Rafferty, Nicole

Nicole Rafferty is a researcher affiliated with The University of Melbourne's BIO department. Her work focuses on pollination ecology. She can be contacted via email at Nicole.Rafferty@unimelb.edu.au, and her profile page is available at https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/1057787-nicole-rafferty.

Nicole E. Rafferty's research focuses on pollination ecology, species interactions, community ecology, climate change, and phenology. Her work explores how climate warming affects flowering plants and insect pollinators, with an emphasis on physiological effects and their implications for mutualistic interactions. She investigates phenological shifts in plant-pollinator interactions, examining how changes in flowering time influence pollinator effectiveness and community dynamics. Her studies also address the evolutionary and ecological factors shaping plant-pollinator networks, particularly in biodiversity hotspots. Rafferty's research highlights the impacts of global change on insect pollinators, including shifts in phenology, altered traits, and reduced interactions. Her work contributes to understanding how climate change drives nonlinear shifts in flowering phenology across elevations and how these changes affect reproductive success and ecological networks.