Postgraduate Students
		ROBIN BLAKE PhD Student Room: GU08 Agriculture Tel: +44 (0)118 378 4397 Email: r.blake@reading.ac.uk
		Career
		1996 - 2000 1997 - 1998 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2003 2003 - 2007 2007 - 2011 BSc University of Bath Field Trials Assistant (Year in Employment Scheme), Cyanamid Agriculture Scientific Officer Zeneca Agrochemicals Experimental Biologist, Syngenta Terrestrial Ecotoxicologist, Syngenta PhD Student, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research
		Research Interests Conservation of farmland biodiversity Interaction between field margin management and ecosystem services Invertebrate and plant ecology. CÆR Projects Increasing the biodiversity benefits of existing field margins through novel management practices. Recent Publications Blake, R.J., Westbury, D.B., Woodcock, B.A., Sutton, P., and Potts, S.G. (2011) Investigating the phytotoxicity of the graminicide fluazifop-P-butyl against native UK wildflower species. Pest Management Science, in press (DOI 10.1002/ps.2282). Blake, 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, 506-513. Blake, R.J., Westbury, D.B., Woodcock, B.A., Sutton, P., and Potts, S.G. (2011) Enhancing habitat to help the plight of the bumblebee. Pest Management Science, 67(4), 377-379. Blake, R.J., Woodcock, B.A., Westbury, D.B., Sutton, P., and Potts, S.G. (2011) New tools to boost butterfly habitat in existing grass buffer strips. Journal of Insect Conservation, 15, 221-232. Blake, R.J., Westbury, D.B., Woodcock, B.A., Sutton, P., and Potts, S.G. (2011) Improving butterfly habitat in existing grass buffer strips. Aspects of Applied Biology, 108, 67-72. Blake, 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, 427-432.