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Edgar C TurnerInstitute of Continuing Education, University of CambridgeVerified email at cam.ac.uk
Jake L SnaddonUniversity of BelizeVerified email at ub.edu.bz
Tom M FayleSenior Lecturer in Ecology, Queen Mary University of LondonVerified email at qmul.ac.uk
Sarah H. LukeSchool of Biosciences, University of NottinghamVerified email at nottingham.ac.uk
M. D. Farnon EllwoodSenior Lecturer in Ecology & Conservation, Bangor UniversityVerified email at bangor.ac.uk
Mohammad NaimPT.SMART TbkVerified email at sinarmas-agri.com
Paul EggletonMerit Researcher, the Natural History Museum, LondonVerified email at nhm.ac.uk
Kalsum Mohd YusahSenior Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia SabahVerified email at ums.edu.my
Arthur Y.C. ChungResearcher, Sabah Forestry DepartmentVerified email at sabah.gov.my
David L SternJanelia Research Campus, HHMIVerified email at janelia.hhmi.org
Andrea ManicaProfessor of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Zoology, University of CambridgeVerified email at cam.ac.uk
David C AldridgeUniversity of CambridgeVerified email at zoo.cam.ac.uk
Holly BarclaySchool of Science, Monash University MalaysiaVerified email at monash.edu
Amelia SC HoodResearch Associate, Department of Agriculture, Policy, and Development, University of ReadingVerified email at reading.ac.uk
David P EdwardsProfessor of Plant Ecology, University of CambridgeVerified email at cam.ac.uk
Tristram D. WyattSenior Research Fellow, Dept of Biology, University of OxfordVerified email at biology.ox.ac.uk
Graham William PrescottThe Biodiversity ConsultancyVerified email at thebiodiversityconsultancy.com
Alexander ShingletonProfessor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at ChicagoVerified email at uic.edu
Tim G BentonChatham House and University of LeedsVerified email at chathamhouse.org
Gavin BroadNatural History MuseumVerified email at nhm.ac.uk

William A. Foster

Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge

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Entomology Behavioural Ecology Conservation Biology


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Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect. WA Foster, JE Treherne Nature 293 (5832), 1981	759	1981
Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality P Abbot, J Abe, J Alcock, S Alizon, JAC Alpedrinha, M Andersson, ... Nature 471 (7339), E1-E4, 2011	546	2011
Establishing the evidence base for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function in the oil palm landscapes of South East Asia WA Foster, JL Snaddon, EC Turner, TM Fayle, TD Cockerill, MDF Ellwood, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366 …, 2011	395	2011
The evolution of soldiers in aphids DL Stern, WA Foster Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 71 (1), 27 - 79, 1996	297	1996
Doubling the estimate of invertebrate biomass in a rainforest canopy MDF Ellwood, WA Foster Nature 429 (6991), 549-551, 2004	293	2004
Oil palm expansion into rain forest greatly reduces ant biodiversity in canopy, epiphytes and leaf-litter TM Fayle, EC Turner, JL Snaddon, VK Chey, AYC Chung, P Eggleton, ... Basic and Applied Ecology 11 (4), 337-345, 2010	269	2010
Group transmission of predator avoidance behaviour in a marine insect: the Trafalgar effect JE Treherne, WA Foster Animal Behaviour 29 (3), 911-917, 1981	231	1981
Biodiversity and agricultural sustainagility: from assessment to adaptive management L Jackson, M van Noordwijk, J Bengtsson, W Foster, L Lipper, ... Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2 (1-2), 80-87, 2010	230	2010
The impact of forest conversion to oil palm on arthropod abundance and biomass in Sabah, Malaysia EC Turner, WA Foster Journal of Tropical Ecology 25 (1), 23-30, 2009	202	2009
Stochastic and deterministic processes jointly structure tropical arthropod communities MD Farnon Ellwood, A Manica, WA Foster Ecology letters 12 (4), 277-284, 2009	170	2009
How aphids lose their marbles N Pike, D Richard, W Foster, L Mahadevan Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2002	170	2002
Children's perceptions of rainforest biodiversity: which animals have the lion's share of environmental awareness? JL Snaddon, EC Turner, WA Foster PLoS One 3 (7), e2579, 2008	168	2008
Canopy Ferns in Lowland Dipterocarp Forest Support a Prolific Abundance of Ants, Termites, and Other Invertebrates¹ MDF Ellwood, DT Jones, WA Foster Biotropica 34 (4), 575-583, 2002	134	2002
Arthropod Abundance, Canopy Structure, and Microclimate in a Bornean Lowland Tropical Rain Forest¹ RJ Dial, MDF Ellwood, EC Turner, WA Foster Biotropica 38 (5), 643-652, 2006	130	2006
Altruistic housekeeping in a social aphid TG Benton, WA Foster Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1992	125	1992
Oil palm research in context: identifying the need for biodiversity assessment EC Turner, JL Snaddon, TM Fayle, WA Foster PloS one 3 (2), e1572, 2008	120	2008
The evolution of sociality in aphids: a clone's-eye view DL Stern, WA Foster The evolution of social behavior in insects and arachnids, 150-165, 1997	116	1997
The effects of group size on predator avoidance in a marine insect JE Treherne, WA Foster Animal Behaviour 28 (4), 1119-1122, 1980	108	1980
Group size and anti-predator strategies in a marine insect JE Treherne, WA Foster Animal Behaviour 30 (2), 536-542, 1982	104	1982
Experimental evidence for effective and altruistic colony defence against natural predators by soldiers of the gall-forming aphid Pemphigus spyrothecae (Hemiptera … WA Foster Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27, 421-430, 1990	103	1990

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