Impact

Research Highlights (RIS staff in bold).

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Franks, S. E., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Atkinson, S., Bell, J. R., Botham, M. S., Brereton, T. M., Harrington, R. and Leech, D. I. 2018. The sensitivity of breeding songbirds to changes in seasonal timing is linked to population change but cannot be directly attributed to the effects of trophic asynchrony on productivity. Global Change Biology. 24, pp. 957-971.

Sheppard, L. W., Bell, J. R., Harrington, R. and Reuman, D. C. 2016. Changes in large-scale climate alter spatial synchrony of aphid pests. Nature Climate Change. 6, pp. 610-613.

Impact of the Insect Survey

Thackeray, S. J., Henrys, P. A., Hemming, D., Bell, J. R., Botham, M. S., Burthe, S., Helaouet, P., Johns, D. G., Jones, I. D., Leech, D. I., Mackay, E. B., Massimino, D., Atkinson, S., Bacon, P. J., Brereton, T. M., Carvalho, L., Clutton-Brock, T. H., Duck, C., Edwards, M., Elliott, J. M., Hall, S. J. G., Harrington, R., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Hoye, T. T., Kruuk, L. E. B., Pemberton, J. M., Sparks, T. H., Thompson, P. M., White, I., Winfield, I. J. and Wanless, S. 2016. Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels. Nature. 535 (7611), pp. 241-U94.

Bell, J. R., Alderson, L. J., Izera, D., Kruger, T., Parker, S. J., Pickup, J., Shortall, C. R., Taylor, M. S., Verrier, P. J. and Harrington, R. 2015. Long-term phenological trends, species accumulation rates, aphid traits and climate: five decades of change in migrating aphids. Journal of Animal Ecology.84 (1), pp. 21-34.

Fox R, Dennis EB, Harrower CA, Blumgart D, Bell JR, Cook P, Davis AM, Evans-Hill LJ, Haynes F, Hill D, Isaac NJB, Parsons MS, Pocock MJO, Prescott T, Randle Z, Shortall CR, Tordoff GM, Tuson D & Bourn NAD (2021) The State of Britain’s Larger Moths 2021. Butterfly Conservation, Rothamsted Research and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wareham, Dorset, UK.

Zust, T., Heichinger, C., Grossniklaus, U., Harrington, R., Kleibenstein, D. J. and Turnbull, L. A. 2012. Natural enemies drive geographic variation in plant defenses. Science. 338, pp. 116-119.

Thackeray, S. J., Sparks, T. H., Frederiksen, M., Burthes, S., Bacon, P. J., Bell, J. R., Botham, M. C., Brereton, T. M., Bright, P. W., Carvalho, L., Clutton-Brock, T., Dawson, A., Edwards, M., Elliott, J. M., Harrington, R., Johns, D., Jones, I. D., Jones, J. T., Leech, D. I., Roy, D. B., Scott, W. A., Smith, M., Smithers, R. J., Winfield, I. J. and Wanless, S. 2010. Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments. Global Change Biology. 16 (12), pp. 3304-3313.

Shortall, C. R., Moore, A., Smith, E., Hall, M. J., Woiwod, I. P. and Harrington, R. 2009. Long-term changes in the abundance of flying insects. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 2 (4), pp. 251-260.


Recent Research Papers (2016-2023)

(RIS staff in bold)

2023

Bell, J. R., Clark, S. J., Stevens, M., & Mead, A. (2023). Quantifying inherent predictability and spatial synchrony in the aphid vector Myzus persicae: field-scale patterns of abundance and regional forecasting error in the UK. Pest Management Science, 79(4), 1331-1341. view at https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7292

Blumgart, D., Botham, M. S., Menéndez, R., & Bell, J. R. (2023). Floral enhancement of arable field margins increases moth abundance and diversity. Journal of Insect Conservation, 27(3), 455-465. view at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-023-00469-9

Bourhis, Y., Bell, J. R., Shortall, C. R., Kunin, W. E., & Milne, A. E. (2023). Explainable neural networks for trait-based multispecies distribution modelling—A case study with butterflies and moths. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. view at https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14097

