{"id":293,"date":"2020-02-03T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T10:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/?page_id=293"},"modified":"2025-02-08T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T19:01:07","slug":"olivia-bates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/bertelsmeiergroup\/past-lab-members\/olivia-bates\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Olivia Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The underlying theme of my research focuses around social insects; their ecology and behaviour. During my masters, I worked on how thermal gradients on mountain systems affect bumblebee communities in the artic. I am currently working on invasive species for my PhD with Cleo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The topic of my PhD work broadly falls under the title ‘Invasive species response to novel climates\u2019, with the aim of investigating this on both macroe and micro – climate scales. I have performed a range of macro-ecological modelling and field observations in order to address this question.
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Currently I am investigating niche dynamics during invasive processes, using ants as model species to testing how different factors affect the extent of niche shifts between native and non-native populations. The aim of this is to facilitate mechanistic studies of what invasive species do that allow them to be so successful, investigating the interactions within the colony and their environment<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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See Google Scholar <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n