Dr Amelia Hood

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Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Areas of interest
I am interested in sustainable farming, and in win-wins for biodiversity and production in particular. I like conducting manipulative ecological experiments, embedding people into field studies (e.g. via participatory research), and am especially fascinated by the weirdness of invertebrates.
My current research focuses on co-designing biodiversity interventions with arable farmers in the UK, and I have conducted cover crop and agroforestry experiments. I am particularly interested in silvoarable farming, and its potential to provide resilience to climate change. I have worked in several other systems too, including oil palm agriculture, cassava agriculture, and tropical rainforest.
In my previous role as an evidence synthesist, I conducted a case study for dynamic meta-analysis, which increases user access to relevant evidence via an interactive database. This sparked an interest in data management practices, and I designed an author-level metric (the data-index) to promote data sharing, a reporting checklist (AgroEcoList) to improve reporting standards, and two ontologies (AgriOntologies) to improve data interoperability in agricultural research.
Postgraduate supervision
- Rosy Scholes - FoodBioSystems DTP, How does silvoarable agroforestry affect soil health and climate resilience in the UK?
Research projects
Current Project:
- SHOWCASE: Showcasing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services to help farmers capitalising on native biodiversity (EU H2020).
- Treescapes Fellowship: How can we facilitate the expansion of silvoarable systems in the UK? (NERC)
Publications
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Martin, P.
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Christie, A.
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Shackelford, G.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Wang, S. , Li, B. , Morgan, W. , Lee, M. , Aldridge, D. , Sutherland, W. (2023) Flexible synthesis can deliver more tailored and timely evidence for research and policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 120 (25). ISSN: 0027-8424 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221911120
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Shackelford, G.
ORCID: 0000-0003-0949-0934 , Christie, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8465-8410 , Usieta, H. , Martin, P.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5346-8868 , Sutherland, W.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6498-0437 (2023) A systematic map of cassava farming practices and their agricultural and environmental impacts using new ontologies: Agri‐ontologies 1.0. Ecological Solutions and Evidence , 4 (2). pp 0. ISSN: 2688-8319 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12249
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Daykin, G.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8636-8954 , Aizen, M. , Barrett, L. , Bartlett, L.
ORCID: 0000-0002-4418-8071 , Batáry, P. , Garibaldi, L. , Güncan, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1765-648X , Gutam, S.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5376-1565 , Maas, B. , Mitnala, J. , Montaño-Centellas, F. , Muoni, T. , Öckinger, E. , Okechalu, O. , Ostler, R. , Potts, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Rose, D. , Topp, C. , Usieta, H. , Utoblo, O. , Watson, C. , Zou, Y. , Sutherland, W. , Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 (2023) AgroEcoList 1.0: a checklist to improve reporting standards in ecological research in agriculture. PLoS ONE , 18 (6). pp 0. ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285478
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Luke, S.
ORCID: 0000-0002-8335-5960 , Roy, H. , Thomas, C.
ORCID: 0000-0003-2822-1334 , Tilley, L. , Ward, S. , Watt, A. , Carnaghi, M.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Jaworski, C. , Tercel, M. , Woodrow, C. , Aown, S. , Banfield-Zanin, J.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4471-039X , Barnsley, S. , Berger, I. , Brown, M. , Bull, J. , Campbell, H. , Carter, R.
ORCID: 0000-0002-0394-6307 , Charalambous, M. , Cole, L.
ORCID: 0000-0002-3929-0530 , Ebejer, M. , Farrow, R. , Fartyal, R. , Grace, M. , Highet, F. , Hill, J. , Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Kent, E. , Krell, F. , Leather, S.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3007-8514 , Leybourne, D.