Cuff, J. P., Tercel, M. P., Windsor, F. M., Hawthorne, B. S., Hamback, P. A., Bell, J. R., ... & Vaughan, I. P. (2023). Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks. BioRxiv, 2023-07. view at https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.25.549927

Cuff, J. P., Windsor, F. M., Tercel, M. P., Bell, J. R., Symondson, W. O., & Vaughan, I. P. (2023). Temporal variation in spider trophic interactions is explained by the influence of weather on prey communities, web building and prey choice. Ecography, e06737. view at https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06737

Finch, T., Bell, J. R., Robinson, R. A., & Peach, W. J. (2023). Demography of Common Swifts (Apus apus) breeding in the UK associated with local weather but not aphid biomass. Ibis, 165(2), 420-435. view at https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13156

Luke, S. H., Roy, H. E., Thomas, C. D., Tilley, L. A., Ward, S., Watt, A., ... & Dicks, L. V. (2023). Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades. Insect conservation and diversity, 16(2), 173-189. view at https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12637

Martay, B., Leech, D. I., Shortall, C. R., Bell, J. R., Thackeray, S. J., Hemming, D. L., & Pearce-Higgins, J. W. (2023). Aerial insect biomass, but not phenological mismatch, is associated with chick survival of an insectivorous bird. Ibis. view at https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13190

Shortall, C. R., Cook, S. M., Mauchline, A. L., & Bell, J. R. (2023). Long-term trends in migrating Brassicogethes aeneus in the UK. Pest Management Science. view at https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7501

Stemkovski, M., Bell, J. R., Ellwood, E. R., Inouye, B. D., Kobori, H., Lee, S. D., ... & Pearse, W. D. (2023). Disorder or a new order: how climate change affects phenological variability. Ecology, 104(1), e3846. view at https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3846


2022

Bell, J. R. and Mead, A. 2022. A comprehensive sugar beet virus yellows model. British Sugar Beet Review. 90, pp. 12-15.

Blumgart, D., Botham, M. S., Menendez, R. and Bell, J. R. 2022. Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability. Insect Conservation and Diversity. view at doi.org/10.1111/icad.12578

Cuff, J. P., Tercel, M. P. T. G., Drake, L. E., Vaughan, I. P., Bell, J. R., Orozco-terWengel, P., Müller, C. T., and Symondson, W. O. C. 2022. Density-independent prey choice, taxonomy, life history, and web characteristics determine the diet and biocontrol potential of spiders (Linyphiidae and Lycosidae) in cereal crops. Environmental DNA, 4, 549-564. view at doi.org/10.1002/edn3.272

Cook, L. M. and Shortall, C. R. 2022. After carbonaria: melanic moth frequencies in the Rothamsted Insect Survey. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 (1), pp. 127-134. view at doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac030

Hemming, D., Bell, J. R., Collier, R., Dunbar, T., Dunstone, N., Everatt, M., Eyre, D., Kaye, N., Korycinska, A., Pickup, J. and Scaife, A. A. 2022. Likelihood of Extreme Early Flight of Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Across the UK. Journal of Economic Entomology. p. toac012. view at doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac012

Hodgson, J., Randle, Z., Shortall, C. R. and Oliver, T. 2022. Where and why are species’ range shifts hampered by unsuitable landscapes? Global Change Biology view at doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16220

Shortall, C. R., Perryman, S. A. M., Halsey, K. and West, J. S. 2022. The potential of fluorescence imaging to distinguish insect pest and non-pest species. Outlooks on Pest Management. 33, pp. 13-16(4). view at doi.org/10.1564/v33_feb_05

Stemkovski, M., Bell, J.R, Ellwood, E.R., Inouye, B.D. Kobori, H., Lee, S.D., Lloyd-Evans, T., Primack, R.B, Templ, B. and Pearse, W.D. 2022. Disorder or a new order: how climate change affects phenological variability. Ecology (in press). bioRxiv 2021.10.08.463688; doi: view at doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.08.463688


2021

Bourhis, Y., Bell, J. R., Van Den Bosch, F. and Milne, A. E. 2021. Artificial neural networks for monitoring network optimisation—a practical example using a national insect survey. Environmental Modelling and Software. 135, p. 104925. view at doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104925

