Bo Dalsgaard
b.dalsgaard@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Tel:
+44 (0)1223
769018
Research Interests
I am interested in spatial patterns of biotic interactions and species richness, and how these may interrelate. Most of my work has been conducted in the West Indies focusing on spatial patterns of plant-pollinator interactions, especially interactions between assemblages of plants and hummingbirds. My current research focuses on two themes: 1) macroecological patterns of specialization in plant-hummingbird networks and other types of mutualistic networks; and 2) biogeographical patterns in the West Indies and Walleceae. I am particularly interested in determining whether historical or contemporary environmental factors drive spatial patterns of biotic interactions and biodiversity, and how biogeography may be used in conservation.
Collaboration
My main current collaborators are William Sutherland (University of Cambridge), David Wege (BirdLife International), Jens-Christian Svenning, Brody Sandel and Daniel W. Carstensen (University of Aarhus), Carsten Rahbek and Jon Fjeldså (University of Copenhagen). I am situated in the Conservation Science Group (University of Cambridge), and I am affiliated with Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (University of Copenhagen). The project is funded by The Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences.
Publications
- Dalsgaard, B., Magård, E., Fjeldså, J., Martín González, A.M., Rahbek, C., Olesen, J.M., Ollerton, J., Alarcón, R., Araujo, A.C., Cotton, P., Lara, C., Machado, C.G., Sazima, I., Sazima, M., Timmermann, A., Watts, S., Sandel, B., Sutherland, W.J., Svenning, J.C. (2011) Specialization in plant-hummingbird networks is associated with species richness, contemporary precipitation and Quaternary climate-change velocity. PLoS ONE 6: e25891.
- Dalsgaard, B. (2011) Nectar-feeding and pollination by the Cuban Green Woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus) in the West Indies. Neotropical Ornithology 22: 447-451.
- Sandel, B., Arge, L., Dalsgaard, B., Davies, R.G., Gaston, K.J., Sutherland, W.J., Svenning, J.C. ( 2011) The influence of Late Quaternary climate-change velocity on species endemism. Science 334: 660-664.
- Carstensen, D.W., Dalsgaard, B., Svenning, J.C., Rahbek, C., Fjeldså, J., Sutherland, W.J., Olesen, J.M. (2011) Biogeographical modules and island roles: a comparison of Walleceae and West Indies. Journal of Biogeography: in press.
- Dalsgaard, B., Timmermann, A., Martín González, A.M., Olesen, J.M., Ollerton, J. and Andersen, L.H. (2010) Heliconia-hummingbird interactions in the Lesser Antilles: a geographic mosaic? Caribbean Journal of Science, in press.
- Martín González, A.M., Dalsgaard, B. and Olesen, J.M. (2010) Centrality measures and the importance of generalist species in pollination networks. Ecological Complexity 7, 36-43.
- Dalsgaard, B. , Martín González, A.M., Olesen, J.M., Ollerton, J., Timmermann, A., Andersen, L.H. and Tossas, A.G. (2009) Plant-hummingbird interactions in the West Indies: floral specialization gradients associated with environment and hummingbird size. Oecologia 159, 757-766.
- Martín González, A.M., Dalsgaard, B., Olesen, J.M., Ollerton, J., Timmermann, A., Andersen, L.H. and Tossas, A.G. (2009) Effects of climate on pollination networks in the West Indies. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25, 493-506.
- Dalsgaard, B. , Martín González, A.M., Olesen, J.M., Timmermann, A., Andersen, L.H. and Ollerton, J. (2008) Pollination networks and functional specialization: a test using Lesser Antillean plant-hummingbird assemblages. Oikos 117, 789-793.
- Timmermann, A., Dalsgaard, B., Olesen, J.M., Andersen, L.H. and Martín González, A.M. (2008) Anolis Aeneus (Grenadian Bush Anole), Anolis richardii (Grenadian Tree Anole). Nectarivory/pollination. Herpetological Review 39, 84-85.
- Dalsgaard, B., Hilton, G.M., Gray, G.A.L., Aymer, L., Boatswain, J., Daley, J., Fenton, C., Martin, J., Martin, L., Murrain, P., Arendt, W.J., Gibbons, D.W. and Olesen, J.M. (2007) Impacts of a volcanic eruption on the forest bird community of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Ibis 149 , 298-312.
