Francesca Mancini

If you are attending #BES2025 and are interested in #biodiversity monitoring in the UK, come to our lunchtime workshop on creating a UK Biodiversity Observation Network.

#PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #Pollinators #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #DataScience #EnvironmentalScience #PhDLife
@drnickisaac.bsky.social @clairecarvell.bsky.social

CR2026_46: Monitoring Pollinating Insects: Building Ecological Evidence for UK Biodiversity Policy at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - CR2026_46: Monitoring Pollinating Insects: Building Ecological Evidence for UK Biodiversity Policy at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

The project would suit a student passionate about ecology, data, and making a real-world impact.
🔗 Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🌍Do a placement with @jncc.bsky.social turning science into policy
🤝 Join a supportive research community working on major conservation challenges

You will:
🐝Use 10 years of national pollinator data from @pomscheme.bsky.social and advanced modelling to understand how UK pollinators are changing.
📊Develop cutting-edge modelling skills

PhD opportunity!
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...

Thanks to all the co-authors. Also thanks to the @ukri.org funded DRUID, ChemPop, #agzeroplus projects and to the EU Horizon PARC project for funding the work.

UKCEH Land Cover plus: Fertilisers and Pesticides By combining information on cropping patterns from UKCEH Land Cover® plus: Crops with national survey data on pesticide and fertiliser use, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology has created two data p...

Our analysis identifies risks at country scale, for finer spatial analysis (e.g. to infer local #biodiversity impacts) more resolved crops and pesticides usage data are needed. Check out the Land Cover plus: Fertilisers and Pesticides map www.ceh.ac.uk/data/ukceh-l... for a fine resolution example.

Insecticides are the major contributors to risks for #insects; #insecticides, #fungicides and #herbicides are all important for springtails and earthworms.

We show that between 1994 and 2016 risk from #pesticides decreased for springtails, lacewings and wasps while increasing for #bees and earthworms.

A paper in Environment International led by me and Melanie Gibbs and a team of @ukceh.bsky.social scientists provides spatio-temporal maps of the risks of #pesticides to terrestrial #invertebrates. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Awesome new paper on mapping TBEV in GB by @richardhassall.bsky.social and @ukceh.bsky.social colleagues.

Still a couple of weeks left to apply for this #PhD. How are pollinating #insects changing in the UK? This project will develop indicators for #pollinators using #citizenscience data. A collaboration between @ukceh.bsky.social, University of Reading and JNCC. tinyurl.com/3ve5szrh

Helen Roy and Claire Wood at the UKCEH stand at the British Ecological Society conference

Are you at #BES2024? Come and find us on stand 10 to learn more about the long-term environmental data we have available through our #NC-UK programme, as well as our latest #AgZero+ sustainable agriculture research 

@britishecolsoc.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Predicting the spatio‐temporal dynamics of biological invasions: Have rapid responses in Europe limited the spread of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)? By predicting the extent of a biological invasion in the absence of timely interventions and comparing this to the current distribution of the yellow-legged hornet, we found that management measures ...

Our new paper in @jappliedecology.bsky.social used models informed by spread in invaded regions to assess the effectiveness of interventions targeting yellow-legged hornet (aka Asian hornet) at its invasion front in Europe. doi.org/10.1111/1365....

Bridget Emmett and Doug Wilson from UKCEH in front of a display stand and table

Victoria Barlow from UKCEH at the entrance desk

With the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social and @ukeof.bsky.social, we’re hosting researchers and users of environmental monitoring data from across the UK at today's National Environment Monitoring Conference, exploring ways to develop a more cohesive approach to the UK’s environmental evidence system.

National Environment Monitoring Conference - British Ecological Society Your guide on what there is, how to find it, and where next? This event brings together those who either deliver, use or could benefit from information provided from a wide range of national monitorin...

UKEOF reps are at the National Environment Monitoring Conference today. Organised by @ukceh.bsky.social with support from us & @britishecolsoc.bsky.social, it will showcase #monitoring activities across the four UK nations. #BES2024 #environment www.britishecologicalsociety.org/events/bes-a...

The future of biodiversity has never been more uncertain or risky

I’ll be talking in this #BES2024 session on biodiversity futures -Thursday afternoon

Predicted suitability for Vespa velutina nigrithorax and predicted probability of occupancy for all sites across Germany, The Netherlands, and the UK by 2020 and 10 years following the first introduction based on spread scenarios from France, Italy, and Spain.

How effective are efforts to stop the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet? Despite the UK’s suitable climate and habitat, rapid action has prevented establishment.

A new study models its spread in invaded regions to predict spread elsewhere without intervention.

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/study-... 🧵 1/

CR2025_21: Developing metrics of change for pollinating insects in the UK at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - CR2025_21: Developing metrics of change for pollinating insects in the UK at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

Looking for a #PhDposition? Passionate about #pollinators and #citizenscience? Come do a PhD at @ukceh.bsky.social on developing indicators for pollinating insects using data from UK PoMS. The project includes a placement at JNCC. To apply tinyurl.com/3ve5szrh
@drnickisaac.bsky.social