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PROF. SIMON G. POTTS (FRES) Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Deputy Director: Centre for Food Security Room: GU 37, Agriculture building Tel: +44 (0)118 378 6154 Email: s.g.potts@reading.ac.uk |
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1987 - 1991 1991 - 1995 1995 1995 - 1998 1998 1998 - 2002 2001 2002 - 2007 2007 - 2011 2011 - date |
BA, Queens College, Oxford University, UK PhD, St Andrews University, UK Postdoctoral Researcher, Suez Canal University, Egypt Postdoctoral Researcher, Haifa University, Israel Research Fellow, CIFOR, Costa Rica Research Fellow, St Andrews University, UK Visiting Research Fellow, Aegean University, Greece Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research Professor, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research |
- Understanding the relationship between land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Environmental drivers and pressures on biodiversity, including: land use change, climate change, agrochemicals, invasive species and socio-economic factors
- Quantifying the economic and biodiversity value of pollination and other ecosystem services
- Food security: role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in food production
- Developing evidence-based adaptation and mitigation options for policy and management applications
- Ecology and management of agro-ecosystems for the conservation of biodiversity
- Member of Soil Research at Reading
RESEARCH GROUP
Research Fellows:
- Mr Stuart Roberts
- Dr Anna Scott
- Dr Michael Garrat
- Dr Deepa Senapathi
- Dr Joseph Tzanopoulos (Visiting Researcher, University of Kent)
- Dr Ioannis Vogaitzakis (Visiting Researcher, Open University of Cyprus)
- Mr Robin Dean (Visiting Research Fellow, Redbeehive co.)
- Mrs Aamna Khan (maternity cover for Mrs Celstein Derbyshire)
- Tom Breeze: Quantifying the economic benefits of pollinators and pollination services in the changing agricultural landscapes of the UK
- Rob Brown: Multiple ecosystem service and biodiversity benefits from novel crop mixtures
- Alexa Varah: Can agroforestry reconcile conflicting demands for productivity, biodiversity conservation and delivery of ecosystem services?
- Jacob Bishop: Yield stability and climate change: the role of pollinators
- Chloe Hardman: The effectiveness of agri-environmental management for biodiversity and ecosystem services in the wider countryside
- Sara Ball: Multitrophic responses to local management practices and landscape scale changes in the agri-environment
- Victoria Wickens: Understanding and managing the flow of pest regulation services between protected areas and agroecosystems
- Jennifer Wickens: Understanding and managing the flow of pollination services between protected areas and agroecosystems
- Dimitrios Bormpoudakis: The coherence and ecological sufficiency of European protected area networks
- Charalambos (Pambos) Christodoulou: Adequacy and effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network in Cyprus
- Liliana Bravo: The role of forest fragments in enhancing the delivery of pollination services to coffee in Cachalú Reserve, Columbia
- Elisabetta Pirodda: Impacts of local management and landscape context on pollination services of orchard crops in Sardinia
- Mr Duncan Coston
- Ms Rebecca Evans
- Mrs Louise Truslove
- Dr Nadine Mitchunas
- Robin Blake: Increasing the biodiversity benefits of existing field margins through novel management practices
- Dr Peter Kwapong (Visiting Commonwealth Fellow, Cape Coast University, Ghana)
- Dr Geetha Nayak (Visiting Researcher)
- Mark Otieno: Local management and landscape drivers of pollination and biological control services in a Kenyan agro-ecosystem
- Claire Brittain: Impact of pesticides on pollinator biodiversity and provision of pollinator services to crops and rare plants
- Theodore Munyuli: Pollinator biodiversity and economics of pollination services in the coffee-banana systems in Uganda
- Jo Smith: Soil invertebrates in agricultural systems: estimating the biodiversity, functional and conservation value of different management practices
- Penny Fletcher: How does pollination affect the reproduction of wild plants in arable ecosystems?
