@InsectGroup

Insect Ecology Group @CamZoology @Cambridge_Uni. We study invertebrate diversity in the UK @ZoologyMuseum 🦋🐛 & in oil palm plantations @BEFTAprogramme 🐜🕷🌴

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zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/insect-ecology
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New work from the SOPWA Project, which Michael worked on as a research fellow in our group (now @LukeFinland) explains below:
Michael Pashkevich@MDPashkevich16 Dec 2024
Our newest publication from the Sustainable Oil Palm in West Africa (SOPWA) Project: focused on plants, led by Cicely Marshall, and available open access now from @plantspplplanet: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10621

Plant biodiversity, vegetation structure and provisioning services in rainforest, traditional and...

Oil palm is native to the west African forest, where industrial production is expanding. We assessed differences in plant biodiversity, vegetation structure and provisioning services across 54...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Michael Pashkevich@MDPashkevich9 Jun 2024
🚨New paper - Oil palm🌴, spiders🕷️, Liberia🇱🇷 We assessed how traditional and industrial approaches to oil palm cultivation affect spider biodiversity, web-building, and prey capture (Liberia). #spider #oilpalm #tropical #conservation #Liberia sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Michael Pashkevich@MDPashkevich6 Apr 2024
Our new paper is out! 🚨 We systematically mapped research on oil palm in Africa and present the Sustainable Oil Palm in West Africa (SOPWA) Project: a large-scale field-based study occurring in Liberia. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Congrats, Jonny, on a superb piece of work! We look forward to continuing to collaborate and seeing all you do next during your PhD @LivUni!
Michael Pashkevich@MDPashkevich11 Nov 2023
Huge congratulations to my @InsectGroup student @jonny_timperley who successfully passed his viva yesterday! Jonny's MPhil thesis provided first insights into how oil palm cultivation in #Liberia affects arthropods and their ecosystem functions. @CamZoology @JesusCollegeCam
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Replying to @martina_zoo @EdgarCTurner @SarahHLuke
Hooray! Congrats Martina on a truly fantastic thesis!
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Martina F. Harianja@martina_zoo28 Oct 2023
My PhD thesis is out and it is open access!! 👇 doi.org/10.17863/CAM.102030 Thanks to @EdgarCTurner and @SarahHLuke (my supervisors), and @InsectGroup! 🥳 – at Cambridge, England
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Michael Pashkevich@MDPashkevich3 Aug 2023
New blog post on the @CambridgeAfrica website by @benedictusfree1 and me, outlining our palm oil-related project in Liberia. Many thanks to Cambridge-Africa for supporting our collab. research over the last year! shorturl.at/ahiBO
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Michael Pashkevich@MDPashkevich7 Jul 2023
We are recruiting for our Professorship in Conservation Biology @CamZoology - most prestigious position in conservation @Cambridge_Uni. Further details here, and please circulate. It's an international call - jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41785/ Get in touch with any questions!
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Ellie Bladon@Eleanor_Bladon24 May 2023
A wonderfully busy day volunteering at @RoyEntSoc’s stunning #RESGarden at #RHSChelsea, chatting to gardeners about how we can make outdoor spaces a haven for insects. You can now show the garden some love by voting for it in the People’s Choice Award: bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
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Andrew Bladon@Andrew_Bladon24 May 2023
Fantastic day @The_RHS #ChelseaFlowerShow on @RoyEntSoc garden, enthusing about #insects & #Entomology Vote for the garden in the People’s Choice Awards: bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
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Light evenings only mean one thing—the return of @wildlifebcn Cambridge Local Group summer events!💫 Join us at 9pm on Mon 29th May for a guided bat walk at Byron's Pool 🦇 Meet in the car park: cambridge.gov.uk/byrons-pool… No booking needed, but any donations go to @wildlifebcn

Byron’s Pool local nature reserve

A densely wooded area on the north bank of the River Cam.

cambridge.gov.uk
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Did you miss the #VerrallLecture23 with @EdgarCTurner on managing #tropical #ecosystems for #insect #biodiversity? Now you can catch up on YouTube: youtu.be/On3NqKzxFyw Read more about the #VerrallLecture: royensoc.co.uk/event/verrall… #Entomology #Science #Lecture #Research
Dr Edgar Turner holding the President Medal from Professor Jane Hill, current President of RES

ALT Dr Edgar Turner holding the President Medal from Professor Jane Hill, current President of RES

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