Dr. Esme Ashe-Jepson

Research Associate
Department of Global Change Ecology
Klara-Oppenheimer-Weg 32
Hubland Nord
97074 Würzburg
Germany
Room: 00.112
Phone: +49 931 31-87061

2019-2023 PhD in Zoology University of Cambridge
2016-2017 Masters by Research in Biodiversity Evolution and Conservation UCL
2012-2016 Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Conservation Biology and Ecology University of Exeter

2024[ to top ]
  • Heatwave predicts a shady future for insects: impacts of an extreme weather event on a chalk grassland in Bedfordshire, UK. Hayes, Matthew P.; Ashe-Jepson, Esme; Hitchcock, Gwen E.; Clark, Ryan; Hellon, Josh; Knock, Richard I.; Bladon, Andrew J.; Turner, Edgar C. In Journal of Insect Conservation. 2024.
  • Habitat associations of day-flying Lepidoptera and their foodplants within nature reserves in Bedfordshire, UK. Ashe-Jepson, Esme; Anderson, Juliet; Hitchcock, Gwen E.; Wallis, Sky; Wingader, Keira; Bladon, Andrew J.; Turner, Edgar C. In Journal of Insect Conservation. 2024.
2023[ to top ]
  • Tropical butterflies use thermal buffering and thermal tolerance as alternative strategies to cope with temperature increase. Ashe‐Jepson, Esme; Arizala Cobo, Stephany; Basset, Yves; Bladon, Andrew J.; Kleckova, Irena; Laird‐Hopkins, Benita C.; Mcfarlane, Alex; Sam, Katerina; Savage, Amanda F.; Zamora, Ana Cecilia; Turner, Edgar C.; Lamarre, Greg P. A. In Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(9), pp. 1759–1770. Wiley, 2023.
  • Hot topics in butterfly research: Current knowledge and gaps in understanding of the impacts of temperature on butterflies. Ashe‐Jepson, Esme; Bru, Elisabeth; Connell, Eleanor; Dixit, Mahika K.; Hargrave, Jack; Lavitt, Tate; Lam, Miranda; Prosser, Rosa; Roberts, Benjamin J.; Thompson, Bradley; Bladon, Andrew J.; Turner, Edgar C. In Insect Conservation and Diversity, 17(1), pp. 1–15. Wiley, 2023.
  • Thermoregulatory ability and mechanism do not differ consistently between neotropical and temperate butterflies. Laird‐Hopkins, Benita C.; Ashe‐Jepson, Esme; Basset, Yves; Arizala Cobo, Stephany; Eberhardt, Lucy; Freiberga, Inga; Hellon, Josh; Hitchcock, Gwen E.; Kleckova, Irena; Linke, Daniel; Lamarre, Greg P. A.; McFarlane, Alex; Savage, Amanda F.; Turner, Edgar C.; Zamora, Ana Cecilia; Sam, Katerina; Bladon, Andrew J. In Global Change Biology, 29(15), pp. 4180–4192. Wiley, 2023.
2022[ to top ]
  • Oviposition behaviour and emergence through time of the small blue butterfly (Cupido minimus) in a nature reserve in Bedfordshire, UK. Ashe-Jepson, Esme; Bladon, Andrew J.; Herbert, Greg; Hitchcock, Gwen E.; Knock, Richard; Lucas, Colin B. H.; Luke, Sarah H.; Turner, Edgar C. In Journal of Insect Conservation, 26(1), pp. 43–58. 2022.
2021[ to top ]
  • Consistent oviposition preferences of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly over 14 years on a chalk grassland reserve in Bedfordshire, UK. Hayes, M. P.; Ashe-Jepson, E.; Hitchcock, G. E.; Knock, R. I.; Lucas, C. B. H.; Bladon, A. J.; Turner, E. C. In Journal of Insect Conservation, 25(4), pp. 611–628. 2021.
2019[ to top ]
  • Phylogeny of the Eocene Aphalarinae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) from Baltic amber, with description of a new species using X-ray micro-computed tomography scanning, and a new genus synonymy. Ashe-Jepson, Esme; Garbout, Amin; Ouvrard, David. In Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 17(14), pp. 1233–1244. Informa UK Limited, 2019.