Ka S. Lim

TL;DR: A long-term study of the migration of large and small insects over the southern United Kingdom for a decade reveals a major transport process with implications for ecosystem services, processes, and biogeochemistry.

TL;DR: Automated tracking of bumblebees and computer simulations reveal how bees locate a series of flowers and optimize their routes to visit them all.

TL;DR: Harmonic radar technology is applied to characterize the impact of an emerging pathogen - Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) - on honeybee flight and orientation performance in the field and suggests that infected bees express normal flight characteristics but are constrained in their homing ability, potentially compromising the colony by reducing its resource inputs but also counteracting the intra-colony spread of infection.

TL;DR: Migrant hoverfly abundance fluctuated greatly between years, but there was no evidence of a population trend during the 10-year study period, demonstrating that migrant hoverflies are key to maintaining essential ecosystem services.

TL;DR: Harmonic radar was used to record the natural foraging behaviour of Bombus terrestris audax workers over their entire foraging career, shedding light on the way bumblebees balance exploration of the environment with exploitation of resources and reveal extreme levels of variation between individuals.