Mechanisms of electroreception in bees and other terrestrial animals

Project Information

ElectroBee

Grant agreement ID: 743093

DOI

10.3030/743093

Project closed

EC signature date 5 July 2017

Start date 1 September 2017

End date 29 February 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 294 320,00

EU contribution

€ 2 294 320,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (24)

Static electricity passively attracts ticks onto hosts

Author(s): Sam J. England, Katie Lihou, Daniel Robert
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 33, 2024, Page(s) 3041-3047.e4, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.021

Urban and rural measurements of atmospheric potential gradient

Author(s): J.C. Matthews, M.D. Wright, D. Clarke, E.L. Morley, H. Silva, A.J. Bennett, D. Robert, D.E. Shallcross
Published in: Journal of Electrostatics, Issue 97, 2024, Page(s) 42-50, ISSN 0304-3886
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2018.11.006

A Faraday cup for charge measurements in biophysical and environmental fieldwork

Author(s): R. Giles Harrison, Daniel Robert
Published in: Journal of Electrostatics, Issue 135, 2025, Page(s) 104062, ISSN 0304-3886
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2025.104062

Electrostatic pollination by butterflies and moths

Author(s): Sam J. England, Daniel Robert
Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Issue 21, 2024, ISSN 1742-5689
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2024.0156

Electrostatic detection and electric signalling in plants: do flowers act as antennas?

Author(s): F A Woodburn, L J O’Reilly, L Bentall, D Robert
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 2702, 2024, Page(s) 012012, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2702/1/012012

Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air

Author(s): Sam J. England, Daniel Robert
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 121, 2025, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2322674121

Glossary on atmospheric electricity and its effects on biology

Author(s): Pablo Fdez-Arroyabe, Konstantinos Kourtidis, Christos Haldoupis, Snezana Savoska, James Matthews, Lluis M. Mir, Pavlos Kassomenos, Michal Cifra, Susana Barbosa, Xuemeng Chen, Snezana Dragovic, Christos Consoulas, Ellard R. Hunting, Daniel Robert, Oscar A. van der Velde, Francesca Apollonio, Anna Odzimek, Ashot Chilingarian, Dominic Royé, Hripsime Mkrtchyan, Colin Price, József Bór, Christina Oi
Published in: International Journal of Biometeorology, Issue 65, 2023, Page(s) 5-29, ISSN 0020-7128
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-02013-9

Bumblebee electric charge stimulates floral volatile emissions in Petunia integrifolia but not in Antirrhinum majus

Author(s): Clara Montgomery, Jozsef Vuts, Christine M. Woodcock, David M. Withall, Michael A. Birkett, John A. Pickett, Daniel Robert
Published in: The Science of Nature, Issue 108, 2021, ISSN 0028-1042
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-021-01740-2

Synthetic fertilizers alter floral biophysical cues and bumblebee foraging behavior

Author(s): Ellard R Hunting, Sam J England, Kuang Koh, Dave A Lawson, Nadja R Brun, Daniel Robert
Published in: PNAS Nexus, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2752-6542
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac230

Tree Canopies Influence Ground Level Atmospheric Electrical and Biogeochemical Variability

Author(s): Ellard R. Hunting, Sam J. England, Daniel Robert
Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science, Issue 9, 2021, ISSN 2296-6463
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.671870

Challenges in coupling atmospheric electricity with biological systems

Author(s): Ellard R. Hunting, James Matthews, Pablo Fernández de Arróyabe Hernáez, Sam J. England, Konstantinos Kourtidis, Kuang Koh, Keri Nicoll, R. Giles Harrison, Konstantine Manser, Colin Price, Snezana Dragovic, Michal Cifra, Anna Odzimek, Daniel Robert
Published in: International Journal of Biometeorology, Issue 65, 2021, Page(s) 45-58, ISSN 0020-7128
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-01960-7

The mechanics and interactions of electrically sensitive mechanoreceptive hair arrays of arthropods

