Category Archives: Papers

As we’ve shared earlier in the year, Jordan has led the development and launch of a new Royal Entomological Society journal, Approaches in Entomology! To mark the beginning of this journey, Jordan, alongside fellow editors Meghan Barrett, Beulah Garner and Mike Bonsall, wrote an editorial presenting the key mission for the journal: to provide aContinueContinue reading “Launch editorial for Approaches in Entomology published!”

Check out this new paper, led by long-time FERG-friend Max Tercel, now published in Molecular Ecology! Intraguild interactions drive the dynamics of a complex community of globally invasive ant species Intraguild trophic interactions showing consumers (left) and dietary taxa (right). Invasive species adversely affect biodiversity, but little is known about how ecologically similar invaders interact.ContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Intraguild interactions drive the dynamics of a complex community of globally invasive ant species”

Check out this new paper, led collaboratively by Rosy and Rebecca, now published in Bulletin of Entomological Research! Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with crop sowing period with implications for biocontrol The paper shows that the sowing time of crops can have important nutritional consequences for their arthropod communities, with the macronutrient contents of arthropodContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Arthropod predator nutrient content changes with wheat sowing period but is not driven by prey availability”

Check out this new paper that Jordan led with an incredible team of researchers across Newcastle University (including our very own Ben Hawthorne) and the University of Innsbruck, now published in Molecular Ecology Resources! Dietary RNA: integration of RNA data offers a potential paradigm shift for molecular dietary analyses It’s been just over two decadesContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Dietary RNA: integration of RNA data offers a potential paradigm shift for molecular dietary analyses”

Check out this new paper published as an output of the Group on Insect Nutrition To Open Nutritional Innovative Challenges (GIN-TONIC) Cost Action! Jordan contributed to this alongside an incredible team of researchers spanning 15 institutions and 12 countries, and it’s now published in Journal of Insects as Food and Feed! Knowledge gaps in feedingContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Knowledge gaps in feeding physiology, microbiome and behavior of insects for food and feed: overcoming barriers to advancing insect rearing through interdisciplinarity, standardization, and emerging technologies”

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”

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”

Check out this new paper which Jordan contributed to, led by Jenny Coomes, who Jordan co-PhDed with: Spatio-temporal variation in diet among age and sex cohorts of a model generalist bird species, the great tit Parus major: new insights revealed by DNA metabarcoding This study used dietary metabarcoding to characterise the diets of great titsContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Spatio-temporal variation in diet among age and sex cohorts of a model generalist bird species, the great tit Parus major: new insights revealed by DNA metabarcoding”

Check out this new paper from Shawn Wilder’s lab at Oklahoma State University in the US, which Jordan contributed to: Bridging digestive physiology and ecology for a more integrative understanding of invertebrate predators The paper examines the interface between foraging ecology and digestive physiology, particularly focusing on how integrating micronutrients, foraging behaviour, symbiomes and AnthropoceneContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Bridging digestive physiology and ecology for a more integrative understanding of invertebrate predators”