- Tony Morris: Manipulating crop and field margin vegetation structure for birds and food resources
- Dave Frearson: Management Strategies for European oilseed Rape pests
- Dave Smith: Managing agri-environment grass fields and margins for Orthoptera and farmland birds
- Dot Newman: The effect of fire on diversity, abundance and guild structure of coprophagous beetles in the African forest-savanna mosaic
RESEARCH PROJECTS
PROJECTS - Current:
- STEP: Status and Trends of European Pollinators (EU Framework 7)
- SCALES: Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales (EU Framework 7)
- Sustainable pollination services for UK crops (LWEC Insect Pollinator Initiative)
- AgriLand: Linking agriculture and land use change to pollinator populations (LWEC Insect Pollinator Initiative)
- Urban Pollinators: their ecology and conservation (LWEC Insect Pollinator Initiative)
- Understanding the economic costs and benefits of beekeeping and pollination service delivery (C.B. Dennis Trust)
- EPI: European Pollinator Initiative
- NCEAS: Restoring an ecosystem service to degraded landscapes: Native bees and crop pollination (NCEAS)
- Managing ecosystem services to reduce poverty and vulnerability in East African coffee landscapes (LWEC: ESPA)
- Sustainable delivery of pollination services to strengthen rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa (LWEC: ESPA)
- ALARM: Assessing large-scale risks to biodiversity with tested methods (EU Framework 6)
- Priority Habitats, Protected Sites and Climate Change: Three Investigations to Inform Policy and Management for Adaptation and Mitigation (Defra)
- COCONUT: Understanding effects of land use changes on ecosystems to halt loss of biodiversity (EU Framework 6)
- GEF: Conservation and management of pollinators for sustainable agriculture through an ecosystem approach (GEF)
- Platforms: Dispersed platforms for biodiversity research: developing methods and networks for multi-scale research (UK PopNet)
- SAFFIE: Sustainable arable farming for an improved environment (Defra LINK)
- PEBIL: Potential to enhance biodiversity on intensive livestock farms (Defra)
- Congo: Strengthening the National Biodiversity Strategy in Congo Brazzaville (Darwin Initiative)
- India: Bees, biodiversity and forest livelihoods in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (Darwin Initiative)
- Uganda: Conserving biodiversity in the modernising farmed landscapes of Uganda (Darwin Initiative)
- TLinks: Restoration of biodiversity on ex-arable land (EU Framework 5)
- Ghana: Rapid assessment of pollinator biodiversity in tropical forests (BES)
- Greece: Impact of invasive plant species on native wild plants: Solanum species as a model system (EU Framework 6)
- Scoping study to assess soil compaction affecting upland and lowland grassland in England and Wales (Defra)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- ICPBR: International Commission of Plant-Bee Relationships - Chairman of Pollination Working Group
- IUCN: Task force on declining pollinator services of the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union - Steering committee member
- Office of Government Commerce: Contributor to Starting Gate review "Healthy Bees Implementation"
- POST: UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology - Advisor
- SIN: UK Science and Innovation network (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) - Advisor
- EEA: European Environment Agency - Advisor
- CG: Conservation Grade Farming - Advisor
- NAS: US National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council - Advisor
- EPI: European Pollinator Initiative - Head of interim steering committee
- IPI: International Pollinator Initiative - Advisor
- CANPOLIN: Canadian Pollination Initiative – Scientific advisory board
- Earthwatch: Living Landscapes – Scientific advisor
- JNC: Journal of Nature Conservation – advisory board
- BER: Bulletin of Entomological Research - Subject Editor
- BioRisk: Subject editor
- GEF: Global Environment Facility project, Conservation and management of pollinators for sustainable agriculture through an ecosystem approach - Advisory board member
- RES: Royal Entomological Society - Fellow
- BES: British Ecological Society - Representative for Reading University
- EurBee: European Association for Bee Research - Member
- BWARS: British Bee, Wasp and Ant Recording Society - Member
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Links to most publications can be found here: CentAUR
2012:
Moron D., Grzes I.M., Skórka P., Szentgyörgyi H., Laskowski R., Potts S.G., Woyciechowski M. (2011) Abundance and
diversity of wild bees along gradients of heavy metal pollution. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 118-129Nuttman C.V., Otieno M., Kwapong P.K., Combey R., Willmer P.G. & Potts S.G. (2011) Aerial pan-trapping: a method
for assessing insect pollinators in tree canopies. Journal Kansas Entomological Society 84: 260-2702011:
Potts S.G., Biesmeijer J.C., Bommarco R., Felicioli A., Fischer M., Jokinen P., Kleijn D., Klein A-M., Kunin W.E.,
Neumann P., Penev L.D., Petanidou T., Rasmont P., Roberts S.P.M., Smith H.G., Sorensen P.B., Steffan-Dewenter I., Vaissière B.E., Vilà M., Vuji? A., Woyciechowski M., Zobel M., Settele J. & Schweiger O. (2011) Developing European conservation and mitigation tools for pollination services: approaches of the STEP(Status and Trends of European Pollinators) project. Journal of Apicultural Research 50: 152-164Potts S.G., Lead author for ‘Pollination’ (Regulating Services) in the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (2011).
