I am an ecologist with rather eclectic research interests. My current primary focus is on the socio-ecology of physical activity and identifying the specific components of natural environments which promote activity. Green exercise is known to generate additional wellbeing effects and green and blues spaces are known to promote exercise, however the specific components of the environment involved in creating the green exercise benefit are still largely unknown. I have been using parkrun data to generate various measure of participation in the world’s largest active leisure and building socio-ecological models to quantify associations between these behaviours and components of the physical, social and political environments.
An Assessment of the ecological impact of mechanical beach clearing in Scotland
PI: Dr Andre Gilburn
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Gilburn A (2024) Green Exercise, Blue Spaces and Active Leisure Events: The Performance of New Participants is Associated With Their Response to Event Characteristics. Journal of Global Sport Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/24704067.2024.2327073
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Predictors of successful return to parkrun for first-time adult participants in Scotland
Gilburn AS (2023) Predictors of successful return to parkrun for first-time adult participants in Scotland. Atulomah NO (Editor) PLOS Global Public Health, 3 (8), Art. No.: e0001786. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001786
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New Parkrunners Are Slower and the Attendance Gender Gap Narrowing Making Parkrun More Inclusive
Gilburn AS (2023) New Parkrunners Are Slower and the Attendance Gender Gap Narrowing Making Parkrun More Inclusive. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (4), Art. No.: 3602. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043602
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Factors driving the decline in the publication of geocaches
Gilburn AS (2019) Factors driving the decline in the publication of geocaches. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 27, Art. No.: 100222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2019.05.001
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Swinscoe I, Oliver DM, Gilburn AS, Lunestad B, Lock E, ?rnsrud R & Quilliam RS (2019) Seaweed-fed black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae as feed for salmon aquaculture: assessing the risks of pathogen transfer. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 5 (1), pp. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.3920/jiff2017.0067
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Biancarosa I, Liland N, Day N, Belghit I, Amlund H, Lock E & Gilburn A (2018) The chemical composition of two seaweed flies (Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes) reared in the laboratory. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 4 (2), pp. 135-142. https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2018.0008
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Swinscoe I, Oliver DM, Gilburn AS & Quilliam RS (2018) The seaweed fly (Coelopidae) can facilitate environmental survival and transmission of E. coli O157 at sandy beaches. Journal of Environmental Management, 223, pp. 275-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.045
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Whitehorn PR, Norville G, Gilburn A & Goulson D (2018) Larval exposure to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid impacts adult size in the farmland butterfly Pieris brassicae. PeerJ, 6, Art. No.: e4772. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4772
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Tidal range and recovery from the impacts mechanical beach grooming
Griffin C, Day N, Rosenquist H, Wellenreuther M, Bunnefeld N & Gilburn AS (2018) Tidal range and recovery from the impacts mechanical beach grooming. Ocean and Coastal Management, 154, pp. 66-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.01.004
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Are neonicotinoid insecticides driving declines of widespread butterflies?
Gilburn A, Bunnefeld N, Wilson JM, Botham MS, Brereton TM, Fox R & Goulson D (2015) Are neonicotinoid insecticides driving declines of widespread butterflies?. PeerJ, 3, Art. No.: e1402. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1402
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Edward DA & Gilburn A (2013) Male-specific genotype by environment interactions influence viability selection acting on a sexually selected inversion system in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Evolution, 67 (1), pp. 295-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01754.x
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Gilburn A (2012) Mechanical grooming and beach award status are associated with low strandline biodiversity in Scotland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 107, pp. 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.004
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Easton E & Gilburn A (2012) The field course effect: gains in cognitive learning in undergraduate biology students following a field course. Journal of Biological Education, 46 (1), pp. 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2011.568063
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Blyth JE & Gilburn A (2011) The function of female behaviours adopted during premating struggles in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Animal Behaviour, 81 (1), pp. 77-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.013
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Sexually antagonistic co-evolution: a model and an empirical test
Hoyle A & Gilburn A (2010) Sexually antagonistic co-evolution: a model and an empirical test. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 (1), pp. 166-174. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01886.x
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Sex-Biased Phoretic Mite Load on Two Seaweed Flies: Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes
Gilburn A, Stewart KM & Edward DA (2009) Sex-Biased Phoretic Mite Load on Two Seaweed Flies: Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes. Ecological Entomology, 38 (6), pp. 1608-1612. https://doi.org/10.1603/022.038.0612
