Insect Ecology Group
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Insect Ecology Group @CamZoology @Cambridge_Uni. We study invertebrate diversity in the UK @ZoologyMuseum 🦋🐛 & in oil palm plantations @BEFTAprogramme 🐜🕷🌴
Cambridge
Joined February 2020
New work from the SOPWA Project, which Michael worked on as a research fellow in our group (now @LukeFinland) explains below:
Our newest publication from the Sustainable Oil Palm in West Africa (SOPWA) Project: focused on plants, led by Cicely Marshall, and available open access now from @plantspplplanet: https://t.co/i85Ewkwgch
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🚨New paper - Oil palm🌴, spiders🕷️, Liberia🇱🇷 We assessed how traditional and industrial approaches to oil palm cultivation affect spider biodiversity, web-building, and prey capture (Liberia). #spider #oilpalm #tropical #conservation #Liberia
https://t.co/ER4NnzGXWb
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New publication with authors including Insect Group researchers, and focussed on oil palm cultivation in Africa. Give it a read!
Our new paper is out! 🚨 We systematically mapped research on oil palm in Africa and present the Sustainable Oil Palm in West Africa (SOPWA) Project: a large-scale field-based study occurring in Liberia. https://t.co/RScCyCvCb7
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Our new paper is out! 🚨 We systematically mapped research on oil palm in Africa and present the Sustainable Oil Palm in West Africa (SOPWA) Project: a large-scale field-based study occurring in Liberia. https://t.co/RScCyCvCb7
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Congrats, Jonny, on a superb piece of work! We look forward to continuing to collaborate and seeing all you do next during your PhD @LivUni!
Huge congratulations to my @InsectGroup student @jonny_timperley who successfully passed his viva yesterday! Jonny's MPhil thesis provided first insights into how oil palm cultivation in #Liberia affects arthropods and their ecosystem functions. @CamZoology @JesusCollegeCam
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My PhD thesis is out and it is open access!! 👇 https://t.co/HHxHcp165i Thanks to @EdgarCTurner and @SarahHLuke (my supervisors), and @InsectGroup! 🥳
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New blog post on the @CambridgeAfrica website by @benedictusfree1 and me, outlining our palm oil-related project in Liberia. Many thanks to Cambridge-Africa for supporting our collab. research over the last year! https://t.co/naf8iPv9Em
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New paper published in @PLOSONE 📊 We analysed children's drawings to see what they could tell us about children's perceptions of local wildlife 🎨 #OpenAccess link: https://t.co/ItLBYaAXAe Key results below 👇
journals.plos.org
The growing disconnect between children and nature has led to concerns around the loss of ecological knowledge and reduced nature connection. Understanding children’s perceptions of nature is vital...
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We are recruiting for our Professorship in Conservation Biology @CamZoology - most prestigious position in conservation @Cambridge_Uni. Further details here, and please circulate. It's an international call - https://t.co/ehkaZVSqye Get in touch with any questions!
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A wonderfully busy day volunteering at @RoyEntSoc’s stunning #RESGarden at #RHSChelsea, chatting to gardeners about how we can make outdoor spaces a haven for insects. You can now show the garden some love by voting for it in the People’s Choice Award: https://t.co/JvIh0c1aUj
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Fantastic day @The_RHS #ChelseaFlowerShow on @RoyEntSoc garden, enthusing about #insects & #Entomology Vote for the garden in the People’s Choice Awards: https://t.co/q7WAKU6IzI
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Light evenings only mean one thing—the return of @wildlifebcn Cambridge Local Group summer events!💫 Join us at 9pm on Mon 29th May for a guided bat walk at Byron's Pool 🦇 Meet in the car park: https://t.co/XraQqLlXle No booking needed, but any donations go to @wildlifebcn
cambridge.gov.uk
A densely wooded area on the north bank of the River Cam.
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Did you miss the #VerrallLecture23 with @EdgarCTurner on managing #tropical #ecosystems for #insect #biodiversity? Now you can catch up on YouTube: https://t.co/RpcRWVr4nj Read more about the #VerrallLecture: https://t.co/nqIi6X3frb
#Entomology #Science #Lecture #Research
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'Lights, camera, insects? Invertebrates missing out on starring screen roles' Read @guardian write-up of our recent @PaN_BES paper on nature documentaries 🐜🎥 Thanks to @SofiQuaglia for a really fun interview! (#OpenAccess link to paper ⬇️) https://t.co/Z0eXgtOsDt
theguardian.com
They make up as much as 97% of the animal kingdom, yet wildlife film-makers routinely overlook bugs
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First day of #SCCS2023, and it feels a whole week has passed! Such amazing delegates, plenaries, talks, posters... also the most diverse conference I ever attended!! (I promise I'll take better pics tomorrow) @CamZoology @CCI_Cambridge
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Excited to be presenting at #SCCS2023 tomorrow. Looking forward to talking about #reptiles #rewilding and the Marna Banggara Project @sccsbng.
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Are wildlife documentaries showing us the ‘real’ natural world? recent paper in People and Nature led by @k_howlett @EdgarCTurner
https://t.co/fGqYQQQW5o
cam.ac.uk
Are wildlife documentaries showing us the ‘real’ natural world?
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For our March blog post, MPhil student @jonny_timperley tells us all about his research in Liberian oil palm plantations with @MDPashkevich and about what brought him here. Read here:
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Are wildlife documentaries too focused on mammals and birds? 🐘🐦 New @CamZoology research has found that nature documentaries are portraying a biased view of the natural world, and invertebrates aren't getting enough attention... @k_howlett @NERCscience
https://t.co/TOkAn3zDqj
cam.ac.uk
Are wildlife documentaries showing us the ‘real’ natural world?
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Did you miss the #VerrallLecture23 with @EdgarCTurner on managing #tropical #ecosystems for #insect #biodiversity? Now you can catch up on YouTube: https://t.co/RpcRWVr4nj Read more about the #VerrallLecture: https://t.co/nqIi6X3frb
#Entomology #Science #Lecture #Research
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