Foraging Ecology Research Group
@ForagingEcology
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Investigating the mechanisms driving trophic interactions using nucleotides, networks and nutrients in @ecology_ncl 🕸🍽🧬 Posting on other platforms!
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined December 2021
🚨NEW PAPER!🚨. Networking nutrients: How nutrition determines the structure of ecological networks. We provide a synthesis on the interface between nutritional and network ecology and demonstrate its potential for ecological research. Read more below!🧵.
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Check out this editorial for an overview of a truly exciting special issue of @AFEntomology focused on advances in insect biomonitoring for agriculture and forestry!.
In an editorial, we summarise the articles within the special issue and provide a synthesis on the overarching themes and concepts, which include the various emerging technologies underpinning significant advances, alongside more conceptual ideas.
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RT @JordanCuff: Super excited to see this special issue, packed with incredible research, out for the world to enjoy! Check out some except….
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RT @JordanCuff: Check out this exceptional PhD opportunity to do some incredible insect science with some great people, and in some awesome….
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RT @JordanCuff: A fantastic project using some excellent techniques to answer some really important questions about pond biodiversity with….
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Join us for this super cool PhD on ground beetle foraging ecology!.
🚨PHD OPPORTUNITY!🚨. Join us in Newcastle University to assess carabid beetle ecosystem services and foraging ecology, and develop new methods for inferring interactions between beetles and their food! 🪲🍽️💻.
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RT @JordanCuff: Check out this special from @NakedScientists on animals, featuring an interview with me about our recent paper on spider nu….
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Putting in the legwork for a balanced diet...
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RT @RoyEntSoc: We've come to the end of #SusAg24 & have been so impressed by the quality of talks today 🦋. The final set of speakers are th….
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RT @EnviROSYment: Having a great time listening to talks at the Sustainable agriculture SIG today, and presenting my master's work poster o….
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RT @RoyEntSoc: It's today! 🪲. We're at @UniofNewcastle for the Sustainable Agriculture SIG with Keynotes @SamCook_IPM @Rothamsted, @Kitson_….
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Check out this article about our latest paper on spider foraging and nutrition, published recently in @Oikos_Journal! 🕷️🍽️🕸️🧬
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Consumers are thought to select food resources based on their nutritional content. While laboratory experiments have explored this, the nutritional dynamics of invertebrate predators have been...
Along came a spider🕷️ . and very carefully chose what to eat. Seems the picky arachnids only plump for tasty prey 🪲🪰 that match their nutritional needs. Could we use this fussy eating to help control pests? @JordanCuff @ForagingEcology .Full story👇.
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We've had a great couple of days at the @FeraScience Symposium! .🪲🌾👩🔬.Massive congrats to our very own Will Dawson for winning a talk prize for the first talk of his PhD! 🎉🥳🤩
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RT @RoyEntSoc: There's still time to attend online 🦋. Join @SamCook_IPM @Rothamsted, @Kitson_James @FeraScience & Kirsten Miller @DefraGovU….
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RT @Eco_Godoy: After years working on #competition , I now "eat my own words" as #cooperation is the key to maximize biodiversity. #communi….
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Cooperation, the mutual benefit that individuals of different species obtain when they interact together, is ubiquitous in nature. Despite their importance, most of all current ecological theories...
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RT @RoyEntSoc: Read the brilliant paper by our #SustainableAgriculture SIG convenor @JordanCuff FRES on the dietary choices made by spiders….
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Consumers are thought to select food resources based on their nutritional content. While laboratory experiments have explored this, the nutritional dynamics of invertebrate predators have been...
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RT @RoyEntSoc: It’s #OAWeek24!. #OpenAccess content in our journals continues to grow & we wanted to share why it’s never been so important….
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What is Open Access? It’s Open Access Week! Open Access (OA), when applied to peer reviewed research, means that content is free to access by anyone, without the need to pay. Importantly, it also...
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🚨NEW PAPER!🚨. Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions. Read it now in @Oikos_Journal!.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Consumers are thought to select food resources based on their nutritional content. While laboratory experiments have explored this, the nutritional dynamics of invertebrate predators have been...
📜🎉New paper in @Oikos_Journal🎉📜. Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions. I'm super excited to see this out! Read about our exciting results in the thread below: 🧵👇
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RT @AFEntomology: We are delighted to present a Virtual Special Issue as companion to the @RoyEntSoc Innovations in Research and Practice #….
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RT @TimothyJonas: @BritishSpiders @yelloowec And I'm currently monitoring another one that I saw getting parasitised in the garden a few we….
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RT @Oikos_Journal: 🦜🌱Estimated missing interactions change the structure & alter species roles in one of world's largest seed-dispersal net….
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