Ed Baker FLS ARCS
Interdisciplinary researcher using sensor networks and acoustics to monitor biodiversity and environments.
Latest publications
- Catalysts for change: Museum gardens in a planetary emergency
- Bioacoustic and Ecoacoustic Data in Audiovisual Core
- Good practice guidelines for long-term ecoacoustic monitoring in the UK
- Realising the potential for acoustic monitoring to address environmental policy needs
Latest blog posts
- TDWG Audiovisual Core: Image Quality and AI
- Announcing ReVAMP: Bringing Vamp Audio Analysis Plugins to R
- Urban Nature Project Wins Gold at Wood Awards
- Voices for Change: A Night of Climate Action
- AI has an ASCII grasshopper problem
Talks
- 10/10/2025 - TDWG 2025
- 15/05/2025 - Urban Nature Network: Bioacoustics and Ecoacoustics
- 22/04/2025 - Urban Research Station launch
- 03/03/2025 - Impacts of Urban Noise
- 22/01/2025 - Acoustics research at the Natural History Museum
Notes
- Prophalangopsis obscura (Walker, 1869)
- Interesting invertebrate conservation projects
- Linux audio recipes
- Acoustics figures
Some thoughts on
Phasmida
Phasmida (stick insects and leaf insects) are a fascinating order of insects known for their remarkable camouflage. I have worked on phasmid taxonomy and their status as agricultural pests.
Publications
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On the Phyllium of Palawan (Philippines), with description of a new species (Phasmida: Phylliidae) (2020) Faunitaxys
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The worldwide status of phasmids (Insecta: Phasmida) as pests of agriculture and forestry (2015) Agriculture and Food Security
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Resolving the synonymy of Paraphanocles keratosqueleton (Olivier, 1792) (Phasmida: Diapheromerinae) (2011) Phasmid Studies
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Phasmid collection and bibliography of the Phasmida works of J. T. C. Sellick (2011) Phasmid Studies
External Resources
- Phasmida Species File - Comprehensive taxonomic database for Phasmida
- Phasmid Study Group - Organisation for the study and conservation of stick insects