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Overview

Paul Eggleton is affiliated with the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields focusing on biological and environmental sciences with an emphasis on insect ecology and related topics.

The main fields of study associated with Paul Eggleton's work include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, the subfields of study cover:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Insect Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

The core topics addressed in their research are:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Paul Eggleton has contributed to multiple recent papers including:

  • "The State of the World's Insects" (2020), published in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
  • "The ecosystem services provided by social insects: traits, management tools and knowledge gaps" (2020), Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "The impact of invertebrate decomposers on plants and soil" (2021), New Phytologist
  • "Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates" (2022), Science
  • "Carbon flux and forest dynamics: Increased deadwood decomposition in tropical rainforest tree-fall canopy gaps" (2021), Global Change Biology

Common frequent co-authors working alongside Paul Eggleton include:

  • Catherine L. Parr
  • Amy E. Zanne
  • Habacuc Flores-Moreno
  • Steven Allison
  • Louise A. Ashton

Paul Eggleton's publications are often found in specific prominent venues such as:

  • Biotropica
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Functional Ecology
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest

    J. H. Lawton;D. E. Bignell;B. Bolton;G. F. Bloemers;G. F. Bloemers;G. F. Bloemers

  • Accelerated species inventory on Madagascar using coalescent-based models of species delineation.

    Michael T. Monaghan;Ruth Wild;Ruth Wild;Miranda Elliot;Miranda Elliot;Tomochika Fujisawa

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • Death of an order: a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study confirms that termites are eusocial cockroaches.

    Daegan Inward;George Beccaloni;Paul Eggleton

  • BEETLE SPECIES RESPONSES TO TROPICAL FOREST FRAGMENTATION

    Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Peter M. Hammond;John H. Lawton;Paul Eggleton

  • Termites in Ecosystems

    David E. Bignell;Paul Eggleton

  • The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts.

    Duur K. Aanen;Paul Eggleton;Corinne Rouland-Lefèvre;Tobias Guldberg-Frøslev

  • Sampling termite assemblages in tropical forests: testing a rapid biodiversity assessment protocol

    David T. Jones;Paul Eggleton

  • Gut content analysis and a new feeding group classification of termites

    S. E. Donovan;P. Eggleton;D. E. Bignell

  • Invertebrates as determinants and indicators of soil quality

    Nigel E. Stork;Paul Eggleton

  • Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: rotted, burned, or consumed?

    William K. Cornwell;Johannes H. C. Cornelissen;Steven D. Allison;Jürgen Bauhus

  • A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of termites (Isoptera) illuminates key aspects of their evolutionary biology.

    Daegan J.G. Inward;Alfried P. Vogler;Alfried P. Vogler;Paul Eggleton

  • The diversity, abundance and biomass of termites under differing levels of disturbance in the Mbalmayo Forest Reserve, southern Cameroon

    P. Eggleton;D. E. Bignell;W. A. Sands;N. A. Mawdsley

  • Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asia

    William A. Foster;Jake L. Snaddon;Edgar C. Turner;Tom M. Fayle;Tom M. Fayle

  • Global Patterns of Termite Diversity

    Paul Eggleton

  • Termite assemblage collapse along a land-use intensification gradient in lowland central Sumatra, Indonesia

    D. T. Jones;F. X. Susilo;D. E. Bignell;S. Hardiwinoto

  • Insect parasitoids an evolutionary overview

    Paul Eggleton;Robert Belshaw

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The species richness of termites (Isoptera) under differing levels of forest disturbance in the Mbalmayo Forest Reserve, southern Cameroon

    Paul Eggleton;D. E. Bignell;W. A. Sands;B. Waite

  • Quaternary rainforest refugia in south‐east Asia: using termites (Isoptera) as indicators

    F.J. Gathorne-Hardy;F.J. Gathorne-Hardy;Syaukani;Richard Davies;P. Eggleton

  • Phylogenetics and ecology

    Paul Eggleton;Richard Irwin Vane-Wright

  • Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of

    William A. Foster;Jake L. Snaddon;Edgar C. Turner;Tom M. Fayle

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine L. Parr
Catherine L. Parr University of Liverpool
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
David E. Bignell
David E. Bignell Queen Mary University of London
Edgar C. Turner
Edgar C. Turner University of Cambridge
Richard G. Davies
Richard G. Davies University of East Anglia
John H. Lawton
John H. Lawton Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Raphael K. Didham
Raphael K. Didham University of Western Australia
William A. Foster
William A. Foster University of Cambridge
Theodore A. Evans
Theodore A. Evans University of Western Australia

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