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Identifying key knowledge needs for evidence-based conservation of wild insect pollinators: a collaborative cross-sectoral exercise

  1. Lynn V. Dicks1,*,
  2. Andrew Abrahams2,
  3. John Atkinson3,
  4. Jacobus Biesmeijer4,5,
  5. Nigel Bourn6,
  6. Chris Brown7,
  7. Mark J.F. Brown8,
  8. Claire Carvell9,
  9. Chris Connolly10,
  10. James E. Cresswell11,
  11. Pat Croft12,
  12. Ben Darvill13,
  13. Paul De Zylva14,
  14. Philip Effingham15,
  15. Michelle Fountain16,
  16. Anthony Goggin17,
  17. Debbie Harding18,
  18. Tony Harding19,
  19. Chris Hartfield20,
  20. Matthew S. Heard9,
  21. Richard Heathcote21,
  22. David Heaver22,
  23. John Holland23,
  24. Mike Howe24,
  25. Brin Hughes25,
  26. Theresa Huxley26,
  27. William E. Kunin4,
  28. Julian Little27,
  29. Caroline Mason28,
  30. Jane Memmott29,
  31. Juliet Osborne30,
  32. Tim Pankhurst31,
  33. Robert J. Paxton32,33,
  34. Michael J.O. Pocock9,
  35. Simon G. Potts34,
  36. Eileen F. Power35,
  37. Nigel E. Raine8,
  38. Elizabeth Ranelagh36,
  39. Stuart Roberts37,
  40. Rob Saunders38,
  41. Katie Smith39,
  42. Richard M. Smith40,
  43. Peter Sutton41,
  44. Luke A.N. Tilley12,
  45. Andrew Tinsley42,
  46. Athayde Tonhasca43,
  47. Adam J. Vanbergen44,
  48. Sarah Webster45,
  49. Alan Wilson28,
  50. William J. Sutherland1

Article first published online: 12 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00221.x

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Insect Conservation and Diversity

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volume 6, Issue 3, pages 435–446, May 2013

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Dicks, L. V., Abrahams, A., Atkinson, J., Biesmeijer, J., Bourn, N., Brown, C., Brown, M. J.F., Carvell, C., Connolly, C., Cresswell, J. E., Croft, P., Darvill, B., De Zylva, P., Effingham, P., Fountain, M., Goggin, A., Harding, D., Harding, T., Hartfield, C., Heard, M. S., Heathcote, R., Heaver, D., Holland, J., Howe, M., Hughes, B., Huxley, T., Kunin, W. E., Little, J., Mason, C., Memmott, J., Osborne, J., Pankhurst, T., Paxton, R. J., Pocock, M. J.O., Potts, S. G., Power, E. F., Raine, N. E., Ranelagh, E., Roberts, S., Saunders, R., Smith, K., Smith, R. M., Sutton, P., Tilley, L. A.N., Tinsley, A., Tonhasca, A., Vanbergen, A. J., Webster, S., Wilson, A., Sutherland, W. J. (2013), Identifying key knowledge needs for evidence-based conservation of wild insect pollinators: a collaborative cross-sectoral exercise. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 6: 435–446. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00221.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  2. 2

    Poll Gorm, Argyll, UK

  3. 3

    The Co-operative, Corporate Affairs Department, Manchester, UK

  4. 4

    Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

  5. 5

    Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

  6. 6

    Butterfly Conservation, Wareham, UK

  7. 7

    Asda, Leeds, UK

  8. 8

    School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK

  9. 9

    NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK

  10. 10

    Centre for Neuroscience, Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

  11. 11

    College of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

  12. 12

    Stockbridge Technology Centre, Selby, UK

  13. 13

    Bumblebee Conservation Trust, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK

  14. 14

    Friends of the Earth, London, UK

  15. 15

    Greentech Consultancy, Boston, UK

  16. 16

    East Malling Research, Kent, UK

  17. 17

    Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF), Warwickshire, UK

  18. 18

    BBSRC, Swindon, UK

  19. 19

    World Wide Fruit, Spalding, UK

  20. 20

    National Farmers Union, Warwickshire, UK

  21. 21

    Heineken UK Ltd, Hereford, UK

  22. 22

    Natural England, Worcester, UK

  23. 23

    Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge, UK

  24. 24

    Countryside Council for Wales, Maes-y-ffynnon, Bangor, UK

  25. 25

    Conservation Grade, Biggleswade, UK

  26. 26

    Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, London, UK

  27. 27

    Bayer CropScience Ltd, Cambridge, UK

  28. 28

    Waitrose, John Lewis plc, London, UK

  29. 29

    School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

  30. 30

    Environment & Sustainability Institute, College of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

  31. 31

    Plantlife, Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, UK

  32. 32

    School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast, UK

  33. 33

    Institute for Biology/General Zoology, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle Saale, Germany

  34. 34

    School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK

  35. 35

    Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

  36. 36

    Campaign for the Farmed Environment, Cambridge, UK

  37. 37

    Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, UK

  38. 38

    Glaxo SmithKline, Brentford, UK

  39. 39

    The Co-operative Farms, Manchester, UK

  40. 40

    Buglife, The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, Peterborough, UK

  41. 41

    Syngenta, Bracknell, UK

  42. 42

    Horticultural Development Company, East Malling Enterprise Centre, East Malling, UK

  43. 43

    Scottish Natural Heritage, Perth, UK

  44. 44

    NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK

  45. 45

    Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Bristol, UK

**Correspondence: Lynn V. Dicks, Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK. E-mail: lvd22@cam.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 MAY 2013
  2. Article first published online: 12 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 26 JUL 2012

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  • Arcadia

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