Publications | Apex Science & Conservation

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Phillips BB (2025). Environmental connections between forests and oceans. A scoping review for the Woodland Trust. View publication
Duncan EM in Innovate UK Business Connect, Satellite Applications Catapult and Arribada Initiative (2024). The role of remote sensing in shaping marine plastic litter policies and innovations. View publication
Duncan EM in Darwin Initiative, Capability & Capacity (2023-2025): Bolstering Príncipe's resilience to marine plastics through strengthened community capacity. View publication
Duncan EM, Phillips BB, et al. (in prep). Discarded fishing nets and marine megafauna entanglements in Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea: A survey of fishers to reveal current practices and potential solutions.

Bishop, ..., Phillips BB, ..., et al. (2025). Critical habitat thresholds for effective pollinator conservation in agricultural landscapes. Science.
Süle, ..., Phillips BB, ..., et al. (2025). Pollinator-promoting interventions in European urban habitats — A synthesis. Ecology Letters, 28: e70189. View publication
Knapp JL & Phillips BB et al. (2021). Socio-psychological factors, beyond knowledge, predict people’s engagement in pollinator conservation. People and Nature, 3: 204-220. View publication
Shaw RF, Phillips BB, et al. (2020). Mass-flowering crops have a greater impact than semi-natural habitat on crop pollinators and pollen deposition. Landscape Ecology, 35: 513-527. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2018). Drought reduces floral resources for pollinators. Global Change Biology, 24: 3226-3235. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2018). Shared traits make flies and bees effective pollinators of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). Basic and Applied Ecology, 32: 66-76. View publication

Phillips BB et al. (2021). Spatial extent of road pollution: A national analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 773: 145589. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2021). Road verge extent and habitat composition across Great Britain. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214: 104159. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2021). Impacts of multiple pollutants on pollinator activity in road verges. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58: 1017-1029. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2020). Ecosystem service provision by road verges. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57: 488-501. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2020). Enhancing road verges to aid pollinator conservation: A review. Biological Conservation, 250: 108687. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2019). Road verges support pollinators in agricultural landscapes, but are diminished by heavy traffic and summer cutting. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56: 2316-2327. View publication

Duncan EM et al. (2023). Predicting the distribution and abundance of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the deep sea of the Azores (North Atlantic). Science of The Total Environment, 900: 166579. View publication
Ramilo-Henry M, Umbelina B, Matilde E & Duncan EM (2023). Plastic pollution on remote islands: A baseline study of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. Marine Environmental Research, 191: 106181. View publication
Omeyer LCM & Duncan EM et al. (2023). Interactions between marine megafauna and plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. Science of The Total Environment, 874: 162502. View publication
Duncan EM et al. (2021). Plastic pollution and small juvenile marine turtles: A potential evolutionary trap. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8: 699521. View publication
Duncan EM et al. (2020). Message in a bottle: Open source technology to track the movement of plastic pollution. PLOS ONE, 15: e0242459. View publication
Duncan EM et al. (2019). Microplastic ingestion ubiquitous in marine turtles. Global Change Biology, 25: 744-752. View publication

Duncan EM, Phillips BB, et al. (in prep). Discarded fishing nets and marine megafauna entanglements in Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea: A survey of fishers to reveal current practices and potential solutions.
Phillips BB et al. (2025). The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS): Protocol for a panel study. People and Nature, 7: 815-827. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2022). Monitoring public engagement with nature using Google Trends. People and Nature, 4: 1216-1232. View publication
Phillips BB et al. (2022). Harnessing practitioner knowledge to inform the conservation of a protected species, the hazel dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3: e12198. View publication
Knapp JL & Phillips BB et al. (2021). Socio-psychological factors, beyond knowledge, predict people’s engagement in pollinator conservation. People and Nature, 3: 204-220. View publication