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List of works by William O. C. Symondson

A pragmatic approach to the analysis of diets of generalist predators: the use of next-generation sequencing with no blocking probes

scientific article

Amplified detection, using a monoclonal antibody, of an aphid-specific epitope exposed during digestion in the gut of a predator

scientific article published on October 1999

An holistic ecological analysis of the diet of Cory's shearwaters using prey morphological characters and DNA barcoding

scientific article published on 16 June 2014

An inordinate fondness for beetles? Variation in seasonal dietary preferences of night-roosting big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus).

scientific article published on August 2014

An integrative approach to detect subtle trophic niche differentiation in the sympatric trawling bat species Myotis dasycneme and Myotis daubentonii

scientific article published on 24 October 2013

Behavioural responses by slugs to chemicalsfrom a generalist predator

article

Beneficial links for the control of aphids: the effects of compost applications on predators and prey

article

Biodiversity vs. biocontrol: positive and negative effects of alternative prey on control of slugs by carabid beetles

scientific article published in December 2006

Can Generalist Predators be Effective Biocontrol Agents? ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2002

Can multiple-copy sequences of prey DNA be detected amongst the gut contents of invertebrate predators?

scientific article published in December 1999

Collembola as alternative prey sustaining spiders in arable ecosystems: prey detection within predators using molecular markers

scientific article published in December 2003

Detection of scavenged material in the guts of predators using monoclonal antibodies: a significant source of error in measurement of predation?

scientific article published in February 2005

Detection of secondary predation by PCR analyses of the gut contents of invertebrate generalist predators

scientific article published on December 2005

Development of a Monoclonal Antibody for the Detection and Quantification of Predation on Slugs within the Arion hortensis agg. (Mollusca: Pulmonata)

article

Diet of the insectivorous batPipistrellus nathusiiduring autumn migration and summer residence ⬇️

scientific article published on November 28, 2013

Dietary competition between the alien Asian Musk Shrew (Suncus murinus) and a re-introduced population of Telfair's Skink (Leiolopisma telfairii).

scientific article

Discovery of a monophagous true predator, a specialist termite-eating spider (Araneae: Ammoxenidae)

scientific article

Do differences in food web structure between organic and conventional farms affect the ecosystem service of pest control?

scientific article

Do earthworms help to sustain the slug predator Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: carabidae) within crops? Investigations using monoclonal antibodies

scientific article published in September 2000

Do functional traits improve prediction of predation rates for a disparate group of aphid predators?

scientific article published in July 2008

Early-season predation on aphids by winter-active spiders in apple orchards revealed by diagnostic PCR ⬇️

scientific article published on November 2, 2012

Endoparasitism in cereal aphids: molecular analysis of a whole parasitoid community.

scientific article

Estimation of trophic niches in myrmecophagous spider predators

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Evaluation of temperature gradient gel electrophoresis for the analysis of prey DNA within the guts of invertebrate predators

scientific article published in June 2006

First record of Neoxysomatium brevicaudatum through the non-invasive sampling of Anguis fragilis: complementary morphological and molecular detection

scientific article

Generalist predators disrupt parasitoid aphid control by direct and coincidental intraguild predation.

scientific article

How does a carabid predator find aggregations of slugs in the field? Electroantennograms and behavioural assays suggest chemical cues

scientific article published in June 2004

Hybridization relics complicate barcode-based identification of species in earthworms.

scientific article

Impact of abiotic factors on predator-prey interactions: DNA-based gut content analysis in a microcosm experiment.

scientific article

Infiltration by alien predators into invertebrate food webs in Hawaii: a molecular approach

scientific article

Insights into aphid prey consumption by ladybirds: Optimising field sampling methods and primer design for high throughput sequencing

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Intraguild predation in winter wheat: prey choice by a common epigeal carabid consuming spiders

article

Introduction: Special issue on species interactions, ecological networks and community dynamics – Untangling the entangled bank using molecular techniques

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Invertebrate biodiversity affects predator fitness and hence potential to control pests in crops

Landscape structure influences modularity patterns in farm food webs: consequences for pest control

article

Molecular analysis of faecal samples from birds to identify potential crop pests and useful biocontrol agents in natural areas

scientific article published on 9 January 2015

Molecular analysis of predation by carabid beetles (Carabidae) on the invasive Iberian slug Arion lusitanicus ⬇️

scientific article published on February 23, 2011

Molecular analysis of predation on parasitized hosts

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

Molecular analysis of predation: a review of best practice for DNA-based approaches

scientific article

Molecular analysis of the diets of snakes: changes in prey exploitation during development of the rare smooth snake Coronella austriaca

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Molecular approaches to study trophic interactions: current progress and future directions

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

Molecular detection of predation by soil micro-arthropods on nematodes.

