Towards Scalable Insect Monitoring: Ultra-Lightweight CNNs as On-Device Triggers for Insect Camera Traps

Authors: Gardiner, Ross, Rowands, Sareh, Simmons, Benno I.

Subject Terms: Quantitative Biology - Quantitative Methods, Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Science - Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Image and Video Processing

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14467

DustNet: skillful neural network predictions of Saharan dust

Authors: Nowak, Trish E., Augousti, Andy T., Simmons, Benno I., Siegert, Stefan

Subject Terms: Physics - Geophysics, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Physics - Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability, 86-06(Primary), 86A10(Secondary), J.2, I.2.1, I.2.7

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11754

Plant–frugivore interactions across the Caribbean islands : Modularity, invader complexes and the importance of generalist species

Authors: Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., Galetti, Mauro, Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N., Simmons, Benno I., Gonçalves, Fernando, Morales-Pérez, Alcides L., Navarro, Luis, Tarazona-Tubens, Fabio L., Schubert, Spencer, Carlo, Tomas, Salazar, Jackeline, Faife-Cabrera, Michel, Strong, Allan, Madden, Hannah, Mitchell, Adam, Dalsgaard, Bo

Source: Diversity and Distributions, 2022 Nov 01. 28(11), 2361-2374.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48691527

CropPol : A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

Authors: Allen-Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra-Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., de Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A. M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza-Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A. N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., da Silva, Fabiana Oliveira, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., da Silva e Silva, Felipe D., Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González-Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P. D., Jodar, Diego N. Nabaes, Stewart, Rebecca I. A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L. W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Chan, D. Susan Willis, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K. S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J. J. A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero-Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega-Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes-Silva, Patrícia, de Oliveira, Rosana Halinski, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., García, Fermín José Chamorro, Parra, Guiomar Nates, Pigozo, Camila Magalhães, Bartomeus, Ignasi

Source: Ecology, 2022 Mar 01. 103(3), 1-8.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27121100

Innovation and forward‐thinking are needed to improve traditional synthesis methods: A response to Pescott and Stewart

Authors: Christie, Alec P., Amano, Tatsuya, Martin, Philip A., Shackelford, Gorm E., Simmons, Benno I., Sutherland, William J.

Source: Journal of applied ecology. 59(5):1191-1197

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Interconnecting fragmented forests: Small and mobile birds are cornerstones in the plant-frugivore meta-network.

Authors: Chen Zhu, Dalsgaard, Bo, Wande Li, Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N., Simmons, Benno I., Peng Ren, Yuhao Zhao, Di Zeng, Gonçalves, Fernando, Xue Zhang, Longxiao Chang, Ping Ding, Xingfeng Si

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 2/18/2025, Vol. 122 Issue 7, p1-10, 38p

Subject Terms: FRAGMENTED landscapes, SEED dispersal, BODY size, FUNCTIONAL connectivity, DATA recorders & recording

Dense afforestation reduces plant–pollinator network diversity and persistence.

Authors: Pérez‐Gómez, Álvaro, Godoy, Oscar, Ojeda, Fernando, Repeto‐Deudero, Irene, Kaiser‐Bunbury, Christopher, Simmons, Benno I.

Source: Functional Ecology; Feb2025, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p531-541, 11p

Evaluating Impact Using Time-Series Data

Authors: Wauchope, Hannah S., Amano, Tatsuya, Geldmann, Jonas, Johnston, Alison, Simmons, Benno I., Sutherland, William J., Jones, Julia P.G.

Source: In Trends in Ecology & Evolution March 2021 36(3):196-205

The influence of biogeographical and evolutionary histories on morphological trait‐matching and resource specialization in mutualistic hummingbird–plant networks

Authors: Dalsgaard, Bo, Maruyama, Pietro Kiyoshi, Sonne, Jesper, Hansen, Katrine, Zanata, Thais B., Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Alarcón, Ruben, Araujo, Andréa C., Araújo, Francielle P., Buzato, Silvana, Chávez‐González, Edgar, Coelho, Aline G., Cotton, Peter A., Díaz‐Valenzuela, Román, Dufke, Maria F., Enríquez, Paula L., Martins Dias Filho, Manoel, Fischer, Erich, Kohler, Glauco, Lara, Carlos, Las‐Casas, Flor Maria G., Rosero Lasprilla, Liliana, Machado, Adriana O., Machado, Caio G., Maglianesi, María A., Malucelli, Tiago S., Marín‐Gómez, Oscar H., Martínez‐García, Vanessa, Mendes de Azevedo‐Júnior, Severino, da Silva Neto, Edvaldo Nunes, Oliveira, Paulo E., Ornelas, Juan Francisco, Ortiz‐Pulido, Raul, Partida‐Lara, Ruth, Patiño‐González, Blanca Itzel, Najara de Pinho Queiroz, Steffani, Ramírez‐Burbano, Mónica B., Rech, André, Rocca, Márcia A., Rodrigues, Licléia C., Rui, Ana M., Sazima, Ivan, Sazima, Marlies, Simmons, Benno I., Tinoco, Boris A., Varassin, Isabela G., Vasconcelos, Marcelo F., Vizentin‐Bugoni, Jeferson, Watts, Stella, Kennedy, Jonathan D., Rahbek, Carsten, Schleuning, Matthias, Martín González, Ana M., Spasojevic, Marko

