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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