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Goulson D, McGuire K, Munro EE, Adamson S, Colliar L, Park K, Tinsley MC & Gilburn A (2009) Functional significance of the dark central floret of Daucus carota (Apiaceae) L.; is it an insect mimic?. Plant Species Biology, 24 (2), pp. 77-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-1984.2009.00240.x
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Edward DA, Newton J & Gilburn A (2008) Investigating dietary preferences in two competing dipterans, Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes, using stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 127 (3), pp. 169-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00692.x
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Asymmetrical costs of sexual conflict in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida
Meader SJ & Gilburn A (2008) Asymmetrical costs of sexual conflict in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Ecological Entomology, 33 (3), pp. 380-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00980.x
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Edward DA, Blyth JE, McKee R & Gilburn A (2007) Change in the distribution of a member of the strand line community: the seaweed fly (Diptera: Coelopidae). Ecological Entomology, 32 (6), pp. 741-746. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00919.x
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Goulson D, Cruise JL, Sparrow KR, Harris AJ, Park K, Tinsley MC & Gilburn A (2007) Choosing rewarding flowers; perceptual limitations and innate preferences influence decision making in bumblebees and honeybees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61 (10), pp. 1523-1529. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-007-0384-4
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Edward DA & Gilburn A (2007) The effect of habitat composition on sexual conflict in the seaweed flies Coelopa frigida and C. pilipes. Animal Behaviour, 74 (2), pp. 343-348. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00033472; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.023
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Extreme Promiscuity in a Mating System Dominated by Sexual Conflict
Blyth JE & Gilburn A (2006) Extreme Promiscuity in a Mating System Dominated by Sexual Conflict. Journal of Insect Behavior, 19 (4), pp. 447-455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-006-9034-3
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Blyth JE & Gilburn A (2005) The effect of an inversion system and the time interval between matings on postcopulatory sexual selection in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Heredity, 95 (2), pp. 174-178. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800713
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Sexual selection for symmetrical male medflies (Diptera : Tephritidae) confirmed in the field
Hunt MK, Nicholls CJ, Wood RJ, Rendon AP & Gilburn A (2004) Sexual selection for symmetrical male medflies (Diptera : Tephritidae) confirmed in the field. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 81 (3), pp. 347-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00300.x
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Dunn DW, Crean CS & Gilburn A (2002) The effects of exposure to seaweed on willingness to mate, oviposition, and longevity in seaweed flies. Ecological Entomology, 27 (5), pp. 554-564. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00445.x
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Factors affecting female remating frequency in the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Vera MT, Wood RJ, Cladera JL & Gilburn A (2002) Factors affecting female remating frequency in the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae). Florida Entomologist, 85 (1), pp. 156-164. https://doi.org/10.1653/0015-4040%282002%29085%5B0156%3AFAFRFI%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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Hunt MK, Roux EA, Wood RJ & Gilburn A (2002) The effect of Supra-fronto-orbital (SFO) bristle removal on male mating success in the mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera : Tephritidae). Florida Entomologist, 85 (1), pp. 83-88. https://doi.org/10.1653/0015-4040%282002%29085%5B0083%3ATEOSFO%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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Dunn DW, Crean CS & Gilburn A (2001) Male mating preference for female survivorship in the seaweed fly Gluma musgravei (Diptera: Coelopidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 268 (1473), pp. 1255-1258. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1642
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Weall CV & Gilburn A (2000) Factors influencing the choice of female mate rejection strategies in the seaweed fly Coelopa nebularum (Diptera : Coelopidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 13 (4), pp. 539-552. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1007863618979
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Female mate choice for large males in several species of seaweed fly (Diptera : Coelopidae)
Crean CS, Dunn DW, Day TH & Gilburn A (2000) Female mate choice for large males in several species of seaweed fly (Diptera : Coelopidae). Animal Behaviour, 59 (1), pp. 121-126. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1999.1268
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Male choice, willingness to mate and body size in seaweed flies (Diptera: Coelopidae)
Dunn DW, Crean CS, Wilson CL & Gilburn A (1999) Male choice, willingness to mate and body size in seaweed flies (Diptera: Coelopidae). Animal Behaviour, 57 (4), pp. 847-853. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1998.1041
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Gilburn A & Day TH (1999) Female mating behaviour, sexual selection and chromosome I inversion karyotype in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Heredity, 82 (3), pp. 276-281. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6884830
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Crean CS & Gilburn A (1998) Sexual selection as a side-effect of sexual conflict in the seaweed fly, Coelopa ursina (Diptera : Coelopidae). Animal Behaviour, 56 (6), pp. 1405-1410. https://doi.org/10.1006/anbe.1998.0932
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Gilburn A & Hunt MK (1998) Tails of love and war. Biological Sciences Review, 11 (1), pp. 30-33.
