Gone but not forgotten
Dr Michael Pocock
BBSRC funded project: Biodiversity on farms: a complex systems approach (2006-2008)
- Pocock, M. J. O., Evans, D. M. & Memmott, J. (2010) The impact of farm management on species-specific leaf area index (LAI): Farm-scale data and predictive models. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 135, 279-287.
Left in 2008 to take up a NERC Fellowship.
Dr Darren Evans
BBSRC funded project: Biodiversity on farms: a complex systems approach (2006-2009)
- Evans, D. M., McLeod, J. J., Pascoe, L. & Memmott, J. (2009) The efficiency of a vacuum device for estimating soil-surface seed abundance on lowland farms. Weed Research, 49, 337-340.
- Evans, D. M.,Pocock, M. J. O., Brooks J. & Memmott, J. The impacts of farm management on seeds as a resource for vertebrates and invertebrates: a food web approach. Biological Conservation, invited resubmission.
Left in 2010 to take up a Lectureship at the University of Hull.
Dr Sarina MacFadyen
BBSRC funded project: Parasitoid webs in organic and conventional farming systems: structure, sustainability and exploitation
- Gibson, R. H., Pearce, S (now MacFadyen)., Morris, R. J., Symondson, W. O. C. & Memmott, J. (2007) Plant diversity and land use under organic and conventional agriculture: a whole-farm approach. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44, 792-803.
- Macfadyen, S., Gibson, R., Polaszek, A., Morris, R. J., Craze, P. G., Planque, R., Symondson, W. O. C. & Memmott, J. (2009a) Do differences in food web structure between organic and conventional farms affect the ecosystem service of pest control? Ecology Letters, 12, 229-238.
- Macfadyen, S., Gibson, R., Raso, L., Sint, D., Traugott, M. & Memmott, J. (2009b) Parasitoid control of aphids in organic and conventional farming systems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 133, 14-18.
- Macfadyen S, Gibson, R.H. Symondson, WOC Memmott, J. (2011) Landscape structure influences modularity patterns in farm food webs: Consequences for pest control. Ecological Applications, in press
- Macfadyen S, Craze PG, Polaszek A, van Achterberg K & Memmott, J (2011) Parasitoid diversity reduces the variability in pest control services across time on farms, in press Proc Roy Soc B. in press.
Left in 2008 to take up a research position at CSIRO, Canberra.
PhD students over last 5 years (only those where I was the lead supervisor are shown)
Dr Mariano Devoto
- Devoto, Bailey & Memmott. The ‘night shift’: nocturnal pollination networks in a boreal pine forest”, Ecological Entomology, in press
Left in 2010 to return to a lectureship in Argentina.
Dr Ruben Heleno
- Heleno, R., Lacerda, I., Ramos, J. A. & Memmott, J. (2010) Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plants. Ecological Applications, 20, 1191-1203.
- Heleno, R. H., Ceia, R. S., Ramos, J. A. & Memmott, J. (2009) Effects of Alien Plants on Insect Abundance and Biomass: a Food-Web Approach. Conservation Biology, 23, 410-419.
- Heleno, R. H., Ross, G., Everard, A., Memmott, J. & Ramos, J. A. (2011) The role of avian 'seed predators' as seed dispersers. Ibis, 153, 199-203.
Left in 2009 to take up a post doc position working in the Galapagos.
Dr Louisa Carvalheiro
- Carvalheiro, L. G., Barbosa, E. R. M. & Memmott, J. (2008a) Pollinator networks, alien species and the conservation of rare plants: Trinia glauca as a case study. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1419-1427.
- Carvalheiro, L. G., Buckley, Y. M. & Memmott, J. (2010) Diet breadth influences how the impact of invasive plants is propagated through food webs. Ecology, 91, 1063-1074.
- Carvalheiro, L. G., Buckley, Y. M., Ventim, R., Fowler, S. V. & Memmott, J. (2008b) Apparent competition can compromise the safety of highly specific biocontrol agents. Ecology Letters, 11, 690-700.
Left in 2009 to take up a post doc position in South Africa.
Dr Kate Henson
- Henson, K. S. E., Craze, P. G. & Memmott, J. (2009) The restoration of parasites, parasitoids, and pathogens to heathland communities. Ecology, 90, 1840-1851.
- Forup, M. L., Henson, K. S. E., Craze, P. G. & Memmott, J. (2008) The restoration of ecological interactions: plant-pollinator networks on ancient and restored heathlands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 742-752.
Left in 2008 to become an Ecological Consultant
Dr Martha Lopezaraiza
- Lopezaraiza, M.E., Hayes, R.B., Whalley, M & Memmott, J. (2007) Ecology Letters 10: 539-550.
Left in 2006 to take up a post doc in Mexico
Dr Michael Forup
- Forup, M. L., Henson, K. S. E., Craze, P. G. & Memmott, J. (2008) The restoration of ecological interactions: plant-pollinator networks on ancient and restored heathlands. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 742-752.
- Forup, M. L. & Memmott, J. (2005a) The. relationship between the abundances of bumblebees and honeybees in a native habitat. Ecological Entomology, 30, 47-57.
- Forup, M. L. & Memmott, J. (2005b) The restoration of plant-pollinator interactions in hay meadows. Restoration Ecology, 13, 265-274.
Left in 2004 to take up a post doc position in USA.
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