Personal Profile / Teaching Experience

In my role as graduate teaching assistant at Anglia Ruskin, I am responsible for supporting many of the modules within the animal and environmental program. Past and current responsibilities include roles in Biomeasurement, Practical Biodiversity, Core Biology and Population Ecology.

Research Interests

I am principally interested in insect ecology, in particular the hempiptera of grasslands. But I have several interests that include ornithology and urban biodiversity. For my PhD I am investigating the ecology of the tall fescue planthopper Ribautodelhax imitans a red-list, and Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) species.

Publications

Dittrich, A.D.K. & Helden, A.J (2012) Experimental cattle dung sward islets: The effect of dung islets on the composition of Araneae & Hemiptera grassland communities Insect Conservation and Diversity 5(1): 46-56 (Special issue on grassland conservation - selected paper) DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00133.x

Dittrich, A.D.K., Harrison, N.M. & Leech, D.I. (in prep) Using citizen science in an effort to determine the effect of garden structure and urbanisation on nest box occupancy and breeding bird productivity Resubmission to Bird Study in prep, following review

Dittrich, A.D.K. & Helden A.J. (in prep) Competition and coexistence of Hemiptera: Can feeding mechanisms explain distribution and abundance of aphids and leafhoppers?.

Dittrich, A.D.K., Smith, J & Smith, A.C. (under review) Knowing me, knowing you: The effects of familiarity and sex on sociality and burrow occupancy in the emperor scorpion, Pandinus imperator. Ethology Ecology & Evolution.

Conference Contributions

Dittrich, A.D.K & Helden, A.J. (2010) Experimental sward islets and grassland Hemiptera populations [Poster Presentation] Ento10 Royal Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales

Dittrich, A.D.K., Harrison, N.M. & Leech, D.I. (2011) The Use of Citizen Science in Studies of Urban Birds, [Poster Presentation] ASAB Easter conference, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

Dittrich, A.D.K & Helden, A.J. (2012) Competition and coexistence of leafhoppers on the nettle Urtica dioica [Oral Presentation] Ento12 Royal Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

Helden, A.J, Dittrich, A.D.K & Mackenzie, R. (2012) The status and distribution of Ribautodelphax imitans (Ribaut) at Coe Fen, Cambridge [Poster Presentation] Ento12 Royal Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

Reports

Dittrich, A.D.K., Harrison, N.M. & Leech, D.I. (2010) Nest Box Challenge, A BTO report, British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, UK

Helden, A.J, Dittrich A.D.K & Mackenzie R.T. (2011) The status and distribution of Ribautodelphax imitans (Ribaut) at Coe Fen, Cambridge. A report to Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire, UK