Cuff, J. P., Wilder, S. M., Maximillian, P .T. G., Hunt, R., Oluwaseun, S., Morley, P. S., Badell-Grau, R. A., Vaughan, I. P., Bell, J. R., Orozco-terWengel, P., Symondson, W. O. C. and Muller, C. T. 2021. MEDI: Macronutrient Extraction and Determination from invertebrates, a rapid, cheap and streamlined protocol. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12 (4), pp. 593-601. view at doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13551

Fox, R., Dennis, E. B., Harrower, C. A., Blumgart, D., Bell, J. R., Shortall, C. R., Cook, P., Davis, A. M., Evans-Hill, L. J., Haynes, F., Hill, D., Isaac, N. J. B., Parsons, M. S., Pocock, M. J. O., Prescott, T., Randle, Z., Tordoff. G. M., Tuson, D. and Bourn N. A. D. 2021. The State of Britain's Larger Moths 2021. Butterfly Conservation, Rothamsted Research and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Butterfly Conservation. view at insectsurvey.com/moth-state

Greenslade, A. F. C., Chapman, JW. And Reynolds, D. R. (2021) High-altitude migration of Psylloidea (Hemiptera) over England. Entomologist's Gazette, 72, pp. 189-198

Hassall, K. L., Dye, A., Potamitis, I and Bell, J. R. 2021. Resolving the identification of weak-flying insects during flight: a coupling between rigorous data processing and biology. Agricultural and Forest Entomology.view at doi.org/10.1111/afe.12453

Petsopoulos, D., Lunt, D. H., Bell, J. R., Kitson, J. J. N., Collins, L., Boonham, N., Morales-Hojas, R. and Evans, D. M. 2021. Using network ecology to understand and mitigate long-term insect declines. Ecological Entomology. 46 (4), pp. 693-698. view at doi.org/10.1111/een.13035

Shortall, C. R. 2021. The temporal and spatial ecology of Brassicogethes (Meligethes) aeneus. F - Theses


2020

Cuff, J. P., Drake, L. E., Tercel, M. P. T. G., Stockdale, J. E., Orozco-ter Wengel, P., Bell, J. R., Vaughan, I. P., Muller, C. T. and Symondson, W. O. C. 2020. Money spider dietary choice in pre- and post-harvest cereal crops using metabarcoding. Ecological Entomology 46: 249-261 view at doi.org/10.1111/een.12957

Pearson, A. J., Bell, J. R., Subramanian, S. and Ouma, K. 2020. Smart Armyworm Surveillance: Project Technical Report. Harpenden Rothamsted Research. view at doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.mx3c-6k94

Bell, J.R., Blumgart, D. & Shortall, C.R. (2020) Are insects declining and at what rate? An analysis of standardised, systematic catches of aphid and moth abundances across Great Britain. Insect Conservation and Diversity 13: 115-126.

Grabener, S., Oldeland, J., Shortall, C.R. & Harrington, R. (2020) Changes in phenology and abundance of suction‐trapped Diptera from a farmland site in the UK over four decades. Ecological Entomology 45, 1215-1219.

Greenslade, A.F.C., Carnegie, M., Ouvrard, D., Sjölund, M.J., Highet, F., Sigvald, R., Kenyon, D., Bell, J.R. (2020) Aerial psyllid (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) detection and monitoring using suction traps in Britain: population observations, new species found and a revised British checklist. Entomologist's Gazette 71, 151-163.

Morales-Hojas, R., Gonzalez-Uriarte, A., Alvira-Iraizoz, F., Jenkins, T., Alderson, L. J., Kruger, T., Hall, M. J., Greenslade, A. F. C., Shortall, C. R. & Bell, J. R. (2020) Population genetic structure and predominance of cyclical parthenogenesis in the bird cherry‐oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi in England. Evolutionary Applications 13: 1009– 1025.

