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I just spent four months studying spiders in Sumatra, Indonesia

May 30, 2018arthropods, field work, pest control, research, spiders

This blog post was written by Insect Ecology Group member Michael Pashkevich. Michael is a first-year PhD student who enjoys all-things spiders, cooking/eating delicious food from his hometown (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA), and spending time with his baby nephew. It’s been nearly four months since I was last in Cambridge.…

Restoring riparian areas in oil palm plantations, and an introduction to the RERTA Project

November 13, 2017arthropods, birds, field work, mammals, pest control, research, soil

A blog post by BEFTA Programme and Insect Ecology Group postdoc Sarah Luke. Also posted at https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/insect-ecology/news Riparian zones are areas of land next to water bodies, including the banks of rivers, and streams, and the sides of lakes and ponds. They are a highly important habitat as they act as an…