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Roger L. H. Dennis is affiliated with Staffordshire University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Subfields of particular focus include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The research topics addressed by Roger L. H. Dennis encompass Plant and Animal Studies, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

The scientist has contributed to a number of recent publications, including the following papers:

  • Landform resources for territorial nettle-feeding Nymphalid butterflies: biases at different spatial scales, 2024, Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Colin Johnson: Keeper of Entomology at the Manchester Museum 1982-2003, 2022, The Entomologist's monthly magazine
  • The Effect of Habitat on Insect Movements: Experimental Evidence from Wild-Caught Butterflies, 2023, Insects
  • How complete are insect inventories? An assessment of the British butterfly database highlighting the influence of dynamic distribution shifts on sampling completeness, 2021, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Species traits influence the process of biodiversity inventorying: a case study using the British butterfly database, 2021, Insect Conservation and Diversity

Roger L. H. Dennis has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • David Sánchez-Fernández
  • Richard Fox
  • Jorge M. Lobo
  • Matteo Marcantonio
  • Raluca Vodă

The scientist's work has been published in various academic venues such as Biodiversity and Conservation, Insects, Insect Conservation and Diversity, Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, and The Entomologist's monthly magazine.

In addition to journal articles, Roger L. H. Dennis has authored books published by CABI eBooks. These include Butterfly Biology Systems in 2020 and Habitat scheduled for 2025.

Best Publications

  • Towards a functional resource-based concept for habitat: a butterfly biology viewpoint

    Roger L.H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Hans Van Dyck

  • Habitats and Resources: The Need for a Resource-based Definition to Conserve Butterflies

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Hans Van Dyck

  • Bias in butterfly distribution maps: the influence of hot spots and recorder's home range.

    R.L.H. Dennis;C.D. Thomas

  • The Ecology of butterflies in Britain

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  • Host plants and butterfly biology. Do host‐plant strategies drive butterfly status?

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Roger L. H. Dennis;John G. Hodgson;Richard Grenyer;Tim G. Shreeve

  • Bias in Butterfly Distribution Maps: The Effects of Sampling Effort

    Roger L.H. Dennis;Tim H. Sparks;Peter B. Hardy

  • Butterfly abundance is determined by food availability and is mediated by species traits

    Robin J. Curtis;Robin J. Curtis;Tom M. Brereton;Roger L. H. Dennis;Chris Carbone

  • Patch occupancy in Coenonympha tullia (Muller, 1764) (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae): habitat quality matters as much as patch size and isolation

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  • The influence of temperature on migration of Lepidoptera into Britain

    T. H. Sparks;D. B. Roy;R. L. H. Dennis

  • The generalism-specialism debate: the role of generalists in the life and death of species

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Roger L. H. Dennis;Leonardo Dapporto;Simone Fattorini;Simone Fattorini;Laurence M. Cook

  • Flower preferences of woodland butterflies in the UK: nectaring specialists are species of conservation concern

    O Tudor;R.L.H Dennis;R.L.H Dennis;J.N Greatorex-Davies;T.H Sparks

  • Increased migration of Lepidoptera linked to climate change

    Tim H. Sparks;Roger L.H. Dennis;Philip J. Croxton;Martin Cade

  • Contemporary geography dominates butterfly diversity gradients within the Aegean archipelago (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea)

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Tim G. Shreeve;Alain Olivier;John G. Coutsis

  • Climatic change and the British butterfly fauna: Opportunities and constraints

    R.L.H. Dennis;T.G. Shreeve

  • A Resource-Based Habitat View for Conservation: Butterflies in the British Landscape

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  • Butterfly habitats, broad-scale biotope affiliations, and structural exploitation of vegetation at finer scales: the matrix revisited

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Roger L. H. Dennis

  • The impact of urban development on butterflies within a city region

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  • Distance sampling and the challenge of monitoring butterfly populations

    Nick J. B. Isaac;Katie L. Cruickshanks;Ann M. Weddle;Ann M. Weddle;J. Marcus Rowcliffe

  • The effects of visual apparency on bias in butterfly recording and monitoring

    R.L.H. Dennis;T.G. Shreeve;N.J.B. Isaac;D.B. Roy

  • An ecological classification of British butterflies: Ecological attributes and biotope occupancy

    T.G. Shreeve;R.L.H. Dennis;D.B. Roy;D. Moss

  • The generalist―specialist continuum: Testing predictions for distribution and trends in British butterflies

    Leonardo Dapporto;Roger L.H. Dennis;Roger L.H. Dennis

  • When is a habitat not a habitat? Dramatic resource use changes under differing weather conditions for the butterfly Plebejus argus

    Roger L.H. Dennis;Tim H. Sparks

  • Corridors and barriers in biodiversity conservation: a novel resource-based habitat perspective for butterflies

    Roger L. H. Dennis;Roger L. H. Dennis;Leonardo Dapporto;John W. Dover;Tim G. Shreeve

  • Ecological correlates of island incidence and geographical range among British butterflies.

    Roger L.H. Dennis;Bart Donato;Tim H. Sparks;Erine Pollard

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonardo Dapporto
Leonardo Dapporto University of Florence
Tim G. Shreeve
Tim G. Shreeve Oxford Brookes University
Vlad Dincă
Vlad Dincă University of Oulu
Tim H. Sparks
Tim H. Sparks University of Cambridge
Richard Fox
Richard Fox Butterfly Conservation
Roger Vila
Roger Vila Spanish National Research Council
Simone Fattorini
Simone Fattorini University of L'Aquila
Thomas Schmitt
Thomas Schmitt University of Potsdam
David Sánchez-Fernández
David Sánchez-Fernández University of Murcia
John G. Hodgson
John G. Hodgson University of Sheffield

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