Dr Lesley Lace

How I’ll teach you

Ecology and conservation

Why study ?

External examiner roles

Visiting lecturer, African College of Wildlife Management, Mweka, Tanzania

Academic collaborations

Conservation of island habitats and their flora and faunas.Population ecology and habitat change.Genetic viability and conservation of endangered species.

Publications

• Journal articles

  EW. Bland, LA. Lace (2020). On Madeira, the success of the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) has coincided with declining populations of the Madeiran speckled wood (Pararge xiphia): is the colonist to blame?. Journal of Insect Conservation. 24(2), pp.365-374.

  M. Gibbs, LA. Lace, MJ. Jones, AJ. Moore (2006). Multiple host-plant use may arise from gender-specific fitness effects. Journal of Insect Science. 6,

  M. Gibbs, LA. Lace, MJ. Jones, AJ. Moore (2005). Egg size-number trade-off and a decline in oviposition site choice quality: female Pararge aegeria butterflies pay a cost of having males present at oviposition. J Insect Sci. 5,

  M. Gibbs, LA. Lace, MJ. Jones, AJ. Moore (2005). Egg size-number trade-off and a decline in oviposition site choice quality: female Pararge aegeria butterflies pay a cost of having males present at oviposition. Journal of insect science (Online). 5,

  M. Gibbs, LA. Lace, MJ. Jones, AJ. Moore (2004). Intraspecific competition in the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria: Effect of rearing density and gender on larval life history. Journal of Insect Science. 4,

  M. Gibbs, LA. Lace, MJ. Jones, AJ. Moore (2004). Intraspecific competition in the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria: effect of rearing density and gender on larval life history. J Insect Sci. 4,

  PG. Craze, LA. Lace (2002). Differences in physiological tolerance between coexisting taxa of the Madeiran land snail genus Heterostoma under controlled humidity and simulated rainfall. Journal of Zoology. 256(1), pp.17-24.

  PG. Craze, LA. Lace (2000). Spatial ecology, habitat and speciation in the Porto Santan land snail genus Heterostoma. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71(4), pp.665-676.

  MJ. Jones, LA. Lace, EC. Harrison, B. Stevens‐Wood (1998). Territorial behavior in the speckled wood butterflies Pararge xiphia and P. aegeria of Madeira: a mechanism for interspecific competition. Ecography. 21(3), pp.297-305.

  KC. Hamer, JK. Hill, LA. Lace, AM. Langan (1997). Ecological and biogeographical effects of forest disturbance on tropical butterflies of Sumba, Indonesia. Journal of Biogeography. 24(1), pp.67-75.

  MJ. JONES, LA. LACE (1992). The speckled wood butterflies Pararge xiphia and P. aegeria (Satyridae) on Madeira: distribution, territorial behaviour and possible competition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 46(1-2), pp.77-89.

  MJ. JONES, LA. LACE, MV. HOUNSOME, K. HAMER (1987). The butterflies and birds of Madeira and La Gomera: taxon cycles and human influence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 31(2), pp.95-111.