About Dotmoth

After 11 years of carrying out my own postdoctoral research alongside providing editorial and biostatistical services, I expanded my freelance work and set up Dotmoth to support other scientists in early 2007.  I now work entirely freelance from my home in Dundry, rural North Somerset, UK, where I am a parish councillor.  The photo at the top of the page is the view from my office window.  On the right, you can see a conker tree which is under attack by the alien leaf-mining moth Cameraria orhidella.  
    My business is named after the dot moth Melanchra persicariae, a small, but unmistakable moth found as an adult from late June to August in the UK.  It is a Noctuid moth, which means it has evolved ears capable of hearing the ultrasound echolocation calls of its predators, bats.

A few of my publications - email me for copies

Kastelein, R.A., Jennings, N., Verboom, W.C., de Haan, D., & Schooneman, N.M. (2006) Differences in the response of a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) and a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) to an acoustic alarm. Marine Environmental Research 61, 363-378.

Smith, R.K., Jennings, N.V., Tataruch, F., Hackländer, K. & Harris, S. (2005) Vegetation quality and habitat selection by European hares (Lepus europaeus) in a pastural landscape. Acta Theriologica 50, 391-404.

White, P.C.L, Jennings, N., Renwick, A.R., & Barker, N.H.L. (2005) Questionnaires in ecology: a review of past use and recommendations for best practice. Journal of Applied Ecology 42, 421-430.

Smith, R.K., Jennings, N. & Harris, S. (2005) A quantitative analysis of the abundance and demography of European hares Lepus europaeus in relation to habitat type, intensity of agriculture and climate. Mammal Review 35, 1-24.

Jennings, N., Parsons, S., Barlow, K.E., & Gannon, M.R. (2004) Echolocation calls and wing morphology of bats from the West Indies. Acta Chiropterologica 6, 75-90.