Dr. E.R. (Emily) Burdfield Steel
Assistant Professor of Chemical Ecology
Faculty of Science
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
Visiting address
- Science Park 904
- Room number: C3.207
Postal address
- Postbus 94240
1090 GE Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Insect Chemical and Evolutionary Ecology
I am interested in how intra- and inter-specific species communication shapes evolutionary processes. My areas of study are the evolution of mating communication systems in response to reproductive interference and the role of chemical defence in aposematic insect populations. I am particularly interested in cases when communication breaks down, and what these “mistakes” can tell us about selection pressures acting on system.
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Publications
- refereed (16)
- academic (1)
- conference contributions (4)
- recognitions (8)
- supervised theses (2)
- datasets (9)
2023
- Burdfield-Steel, E., & Burdfield, C. (2023). How to fail in advertising: The potential of marketing theory to predict the community-level selection of defended prey. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14160
- Groot, A. T., Blankers, T., Halfwerk, W., & Burdfield Steel, E. (2023). The Evolutionary Importance of Intraspecific Variation in Sexual Communication Across Sensory Modalities. Annual Review of Entomology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-030223-111608
- Kikuchi, D. W., Allen, W. L., Arbuckle, K., Aubier, T. G., Briolat, E. S., Burdfield-Steel, E. R., Cheney, K. L., Daňková, K., Elias, M., Hämäläinen, L., Herberstein, M. E., Hossie, T. J., Joron, M., Kunte, K., Leavell, B. C., Lindstedt, C., Lorioux-Chevalier, U., McClure, M., McLellan, C. F., ... Exnerová, A. (2023). The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36(7), 975-991. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14192
2022
Blankers, T., Fruitet, E., Burdfield Steel, E., & Groot, A. T. (2022). Experimental evolution of a pheromone signal. Ecology and Evolution, 12(5), Article e8941. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8941 [details]- De Pasqual, C., Groot, A. T., Mappes, J., & Burdfield-Steel, E. (2022). Erratum: Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones: (Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36, 848-859, 2021) (Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2021) 36(9) (848–859), (S0169534721001506), (10.1016/j.tree.2021.05.005)). Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(1), 105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.09.010
- Ottocento, C., Winters, A. E., Rojas, B., Mappes, J., & Burdfield-Steel, E. (2022). Not just the sum of its parts: Geographic variation and nonadditive effects of pyrazines in the chemical defence of an aposematic moth. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14142
- Zeeman, A. N., Smallegange, I. M., Burdfield Steel, E., Groot, A. T., & Stewart, K. A. (2022). Toward an understanding of the chemical ecology of alternative reproductive tactics in the bulb mite (Rhizoglyphus robini). BMC ecology and evolution, 22, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01956-w [details]
2021
- Burdfield-Steel, E. R., & Harari, A. R. (2021). Special issue: Ecology of sex and sexual communication in insects. Insects, 12(2), 1-3. Article 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12020137
- Burdfield-Steel, E., & Kemp, D. J. (2021). Negative intersexual genetic correlation for colour pattern in a variable aposematic insect. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 133(4), 1031-1042. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab025 [details]
- De Pasqual, C., Groot, A. T., Mappes, J., & Burdfield-Steel, E. (2021). Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36(9), 848-859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.05.005 [details]
- Gordon, S. P., Burdfield-Steel, E., Kirvesoja, J., & Mappes, J. (2021). Safety in numbers: How color morph frequency affects predation risk in an aposematic moth. American Naturalist, 198(1), 128-141. https://doi.org/10.1086/714528 [details]
- Groot, A. T., Vedenina, V., & Burdfield-Steel, E. (2021). Editorial: Multimodal Mating Signals: Evolution, Genetics and Physiological Background. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, Article 630957. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.630957 [details]
2020
- Burdfield-Steel, E. R., Schneider, J. M., Mappes, J., & Dobler, S. (2020). Testing the effectiveness of pyrazine defences against spiders. Chemoecology, 30(4), 139-146. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-020-00305-5 [details]
- Lindstedt, C., Suisto, K., Burdfield-Steel, E., Winters, A. E., & Mappes, J. (2020). Defense against predators incurs high reproductive costs for the aposematic moth Arctia plantaginis. Behavioral Ecology, 31(3), 844-850. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa033 [details]
- Rönkä, K., Valkonen, J. K., Nokelainen, O., Rojas, B., Gordon, S., Burdfield-Steel, E., & Mappes, J. (2020). Geographic mosaic of selection by avian predators on hindwing warning colour in a polymorphic aposematic moth. Ecology Letters, 23(11), 1654-1663. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13597 [details]
2019
- Rojas, B., Mappes, J., & Burdfield-Steel, E. (2019). Multiple modalities in insect warning displays have additive effects against wild avian predators. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(3), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2643-6
2019
- Gordon, S., & Burdfield Steel, E. R. (2019). [Review of: G.D. Ruxton, W.L. Allen, T.N. Sherratt, M.P. Speed (2018) Avoiding Attack: The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Aposematism, and Mimicry]. Basic and Applied Ecology, 36, 54-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2019.03.003 [details]
2022
- Blankers, T., Fruitet, E. C. E., Burdfield Steel, E. R., & Groot, A. T. (2022). Experimental evolution of a pheromone signal. Poster session presented at European Society for Evolutionary Biology 2022 Prague.