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Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual selection in the Mediterranean fruitfly (Diptera, Tephritidae)
Hunt MK, Crean CS, Wood RJ & Gilburn A (1998) Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual selection in the Mediterranean fruitfly (Diptera, Tephritidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 64 (3), pp. 385-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1998.tb00339.x
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Bardgett RD, Keiller SWJ, Cook R & Gilburn A (1998) Dynamic interactions between soil animals and microorganisms in upland grassland soils amended with sheep dung: A microcosm experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 30 (4), pp. 531-539. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717%2897%2900146-6
Book Chapter
Sexual selection in seaweed flies
Day TH & Gilburn A (1997) Sexual selection in seaweed flies. In: Slater P, Rosenblatt J, Snowdon C & Milinski M (eds.) Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 26. Advances in the Study of Behavior, 26. London: Academic Press, pp. 1-57. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065345408603769; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-3454%2808%2960376-9
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Black JM, Marshall AP, Gilburn A, Santos N, Hoshide H, Medeiros J, Mello J, Hodges CN & Katahira L (1997) Survival, movements, and breeding of released Hawaiian geese: An assessment of the reintroduction program. Journal of Wildlife Management, 61 (4), pp. 1161-1173. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3802114
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Rees EC, Kirby JS & Gilburn A (1997) Site selection by swans wintering in Britain and Ireland; The importance of habitat and geographic location. Ibis, 139 (2), pp. 337-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04633.x
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Day TH, Crean CS, Gilburn A, Shuker DM & Wilcockson RW (1996) Sexual selection in seaweed flies: Genetic variation in male size and its reliability as an indicator in natural populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 263 (1374), pp. 1127-1134. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1996.0165
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Gilburn A, Crean CS & Day TH (1996) Sexual selection in natural populations of seaweed flies: Variation in the offspring fitness of females carrying different inversion karyotypes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 263 (1368), pp. 249-256. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1996.0039
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Gilburn A & Day TH (1996) The evolution of female choice when the preference and the preferred trait are linked to the same inversion system. Heredity, 76 (1), pp. 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1996.3
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Status, distribution and habitat use by cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo wintering in Britain
Kirby JS, Gilburn A & Sellers RM (1995) Status, distribution and habitat use by cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo wintering in Britain. Ardea, 83 (1), pp. 93-102. http://ardea.nou.nu/ardea_show_abstract.php?lang=uk&nr=452
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Gilburn A & Day TH (1994) Sexual Dimorphism, Sexual Selection and the alpha-beta Chromosomal Inversion Polymorphism in the Seaweed Fly, Coelopa frigida. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 257 (1350), pp. 303-309. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1994.0130
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The inheritance of female mating behaviour in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida
Gilburn A & Day TH (1994) The inheritance of female mating behaviour in the seaweed fly, Coelopa frigida. Genetical Research, 64 (1), pp. 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001667230003250X
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Gilburn A & Day TH (1994) Evolution of Female Choice in Seaweed Flies: Fisherian and Good Genes Mechanisms Operate in Different Populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 255 (1343), pp. 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1994.0023
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Gilburn A, Foster SP & Day TH (1993) Genetic Correlation between a Female Mating Preference and the Preferred Male Character in Seaweed Flies (Coelopa frigida). Evolution, 47 (6), pp. 1788-1795. https://doi.org/10.2307/2410221
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Female mating preference for large size in Coelopa frigida (seaweed fly)
Gilburn A, Foster SP & Day TH (1992) Female mating preference for large size in Coelopa frigida (seaweed fly). Heredity, 69 (3), pp. 209-216. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1992.118
I am the subject chief examiner for Biological Sciences, the Faculty chief Examiner for Natural Sciences and the University chief examiner. I chair the University Faculty Chief Examiners Committee and am a member of the ADLT group, the AI oversight group and on University Council. I'm a member of our divisional and Faculty Learning and Teaching committees. I coordinate the Behavioural Ecology and Evolution of Sex modules and also teach on Introduction to Ecology and the Biology Field Course modules.