1/3 Excited to announce a Monograph I have been working on for the last 4 years is now published. This paper revises the entire Aussie Protomiltogramma, describes eight species new to science and provides a detailed key for their identification.

New paper out! These three Australian #flies have taken sexual selection to the extreme! Females fight males, males fight each other, and they perform totally unique courtship dances: bit.ly/3auRVOE

Calliphora pryori - a stunning new species of "golden blowfly" from Australia described by Dr Nikolas Johnston and James Wallman! This carrion-breeding fly is found only in South Australia and Victoria. bit.ly/3nSjXLf #EntoTwitter #FlyFriday

New paper out! We investigated the relationship between insect abundance patterns and carrion resource quality. Our findings show how resource quality may drive competition and variation in carrion insect community succession. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New paper out! I’m very excited about this publication, it’s been a long time coming. We investigated the sublethal impact of two commonly used #pesticides on #CentralBeardedDragons.(1/2) UOW CSES UOW Research Kris French #newresearch #ecotoxicology #lizards #ecology #phdchat

Final PhD chapter has just been published! We compared different decomposition metrics on pig and human cadavers. We also devised a unique method to measure mass loss by using a converted scaffold unit. bit.ly/3l3GgeJ

What is an ephemeral resource patch? How do their dynamics drive evolution and shape ecosystems? We discuss these questions in our new review! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/br…

New paper! Invertebrates are the backbone of rainforest ecosystems. But how genetically diverse are their populations? link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Our new paper on crop-pollinating flies has been published! We reviewed 431 fly species found globally & compiled their diets and habitat needs into a freely-accessible database. Ecological Applications zenodo.org/record/7827128 doi.org/10.1002/eap.28… Romina Rader @ManuSaunders

New paper out! We discuss the need for a multidisciplinary approach to postmortem interval research, and introduce a new conceptual framework that highlights the multiple interdependencies affecting decomposition. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

I'm excited to share that I published a first version of my Statistics 4 Ecologists book with University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. You can now download a (FREE) pdf version of the book here: conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/2…

New paper out! Does the culling of large herbivores have any indirect impacts on other species? Yes, we found ground-dwelling beetle populations were negatively impacted after the culling of sika deer on Nakajima Island in Japan. academic.oup.com/ee/advance-art…

Happy to announce that today I have started a new position as a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University. Looking forward to working on insect IPM and climate change, though it might take me a while to get use to this cold ❄️

It's easy to assume that any insect visiting a flower is a pollinator. But not all visitors are effective pollinators, even if you successfully attract large numbers into fields. Blake Dawson does a great job showing this in his new paper below: 🪰 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Can non-floral resources on farms enhance pollinator diversity and abundance, and does this lead to increased yield? In our new paper, we experimentally test this idea with a focus on fly biodiversity sciencedirect.com/science/articl…