Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
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Staff Member

Brianne Du Clos

Brianne Looze
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Email: brianne.duclos@maine.edu

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Education

  • Ph D University of Maine 2019
  • MS University of Maine 2012
  • BS University of Wisconsin-Superior 2009

Biography

Growing up in the great state of Wisconsin, I became fascinated with forested landscapes at a very young age. I set out for a career in forest conservation, but ended up discovering the field of landscape ecology and soon found myself headed down a very different path. Now I'm studying native pollinator conservation by assessing what landscape characteristics aid wild bees to most efficiently and effectively pollinate crops in the Northeast US. When I'm away from school, you'll find me cooking or baking delicious treats, hiking in the Maine woods, or visiting one of Maine's 60+ lighthouses.

Research Publications Publication Date
Du Clos, Brianne, F. Drummond, and C.S. Loftin. 2020. Landscape context across a single crop system affects wild bee communities. Environmental Entomology. 49: 502-515. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa001 January 2020
Du Clos, B., F.A. Drummond, and C.S. Loftin. Effects of an early mass‑flowering crop on wild bee communities and traits in power line corridors vary with blooming plants and landscape context. Landscape Ecology; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01495-9 August 2022
Project Completion Date
Engaging Maine Blueberry Growers to Develop Tools for Native Bee Use and Conservation (S.Hanes, F.Drummond,K. Collum, B.DuClos, A.Hoshide collaborators) December 2015
Pollination Security for Fruit and Vegetable Crops in the Northeast (collaborative project with Frank Drummond, Aaron Hoshide, Sam Hanes, Alison Dibble at UMaine) May 2019
Literature review and meta-analysis of rights-of-way management for native insect pollinators with focus on application in Maine and the northeastern U.S. April 2021
Increasing parameter accuracy of an agriculturally focused, spatially-explicit bee abundance model May 2019
Presentations Presentation Date
Looze, B.E., C.S. Loftin, and F.A. Drummond. 2013. Characterization of native pollinator habitat in electric transmission easements of Washington County, Maine. Landscape-level conservation in Downeast Maine: collaborating for strategic effectiveness. Poster presented at the Schoodic Education and Research Center, Winter Harbor, ME, 23 October. October 2013
Hanes, S.P., B. Du Clos, S.P., Groff, S.C., Loftin, C.S., and F.A. Drummond. 2016. When farming is like fishing: Lessons from the BeeMapper. Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Seminar, Orono, ME. 15 February. February 2016
DuClos, B.L., S.P. Hanes, C.S. Loftin, and F.A. Drummond. 2014. Wild Blueberry Commission Advisory Board Meeting, Brunswick, ME, November November 2014
DuClos, B.L., S. Hanes, C.S. Loftin, F. Drummond. 2014. A web-based tool for grower assessment of native bee abundance in the wild blueberry production landscape. Presentation at the 1 December Maine EPSCoR State Conference, Wells Conference Center, Orono, ME. (poster) December 2014
DuClos, B., S.P. Hanes, C.S. Loftin, and F.A. Drummond. 2015. Honey bees and the landscape: Choosing an optimal apiary site. Maine state beekeepers association, Hampden, ME, 14 November. November 2015
DuClos, B., S.P. Hanes, C.S. Loftin, and F.A. Drummond. 2015. A web-based tool for grower assessment of native bee abundance in the wild blueberry production landscape. Maine State Wild Blueberry Growers meeting, Bangor, ME, March 15. March 2015
DuClos, B., S.P. Hanes, C.S. Loftin, and F.A. Drummond. 2015. A web-based tool for grower assessment of native bee abundance in the wild blueberry production landscape. Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Coordinating Committee Meeting, Wells Conference Center, Orono, ME, 25 March. March 2015