Source: Functional ecology. 35(5):1120-1133

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Maxnodf: An R package for fair and fast comparisons of nestedness between networks

Authors: Hoeppke, Christoph, Simmons, Benno I., Freckleton, Robert

Source: Methods in ecology and evolution. 12(4):580-585

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Niche and neutral processes leave distinct structural imprints on indirect interactions in mutualistic networks

Authors: Simmons, Benno I., Beckerman, Andrew P., Hansen, Katrine, Maruyama, Pietro K., Televantos, Constantinos, Vizentin‐Bugoni, Jeferson, Dalsgaard, Bo, García, Daniel

Source: Functional ecology. 35(3):753-763

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The challenge of biased evidence in conservation

Authors: Christie, Alec P., Amano, Tatsuya, Martin, Philip A., Petrovan, Silviu O., Shackelford, Gorm E., Simmons, Benno I., Smith, Rebecca K., Williams, David R., Wordley, Claire F. R., Sutherland, William J.

Source: Conservation biology. 35(1):249-262

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Hurricane‐induced pollinator shifts in a tightly coadapted plant–hummingbird mutualism.

Authors: Schrøder, Taia S. O., Gonçalves, Fernando, Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R., Zhang, Tianying, Jensen, Rasmus D., Tarazona‐Tubens, Fabio L., Kim, Seokmin, Galetti, Mauro, Simmons, Benno I., Kaiser‐Bunbury, Christopher N., Temeles, Ethan J., Dalsgaard, Bo

Source: New Phytologist; Oct2024, Vol. 244 Issue 1, p16-20, 5p

Subject Terms: POLLEN, COMPETITION (Biology), RESOURCE availability (Ecology), PLANT reproduction, ENDANGERED species

Policy windows for the environment: Tips for improving the uptake of scientific knowledge

Authors: Rose, David C., Mukherjee, Nibedita, Simmons, Benno I., Tew, Eleanor R., Robertson, Rebecca J., Vadrot, Alice B.M., Doubleday, Robert, Sutherland, William J.

Source: In Environmental Science and Policy November 2020 113:47-54

Poor availability of context-specific evidence hampers decision-making in conservation

Authors: Christie, Alec P., Amano, Tatsuya, Martin, Philip A., Petrovan, Silviu O., Shackelford, Gorm E., Simmons, Benno I., Smith, Rebecca K., Williams, David R., Wordley, Claire F.R., Sutherland, William J.

Source: In Biological Conservation August 2020 248

Ecological mechanisms explaining interactions within plant–hummingbird networks : morphological matching increases towards lower latitudes

Authors: Sonne, Jesper, Vizentin-Bugoni, Jeferson, Maruyama, Pietro K., Araujo, Andréa C., Chávez-González, Edgar, Coelho, Aline G., Cotton, Peter A., Marín-Gómez, Oscar H., Lara, Carlos, Lasprilla, Liliana R., Machado, Caio G., Maglianesi, Maria A., Malucelli, Tiago S., González, Ana M. Martín, Oliveira, Genilda M., Oliveira, Paulo E., Ortiz-Pulido, Raul, Rocca, Márcia A., Rodrigues, Licléia C., Sazima, Ivan, Simmons, Benno I., Tinoco, Boris, Varassin, Isabela G., Vasconcelos, Marcelo F., O’Hara, Bob, Schleuning, Matthias, Rahbek, Carsten, Sazima, Marlies, Dalsgaard, Bo

Source: Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 2020 Mar 01. 287(1922), 1-9.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27096223

Correction to ‘Trait evolution, resource specialization and vulnerability to plant extinctions among Antillean hummingbirds’

Authors: Dalsgaard, Bo, Kennedy, Jonathan D., Simmons, Benno I., Baquero, Andrea C., González, Ana M. Martín, Timmermann, Allan, Maruyama, Pietro K., McGuire, Jimmy A., Ollerton, Jeff, Sutherland, William J., Rahbek, Carsten

Source: Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 2019 Dec 01. 286(1916), 1-1.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26875273

Simple study designs in ecology produce inaccurate estimates of biodiversity responses

Authors: Christie, Alec P., Amano, Tatsuya, Martin, Philip A., Shackelford, Gorm E., Simmons, Benno I., Sutherland, William J.

Source: Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019 Dec 01. 56(12), 2742-2754.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48580590

Beware greedy algorithms

Authors: Simmons, Benno I., Hoeppke, Christoph, Sutherland, William J.

Source: Journal of Animal Ecology, 2019 May 01. 88(5), 804-807.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48579949

Insights from two decades of the Student Conference on Conservation Science

Authors: Geldmann, Jonas, Alves-Pinto, Helena, Amano, Tatsuya, Bartlett, Harriet, Christie, Alec P., Collas, Lydia, Cooke, Sophia C., Correa, Roberto, Cripps, Imogen, Doherty, Anya, Finch, Tom, Garnett, Emma E., Hua, Fangyuan, Jones, Julia Patricia Gordon, Kasoar, Tim, MacFarlane, Douglas, Martin, Philip A., Mukherjee, Nibedita, Mumby, Hannah S., Payne, Charlotte, Petrovan, Silviu O., Rocha, Ricardo, Russell, Kirsten, Simmons, Benno I., Wauchope, Hannah S., Worthington, Thomas A., Trevelyan, Rosie, Green, Rhys, Balmford, Andrew

Source: In Biological Conservation March 2020 243