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  1. How Different Light Bulbs Affect Moth Counts in UK Gardens

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  2. Generative AI and the Future of Assessment in Bioscience Education

    Article • AJP Advances in Physiology Education, November 2025, American Physiological Society

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  3. Exploring marine habitat restoration opportunities and blue carbon sequestration potential in the United Kingdom

    Article • October 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  4. Tracking Arthropod Abundance Across the UK Using Weather Radar

    Article • Global Change Biology, October 2025, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  5. Can Weather Radar Identify Species? A Review of Taxonomic Resolution

    Article • Ecosphere, October 2025, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  6. Evaluating the Supplementary Role of Photogrammetry in Insect Taxonomy: Applications and Limitations of 3D Scanning Technology

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, August 2025, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  7. A more-than-human political ecology of Indonesian songbird trade

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  8. Revealing hidden sources of uncertainty in biodiversity trend assessments

    Article • Ecography, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  9. Weather Radars Reveal Environmental Conditions for High Altitude Insect Movement Through the Aerosphere

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  10. Camouflage patterning modulates neural signatures of attention and decision-making

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  11. The potential applications of high-resolution 3D scanners in the taxonomic classification of insects

    Article • June 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  12. Insect ecology and conservation in urban areas: An overview of knowledge and needs

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, March 2024, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  13. The Potential Health Benefits of Urban Tree Planting Suggested through Immersive Environments

    Article • Land, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  14. Biological Invasions Affect Resource Processing in Aquatic Ecosystems: The Invasive Amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus Impacts Detritus Processing through High Abundance Rather than Differential Response to Temperature

    Article • Biology, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  15. Combined effects of increased water temperature and cyanobacterial compounds exert heterogeneous effects on survival and ecological processes in key freshwater species

    Article • Oecologia, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  16. Simulation of the Radar Cross Section of a Noctuid Moth

    Article • Remote Sensing, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  17. Response behaviour of native lizards and invading wall lizard to interspecific scent: implications for invasion success

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  18. Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts

    Article • May 2020, California Digital Library (CDL)

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  19. Spotlight on insects: trends, threats and conservation challenges

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, March 2020, Wiley

    Professor Simon R Leather, Dr Christopher Hassall

  20. An empirical, cross-taxon evaluation of landscape-scale connectivity

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  21. Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chair Professor Juha Merilä, Dr Christopher Hassall

  22. Ecological quality and conservation status of inland waters

    Article • Inland Waters, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher Hassall, Dr Virgilio Hermoso

  23. Stakeholder discourse and opinion towards a charismatic non‐native lizard species: Potential invasive problem or a welcome addition?

    Article • People and Nature, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  24. Urban freshwaters, biodiversity, and human health and well-being: Setting an interdisciplinary research agenda

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  25. Individuality of foraging behaviour in a short-ranging benthic marine predator: incidence and implications

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, January 2019, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  26. Wing shape patterns among urban, suburban, and rural populations of Ischnura elegans (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

    Article • International Journal of Odonatology, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  27. Climate-induced phenological shifts in a Batesian mimicry complex

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  28. Not All Green Space Is Created Equal: Biodiversity Predicts Psychological Restorative Benefits From Urban Green Space

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  29. The spatial ecology of phytoplankton blooms in UK canals

    Article • Inland Waters, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher Hassall, Leah Kelly

  30. The functional response and resilience in small waterbodies along land-use and environmental gradients

    Article • Global Change Biology, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  31. A bird’s eye view over ecosystem services in Natura 2000 sites across Europe

    Article • Ecosystem Services, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  32. New policy directions for global pond conservation

    Article • Conservation Letters, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  33. Community heterogeneity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in urban ponds at a multi-city scale

    Article • Landscape Ecology, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  34. Environmental noise reduces predation rate in an aquatic invertebrate

    Article • Journal of Insect Conservation, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  35. UV Radiation Is Associated With Latitudinal Trends in Cognitive Ability of White Children in the USA

    Article • Journal of Individual Differences, July 2017, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  36. Incorporating intraspecific trait variation into functional diversity: Impacts of selective logging on birds in Borneo

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  37. Institutional and technological barriers to the use of open educational resources (OERs) in physiology and medical education

    Article • AJP Advances in Physiology Education, March 2017, American Physiological Society

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  38. Effects of the urban heat island on the phenology of Odonata in London, UK

    Article • International Journal of Biometeorology, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  39. Antagonistic effects of biological invasion and environmental warming on detritus processing in freshwater ecosystems

    Article • Oecologia, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  40. Parthenogenesis did not consistently evolve in insular populations ofIschnura hastata(Odonata, Coenagrionidae)

