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Thomas C. Ings
Researcher at Anglia Ruskin University
Publications - 36
Citations - 2870
Thomas C. Ings is an academic researcher from Anglia Ruskin University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bombus terrestris & Foraging. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 35 publications receiving 2621 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas C. Ings include Queen Mary University of London & CABI.
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Ecological networks--beyond food webs.
Thomas C. Ings,José M. Montoya,José M. Montoya,Jordi Bascompte,Nico Blüthgen,Lee E. Brown,Carsten F. Dormann,Francois Edwards,Francois Edwards,David J. Figueroa,David J. Figueroa,Ute Jacob,J. Iwan Jones,Rasmus B. Lauridsen,Mark E. Ledger,Hannah Lewis,Jens M. Olesen,F. J. Frank van Veen,Phil H. Warren,Guy Woodward +19 more
TL;DR: A number of 'dead ends' and 'fruitful avenues' are suggested for future research into ecological networks by suggesting a new catalogue of evermore complete, taxonomically resolved, and quantitative data.
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Ecological Networks in a Changing Climate
Guy Woodward,Jonathan P. Benstead,Oliver S. Beveridge,Julia L. Blanchard,Thomas Brey,Lee E. Brown,Wyatt F. Cross,Nikolai Friberg,Thomas C. Ings,Ute Jacob,Simon Jennings,Mark E. Ledger,Alexander M. Milner,José M. Montoya,Eoin J. O'Gorman,Jens M. Olesen,Owen L. Petchey,Doris E. Pichler,Daniel C. Reuman,Murray S. A. Thompson,F. J. Frank van Veen,Gabriel Yvon-Durocher +21 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the possibility that a few principal drivers underpin network-level responses to climate change, and that these drivers can be studied to develop a more coherent theoretical framework than is currently provided by phenomenological approaches.
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Speed-accuracy tradeoffs and false alarms in bee responses to cryptic predators.
Thomas C. Ings,Lars Chittka +1 more
TL;DR: Bumblebees in the cryptic-spider treatment made a functional decision to trade off reduced foraging efficiency via increased inspection times and false-alarm rates against higher potential fitness loss from being injured or eaten.
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Influence of agricultural management, sward structure and food resources on grassland field use, by birds in lowland England
Philip W. Atkinson,Robert J. Fuller,Juliet A. Vickery,Greg J. Conway,J. R. B. Tallowin,R. E. N. Smith,K. A. Haysom,Thomas C. Ings,E. J. Asteraki,Valerie K. Brown +9 more
TL;DR: While it appears that intensification of grassland management has been deleterious to the summer food resources of insectivorous birds that use insects living within the grass sward, intensification may have been beneficial to several species in winter through the enhancement of soil invertebrates.
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Adaptation, genetic drift, pleiotropy, and history in the evolution of bee foraging behavior.
TL;DR: The chapter illustrates the value of a number of approaches taken from the toolbox of the modern evolutionary biologist, which can be used to study the adaptive nature of foraging behavior.