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Overview

Richard F. Pywell is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research spans various areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable focus on ecology and the interactions between plant and animal communities.

The main fields of study associated with Richard F. Pywell include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their work is further specialized into subfields such as:

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

The key topics covered in their research are:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Richard F. Pywell has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • "Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The influence of landscape composition and configuration on crop yield resilience," 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Long-term woodland restoration on lowland farmland through passive rewilding," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Effects of future agricultural change scenarios on beneficial insects," 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "Invertebrate community structure predicts natural pest control resilience to insecticide exposure," 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard F. Pywell include:

  • John W. Redhead
  • Ben A. Woodcock
  • James M. Bullock
  • Lucy E. Ridding
  • Jonathan Storkey

Their research has been published in several scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Restoration of ecosystem services and biodiversity: conflicts and opportunities

    James M. Bullock;James Aronson;James Aronson;Adrian C. Newton;Richard F. Pywell

  • Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

    Ashish A. Malik;Jeremy Puissant;Kate M. Buckeridge;Tim Goodall

  • Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees.

    B. A. Woodcock;J. M. Bullock;R. F. Shore;M. S. Heard

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • Plant traits as predictors of performance in ecological restoration

    Richard F. Pywell;James M. Bullock;David B. Roy;Liz Warman

  • Comparing the efficacy of agri-environment schemes to enhance bumble bee abundance and diversity on arable field margins

    Claire Carvell;William R Meek;Richard F Pywell;Dave Goulson

  • Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long-term population changes in wild bees in England.

    Ben A. Woodcock;Nicholas J. B. Isaac;James M. Bullock;David B. Roy

  • The restoration and re-creation of species-rich lowland grassland on land formerly managed for intensive agriculture in the UK

    Kevin J Walker;Paul A Stevens;David P Stevens;J.Owen Mountford

  • Declines in forage availability for bumblebees at a national scale

    Claire Carvell;David B. Roy;Simon M. Smart;Richard F. Pywell

  • Restoration of species‐rich grassland on arable land: assessing the limiting processes using a multi‐site experiment

    Richard F. Pywell;James M. Bullock;Alan Hopkins;Kevin J. Walker

  • Wildlife-friendly farming increases crop yield: evidence for ecological intensification.

    Richard F. Pywell;Matthew S. Heard;Ben A. Woodcock;Shelley Hinsley

  • The effect of arable field margin composition on invertebrate biodiversity

    Bill Meek;Dick Loxton;Tim Sparks;Richard Pywell

  • Providing foraging resources for bumblebees in intensively farmed landscapes

    R.F. Pywell;E.A. Warman;C. Carvell;T.H. Sparks

  • Compartmentalization in plant–insect flower visitor webs

    L. V. Dicks;S. A. Corbet;R. F. Pywell

  • Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield

    Ben A. Woodcock;M. P. D. Garratt;G.D. Powney;R.F. Shaw

  • Effectiveness of new agri-environment schemes in providing foraging resources for bumblebees in intensively farmed landscapes

    R.F. Pywell;E.A. Warman;L. Hulmes;S. Hulmes

  • Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale.

    Enrique Valencia;Francesco de Bello;Thomas Galland;Peter B Adler;Peter B Adler

  • Do restored calcareous grasslands on former arable fields resemble ancient targets? The effect of time, methods and environment on outcomes

    Kate C. Fagan;Richard F. Pywell;James M. Bullock;Rob H. Marrs

  • Colonization of grassland by sown species: dispersal versus microsite limitation in responses to management

    Sarah J. Coulson;James M. Bullock;Mark J. Stevenson;Richard F. Pywell

  • Long‐term enhancement of agricultural production by restoration of biodiversity

    James M. Bullock;Richard F. Pywell;Kevin J. Walker

  • Enhancing diversity of species-poor grasslands: an experimental assessment of multiple constraints

    Richard F. Pywell;James M. Bullock;Jerry B. Tallowin;Kevin J. Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Bullock
James M. Bullock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Rob H. Marrs
Rob H. Marrs University of Liverpool
Ben A. Woodcock
Ben A. Woodcock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Matthew S. Heard
Matthew S. Heard Rothamsted Research
Kevin J. Walker
Kevin J. Walker Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
Tim H. Sparks
Tim H. Sparks University of Cambridge
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Richard F. Shore
Richard F. Shore Lancaster University
Adam J. Vanbergen
Adam J. Vanbergen INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Nick Ostle
Nick Ostle Lancaster University

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