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Overview

Mark D. E. Fellowes is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. The scientist's research pertains primarily to Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses various subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Plant Science, Insect Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Recent papers by the researcher highlight a range of ecological and conservation-related themes. These include:

  • Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover (2022, Science)
  • Public attitudes toward biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe (2020, Conservation Letters)
  • Urbanisation alters ecological interactions: Ant mutualists increase and specialist insect predators decrease on an urban gradient (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Acceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanites (2020, Basic and Applied Ecology)
  • Will Brazilian City Dwellers Actively Engage in Urban Conservation? A Case Study with the Charismatic Neotropical Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) (2022, Birds)

Frequent collaborators include Tara J. Pirie, Fábio Angeoletto, Rebecca L. Thomas, Ussawit Srisakrapikoop, and James S. Santangelo. These repeated partnerships suggest a collaborative approach across multiple studies in their fields of interest.

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

  • Insects
  • Avian Research
  • Journal of Stored Products Research
  • Science
  • Conservation Letters

Best Publications

  • Trade-off associated with selection for increased ability to resist parasitoid attack in Drosophila melanogaster

    M. D. E. Fellowes;A. R. Kraaijeveld;H. C. J. Godfray

  • Insect Evolutionary Ecology

    M.D.E. Fellowes;G.J. Holloway;J. Rolff

  • CROSS-RESISTANCE FOLLOWING ARTIFICIAL SELECTION FOR INCREASED DEFENSE AGAINST PARASITOIDS IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.

    M. D. E. Fellowes;A. R. Kraaijeveld;H. C. J. Godfray

  • Resistance is costly: trade-offs between immunity, fecundity and survival in the pea aphid

    D.M Gwynn;A Callaghan;J Gorham;K.F.A Walters

  • Influence of elevated CO2 on interspecific interactions at higher trophic levels

    David A. Stacey;Mark D. E. Fellowes;Mark D. E. Fellowes

  • The evolutionary ecology of resistance to parasitoids by Drosophila

    M D E Fellowes;H C J Godfray

  • Spatio-Temporal Variation in Predation by Urban Domestic Cats (Felis catus) and the Acceptability of Possible Management Actions in the UK

    Rebecca L. Thomas;Mark D. E. Fellowes;Philip J. Baker

  • Ranging characteristics of the domestic cat (Felis catus) in an urban environment

    Rebecca L. Thomas;Philip J. Baker;Mark D. E. Fellowes

  • Public attitudes toward biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe

    Leonie K. Fischer;Leonie K. Fischer;Lena Neuenkamp;Lena Neuenkamp;Jussi Lampinen;Maria Tuomi

  • The evolution of imperfect mimicry.

    Francis Gilbert

  • Adding ecological value to the urban lawnscape. Insect abundance and diversity in grass-free lawns

    Lionel S. Smith;Moth E. J. Broyles;Helen K. Larzleer;Mark D. E. Fellowes

  • Aphidius ervi Preferentially Attacks the Green Morph of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

    R. Libbrecht;R. Libbrecht;D. M. Gwynn;M. D. E. Fellowes

  • ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FEEDING RATE AND PARASITOID RESISTANCE IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER.

    M. D. E. Fellowes;A. R. Kraaijeveld;H. C. J. Godfray

  • Learning and natal host influence host preference, handling time and sex allocation behaviour in a pupal parasitoid

    R. J. Morris;M. D. E. Fellowes

  • Specializations and host associations of social parasites of ants.

    J. A. Thomas;K. Schönrogge;G. W. Elmes;M. D. E. Fellowes

  • Temperature and the development rates of thrips: evidence for a constraint on local adaptation?

    David A. Stacey;Mark D.E. Fellowes

  • Sex allocation and local mate competition in Old World non-pollinating fig wasps

    Mark D. E. Fellowes;Steve G. Compton;James M. Cook

  • Genotype and temperature influence pea aphid resistance to a fungal entomopathogen

    David A. Stacey;Matthew B. Thomas;Matthew B. Thomas;Simon Blanford;Simon Blanford;Judith K. Pell

  • The grass-free lawn: Management and species choice for optimum ground cover and plant diversity

    Lionel S. Smith;Mark D.E. Fellowes

  • Does urbanization explain differences in interactions between an insect herbivore and its natural enemies and mutualists

    Elise A. Rocha;Mark D. E. Fellowes

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Cook
James M. Cook Western Sydney University
Simon R. Leather
Simon R. Leather Harper Adams University
Ove Eriksson
Ove Eriksson Stockholm University
Orsolya Valkó
Orsolya Valkó University of Debrecen
Ingo Kowarik
Ingo Kowarik Technical University of Berlin
Valentin H. Klaus
Valentin H. Klaus Ruhr University Bochum
Josu G. Alday
Josu G. Alday University of Lleida
Balázs Deák
Balázs Deák University of Debrecen
Amanda Callaghan
Amanda Callaghan University of Reading
Xavier Pons
Xavier Pons Autonomous University of Barcelona

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