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

• Basset, Y, Ctvrtecka, R., Dahl, C., Miller, S.E., Quicke, D.L.J., Segar, S.T., Barrios, H., Beaver, R.A., Brown, J.W., Bunyavejchewin, S., Gripenberg, S.,  Knížek, M., Kongnoo, P., Lewis, O.T., Pongpattananurak, N., Pramual, P., Sakchoowong, W. & Schutze, M. (2019). Insect assemblages attacking seeds and fruits in a rainforest in Thailand. Entomological Science, in press.

• Wong, M.K.L., Guénard, B. & Lewis, O.T. (2018). Trait-based ecology of terrestrial arthropods. Biological Reviews, doi.org/10.1111/brv.12488.

• Raine, E.H., Mikich, S.B., Lewis, O.T. & Slade, E.M. (2018). Interspecific and intraspecific variation in diet preference in five Atlantic Forest dung beetle species. Ecological Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12711.

• Raine, E.H., Mickich, S.B., Lewis, O.T., Riordan, P., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. and Slade, E.M. (2018). Extinctions of interactions: quantifying a dung beetle–mammal network. Ecosphere, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2491

News

• Congratulations Hitoshi!
• A rewilding diary by Emily Warner
• To save the rainforest we need to work with the palm-oil industry. Jen Lucey in the Guardian.
• Drs Raine, Viskorpi, Downey and Terry