Robert Paxton

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• B.Sc. in Biological Sciences (1980) University of Sussex, UK
• Ph.D. (1985) University of Sussex, UK
• Habilitation in Zoology 2000 University of Tübingen, Germany
  
  

Institutional Affiliation

Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

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School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Research Interests

• honey bees
• wild bees
• bee pathology
• population genetics
• pollination

Contribution to COLOSS

MC member for UK

Member of working group 2

Research Area in COLOSS

Honey bee pathology

List of Publications

• Paxton, R.J., Fries, I., Pieniazek, N.J. & Tengö, J. 1997. High incidence of infection of an undescribed microsporidium (Microspora) in the communal bee Andrena scotica (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). Apidologie 28, 129-141.

• Fries, I., Paxton, R.J., Tengö, J., Slemenda, S.B., da Silva, A.J. & Pieniazek, N.J. 1999. Morphological and molecular characterization of Antonospora scoticae n.gen., n. sp. (Protozoa, Microsporidia) a parasite of the communal bee, Andrena scotica Perkins, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). European Journal of Protistology 35, 183-193.

• Fries, I., de Ruijter, A., Paxton, R.J., da Silva, A.J., Slemenda, S.B. & Pieniazek, N.J. 2001. Molecular characterization of Nosema bombi (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) and a note on its sites of infection in Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of Apicultural Research 40: 91-96.

• Garrido, C., Rosenkranz, P., Paxton, R.J. & Gonçalves, L.S. 2003. Temporal changes in Varroa destructor fertility and haplotype in Brazil. Apidologie 34: 535-541.