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Quantifying inherent predictability and spatial synchrony in the aphid vector Myzus persicae - field-scale patterns of abundance and regional forecasting error in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Bell, J., 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), https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7292

Background
Sugar beet is threatened by virus yellows, a disease complex vectored by aphids that reduces sugar content. We present an analysis of Myzus persicae population dynamics with and without neonicotinoid seed treatment. We use 6 years' yellow... Read More about Quantifying inherent predictability and spatial synchrony in the aphid vector Myzus persicae - field-scale patterns of abundance and regional forecasting error in the UK.

Demography of Common Swifts (Apus apus) breeding in the UK associated with local weather but not aphid biomass (2022)
Journal Article
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. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13156

In common with many other insectivorous birds, the Common Swift Apus apus is undergoing population declines, with an estimated 57% reduction in abundance between 1995 and 2017 in the UK. The ultimate drivers of this decline are poorly understood but... Read More about Demography of Common Swifts (Apus apus) breeding in the UK associated with local weather but not aphid biomass.

Disorder or a new order - How climate change affects phenological variability (2022)
Journal Article
Stemkovski, M., Bell, J. R., Ellwood, E. R., Inouye, B. D., Kobori, H., Don Lee, S., …Pearse, W. D. (2023). Disorder or a new order - How climate change affects phenological variability. Ecology, 104(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3846

Advancing spring phenology is a well documented consequence of anthropogenic climate change, but it is not well understood how climate change will affect the variability of phenology year to year. Species' phenological timings reflect the adaptation... Read More about Disorder or a new order - How climate change affects phenological variability.

Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability (2022)
Journal Article
Blumgart, D., Botham, M. S., Menéndez, R., & Bell, J. R. (2022). Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 15(5), 496-509. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12578

While agricultural intensification and habitat loss are cited as key drivers of moth decline, these alone cannot explain declines observed in UK woodlands – a habitat that has expanded in area since 1968.
We quantified how moth communities changed a... Read More about Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability.

Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability - data and code for analysis (2022)
Dataset
Blumgart, D., Botham, M., Menéndez, R., & Bell, J. (2022). Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability - data and code for analysis. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.98852

This collection of datasets and R code contains all that is necessary to repeat the analysis in the publication "Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability" - Blumgart et al. 2022. It contains moth... Read More about Moth declines are most severe in broadleaf woodlands despite a net gain in habitat availability - data and code for analysis.

Density-independent prey choice, taxonomy, life history, and web characteristics determine the diet and biocontrol potential of spiders (Linyphiidae and Lycosidae) in cereal crops (2021)
Journal Article
Cuff, J. P., Tercel, M. P., Drake, L. E., Vaughan, I. P., Bell, J. R., Orozco-terWengel, P., …Symondson, W. O. (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(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.272

Spiders are among the dominant invertebrate predators in agricultural systems and are significant regulators of insect pests. The precise dynamics of biocontrol of pests in the field are, however, poorly understood. This study investigates how densit... Read More about Density-independent prey choice, taxonomy, life history, and web characteristics determine the diet and biocontrol potential of spiders (Linyphiidae and Lycosidae) in cereal crops.

Resolving the identification of weak-flying insects during flight: a coupling between rigorous data processing and biology (2021)
Journal Article
Hassall, K. L., Dye, A., Potamitis, I., & 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, 23(4), 489-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12453

Bioacoustic methods play an increasingly important role for the detection of insects in a range of surveillance and monitoring programmes.
Weak-flying insects evade detection because they do not yield sufficient audio information to capture wingbeat... Read More about Resolving the identification of weak-flying insects during flight: a coupling between rigorous data processing and biology.