Natasha de Vere
 

Professor Natasha de Vere

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9593-6925

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5

    1353 København K

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Professor & Curator of Botany, Head of Botany Research

I am a biodiversity scientist focusing on plant-pollinator interactions and plant diversity. I use eDNA and metabarcoding to track the plants used by pollinators and museomics to unlock the potential of herbarium and museum specimens for global change research. 

My current research is on: 

  • The impact of climate change on plant-pollinator interactions and plant diversity in Arctic and Alpine ecosystems.
  • Understanding plant-pollinator interactions in anthropogenic landscapes (e.g. gardens and farmland) and how to improve floral resources for pollinators.

As Curator of Botany, I am responsible for the 1.4 million vascular plant specimens within Herbarium C and the living collection of plants within the Botanical Garden. 

Public engagement with science is a key part of my work, especially using art-science to explore how humans connect with the natural world. I am Lead Curator of the Biodiversity Gallery, one of the permanent galleries within the new Natural History Museum of Denmark.

I am passionate about the social role of Museums and Botanic Gardens and have led two major, interdisciplinary projects, on the importance of plants and gardens for the health and well-being of people, biodiversity and the environment. 

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Biodiversity
  • Plant-pollinator interactions
  • eDNA
  • Pollinator conservation
  • Networks
  • Arctic
  • Museomics
  • DNA metabarcoding
  • Conservation Genomics
  • Plant conservation
  • Alpine

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  • Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi

    Abrego, N., Furneaux, B., Hardwick, B., Somervuo, P., Palorinne, I., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Andrew, N. R., Babiy, U. V., Bao, T., Bazzano, G., Bondarchuk, S. N., Bonebrake, T. C., Brennan, G. L., Bret-Harte, S., Bässler, C., Cagnolo, L., Cameron, E. K., Chapurlat, E., Creer, S., D'Acqui, L. P. & 94 others, de Vere, N., Desprez-Loustau, M-L., Dongmo, M. A. K., Jacobsen, I. B. D., Fisher, B. L., de Jesus, M. F., Gilbert, G. S., Griffith, G. W., Gritsuk, A. A., Gross, A., Grudd, H., Halme, P., Hanna, R., Hansen, J., Hansen, L. H., Hegbe, A. D. M. T., Hill, S., Hogg, I. D., Hultman, J., Hyde, K. D., Hynson, N. A., Ivanova, N., Karisto, P., Kerdraon, D., Knorre, A., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Kurhinen, J., Kuzmina, M., Lecomte, N., Lecomte, E., Loaiza, V., Lundin, E., Meire, A., Mešić, A., Miettinen, O., Monkhouse, N., Mortimer, P., Müller, J., Nilsson, R. H., Nonti, P. Y. C., Nordén, J., Nordén, B., Norros, V., Paz, C., Pellikka, P., Pereira, D., Petch, G., Pitkänen, J-M., Popa, F., Potter, C., Purhonen, J., Pätsi, S., Rafiq, A., Raharinjanahary, D., Rakos, N., Rathnayaka, A. R., Raundrup, K., Rebriev, Y. A., Rikkinen, J., Rogers, H. M. K., Rogovsky, A., Rozhkov, Y., Runnel, K., Saarto, A., Savchenko, A., Schlegel, M., Schmidt, N. M., Seibold, S., Skjøth, C., Stengel, E., Sutyrina, S. V., Syvänperä, I., Tedersoo, L., Timm, J., Tipton, L., Toju, H., Uscka-Perzanowska, M., van der Bank, M., van der Bank, F. H., Vandenbrink, B., Ventura, S., Vignisson, S. R., Wang, X., Weisser, W. W., Wijesinghe, S. N., Wright, S. J., Yang, C., Yorou, N. S., Young, A., Yu, D. W., Zakharov, E. V., Hebert, P. D. N., Roslin, T. & Ovaskainen, O., 2024, In: Nature. 631, 8022, p. 835-842

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  • Glacier retreat triggers changes in biodiversity and plant–pollinator interaction diversity

    Tu, B. N., Khelidj, N., Cerretti, P., de Vere, N., Ferrari, A., Paone, F., Polidori, C., Schmid, J., Sommaggio, D. & Losapio, G., 2024, In: Alpine Botany. 134, 2, p. 171-182 12 p.

