A5050335100- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2013-2022
Allan Hancock College
1975
University of Southern California
1975
Citizen science-the involvement of volunteers in data collection, analysis and interpretation-simultaneously supports research public engagement with science, its profile is rapidly rising. science represents a diverse range approaches, but until now this diversity has not been quantitatively explored. We conducted systematic internet search discovered 509 environmental ecological citizen projects. scored each project for 32 attributes based on publicly obtainable information used multiple...
Abstract The status of pollinating insects is international concern, but knowledge the magnitude and extent declines limited by a lack systematic monitoring. Standardized protocols are urgently needed, alongside better understanding how different methods recorders (data collectors) influence estimates pollinator abundance diversity. We compared two common for sampling wild (solitary bees, bumblebees hoverflies), pan traps transects, in surveys 1 km countryside squares (agricultural...
Abstract It is increasingly recognized that belowground responses to vegetation change are closely linked plant functional traits. However, our understanding limited concerning the relative importance of different traits for soil functions and mechanisms by which influence properties in real world. Here we test hypothesis taller species, or those with complex rooting structures, associated high rates nutrient carbon (C) cycling grassland. We further hypothesized communities dominated species...
Abstract Context Maximising insect pollination of mass-flowering crops is a widely-discussed approach to sustainable agriculture. Management actions can target landscape-scale semi-natural habitat, cropping patterns or field-scale features, but little known about their relative effectiveness. Objective To test how landscape composition (area and habitat) habitat (margins hedges) affect pollinator species richness, abundance, pollen deposition within crop fields. Methods We surveyed all...
Abstract Questions What types of pre‐sowing disturbance are most suitable to establish specialist forbs calcareous grassland at previously agriculturally improved restored sites? impact does management regime have on post‐establishment abundance‐dynamics? Location P egsdon H ills, B edfordshire, UK . Methods We set up a 4‐yr experiment using split‐plot design combine treatments sub‐plot level (undisturbed control, glyphosate spraying, harrowing, and creation ridge‐and‐furrow features) with...
Sustainable intensification will require the development of new management systems to support global food demands, whilst conserving integrity ecosystem functions. Here, we test and identify strategies maintain or enhance agricultural production in grasslands simultaneously supporting provision multiple services. Over four years, investigated how establishment three plant functional groups (grasses, legumes, other flowering forbs), using different cultivation (minimum tillage deep ploughing)...
Abstract We use a national citizen science monitoring scheme to quantify how agricultural intensification affects honeybee diet breadth (number of plant species). To do this we used DNA metabarcoding identify the plants present in 527 honey samples collected 2019 across Great Britain. The species richness forage was negatively correlated with arable cropping area, although only found early year when abundance flowering more limited. Within intensively farmed areas, diets were dominated by...