Wytham publications From 1990, publications have been included that are based on work carried out at the Wytham Field Station and farmland, and work that uses species from these areas. For theses see the Wytham theses list. References are listed in alphabetical order by name. A ACKLAND,M. (1961). Fannia gotlandica Ringd. (Dipt., Muscidae) in Berkshire. Ent.Mon.Mag. 97:200. AINSWORTH,G.C. (1950). The Oxford foray. 12-19 September 1949. Trans.Brit.mycol.Soc. 33:372-377. ALLANSON,B.R. (1973). The fine structure of the periphyton of Chara sp. and Potamogeton natans from Wytham Pond, Oxford, and its significance to the macrophyteperiphyton metabolic model of R.G.Wetzel and H.L.Allen. Freshw.Biol. 3:535-542. ANDERSON,S. (1993). Receiving hares. A radio-telemetry study of the brown hare, Lepus europaeus Pallas. Unpublished undergraduate's project. ANON (1918). [Excursion to Wytham Woods]. Proc.Rep.Ashmol.Nat.Hist.Soc.Oxford, 1917, 19. ANON (1943) Wytham: A record issued by the Oxford Preservation Trust on the acquisition of Wytham Abbey and Estate by the University of Oxford. Oxford Preservation Trust, Oxford. ANON (1976) Wytham Woods Atlas. (Privately circulated, Oxford Forestry Institution 38 pp) (1981) 2nd ed. edited by Hockin, R.L. (1986-7)3rd ed. edited by Smith P.G. APPS, P (1977). The fate of beech mast and acorms in Wytham woods. Ecology option project. AREVALO, J.E. (1994). The behaviour of treecreepers Certhia familiaris in mixed-species flocks in winter. Bird Study 41:1-6 ARKELL,W.J. (c.1945). The geology of Wytham Hills. [In: Osmaston,F.C. (1959) Appendix X]. ARKELL,W.J. (1947). The geology of Oxford. Oxford.(Clarendon Press) [ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM] (1979). Romano-British pewter dish... found on the University Farm at Wytham. Ann.Rep.Ashmol.Mus. 1977-8, Pl.3, p.22. ASKEW,R.R. (1958). Harpiphorus lepidus Klug (Hym., Tenthredinidae) in Berkshire. Ent.Mon.Mag. 94:203. ASKEW,R.R. (1959). A revision of the British species of the genus Olynx Forster (Hym., Eulophidae). Ent.Mon.Mag. 95:49-57. ASKEW,R.R. (1959). A new species of Hobbya (Hym.,Pteromalidae) from Britain. Ent.Mon.Mag. 95:69-70. ASKEW,R.R. (1959). A note on Callirhytis glandium (Giraud) (Hym.,Cynipidae). Ent.Mon.Mag. 95:79. ASKEW,R.R. (1960). The six-belted clearwing moth, Dipsosphecia scopigera (Scopoli) (Lep.,Sesiidae), in Berkshire. Ent.Mon.Mag. 96:53. ASKEW,R.R. (1960). On the Palaearctic species of Syntomaspis Forster (Hym., Chalcidoidea, Torymidae). Ent.Mon.Mag. 96:184-191. ASKEW,R.R. (1961). Ormocerus latus Walker and O.vernalis Walker (Hym., Pteromalidae). Parasites in Cynipid oak galls. Entomologist, 94:193-195. ASKEW,R.R. (1961). Eupelmus urozonus Dalman (Hym., Chalcidoidea) as a parasite in Cynipid oak galls. Entomologist, 94:196-201. ASKEW,R.R. (1961). On the biology of the inhabitants of oak galls of Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) in Britain. Trans.Soc.Brit.Ent. 14:237-268. ASKEW,R.R. (1961). Some biological notes on the Pteromalid (Hym., Chalcidoidea) genera Caenacis Forster, Cecidostiba Thomson and Hobbya Delucchi. Entomophaga, 6:57-67. ASKEW,R.R. (1961). A study of the biology of species of the genus Mesopolobus Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae) associated with Cynipid galls on oak.Trans.R.Ent.Soc. Lond. 113:155-173. ASKEW,R.R. (1961). The biology of the British spp. of the genus Olynx Forster (Hym., Eulophidae) with a note on seasonal colour forms in Chalcidoidea. Proc.R.Ent.Soc.Lond.(A), 36:103-112. ASKEW,R.R. (1962). The distribution of galls of Neuroterus (Hym., Cynipidae) on oak. J.Anim.Ecol. 31:439-455. ASKEW,R.R. (1962). Some species of Pediobius Walker (Hym., Eulophidae) inhabiting Cynipid oak galls. Entomophaga, 7:337-342. ASKEW,R.R. (1970). Observations on the hosts and host food plants of some Pteromalidae [Hym. Chalcidoidea]. Entomophaga, 15:379-85. ASKEW,R.R. (1970). Encyrtidae (Hym., Chalcidoidea) new to Britain. Entomologist, 103:263-4. 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The biology and immature stages of two species of Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) associated with the bark beetle Scolytus scolytus (F.). Proc.R.Ent.Soc.Lond. (A), 41:145-154. BEAVER,R.A. (1966). Notes on the biology of the bark beetles attacking elm in Wytham Wood, Berks. Ent.Mon.Mag. 102:156-162. BEAVER,R.A. (1966). Notes on the fauna associated with elm bark beetles in Wytham Wood, Berks. - I. Coleoptera. Ent.Mon.Mag. 102:163-170. BEAVER,R.A. (1967). Notes on the biology of the parasitic mite Pyemotes scolyti Oud. (Acari: Pyemotidae). Entomologist, 100:9-12. BEAVER,R.A. (1967). The regulation of population density in the bark beetle Scolytus scolytus (F.). J.Anim.Ecol. 36:435-451. BEAVER,R.A. (1967). Hymenoptera associated with elm bark beetles in Wytham Wood, Berks. Trans.Soc.Brit.Ent. 17:141-150. BEAVER,R.A. (1967). Hymenopteran parasites of Lonchaea fugax Becker (Diptera: Lonchaeidae). Entomologist, 100:304-6. BEAVER,R.A. (1969). 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