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

• Manning, P., Slade, E.M., Beynon, S.A. & Lewis, O.T. (2017). Effect of dung beetle species richness and chemical perturbation on multiple ecosystem functions. Ecological Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/een.12421

• Slade, E. M., and T. Riutta. (2017). Unsung heroes: Value coordinating roles in research. Nature, 546, 33-33.

• Roslin, T, Hardwick, B, Novotny, V…Lewis, O.T.,…& Slade, E.M.  (2017). Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations. Science 356, 742-744. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaj1631

• Macregor, C.J., Hoare, D.J., Parsons, M.S. & Lewis, O.T. (2017). Host-plant patch qualities and presence of a likely competitor species affect the distribution and abundance of a rare British moth, Cucullia lychnitis. Journal of Insect Conservation, 21:137–146.  doi:10.1007/s10841-017-9963-5.

News

• Dr Chris Jeffs on Gardener’s World
• Major new grant to predict the food web consequences of eradicating the mosquitos that transmit malaria
• DPhil opportunity: Using Positive Deviance to identify and understand UK farmland biodiversity successes
• Fake caterpillar study reveals global pattern in predation