Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Contact Info
Position: Senior Lecturer in the Environment
Office: Thoday Building, room S1
Email: [email protected]
Website: Conservation science group at Bangor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BangorApis
Tel: 01248 382991 (from U.K.), +44 1248 382991 (International)
Fax: 01248 354997 (from U.K.), +44 1248 354997 (International)
Overview
Responsibilities within SENRGy/BU
- Course Director for MSc Conservation and Land Management (CLM)
- SENRGy Teaching Committee member
- SENRGy Ethics Committee member
Research
- UAV tracking systems for pollinators
- Beekeeping as a poverty alleviation tool
- Bee morphometrics
- Zoonotic disease, with a particular focus on E. coli O157 and the evaluation of interventions.
- Choice-based modelling and its application to opinion elicitation.
- Estimating disease prevalence rates, illicit or illegal behaviours and drug use through the use of socio-economic methodologies.
Current or Recent Projects
2017. UAV tracking system for pollinators: Agri-Tech China Newton Network+
2014. Sources, Seasonality, Transmission and Control: Campylobacter and human behaviour in a changing environment: Identifying poultry supply chain knowledge gaps. RCUK
2014. A Systematic and Participatory Review of Research on the Impact of Agriculture on Water Quality in Ireland. Irish EPA.
2014. Glastir Efficiency Scheme (Carbon footprints of livestock farms). Welsh Govt.
2014. Glastir Efficiency Scheme (Socio-econ study of the wider benefits of GES). Welsh Govt.
2010: Estimating bird crime prevalence rates using three novel techniques. British Academy.
2009: The prevalence of non-treatment of sheep scab in Wales and the economic cost to the livestock industry, Welsh Assembly Government.
2009: Raising awareness about food-borne pathogens in Wales. Local Authority and Research Council Initiative (LARCI).
2008: Food-borne Pathogen knowledge transfer. ESRC.
2008-2010: Reducing Escherichia coli O157 risk in rural communities. RES-229-25-0012. RELU.
Teaching and Supervision
Research Students
Kata Wagner: The impact of beekeeping in the Tanzanian Miombo; understanding the beekeeper as a forest resource user. Ph.D.
Shareefa Sultan Hamad Alsalem: Effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).Ph.D
Jake Shearwood, Development of a miniature vibration energy harvester for battery-less tracking of honey bees. PhD.
Daisy Man Yuen Hung, Long-range bumble-bee and Asian Hornet telemetry through metal nanoparticle coating and harmonic radar detection. PhD.
Jessica Potts, Evaluating the long-term impact of neonicotinoids on the trophic cascade. PhD.
Dylan Elen, Delineating protected honey-bee reserves at a regional scale. PhD.
Tom Oliver, Dispersal strategies and space use in pollinating bees. PhD.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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A Machine Learning Integrated 5.8-GHz Continuous-Wave Radar for Honeybee Monitoring and Behavior Classification
Aldabashi, N., Morton Williams, S., Eltokhy, A., Palmer, E., Cross, P. & Palego, C., Sept 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 71, 9, p. 4098-4108 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Challenges in Developing a Real-time Bee-counting Radar
Morton Williams, S., Aldabashi, N., Cross, P. & Palego, C., 1 Jun 2023, In: Sensors. 23, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ecological intensification measures to improve productivity and decrease nitrogen surplus in wheat-maize/watermelon intercropping system
Chen, Y., Yang, X., Zhang, Y., Xu , Z., Cross, P. & Zhang, C., 17 Feb 2023, In: International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. 30, 2, p. 140-151 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seasonal variation is a bigger driver of soil faunal and microbial community composition than exposure to the neonicotinoid acetamiprid within Brassica napus production systems
Potts, J., Brown, R., Jones, D. L. & Cross, P., 1 Sept 2023, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 184, 109088.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acetamiprid fate in a sandy loam with contrasting soil organic matter contents: A comparison of the degradation, sorption and leaching of commercial neonicotinoid formulations
Potts, J., Jones, D. L., Macdonald, A., Ma, Q. & Cross, P., 10 Oct 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 842, 156711.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts
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Enhanced carbon footprinting of food products
Edwards-Jones, G. (Participant), Cross, P. (Participant), Jones, D. (Participant) & Harris, I. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Technological, Policy and Public Services, Societal
Projects
- 8 Finished
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Validation of a novel insect pollinator tracking device prototype in Chinese agricultural systems
Cross, P. (PI)
1/06/18 → 1/08/19
Project: Research
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KESS II MRes with South Clwyd and Flintshire Beekepers Association - BUK2103
Cross, P. (PI)
1/01/17 → 31/01/18
Project: Research
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Does beekeeping alleviate poverty? Productive conservation in LDC
Cross, P. (PI)
1/11/14 → 20/07/18
Project: Research
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Development of a radio telemetry transmitter for honey bees
Cross, P. (PI)
5/08/14 → 30/06/15
Project: Research
Activities
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BU-IIA Funded Project: Automated flying insect tracking for pollination services protection and optimization
Palego, C. (Contributor), Cross, P. (Contributor) & Aldabashi, N. (Contributor)
1 Apr 2022 → 31 Mar 2023Activity: Other
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Smart Agricultural Technology (Journal)
Morton Williams, S. (Editorial board member), Bariselli, S. (Editorial board member), Palego, C. (Editorial board member), Holland, R. (Editorial board member) & Cross, P. (Editorial board member)
24 Jan 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review
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Bee tracking (KESS2 project) at Henfaes University farm featured in BBC segment
Palego, C. (Contributor), Cross, P. (Contributor) & Shearwood, J. (Contributor)
3 Feb 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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BBC Countryfile
Cross, P. (Speaker), Palego, C. (Speaker) & Shearwood, J. (Speaker)
26 Aug 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Bee backpacks help scientists track and research movements
Palego, C. (Contributor) & Cross, P. (Contributor)
Sept 2017 → …Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
Press/Media
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Bee 'backpacks' monitor flights to aid decline research
27/08/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Bangor University's bee 'backpacks' could give decline clues
15/12/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Thesis
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Determinants of health in horticultural workers: a comparison of national and international supply chains
Cross, P. (Author), Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor), Jan 2008Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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