Author(s): Ryan A. Palmer, Isaac V. Chenchiah, Daniel Robert
Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Issue 19, 2023, ISSN 1742-5662
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0053

The ecology of electricity and electroreception

Author(s): Sam J. England, Daniel Robert
Published in: Biological Reviews, Issue 97, 2023, Page(s) 383-413, ISSN 1464-7931
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12804

An analysis of time-varying dynamics in electrically sensitive arthropod hairs to understand real-world electrical sensing

Author(s): Ryan A. Palmer, Liam J. O’Reilly, Jacob Carpenter, Isaac V. Chenchiah, Daniel Robert
Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Issue 20, 2023, ISSN 1742-5662
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0177

Urban and rural measurements of atmospheric potential gradient

Author(s): J.C. Matthews, M.D. Wright, D. Clarke, E.L. Morley, H. Silva, A.J. Bennett, D. Robert, D.E. Shallcross
Published in: Journal of Electrostatics, Issue 97, 2019, Page(s) 42-50, ISSN 0304-3886
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2018.11.006

Electric Fields Elicit Ballooning in Spiders

Author(s): Erica L. Morley, Daniel Robert
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 28/14, 2018, Page(s) 2324-2330.e2, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.057

A global atmospheric electricity monitoring network for climate and geophysical research

Author(s): K.A. Nicoll, R.G. Harrison, V. Barta, J. Bor, R. Brugge, A. Chillingarian, J. Chum, A.K. Georgoulias, A. Guha, K. Kourtidis, M. Kubicki, E. Mareev, J. Matthews, H. Mkrtchyan, A. Odzimek, J.-P. Raulin, D. Robert, H.G. Silva, J. Tacza, Y. Yair, R. Yaniv
Published in: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Issue 184, 2019, Page(s) 18-29, ISSN 1364-6826
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2019.01.003

<p><strong>A new species of treehopper in the genus <em>Cladonota</em> Stål (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Membracinae: Hypsoprorini) from Costa Rica, with preliminary observations of its behaviour and natural history</strong></p>

Author(s): SAM J. ENGLAND, DAWN J. FLYNN, DANIEL ROBERT
Published in: Zootaxa, Issue 4750/4, 2020, Page(s) 596-598, ISSN 1175-5326
Publisher: Magnolia Press
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.4.11

Measurement of electric charges on foraging bumblebees ( Bombus terrestris )

Author(s): C Montgomery, K Koh, D Robert
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 1322, 2019, Page(s) 012002, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1322/1/012002

Bumblebee hair motion in electric fields

Author(s): KL Koh, C Montgomery, D Clarke, EL Morley, D Robert
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Issue 1322, 2019, Page(s) 012001, ISSN 1742-6588
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1322/1/012001

Bumblebee hairs as electric and air motion sensors: theoretical analysis of an isolated hair

Author(s): K. Koh, D. Robert
Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Issue 17, 2022, Page(s) 20200146, ISSN 1742-5689
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0146

Analysis of aerodynamic and electrostatic sensing in mechanoreceptor arthropod hairs

Author(s): Ryan A Palmer, Isaac V Chenchiah, Daniel Robert
Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology, Issue 530, 2022, Page(s) 110871, ISSN 0022-5193
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110871

Passive electrolocation in terrestrial arthropods: Theoretical modelling of location detection

Author(s): Ryan A. Palmer, Isaac V. Chenchiah, Daniel Robert
Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology, Issue 558, 2024, Page(s) 111357, ISSN 0022-5193
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111357

Observed electric charge of insect swarms and their contribution to atmospheric electricity

Author(s): Ellard R. Hunting, Liam J. O’Reilly, R. Giles Harrison, Konstantine Manser, Sam J. England, Beth H. Harris, Daniel Robert
Published in: iScience, Issue 25, 2024, Page(s) 105241, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105241

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Aerial electroreception

Author(s): Daniel Robert
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 34, 2024, Page(s) R1018-R1023, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.028