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School of the Biological Sciences

 

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