ORCID: 0000-0001-5836-3849 , Littlewood, N. , Lyons, A.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7204-063X , Matthews, G. , Mc Namara, L. , Menéndez, R. , Merrett, P. , Mohammed, S. , Murchie, A. , Noble, M. , Paiva, M. , Pannell, M. , Phon, C. , Port, G. , Powell, C. , Rosell, S. , Sconce, F.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3400-7502 , Shortall, C.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7175-5393 , Slade, E. , Sutherland, J. , Weir, J. , Williams, C. , Zielonka, N. , Dicks, L. (2023) Grand challenges in entomology: priorities for action in the coming decades. Insect Conservation and Diversity , 16 (2). pp. 173-189. ISSN: 1752-4598 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12637
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Todman, L.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1232-294X , Bush, A. , Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 (2023) Small Data for big insights in ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution , 38 (7). pp. 615-622. ISSN: 0169-5347 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.01.015
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Xing, S.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Dial, R. , Fayle, T. (2022) Species turnover in ant assemblages is greater horizontally than vertically in the world's tallest tropical forest. Ecology and Evolution , 12 (8). ISSN: 2045-7758 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9158
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Agung Ketut Aryawan, A. , Advento, A. , Suberkah, W. , Ashton‐Butt, A. , Ps, S. , Caliman, J. , Naim, M. , Foster, W. , Turner, E. (2022) A whole‐ecosystem method for experimentally suppressing ants on a small scale. Methods in Ecology and Evolution , 13 (4). pp. 852-865. ISSN: 2041-210X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13774
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 and Sutherland, W. (2021) The data-index: an author-level metric that values impactful data and incentivises data sharing. Ecology and Evolution , 11 (21). pp. 14344-14350. ISSN: 2045-7758 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8126
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Sutherland, W.
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Taylor, N.
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Aldridge, D.
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Martin, P.
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Rhodes, C.
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Shackelford, G.
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Beard, S.
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Belfield, H.
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Bladon, A.
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Brick, C.
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Christie, A.
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Dobson, A.
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Downey, H.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Hua, F. , Hughes, A. , Jarvis, R. , MacFarlane, D. , Morgan, W. , Mupepele, A. , Marciniak, S. , Nelson, C. , Ó hÉigeartaigh, S. , Rojas, C. , Sainsbury, K. , Smith, R. , Sundaram, L. , Thornton, A. , Watkins, J. , White, T. , Willott, K. , Petrovan, S. (2021) A solution scan of societal options to reduce transmission and spread of respiratory viruses: SARS-CoV-2 as a case study. Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity , 3 (2). pp. 84-90. ISSN: 2588-9338 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jobb.2021.08.003
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Shackelford, G.
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Martin, P.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Christie, A. , Kulinskaya, E. , Sutherland, W. (2021) Dynamic meta-analysis: a method of using global evidence for local decision making. BMC Biology , 19 (1). ISSN: 1741-7007 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-00974-w
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Luke, S.
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Advento, A.
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Agung Ketut Aryawan, A.
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Nugroho Adhy, D.
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Ashton-Butt, A.
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Barclay, H.
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Prajna Dewi, J.
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Drewer, J.
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Dumbrell, A.
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Eycott, A.
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Harianja, M.
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Hinsch, J.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Kurniawan, C. , Kurz, D. , Mann, D. , Matthews Nicholass, K. , Naim, M. , Pashkevich, M. , Prescott, G. , Ps, S. , Purnomo, D. , Purwoko, R. , Putra, S. , Rambe, T. , Spear, D. , Tan, D. , Tao, H. , Tarigan, R. , Wahyuningsih, R. , Waters, H. , Harto Widodo, R. , Woodham, C. , Caliman, J. , Slade, E. , Snaddon, J. , Foster, W. , Turner, E. (2020) Managing oil palm plantations more sustainably: large-scale experiments within the biodiversity and ecosystem function in tropical agriculture (BEFTA) programme. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change , 2 (75). ISSN: 2624-893X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00075
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Advento, A. , Stone, J. , Fayle, T. , Fairnie, A. , Waters, H. , Foster, W. , Snaddon, J. , Ps, S. , Caliman, J. , Naim, M. , Turner, E. (2020) Removing understory vegetation in oil palm agroforestry reduces ground-foraging ant abundance but not species richness. Basic and Applied Ecology , 48 pp. 26-36. ISSN: 1439-1791 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2020.07.002
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Pashkevich, M. , Dahlsjö, C. , Advento, A. , Agung Ketut Aryawan, A. , Caliman, J. , Naim, M. , Head, J. , Turner, E. (2020) Termite mounds house a diversity of taxa in oil palm plantations irrespective of understory management. Biotropica , 52 (2). pp. 345-350. ISSN: 1744-7429 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12754
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Aryawan, A. , Advento, A. , Puromo, D. , Wahyuningsih, R. , Luke, S. , Ps, S. , Snaddon, J. , Foster, W. , Caliman, J. , Turner, E. , Naim, M. (2019) Understory vegetation in oil palm plantations promotes leopard cat activity, but does not affect rats or rat damage. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change , 2 (51). ISSN: 2624-893X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00051
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Redmond, C.