2019
- Blankers-, T., Burdfield Steel, E. R., Fruitet, E. C. E., & Groot, A. T. (2019). Evolution of sex pheromone communication in response to artificial selection. Poster session presented at Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology, Ede, Netherlands.
- Burdfield Steel, E. R., Blankers-, T., Fruitet, E. C. E., & Groot, A. T. (2019). Coping with change – how can chemical communication systems overcome disruptions?.
- Fruitet, E. C. E., Blankers-, T., Burdfield Steel, E. R., Heckel, D. G., & Groot, A. T. (2019). How costly it is to be sexy?. Poster session presented at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Symposium.
Talk / presentation
- Burdfield Steel, E. (speaker) (7-4-2022). Chemicals and colours uncovering the chemical signals maintaining aposematic warning signal variation, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) Easter Meeting.
- Burdfield Steel, E. (speaker) (25-11-2021). Chemicals and colours - uncovering the chemical signals maintaining a colour polymorphism, Netherlands Society for Behavioural Biology Annual meeting.
- Blankers-, T. (speaker), Fruitet, E. (speaker), Burdfield Steel, E. (speaker) & Groot, A. (speaker) (21-6-2021). The selection response of a multicomponent sexual signal, Virtual Evolution 2021.
- Blankers-, T. (speaker), Groot, A. (speaker), Fruitet, E. (speaker), Burdfield Steel, E. (speaker) & Lievers, R. (speaker) (19-1-2021). Plasticity, variation, and constraint in sex pheromone signals, Netherlands Society for Evolutionary Biology 2021.
- Blankers-, T. (speaker), Burdfield Steel, E. (speaker), Fruitet, E. (speaker) & Groot, A. (speaker) (13-12-2019). The evolution of sex pheromones, NEV Nederlandse Entomologendag.
- Burdfield Steel, E. (speaker) (4-7-2019). Colour heritability in a variable aposematic insect, Anti-Predator Coloration Symposium.
- Burdfield Steel, E. (speaker) (11-2-2019). Diversity in Science - can academic societies lead the way?, International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Paris.
Others
- Burdfield Steel, E. (organiser) (5-7-2019). Anti-Predator Coloration Symposium. Workshop - Big question in antipredator colouration (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
2023
2022
- Burdfield Steel, E. R. (11-2-2022). Overview of all moths. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19161032.v1
- Burdfield Steel, E. R. (11-2-2022). Overview of each moth for binomial models. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19161029.v1
- Burdfield Steel, E. R. (11-2-2022). read.me. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19161074.v1
- Burdfield Steel, E. R. (11-2-2022). ImageJ matings. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19161047.v1
- Burdfield Steel, E. R. (11-2-2022). Offspring data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19161023.v1
- Burdfield Steel, E. R. (11-2-2022). Fecundity data no zero. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19161011.v1
- Burdfield Steel, E. R. (11-2-2022). Pheromone data. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.19161068.v1
2021
- Burdfield Steel, E. & Kemp, D. (2021). Hibiscus harlequin bug developmental, weight, and iridescence data. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tx95x69x2
2020
- Suisto, K., Mappes, J., Lindstedt, C., Winters, A. E. & Burdfield Steel, E. (2020). Data from: Defense against predators incurs high reproductive costs for the aposematic moth Arctia plantaginis. DRYAD. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q573n5tfk
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Blankers, T., Fruitet, E., Burdfield Steel, E., & Groot, A. T. (2022). Experimental evolution of a pheromone signal. Ecology and Evolution, 12(5), Article e8941.