Academic papers, books, and conference posters

  • Boyes, D.H., Evans, D.M., Fox, R., Parsons, M.S. & Pocock, M.J.O. (2021). Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations. Science Advances. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abi8322
    PDF (200KB)
  • Grames, E.M., Montgomery, G.A., Boyes, D.H., Dicks, L.V., Forister, M.L., Matson, T.A., Nakagawa, S., Prendergast, K.S., Taylor, N.G., Tingley, M.W., Wagner, D.L., White, T.E., Woodcock, P., Elphick, C.S., (2022). A framework and case study to systematically identify long-term insect abundance and diversity datasets. Conservation Science and Practice. 4, e12687. doi:10.1111/csp2.12687
    PDF (12.3MB)
  • Mulhair, P., Crowley, L., Boyes, D.H. , Harper, A., Lewis, O.T., Consortium, D.T. of L., Holland, P.W.H. (2022). Diversity, duplication, and genomic organization of homeobox genes in Lepidoptera Genome Res. gr.277118.122 doi:10.1101/gr.277118.122
  • Boyes, D.H., Evans, D.M., Fox, R., Parsons, M.S. & Pocock, M.J.O. (2021). Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14: 167-187. doi:10.1111/icad.12447
    PDF (1.5MB)
  • Haddaway, N.R., Grames, E.M., Boyes, D.H., Saunders, M.E. & Taylor, N.G. (2020). What evidence exists on conservation actions to conserve insects? A protocol for a systematic map of literature reviews. Environmental Evidence, 9:30. doi:10.1186/s13750-020-00214-8
  • Boyes, D.H., Fox, R., Shortall, C.R. & Whittaker, R.J. (2019). Bucking the trend: the diversity of Anthropocene ‘winners’ among British moths. Frontiers of Biogeography, 11: e43862. doi:10.21425/F5FBG43862
    PDF (1.9MB)
  • Boyes, D.H. & Lewis, O.T. (2019). Ecology of Lepidoptera associated with bird nests in mid-Wales, UK. Ecological Entomology, 44: 1-10. doi:10.1111/een.12669
    PDF (0.5MB)
  • Boyes, D.H. (2018). Lepidopteran lodgers: recording moths from bird nests. Atropos, 62: 42-50.
    PDF (1.8MB). Back issues are available from www.atroposbooks.co.uk.
  • Boyes, D.H. (2018). Natural history of Lepidoptera associated with bird nests in mid-Wales. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation , 130: 249-259.
    PDF (2MB)
  • Boyes, D.H. & Lewis, O.T. (2018). Micro-moths in bird nests. Poster presented at: Butterfly Conservation's Eighth International Symposium, 6th to 8th April 2018. Southampton University.
    PDF (4MB)
  • Boyes, D.H. (2018). Tineidae. In: Langmaid, J.R., Palmer, S M. & M. R. Young (Eds), A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 3rd revised edition. British Entomological & Natural History Society, Reading.

Talks

  • Douglas talking about his research (short clip). Sept 2021.
    Youtube link
  • 'Blinded by the light: Is light pollution driving insect declines?' Oxford Café Scientifique. Sept 2021.
    Youtube link
  • 'Bucking the trend: why are some British moths on the rise?' An online talk for the Natural History Society of Northumbria. November 2020.
    Youtube link

Awards

Royal Entomological Society award for the best paper published in Insect Conservation and Diversity in 2022

  • Boyes, D.H., Evans, D.M., Fox, R., Parsons, M.S. & Pocock, M.J.O. (2021). Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14: 167-187. doi:10.1111/icad.12447
    PDF (1.5MB)

Best MSc dissertation

  • Douglas was awarded an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management with distinction from the University of Oxford and won the Wallace Prize for "a dissertation demonstrating qualities of excellence, independence and adventure". The title of his dissertation was "Moths in the Anthropocene: Investigating the Success of 'Winners'"

Other publications

Digital atlas

  • Butterflies of Montgomeryshire: a digital atlas. 5th edition. (2021).
    PDF (16MB)

Moth ID resources

  • Triple-spotted Clay and Double Square-spot. (2017).
    PDF (1MB)
  • Identifying the 'autumn thorns'. (2014).
    PDF (1MB)
  • Identifying Lead-coloured Drab. (2014).
    PDF (400KB)