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Research areas - Psocoptera, Forensic Entomology, Tropical Ecology |
Psocoptera
This has been a major research area since 1969, firstly on the ecology and taxonomy of free-living Psocoptera in both the UK and the tropics, and then since the early 1980's more focussed on psocids as pest species. Public information section on psocids as pests Published scientific papers on psocids
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Forensic entomology
Interests here are focussed on making post-mortem interval estimation using blowfly larval development more accurate by exploring areas where difficulties may be encountered Published scientific papers on forensic entomology
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Tropical Ecology
Tropical interests originated with my studies of the Psocoptera on Jamaica. Later in 1990, at the invitation of the late Prof. Ian Thornton, I joined two of his expeditions to look at the recolonisation of the Krakatau islands, in particular the periodically active volcanic island of Anak Krakatau (above- Antlion colonisation see Turner 1992). This developed into a longer term study with an Oxford team led by Rob Whittaker which focussed on the more vegetated islands in the archipelago. This research study ended in 1995. Anak Krakatau has been very active since 1992 and the sites shown above have now been buried under layers of ash (below)
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