Scientific journal publications by Bryan Turner

Turner, B. D. 1973 The distribution of webs and egg batches of Pseudocaecilius citricola (Ashmead) (Insecta: Psocoptera: Pseudocaeciliidae) on the leaves of Mangifera indica L. and Cordia collococca L. in Jamaica, W.I. Journal of Natural History 7, 561-565.

Turner, B. D. & Cheke, R. A. 1973 Two new species of Alaptus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) parasitising the eggs of Psocoptera. The Entomologist 106, 279-283.

Turner, B. D. 1974 The abdominal adhesive organs of Caecilius equivocatus Mockford (Caeciliidae: Psocoptera: Insecta). Journal of Natural History 8, 427-431.

Turner, B. D. 1974 Altitudinal variations in the size of females of two species of Psocoptera on Mango trees in Jamaica. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 109, 247-249.

Turner, B. D. 1974 The population dynamics of tropical arboreal Psocoptera (Insecta) on two species of conifers in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica. Journal of Animal Ecology 43, 323-337.

Turner, B. D. & Broadhead, E. 1974 The diversity and distribution of psocid populations on Mangifera indica L. in Jamaica and their relationship to altitude and micro-epiphyte diversity. Journal of Animal Ecology 43, 173-190.

Turner, B. D. 1974 The reaction of some tropical arboreal Psocoptera (Insecta) to high wind and its possible effect on their ecology. Caribbean Journal of Science 14, 141-145.

Turner, B. D. & Stevenson, R. A. 1974 An electrolytic, digital recording, multichannel microrespirometer. Journal of Experimental Biology 61, 321-329.

Turner, B. D. 1975 Energy flow in arboreal epiphytic communities- an empirical model of net primary productivity in the alga Pleurococcus on Larch trees. Oecologia 20, 179-188.

Turner, B. D. 1975 The Psocoptera of Jamaica. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 126, 533-609.

Turner, B. D. 1976 Psocoptera of the Mascarene Islands. Systematic Entomology 1, 201-225.

Turner, B. D. & Batten, G. L. 1976 A robust and sensitive microrespirometer. Laboratory Practice Sept., 585-586.

Turner, B. D. 1977 Moroccan Psocoptera- a new Cerobasis species and a redescription of Ectopsocus strauchi Enderlein. Journal of Natural History 11, 281-287.

Anderson, R. M., Turner, B. D. & Taylor, L. R., . (ed.) 1979 Population Dynamics. 20th Symposium, British Ecological Society. Oxford: Blackwells.

Turner, B. D. 1979 Psocids as prey for Mascarene swiftlets. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 113, 210.

Turner, B. D. & Espin, P. 1980 Natural pitfall traps in heathland. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 115, 26.

Turner, B. D. 1983 Annual respiration and production estimates for collembolan and psocopteran epiphyte herbivores on larch trees in southern England. Ecological Entomology 8, 213-228.

Turner, B. D. 1983 Biomass, chlorophyll concentration and calorific content dynamics of epiphytes on larch trees in southern England. Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, Scientific series 11, 61-76.

Turner, B. D. & Cheke, R. A. 1983 Psocoptera of the Togo-Benin Gap, West Africa. Journal of Natural History 17, 379-404.

Turner, B. D. 1984 Predation pressure on arboreal epiphytic herbivores of larch trees in southern England. Ecological Entomology 9, 91-100.

Turner, B. D. 1984 Psocoptera from Venezuala. A collection of psocids from the food boluses of swifts. Entomologica Scandinavica 15, 209-213.

Turner, B. D. 1984 Two new Psocoptera from Colombia. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 120, 211-215.

Turner, B. D. 1986 Psocoptera of Shetland. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 122, 110.

Turner, B. D. 1986 What's moving in the meusli. In New Scientist, vol. 19th June, pp. 43-45.

Turner, B. D. 1987 Forensic entomology: insects against crime. Science Progress (Oxford) 71, 133-144.

Turner, B. D. 1987 Forming a clearer view of L. bostrychophilus. Environmental Health 95, 9-13.

Turner, B. D. & Maude-Roxby, H. 1987 A survey of the incidence of booklice in the domestic kitchen environment. In British Crop Protection Symposium on Stored Products Pest Control (ed. T. Lawson), pp. 275. Reading, UK: BCPC.

Jones, T. H. & Turner, B. D. 1987 The effect of host spatial distribution on patterns of parasitism by Nasonia vitripennis. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata 44, 169-175.