For more information see UK NEAPotts S.G., Contributing author for ‘Enclosed Farmland’ in the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (2011).
For more information see UK NEAGallai N., Vaissiere B.E., Potts S.G., Salles J. (2011) Assessing the monetary value of global crop pollination
services. In: Natural Capital: Theory and practice of mapping ecosystem services (Kareiva P., Tallis H., Ricketts T.H., Daily G.C. & Polasky S. eds. ). Oxford: Oxford University PressBreeze T.D., Bailey A.P., Balcombe K.G., & Potts S.G. (2011) Pollination services in the UK: How Important are
Honeybees? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 142: 137– 143Sutherland W.J., Goulson D., Potts S.G., & Dicks L.V. (2011) Quantifying the impact and relevance of scientific
research. PLoS ONE 6: 11, e27537Garibaldi L.A., Steffan-Dewenter I, Kremen C, Morales J.M., Bommarco R., Cunningham S, Carvalheiro L., Chacoff N.,
Dudenhöffer J-H, Greenleaf S., Holzschuh A., Isaacs R., Krewenka K., Mandelik Y., Mayfield M., Morandin L., Potts S.G., Ricketts T., Szentgyörgyi H., Winfree R. & Klein A-M (2011) Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas – a global synthesis. Ecology Letters 14: 1062–1072Brittain C.A. & Potts S.G. (2011) The potential impacts of insecticides on the life-history traits of bees and the
consequences for pollination. Basic and Applied Ecology 12: 321-331Nielsen A., Steffan-Dewenter I., Westphal C., Messinger O., Potts S.G., Roberts S.P.M., Settele J., Szentgyörgyi H.,
Vaissière B.E., Vaitis M., Woyciechowski M., Bazos I., Biesmeijer J.C., Bommarco R., Kunin W.E., Tscheulin T., Lamborn E. & Petanidou T. (2011) Assessing bee species richness in two Mediterranean communities: importance of habitat type and sampling techniques. Ecological Research 26: 969-983Blake, R.J., Woodcock, B.A., Ramsay, A.J., Pilgrim, E.S., Brown, V.K., Tallowin, J.R., and Potts, S.G. (2011) Novel
margin management to enhance Auchenorrhyncha biodiversity in intensive grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 140: 506-513Otieno M., Wilby A., Woodcock B.A., Vogiatzakis I.N., Mauchline A., Gikungu M. & Potts S.G. (2011) Local management
and landscape drivers of pollination and biological control services in a Kenyan agro-ecosystem. Biological Conservation144: 2424–2431Rickebusch S., Metzger M.J., Xua G., Vogiatzakis I.N., Potts S.G., Stirpe M.T. & Rounsevell M. (2011) A qualitative
method for the spatial and thematic downscaling of land-use change scenarios. Environmental Science & Policy 14: 268-278Roberts S.P.M, Potts, S.G., Biesmeijer J.C., Kuhlmann M. Kunin W.E., Ohlemüller R. (2011) Assessing continental-
scale risks for generalist and specialist pollinating bee species under climate change. BioRisk 6:1-18Mayer C., Adler L., Armbruster W.S., Dafni A., Eardley C., Huang S-Q, Kevan P.G., Ollerton J., Packer L., Ssymank A.,
Stout J.C., Potts S.G. (2011) Pollination ecology in the 21st century: key questions for future research. Journal of Pollination Ecology 3: 8-23Sørensen P.B., Damgaard C.F, Strandberg B., Dupont Y.L., Pedersen M.B., Carvalheiro L.G., Biesmeijer J.C., Olsen
J.M., Hagen M. and Potts S.G. (2011) A method for under-sampled ecological network data analysis: plant-pollination as case study. Journal of Pollination Ecology 6: 129-139Blake R.J., Woodcock B.A., Westbury D.B., Sutton P. & Potts S.G. (2011) New tools to boost butterfly habitat quality in
existing grass buffer strips. Journal of Insect Conservation 15: 221-232Blake, R.J., Woodcock, B.A., Westbury, D.B., Sutton, P., and Potts, S.G. (2011) Enhancing habitat to help the plight of
the bumblebee. Pest Management Science 67: 377-379Roy P., Leo R., Thomas S.G., Varghese A., Sharma K., Prasad S., Bradbear N., Roberts S., Potts S.G., Davidar P.
