Aedes; behaviour; chemical ecology; chikungunya; container productivity; dengue; insect ecology; vectorial capacity; Zika

David, Mariana R., Maciel-de-Freitas, Rafael, Petersen, Martha T., Bray, Daniel, Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 , Fernandez-Grandon, G. Mandela ORCID: 0000-0002-2993-390X , Young, Stephen, Gibson, Gabriella and Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2023) Aedes aegypti oviposition-sites choice under semi-field conditions. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2023. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0269-283X (Print), 1365-2915 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12670)

Anopheles gambiae, carbon dioxide, circadian activity, endogenous rhythm, haematophagy, host odour, host-seeking, M molecular form, video analysis

Hawkes, Frances, Young, Stephen and Gibson, Gabriella (2012) Modification of spontaneous activity patterns in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto when presented with host-associated stimuli. Physiological Entomology, 37 (3). pp. 233-240. ISSN 0307-6962 (Print), 1365-3032 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.2012.00838.x)

Anopheles, mosquito, malaria, Ethiopia, entomology, insect baheviour

Tirados, Iñaki, Gibson, Gabriella, Young, Stephen and Torr, Stephen J. (2011) Are herders protected by their herds? An experimental analysis of zooprophylaxis against the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis. Malaria Journal, 10 (68). ISSN 1475-2875 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-68)

Better Cotton Initiative, Voluntary Sustainability Standards, India, ISEAL Alliance, Social, Economic and Environmental impacts

Kumar, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-0157-1310 , Nelson, V. ORCID: 0000-0003-1075-0238 , Martin, A. ORCID: 0000-0001-9305-7302 , Badal, D., Latheef, A., Suresh Reddy, B., Narayanan, L., Young, S. and Hartog, M. (2016) Evaluation of the early impacts of the better cotton initiative on smallholder cotton producers in Kurnool District, India: Baseline report. ISEAL Alliance, London.

Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål 1775); Oriental Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria manilensis (Meyen 1835); spectral analysis; Kalman filter; spectral coherence; convergence cross mapping; sunspot groups; ENSO; SOI; IOD; NAO

Cheke, Robert A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , Young, Stephen, Wang, Xia, Tratalos, Jamie A., Tang, Sanyi and Cressman, Keith (2020) Evidence for a causal relationship between the solar cycle and locust abundance. Agronomy, 11 (1):69. pp. 1-22. ISSN 2073-4395 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010069)

Desert Locust; Biocontrol; Metarhizium acridum; avian predation

Mullié, Wim C., Cheke, Robert A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , Young, Stephen, Ibrahim, Abdou Baoua and Murk, Albertinka J. (2021) Increased and sex-selective avian predation of desert locusts Schistocerca gregaria treated with Metarhizium acridum. PLoS ONE, 16 (1):e0244733. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244733)

Environmental variables; Cluster analysis; PCA; CCA; Simulium damnosum complex

Cheke, Robert A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , Young, Stephen and Garms, Rolf (2016) Ecological characteristics of Simulium breeding sites in West Africa. Acta Tropica, 167. pp. 148-156. ISSN 0001-706X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.12.022)

Ipomea batata (L.) Lam, carotenoids, bioaccessibility, cooking, vitamin A activity, β-carotene

Bechoff, Aurélie ORCID: 0000-0001-8141-4448 , Poulaert, Marie, Tomlins, Keith I., Westby, Andrew, Menya, Geoffrey, Young, Stephen and Dhuique-Mayer, Claudie (2011) Retention and bioaccessibility of β-carotene in blended foods containing orange-fleshed sweet potato flour. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 59 (18). pp. 10373-10380. ISSN 0021-8561 (Print), 1520-5118 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/jf201205y)

Livestock health; disease burden; global; survey; data users

Randolph (Grace), Delia ORCID: 0000-0002-0195-9489 , Amenu, Kebede, Daborn, Chris J., Knight-Jones, Theodore, Huntington, Benjamin, Young, Stephen, Poole, Jane and Rushton, Jonathan (2024) Current and potential use of animal disease data by stakeholders in the global south and north. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 226:106189. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0167-5877 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106189)

Onchocerciasis vectors; Simulium damnosum complex; transmission; dispersal; parous rates

