We’re really excited to share the imminent launch of a new journal published by the Royal Entomological Society and Wiley: Approaches in Entomology! Insect science is a dynamic and continually evolving field, driven equally by the methods we develop, critique and use, and the philosophies that guide our investigations, interpretations and applications. Advances in technologyContinueContinue reading “Jordan leads the launch of a new journal: Approaches in Entomology!”
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New preprint: Reintroducing a nationally extinct predator, the forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta), for biocontrol of the invasive oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) in Britain: considerations, benefits and risks
Check out this new preprint, now live on EcoEvoRxiv, from an ongoing collaboration with Forest Research on oak processionary moth biocontrol: Reintroducing a nationally extinct predator, the forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta), for biocontrol of the invasive oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) in Britain: considerations, benefits and risks The oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea; OPM) isContinueContinue reading “New preprint: Reintroducing a nationally extinct predator, the forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta), for biocontrol of the invasive oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) in Britain: considerations, benefits and risks”
NEW PAPER: Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction
Check out this new paper that Will led alongside his PhD supervisory team across Newcastle University, Fera Science Ltd and Nottingham Trent University! Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction Ecoacoustics can be used to monitor biodiversity across massive spatiotemporal scales, including in ecologically cryptic systems like soil, yetContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction”
New preprint: Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with crop sowing period with implications for biocontrol
Check out our new preprint on bioRxiv, led collaboratively by Rosy and Rebecca, titled “Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with crop sowing period with implications for biocontrol”! This paper shows that the sowing time of crops can have important nutritional consequences for their arthropod communities, with the macronutrient contents of arthropod predators differing significantly betweenContinueContinue reading “New preprint: Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with crop sowing period with implications for biocontrol”
FERG joined NEG in hosting EcoNet 2025!
Following the last Symposium on Ecological Networks (EcoNet) in Israel in 2023 (which was the topic of one of our first blog posts), Darren Evans of the Network Ecology Group (NEG) was approached to host the next EcoNet. Darren asked Jordan, Katherine Baldock of Northumbria University, Madeleine Fabusova from NEG and Shai Pilosof from theContinueContinue reading “FERG joined NEG in hosting EcoNet 2025!”
Check out Jordan’s talk about nutritional networks for entoLIVE on YouTube!
Jordan recently gave a talk for entoLIVE about recent and ongoing FERG research focused on nutritional networks, including some hot-off-the-press results for a couple of upcoming publications, and some fun new analogies for prey choice and network robustness. If you’re devastated that you missed it, fear not – it’s been immortalised on YouTube! Check outContinueContinue reading “Check out Jordan’s talk about nutritional networks for entoLIVE on YouTube!”
New preprint: Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction
Check out this new preprint that Will led alongside his PhD supervisory team across Newcastle University, Fera Science Ltd and Nottingham Trent University! Ecoacoustics can be used to monitor biodiversity across massive spatiotemporal scales, including in ecologically cryptic systems like soil, yet its application to the detection and characterisation of predator-prey interactions remains poorly developed.ContinueContinue reading “New preprint: Ecoacoustics for context-rich direct and indirect trophic interaction data and ecological network construction”
NEW PAPER: Threatened endemic arthropods and vertebrates partition their diets with non-native ants in an isolated island ecosystem
Check out this new paper led by long-term FERG collaborator Max Tercel, which Jordan contributed to: Threatened endemic arthropods and vertebrates partition their diets with non-native ants in an isolated island ecosystem Invasive species are among the greatest threats to biodiversity in the 21st century, and ants are among the most ecologically damaging. In thisContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Threatened endemic arthropods and vertebrates partition their diets with non-native ants in an isolated island ecosystem”
Rosy published in the British Arachnological Society Newsletter!
Following a successful start to Rosy’s ‘Spider Spies’ project (which you can read all about here), she has published an article all about it in the British Arachnological Society Newsletter! The article describes these wonderful spiders, why Rosy is looking to collect them and any records of them, and what Rosy’s wider work on themContinueContinue reading “Rosy published in the British Arachnological Society Newsletter!”
NEW PAPER: Aquatic biological invasions exacerbate nutritional and health inequities
Check out this new paper led by Josie South from University of Leeds, which Jordan contributed to: Aquatic biological invasions exacerbate nutritional and health inequities This research extends the concept of nutritional networks (developed by and continuing to evolve within FERG) to social-ecological networks. The flow of nutrients through ecological systems naturally influences the nutrientsContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Aquatic biological invasions exacerbate nutritional and health inequities”
Foraging Ecology Research Group 