(2011) Nesting requirements of the rock bee Apis dorsata in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. Tropical Ecology 52: 285-291Blake R.J., Westbury D.B., Woodcock B.A., Sutton P. & Potts S.G. (2011). Investigating the phytotoxicity of the
graminicide fluazifop-P-butyl against native UK wildflower species. Society of Chemical Industry in press doi: 10.1002/ps.22822010:
Potts S.G, Biesmeijer J.C., Kremen C., Neumann P., Schweiger O., and Kunin W.E. (2010) Global pollinator declines:
trends, impacts and drivers. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 345-353Potts S.G., Roberts S.P.M., Dean R., Marris G., Brown M., Jones R. & Settele J. (2010) Declines of managed
honeybees and beekeepers in Europe. Journal of Apicultural Research 49: 15-22Roberts S.P.M. & Potts S.G. (2010) The status of European wild bees. Journal of Apicultural Research 49: 137-138
Dauber J., Biesmeijer J., Gabriel D., Kunin W.E., Lamborn E., Meyer B., Nielsen A., Potts S.G., Roberts S.P.M. Sõber
V., Settele J., Steffan-Dewenter I., Stout J.C., Teder T., Tscheulin T., Vivarelli D., & Petanidou T. (2010) Effects of patch size and density on flower visitation and seed set of wild plants: a pan-European approach. Journal of Ecology 98: 188-196Brittain C.A., Vighi M., Bommarco R., Settele J., Potts S.G. (2010) Impacts of a pesticide on pollinator species
richness at different spatial scales. Basic and Applied Ecology 11: 106-115Brittain C.A., Bommarco R., Vighi M., Barmaz S., Settele J., Potts S.G. (2010) The impact of an insecticide on insect
flower visitation and pollination in an agricultural landscape Agricultural and Forest Entomology 12: 259–266Brittain C.A., Bommarco R., Vighi M., Settele J., Potts S.G. (2010) Landscape management has a greater impact than
local organic management on pollination in vine fields. Biological Conservation 143: 1860-1867Schweiger O., Biesmeijer K., Bommarco R., Hickler T., Hulme P.E, Klotz S., Kühn I., Moora M., Nielsen A., Ohlemüller
R., Petanidou T., Potts S.G, Pyšek P., Stout J., Sykes M., Tscheulin T., Vilá M., Walther G., Westphal C., Winter M., Zobel M. & Settele J., (2010) Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination. Biological Reviews 85: 777-795Norris K, Potts S.G., Mortimer S.R. (2010) Ecosystem services and food production. Issues in Environmental
Science And Technology. Issues no 30, pp 52-69Ne'eman G., Jürgens A., Newstrom-Lloyd L., Potts S.G. & Dafni A., (2010) A framework for comparing pollinator
performance: effectiveness and efficiency. Biological Reviews 85: 435-451de Bello F., Lavorel S., Diaz S., Harrington R., Cornelissen J., Bargett R., Berg M., Cipriotti P., Feld C., Hering D., da
Silva P.M., Potts S.G., Santin L., Sousa J. P., Storkey S., Wardle D., & Harrison P. (2010) Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits. Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 2873-2893Williams N.M, Crone E.E., Roulston T.H., Minckley R.L., Packer L., & Potts S.G. (2010) Ecological and life history traits
predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances. Biological Conservation 143: 2280-2291Bommarco R., Biesmeijer J.C., Meyer B., Potts S.G., Pöyry J., Roberts S.P.M., Steffan-Dewenter I., and Öckinger E.
