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 arabiensis; Anopheles gambiae complex; Aedes; Culex; Malaria; Presence; Abundance; Bayesian hierarchical modelling; WAIC

Low, Matthew, Tsegaye, Admasu, Ignell, Rickard, Hill, Sharon, Elleby, Rasmus, Feltelius, Vilhelm and Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2016) The importance of accounting for larval detectability in mosquito habitat-association studies. Malaria Journal, 15:253. ISSN 1475-2875 (Print), 1475-2875 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1308-4)

Anopheles, landing, mosquito, behaviour

Carnaghi, Manuela, Belmain, Steven R. ORCID: 0000-0002-5590-7545 , Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Hawkes, Frances M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2021) Multimodal synergisms in host stimuli drive landing response in malaria mosquitoes. Scientific Reports, 11:7379. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86772-4)

Bti; larvicide; environmental impact

Land, Magnus, Bundschuh, Mirco, Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Poulin, Brigitte and McKie, Brendan (2023) Effects of mosquito control using the microbial agent Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: a systematic review. Environmental Evidence, 12:26. pp. 1-27. ISSN 2047-2382 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-023-00319-w)

Ecosystem services; Urban water; Warsaw; Poland; Environment

Sikorska, Daria, Sikorski, Piotr and Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2017) High biodiversity of green infrastructure does not contribute to recreational ecosystem services. Sustainability, 9 (3). p. 334. ISSN 2071-1050 (Print), 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030334)

Equine; Shelter; Behaviour; Weather; Insects

Hartmann, Elke, Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , von Brömssen, Claudia and Dahlborn, Kristina (2015) 24-h sheltering behaviour of individually kept horses during Swedish summer weather. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 57 (1). ISSN 1751-0147 (Print), 1751-0147 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-015-0135-x)

LLIN – Multivariable logistic regression – Ownership – SSA – Utilization

Tassew, Admasu, Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Deressa, Wakgari (2017) Factors influencing the ownership and utilization of long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria prevention in Ethiopia. Malaria Journal, 16:262. ISSN 1475-2875 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1907-8)

Leaf wettability; Water repellency; Plant funcional traits; Contact angle; Surface free energy; Interception

Sikorska, Daria, Papierowska, Ewa, Szatyłowicz, Jan, Sikorska, Piotr, Suprun, Katarzyna and Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2017) Variation in leaf surface hydrophobicity of wetland plants: the role of plant traits in water retention. Wetlands, 37 (5). pp. 997-1002. ISSN 0277-5212 (Print), 1943-6246 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-017-0924-2)

Malaria, Mosquito, entomology, behaviour, landscape

Debebe, Yared, Hill, Sharon, Tekie, Habte, Ignell, Rickard and Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2018) Shady business: understanding the spatial ecology of exophilic Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria Journal (17):351. ISSN 1475-2875 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2499-7)

Microplitis similis, Spodoptera litura (F.), Host age preference, Weight gain, Food consumption

Chen, Xu-Yang, Hopkins, R. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Zhao, Yi-Pei and Huang, Guo-Hua (2017) A place to grow? Host choice and larval performance of Microplitis similis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the host Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environmental Entomology, 46 (3). pp. 642-648. ISSN 0046-225X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvx076)

Mites, IPM, Field Margins

Sikorska, D., Garnis, J., Dąbrowski, Z. T., Sikorski, P., Gozdowski, D. and Hopkins, R. J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2019) Thus far but no further: predatory mites do not migrate effectively into strawberry plantations. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 77 (3). pp. 359-373. ISSN 0168-8162 (Print), 1572-9702 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-019-00357-5)

Mosquito, Movement, Tracking

Buck, Moritz, Nilsson, Louise K.J., Brunius, Carl, Dabiré, Roch K., Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Terenius, Olle (2016) Bacterial associations reveal spatial population dynamics in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Scientific Reports, 6:22806. ISSN 2045-2322 (Print), 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22806)

Mosquito, Vector, Survival, Growth

Asmare, Yelfwagash, Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Tekie, Habte, Hill, Sharon R. and Ignell, Rickard (2017) Grass pollen affects survival and development of larval Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Insect Science, 17 (5):93. ISSN 1536-2442 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iex067)

Mosquito; Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles coluzzii; Egg laying; Oviposition

Asmare, Yelfwagash, Hill, Sharon R., Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Tekie, Habte and Ignell, Rickard (2017) The role of grass volatiles on oviposition site selection by Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles coluzzii. Malaria Journal, 16 (65). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1475-2875 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1717-z)

Mosquito; Malaria

Hien, Domonbabele F. d. S., Dabiré, Kounbobr R., Roche, Benjamin, Diabaté, Abdoulaye, Yerbanga, Rakiswende S., Cohuet, Anna, Yameogo, Bienvenue K., Gouagna, Louis-Clément, Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Ouedraogo, Georges A., Simard, Frédéric, Ouedraogo, Jean-Bosco, Ignell, Rickard and Lefevre, Thierry (2016) Plant-mediated effects on mosquito capacity to transmit human malaria. PLOS Pathogens, 12 (8). e1005773. ISSN 1553-7374 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005773)

Parasitoid, Host, Virus

Li, Shun-Ji, Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Zhao, Yi-Pei, Zhang, Yun-Xuan, Hu, Jue, Chen, Xu-Yang, Xu, Zhi and Huang, Guo-Hua (2016) Imperfection works: Survival, transmission and persistence in the system of Heliothis virescens ascovirus 3h (HvAV-3h), Microplitis similis and Spodoptera exigua. Scientific Reports, 6:21296. ISSN 2045-2322 (Print), 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21296)

