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) using inbye land on the RSPB's Forsinard Reserve in northern Scotland.  Following my MSc I had a year away from academia working for the the RSPB until I moved to Scotland to undertake my PhD research project.  Based at the University of Stirling, I worked in the Bumblebee Research Group where my work focused on the relationship between crofting (i.e. small scale agriculture) and bumblebee conservation in the Outer Hebrides.  I took an interdisciplinary approach to examine ways in which rare bumblebees could be conserved on croft land whilst supporting a viable crofting industry.  I was awarded my PhD in spring 2011.

In addition, during my undergraduate studies I took a year out and worked at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology at the Lancaster Environment Centre, where I was the Environmental Change Network's Sandwich Student between 2003-2004.  I also worked for the RSPB as Heads of the Valleys Lapwing Project Officer in South Wales between completing my MSc and starting my PhD.

I now work on the Urban Pollinators Project as part of the Bristol based team, although my main interest remains agricultural ecology and economics.

Keywords

• Agroecology
• Agri-environmental policy
• Agricultural economics
• Ecological-economic modeling
• Habitat management
• Bumblebee conservation

Memberships

Organisations

School of Biological Sciences

Groups

• Ecological and Evolutionary Processes

Labs

• Community Ecology

Recent publications

• Osgathorpe, L, Kirsty, P & Dave, G 2012, ‘The use of off-farm habitats by foraging bumblebees in agricultural landscapes: Implications for conservation management’. Apidologie, vol 43., pp. 113 - 127
• Osgathorpe, L, Kirsty, P, Dave, G, Szvetlana, A & Nick, H 2011, ‘The trade-off between agriculture and biodiversity in marginal areas: Can crofting and bumblebee conservation be reconciled?’. Ecological Economics, vol 70., pp. 1162 - 1169
• Nicola, R, Osgathorpe, L, Kirsty, P & Dave, G 2010, ‘Crofting and bumblebee conservation: The impact of land management practices on bumblebee populations in northwest Scotland’. Biological Conservation, vol 143., pp. 492 - 500

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