scientific article published in June 2006

Molecular diagnostics reveal spiders that exploit prey vibrational signals used in sexual communication

scientific article

Molecular evidence for gender differences in the migratory behaviour of a small seabird.

scientific article

Molecular field analysis of trophic relationships in soil-dwelling invertebrates to identify mercury, lead and cadmium transmission through forest ecosystems.

scientific article

Molecular identification of prey in predator diets

scientific article

Monoclonal antibodies reveal changes in predator efficiency with prey spatial pattern

scientific article

Monoclonal antibodies reveal the potential of the tetragnathid spider Pachygnatha degeeri (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) as an aphid predator

scientific article published in April 2005

Multiplex reactions for the molecular detection of predation on pest and nonpest invertebrates in agroecosystems.

scientific article

Multitrophic effects of nutrient addition in upland grassland.

scientific article

New insight into the genetic structure of the Allolobophora chlorotica aggregate in Europe using microsatellite and mitochondrial data

article by Lise Dupont et al published July 2011 in Pedobiologia

New universal ITS2 primers for high-resolution herbivory analyses using DNA metabarcoding in both tropical and temperate zones.

scientific article published on 4 June 2018

Non-cultured faecal and gastrointestinal seed samples fail to detect Trichomonad infection in clinically and sub-clinically infected columbid birds ⬇️

article

Opening a can of worms: unprecedented sympatric cryptic diversity within British lumbricid earthworms

scientific article

Phylogeny and biogeography of tropical carnivorous land-snails (Pulmonata: Streptaxoidea) with particular reference to East Africa and the Indian Ocean

article

Plant-eating by spiders

article

Predation and prey size choice by the carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae): the dangers of extrapolating from laboratory to field

scientific article published in June 2003

Predation by beetles (Carabidae, Staphylinidae) on eggs and juveniles of the Iberian slug Arion lusitanicus in the laboratory

scientific article

Prey choice by carabid beetles feeding on an earthworm community analysed using species- and lineage-specific PCR primers

scientific article

Prey selection by linyphiid spiders: molecular tracking of the effects of alternative prey on rates of aphid consumption in the field

scientific article published in November 2004

Primers for identification of type and other archived specimens of Aphrodes leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae).

scientific article

Pyrosequencing of prey DNA in reptile faeces: analysis of earthworm consumption by slow worms ⬇️

scientific article published on December 18, 2011

Rapid screening of invertebrate predators for multiple prey DNA targets

scientific article

Resolving large-scale pressures on species and ecosystems: propensity modelling identifies agricultural effects on streams.

scientific article

Resource partitioning by insectivorous bats in Jamaica

scientific article published on August 2014

Secondary predation: quantification of food chain errors in an aphid-spider-carabid system using monoclonal antibodies

scientific article published in August 2001

Sex and age-biased nematode prevalence in reptiles

scientific article

Spatial co-occurrence networks predict the feeding histories of polyphagous arthropod predators at field scales

article

Spatial dynamics of predation by carabid beetles on slugs

article

Spatial dynamics of predation by carabid beetles: a response to Mairet al.(2001)

article

Spatiotemporal analysis of predation by carabid beetles (Carabidae) on nematode infected and uninfected slugs in the field

scientific article

Special issue on molecular detection of trophic interactions: unpicking the tangled bank. Introduction

scientific article published in August 2014

Species Separation within, and Preliminary Phylogeny for, the Leafhopper Genus Anoscopus with Particular Reference to the Putative British Endemic Anoscopus duffieldi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

scientific article published on 13 November 2020

Suction sampling as a significant source of error in molecular analysis of predator diets

scientific article

The choice of universal primers and the characteristics of the species mixture determine when DNA metabarcoding can be quantitative

scientific article published on 09 July 2018

The decline of the Turtle Dove: Dietary associations with body condition and competition with other columbids analysed using high-throughput sequencing

article

The diet of Myotis lucifugus across Canada: assessing foraging quality and diet variability

scientific article

The diet of a nocturnal pelagic predator, the Bulwer's petrel, across the lunar cycle.

scientific article

The effects of pastoral intensification on the feeding interactions of generalist predators in streams.

scientific article

The effects of temperature on detection of prey DNA in two species of carabid beetle

scientific article published on 28 April 2008

The significance of facultative scavenging in generalist predator nutrition: detecting decayed prey in the guts of predators using PCR.

scientific article published in November 2005

The slugs of Britain and Ireland: undetected and undescribed species increase a well-studied, economically important fauna by more than 20%

scientific article published in 2014

Trophic relationships between predators, whiteflies and their parasitoids in tomato greenhouses: a molecular approach.

scientific article

Vibrational Communication Networks: Eavesdropping and Biotic Noise

scholarly article published 2014

Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing

scientific article published on 15 December 2011

econullnetr : An r package using null models to analyse the structure of ecological networks and identify resource selection

scientific article published in 2017

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