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

• Terry, J. C. D., Morris, R. J. and Bonsall, M. B. (2017). Trophic interaction modifications: an empirical and theoretical framework. Ecology Letters, 20: 1219–1230. doi:10.1111/ele.12824

• Tylianakis, J.M. & Morris, R.J. (2017) Ecological Networks Across Environmental Gradients
  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 48:1 Review in advance

• 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.

News

• Visiting para-ecologists from Papua New Guinea
• Welcome to Mirjam Hazenbosch!
• Dr Chris Jeffs on Gardener’s World
• Major new grant to predict the food web consequences of eradicating the mosquitos that transmit malaria