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Overview

James R. Bell is affiliated with Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom and has conducted extensive research within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science.

The scientist's work primarily concentrates on several subfields, including:

  • Insect Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Genetics

Major topics covered in their research include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Recent publications authored or coauthored by James R. Bell highlight contributions to the ecology and insect research domains. These papers include:

  • "Are insects declining and at what rate? An analysis of standardised, systematic catches of aphid and moth abundances across Great Britain," 2020, published in Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • "Money spider dietary choice in pre- and post-harvest cereal crops using metabarcoding," 2020, published in Ecological Entomology
  • "Disorder or a new order: How climate change affects phenological variability," 2022, published in Ecology
  • "Density-independent prey choice, taxonomy, life history, and web characteristics determine the diet and biocontrol potential of spiders (Linyphiidae and Lycosidae) in cereal crops," 2021, published in Environmental DNA
  • "MEDI: Macronutrient Extraction and Determination from invertebrates, a rapid, cheap and streamlined protocol," 2021, published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Frequent coauthors involved in collaborative research projects with James R. Bell include:

  • Jordan P. Cuff
  • Maximillian P. T. G. Tercel
  • Ian P. Vaughan
  • William O. C. Symondson
  • C. R. Shortall

The scientist's work has been published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Rothamsted Repository
  • Ecological Entomology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Insect Conservation and Diversity

Best Publications

  • Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Timothy H. Sparks;Morten Frederiksen;Sarah Burthe

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Deborah Hemming;James R. Bell

  • Ballooning dispersal using silk: world fauna, phylogenies, genetics and models.

    J.R. Bell;D.A. Bohan;E.M. Shaw;G.S. Weyman

  • Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

    Marco Moretti;André T. C. Dias;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year

    Callum J. Macgregor;Chris D. Thomas;David B. Roy;Mark A. Beaumont

  • A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study of the CRTH2 antagonist OC000459 in moderate persistent asthma

    N. Barnes;I. Pavord;A. Chuchalin;J. Bell

  • Detection of secondary predation by PCR analyses of the gut contents of invertebrate generalist predators.

    Samuel Keir Sheppard;J. Bell;K. D. Sunderland;J. Fenlon

  • The implications of grassland and heathland management for the conservation of spider communities: a review

    James R. Bell;James R. Bell;C. Philip Wheater;W. Rod Cullen

  • Long‐term phenological trends, species accumulation rates, aphid traits and climate: five decades of change in migrating aphids

    James R. Bell;Lynda Alderson;Daniela Izera;Tracey Kruger

  • Seasonal migration to high latitudes results in major reproductive benefits in an insect

    Jason W. Chapman;Jason W. Chapman;James R. Bell;Laura E. Burgin;Donald R. Reynolds;Donald R. Reynolds

  • Heightened response of eosinophilic asthmatic patients to the CRTH2 antagonist OC000459.

    R. Pettipher;M. G. Hunter;C. M. Perkins;L. P. Collins

  • Moth biomass increases and decreases over 50 years in Britain.

    Callum J Macgregor;Jonathan H Williams;James R Bell;Chris D Thomas

  • THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIC FARMING ON SURFACE-ACTIVE SPIDER (ARANEAE) ASSEMBLAGES IN WHEAT IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND, UK

    J. Bell;G. Firbank

  • Changes in large-scale climate alter spatial synchrony of aphid pests

    Lawrence W. Sheppard;James R. Bell;Richard Harrington;Daniel C. Reuman;Daniel C. Reuman

  • Prey choice by carabid beetles feeding on an earthworm community analysed using species- and lineage-specific PCR primers.

    R. Andrew King;Ian Phillip Vaughan;James R. Bell;James R. Bell;David A. Bohan

  • Are insects declining and at what rate? An analysis of standardised, systematic catches of aphid and moth abundances across Great Britain.

    James R. Bell;Dan Blumgart;Chris R. Shortall

  • Endoparasitism in cereal aphids: molecular analysis of a whole parasitoid community.

    M. Traugott;M. Traugott;J. R. Bell;J. R. Bell;J. R. Bell;G. R. Broad;W. Powell

  • Generalist predators disrupt parasitoid aphid control by direct and coincidental intraguild predation.

    Michael Traugott;J. R. Bell;L. Raso;D. Sint

  • Intraguild predation in winter wheat: prey choice by a common epigeal carabid consuming spiders

    Jeffrey S. Davey;Ian P. Vaughan;R. Andrew King;James R. Bell;James R. Bell

  • Practical Field Ecology: A Project Guide

    C. Philip. Wheater;James R. Bell;Penny A. Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington Rothamsted Research
David A. Bohan
David A. Bohan INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Tom Brereton
Tom Brereton Butterfly Conservation
Jason W. Chapman
Jason W. Chapman University of Exeter
James W. Pearce-Higgins
James W. Pearce-Higgins British Trust for Ornithology
Michael Traugott
Michael Traugott University of Innsbruck
Marc S. Botham
Marc S. Botham University of Leeds
Peter A. Henrys
Peter A. Henrys Natural Environment Research Council
Paul J. Tasker
Paul J. Tasker Cardiff University

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