Sustainable – Intensification – Smallholder – Dairying

Chagunda, Mizeck G. G., Mwangwela, Agnes, Mumba, Chisoni, Dos Anjos, Filomena, Kawonga, Bettie S., Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Chiwona-Kartun, Linley (2016) Assessing and managing intensification in smallholder dairy systems for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Regional Environmental Change, 16 (8). pp. 2257-2267. ISSN 1436-3798 (Print), 1436-378X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0829-7)

agrivoltaics; strawberry; tomato; metabolite

Ademola, Oluwaseyi, Ferrara, Bill T. ORCID: 0000-0002-2163-4032 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Thompson, Elinor ORCID: 0000-0002-6434-9290 (2024) Crop biology agrivoltaics systems' skewed spectrum light. In: Horticultural Science: From Discovery to Application, 26th - 27th Mar, 2024, Reading. (In Press)

equine; housing; insects; shelter; weather; welfare

Hartmann, E., Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Blomgren, E., Ventorp, M., von Brömssen, C. and Dahlborn, K. (2015) Daytime shelter use of individually kept horses during Swedish summer. Journal of Animal Science, 93 (2). pp. 802-810. ISSN 1525-3163 (doi:https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8598)

insect, climate change, physiology

Yi, Si-Jia, Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Chen, Xu-Yang, Chen, Zhuang‐Mei, Wang, Xing and Huang, Guo-Hua (2020) Effects of temperature on the development and fecundity of Microplitis similis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Physiological Entomology, 45 (2-3). pp. 95-102. ISSN 0307-6962 (Print), 1365-3032 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/phen.12321)

invasive species

Sikorska, Daria ORCID: 0000-0003-2906-7009 , Sikorski, Piotr, Archiciński, Piotr, Chormański, Jarosław ORCID: 0000-0002-3800-4205 and Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2019) You can’t see the woods for the trees: invasive acer negundo L. in urban riparian forests harms biodiversity and limits recreation activity. Sustainability, 11 (20):5838. ISSN 2071-1050 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205838)

malaria, mosquito, Ethiopia

Debebe, Yared, Hill, Sharon Rose, Tekie, Habte, Dugassa, Sisay, Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Ignell, Rickard (2020) Malaria hotspots explained from the perspective of ecological theory underlying insect foraging. Scientific Reports, 10:21449. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78021-x)

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)

mosquito, Bti

Land, Magnus ORCID: 0000-0002-6410-2589 , Bundschuh, Mirco, Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Poulin, Brigitte and McKie, Brendan G. (2019) What are the effects of control of mosquitoes and other nematoceran Diptera using the microbial agent Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems? A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence, 8:32. ISSN 2047-2382 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-019-0175-1)

mosquito; malaria; trapping; Africa

Debebe, Yared, Tekie, Habte, Dugassa, Sisay, Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Hill, Sharon and Ignell, Rickard (2024) Mosquito odour-baited mass trapping reduced malaria transmission intensity: a result from a controlled before-and-after intervention study. BMC Medicine, 22 (41). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1741-7015 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03255-9)

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)

organic fertilisers; anopheles arabiensis; anopheles gambiae sensu stricto; rice cultivation; malaria vectors; mosquito larvae; life history traits

Hardy, Harrison, Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Mnyone, Ladslaus and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2022) Manure and mosquitoes: life history traits of two malaria vector species enhanced by larval exposure to cow dung, whilst chicken dung has a strong negative effect. Parasites and Vectors, 15 (472). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1756-3305 (Print), 1756-3305 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05601-3)

organic fertilisers; oviposition; Anopheles arabiensis; rice cultivation; malaria vectors

Hardy, Harrison, Harte, Steven ORCID: 0000-0001-9628-7912 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Mnyone, Ladslaus and Hawkes, Frances ORCID: 0000-0002-0964-3702 (2023) The influence of manure-based organic fertilisers on the oviposition behaviour of Anopheles arabiensis. Acta Tropica, 244:106954. pp. 1-11. ISSN 0001-706X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.106954)

parasitoid, Spodoptera

Ou-Yang, Yi Yi, Zhao, Yi Pei, Hopkins, Richard J. ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 , Chen, Xu Yang, Huang, Guo-Hua and Wang, Xing (2018) Parasitism of two Spodoptera spp. by Microplitis prodeniae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 111 (3). pp. 1131-1136. ISSN 0022-0493 (Print), 1938-291X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy085)

solar power; agrivoltaics; biochemistry; soft fruit; crop

Ademola, Oluwaseyi, Duvenage, Francois, Selim, Arwa ORCID: 0000-0001-5552-7561 , Ferrara, Bill T. ORCID: 0000-0002-2163-4032 , Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Thompson, Elinor ORCID: 0000-0002-6434-9290 (2023) Crop biology under agrivoltaics systems’ skewed spectrum light. In: SEB annual conference, 4th - 7th July 2023, Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

urban green space; COVID

Sikorska, Daria, Wojnowska-Heciak, Magdalena, Heciak, Jakub, Bukowska, Joanna, Łaszkiewicz, Edyta, Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 and Sikorski, Piotr (2023) Rethinking urban green spaces for urban resilience. Do green spaces need adaptation to meet public post-covid expectations? Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 80:127838. ISSN 1618-8667 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127838)

vector; blood-feeding; chemical ecology; behavioural ecology

Hopkins, Richard ORCID: 0000-0003-4935-5825 (2022) Resource location in a complex sensory landscape. In: Ignell, R, Lazzari, CR, Lorenzo, MG and Hill, SR, (eds.) Sensory ecology of disease vectors. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, pp. 17-27. ISBN 978-9086863808; 978-9086869329 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-932-9_1)