Land Use Change &
Climate Research Group

Penelope Whitehorn

Penelope Whitehorn is a 'Alexander von Humboldt' Research Fellow in the Land Use Change research group at IMK-IFU, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the distribution, abundance and health of bumblebees and other pollinators under changing environmental conditions, including land use change. She has a broad interest in anthropogenic impacts on international biodiversity and ecosystem services and a particular interest in the effects of pesticides and their role in the population declines of bumblebees and other beneficial invertebrates.

 

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Email: p.whitehorn.brown@kit.edu
Telephone: +49 8821 183 283

Publications Penelope Whitehorn

2020
Raines, K. E.; Whitehorn, P. R.; Copplestone, D.; Tinsley, M. C.
Chernobyl-level radiation exposure damages bumblebee reproduction: a laboratory experiment
2020. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London / B, 287 (1937), Art.-Nr.: 20201638. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.1638 
2019
Whitehorn, P. R.; Navarro, L. M.; Schröter, M.; Fernadez, M.; Rotllan-Puig, X.; Marques, A.
Mainstreaming biodiversity: A review of national strategies
2019. Biological conservation, 235, 157–163. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2019.04.016 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2018
Nicholls, E.; Botias, C.; Rotheray, E. L.; Whitehorn, P.; David, A.; Fowler, R.; David, T.; Feltham, H.; Swain, J. L.; Wells, P.; Hill, E. M.; Osborne, J. L.; Goulson, D.
Monitoring neonicotinoid exposure for bees in rural and peri-urban areas of the UK during the transition from pre- to post-moratorium
2018. Environmental science & technology, 52 (16), 9391–9402. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b06573 
Whitehorn, P. R.; Norville, G.; Gilburn, A.; Goulson, D.
Larval exposure to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid impacts adult size in the farmland butterfly Pieris brassicae
2018. PeerJ, 2018 (5), e4772. doi:10.7717/peerj.4772 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2017
Ellis, C.; Park, K. J.; Whitehorn, P.; David, A.; Goulson, D.
The Neonicotinoid Insecticide Thiacloprid Impacts upon Bumblebee Colony Development under Field Conditions
2017. Environmental science & technology, 51 (3), 1727–1732. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b04791 
Whitehorn, P. R.; Wallace, C.; Vallejo-Marín, M.
Neonicotinoid pesticide limits improvement in buzz pollination by bumblebees
2017. Scientific reports, 7 (1), Article no 15562. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14660-x Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2015
Whitehorn, P. R.; Cook, N.; Blackburn, C. V.; Gill, S. M.; Green, J.; Shuker, D. M.
Sex allocation theory reveals a hidden cost of neonicotinoid exposure in a parasitoid wasp
2015. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London / B, 282 (1807), 20150389. doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.0389 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Van der Sluijs, J. P.; Amaral-Rogers, V.; Belzunces, L. P.; Bijleveld van Lexmond, M. F. I. J.; Bonmatin, J.-M.; Chagnon, M.; Downs, C. A.; Furlan, L.; Gibbons, D. W.; Giorio, C.; Girolami, V.; Goulson, D.; Kreutzweiser, D. P.; Krupke, C.; Liess, M.; Long, E.; McField, M.; Mineau, P.; Mitchell, E. A. D.; Morrissey, C. A.; Noome, D. A.; Pisa, L.; Settele, J.; Simon-Delso, N.; Stark, J. D.; Tapparo, A.; Van Dyck, H.; Praagh, J. van; Whitehorn, P. R.; Wiemers, M.
Conclusions of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment on the risks of neonicotinoids and fipronil to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
2015. Environmental science and pollution research, 22 (1), 148–154. doi:10.1007/s11356-014-3229-5 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
Simon-Delso, N.; Amaral-Rogers, V.; Belzunces, L. P.; Bonmatin, J. M.; Chagnon, M.; Downs, C.; Furlan, L.; Gibbons, D. W.; Giorio, C.; Girolami, V.; Goulson, D.; Kreutzweiser, D. P.; Krupke, C. H.; Liess, M.; Long, E.; McField, M.; Mineau, P.; Mitchell, E. A. D.; Morrissey, C. A.; Noome, D. A.; Pisa, L.; Settele, J.; Stark, J. D.; Tapparo, A.; Van Dyck, H.; Van Praagh, J.; Van der Sluijs, J. P.; Whitehorn, P. R.; Wiemers, M.
Systemic insecticides (neonicotinoids and fipronil): trends, uses, mode of action and metabolites
2015. Environmental science and pollution research, 22 (1), 5–34. doi:10.1007/s11356-014-3470-y Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2014
Whitehorn, P. R.; Tinsley, M. C.; Brown, M. J. F.; Darvill, B.; Goulson, D.
Genetic diversity and parasite prevalence in two species of bumblebee
2014. Journal of insect conservation, 18 (4), 667–673. doi:10.1007/s10841-014-9673-1 
2013
Whitehorn, P. R.; Tinsley, M. C.; Brown, M. J. F.; Goulson, D.
Investigating the impact of deploying commercial Bombus terrestris for crop pollination on pathogen dynamics in wild bumble bees
2013. Journal of apicultural research & bee world, 52 (3), 149–157. doi:10.3896/IBRA.1.52.3.06 
2012
Whitehorn, P. R.; O’Connor, S.; Wackers, F. L.; Goulson, D.
Neonicotinoid Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production
2012. Science, 336 (6079), 351–352. doi:10.1126/science.1215025 
Goulson, D.; Whitehorn, P.; Fowley, M.
Influence of urbanisation on the prevalence of protozoan parasites of bumblebees
2012. Ecological entomology, 37 (1), 83–89. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01334.x 
2011
Whitehorn, P. R.; Tinsley, M. C.; Brown, M. J. F.; Darvill, B.; Goulson, D.
Genetic diversity, parasite prevalence and immunity in wild bumblebees
2011. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London / B, 278 (1709), 1195–1202. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1550 
2009
Whitehorn, P. R.; Tinsley, M. C.; Goulson, D.
Kin recognition and inbreeding reluctance in bumblebees
2009. Apidologie, 40 (6), 627–633. doi:10.1051/apido/2009050 
Whitehorn, P. R.; Tinsley, M. C.; Brown, M. J. F.; Darvill, B.; Goulson, D.
Impacts of inbreeding on bumblebee colony fitness under field conditions
2009. BMC evolutionary biology, 9 (1), 152. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-152 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2004
Shuker, D. M.; Reece, S. E.; Whitehorn, P. R.; West, S. A.
Sib-mating does not lead to facultative sex ratio adjustment in the parasitoid wasp, Nasonia vitripennis
2004. Evolutionary ecology research, 6 (3), 473–480