(2010) Dispersal capacity and diet breadth modify the response of wild bees to habitat loss. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:2075-2082Rehel S., Varghese A., Bradbear N., Davidar P., Roberts S., Roy P., & Potts S.G. (2010) Benefits of biotic pollination for
cultivated plants and non timber forest products. Conservation and Society 7: 213-219 Mwebaze P., Marris G.C., Budge G.E., Brown M., Potts S.G., Breeze T.D. & Macleod A. (2010) Quantifying the value of
ecosystem services: a case study of honeybee pollination in the UK. Contributed Paper for the 12th Annual BIOECON Conference From the Wealth of Nations to the Wealth of Nature: Rethinking Economic Growth. Venice, Italy September 27-28, 2010Barmaz S., Potts S.G. and Vighi M. (2010) A novel method for assessing risks to pollinators from plant protection
products using honeybees as a model species. Ecotoxicology 19: 1347-1359Hammen V.C., Biesmeijer, J.C., Kunin W.E., Bommarco R., Budrys E., Christensen T.R., Fronzek S., Grabaum R.,
Klotz S., Kroel-Dulay G., Kühn I., Laskowski R., Mirtl M., Petanidou T., Potts S.G., Rortais A., Schulze C., Steffan-Dewenter, J. Stout, B. Vaissiere, M. Vila, M. Vighi, T. Wolf, M. Woyciechowski M., Zavala G., Zobel M., Settele J. (2010) Establishment of a Cross-European Field Site Network in the ALARM Project for Assessing Large-Scale Changes in Biodiversity. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 164: 337-348Henle K., Kunin W., Schweiger O., Schmeller D.S., Grobelnik V., Matsinos Y., Pantis J., Penev L., Potts S.G., Ring I.,
Similä J., Tzanopoulos J., van den Hove S., Baguette M., Clobert J., Excoffier L., Framstad E., Grodzinska-Jurczak M., Lengyel S., Marty P., Moilanen A., Porcher E., Steinicke H., Storch D., Steffan-Dewenter I., Sykes M.T., Zobel M. & Settele J. (2010) Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales – research needs and approaches of the SCALES project. Gaia 19: 187-193Norris K. & Potts S.G. (2010) Biodiversity…the vital ingredient in our food. Public Service Review: Central
Government 20: 206-207Blake, R.J., Westbury, D.B., Woodcock, B.A., Sutton, P., and Potts, S.G. (2010). Enhancing biodiversity in existing
grass buffer strips. Aspects of Applied Biology 100: 427-432Contributing author (2010) Insect Pollination, POSTNOTE 348. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
briefing for the House of CommonsPotts S.G. member of Advisory Board for Dicks L.V., Showler D.A. and Sutherland W.J. (2010) Bee conservation:
evidence for the effects of interventions. Synopses of Conservation Evidence, ConservationEvidence.com.2009:
Potts S.G., Woodcock B.A., Roberts S.P.M., Tscheulin T., Ramsay A.J., Pilgrim E., Brown V.K. & Tallowin J.R. (2009)
Enhancing pollinator biodiversity in intensive grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 369-379 Moretti M., de Bello F., Roberts S.P.M. and Potts S.G. (2009) Taxonomical versus functional responses of bee
communities to fire in two contrasting climatic regions. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 98-108 Murray T.E., Kuhlmann M. & Potts S.G. (2009) Conservation ecology of bees: individuals, populations and
communities. Apidologie 40: 211-236 Carré, G. , B.E. Vaissière, R. Chifflet, N. Morison, R. Bommarco, K., Harrison-Cripps J., Krewenka, S.G. Potts, S.P.M.
