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Current projects

Project title & description Project head Funder Start End
Sussex study
Long-term monitoring of weeds, invertebrates, pesticides and land use on 62 km2 of the South Downs in Sussex
Julie Ewald Core funds 1968 Ongoing
Sawfly ecology
Investigate the ecology of sawfly overwintering
Steve Moreby Core funds 2000 2010
Re-bugging the system
To investigate large-scale habitat manipulation for biocontrol
John Holland & Imperial college & Rothamsted Research & University of Kent RELU 2005 2009
Farm4Bio
To compare different ways of managing uncropped land for farmland wildlife and to identify the proportion of land needed

John Holland & Rothamsted Research, BTO, The Arable Group

Defra, HGCA, Bayer CropScience, BASF, Cotswolds Seeds, Dow Agrosciences, Du Pont, PGRO, and Syngenta 2006 2011
Quarry restoration
Measuring the success of quarry restoration using invertebrates as indicators

Barbara Smith

Core funds 2006 2009
The management of grasslands for wildlife and game
Monitoring the impact of introduced game crops in grassland areas of south-west Scotland

Dave Parish

SAC, SGRPID 2008 2010
Wild game cropping
Productivity in wild game in East Anglia compared to cropping patterns

Roger Draycott

Cobbold Trust, Chadacre Ttrust 2008 2010
Impacts of releasing
Recovery of ground flora in pheasant release pens

Rufus Sage

Core funds 2007 2010
Otterburn Demonstration Moor
Predator and habitat management for conservation benefits
David Baines, Craig Jones

Landmarc/Defence Estates

2008 2010
Langholm Moor Demonstration Project
Moorland restoration to achieve driven grouse shooting and sustainable numbers of hen harriers
David Baines

GWCT, Buccleugh Estates, SNH, Natural England, RSPB

2008 2018
PhD studentships Supervisor Funder Start End
Bumblebee nesting ecology
To enhance bumblebee nest site availability in arable landscapes
John Holland, Prof. Dave Goulson/University of Stirling, Dr Juliet Osborne/Rothamsted Research NERC/CASE studentship 2005 2010
Invertebrate aerial dispersal
To examine the dispersal of beneficial invertebrates within arable farmland
John Holland, Barbara Smith, Dr Simon Leather/Imperial College, London RELU 2005 2010
The population genetics of sawflies
The impact of population dynamics on genetics and the implications for sawfly conservation
Dave Parish, Dr Steve Hubbard/University of Dundee, Dr Brian Fenton & Dr Alison Karley/Scottish Crop Research Institute BBSRC/CASE studentship, Scottish Crop Research Institute 2007 2010
Beetle ecology
Molecular analysis of intra-guild predation and invertebrate community structure
John Holland, Prof. Bill Symondson/University of Cardiff BBSRC/CASE studentship 2006 2010
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