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Overview

Don R. Reynolds is affiliated with the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with numerous contributions spanning these fields.

The main subfields of study covered in their work include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Insect Science, Ecological Modeling, and Plant Science. These areas reflect a focus on both organismal biology and environmental interactions.

The primary topics addressed in their research encompass Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control, and Avian Ecology and Behavior.

Their recent publications include:

  • Diversity, dynamics, direction, and magnitude of high-altitude migrating insects in the Sahel (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Environmental drivers of annual population fluctuations in a trans-Saharan insect migrant (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Individual tracking reveals long-distance flight-path control in a nocturnally migrating moth (2022, Science)
  • Adaptive strategies of high-flying migratory hoverflies in response to wind currents (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • The 'migratory connectivity' concept, and its applicability to insect migrants (2020, Movement Ecology)

Reynolds frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

  • Jason W. Chapman
  • Gao Hu
  • Adama Dao
  • Tovi Lehmann
  • Djibril Samaké

Their research has been published repeatedly in several prominent venues, including:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Movement Ecology

Best Publications

  • A landscape-scale study of bumble bee foraging range and constancy, using harmonic radar

    J.L. Osborne;S.J. Clark;R.J. Morris;I.H. Williams

  • Long-range seasonal migration in insects: mechanisms, evolutionary drivers and ecological consequences

    Jason W. Chapman;Jason W. Chapman;Don R. Reynolds;Don R. Reynolds;Kenneth Wilson

  • The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

    David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Pedro W. Crous;Scott A. Redhead;Don R. Reynolds

  • The Fungal Holomorph: Mitotic, Meiotic and Pleomorphic Speciation in Fungal Systematics

    Don R. Reynolds;John R. Taylor

  • Mass seasonal bioflows of high-flying insect migrants

    Gao Hu;Gao Hu;Gao Hu;Ka S. Lim;Nir Horvitz;Suzanne J. Clark

  • Flight Orientation Behaviors Promote Optimal Migration Trajectories in High-Flying Insects

    Jason W. Chapman;Rebecca L. Nesbit;Rebecca L. Nesbit;Laura E. Burgin;Laura E. Burgin;Don R. Reynolds;Don R. Reynolds

  • Recent insights from radar studies of insect flight.

    Jason W. Chapman;V. Alistair Drake;Don R. Reynolds

  • Animal Orientation Strategies for Movement in Flows

    Jason W. Chapman;Raymond H.G. Klaassen;V. Alistair Drake;V. Alistair Drake;Sabrina Fossette

  • DISPLACED HONEY BEES PERFORM OPTIMAL SCALE-FREE SEARCH FLIGHTS

    Andrew M. Reynolds;Alan D. Smith;Randolf Menzel;Uwe Greggers

  • High-altitude migration of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella to the U.K.: a study using radar, aerial netting, and ground trapping.

    Jason W. Chapman;Don R. Reynolds;Alan D. Smith;Joe R. Riley

  • Windborne long-distance migration of malaria mosquitoes in the Sahel

    Diana L. Huestis;Adama Dao;Moussa Diallo;Zana L. Sanogo

  • Radar Entomology: Observing Insect Flight and Migration

    V.A. Drake;D.R. Reynolds;D.R. Reynolds

  • Honeybees perform optimal scale-free searching flights when attempting to locate a food source.

    Andrew M. Reynolds;Alan D. Smith;Don R. Reynolds;Norman L. Carreck

  • Flight metabolic rate and Pgi genotype influence butterfly dispersal rate in the field

    Kristjan Niitepõld;Alan D. Smith;Juliet L. Osborne;Don R. Reynolds

  • Wind Selection and Drift Compensation Optimize Migratory Pathways in a High-Flying Moth

    Jason W. Chapman;Don R. Reynolds;Henrik Mouritsen;Jane K. Hill

  • The long-distance migration of Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Delphacidae) in China: radar observations of mass return flight in the autumn

    J. R. Riley;Cheng Xia-Nian;Zhang Xiao-Xi;D. R. Reynolds

  • Multi‐generational long‐distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic

    Constantí Stefanescu;Ferran Páramo;Susanne Åkesson;Marta Alarcón

  • Vertical-Looking Radar: A New Tool for Monitoring High-Altitude Insect Migration

    Jason W. Chapman;Don R. Reynolds;Alan D. Smith

  • Tracking butterfly flight paths across the landscape with harmonic radar

    E.T Cant;A.D Smith;D.R Reynolds;J.L Osborne

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason W. Chapman
Jason W. Chapman University of Exeter
Alan D. Smith
Alan D. Smith Rothamsted Research
Chris D. Thomas
Chris D. Thomas University of York
Ian P. Woiwod
Ian P. Woiwod Rothamsted Research
Juliet L. Osborne
Juliet L. Osborne University of Exeter
Guy M. Poppy
Guy M. Poppy University of Southampton
Jane K. Hill
Jane K. Hill University of York
Gregory S. Gilbert
Gregory S. Gilbert University of California, Santa Cruz
Ingrid H. Williams
Ingrid H. Williams Estonian University of Life Sciences
Suzanne J. Clark
Suzanne J. Clark Rothamsted Research

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