- 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
Michael Garratt

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+44 (0) 118 378 6149
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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
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)
Publications
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Reeves, L.
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Garratt, M.
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Fountain, M.
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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
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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
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Rollin, O.
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Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, J.
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Yasrebi-de Kom, I.
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Garratt, M.
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de Groot, G.
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Kleijn, D.
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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
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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
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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
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Allen-Perkins, A.
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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
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Image, M.
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Gardner, E.
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Clough, Y.
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Smith, H.
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Baldock, K.
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Campbell, A.
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Garratt, M.
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Gillespie, M.
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Kunin, W.
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McKerchar, M.
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Memmott, J.
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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
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Carvell, C.
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Mitschunas, N.
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McDonald, R.
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Hulmes, S.
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Hulmes, L.
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O'Connor, R.
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Garratt, M.
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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
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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
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Hutchinson, L.
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Oliver, T.
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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
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Garratt, M.
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de Groot, G.
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Albrecht, M.
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Bosch, J.
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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
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Gardner, E.
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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
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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
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Hutchinson, L.
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Oliver, T.
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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
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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
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Faichnie, R.
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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
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Dymond, K.
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Celis-Diez, J.
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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
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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
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Vanbergen, A.
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Aizen, M.
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Cordeau, S.
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Garibaldi, L.
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Garratt, M.
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Kovács-Hostyánszki, A.
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Lecuyer, L.
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Ngo, H.
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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
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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
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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
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- 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
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