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Auga, J.
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Gewa, B.
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Segar, S.
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Miller, S.
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Molem, K.
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Weiblen, G.
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Butterill, P.
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Maiyah, G.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Volf, M. , Jorge, L. , Basset, Y. , Novotný, V. (2019) High specialization and limited structural change in plant‐herbivore networks along a successional chronosequence in tropical montane forest. Ecography , 42 (1). pp. 162-172. ISSN: 0906-7590 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03849
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Padfield, R.
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Hansen, S.
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Davies, Z.
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Ehrensperger, A.
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Slade, E.
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Evers, S.
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Papargyropoulou, E.
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Bessou, C.
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Abdullah, N.
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Page, S.
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Ancrenaz, M.
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Aplin, P.
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Balqis Dzulkafli, S.
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Barclay, H.
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Chellaiah, D.
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Choudhary, S.
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Conway, S.
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Cook, S.
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Copeland, A.
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Campos-Arceiz, A.
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Deere, N.
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Drew, S.
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Gilvear, D.
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Gray, R.
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Haller, T.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Huat, L. , Huynh, N. , Kangayatkarasu, N. , Pin Koh, L. , Kumaran Kolandai, S. , Ah Hee Lim, R. , Loong Yeong, K. , Lucey, J. , Luke, S. , Mitchell, S. , Montefrio, M. , Mullin, K. , Nainar, A. , Nekaris, K. , Nijman, V. , Nunes, M. , Nurhidayu, S. , O'Reilly, P. , Puan, C. , Ruppert, N. , Salim, H. , Schouten, G. , Tallontire, A. , Smith, T. , Tao, H. , Tham, M. , Varkkey, H. , Wadey, J. , Yule, C. , Azhar, B. , Sayok, A. , Vairappan, C. , Bicknell, J. , Struebig, M. (2019) Co-producing a research agenda for sustainable palm oil. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change , 2 (13). ISSN: 2624-893X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2019.00013
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Eycott, A.
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Advento, A.
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Waters, H.
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Luke, S.
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Agang Ketut Aryawan, A.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Naim, M. , Ps, S. , Purnomo, P. , Rambe, T. , Suhardi, S. , Tarigan, R. , Wahyuningsih, R. , Harto Widodo, R. , Caliman, J. , Snaddon, J. , Foster, W. , Turner, E. (2019) Resilience of ecological functions to drought in an oil palm agroecosystem. Environmental Research Communications , 1 ISSN: 2515-7620 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab48da
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Ashton-Butt, A.
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Aryawan, A.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Naim, M. , Purnomo, D. , Suhardi , Wahyuningsih, R. , Willcock, S. , Poppy, G. , Caliman, J. , Turner, E. , Foster, W. , Peh, K. , Snaddon, J. (2018) Understory vegetation in oil palm plantations benefits soil biodiversity and decomposition rates. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change , 1 ISSN: 2624-893X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2018.00010
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Plowman, N.
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Hood, A.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3803-0603 , Moses, J. , Redmond, C. , Novotny, V. , Klimes, P. , Fayle, T. (2017) Network reorganization and breakdown of an ant–plant protection mutualism with elevation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 284 (1850). ISSN: 0962-8452 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2564