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Preprints

50. Gardiner, R., Rowlands, S., Simmons, B. I. (2024). Towards Scalable Insect Monitoring: Ultra-Lightweight CNNs as On-Device Triggers for Insect Camera Traps. arRxiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2411.14467

49. Mesnage, C., Corbett, A., Curry, J., Rowlands, S., Dutta, A., Everson, R., Simmons, B. I. (2024). Copy-paste augmentation improves automatic species identification in camera trap images. EcoEvoRxiv. doi:10.32942/X2VS6K

Published

48. Pérez-Gómez, A., Godoy, O., Fernado, O., Repeto Deudero, I., Kaiser-Bunbury, C., Simmons, B. I. Dense afforestation reduces plant-pollinator network diversity and persistence. Functional Ecology (accepted).

47. Johnson, T. F., Simmons, B. I., Millard, J., Strydom, T., Danet, A., Sweeny, A. R., Evans, L. C. (2024). Pressure to publish introduces large-language model risks. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 15, 1757-1763.

46. Schrøder, T., Goncalves, F., Vollstaedt, M., Zhang, T., Rasmus, J., Tarazona, F., Seokmin, K., Galetti, M., Simmons, B. I., Kaiser-Bunbury, C., Temeles, E., Dalsgaard, B. (2024). Hurricane-induced pollinator shifts in a tightly coadapted plant-hummingbird mutualism. New Phytologist, 244, 16-20.

45. Stuart, A., Ilic, M., Simmons, B. I., Sutherland, W. J. (2024). Sea stack plots: replacing bar charts with histograms. Ecology and Evolution (accepted).

44. Risely, A., Newbury, A., Stalder, T., Simmons, B. I., Top, E. M., Buckling, A., Sanders, D. (2024). Host-plasmid network structure in wastewater is linked to antimicrobial resistance genes. Nature Communications, 15, 555.

43. Murphy Lonergan, R., Curry, J., Dhas, K., Simmons, B. I. (2023). Stratified Evaluation of GPT’s Question Answering in Surgery Reveals Artificial Intelligence (AI) Knowledge Gaps. Cureus, 15, e48788.

42. Giménez-García, A., ... Simmons, B. I., ...Magrach, A. (2023). Pollination supply models from local to global scale. Web Ecology, 23, 99–129.

41. Song, C.*, Simmons, B. I.*, Fortin, M.-J., Gonzalez, A., Kaiser-Bunbury, C. N., Saavedra, S. (2023). Rapid monitoring of ecological persistence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (20), e2211288120. [biorXiv preprint]. *Joint first authors

40. Vollstädt, M. G. R., Galetti, M., Kaiser-Bunbury, C. N., Simmons, B. I., Gonçalves, F., Morales-Pérez, A. L., Navarro, L., Tarazona-Tubens, F. L., Schubert, S., Carlo, T., Salazar, J., Faife-Cabrera, M., Strong, A., Madden, H., Mitchell, A., & Dalsgaard, B. (2022). Plant–frugivore interactions across the Caribbean islands: Modularity, invader complexes and the importance of generalist species. Diversity and Distributions, 28, 2361– 2374.

39. Song, C., Simmons B. I., Fortin, M. J., Gonzalez, A. (2022) Generalism drives abundance: A computational causal discovery approach. PLOS Computational Biology, 18, e1010302.

38. Chrysafi, A. … Simmons, B. I., … Kummu, M. (2022). Quantifying Earth system interactions relevant to sustainable food production through expert elicitation. Nature Sustainability, 5, 830–842.

37. Wauchope, H. S., Jones, J. P. G., Geldmann, J. Simmons, B. I., Amano, T., Blanco, D. E., Fuller, R. A., Johnston, A., Langendoen, T., Mundkur, T., Nagy, S., Sutherland W. J. (2022). Protected areas have a mixed impact on waterbirds, but management helps. Nature, 605, 103-107.

36. Wauchope, H. S. and Simmons, B. I. (2022). The impact of protected areas on waterbird populations worldwide. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01026-1.

35. Christie, A., Amano, T., Martin, P., Shackelford, G., Simmons, B. I., Sutherland, W. J. (2022). Innovation and forward-thinking are needed to improve traditional synthesis methods: a response to Pescott & Stewart. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 1191-1197.

34. Allen-Perkins, A., … Simmons, B. I., … Bartomeus, I. (2022). CropPol: a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. Ecology, 103, e3614.

33. Simmons, B. I., Blyth, P. S. A., Blanchard, J. L., Clegg, T., Delmas, E., Garnier, A., Griffiths, C. A., Jacob, U., Pennekamp, F., Petchey, O. L., Poisot, T., Webb, T. J., Beckerman, A. P. (2021). Refocusing multiple stressor research around the targets and scales of ecological impacts. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5, 1478-1489.

