Michael Garratt

Email:
m.p.garratt@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 6149
Job title:
Senior Research Fellow

Areas of interest

My research focusses on invertebrate ecology in the agri-environment and primarily the impacts of farming practice and land management on the ecosystem services of pest control and pollination underpinning crop production. I have worked in a number of cropping systems including arable, soft fruit and top fruit production and my research is applied and often industry funded.

Specific areas of interest include:

Insect pollination ecology and crop production
Ecological intensification of smallholder farming systems
Effects of agricultural practices on pests and natural enemies
Trophic influences of soil fertility management in agricultural systems
Cereal aphid ecology

Postgraduate supervision

Current PhD Students:

Charlotte Howard (2020-2024) Wildflower habitat; Apples, Aphids, and Allies (FoodBioSystem DTP)
Laura Reeves (2020-2024) Pears, pests and natural enemies: modelling tri-trophic interactions in a changing climate (BBSRC Waitrose CTP)
Kiera Dymond (2019-2023) Sustainable crop production in Chile: Challenges, solutions and the role of biodiversity (BBSRC Waitrose CTP, Greencell)
Nick Buck (2018-2022) Impacts of novel control strategies for Spotted Winged Drosophila on ecosystem services and crop production in raspberries (BBSRC Waitrose CTP, Berry World)
Konstantinos Tsiolis (2018-2022) Bee nesting resources: the missing element of sustainable crop pollination (BBSRC Waitrose CTP, Worldwide Fruit Ltd)
Louise Hutchinson (2017-2022): What is a bee really worth? Mapping the economics of crop pollination (NERC QMEE CDT)

Completed PhD Students:

Victoria Wickens (2011-2015): Understanding and managing the flow of pest regulation services between protected areas and agroecosystems (EU 7th Framework funding)
Zeus Mateos-Fierro (2016-2019): Sustainable production of sweet cherry: maximizing benefits from ecosystem services (Waitrose, Berry Gardens, University of Worcester)

Teaching

Lecturer on:

Principle of Integrated Pest Management
The FATP Sustaining Quality in Raw Material Supply Chains and
Research Methods in Agricultural Ecology and Environment MRes.

I supervise a number of undergraduate and MSc research dissertation students.

Research centres and groups

Centre for Agri-Environmental Research

Biodiversity, Crops and Agro-ecosystems Research Division

Centre for Food Security

Research projects

Current Projects:

BioSmart Towards BIO-smart livestock farming in Colombia: cultural landscapes, silvo-pastoral systems and biodiversity (RCUK-CIAT Newton Fund 2018 - 2021)
SUPER FARM - Sustainable farming through effective pollination and pest regulation in India (GCRF Strategic Fund Substantial Research Projects 2019 - 2022)
OptiSeed - Optimising agronomic and biological inputs for oilseed rape production (AHDB/BBSRC net-zero partnership 2021-2022)
Close the Gap - Focusing on achieving bigger, healthier, better-connected hedgerows (Government's Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2021 - 2022)
SAFEGUARD - Safeguarding European wild pollinators (H2020 2021 - 2024)
GreenRoad - Sustainable growth of the Norwegian Horticulture Food System (The Research Council of Norway 2021 - 2025)
TROPICAL - Translating Research Opportunities to enhance Pollination benefits to economically Important Crops And improve Livelihoods (BBSRC GCRF Translation Awards 2020 - 2022)
NEOPOLL - Effects of Neonicotinoids and Temperature on Crop Pollination (The Research Council of Norway 2017 - 2022)
PMRP Pollinator Monitoring and Research Partnership (Defra, JNCC, the Welsh Government, Scottish Government and project partners 2016-2022)

Completed Projects:

SMOOPS Sustainable Management of Orchard Pollination Services (BBSRC/NERC, Syngenta, Avalon and Worldwide Fruit 2016 - 2020)
CLEANFRUIT - Towards zero residue fruit production: development of sustainable strategies for pest and disease control (EIT Food 2019 - 2020)
Modelling Landscapes for Resilient Pollination Services (BBSRC Global Food Security - 2017-2020)
Kenya EI Ecological Intensification of Smallholder Farms in Kenya (GCRF Development of Equitable Partnerships Projects 2018 - 2019)
Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision to improve economic, environmental and social performance in smallholder farms (British Council Researcher Links 2018)
Promoting Productive and Sustainable Farming in the Indian Himalaya through Ecological Intensification (Royal Society 2018 - 2019)
Better crop pollination and pest regulation for the Ecological Intensification of smallholder farmers in Argentina (British Council Researcher Links 2018)
LIBERATION - Linking farmland biodiversity to ecosystem services for effective ecofunctional intensification (EU FP7 2014-2017)
SUPER-B - Sustainable Pollination in Europe (EU COST Action 2014-2018)
NPPMF - National Pollinator and Pollination Service Monitoring Framework (Defra 2014-2016)
Sustainable Pollination Services for UK Crops - Insect Pollinator Initiative project: Sustainable Management of UK Crop Pollination Services (RCUK 2011-2014)

Professional Activities:

Chair - Royal Entomological Society Pollination Special Interest Group
Associate/Handling Editor - Insect Conservation and Diversity, Food and Energy Security, Agriculture and Forest Entomology
Visiting Research Fellow - Western Sydney University
Jury President - European Landowners Organisation 'European Bee Awards'
Member - Defra Pollinator Advisory Steering Group
Associate Fellow - Higher Education Academy
Member of the British Ecological Society and the Royal Entomological Society

Publications

Reeves, L. , Garratt, M. , Fountain, M. , Senapathi, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-8883-1583 (2022) Climate induced phenological shifts in pears – a crop of economic importance in the UK. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment , 338 ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108109
Bishop, J. ORCID: 0000-0003-2114-230X , Garratt, M. , Nakagawa, S. (2022) Animal pollination increases stability of crop yield across spatial scales. Ecology Letters ISSN: 1461-0248 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14069
Rollin, O. , Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, J. , Yasrebi-de Kom, I. , Garratt, M. , de Groot, G. , Kleijn, D. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Scheper, J. , Carvalheiro, L. (2022) Effects of ozone air pollution on crop pollinators and pollination. Global Environmental Change , 75 ISSN: 9593780 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102529
Weekers, T. , Marshall, L. , Leclercq, N. , Wood, T. , Cejas, D. , Drepper, B. , Garratt, M. , Hutchinson, L. , Roberts, S. , Bosch, J. , Roquer-Beni, L. , Lhomme, P. , Michez, D. , Molenberg, J. , Smagghe, G. , Vandamme, P. , Vereecken, N. (2022) Ecological, environmental, and management data indicate apple production is driven by wild bee diversity and management practices. Ecological Indicators , 139 ISSN: 1470-160X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108880
Mateos‐Fierro, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-6970-6533 , Garratt, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0196-6013 , Fountain, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-1317-4830 , Ashbrook, K. ORCID: 0000-0001-6555-8791 , Westbury, D. ORCID: 0000-0001-7094-0362 (2022) Wild bees are less abundant but show better pollination behaviour for sweet cherry than managed pollinators. Journal of Applied Entomology ISSN: 0931-2048 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.12984
Ratto, F. ORCID: 0000-0001-8411-4379 , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 , Cole, L. , Garratt, M. , Kleijn, D. , Kunin, B. , Michez, D. , O'Connor, R. , Ollerton, J. , Paxton, R. , Poppy, G. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Senapathi, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-8883-1583 , Shaw, R. , Dicks, L. , Peh, K. (2022) Rapid assessment of insect pollination services to inform decision‐making. Conservation Biology ISSN: 0888-8892 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13886
Allen-Perkins, A. , Garratt, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Mauchline, A. ORCID: 0000-0003-1168-8552 , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X (2022) CropPol: a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. Ecology , 103 (3). ISSN: 0012-9658 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3614
Image, M. , Gardner, E. , Clough, Y. , Smith, H. , Baldock, K. , Campbell, A. , Garratt, M. , Gillespie, M. , Kunin, W. , McKerchar, M. , Memmott, J. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Senapathi, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-8883-1583 , Stone, G. , Wackers, F. , Westbury, D. , Wilby, A. , Oliver, T. , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 (2022) Does agri-environment scheme participation in England increase pollinator populations and crop pollination services?. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment , 325 ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107755
Carvell, C. , Mitschunas, N. , McDonald, R. , Hulmes, S. , Hulmes, L. , O'Connor, R. , Garratt, M. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Fountain, M. , Sadykova, D. , Edwards, M. , Nowakowski, M. , Pywell, R. , Redhead, J. (2022) Establishment and management of wildflower areas for insect pollinators in commercial orchards. Basic and Applied Ecology , 58 pp. 2-14. ISSN: 1439-1791 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.11.001
Girling, R. ORCID: 0000-0001-8816-8075 , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 , Garratt, M. (2022) Advancing conservation biological control as a component of IPM of horticultural crops. In: Collier, R. , (eds.) Improving integrated pest management in horticulture. Burleigh Dodds , Cambridge. ISBN: 9781786767530

Hutchinson, L. , Oliver, T. , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 , O'Connor, R. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Roberts, S. , Garratt, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0196-6013 (2021) Inventorying and monitoring crop pollinating bees: evaluating the effectiveness of common sampling methods. Insect Conservation and Diversity ISSN: 1752-458X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12557
Osterman, J. , Landaverde-González, P. , Garratt, M. , Gee, M. , Mandelik, Y. , Langowska, A. , Miñarro, M. , Cole, L. , Eeraerts, M. , Bevk, D. , Avrech, O. , Koltowski, Z. , Trujillo-Elisea, F. , Paxton, R. , Boreux, V. , Seymour, C. , Howlett, B. (2021) On-farm experiences shape farmer knowledge, perceptions of pollinators, and management practices. Global Ecology and Conservation , 32 ISSN: 2351-9894 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01949
Garratt, M. , de Groot, G. , Albrecht, M. , Bosch, J. , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 , Fountain, M. , Klein, A. , McKerchar, M. , Park, M. , Paxton, R. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Pufal, G. , Rader, R. , Senapathi, G. ORCID: 0000-0002-8883-1583 , Andersson, G. , Bernauer, O. , Blitzer, E. , Boreux, V. , Campbell, A. , Carvell, C. , Földesi, R. , García, D. , Garibaldi, L. , Hambäck, P. , Kirkitadze, G. , Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. , Martins, K. , Miñarro, M. , O’Connor, R. , Radzeviciute, R. , Roquer-Beni, L. , Samnegård, U. , Scott, L. , Vereecken, N. , Wäckers, F. , Webber, S. , Japoshvili, G. , Zhusupbaeva, A. (2021) Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and address production shortfalls in an important insect pollinated crop. Ecological Applications ISSN: 0051-0761 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2445
Gardner, E. , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 , Clough, Y. , Smith, H. , Baldock, K. , Campbell, A. , Garratt, M. , Gillespie, M. , Kunin, W. , McKerchar, M. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Senapathi, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-8883-1583 , Stone, G. , Wackers, F. , Westbury, D. , Wilby, A. , Oliver, T. (2021) Field boundary features can stabilise bee populations and the pollination of mass-fowering crops in rotational systems. Journal of Applied Ecology , 58 (10). pp. 2297-2304. ISSN: 0021-8901 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13948
Mateos-Fierro, Z. ORCID: 0000-0002-6970-6533 , Fountain, M. , Garratt, M. , Ashbrook, K. , Westbury, D. (2021) Active management of wildflower strips in commercial sweet cherry orchards enhances natural enemies and pest regulation services. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment , 317 ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107485
Hutchinson, L. , Oliver, T. , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 , Bailes, E. , Brünjes, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-1344-1476 , Campbell, A. , Erhardt, A. , de Groot, G. , Földesi, R. , García, D. , Goulson, D. , Hainaut, H. , Hambäck, P. , Holzschuh, A. , Jauker, F. , Klatt, B. , Klein, A. , Kleijn, D. ORCID: 0000-0003-2500-7164 , Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-5906-4816 , Krimmer, E. , McKerchar, M. , Miñarro, M. , Phillips, B. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Pufal, G. , Radzevičiūtė, R. , Roberts, S. , Samnegård, U. , Schulze, J. ORCID: 0000-0002-6944-0130 , Shaw, R. , Tscharntke, T. , Vereecken, N. , Westbury, D. , Westphal, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-2615-1339 , Wietzke, A. , Woodcock, B. , Garratt, M. (2021) Using ecological and field survey data to establish a national list of the wild bee pollinators of crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment , 315 ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107447
Senapathi, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-8883-1583 , Fründ, J. , Albrecht, M. , Garratt, M. , Kleijn, D. , Pickles, B. ORCID: 0000-0002-9809-6455 , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , An, J. , Andersson, G. , Bänsch, S. , Basu, P. , Benjamin, F. , Bezerra, A. , Bhattacharya, R. , Biesmeijer, J. , Blaauw, B. , Blitzer, E. , Brittain, C. , Carvalheiro, L. , Cariveau, D. , Chakraborty, P. , Chatterjee, A. , Chatterjee, S. , Cusser, S. , Danforth, B. , Degani, E. , Freitas, B. , Garibaldi, L. , Geslin, B. , de Groot, G. , Harrison, T. , Howlett, B. , Isaacs, R. , Jha, S. , Klatt, B. , Krewenka, K. , Leigh, S. , Lindström, S. , Mandelik, Y. , McKerchar, M. , Park, M. , Pisanty, G. , Rader, R. , Reemer, M. , Rundlöf, M. , Smith, B. , Smith, H. , Silva, P. , Steffan-Dewenter, I. , Tscharntke, T. , Webber, S. , Westbury, D. , Wickens, J. , Wickens, V. , Winfree, R. , Zhang, H. , Klein, A. (2021) Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities.. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 288 (1947). ISSN: 0962-8452 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0212
Faichnie, R. , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 , Senapathi, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-8883-1583 , Garratt, M. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X (2021) Scales matter: maximising the effectiveness of interventions for pollinators and pollination. Advances in Ecological Research , 64 pp. 105-147. ISSN: 0065-2504 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2020.11.003
Dymond, K. , Celis-Diez, J. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Howlett, B. , Willcox, B. , Garratt, M. (2021) The role of insect pollinators in avocado production: a global review. Journal of Applied Entomology , 145 (5). pp. 369-383. ISSN: 0931-2048 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.12869
Blasi, M. ORCID: 0000-0003-3252-5402 , Bartomeus, I. ORCID: 0000-0001-7893-4389 , Bommarco, R. , Gagic, V. , Garratt, M. , Holzschuh, A. , Kleijn, D. , Lindström, S. , Olsson, P. , Polce, C. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Rundlöf, M. , Scheper, J. , Smith, H. , Steffan‐Dewenter, I. , Clough, Y. (2021) Evaluating predictive performance of statistical models explaining wild bee abundance in a mass‐flowering crop. Ecography ISSN: 0906-7590 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05308
Kansime, M. , Girling, R. , Mugambi, I. , Mulema, J. , Odour, G. , Chacha, D. , Ouvrard, D. , Kinuthia, W. , Garratt, M. (2021) Rural livelihood diversity and its influence on the ecological intensification potential of smallholder farms in Kenya. Food and Energy Security , 10 (1). ISSN: 2048-3694 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fes3.254
Breeze, T. , Bailey, A. , Balcombe, K. , Brereton, T. , Comont, R. , Edwards, M. , Garratt, M. , Harvey, M. , Hawkes, C. , Isaac, N. , Jitlal, M. , Jones, C. , Kunin, W. , Lee, P. , Morris, R. , Musgrove, A. , O'Connor, R. , Peyton, J. , Potts, S. , Roberts, S. , Roy, D. , Roy, H. , Tang, C. , Vanbergen, A. , Carvell, C. (2021) Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself. Journal of Applied Ecology , 58 (1). pp. 44-57. ISSN: 0021-8901 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13755

Vanbergen, A. , Aizen, M. , Cordeau, S. , Garibaldi, L. , Garratt, M. , Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. , Lecuyer, L. , Ngo, H. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Settele, J. , Skrimizea, E. , Young, J. (2020) Chapter six - transformation of agricultural landscapes in the Anthropocene: nature's contributions to people, agriculture and food security. In: Bohan, D. and Vanbergen, A. , (eds.) The Future of Agricultural Landscapes, Part I. Advances in Ecological Research Advances in Ecological Research (63). pp. 193-253. ISSN: 0065-2504 ISBN: 9780128220177 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2020.08.002
Otieno, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-8509-3298 , Steffan-Dewenter, I. ORCID: 0000-0003-1359-3944 , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Kinuthia, W. , Kasina, M. , Garratt, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0196-6013 (2020) Enhancing legume crop pollination and natural pest regulation for improved food security in changing African landscapes. Global Food Security , 26 ISSN: 2211-9124 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100394
Webber, S. , Garratt, M. , Lukac, M. , Bailey, A. , Huxley, T. , Potts, S. (2020) Quantifying crop pollinator-dependence and pollination deficits: the effects of experimental scale on yield and quality assessments. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment , 304 (1). ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107106
Gardner, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-1669-7151 , Breeze, T. , Clough, Y. , Smith, H. , Baldock, K. , Campbell, A. , Garratt, M. , Gillespie, M. , Kunin, W. , McKerchar, M. , Memmott, J. , Potts, S. , Senapathi, D. , Stone, G. , Wackers, F. , Westbury, D. , Wilby, A. , Oliver, T. (2020) Reliably predicting pollinator abundance: challenges of calibrating process-based ecological models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution , 11 (12). pp. 1673-1689. ISSN: 2041-210X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13483
McKerchar, M. , Potts, S. , Fountain, M. , Garratt, M. , Westbury, D. (2020) The potential for wildflower interventions to enhance natural enemies and pollinators in commercial apple orchards is limited by other management practices. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment , 301 ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107034
Bishop, J. , Garratt, M. , Breeze, T. (2020) Yield benefits of additional pollination to faba bean vary with cultivar, scale, yield parameter and experimental method. Scientific Reports , 10 ISSN: 2045-2322 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58518-1

Steele, D. , Baldock, K. , Breeze, T. , Brown, M. , Carvell, C. , Dicks, L. , Garratt, M. , Norman, H. , Potts, S. , Senapathi, D. , Vanbergen, A. (2019) Management and drivers of change of pollinating insects and pollination services. National Pollinator Strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England, Evidence statements and Summary of Evidence. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK , London.
Dainese, M. , Martin, E. , Aizen, M. , Albrecht, M. , Bartomeus, I. , Bommarco, R. , Carvalheiro, L. , Chaplin-Kramer, R. , Gagic, V. , Garibaldi, L. , Ghazoul, J. , Grab, H. , Jonsson, M. , Karp, D. , Kennedy, C. , Kleijn, D. , Kremen, C. , Landis, D. , Letourneau, D. , Marini, L. , Poveda, K. , Rader, R. , Smith, H. , Tscharntke, T. , Andersson, G. , Badenhausser, I. , Baensch, S. , Bezerra, A. , Bianchi, F. , Boreux, V. , Bretagnolle, V. , Caballero-Lopez, B. , Cavigliasso, P. , Ćetković, A. , Chacoff, N. , Classen, A. , Cusser, S. , da Silva E Silva, F. , de Groot, G. , Dudenhöffer, J. , Ekroos, J. , Fijen, T. , Franck, P. , Freitas, B. , Garratt, M. , Gratton, C. , Hipólito, J. , Holzschuh, A. , Hunt, L. , Iverson, A. , Jha, S. , Keasar, T. , Kim, T. , Kishinevsky, M. , Klatt, B. , Klein, A. , Krewenka, K. , Krishnan, S. , Larsen, A. , Lavigne, C. , Liere, H. , Maas, B. , Mallinger, R. , Martinez Pachon, E. , Martínez-Salinas, A. , Meehan, T. , Mitchell, M. , Molina, G. , Nesper, M. , Nilsson, L. , O'Rourke, M. , Peters, M. , Plećaš, M. , Potts, S. , Ramos, D. , Rosenheim, J. , Rundlöf, M. , Rusch, A. , Sáez, A. , Scheper, J. , Schleuning, M. , Schmack, J. , Sciligo, A. , Seymour, C. , Stanley, D. , Stewart, R. , Stout, J. , Sutter, L. , Takada, M. , Taki, H. , Tamburini, G. , Tschumi, M. , Viana, B. , Westphal, C. , Willcox, B. , Wratten, S. , Yoshioka, A. , Zaragoza-Trello, C. , Zhang, W. , Zou, Y. , Steffan-Dewenter, I. (2019) A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production. Science advances , 5 (10). pp 0. ISSN: 2375-2548 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0121
Garratt, M. , Potts, S. , Banks, G. , Hawes, C. , Breeze, T. , O'Connor, R. , Carvell, C. (2019) Capacity and willingness of farmers and citizen scientists to monitor crop pollinators and pollination services. Global Ecology and Conservation , 20 ISSN: 2351-9894 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00781
O'Connor, R. , Kunin, W. , Garratt, M. , Potts, S. , Roy, H. , Andrews, C. , Jones, C. , Peyton, J. , Savage, J. , Harvey, M. , Morris, R. , Roberts, S. , Wright, I. , Vanbergen, A. , Carvell, C. (2019) Monitoring insect pollinators and flower visitation: the effectiveness and feasibility of different survey methods. Methods in Ecology and Evolution , 10 (12). pp. 2129-2140. ISSN: 2041-210X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13292
Blanusa, T. , Garratt, M. , Cathcart-James, M. , Hunt, L. , Cameron, R. (2019) Urban hedges: a review of plant species and cultivars for ecosystem service delivery in north-west Europe. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening , 44 ISSN: 1618-8667 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126391
Martin, E. , Dainese, M. , Clough, Y. , Báldi, A. , Bommarco, R. , Gagic, V. , Garratt, M. , Holzschuh, A. , Kleijn, D. , Kovács‐Hostyánszki, A. , Marini, L. , Potts, S. , Smith, H. , Al Hassan, D. , Albrecht, M. , Andersson, G. , Asís, J. , Aviron, S. , Balzan, M. , Baños‐Picón, L. , Bartomeus, I. , Batáry, P. , Burel, F. , Caballero‐López, B. , Concepción, E. , Coudrain, V. , Dänhardt, J. , Diaz, M. , Diekötter, T. , Dormann, C. , Duflot, R. , Entling, M. , Farwig, N. , Fischer, C. , Frank, T. , Garibaldi, L. , Hermann, J. , Herzog, F. , Inclán, D. , Jacot, K. , Jauker, F. , Jeanneret, P. , Kaiser, M. , Krauss, J. , Le Féon, V. , Marshall, J. , Moonen, A. , Moreno, G. , Riedinger, V. , Rundlöf, M. , Rusch, A. , Scheper, J. , Schneider, G. , Schüepp, C. , Stutz, S. , Sutter, L. , Tamburini, G. , Thies, C. , Tormos, J. , Tscharntke, T. , Tschumi, M. , Uzman, D. , Wagner, C. , Zubair‐Anjum, M. , Steffan‐Dewenter, I. , eds. (2019) The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe. In: Scherber, C. , (eds.) Ecology Letters , 22 (7). pp. 1083-1094. ISSN: 1461-0248 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13265
Woodcock, B. , Garratt, M. , Powney, G. , Shaw, R. , Osborne, J. , Soroka, J. , Lindström, S. , Stanley, D. , Ouvrard, P. , Edwards, M. , Jauker, F. , McCracken, M. , Zou, Y. , Potts, S. , Rundlöf, M. , Noriega, J. , Greenop, A. , Smith, H. , Bommarco, R. , van der Werf, W. , Stout, J. , Steffan-Dewenter, I. , Morandin, L. , Bullock, J. , Pywell, R. (2019) Meta-analysis reveals that pollinator functional diversity and abundance enhance crop pollination and yield. Nature Communications , 10 (1). ISSN: 2041-1723 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09393-6
Garibaldi, L. , Pérez-Méndez, N. , Garratt, M. , Gemmill-Herren, B. , Miguez, F. , Dicks, L. (2019) Policies for ecological intensification of crop production. Trends in Ecology & Evolution , 34 (4). pp. 282-286. ISSN: 0169-5347 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.003

Mateos-Fierro, Z. , Garratt, M. , Fountain, M. , Ashbrook, K. , Westbury, D. (2018) Wildflower strip establishment for the delivery of ecosystem services in sweet cherry orchards. pp. 179-186.
Karp, D. , Chaplin-Kramer, R. , Meehan, T. , Martin, E. , DeClerck, F. , Grab, H. , Gratton, C. , Hunt, L. , Larsen, A. , Martínez-Salinas, A. , O’Rourke, M. , Rusch, A. , Poveda, K. , Jonsson, M. , Rosenheim, J. , Schellhorn, N. , Tscharntke, T. , Wratten, S. , Zhang, W. , Iverson, A. , Adler, L. , Albrecht, M. , Alignier, A. , Angelella, G. , Zubair Anjum, M. , Avelino, J. , Batáry, P. , Baveco, J. , Bianchi, F. , Birkhofer, K. , Bohnenblust, E. , Bommarco, R. , Brewer, M. , Caballero-López, B. , Carrière, Y. , Carvalheiro, L. , Cayuela, L. , Centrella, M. , Ćetković, A. , Henri, D. , Chabert, A. , Costamagna, A. , De la Mora, A. , de Kraker, J. , Desneux, N. , Diehl, E. , Diekötter, T. , Dormann, C. , Eckberg, J. , Entling, M. , Fiedler, D. , Franck, P. , Frank van Veen, F. , Frank, T. , Gagic, V. , Garratt, M. , Getachew, A. , Gonthier, D. , Goodell, P. , Graziosi, I. , Groves, R. , Gurr, G. , Hajian-Forooshani, Z. , Heimpel, G. , Herrmann, J. , Huseth, A. , Inclán, D. , Ingrao, A. , Iv, P. , Jacot, K. , Johnson, G. , Jones, L. , Kaiser, M. , Kaser, J. , Keasar, T. , Kim, T. , Kishinevsky, M. , Landis, D. , Lavandero, B. , Lavigne, C. , Le Ralec, A. , Lemessa, D. , Letourneau, D. , Liere, H. , Lu, Y. , Lubin, Y. , Luttermoser, T. , Maas, B. , Mace, K. , Madeira, F. , Mader, V. , Cortesero, A. , Marini, L. , Martinez, E. , Martinson, H. , Menozzi, P. , Mitchell, M. , Miyashita, T. , Molina, G. , Molina-Montenegro, M. , O’Neal, M. , Opatovsky, I. , Ortiz-Martinez, S. , Nash, M. , Östman, Ö. , Ouin, A. , Pak, D. , Paredes, D. , Parsa, S. , Parry, H. , Perez-Alvarez, R. , Perović, D. , Peterson, J. , Petit, S. , Philpott, S. , Plantegenest, M. , Plećaš, M. , Pluess, T. , Pons, X. , Potts, S. , Pywell, R. , Ragsdale, D. , Rand, T. , Raymond, L. , Ricci, B. , Sargent, C. , Sarthou, J. , Saulais, J. , Schäckermann, J. , Schmidt, N. , Schneider, G. , Schüepp, C. , Sivakoff, F. , Smith, H. , Stack Whitney, K. , Stutz, S. , Szendrei, Z. , Takada, M. , Taki, H. , Tamburini, G. , Thomson, L. , Tricault, Y. , Tsafack, N. , Tschumi, M. , Valantin-Morison, M. , Van Trinh, M. , van der Werf, W. , Vierling, K. , Werling, B. , Wickens, J. , Wickens, V. , Woodcock, B. , Wyckhuys, K. , Xiao, H. , Yasuda, M. , Yoshioka, A. , Zou, Y. (2018) Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 115 (33). pp. E7863-E7870. ISSN: 0027-8424 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800042115
Garratt, M. , Brown, R. , Hartfield, C. , Hart, A. , Potts, S. (2018) Integrated crop pollination to buffer spatial and temporal variability in pollinator activity. Basic and Applied Ecology , 32 pp. 77-85. ISSN: 1439-1791 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2018.06.005
Garratt, M. , Bishop, J. , Degani, E. , Potts, S. , Shaw, R. , Shi, A. , Roy, S. (2018) Insect pollination as an agronomic input: strategies for oilseed rape production. Journal of Applied Ecology , 55 (6). pp. 2834-2842. ISSN: 0021-8901 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13153
Zhang, H. , Garratt, M. , Bailey, A. , Potts, S. , Breeze, T. (2018) Economic valuation of natural pest control of the summer grain aphid in wheat in South East England. Ecosystem Services , 30 (A). pp. 149-157. ISSN: 2212-0416 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.02.019
Garratt, M. , Bommarco, R. , Kleijn, D. , Martin, E. , Mortimer, S. , Redlich, S. , Senapathi, D. , Steffan-Dewenter, I. , Świtek, S. , Takacs, V. , van Gils, S. , van der Putten, W. , Potts, S. (2018) Enhancing soil organic matter as a route to the ecological intensification of European arable systems. Ecosystems , 21 (7). pp. 1404-1415. ISSN: 1435-0629 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0228-2

Carvell, C. , Isaac, N. , Jitlal, M. , Peyton, J. , Powney, G. , Roy, D. , Vanbergen, A. , O’Connor, R. , Jones, C. , Kunin, B. , Breeze, T. , Garratt, M. , Potts, S. , Harvey, M. , Ansine, J. , Comont, R. , Lee, P. , Edwards, M. , Roberts, S. , Morris, R. , Musgrove, A. , Brereton, T. , Hawes, C. , Roy, H. (2017) Design and testing of a national pollinator and pollination monitoring framework. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Leather, S. , Awmack, C. , Garratt, M. (2017) Growth and development. Aphids as crop pests. CABI International , Wallingford, Oxfordshire. pp. 98-113. ISBN: 9781780647098 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780647098.0098
Gagic, V. , Kleijn, D. , Báldic, A. , Boros, G. , Bracht Jorgensen, H. , Elek, Z. , Garratt, M. , De Grootx, G. , Hedlund, K. , Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. , Marini, L. , Martin, E. , Pevere, I. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Redlich, S. , Senapathi, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-8883-1583 , Steffan-Dewenter, I. , Świtek, S. , Smith, H. , Takács, V. , Tryjanowski, P. , van der Putten, W. , van Gils, S. , Bommarco, R. (2017) Combined effects of agrochemicals and ecosystem services on crop yield across Europe. Ecology Letters , 20 (11). pp. 1427-1436. ISSN: 1461-0248 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12850
Garratt, M. , Senapathi, D. , Coston, D. , Mortimer, S. , Potts, S. (2017) The benefits of hedgerows for pollinators and natural enemies depends on hedge quality and landscape context. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment , 247 pp. 363-370. ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.06.048

Garratt, M. (2016) The importance of pollinator diversity for crop production. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ICE.2016.92408
Garratt, M. , Breeze, T. , Boreux, V. , Fountain, M. , McKerchar, M. , Webber, S. , Coston, D. , Jenner, N. , Dean, R. , Westbury, D. , Biesmeijer, J. , Potts, S. , eds. (2016) Apple pollination: demand depends on variety and supply depends on pollinator identity. In: Ezura, H. , (eds.) PLoS ONE , 11 (5). ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153889
Rader, R. , Bartomeus, I. , Garibaldi, L. , Garratt, M. , Howlett, B. , Winfree, R. , Cunningham, S. , Mayfield, M. , Arthur, A. , Andersson, G. , Bommarco, R. , Brittain, C. , Carvalheiro, L. , Chacoff, N. , Entling, M. , Foully, B. , Freitas, B. , Gemmill-Herren, B. , Ghazoul, J. , Griffin, S. , Gross, C. , Herbertsson, L. , Herzog, F. , Hipólito, J. , Jaggar, S. , Jauker, F. , Klein, A. , Kleijn, D. , Krishnan, S. , Lemos, C. , Lindström, S. , Mandelik, Y. , Monteiro, V. , Nelson, W. , Nilsson, L. , Pattemore, D. , de O. Pereira, N. , Pisanty, G. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Reemer, M. , Rundlöf, M. , Sheffield, C. , Scheper, J. , Schüepp, C. , Smith, H. , Stanley, D. , Stout, J. , Szentgyörgyi, H. , Taki, H. , Vergara, C. , Viana, B. , Woyciechowski, M. (2016) Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 113 (1). pp. 146-151. ISSN: 0027-8424 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1517092112

Gill, R. , Baldock, K. , Brown, M. , Cresswell, J. , Dicks, L. , Fountain, M. , Garratt, M. , Gough, L. , Heard, M. , Holland, J. , Ollerton, J. , Stone, G. , Tang, C. , Vanbergen, A. , Vogler, A. , Woodward, G. , Arce, A. , Boatman, N. , Brand-Hardy, R. , Breeze, T. , Green, M. , Hartfield, C. , O'Connor, R. , Osborne, J. , Phillips, J. , Sutton, P. , Potts, S. (2015) Chapter four - Protecting an ecosystem service: approaches to understanding and mitigating threats to wild insect pollinators. In: Woodward, G. and Bohan, D. , (eds.) Ecosystem Services: From Biodiversity to Society, Part 2. Advances in Ecological Research , 54. Advances in Ecological Research , 54 pp. 135-206. ISSN: 0065-2504 ISBN: 9780081009789 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2015.10.007
Garibaldi, L. , Bartomeus, I. , Bommarco, R. , Klein, A. , Cunningham, S. , Aizen, M. , Boreux, V. , Garratt, M. , Carvalheiro, L. , Kremen, C. , Morales, C. , Schüepp, C. , Chacoff, N. , Freitas, B. , Gagic, V. , Holzschuh, A. , Klatt, B. , Krewenka, K. , Krishnan, S. , Mayfield, M. , Motzke, I. , Otieno, M. , Petersen, J. , Potts, S. , Ricketts, T. , Rundlöf, M. , Sciligo, A. , Sinu, P. , Steffan-Dewenter, I. , Taki, H. , Tscharntke, T. , Vergara, C. , Viana, B. , Woyciechowski, M. , eds. (2015) EDITOR'S CHOICE: REVIEW: Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity. In: Devictor, V. , (eds.) Journal of Applied Ecology , 52 (6). pp. 1436-1444. ISSN: 1365-2664 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12530
Stanley, D. , Garratt, M. , Wickens, J. , Wickens, V. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X , Raine, N. (2015) Neonicotinoid pesticide exposure impairs crop pollination services provided by bumblebees. Nature , 528 (7583). pp. 548-550. ISSN: 1476-4687 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16167
Kleijn, D. , Winfree, R. , Bartomeus, I. , Carvalheiro, L. , Henry, M. , Isaacs, R. , Klein, A. , Kremen, C. , M'Gonigle, L. , Rader, R. , Ricketts, T. , Williams, N. , Lee Adamson, N. , Ascher, J. , Báldi, A. , Batáry, P. , Benjamin, F. , Biesmeijer, J. , Blitzer, E. , Bommarco, R. , Brand, M. , Bretagnolle, V. , Button, L. , Cariveau, D. , Chifflet, R. , Colville, J. , Danforth, B. , Elle, E. , Garratt, M. , Herzog, F. , Holzschuh, A. , Howlett, B. , Jauker, F. , Jha, S. , Knop, E. , Krewenka, K. , Le Féon, V. , Mandelik, Y. , May, E. , Park, M. , Pisanty, G. , Reemer, M. , Riedinger, V. , Rollin, O. , Rundlöf, M. , Sardiñas, H. , Scheper, J. , Sciligo, A. , Smith, H. , Steffan-Dewenter, I. , Thorp, R. , Tscharntke, T. , Verhulst, J. , Viana, B. , Vaissière, B. , Veldtman, R. , Westphal, C. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X (2015) Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation. Nature Communications , 6 ISSN: 2041-1723 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8414
Nayak, G. , Roberts, S. , Garratt, M. , Breeze, T. , Tscheulin, T. , Harrison-Cripps, J. , Vogiatzakis, I. , Stirpe, M. , Potts, S. (2015) Interactive effect of floral abundance and semi-natural habitats on pollinators in field beans (Vicia faba). Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment , 199 pp. 58-66. ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.08.016

Garratt, M. , Truslove, C. , Coston, D. , Evans, R. , Moss, E. , Dodson, C. , Jenner, N. , Biesmeijer, J. , Potts, S. (2014) Pollination deficits in UK apple orchards. Journal of Pollination Ecology , 12 (2). pp. 9-14. ISSN: 1920-7603
Polce, C. , Garratt, M. , Termansen, M. , Ramirez-Villegas, J. , Challinor, A. , Lappage, M. , Boatman, N. , Crowe, A. , Endalew, A. , Potts, S. , Somerwill, K. , Biesmeijer, J. (2014) Climate-driven spatial mismatches between British orchards and their pollinators: increased risks of pollination deficits. Global Change Biology , 20 (9). pp. 2815-2828. ISSN: 1365-2486 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12577
Garratt, M. , Coston, D. , Truslove, C. , Lappage, M. , Polce, C. , Dean, R. , Biesmeijer, J. , Potts, S. (2014) The identity of crop pollinators helps target conservation for improved ecosystem services. Biological Conservation , 169 pp. 128-135. ISSN: 0006-3207 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.11.001
Garratt, M. , Breeze, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-8929-8354 , Jenner, N. , Polce, C. , Biesmeijer, J. , Potts, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-2045-980X (2014) Avoiding a bad apple: insect pollination enhances fruit quality and economic value. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment , 184 pp. 34-40. ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.10.032

Wickens, V. , Garratt, M. , Bailey, A. , Potts, S. (2013) Cereal aphids and their natural enemies: responses to landscape composition and agri-environment schemes. Aspects of Applied Biology , 121 pp. 187-192. ISSN: 0265-1491
Polce, C. , Termansen, M. , Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J. , Boatman, N. , Budge, G. , Crowe, A. , Garratt, M. , Pietravalle, S. , Potts, S. , Ramirez, J. , Somerwill, K. , Biesmeijer, J. (2013) Species distribution models for crop pollination: a modelling framework applied to Great Britain. PLoS ONE , 8 (10). ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076308
Vanbergen , A. , Baude , M. , Biesmeijer , J. , Britton , N. , Brown , M. , Brown , M. , Bryden , J. , Budge , G. , Bull , J. , Carvell , C. , Challinor , A. , Connolly , C. , Evans , D. , Feil , E. , Garratt, M. , Greco , M. , Heard , M. , Jansen , V. , Keeling , M. , Kunin , W. , Marris , G. , Memmott , J. , Murray , J. , Nicolson , S. , Osborne , L. , Paxton , R. , Pirk , C. , Polce , C. , Potts, S. , Priest , N. , Raine , N. , Roberts, S. , Ryabov , E. , Shafir , S. , Shirley , M. , Simpson , S. , Stevenson , P. , Stone , G. , Termansen , M. , Wright , G. (2013) Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment , 11 (5). pp. 251-259. ISSN: 1540-9295 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/120126

Butler, J. , Garratt, M. , Leather, S. (2012) Fertilisers and insect herbivores: a meta-analysis. Annals of Applied Biology , 161 (3). pp. 223-233. ISSN: 0003-4746 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2012.00567.x

Garratt, M. , Wright, D. , Leather, S. (2011) The effect of farming system and fertilisers on pests and natural enemies: A synthesis of current research. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment , 141 (3-4). pp. 261-270. ISSN: 0167-8809 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.014

Garratt, M. , Leather, S. , Wright, D. (2010) Tritrophic effects of organic and conventional fertilisers on a cereal-aphid-parasitoid system. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata , 134 (3). pp. 211-219. ISSN: 1570-7458 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00957.x
Garratt, M. , Wright, D. , Leather, S. (2010) The effects of organic and conventional fertilizers on cereal aphids and their natural enemies. Agricultural and Forest Entomology , 12 (3). pp. 307-318. ISSN: 1461-9555 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-9563.2010.00480.x

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