Roberts, G. Rodet, J. Settele, I. Steffan-Dewenter, H. Szentgyörgyi, T. Tscheulin, C. Westphal, M. Woyciechowski, P. Roche (2009) Landscape context and habitat type as drivers of bee biodiversity in European annual crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 133: 40-47 Woodcock B.A., Potts S.G, Tscheulin T., Pilgrim E., Ramsey A.J., Harrison-Cripps J., Brown V.K. and Tallowin J.R.
(2009) Responses of invertebrate trophic level, feeding guild and body size to the management of improved (grassland field margins. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 920-929 Willmer, P. G., C. V. Nuttman, N. E. Raine, G. N. Stone, J. G. Pattrick, K. Henson, P. Stillman, S. G. Potts and J. T.
Knudsen (2009). Floral volatiles controlling ant behaviour. Functional Ecology 23: 888-900. Smith J., Potts S.G., Woodcock B.A., Eggleton P. (2009) The impact of two arable field margin management schemes
on litter decomposition. Applied Soil Ecology 41: 90-97 Thomas S.G., Rehel S.M., Varghese A., Davidar P., & Potts S.G. (2009) Social bees and food plant associations in the
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. Tropical Ecology 50: 79-88 Thomas S.G., Varghese A., Roy P., Bradbear N., Potts S.G., Davidar P. (2009) Characteristics of trees used as nest
sites by Apis dorsata (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India. Journal of TropicalEcology 25: 559-562Tscheulin T., Petanidou T., Potts S.G. & Settele, J. (2009) The impact of Solanum elaeagnifolium, an invasive plant
in the Mediterranean, on the flower visitation and seed set of the native co-flowering species Glaucium flavum. Plant Ecology 205: 77-852008:
Ricketts T.H., Regetz J., Steffan-Dewenter I., Cunningham S.A., Kremen C., Bogdanski A., Gemmill-Herren B.,
Greenleaf S.S., Klein A.M., Mayfield M.M., Morandin L.A., Ochieng A., Potts S.G., Viana B.F. (2008). Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns? Ecology Letters 11, 499-515. See Corrigendum (2008) Ecology Letters 11, 1121Westphal C., Bommarco R., Lamborn E., Petanidou T., Potts S. G., Roberts S.P.M., Szentgyörgyi H., Vaissière B.E,
Woyciechowski M., Steffan-Dewenter I. (2008) Measuring bee biodiversity in different habitats and
biogeographic regions. Ecological Monographs78, 653-671Smith, J., Potts, S.G., Woodcock, B.A. & Eggleton, P. (2008) Can arable field margins be managed to enhance their
biodiversity, conservation and functional value for soil macrofauna? Journal of Applied Ecology 45, 269-278Smith J., Woodcock B.A., Eggleton P. & Potts S.G. (2008) The value of arable field margins for enhancing soil
macrofaunal biodiversity in agroecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment127, 119-125Smith J., Potts S.G., Eggleton P. (2008) Evaluating the efficiency of sampling methods in assessing soil macrofauna
communities in arable systems. European Journal of Soil Biology 44, 217-276Woodcock B.A., Westbury D.B., Tscheulin T., Harrison-Cripps J., Harris S.J., Ramsey A.J., Brown V.K., & Potts S.G.