Sumner-Kalkun JC, Sjölund MJ, Arnsdorf YM, Carnegie M, Highet F, Ouvrard, D., Greenslade, AFC., Bell J.R, Sigvald, R., & Kenyon, D.M. (2020) A diagnostic real-time PCR assay for the rapid identification of the tomato-potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909) and development of a psyllid barcoding database. PLOS ONE 15: e0230741.


2019

Bell, J.R., Botham, M.S., Henrys, P.A., Leech, D.I., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Shortall, C.R., Brereton, T.M., Pickup, J. and Thackeray, S.J., 2019. Spatial and habitat variation in aphid, butterfly, moth and bird phenologies over the last half century. Global Change Biology 25 1982- 1994. view at doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14592

Coulthard, E., Norrey, J., Shortall, C. and Harris, W.E., 2019. Ecological traits predict population changes in moths. Biological Conservation, 233, pp.213-219. view at sciencedirect.com

Dennis, E. B., Brereton, T. M., Morgan, B. J. T., Fox, R., Shortall, C. R., Prescott, T. and Foster, S. 2019. Trends and indicators for quantifying moth abundance and occupancy in Scotland. Journal of Insect Conservation. view at doi.org/10.1007/s10841-019-00135-z

Boyes, D. H., Fox, R., Shortall, C. R. and Whittaker, R. J. 2019. Bucking the trend: the diversity of Anthropocene 'winners' among British moths. Frontiers of Biogeography. 11 (3), p. e43862. view at doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG43862

Macgregor, C.J., Williams, J.H., Bell, J.R. et al.Moth biomass has fluctuated over 50 years in Britain but lacks a clear trend. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 1645-1649 (2019). view at doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1028-6

Macgregor, C.J, Thomas, C.D., Roy, D.B., Beaumont, M., Bell, J. R., Brereton, T., Bridle, J., Dytham, C., Fox, R., Gotthard, K., Hoffmann, A., Martin, G., Middlebrook, I., Nylin, S., Platts, P., Rasteiro, R., Saccheri, I., Villoutreix, R., Wheat, C. and Hill, J. 2019. Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10 (4455).

Morales-Hojas, R., Gonzalez-Uriarte, A., Alvira-Iraizoz, F., Jenkins, T., Alderson, L. J., Kruger, T., Hall, M. J., Greenslade, A. F. C., Shortall, C. R. and Bell, J. R. 2020. Population genetic structure and predominance of cyclical parthenogenesis in the bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi in England. Evolutionary Applications. 13: 1009- 1025 view at doi.org/10.1111/eva.12917

Sanders, C., Shortall, C. R., England, M., Harrington, R., Purse, B., Burgin, L., Carpenter, S. and Gubbins, S. 2019. Long-term shifts in the seasonal abundance of adult Culicoides biting midges and their impact on potential arbovirus outbreaks. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56 (7), pp. 1649-1660.

Montgomery, G.A., Dunn, R.R., Fox, R., Jongejans, E., Leather, S.R., Saunders, M.E., Shortall, C.R., Tingley, M.W. & Wagnera, D.L. (2019) Is the insect apocalypse upon us? How to find out. Biological Conservation 108327.


2018

Bell, J. R. 2018. Climate Change And Insect Pests: Monitoring And Surveillance Of The Migratory Phase For Smart Crop Protection. Phytoma. 300, pp. 84-86.

Brenton-Rule, E., Doblemann, J., Baty, J. W., Brown, R., Dvorak, L., Grangier, J., Massiochi, M., McGrannachan, C., Shortall, C. R., Schmack, J., Van Zyl, C., Veldtman, R. and Lester, P. J. 2018. The origins of global invasions of the German wasp (Vespula germanica) and its infection with four honey bee viruses. Biological Invasions. 20 (12), p. 3445–3460.

Fox, R., Harrower, C.A., Bell, J. R., Shortall, C. R., Middlebrook, I. and Wilson, R.J. 2018. Insect population trends and the IUCN Red List process.Journal of Insect Conservation, :1-10.

Franks, S. E., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Atkinson, S., Bell, J. R., Botham, M. S., Brereton, T. M., Harrington, R. and Leech, D. I. 2018. The sensitivity of breeding songbirds to changes in seasonal timing is linked to population change but cannot be directly attributed to the effects of trophic asynchrony on productivity. Global Change Biology. 24, pp. 957-971.