    Article • Ecological Entomology, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  41. Population-level variation in senescence suggests an important role for temperature in an endangered mollusc

    Article • Journal of Zoology, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  42. Phenological shifts in hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): linking measurement and mechanism

    Article • Ecography, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  43. Urban ponds as an aquatic biodiversity resource in modified landscapes

    Article • Global Change Biology, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  44. A bee or not a bee: an experimental test of acoustic mimicry by hoverflies

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Christopher Hassall, Douglas Moore

  45. Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in urban ecosystems: A review

    Article • European Journal of Entomology, February 2016, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  46. Comparison of a native and a non-native insular reptile species

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, September 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  47. Odonata as candidate macroecological barometers for global climate change

    Article • Freshwater Science, September 2015, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  48. Directions in dragonfly applied ecology and conservation science

    Article • Freshwater Science, September 2015, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  49. Strong geographical variation in wing aspect ratio of a damselfly,Calopteryx maculata(Odonata: Zygoptera)

    Article • PeerJ, August 2015, PeerJ

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  50. Live fast, die old: no evidence of reproductive senescence or costs of mating in a damselfly (Odonata: Zygoptera)

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  51. Increasing Diversity in Emerging Non-religious Communities

    Article • Secularism and Nonreligion, December 2014, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  52. Stormwater ponds can contain comparable biodiversity to unmanaged wetlands in urban areas

    Article • Hydrobiologia, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  53. Poor ecological quality of urban ponds in northern England: causes and consequences

    Article • Urban Ecosystems, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  54. Mean Annual Precipitation Explains Spatiotemporal Patterns of Cenozoic Mammal Beta Diversity and Latitudinal Diversity Gradients in North America

    Article • PLOS One, September 2014, PLOS

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  55. Continental variation in wing pigmentation inCalopteryxdamselflies is related to the presence of heterospecifics

    Article • PeerJ, June 2014, PeerJ

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  56. The Relationship between Morphological and Behavioral Mimicry in Hover Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)

    Article • The American Naturalist, February 2014, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  57. The ecology and biodiversity of urban ponds

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  58. Bergmann's rule is maintained during a rapid range expansion in a damselfly

    Article • Global Change Biology, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  59. Disruptive camouflage impairs object recognition

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2013, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  60. Field estimates of survival do not reflect ratings of mimetic similarity in wasp-mimicking hover flies

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  61. Species with a chemical defence, but not chemical offence, live longer

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  62. Time stress and temperature explain continental variation in damselfly body size

    Article • Ecography, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  63. Less common damselfly species tend to have more parasites

    Article • Ecological Entomology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  64. A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry

    Article • Nature, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  65. Temporal dynamics of aquatic communities and implications for pond conservation

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall, Jim Hollinshead

  66. Self-archiving for open access in ecology and evolutionary biology

    Article • Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, January 2012, Ideas in Ecology and Evolution

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  67. Statistical inference and spatial patterns in correlates of IQ

    Article • Human Studies, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  68. Environmental correlates of plant and invertebrate species richness in ponds

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall, Jim Hollinshead

  69. Field estimates of reproductive success in a model insect: behavioural surrogates are poor predictors of fitness

    Article • Ecology Letters, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  70. Predicting the distributions of under-recorded Odonata using species distribution models

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, May 2011, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  71. Study design and mark-recapture estimates of dispersal: a case study with the endangered damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale

    Article • Journal of Insect Conservation, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  72. A comparative analysis of senescence in adult damselflies and dragonflies (Odonata)

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  73. Phenology determines seasonal variation in ectoparasite loads in a natural insect population

    Article • Ecological Entomology, July 2010, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  74. Empirical evidence of senescence in adult damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera)

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  75. Accounting for recorder effort in the detection of range shifts from historical data

    Article • Methods in Ecology and Evolution, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  76. Variation in morphology between core and marginal populations of three British damselflies

    Article • Aquatic Insects, August 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  77. Latitudinal variation in morphology in two sympatric damselfly species with contrasting range dynamics (odonata: coenagrionidae)

    Article • European Journal of Entomology, December 2008, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  78. Climate change interferes with our use of animals to judge water quality

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  79. The effects of environmental warming on Odonata: a review

    Article • International Journal of Odonatology, October 2008, Worldwide Dragonfly Association

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  80. Wings of Coenagrion puella vary in shape at the northern range margin

    Article • International Journal of Odonatology, April 2008, Worldwide Dragonfly Association

    Dr Christopher Hassall

  81. British dragonflies are emerging earlier in the year under climate change

    Article • Global Change Biology, April 2007, Wiley

    Dr Christopher Hassall