A critical evaluation of network approaches for studying species interactions

N Blüthgen, M Staab - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Ecological networks of species interactions are popular and provide powerful analytical
tools for understanding variation in community structure and ecosystem functioning …

Overcoming the pitfalls of merging dietary metabarcoding into ecological networks

JP Cuff, FM Windsor, MPTG Tercel… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of increasingly detailed species interaction networks is extending the
potential applications of network ecology, providing an opportunity to understand complex …

[HTML][HTML] Network science: Applications for sustainable agroecosystems and food security

FM Windsor, D Armenteras, APA Assis… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global challenge of feeding two billion more people by 2050, using more sustainable
agricultural practices whilst dealing with uncertainties associated with environmental …

Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long‐term Rothamsted Insect Survey

D Petsopoulos, JP Cuff, JR Bell, JJN Kitson… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Insect populations are declining in many parts of the world, but a lack of long‐term
monitoring data is impeding our ability to understand and mitigate the causes of insect …

A roadmap for biomonitoring in the 21st century: merging methods into metrics via ecological networks

JP Cuff, MD Suresh, MEG Dopson… - Advances in ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The urgent need for highly resolved and broad biomonitoring has never been greater as
challenges such as climate change, agricultural intensification and biodiversity loss …

[HTML][HTML] Open datasets wanted for tracking the insect decline: let's start from saproxylic beetles

A Campanaro, F Parisi - Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background We present six datasets of saproxylic beetles collected between 2012 and 2018
in Central and Southern Italian forests. Saproxylics represent one of the main components in …

The human touch: a meta-analysis of anthropogenic effects on plant-pollinator interaction networks

K López-Vázquez, C Lara, P Corcuera… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background Anthropogenic activities significantly impact natural ecosystems, leading to
alterations in plant and pollinator diversity and abundance. These changes often result in …

Metabarcoding advances agricultural invertebrate biomonitoring by enhancing resolution, increasing throughput and facilitating network inference

BSJ Hawthorne, JP Cuff, LE Collins… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biomonitoring of agriculturally important insects is increasingly vital given our need to
understand:(a) the severity of impacts by pests and pathogens on crop yield and health and …

Bugs and bytes: Entomological biomonitoring through the integration of deep learning and molecular analysis for merged community and network analysis

MD Suresh, T Xin, SM Cook… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Insects play a vital role in ecosystem functioning, but in some parts of the world, their
populations have declined significantly in recent decades due to environmental change …

Biomonitoring of biocontrol across the full annual cycle in temperate climates: Post‐harvest, winter and early‐season interaction data and methodological …

JP Cuff, D Gajski, R Michalko… - Agricultural and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation biocontrol, the regulation of crop pests by naturally occurring biocontrol agents
(eg, predators and parasitoids), is predominantly monitored throughout periods of primary …