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Overview

Richard Fox is affiliated with Butterfly Conservation in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with a strong emphasis on agricultural and biological sciences. Within these broad fields, their work prominently covers ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics explored by Richard Fox include species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies. Additionally, their research addresses animal and plant science education, wildlife ecology and conservation, forest insect ecology and management, and the environmental and health impacts of light.

Richard Fox has published research papers in various scientific journals, frequently contributing to venues such as Insect Conservation and Diversity, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Communications, Biodiversity and Conservation, and the Journal of Insect Conservation. Some recent papers include:

  • A window to the world of global insect declines: Moth biodiversity trends are complex and heterogeneous, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle, 2020, Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Insect responses to global change offer signposts for biodiversity and conservation, 2020, Ecological Entomology
  • Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations, 2021, Science Advances
  • Anthropogenic climate and land-use change drive short- and long-term biodiversity shifts across taxa, 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard Fox include David B. Roy, Emily B. Dennis, Nigel A. D. Bourn, Mark Parsons, and Michael J. O. Pocock. These collaborations reflect a shared focus on biodiversity and conservation topics.

Best Publications

  • The distributions of a wide range of taxonomic groups are expanding polewards

    Rachael Hickling;David B. Roy;Jane K. Hill;Richard Fox

  • Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change.

    M. S. Warren;J. K. Hill;J. K. Hill;J. A. Thomas;J. Asher

  • Comparative Losses of British Butterflies, Birds, and Plants and the Global Extinction Crisis

    J. A. Thomas;M. G. Telfer;D. B. Roy;C. D. Preston

  • Prioritizing multiple-use landscapes for conservation: methods for large multi-species planning problems.

    Atte Moilanen;Aldina M.A Franco;Regan I Early;Richard Fox

  • Rapid declines of common, widespread British moths provide evidence of an insect biodiversity crisis

    Kelvin F. Conrad;Martin S. Warren;Richard Fox;Mark S. Parsons

  • Responses of butterflies to twentieth century climate warming: implications for future ranges

    J. K. Hill;C. D. Thomas;R. Fox;M. G. Telfer

  • A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels

    Anna Norberg;Nerea Abrego;Nerea Abrego;F. Guillaume Blanchet;Frederick R. Adler

  • Species richness changes lag behind climate change

    Rosa Menéndez;Adela González Megías;Jane K Hill;Brigitte Braschler

  • Impacts of climate warming and habitat loss on extinctions at species' low‐latitude range boundaries

    Aldina M. A. Franco;Jane K. Hill;Claudia Kitschke;Yvonne C. Collingham

  • Species richness declines and biotic homogenisation have slowed down for NW-European pollinators and plants

    Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro;Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro;William E. Kunin;Petr Keil;Petr Keil;Jesus Aguirre-Gutiérrez

  • 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

  • Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering

    Andrew J. Suggitt;Andrew J. Suggitt;Robert J. Wilson;Nick J. B. Isaac;Colin M. Beale

  • DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND HABITAT FACTORS ON BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY

    Rosa Menéndez;Adela González-Megías;Yvonne Collingham;Richard Fox

  • Pollination by nocturnal Lepidoptera, and the effects of light pollution: a review

    Callum J. Macgregor;Callum J. Macgregor;Michael J. O. Pocock;Richard Fox;Darren M. Evans

  • The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes

    Richard Fox

  • Spatial patterns in species distributions reveal biodiversity change

    Robert J. Wilson;Robert J. Wilson;Chris D. Thomas;Chris D. Thomas;Richard Fox;David B. Roy

  • Protected areas facilitate species’ range expansions

    Chris D. Thomas;Phillipa K. Gillingham;Richard B. Bradbury;David B. Roy

  • Long‐term changes to the frequency of occurrence of British moths are consistent with opposing and synergistic effects of climate and land‐use changes

    Richard Fox;Tom H. Oliver;Colin Harrower;Mark S. Parsons

  • Is the insect apocalypse upon us? How to find out

    Graham A. Montgomery;Graham A. Montgomery;Robert R. Dunn;Richard Fox;Eelke Jongejans

  • Impacts of landscape structure on butterfly range expansion

    J.K. Hill;Y.C. Collingham;C.D. Thomas;D.S. Blakeley

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Chris D. Thomas
Chris D. Thomas University of York
Jane K. Hill
Jane K. Hill University of York
Tom Brereton
Tom Brereton Butterfly Conservation
Tom H. Oliver
Tom H. Oliver University of Reading
Robert J. Wilson
Robert J. Wilson University of St Andrews
Michael J. O. Pocock
Michael J. O. Pocock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Ian P. Woiwod
Ian P. Woiwod Rothamsted Research
Barbara J. Anderson
Barbara J. Anderson University of Otago
Jason W. Chapman
Jason W. Chapman University of Exeter

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