About Us

We are a team of researchers based at the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford. We study a broad range of interrelated questions in community ecology, with a strong emphasis on empirical work. Our research interests include tropical forest diversity, ecological networks, ecosystem functioning, inter-specific interactions, conservation biology, agro-ecology and the impact of human activities on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. On this website you can find information about our research, the people involved, and our collaborators in Oxford and more widely.

Recent Publications

• Lewis, O.T. (2021). Some like it hot: tropical ant community responses to rainforest modification and conversion are shaped by thermal tolerances. Functional Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13776.

• Thierry, M., Pardikes, N.A., Lue, C-H., Lewis, O.T. & Hrček, J. (2021). Experimental warming influences species abundances in a Drosophila host community through direct effects on species performance rather than altered competition and parasitism. PLOS ONE, 16(2): e0245029.

• Audusseau, H., Ryrholm, N., Stefanescu, C., Tharel, S., Jansson, C., Champeaux, L., Shaw, M.R., Raper, C., Lewis, O.T., Janz, N., Schmucki, R. (2021). Rewiring of interactions in a changing environment: nettle-feeding butterflies and their parasitoids. Oikos, 130, 624-636. doi.org/10.1111/oik.07953.

• Bellekom, B., Hackett, T.D. and Lewis, O.T. (2021). A network perspective on the vectoring of human disease. Trends in Parasitology, doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2020.12.001.

News

• Congratulations to Christina
• Congratulations Mark!
• Welcome to Michael Tansley
• Thesis submission time: congratulations Liam, Mark, Abby and Christina