32. González-Varo, J. P., Rumeu, B., Albrecht, J., Arroyo, J. M., Byeno, R. S., Burgos, T., da Silva, L. P., Escribano-Ávila, G., Farwig, N., García, D., Heleno, R. H., Illera, J. C., Jordano, P., Kurek, P., Simmons, B. I., Virgós, E., Sutherland, W. J., Traveset, A. (2021) Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes. Nature, 595, 75-79.

31. Mukherjee, N., Amano, T., Bell, A., Garnett, E. E., Geffert, J. L., Guth, M. K. Hacket-Pain, A., Luke, S. H., Mumby, H. S., Nunes, M., Rademacher, T., Rose, D. C., Schleicher, J., Simmons, B. I., Zabala, A., Jucker, T. (2021). Steps to diversify priority-setting research in conservation: Reflections on de Gracia 2021. Conservation Biology, 35, 1324-1326.

30. Dalsgaard, B., Maruyama, P. K., Sonne, J., Hansen, K., Zanata, T. B., Abrahamczyk, S., Alarcón, R., Araujo, A. C., Araújo, F. P., Buzato, S., Chávez-González, E., Coelho, A. G., Cotton, P. A., Díaz-Valenzuela, R., Dufke, M. F., Enríquez, P. L., Filho, M. M. D., Fischer, E., Kohler, G., Lara, C., Las-Casas, F. M. G., Lasprilla, L. R., Machado, A. O., Machado, C. G., Maglianesi, M. A., Malucelli, T. S., Marín-Gómez, O. H., Martínez-García, V., de Azevedo-Júnior, S. M., Neto, E. N., Oliveira, P. E., Ornelas, J. F., Ortiz-Pulido, R., Lara, R. P., Patiño-González, B. I., de Pinho Queiroz, S. N., Ramírez-Burbano, M. B., Rech, A. R., Rocca, M. A, Rodrigues, L. C., Rui, A. M., Sazima, I., Sazima, M., Simmons, B. I., Tinoco, B., Varassin, I. G., Vasconcelos, M. F., Vizentin-Bugoni, J., Watts, S., Rahbek, C., Schleuning, M., Martín-González, A. M. (2021). The influence of biogeographical and evolutionary histories on morphological trait-matching and resource specialization in mutualistic hummingbird-plant networks. Functional Ecology, 35, 1120-1133.

29. Hoeppke, C. and Simmons, B. I. (2021). maxnodf: an R package for fair and fast comparisons of nestedness between networks. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 580-585. [bioRxiv preprint]

28. Simmons, B. I., Beckerman, A. P., Hansen, K., Maruyama, P. K., Televantos, C., Vizentin-Bugoni, J., Dalsgaard, B. (2021). Niche and neutral processes leave distinct structural imprints on indirect interactions in mutualistic networks. Functional Ecology, 35, 753-763. [bioRxiv preprint]

27. Wauchope, H. S., Amano, T., Geldmann, J., Johnston, A., Simmons, B. I., Sutherland, W. J. and Jones, J. P. G. (2021). Evaluating impact using time-series data. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36, 196-205.

26. Kaiser-Bunbury, C. and Simmons, B. I. (2020). ‘Restoration of pollination interactions in plant-invaded communities’. In: D. Richardson and A. Traveset, (eds.) Plant invasions: the role of biotic interactions. CABI. pp. 377-390.

25. Simmons, B. I., Wauchope, H. S., Amano, T., Dicks, L. V., Sutherland, W. J. and Dakos, V. (2020). Estimating the risk of species interaction loss in mutualistic communities. PLOS Biology, 18, e3000843. [bioRxiv preprint]

24. Hansen, K., Sritongchuay, T., Bumrungsri, S., Simmons, B. I., Strange, N. and Dalsgaard, B. (2020). Landscape-level effects of forest on pollinators and fruit-set of guava (Psidium guajava L.) in orchards across Southern Thailand. Diversity, 12, 259.

