Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey (2024)
Journal Article
Petsopoulos, D., Cuff, J. P., Bell, J. R., Kitson, J. J. N., Collins, L., Boonham, N., Morales‐Hojas, R., & Evans, D. M. (2024). Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey. Environmental DNA, 6(3), e542. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.542

Insect populations are declining in many parts of the world, but a lack of long-term monitoring data is impeding our ability to understand and mitigate the causes of insect biodiversity loss. Whilst high-throughput sequencing (HTS) approaches, such a... Read More about Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey.

Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cuff, J. P., Tercel, M. P., Windsor, F. M., Hawthorne, B. S., Hambäck, P. A., Bell, J. R., Symondson, W. O., & Vaughan, I. P. Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks

Null models provide an invaluable baseline against which to test fundamental ecological hypotheses and highlight patterns in foraging choices that cannot be explained by neutral processes or sampling artefacts. In this way, null models can advance ou... Read More about Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks.