Prof. Richard Pywell
Science Area Lead, Sustainable Land Management
Ecology and Hydrology
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
United Kingdom
Biography
Richard leads the delivery of knowledge-based solutions to conserve and restore biodiversity, natural resources and ecosystem functions that are responsible for human well-being and livelihoods in semi-natural and intensively managed habitats. He has been to the positions of Science Area Lead for Sustainable Land Management research, Head of a section of 32 staff plus 15 students, Trustee on UK National Biodiversity Network, Visiting Professor at Liverpool University, Contributing author for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment and Scientific advisor to Syngenta Operation Bumblebee and Operation Pollinator. He is leading an independent Pan-European study of the effects of neonicotinoid seed dressings on insect pollinators. This will involve establishing a large-scale replicated experiment on commercial farms in the UK, Germany and Hungary growing commercial oilseed rape crops and examining their impact on pollinator populations.
Research Interest
Ecology and Hydrology
Publications
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Pywell, Richard F.; Heard, Matthew S.; Bradbury, Richard B.; Hinsley, Shelley; Nowakowski, Marek; Walker, Kevin J.; Bullock, James M., 2012, Wildlife-friendly farming benefits rare birds, bees and plants. Biology Letters, 8, 772-775
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Woodcock, Ben A.; Harrower, Colin; Redhead, John; Edwards, Mike; Vanbergen, Adam J.; Heard, Matthew S.; Roy, David B.; Pywell, Richard F., 2014, National patterns of functional diversity and redundancy in predatory ground beetles and bees associated with key UK arable cro. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 142-151
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Woodcock, B.A.; Savage, J.; Bullock, J.M.; Nowakoski, M.; Orr, R.; Tallowin, J.R.B.; Pywell, R.F., 2014, Enhancing floral resources for pollinators in productive agricultural grasslands. Biological Conservation, 171, 44-51