Turner, B. D. 1988 Applying ecology: Domestic pests, a suitable case for treatment. Journal of Biological Education 22, 183-188.

Turner, B. D. 1988 Psocids- a problem to control. In Pest Control without Pesticides, pp. F/1-F/10. Huddersfield, W. Yorkshire: Society of Food Hygiene Technology.

Turner, B. D. & Maude-Roxby, H. 1988 Starvation survival of the stored products pest Liposcelis bostrychophilus Badonnel (Psocoptera, Liposcelidae). Journal of Stored Product Research 24, 23-28.

Turner, B. D. & Maude-Roxby, H. 1989 The prevalence ot the booklouse Liposcelis bostrychophilus Badonnel (Liposcelidae, Psocoptera) in British domestic kitchens. International Pest Control 31, 93-97.

Turner, B. D. 1990 A simple device for extracting small insects and mites from powdered foodstuffs. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 126, 201-203.

Turner, B. D., Maude-Roxby, H. & Pike, V. 1991 Control of the domestic insect pest Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel (Psocoptera): an experimental evaluation of the efficiency of some insecticides. International Pest Control 33, 153-157.

Turner, B. D. 1991 Forensic entomology. Forensic Science Progress 5, 129-152.

Turner, B. D. 1992 The colonisation of Anak Krakatau: interactions between wild sugar cane, Saccharum spontaneum, and the antlion, Myrmeleon frontalis. Journal of Tropical Ecology 8, 435-449.

Turner, B. D. & Howard, T. 1992 Metabolic heat generation in dipteran larval aggregations: a consideration for forensic entomology. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 6, 179-181.

Turner, B. D. & Ali, N. 1993 Population variability in a domestic stored product pest, the parthenogenetic psocid Liposcelis bostrychophila: implications for control. In 1st International Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban Environment. (ed. K. B. Wildey & W. H. Robinson), pp. 309-318. Cambridge, UK.

Turner, B. D. 1994 Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera; Liposcelididae), a stored product food pest in the UK. International Journal of Pest Management 40, 179-190.

Whittaker, R. H. & Turner, B. D. 1994 Dispersal, fruit utilisation and seed predation of Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum (A.Juss.) Miq. (Meliaceae) in successional rain forest, Krakatau, Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 10, 167-181.

Turner, B. D. & Ali, N. 1996 The pest status of Psocids in the UK. In 2nd International Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban Environment (ed. K. B. Wildey), pp. 515-523. Edinburgh, UK.

Turner, B. D., Staines, N., Brostoff, J., Howe, C. & Cooper, K. 1996 Allergy to psocids. In 2nd International Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban Environment (ed. K. B. Wildey), pp. 609. Edinburgh, UK.

Turner, B. D. 1997 Patterns of change in arthropod biodiversity living on Casuarina equisetifolia, an early successional tree species on Anak Krakatau, Indonesia. Tropical Biodiversity 4, 241-257.

Turner, B. D. 1998 Psocids as a nuisance problem in the UK. Pesticide Outlook 9, 27-30.

Turner, B. D. & Bishop, J. 1998 An analysis of the incidence of psocids in domestic kitchens: the PPFA 1997 household survey (What's bugging your kitchen). Environmental Health Journal 106, 310-314.

Turner, B. D. 1999 Psocids as pests: the global perspective. International Pest Control 41, 185-186.

Turner, B. D. & Wiltshire, P. E. J. 1999 Experimental validation of forensic evidence: a study of the decomposition of buried pigs in a heavy clay soil. Forensic Science International 101, 113-122

Yusuf, M., Turner, B. D., Miles, R. J., Whitfield, P. J. & Pacey, J. 2000 Electron microscopical evidence of a vertically transmitted Wolbachia-like parasite in the parthenogenetic, stored-product pest Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Insecta). Journal of Stored Products Research 36, 169-175.

Hopkins, D., Wiltshire, P. E. J. & Turner, B. D. 2000 Microbial characteristics of soils from graves: an investigation at the interface of soil microbiology and forensic science. Applied Soil Ecology 14: 283-288.

