Professor James Bell's Outputs (5)

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.

Using network ecology to understand and mitigate long‐term insect declines (2021)
Journal Article
Petsopoulos, D., Lunt, D. H., Bell, J. R., Kitson, J. J., Collins, L., Boonham, N., …Evans, D. M. (2021). Using network ecology to understand and mitigate long‐term insect declines. Ecological Entomology, 46(4), 693-698. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13035

MEDI: Macronutrient Extraction and Determination from invertebrates, a rapid, cheap and streamlined protocol (2021)
Journal Article
Cuff, J. P., Wilder, S. M., Tercel, M. P., Hunt, R., Oluwaseun, S., Morley, P. S., …Müller, C. T. (2021). MEDI: Macronutrient Extraction and Determination from invertebrates, a rapid, cheap and streamlined protocol. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12(4), 593-601. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13551

Macronutrients, comprising carbohydrates, proteins and lipids, underpin many ecological processes, but their quantification in ecological studies is often inaccurate and laborious, requiring large investments of time and bulk samples, which make indi... Read More about MEDI: Macronutrient Extraction and Determination from invertebrates, a rapid, cheap and streamlined protocol.

The State of Britain’s Larger Moths 2021 (2021)
Report
R., F., E. B., D., C. A., H., D., B., Bell, J., Shortall, C., …N. A. D., B. (2021). The State of Britain’s Larger Moths 2021. Butterfly Conservation: BBSRC