Position: senior researcher
Branch: Department of Biodiversity Research
Workplace: ÚVGZ AV ČR, v.v.i.Prokišova 356/7České Budějovice370 01
Email: a.f.dixon@uea.ac.uk
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Research Focus
Entomology, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Aphids, Insect, Population Dynamics, Cereal, Wheat, Evolution, Community Ecology, Distribution, Biodiversity
Education
Professor at the University of East Anglia in Norwich
2013 – Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by Charles University
Important research visits and fellowships
A lot of research was carried out in a laboratory in České Budějovice.
Links to Charles University and the Czech Republic date back long before the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Brief scientometrics
Kindlmann P., Štípková Z., and Dixon A.F.G. (2020) Aphid colony duration does not limit the abundance of Harmonia axyridis in the mediterranean area. Sci Rep 10, 21085. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.cas.cz/10.1038/s41598-020-78257-7
Kindlmann P., Dixon A.F.G. and Štípková Z. (2020), Assumed effects of invasive intraguild predators and how to avoid the snowball effect of unsupported expectations. Ecol Entomol. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.cas.cz/10.1111/een.12990
Kindlmann P., Štípková Z., Dixon A.F.G. (2020) Generation time ratio, rather than voracity, determines population dynamics of insect – natural enemy systems, contrary to classical Lotka-Volterra models European Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 133–140. https://doi.org/10.14712/23361964.2020.15
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Roy H.E., Dixon A.F.G., Skuhrovec J., Pekár S. and Brabec M. (2019) Differences in the Phenology of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Native Coccinellids in Central Europe. Environmental Entomology, 48 (1): 80–87.
Honek A., Brabec M., Martinkova Z., Dixon A.F.G., Pekar S. and Skuhrovec J. (2019) Factors determining local and seasonal variation in abundance of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Central Europe. European Journal of Entomology, 116: 93-103. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2019.011
Dixon A.F.G. and Kindlmann P. (2019) Data on aphids indicate that rarity in herbivorous insects may be a consequence of a low rate of potential population growth. Ecological Entomology, doi:10.1111/een.12779
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Dixon A.F.G., Skuhrovec J., Roy H.E., Brabec M., Pekar S. (2018) Life cycle of Harmonia axyridis in central Europe. BioControl, 63 (2). 241-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-017-9864-2
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Saska P., Dixon A.F.G. (2018) Aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Winter Wheat: Predicting Maximum Abundance of Metopolophium dirhodum, Journal of Economic Entomology, 111 (4) 3: 1751–1759. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy157
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Dixon A.F.G. and Saska P. (2017) Annual pred Kindlmann, P., Dixon, A.F. and Štípková, Z. (2020), Assumed effects of invasive intraguild predators and how to avoid the snowball effect of unsupported expectations. Ecol Entomol. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.cas.cz/10.1111/een.12990ictions of the peak numbers of Sitobion avenae infesting winter wheat. J. Appl. Entomol., 141: 352–362. doi:10.1111/jen.12344. (IF2017 = 1.641)
Ferrer A., Dixon A.F.G. and Hemptinne J.-L. (2016) Habitat or prey specialization in predatory ladybird beetles: a case study of two closely related species. J. Appl. Entomol., 140: 199–208. doi:10.1111/jen.12244
Thieme T., Dixon A.F.G. (2015) Is the response of aphids to alarm pheromone stable? Journal of Applied Entomology.
Hemptinne J.-L., Ferrer A., Dixon A.F.G. (2015) Habitat or prey specialization in predatory ladybird beetles: A case study of two closely related species. Journal of Applied Entomology
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Dixon A.F.G. (2015) Detecting seasonal variation in composition of adult Coccinellidae communities. Ecological Entomology
Skálová H., Moravcová L., Dixon A.F.G., Kindlmann P., Pyšek P. (2015) Effect of temperature and nutrients on the growth and development of seedlings of an invasive plant. AoB PLANTS
Kindlmann P., Yasuda H., Kajita Y., Sato S., Dixon A.F.G. (2015) Predator efficiency reconsidered for a ladybird-aphid system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Dixon A.F.G., Sato S., Kindlmann P. (2015) Evolution of slow and fast development in predatory ladybirds. Journal of Applied Entomology
Dixon A.F.G., Honěk A. (2014) Rate of development of predatory insects is dependent on that of their prey. DOI: 10.14712/23361964.2014.1
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Lukas J., Dixon A.F.G. (2014) Plasticity of the thermal requirements of exotherms and adaptation to environmental conditions. Ecology and Evolution
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Kindlmann P., Ameixa O.M.C.C., Dixon A.F.G. (2013) Long-term trends in the composition of aphidophagous coccinellid communities in Central Europe. Insect Conservation and Diversity
Honek A., Martinkova Z., Saska P., Dixon A.F.G. (2012) Temporal variation in elytral colour polymorphism in Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). European Journal of Entomology
Grüber K, Dixon A.F.G. (2011) The effect of nutrient stress on development and reproduction in aphids. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Magro A., Ducamp Ch., Ramon-Portugal F., