Movement and spatial ecology in agricultural landscapes

Project (past)

Project dates01 Apr 2012 to end of 31 Mar 2017
Researchers
Principal InvestigatorAndy Reynolds
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Project numberS5195
5195
DepartmentAgroecology (AGEC)
Research fish codeBBS/E/C/00005195
Grant IDBBS/E/C/00005195

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A dense medium microwave backscattering model for the remote sensing of oil palm

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Teng, K. C., Koay, J. Y., Tey, S. H., Lim, K. S., Ewe, H. T. and Chuah, H. T. 2015. A dense medium microwave backscattering model for the remote sensing of oil palm. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 53, pp. 3250-3259. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2014.2372796

Appendix 4. Effect of brassica field margins on arthropod biodiversity and biocontrol in a wheat-oilseed rape rotation

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Cook, S. M., Skellern, M. P., Torrance, M. T., Nevard, L., Watts, N. P., Clark, S. J. and Pell, J. K. 2015. Appendix 4. Effect of brassica field margins on arthropod biodiversity and biocontrol in a wheat-oilseed rape rotation.

Long-range seasonal migration in insects: mechanisms, evolutionary drivers and ecological consequences

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chapman, J. W., Reynolds, D. R. and Wilson, K. 2015. Long-range seasonal migration in insects: mechanisms, evolutionary drivers and ecological consequences. Ecology Letters. 18 (3), pp. 287-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12407

Long-term phenological trends, species accumulation rates, aphid traits and climate: five decades of change in migrating aphids

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bell, J. R., Alderson, L. J., Izera, D., Kruger, T., Parker, S. J., Pickup, J., Shortall, C. R., Taylor, M. S., Verrier, P. J. and Harrington, R. 2015. Long-term phenological trends, species accumulation rates, aphid traits and climate: five decades of change in migrating aphids. Journal of Animal Ecology. 84 (1), pp. 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12282

Temperature-activity relationships in Meligethes aeneus: implications for pest management

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Ferguson, A. W., Nevard, L. M., Clark, S. J. and Cook, S. M. 2015. Temperature-activity relationships in Meligethes aeneus: implications for pest management. Pest Management Science. 71 (3), pp. 459-466. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3860

Levy flight movement patterns in marine predators may derive from turbulence cues

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2014. Levy flight movement patterns in marine predators may derive from turbulence cues. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 470 (2171), p. 20140408. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2014.0408

Signatures of active and passive optimized Levy searching in jellyfish

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2014. Signatures of active and passive optimized Levy searching in jellyfish. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 11 (99), p. 20140665. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0665

Detecting Levy walks without turn designation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2014. Detecting Levy walks without turn designation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68, pp. 1893-1899. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-014-1819-3

Surveillance for invading plant pathogens: the use of epidemic models to quantify performance and optimise survey design

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Parnell, S. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2014. Surveillance for invading plant pathogens: the use of epidemic models to quantify performance and optimise survey design. Abstracts EFSA/EPPO Joint Workshop on Data Collection and Information Sharing in Plant Health, Parma, 1-3 April 2014 . pp. 5

Hierarchical random walks in trace fossils and the origin of optimal search behavior

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Sims, D. W., Reynolds, A. M., Humphries, N. E., Southall, E. J., Wearmouth, V. J., Metcalfe, B. and Twitchett, R. J. 2014. Hierarchical random walks in trace fossils and the origin of optimal search behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111, pp. 11073-11078. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1405966111

Flight of Meligethes aeneus at a range of altitudes

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Mauchline, A. L., Cook, S. M., Powell, W., Chapman, J. W. and Osborne, J. L. 2014. Flight of Meligethes aeneus at a range of altitudes. IOBC.

Seasonal migration of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) over the Bohai Sea in northern China

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Fu, X-W., Li, C., Feng, H-Q., Liu, Z-F., Chapman, J. W., Reynolds, D. R. and Wu, K-M. 2014. Seasonal migration of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) over the Bohai Sea in northern China. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 104 (5), pp. 601-609. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485314000376

Changing leaf nitrogen and canopy height quantify processes leading to plant and butterfly diversity loss in agricultural landscapes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Hodgson, J. G., Tallowin, J. R. B., Dennis, R. L. H., Thompson, K., Poschlod, P., Dhanoa, M. S., Charles, M., Jones, G., Wilson, P., Band, S. R., Bogaard, A., Palmer, C., Carter, G. and Hynd, A. 2014. Changing leaf nitrogen and canopy height quantify processes leading to plant and butterfly diversity loss in agricultural landscapes. Functional Ecology. 28 (5), pp. 1284-1291. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12253

Bayesian inference for an emerging arboreal epidemic in the presence of control

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Parry, M., Gibson, G. J., Parnell, S., Gottwald, T. R., Irey, M. S., Gast, T. C. and Gilligan, C. A. 2014. Bayesian inference for an emerging arboreal epidemic in the presence of control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111, pp. 6258-6262. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1310997111

Continental-scale radar monitoring of the aerial movements of animals

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Shamoun-Baranes, J., Alves, J. A., Bauer, S., Dokter, A. M., Huppop, O., Koistinen, J., Leijnse, H., Liechti, F., Van Gasteren, H. and Chapman, J. W. 2014. Continental-scale radar monitoring of the aerial movements of animals. Movement Ecology. 2, p. 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/2051-3933-2-9

Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Powlson, D. S., Stirling, C. M., Jat, M. L., Gerard, B. G., Palm, C. A., Sanchez, P. A. and Cassman, K. G. 2014. Limited potential of no-till agriculture for climate change mitigation. Nature Climate Change. 4 (8), pp. 678-683. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2292

A generic risk-based surveying method for invading plant pathogens

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Parnell, S., Gottwald, T. R., Riley, T. and Van Den Bosch, F. 2014. A generic risk-based surveying method for invading plant pathogens. Ecological Applications. 24 (4), pp. 779-790. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0704.1

Scaling laws of ambush predator 'waiting' behaviour are tuned to a common ecology

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Wearmouth, V. J., Mchugh, M. J., Humphries, N. E., Naegelen, A., Ahmed, M. Z., Southall, E. J., Reynolds, A. M. and Sims, D. W. 2014. Scaling laws of ambush predator 'waiting' behaviour are tuned to a common ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences. 281, p. 20132997. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2997

Non-volant modes of migration in terrestrial arthropods

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, D. R., Reynolds, A. M. and Chapman, J. W. 2014. Non-volant modes of migration in terrestrial arthropods. Animal Migration. 2, pp. 8-28. https://doi.org/10.2478/ami-2014-0002

Towards a mechanistic framework that explains correlated random walk behaviour: correlated random walkers can optimize their fitness when foraging under the risk of predation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2014. Towards a mechanistic framework that explains correlated random walk behaviour: correlated random walkers can optimize their fitness when foraging under the risk of predation. Ecological Complexity. 19, pp. 18-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2014.02.004

Mussels realize Weierstrassian Levy walks as composite correlated random walks

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2014. Mussels realize Weierstrassian Levy walks as composite correlated random walks. Scientific Reports. 4, p. 4409. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04409

Distinguishing between Levy walks and strong alternative models: reply

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2014. Distinguishing between Levy walks and strong alternative models: reply. Ecology. 95 (4), pp. 1109-1112. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-2212.1

Does the Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti approximate a Levy search by an intrinsic bi-modal walk?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M., Schultheiss, P. and Cheng, K. 2014. Does the Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti approximate a Levy search by an intrinsic bi-modal walk? Journal of Theoretical Biology. 340, pp. 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.09.006

Ecologically sustainable fertility management for the maintenance and species-rich hay meadows: a 12-year fertilizer and lime experiment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kirkham, F. W., Tallowin, J. R. B., Dunn, R. M., Bhogal, A., Chambers, B. J. and Bardgett, R. D. 2014. Ecologically sustainable fertility management for the maintenance and species-rich hay meadows: a 12-year fertilizer and lime experiment. Journal of Applied Ecology. 51 (1), pp. 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12169

Movement patterns of Tenebrio beetles demonstrate empirically that correlated-random-walks have similitude with a Levy walk

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M., Lepretre, L. and Bohan, D. A. 2013. Movement patterns of Tenebrio beetles demonstrate empirically that correlated-random-walks have similitude with a Levy walk. Scientific Reports. 3, p. 3158. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03158

Unravelling the mechanisms of trapline foraging in bees

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Liboreau, M., Raine, N. E., Reynolds, A. M., Stelzer, R. J., Lim, K. S., Smith, A. D., Osborne, J. L. and Chittka, L. 2013. Unravelling the mechanisms of trapline foraging in bees. Communicative and Integrative Biology. 6, p. e22701. https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.22701

The state of Britain's larger moths 2013

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential
Fox, R., Parsons, M. S., Chapman, J. W., Woiwod, I. P., Warren, M. S. and Brooks, D. R. 2013. The state of Britain's larger moths 2013. Butterfly Conservation and Rothamsted Research, Wareham.

Effective leadership in animal groups where no individual has pertinent information about resource locations: how interactions between leaders and followers can result in Levy walk movement patterns

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2013. Effective leadership in animal groups where no individual has pertinent information about resource locations: how interactions between leaders and followers can result in Levy walk movement patterns. EPL. 102, p. 18001. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/102/18001

Are Levy flight patterns derived from the Weber-Fechner law in distance estimation?

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M., Schultheiss, P. and Cheng, K. 2013. Are Levy flight patterns derived from the Weber-Fechner law in distance estimation? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 67, pp. 1219-1226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-013-1549-y

Selection pressures give composite correlated random walks Levy walk characteristics

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2013. Selection pressures give composite correlated random walks Levy walk characteristics. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 332, pp. 117-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.04.035

The ontogeny of bumblebee flight trajectories: from naive explorers to experienced foragers

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Osborne, J. L., Smith, A. D., Clark, S. J., Reynolds, D. R., Barron, M. C., Lim, K. S. and Reynolds, A. M. 2013. The ontogeny of bumblebee flight trajectories: from naive explorers to experienced foragers. PLOS ONE. 8 (11), p. e78681. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078681

Epidemiology of plum pox 'D' strain in Canada and the USA

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Gottwald, T. R., Wierenga, E., Luo, W. and Parnell, S. 2013. Epidemiology of plum pox 'D' strain in Canada and the USA. Canadian journal of plant pathology. 25, pp. 442-457. https://doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2013.844733

Population metrics for migrating aphids

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences
Bell, J. R., Harrington, R., Taylor, M. S. and Verrier, P. J. 2013. Population metrics for migrating aphids. Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists.

Multi‐generational long‐distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Stefanescu, C., Paramo, F., Akesson, S., Alarcon, M., Avila, A., Brereton, T., Carnicer, J., Cassar, L. F., Fox, R., Heliola, J., Hill, J. K., Hirneisen, N., Kjellen, N., Kuhn, E., Kuussaari, M., Leskinen, M., Liechti, F., Musche, M., Regan, E. C., Reynolds, D. R., Roy, D. B., Ryrholm, N., Schmaljohann, H., Settele, J., Thomas, C. D., Van Swaay, C. and Chapman, J. W. 2013. Multi‐generational long‐distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic. Ecography. 36 (4), pp. 474-486. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07738.x

Characteristics and drivers of high-altitude ladybird flight: insights from vertical-looking entomological radar

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Jeffries, D. L., Chapman, J. W., Roy, H. E., Humphries, S., Harrington, R., Brown, P. M. J. and Lawson Handley, L-J. 2013. Characteristics and drivers of high-altitude ladybird flight: insights from vertical-looking entomological radar. PLOS ONE. 8, p. e82278. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082278

Effects of monitoring position and time of day on pollen beetle numbers in crops of oilseed rape

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies
Kaasik, R., Watts, N. P., Murray, D. A., Veromann, E. and Cook, S. M. 2013. Effects of monitoring position and time of day on pollen beetle numbers in crops of oilseed rape. Proceedings of the meeting at the Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany, 04 - 06 October, 2011 (Working Group "Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops").. IOBC.

The significance of midsummer movements of Autographa gamma: implications for a mechanistic understanding of orientation behavior in a migrant moth

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Chapman, J. W., Lim, K. S. and Reynolds, D. R. 2013. The significance of midsummer movements of Autographa gamma: implications for a mechanistic understanding of orientation behavior in a migrant moth. Current Zoology. 59 (3), pp. 360-370. https://doi.org/10.1093/czoolo/59.3.360

A simple iterative model accurately captures complex trapline formation by bumblebees across spatial scales and flower arrangements

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M., Lihoreau, M. and Chittka, L. 2013. A simple iterative model accurately captures complex trapline formation by bumblebees across spatial scales and flower arrangements. PLOS Computational Biology. 9, p. e1002938 (10pp). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002938

Beating the odds in the aerial lottery: passive dispersers select conditions at takeoff that maximize their expected fitness on landing

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Reynolds, A. M. 2013. Beating the odds in the aerial lottery: passive dispersers select conditions at takeoff that maximize their expected fitness on landing. The American Naturalist. 181, pp. 555-561. https://doi.org/10.1086/669677

Effects of spreading species-rich green hay on the botanical composition of an agriculturally improved hay meadow in northern England

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Kirkham, F. W., Bhogal, A., Chambers, B. J., Dunn, R. M. and Tallowin, J. R. B. 2013. Effects of spreading species-rich green hay on the botanical composition of an agriculturally improved hay meadow in northern England. Grass and Forage Science. 68 (2), pp. 260-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2494.2012.00895.x