Ben Darvill

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Ben Darvill is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Darvill has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 22 papers in Insect Science and 17 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ben Darvill's work include Plant and animal studies (27 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (21 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers). Ben Darvill is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (27 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (21 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (17 papers). Ben Darvill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Ireland. Ben Darvill's co-authors include Dave Goulson, Gillian C. Lye, Jonathan S. Ellis, Michael E. Hanley, Mairi E. Knight, William O. H. Hughes, Olivier Lepais, Peter Graystock, Roy Sanderson and Juliet L. Osborne and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, New Phytologist and Annual Review of Entomology.

In The Last Decade

Ben Darvill

30 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Decline and Conservation of Bumble Bees

2007 889 citations Dave Goulson, Gillian C. Lye et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Darvill United Kingdom	26	3.4k	2.7k	2.0k	1.2k	604	30	3.8k
Sydney A. Cameron United States	30	4.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.2×	2.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	358 0.6×	56	4.5k
Terry Griswold United States	32	4.3k 1.3×	2.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	183	4.7k
Claire Carvell United Kingdom	26	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	990 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.9×	51	3.5k
Pierre Rasmont Belgium	39	4.2k 1.2×	3.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	684 1.1×	171	4.8k
R.M.J.C. Kleukers Netherlands	9	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	805 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	799 1.3×	21	2.5k
Theo Peeters Netherlands	6	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	784 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	718 1.2×	20	2.5k
Jeffrey D. Lozier United States	24	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	552 0.4×	335 0.6×	64	2.8k
Menno Reemer Netherlands	17	3.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.8×	54	3.8k
Thomas Tscheulin Greece	29	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	665 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	60	3.0k
Xím Cerdá Spain	37	3.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	3.3k 1.7×	604 0.5×	924 1.5×	126	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Darvill

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Darvill

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Darvill

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Darvill. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Darvill based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben Darvill. Ben Darvill is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Wal, René van der, H Anderson, Nirwan Sharma, et al.. (2015). Mapping species distributions: A comparison of skilled naturalist and lay citizen science recording. AMBIO. 44(S4). 584–600. 45 indexed citations

Whitehorn, Penelope R., Matthew C. Tinsley, Mark J. F. Brown, Ben Darvill, & Dave Goulson. (2014). Genetic diversity and parasite prevalence in two species of bumblebee. Journal of Insect Conservation. 18(4). 667–673. 10 indexed citations

Graystock, Peter, et al.. (2013). Emerging dangers: Deadly effects of an emergent parasite in a new pollinator host. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 114(2). 114–119. 123 indexed citations

Siddharthan, Advaith, Hien Nguyen, Nirwan Sharma, et al.. (2012). Natural Language Generation for Nature Conservation: Automating Feedback to Help Volunteers Identify Bumblebee Species. Aberdeen University Research Archive (Aberdeen University). 311–324. 13 indexed citations

Darvill, Ben, Olivier Lepais, Lucy C. Woodall, & Dave Goulson. (2012). Triploid bumblebees indicate a direct cost of inbreeding in fragmented populations. Molecular Ecology. 21(16). 3988–3995. 26 indexed citations

Lepais, Olivier, Ben Darvill, Juliet L. Osborne, et al.. (2010). Estimation of bumblebee queen dispersal distances using sibship reconstruction method. Molecular Ecology. 19(4). 819–831. 142 indexed citations

Goulson, Dave, Olivier Lepais, Juliet L. Osborne, et al.. (2010). Effects of land use at a landscape scale on bumblebee nest density and survival. Journal of Applied Ecology. 47(6). 1207–1215. 174 indexed citations

Darvill, Ben, et al.. (2010). Niche differentiation of a cryptic bumblebee complex in the Western Isles of Scotland. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 4(1). 46–52. 28 indexed citations

Cussans, J., Dave Goulson, Roy Sanderson, et al.. (2010). Two Bee-Pollinated Plant Species Show Higher Seed Production when Grown in Gardens Compared to Arable Farmland. PLoS ONE. 5(7). e11753–e11753. 49 indexed citations

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Whitehorn, Penelope R., Matthew C. Tinsley, Mark J. F. Brown, Ben Darvill, & Dave Goulson. (2010). Genetic diversity, parasite prevalence and immunity in wild bumblebees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1709). 1195–1202. 124 indexed citations

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Whitehorn, Penelope R., Matthew C. Tinsley, Mark J. F. Brown, Ben Darvill, & Dave Goulson. (2009). Impacts of inbreeding on bumblebee colony fitness under field conditions. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9(1). 152–152. 62 indexed citations

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Darvill, Ben, et al.. (2009). Cryptic differences in dispersal lead to differential sensitivity to habitat fragmentation in two bumblebee species. Molecular Ecology. 19(1). 53–63. 60 indexed citations

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Hanley, Michael E., Miguel Franco, Samuel Pichon, Ben Darvill, & Dave Goulson. (2008). Breeding system, pollinator choice and variation in pollen quality in British herbaceous plants. Functional Ecology. 22(4). 592–598. 172 indexed citations

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Goulson, Dave, Gillian C. Lye, & Ben Darvill. (2008). Diet breadth, coexistence and rarity in bumblebees. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17(13). 3269–3288. 97 indexed citations

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Goulson, Dave, Mick E. Hanley, Ben Darvill, & Jonathan S. Ellis. (2006). Biotope Associations and the Decline of Bumblebees (Bombus spp.). Journal of Insect Conservation. 10(2). 95–103. 83 indexed citations

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Ellis, Jonathan S., M. E. KNIGHT, Ben Darvill, & Dave Goulson. (2006). Extremely low effective population sizes, genetic structuring and reduced genetic diversity in a threatened bumblebee species, Bombus sylvarum (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Molecular Ecology. 15(14). 4375–4386. 115 indexed citations

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Darvill, Ben, Jonathan S. Ellis, Gillian C. Lye, & Dave Goulson. (2006). Population structure and inbreeding in a rare and declining bumblebee, Bombus muscorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Molecular Ecology. 15(3). 601–611. 121 indexed citations

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Hanley, Michael E., et al.. (2004). Early plant growth: identifying the end point of the seedling phase. New Phytologist. 163(1). 61–66. 89 indexed citations

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Darvill, Ben, et al.. (2003). Seed size and germination response: a relationship for fire-following plant species exposed to thermal shock. Oecologia. 134(1). 18–22. 69 indexed citations

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Goulson, Dave & Ben Darvill. (2003). Distribution and floral preferences of the rare bumblebees Bombus humilis and B. soroeensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on Salisbury Plain. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 16(2). 95–102. 1 indexed citations

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