23. Christie, A. P., Amano, T., Martin, P. A., Petrovan, S. O., Shackelford, G. E., Simmons, B. I., Smith, R. K., Williams, D. R., Wordley, C. F. R. and Sutherland, W. J. (2020). Poor availability of context-specific evidence hampers decision-making in conservation. Biological Conservation, 248, 108666. [bioRxiv preprint]

22. Christie, A. P., Amano, T., Martin, P. A., Petrovan, S. O., Shackelford, G. E., Simmons, B. I., Smith, R. K., Williams, D. R., Wordley, C. F. R. and Sutherland, W. J. (2020). The challenge of biased evidence in conservation. Conservation Biology, 35, 249-262. [bioRxiv preprint]

21. Sonne J., Vizentin-Bugoni, J., Maruyama, P. K., Araújo, A. C., Chávez-González, E., Coelho, A., Cotton, P., Marín-Gómez, O. H., Lara, C., Lasprila, L. R., Machado, C. G., Maglianesi, M. A., Malucelli, T. S., Martín Gonzalez, A. M., Oliveira, G. M., Oliveira, P. E., Ortiz-Pulido, R. O., Rocca, M. A., Rodrigues, L. C., Sazima, I., Simmons, B. I., Tinoco, B., Varassin, I. G., Vasconcelos, M. F., O’Hara, B., Schleuning, M., Rahbek, C., Sazima, M. and Dalsgaard, B. (2020). Ecological mechanisms explaining interactions within plant-hummingbird networks: Morphological matching increases towards lower latitudes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287, 20192873.

20. Geldmann, J., Alves-Pinto, H., Amano, T., Barlett, H., Christie, A. P., Collas, L., Cooke, S. C., Correa, R., Cripps, I., Doherty, A., Finch, T., Garnett, E., Hua, F., Gordon-Jones, J. P. Kasoar, T., MacFarlane, D., Martin, P. A., Mukherjee, N., Mumby, H. S., Payne, C., Petrovan, S. O., Rocha, R., Russel, K. Simmons, B. I., Wauchope, H., Worthington, T. A., Trevelyan, R., Green, R., Balmford, A. (2020). Insights from two decades of the Student Conference on Conservation Science. Biological Conservation, 243, 108478. [bioRxiv preprint]

19. Rose, D. C., Amano, T., González-Varo, J. P., Mukherjee, N., Robertson, R. J., Simmons, B. I., Wauchope, H. S. and Sutherland, W. J. (2019). Calling for a new agenda for conservation science to create evidence-informed policy. Biological Conservation, 238. 108222.

18. Christie, A. P., Amano, T., Martin, P. A., Shackelford, G. E., Simmons, B. I. and Sutherland, W. J. (2019). Simple study designs in ecology produce inaccurate estimates of biodiversity responses. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56, 2742-2754. [bioRxiv preprint]

17. Poisot, T., LaBrie, R., Larson, E., Rahlin, A. and Simmons, B. I. (2019). Data-based, synthesis-driven: setting the agenda for computational ecology. Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 9-21. [bioRxiv preprint]

16. Simmons, B. I., Vizentin-Bugoni, J., Maruyama, P. K., Cotton, P. A., Marín-Gómez, O. H., Lara, C., Rosero-Lasprilla, L., Maglianesi, M. A., Ortiz-Pulido, R., Rocca, M. A., Rodrigues, L. C., Tinoco, B., Vasconcelos, M. F., Sazima, M., Martín González, A. M., Sonne, J., Rahbek, C., Dicks, L. V., Dalsgaard, B., Sutherland, W. J. (2019). Abundance drives broad patterns of generalisation in hummingbird-plant pollination networks. Oikos, 128, 1287-1295. [bioRxiv preprint]

15. Simmons, B. I., Balmford, A., Bladon, A. J., Christie, A. P., De Palma, A., Dicks, L. V., Gallego-Zamorano, J., Johnston, A., Martin, P. A., Purvis, A., Rocha, R., Wauchope, H. S., Wordley, C. F. R., Worthington, T. A. and Finch, T. (2019). Worldwide insect declines: an important message, but interpret with caution. Ecology and Evolution, 9, 3678-3680.

14. Simmons, B. I., Hoeppke, C. and Sutherland W. J. (2019). Beware greedy algorithms. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88, 804-807.

13. Tew, E. R., Simmons B. I., Sutherland, W. J. (2019). Quantifying cultural ecosystem services: disentangling the effects of management from landscape features. People and Nature, 1, 70-86.

12. Simmons, B. I., Sweering, M. J. M., Schillinger, M., Dicks, L. V., Sutherland W. J., Di Clemente, R. (2019). bmotif: a package for motif analyses of bipartite networks. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 695-701. [bioRxiv preprint]

11. Balmford, A., Amano, T., Bartlett, H., Chadwick, D., Collins, A., Edwards, D., Field, R., Garnsworthy, P., Green, R., Smith, P., Waters, H., Whitmore, A., Broom, D., Chara, J., Finch, T., Garnett, E., Gathorne-Hardy, A., Hernandex-Medrano, J., Herrero, M., Hua, F., Latawiec, A., Misselbrook, T., Phalan, B., Simmons, B. I., Vause, J., Ermgassen, E., Eisner, R. (2018). The environmental costs and benefits of high-yield farming. Nature Sustainability, 1, 477-485.