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  • Global Spore Sampling Project: A global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA

    Ovaskainen, O., Abrego, N., Furneaux, B., Hardwick, B., Somervuo, P., Palorinne, I., Andrew, N. R., Babiy, U. V., Bao, T., Bazzano, G., Bondarchuk, S. N., Bonebrake, T. C., Brennan, G. L., Bret-Harte, S., Bässler, C., Cagnolo, L., Cameron, E. K., Chapurlat, E., Creer, S., D'Acqui, L. P. & 92 others, de Vere, N., Desprez-Loustau, M-L., Dongmo, M. A. K., Jacobsen, I. B. D., Fisher, B. L., de Jesus, M. F., Gilbert, G. S., Griffith, G. W., Gritsuk, A. A., Gross, A., Grudd, H., Halme, P., Hanna, R., Hansen, J., Hansen, L. H., Hegbe, A. D. M. T., Hill, S., Hogg, I. D., Hultman, J., Hyde, K. D., Hynson, N. A., Ivanova, N., Karisto, P., Kerdraon, D., Knorre, A., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Kurhinen, J., Kuzmina, M., Lecomte, N., Lecomte, E., Loaiza, V., Lundin, E., Meire, A., Mešić, A., Miettinen, O., Monkhause, N., Mortimer, P., Müller, J., Nilsson, R. H., Nonti, P. Y. C., Nordén, J., Nordén, B., Paz, C., Pellikka, P., Pereira, D., Petch, G., Pitkänen, J-M., Popa, F., Potter, C., Purhonen, J., Pätsi, S., Rafiq, A., Raharinjanahary, D., Rakos, N., Rathnayaka, A. R., Raundrup, K., Rebriev, Y. A., Rikkinen, J., Rogers, H. M. K., Rogovsky, A., Rozhkov, Y., Runnel, K., Saarto, A., Savchenko, A., Schlegel, M., Schmidt, N. M., Seibold, S., Skjøth, C., Stengel, E., Sutyrina, S. V., Syvänperä, I., Tedersoo, L., Timm, J., Tipton, L., Toju, H., Uscka-Perzanowska, M., van der Bank, M., van der Bank, F. H., Vandenbrink, B., Ventura, S., Vignisson, S. R., Wang, X., Weisser, W. W., Wijesinghe, S. N., Wright, S. J., Yang, C., Yorou, N. S., Young, A., Yu, D. W., Zakharov, E. V., Hebert, P. D. N. & Roslin, T., 2024, In: Scientific Data. 11, 17 p., 561.

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  • Lighting and behaviour in captivity: butterflies prefer light environments containing UV wavelengths

    Thomas, R. K., Gay, A. P., Gwynn-Jones, D., de Vere, N. & Santer, R. D., 2024, In: Animal Behaviour. 214, p. 165-172

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  • Mega-Barcoding Projects: Delivering National DNA Barcoding Initiatives for Plants

    Whitley, B. S., Li, Z., Jones, L. & de Vere, N., 2024, DNA Barcoding: Methods and Protocols. DeSalle, R. (ed.). Humana Press, p. 445-473 29 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology).

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  • Rolf and Gertrud Dahlgren Prize for 2023 Awarded to Louis Ronse De Craene

    Friis, I. & de Vere, N., 2024, In: Taxon. 73 , 2, p. 656–657

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  • Ten-a-day: Bumblebee pollen loads reveal high consistency in foraging breadth among species, sites and seasons

    Timberlake, T. P., de Vere, N., Jones, L. E., Vaughan, I. P., Baude, M. & Memmott, J., 2024, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 5, 3, 12 p., e12360.

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  • Variations of floral temperature in changing weather conditions

    Harrap, M. J. M., de Vere, N., de Ibarra, N. H., Whitney, H. M. & Rands, S. A., 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 7, 21 p., e11651.

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