(2008) Effects of seed mixture and management on beetle assemblages of arable field margins. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 125, 246–254Westbury, D.B., Woodcock, B.A., Harris, S.J., Brown, V.K. & Potts S.G. (2008) The effect of seed mix and management
on the abundance of desirable and pernicious unsown species in field margin communities. Weed Research 48, 113-1232007:
Kremen C., Williams N.M., Aizen M.A., Gemmill-Herren B., Lebuhn G., Minckley R., Packer L., Potts S. G., Roulston T.,
Steffan-Dewenter I., Vazquez D., Winfree, L. Adams, E. E. Crone, S. S. Greenleaf, T. H. Keitt, A. Klein, J. Regetz R., Ricketts T. (2007) Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land use change. Ecology Letters 10, 299-314Woodcock B.A., Potts S.G., Ramsay A.J., Tscheulin T., Parkinson A., Smith R.E.N., Martyn T.M., Pilgrim E., Gundry A.,
Brown V.K. & Tallowin J.R. (2007) The potential of grass field margin management for enhancing beetle diversity in intensive livestock farms. Journal of Applied Ecology 44, 60-69Woodcock, B.A., Potts, S.G., Westbury, D.B., Ramsay, A.J., Lambert, M., Harris, S.J. & Brown, V.K. (2007) The
importance of sward architectural complexity in structuring predatory and phytophagous invertebrate assemblages. Ecological Entomology 32, 302-311Mortimer, S.R., Kessock-Philip, R., Potts, S.G., Ramsay, A., Roberts, S.P.M., Woodcock, B.A., Hopkins, A., Gundrey, A.,
Dunn, R., Tallowin, J., Vickery, J., & Gough, S. Review of the diet and micro-habitat values for wildlife and the agronomic potential of selected plant species. English Nature, Peterborough, UKContributing author to Status of Pollinators in North America: Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North
America (2007) The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (in press)Ramsay A.J., Potts S.G., Westbury D.B., Woodcock B.A., Tscheulin T.R., Harris S.J. & Brown V.K. (2007) Response of
planthoppers to novel margin management in arable systems. Aspects of Applied Biology 81, Delivering arable biodiversity, 47-52Henderson I.G., Morris A.J., Westbury D.B., Woodcock. B.A., Potts S.G., Ramsay, A.J. & Coombes. R. (2007) Effects of
field margin management on bird distributions around cereal fields. Aspects of Applied Biology 81, Delivering arable biodiversity, 53-602006:
Biesmeijer J.C., Roberts S.P., Reemer M., Ohlemueller R., Edwards M., Peeters T., Schaffers A., Potts S.G., Kleukers
R., Thomas C.D., Settele J., & Kunin W.E. (2006) Parallel declines in pollinators and insect-pollinated plants in Britain and the Netherlands. Science 313, 351-354Potts S.G., Bradbury R.B., Mortimer S. & Woodcock B.W. (2006) Commentary on: Mixed biodiversity benefits of agri-
environment schemes in five European countries. Ecology Letters 9, 254-256Potts S.G., Petanidou T., Roberts S., O’Toole C., Hulbert A., & Willmer P.G. (2006) Plant-pollinator biodiversity and
pollination services in a complex Mediterranean landscape. Biological Conservation 129, 519-529Vulliamy B., Potts S.G. & Willmer P.G. (2006) The effects of cattle grazing on plant-pollinator communities in a
fragmented Mediterranean landscape. Oikos 114, 529-543Ahmad F., Banne S., Castro M., Chavarria G., Clarke J., Collette L., Eardley C., Fonseca V., Freitas B.M., French C.,
Gemmill B., Griswold T., Gross C., Kwapong P., Lundall-Magnuson E., Medellin R., Partap U., Potts S.G., Roth D., Ruggiero M., Urban R. & Willemse G. (2006) Pollinators and Pollination: A resource book for policy and practice (eds. Eardley C., Roth D., Clarke J., Buchmann S. and Gemmill B.). African Pollinator Initiative, South AfricaPetanidou T. & Potts S.G. (2006) Mutual use of resources in Mediterranean plant-pollinator communities: how
specialized are pollination webs?. In: Plant-Pollinator Interactions: Specialization and Generalization (eds. Waser N., Ollerton J.). pp 220-244, University of Chicago PressSchwartz-Tzachora R., Dafni A., Potts S.G., & Eisikowitch D. (2006) An ancient pollinator of a contemporary plant