10. Simmons, B. I., Cirtwill A. R., Baker, N. J., Wauchope, H. S., Dicks, L. V., Stouffer, D. B. and Sutherland, W. J. Motifs in bipartite ecological networks: uncovering indirect interactions (2019). Oikos, 128, 154-170. [bioRxiv preprint]

9. Jucker, T., Wintle, B., Shackelford, G., Bocquillon, P., Geffert, J. L., Kasoar, T., Jovacs, E., Mumby, H. S., Orland, C., Schleicher, J., Tew, E., Zabala, A., Amano, T., Bell, A., Bongalov, B., Chambers, J. M., Corrigan, C., Durán, A. P., Duvic-Paoli, L-A., Emilson, C., da Silva, J. F., Garnett, E. E., Green, E. J., Guth, M. K., Hacket-Pain, A., Hinsley, A., Igea, J., Kunz, M., Luke, S. H., Lynam, W., Martin, P. A., Nunes, M. H., Ockendon, N., Pavitt, A., Payne, C. L. R., Plutshack, V., Rademacher, T., Robertson, R. J., Rose, D. C., Serban, A., Simmons, B. I., Szkokan-Emilson, E. J., Tayleur, C., Wordley, C. and Mukherjee, N. Ten‐year assessment of the 100 priority questions for global biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology, 32, 1457-1463.

8. Rose, D. C., Mukherjee, N., Simmons, B. I., Tew, E. R., Robertson, R. J., Vadrot, A. B. M., Doubleday, R. and Sutherland, W. J. Policy windows for the environment: Tips for improving the uptake of scientific knowledge. Environmental Science and Policy. (in press)

7. Rose, D. C., Sutherland, W. J., Amano, T., González‐Varo, J. P., Robertson, R. J., Simmons, B. I., Wauchope, H. S., Kovacs, E., Durán, A. P., Vadrot, A. B., Wu, W., Dias, M. P., Di Fonzo, M. M., Ivory, S. , Norris, L., Nunes, M. H., Nyumba, T. O., Steiner, N., Vickery, J. and Mukherjee, N. (2018). The major barriers to evidence‐informed conservation policy and possible solutions. Conservation Letters, e12564.

6. Simmons, B. I., Sutherland W. J., Dicks, L. V., Albrecht, J., Farwig, N., García, D., Jordano, P. and González-Varo, J. P. Moving from frugivory to seed dispersal: incorporating the functional outcomes of interactions in plant-frugivore networks. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87, 995–1007.

5. Dalsgaard, B., Kennedy, J., Simmons, B. I., Baquero, A., González, A. M. M., Timmermann, A., McGuire, J. A., Ollerton, J., Sutherland, W. J. and Rahbek, C. (2018). Trait evolution, nectar-feeding specialization and vulnerability to plant extinctions among hummingbirds on Antillean islands: the role of mountains and plant richness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285, 20172754.

4. Ratto, F., Simmons, B. I., Spake, R., Gutierrez, V. Z., McDonald, M., Merriman, J. C., Poppy, G. M., Peh, K. S.-H. and Dicks, L. V. (2018). Global importance of vertebrate pollinators for plant reproductive success: a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16(2), 82-90.

3. Hudson, L. N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S. L. L., Lysenko, I., De Palma, A., Phillips, H. R. P., Alhusseini, T. I., Bedford, F. E., Bennett, D. J., Booth, H., Burton, V. J., Chng, C. W. T., Choimes, A., Correia, D. L. P., Day, J., Echeverría-Londoño, S., Emerson, S. R., Gao, D., Garon, M., Harrison, M. L. K., Ingram, D. J., Jung, M., Kemp, V., Kirkpatrick, L., Martin, C. D., Pan, Y., Pask-Hale, G. D., Pynegar, E. L., Robinson A. N., Sanchez-Ortiz, K., Senior, R. A., Simmons, B. I. et al. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) Project. Ecology and Evolution, 7(1), 145-188.

2. Newbold, T., Hudson, L. N., Arnell, A. P., Contu, S., De Palma, A., Ferrier, S., Hill, S. L. L., Hoskins, A. J., Lysenko, I., Phillips, H. R. P., Burton, V. J., Chng, C. W. T., Emerson, S., Gao, D., Pask-Hale, G., Hutton, J., Jung, M., Sanchez-Ortiz, K., Simmons, B. I., Whitmee, S., Zhang, H., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Purvis, A. (2016). Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment. Science, 353(6296), 288-291.

1.Gray, C. L.*, Simmons, B. I.*, Fayle, T. M., Mann, D. J. and Slade, E. M. (2016). Are riparian forest reserves sources of invertebrate biodiversity spillover and associated ecosystem functions in oil palm landscapes? Biological Conservation, 194, 176-183. * Joint first authors