Walsh, J. Frank, Cheke, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 and Young, Stephen (2023) A field investigation of short-range dispersal by female Simulium damnosum s.l. Acta Tropica, 240:106863. pp. 1-6. ISSN 0001-706X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.106863)

Onchocerciasis; Onchocerca volvulus; Savannah strain; Forest strain; Blindness prevalence; Microfilarial prevalence; Simulium damnosum s.l.; Annual transmission potential; West Africa

Cheke, Robert A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , Little, Kirsty E., Young, Stephen, Walker, Martin and Basáñez, Maria-Gloria (2021) Taking the strain out of onchocerciasis? A reanalysis of blindness and transmission data does not support the existence of a savannah blinding strain of onchocerciasis in West Africa. Advances in Parasitology, 111. ISSN 0065-308X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2021.01.002)

Simulium damnosum, Biting rates, Granger test, Parity rates, Time series

Cheke, R. A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , Young, S. and Garms, R. (2016) Inverse density dependence of parity rates in the onchocerciasis vector Simulium damnosum s.l. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 30 (1). pp. 85-88. ISSN 0269-283X (Print), 1365-2915 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12145)

attraction time; blowflies; dismemberment; oviposition; post-mortem interval; wrapping method

Brownlow, Linda ORCID: 0000-0002-0422-914X , Young, Stephen, Fernández-Grandon, Mandela and Hopkins, Richard J. (2022) Case closed: wrappings and encasement delays and reduces fly presence on body parts. Forensic Science International, 342:111542. ISSN 0379-0738 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111542)

bird pest control, fenthion, red-billed Quelea, Acetylcholinesterase, Butyrylcholinesterase, haemoglobin, non-target birds and reptiles, Africa

Cheke, Robert A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , McWilliam, Andrew N., Mbereki, Collen, van der Walt, Etienne, Mtobesya, Boaz, Magoma, Richard N., Young, Stephen and Eberly, J. Patrick (2012) Effects of the organophosphate fenthion for control of the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea on cholinesterase and haemoglobin concentrations in the blood of target and non-target birds. Ecotoxicology, 21 (7). pp. 1761-1770. ISSN 0963-9292 (Print), 1573-3017 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-012-0911-6)

food insecurity, household diet diversity, livelihood system, pastoral, seasonal variation

Mayanja, Maureen, Rubaire-Akiiki, Chris, Morton, John ORCID: 0000-0002-8013-5794 , Young, Stephen and Greiner, Ted (2015) Diet diversity in pastoral and agro-pastoral households in Ugandan rangeland ecosystems. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 54 (5). pp. 529-545. ISSN 0367-0244 (Print), 1543-5237 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2015.1041135)

malaria; mosquitoes; landing; host-seeking; thermal; visual; cues; host

Carnaghi, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-4595-082X , Mandelli, Federico, Feugère, Lionel ORCID: 0000-0003-0883-5224 , Joiner, Jillian, Young, Stephen, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) Visual and thermal stimuli modulate mosquito-host contact with implications for improving malaria vector control tools. iScience, 27 (1):108578. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2589-0042 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108578)

mosquitoes, vector-borne diseases, host choice, blood-feeding behaviour, epidemiology

Teltscher, Fiona, Bouvaine, Sophie ORCID: 0000-0002-0788-3243 , Gibson, Gabriella, Dyer, Paul, Guest, Jennifer, Young, Stephen and Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2021) Understanding mosquito host choice behaviour: a new and cost-effective method of identifying the sex of human hosts in mosquito blood meals. Parasites & Vectors, 14:75. ISSN 1756-3305 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04577-w)

simulium damnosum complex, onchocerca volvulus, temperature, rainfall, river discharges, mathematical models

Cheke, Robert A. ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Perry, Malorie, White, Michale T., Garms, Rolf, Obuobie, E., Lamberton, Poppy H.L., Young, Stephen, Osei-Atweneboana, Mike Y., Intsiful, Joseph, Shen, Mingwang, Boakye, Daniel A. and Wilson, Michael D. (2015) Potential effects of warmer worms and vectors on onchocerciasis transmission in West Africa. Philosophical Transactions B, 370 (1665):20130559. ISSN 0962-8436 (Print), 1471-2970 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0559)