Ali, N. & Turner, B. D. 2001 Allozyme polymorphism and variability in permethrin tolerance in British populations of the parthenogenetic stored product pest Liposcelis bostrychophila (Liposcelididae, Psocoptera). Journal of Stored Products Research 37:111-125

Turner, B.D. (2002) Current trends in stored product research International Pest Control 44 (3):110-113

Braig,H.R, Turner B., Normark B.B., and Stouthamer R. (2002) Microorganism-Induced Parthenogenesis. In R. N. Hughes (Ed) Progress in Asexual Propagation and Reproductive Strategies. In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. R. G. Adiyodi (Ser. Ed.) Vol XI John Wiley & Sons, Chichester; Oxford & IBH, New Delhi

Ames, C. and Turner, B.D. (2003) Low temperature episodes in the development of blowflies:implications for post mortem interval estimation Medical and Veterinary Entomology 17 :178-186

Yusuf, M, and Turner B.D (2004) Characterisation of Wolbachia -like bacteria isolated from the parthenogenetic stored product pest psocid Liposcelis bostrychophila (Badonnel)(Psocoptera) Journal of Stored Products Research 40 :207-225

O'Brien, C. and Turner, B   (2004) Impact of paracetamol on Calliphora vicina larval development. International Journal of Legal Medicine 117 :118-119

Kaneshrajah, G and Turner B (2004) Calliphora vicina larvae grow at different rates on different body tissues. International Journal of Legal Medicine 117 :242-244

Green, P.W.C. and Turner, B.D. (2005) Food selection by the booklouse Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera Liposcelididae) Journal of Stored Products Research   41 : 103-113

Hwang, C-C & Turner, B (2005) Spatial and temporal variability of necrophagous Diptera from urban to rural areas Medical and Veterinary Entomology 19 :379-391

Turner B.D (2005) Blowfly maggots: the good the bad and the ugly.   Comparative Clinical Pathology ,14: 81-85 -published on line 20 th Sept)

Ireland, S & Turner, B   (2006) The effects of crowding and food type on the size and development of Calliphora vomitoria Forensic Science International 159:175-181 -published online 10 th Oct 2005

Donovan, S.E., Hall. M.J.R., Turner, B.D. & Moncrieff, C.B. (2006) Larval development rates for a forensically important fly Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae) over a range of temperatures. Medical and Veterinary Entomology  20:1-9

Ames, C., Turner, B. & Daniel, B. (2006) The use of mitochondrial Cytochrome oxidase I gene (COI) to differentiate two UK blowfly species - Calliphora vicina and Calliphora vomitoria Forensic Science International   (in press -published online 5th March 2006)

Perrotti, M.A,, Clarke, H.K., Turner, B.D. and Braig, H.R.   (2006) A mycetomic Rickettsia in parthenogenetic psocids. (in press FASEB journal)

Turner, B.D. (2006) Psocid infestations and domestic kitchens. Journal of Environmental Health Research 5 (2) in press.

Other publications

Popular Books

1977 (ed.) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Butterflies and Moths. Octopus Books, London.

1979 Chapter on "The Living World." in The World Reference Encyclopedia. Octopus Books, London. (pp.68-94)

1980 Chapters on "The Birds" (part) and "Insects and Invertebrates" in Jungles. (ed. E.S. Ayensu). Jonathan Cape Ltd. London. (pp.84-87, 94-97,104-131)

1982 Chapter on "Population Cycles" in The Rhythms of Life. (eds. E.S. Ayensu and P.J. Whitfield). Marshall Editions Ltd. London. (pp.82-93)

1985 Chapters on "The Diversity of Life" and "Ecological Principles and Systems" in Encyclopaedia of Life and Science: Evolution and Ecology. Verlagsgruppe Bertelsmann International GmbH.

1986 Major contributor to Encylopedia of Animal Ecology. (ed. P.D. Moore).William Collins and Sons Ltd, London. (pp.7, 8, 14-19, 42-45, 50-53, 55-57, 61, 62, 65-69, 70-73, 75-76, 81-83, 86, 88, 89, 91-93, 132-137).

1986 Chapter on "Arthropods" in The Evolution of Life. (eds. L. Gamlin and G.Vines). William Collins and Sons Ltd, London. (pp.79-87).

1992 Spreads on Insects, Dispersal and Pests in The Guinness Encyclopedia of the Living World Guinness Publishing, London.

1993 Spreads on Desert Animals in Deserts Mitchell Beazley Publishers, London

1996 Consultant Editor to the Childrens Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders- Marshall Editions, London.

1996 Spreads on World Biomes, Readers Digest World Atlas Duncan Baird Publishers, London.

1998 Consultant Editor to Disney Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders- Marshall Editions, London.

1998 Consultant Editor to the Childrens Encyclopedia of Animals (insects & spiders) Marshall Editions, London.