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 AreasBiodiversity conservation
Sustainable agriculture
Ecosystem services
Wild pollinators
Evidence-based conservation
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TechniquesField 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
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Areas for CollaborationDNA metagenomics
Environmental DNA
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Research Theme