MOTH PREDATION BY BATS IN A DORSET GARDEN 2009 and 2010

An interesting study which compares the moth species caught in a light trap in a garden in east Dorset with the species caught by the Long-eared Bats roosting in the porch nearby. There is an extension question sheet attached to this webpage.

POISONS IN THE FOOD CHAIN - THE STORY OF DDT

One of the consequences of the web-like links between the animals and plants in an ecosystem is that chemicals that effect one of the levels in a food web can be passed on through the food web and become concentrated in the top carnivores, the larger predators. The experience of DDT and chemicals like it has become a very serious lesson for scientists and farmers.

THE WAR AGAINST THE GYPSY MOTH IN THE USA

SPRAYING CODLING MOTHS IN ORCHARD - 21st CENTURY STYLE!

METHYL MERCURY POLLUTION IN MINAMATA BAY AND THE AGANO RIVER IN JAPAN

GIVE A FAMILY OF GREAT TITS A HOME IN YOUR ORCHARD! and they will pay you back by eating the insect pests.

FACTORS INFLUENCING POPULATION DYNAMICS

Budburst synchronisation and ballooning - The Winter Moth Story