Massive congratulations to Ben on publishing his first first-author paper in Agricultural and Forest Entomology! Check it out: Metabarcoding advances agricultural invertebrate biomonitoring by enhancing resolution, increasing throughput and facilitating network inference Ben’s review summarises the current applications of metabarcoding to agricultural biomonitoring, best practices for newcomers and seasoned metabarcoders alike, and how this slotsContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Metabarcoding advances agricultural invertebrate biomonitoring by enhancing resolution, increasing throughput and facilitating network inference”
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NEW PAPER: Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey
Check out this new paper published in Environmental DNA from Dimitrios Petsopoulos from the Network Ecology Group and co-authors: Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey Dimitrios led a study that demonstrates the compatibility of DNA metabarcoding with long-term insect monitoring schemes, using the RothamstedContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey”
NEW PAPER: The case for open research in entomology: Reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science
Check out this new paper, published in Agricultural and Forest Entomology! “The case for open research in entomology: Reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science” Open research is crucial for scientific advancement and has been successfully adopted across many disciplines. Entomology has, however, been slow to adopt it, despite some really important ethical and practicalContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: The case for open research in entomology: Reducing harm, refining reproducibility and advancing insect science”
NEW PAPER: Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks
Check out our new paper, published in Ecological Entomology! “Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks” The data we use to assess prey choice in the field can drastically change what we find. This may be intuitive, but it’s also a little more complicated than you might think…ContinueContinue reading “NEW PAPER: Sources of prey availability data alter interpretation of outputs from prey choice null networks”
NEW PAPER: Temporal variation in spider trophic interactions is explained by the influence of weather on prey communities, web building and prey choice
This new paper uses multivariate analysis and null network models to investigate how weather impacts the prey communities, diet, foraging choices and web structures of spiders in cereal crops, and how these data could be used to inform predictive models.
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