Holloway, P., Kudenko, D. and Bell, J. R. 2018. Dynamic selection of environmental variables to improve the prediction of aphid phenology: A machine learning approach. Ecological Indicators. 88, pp. 512-521.

Macdonald, A. J., Poulton, P. R., Clark, I. M., Scott, T., Glendining, M. J., Perryman, S. A. M., Storkey, J., Bell, J. R., Shield, I. F., Mcmillan, V. E. and Hawkins, J. M. B. Macdonald, A. J. (ed.) 2018. Rothamsted Long-term experiments : guide to the classical and other long-term experiments, datasets and sample archive. Rothamsted Research, Harpenden.

Martay, B., Dennis, E. B., Brereton, T. M., Bell, J. R., Crick, H. Q. P., Morecroft, M. D., Roy, D. B. and Pearce-Higgins, J. W. 2018. Impacts of climate change on national biodiversity population trends. Ecography. 40 (10), p. 1139-1151.

Morales-Hojas, R., Hinsley, M., Armean, I .M., Silk, R., Harrup, L. E., Gonzalez-Uriarte, A., Veronesi, E., Campbell, L., Nayduch, D., Saski, C., Tabachnick, W. J., Kersey, P., Carpenter, S. and Fife, M. 2018. The genome of the biting midge Culicoides sonorensis and gene expression analyses of vector competence for Bluetongue virus. BMC Genomics. 19, p. 624.


2017

Bell, J. R., Pierre, J-S. and Dedryver, C. A. 2017. Aphid population dynamics: from fields to landscapes. in: Van Emden, H. F. and Harrington, R. (ed.) In: Aphids as crop pests, 2nd edition (Chapter 13) CABI International, Wallingford, Oxon (CABI). pp. 280-302

Elston, D. A., Brewer, M. J., Martay, B., Johnston, A., Henrys, P. A., Bell, J. R., Harrington, R., Monteith, D. T., Brereton, T. M., Boughey, K. L. and Pearce-Higgins, J. W. 2017. A New Approach to Modelling the Relationship Between Annual Population Abundance Indices and Weather Data. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics 22(4): 427-445.

Lester, P. J., Haywood, J., Archer, M. E. and Shortall, C. R. 2017. The long-term population dynamics of common wasps in their native and invaded range. Journal of Animal Ecology. 86 (2), pp. 337-347.

Morales-Hojas, R. 2017. Molecular ecology of insect pests of agricultural importance: the case of aphids. Ecological Entomology. 42 (Suppl. 1), pp. 18-27.

Moretti, M., Dias, A. T. C., De Bello, F., Altermatt, F., Chown, S. L., Azacrate, F. M., Bell, J. R., Fournier, B., Hedde, M., Hortal, J., Ibanez, S., Ockinger, E., Sousa, J. P., Ellers, J. and Berg, M. P. 2017. Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits.Functional Ecology. 31 (3), pp. 558-567.

Sjolund, M. J., Clark, M., Carnegie, M., -., Ouvrard, D., Highet, F., Sigvald, J. R., Bell, J. R., Arnsdorf, Y. M., Cairns, R. and Kenyon, M. 2017. First report of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' in the United Kingdom in the psyllid Trioza anthrisci. New Disease Reports. 36, p. 4.

van Emden, H. F. and Harrington R. (2017). Aphids as Crop Pests. 2nd Edition. CABI, Wallingford.

White, S. M., Sanders, C. J., Shortall, C. R. and Purse, B. V. 2017. Mechanistic model for predicting the seasonal abundance of Culicoides biting midges and the impacts of insecticide control. Parasites & Vectors. 10, p. 162.

Ryalls, J. M. W. and Harrington, R. 2017. Climate and atmospheric change impacts on aphids as vectors of plant diseases. in: Johnson, S. N. and Jones, T. H. (ed.) Global Climate Change and Terrestial Invertebrates (Chapter 9) Wiley. pp. 148-175


2016

Jones, H. B. C., Lim, K. S., Bell, J. R., Hill, J. K. and Chapman, J. W. 2016. Quantifying interspecific variation in dispersal ability of noctuid moths using an advanced tethered flight technique. Ecology and Evolution. 6 (1), pp. 181-190.

