Jack Walker

Amazing job @insectinthecity.bsky.social - PhD awarded with no corrections! #proud

Does anyone know what happened to ukbeetles.co.uk ? It was such a good resource but doesn't seem to exist anymore.

🌿 What if the species we don’t see hold the key to conservation? In our latest paper (led by Serena Turton-Hughes with @georgeholmes.bsky.social), we discuss "shadow diversity", a new way to think about biodiversity we don’t know exists yet 🌌. Join us on a journey into the unknown 🌍 🧪 🧵

Urban scavenging: vertebrates display greater sensitivity to land-cover and garden vegetation cover than invertebrates - Urban Ecosystems Scavenging removes carrion or littered food waste from the environment, promoting nutrient cycling, and reducing waste management costs. These ecosystem services are important in urban environments, w...

Published today in Urban Ecosystems!

Littered food waste is a common problem in cities around the world - but where does it go? We measured the contribution of vertebrates and invertebrates to scavenging along an urban-rural gradient in Liverpool, UK.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...