(Cyclamen persicum): When pollination syndromes break down. Flora 201, 370-373Westphal C., Bommarco R., Lamborn E., Petanidou T., Potts S. G., Roberts S.P.M., Szentgyörgyi H., Vaissière B.E,
Woyciechowski M., Steffan-Dewenter I. (2006) Efficacy of different methods to assess pollinator diversity and density. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Band 36, S. 135 Proceedings of the GFÖ, Vol. 36, p. 135Ogilvy, S.E., Clarke, J.H., Wiltshire, J.J.J., Harris, D., Morris, A., Jones, N., Smith, B., Henderson, I., Westbury, D.B.,
Potts, S.G., Woodcock, B.A. & Pywell, R.G. (2006) SAFFIE - research into research and practice. HGCA Conference, Arable crop protection in the balance: Profit and the environment2005:
Steffan-Dewenter I., Potts S.G. & Packer L. (2005) Pollinator diversity and crop pollination services are at risk. Trends
in Ecology and Evolution 20, 651-652Potts S.G., Vulliamy B., Roberts S., O’Toole C., Dafni A., Ne’eman G. & Willmer P.G. (2005) Role of nesting resources
in organising diverse bee communities in a Mediterranean landscape. Ecological Entomology 30, 78-85Woodcock B., Westbury D., Potts S.G., Harris, S. & Brown V.K. (2005) Establishing field margins to promote beetle
conservation in arable farms. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 107, 255-266Settele J., Hammen V., Hulme P., Karlson U., Klotz S., Kotarac M., Kunin W., Marion G., O'Connor M., Petanidou T.,
Peterson K., Potts S., Pritchard H., Pysek P., Rounsevell M., Spangenberg J., Steffan-Dewenter I., Sykes M., Vighi M., Zobel M. & Kühn I. (2005) ALARM: Assessing large-scale environmental risks for biodiversity with tested methods. Gaia 14, 69-72Beismeijer K., Giurfa M., Koedam D.M., Potts S.G., Joel D. & Dafni A. (2005) Floral guides, nest entrances, and
carnivorous pitchers: similar visual stimuli produced by non-related taxa exploit the same receiver biases. Naturwissenschaften 92, 444-450Contributing author to Diaz S. et al. (2005) Chapter 11. Biological Regulation of Ecosystem Services. In: Ecosystems
and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends, Volume 1 (eds. Hassan R., Scholes R., Ash N.). pp 297-329, Island Press, Washington DCPotts S.G., Kevan P.G. & Boone J.W. (2005) Conservation in Pollination: collecting, surveying and monitoring. In:
Practical Pollination Biology (eds. Dafni A., Kevan P. & Husband C.). pp 401-434, Enviroquest, Cambridge, Ontario, CanadaPotts S.G. (2005) Recording pollinator behaviour on flowers. In: Practical Pollination Biology (eds. Dafni A., Kevan P.
& Husband C.). pp 401-434, 329-339, Enviroquest, Cambridge, Ontario, CanadaContributing author (2005) Farmland Wildlife, POSTNOTE 254. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
briefing for the House of Commons2004:
Potts S.G., Vulliamy B., Roberts S., O’Toole C., Dafni A., Ne’eman G. & Willmer P.G. (2004) Nectar resource diversity
organises flower-visitor community structure. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 113, 103-107Dafni A. & Potts S.G. (2004) Role of flower inclination, depth and height in the preferences of a pollinating beetle
(Coleoptera; Glaphyridae). Journal of Insect Behavior 17, 823-835Potts S.G. (2004) European Pollinator Initiative: assessing the risks of pollinator loss. In: Solitary bees and their role
in pollination. (eds. B. Freitas and V. Fonseca). Proceedings of the International Workshop on solitary bees and their role in pollination pp. 43-55, Fortaleza, Brazil2003:
Potts S.G., Vulliamy B., Dafni A., Ne’eman G. & Willmer P.G. (2003) Linking bees and flowers: how do floral
communities structure pollinator communities? Ecology 84, 2628-2642Potts S.G., Vulliamy B., Dafni A., Ne’eman G., O’Toole C., Roberts S. & Willmer P.G. (2003) Response of plant-
pollinator communities following fire: changes in diversity, abundance and reward structure. Oikos 101, 103-112