Martay, B., Monteith, D. T., Brewer, M. J., Brereton, T., Shortall, C. R. and Pearce-Higgins, J. W. 2016. An indicator highlights seasonal variation in the response of Lepidoptera communities to warming. Ecological Indicators. 68, pp. 126-133.

Sheppard, L. W., Bell, J. R., Harrington, R. and Reuman, D. C. 2016. Changes in large-scale climate alter spatial synchrony of aphid pests. Nature Climate Change. 6, pp. 610-613.

Storkey, J., Macdonald, A. J., Bell, J. R., Clark, I. M., Gregory, A. S., Hawkins, N. J., Hirsch, P. R., Todman, L. C. and Whitmore, A. P. 2016. The unique contribution of Rothamsted to ecological research at large temporal scales. in: Dumbrell, A. J., Kordas, R. L. and Woodward, G. (ed.) Advances in Ecological Research 55: Large-Scale Ecology: Model Systems to Global Perspectives Academic Press, Oxford. pp. 3-42

Thackeray, S. J., Henrys, P. A., Hemming, D., Bell, J. R., Botham, M. S., Burthe, S., Helaouet, P., Johns, D. G., Jones, I. D., Leech, D. I., Mackay, E. B., Massimino, D., Atkinson, S., Bacon, P. J., Brereton, T. M., Carvalho, L., Clutton-Brock, T. H., Duck, C., Edwards, M., Elliott, J. M., Hall, S. J. G., Harrington, R., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Hoye, T. T., Kruuk, L. E. B., Pemberton, J. M., Sparks, T. H., Thompson, P. M., White, I., Winfield, I. J. and Wanless, S. 2016. Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels. Nature. 535 (7611), pp. 241-U94.


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Asare-Bediako, E, Jones, JE, Hambidge, AJ, et al. The incidence of turnip yellows virus in oilseed rape crops (Brassica napus L.) in three different regions of England over three consecutive growing seasons and the relationship with the abundance of flying Myzus persicae. Ann Appl Biol. 2020; 176: 130- 137. view at doi.org/10.1111/aab.12565

Crossley, M. S., Smith, O. M., Davis, T. S., Eigenbrode, S. D., Hartman, G. L., Lagos-Kutz, D., Halbert, S. E., Voegtlin, D. J., Moran, M. D., and Snyder, W. E. 2021. Complex life histories predispose aphids to recent abundance declines. Global Change Biology, 27, 4283- 4293. view at doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15739

Dewar, A. M. and Qi, A (2021) The Virus Yellows Epidemic in Sugar Beet in the UK in 2020 and the Adverse Effect of the EU Ban on Neonicotinoids on Sugar Beet Production. Outlooks on Pest Management, 32, pp. 53-59

Froidevaux, J.S.P., Broyles, M. and Jones G 2019. Moth responses to sympathetic hedgerow management in temperate farmland. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 270-271, Pp 55-64. view at doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.10.008

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Wainwright, C. E., Jenkins, S., Wilson, D., Elliott, M., Jukes, A. and Collier, R. 2020. Phenology of the Diamondback Moth (Plutella xylostella) in the UK and Provision of Decision Support for Brassica Growers. Insects. 11 (2), p. 118. view at doi.org/10.3390/insects11020118

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Current PhD Students

Hannah Romanowski

Title: Long-term changes in the abundance and phenology of migrating insects as potential drivers of population change in insectivorous birds and bats

Year: 2021-2025

Funder: SWBio DTP


Jen Thomas - Exeter University

Title: Understanding the roles of behavioural ecology, genes, plant hosts and fuel for flight to predict the migratory range of aphids.

Year: 2023-2027

Funder: SWBio DTP


Elliott Cornelius - University of Nottingham

Title: Reclaiming the night sky for moths: what drives the flight-to-light response and how can this be mitigated?

Year: 2023-2027

Funder: Envision DTP