DuClos, B. L., C.S. Loftin, and F. Drummond.2017. Wild bee communities in non-crop land cover in Maine’s (USA) wild blueberry production landscape. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, 6-11 August. August 2017
DuClos, B. C.S. Loftin, and F. Drummond. 2017. Improving parameterization of a predictive bee abundance model in a complex landscape. Presentation at the Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Denver, CO. 5-8 November. November 2017
Du Clos, B.E., C.S. Loftin, and F.Drummond. 2014. Native bee communities in electric transmission easements of Washington County, Maine. Poster presentation at the 70th Annual Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, April 13-15, Portland, ME. April 2014
Du Clos, B., S. Hanes, C. Loftin, F. Drummond, and S.Groff. 2015. Development of a Pollinator Habitat Assessment Tool in Maine’s Wild Blueberry Landscape. presentation at the 2015 Northeast Natural History Conference, Springfield, MA, April 18-20. April 2015
Du Clos, B., S. Hanes, C. Loftin, F. Drummond, and S.Groff. 2015. Development of a Pollinator Habitat Assessment Tool in Maine’s Wild Blueberry Landscape. presentation at the 2015 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference, Augusta, Me, March 31. March 2015
Du Clos, B., Loftin, C.S., and F.A. Drummond. 2016. Wild bee communities in non-crop land cover in the Maine (USA) wild blueberry landscape. XXV International Congress of Entomology. Orlando, FL. 26-30 September September 2016
Du Clos, B., Loftin, C.S., and F.A. Drummond. 2016. Wild bee communities in non-crop land cover in the Maine (USA) wild blueberry landscape. 2016 International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health, and Policy. University Park, PA. Poster. July 2016
Du Clos, B., Hanes, S.P., Groff, S.C., Loftin, C.S., and F.A. Drummond. 2016. A tool for grower assessment of wild bee abundance in the Maine wild blueberry landscape. Colby Conference on Community, Culture, and Conservation. Waterville, ME. 7-9 April. Poster. April 2016
Du Clos, B., Hanes, S.P., Groff, S.C., Loftin, C.S., and F.A. Drummond. 2015. BeeMapper: a tool for grower assessment of wild bee abundance. Wild Blueberry Research and Extension Workers 2015 Annual Conference. Bar Harbor, ME, 13 October. October 2015
Du Clos, B., Hanes, S.P., Groff, S.C., Loftin, C.S., and F.A. Drummond. 2015. A tool for grower assessment of wild bee abundance in the Maine wild blueberry landscape. Student Conference on Conservation Science. New York, NY. 7-9 October. Poster. October 2015
Du Clos, B., C.S. Loftin, and F. Drummond. 2016. Where the wild bees are: how wild bees use Maine’s landscape. UMaine Student Research Symposium, Bangor, ME. April 2016
Du Clos, B., C.S. Loftin, and F. Drummond. 2016. Landscape pattern and native bee communities in the northeastern U.S. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit's Coordinating Committee Meeting, Orono, ME. 23 March. March 2016
Du Clos, B., C.S. Loftin, and F. Drummond. 2016. Landscape pattern and native bee communities in the northeastern U.S. Poster Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit's Coordinating Committee Meeting, Orono, ME. 23 March. March 2016
Du Clos, B., C.S. Loftin, F. Drummond, and P. deMaynadier. 2020. Rights-of-way management for native insect pollinators in the northeastern USA: literature meta-analysis and preliminary summary of Maine’s bumblebee and butterfly roadside surveys. Presentation to the Maine Department of Transportation, 30 March, web format. March 2020
Du Clos, B., C.S. Loftin, F. Drummond, and P. deMaynadier. 2018. Rights-of-way management for native insect pollinators in the northeastern USA: literature meta-analysis and preliminary summary of Maine’s bumblebee and butterfly roadside surveys. Presentation at the Northeastern Transportation and Wildlife Conference. 9-12 September, Amherst, MA. September 2018
Technical Publications Publication Date
Du Clos, B. C. Loftin, and F.A. Drummond. 2017. BeeMapper web page. https://umaine.edu/beemapper/ December 2017
Du Clos, B. C. Loftin, and F.A. Drummond. 2017. BeeMapper tool Quick reference Guide. https://umaine.edu/beemapper/wp-content/uploads/sites/353/2017/07/BeeMapper-Quick-Guide-for-Web.pdf December 2017