Chris Thomas
@Prof_CThomas
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Scientist, naturalist, environmentalist, gardener and author.
Joined July 2014
Alas, I think my position is now a no-deal #Brexit on condition that we have a binding new #referendum on leave-stay. I’l vote stay!
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My (early) birthday cake this year. What else do you bake for an entomologist?
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@itvnews did a super job last night, covering our paper with @alecini and Georgia Law on why we love bees and hate wasps in @Ecol_Ent @RoyEntSoc
https://t.co/UnBerSrZT8 Thanks @TomClarke_ITV! https://t.co/tsWJyBZOHN
#wasplove @UCLCBER @uclnews
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Researchers say the majority of us unfairly prefer bees to wasps - so what other creatures have an unjustified negative buzz around them? | ITV National News
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Wales is the first country to have a complete B-Lines map! https://t.co/B8QmqXC6ue
#Wales #Pollinators #GetInvolved
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Author and ecologist @Prof_CThomas discusses #conservation and #ecology as we enter into an era of abrupt #climatechange
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5 TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR POSITIONS IN LIFE SCIENCES @helsinkiuni . DL 31 Oct 2018. https://t.co/QFAzxvHRau
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NEW EPISODE: I speak with ‘Inheritors of the Earth’ author and ecologist @Prof_CThomas in ‘Inheritors Of The Earth: Approaching Conservation In The Anthropocene’
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Unfortunately it's not going to be available in green #OpenAccess for a whole year :( but if anybody on #teammoth doesn't have access and wants to read it, pop me an email or a DM and I'll send you the PDF!
Paper published! Proud of this study and very pleased to see it in print. Comparing #metabarcoding to #microscopy for detection of #pollination, using #moths. With @Kitson_James @RichardFoxBC @davelunt @mjopocock @DarrenMarkEvans @NCLNEG
https://t.co/gW8Y7zOO6Z
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Pls RT: Lethal moles traps dotted everywhere amongst rough grassland/orchard @nationaltrust Bateman's House. When will we stop slaughtering harmless wildlife that causes us the tiniest inconvenience? #PeoplesWalkforWildlife
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Defra minister: "Today’s figures... are evidence that our strategy for dealing with [TB] is delivering results" Report from which he took the figures: “these data alone cannot demonstrate whether the badger control policy is effective in reducing bovine TB in cattle”
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Herbicide, fertiliser and insecticide overshoot: why field margins don’t support more wildlife
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New episode with #ecologist and author @Prof_CThomas on #conservation in the #Anthropocene - out Monday.
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Woohoo Chan's megastick with its official Guinness world record for being the longest insect @ento_ben
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This is the worlds smallest known flying insect - Kikiki huna - parasitc wasp! Honest.... #hymenoptera #collections #nature
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Another insect on the British species list
#EnqOfTheDay @The_RHS Western Conifer seed bug - large -2cm long bug, native of N. America, established in S. Britain. Feeds on pine sap, especially the cones. Several enquiries over the past week https://t.co/4McC6GbPfa
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A lot of dead wood in Germany: beavers and ash dieback responsible. Biodiversity thriving.
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the paper is much stronger now that the authors have incorporated my suggestions
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Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment: Headline reports and technical reports 2016-2017 to 2017-2018 Results for the 8th & 9th year of the #MENEreport, which provides #data on how people use the #natural #environment in England published today https://t.co/TDKNXoHckO
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Friday essay: the rise of the ‘bin chicken’, a totem for modern Australia https://t.co/8sHlf5qFh5 via @ConversationEDU
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