Lynn Dicks

University Lecturer in Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology

Lynn Dicks studies insect conservation, biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and high quality evidence synthesis. Learn more

 

Research Areas Biodiversity conservation Sustainable agriculture Ecosystem services Wild pollinators Evidence-based conservation                         Techniques Field sampling of insects and birds: transect walks, pan traps, sticky traps, pitfall traps, point counts Participatory methods involving stakeholders in codesign (especially farmers, conservation NGOs) Expert elicitation techqniues e.g. Delphi Minion sequencing for species identification in mixed samples Exclusion experiments Remote sensing (habitat analysis from satellite, aerial and drone imagery) Radiotracking Passive acoustic monitoring using Audiomoths Areas for Collaboration DNA metagenomics Environmental DNA                                                                   Research Theme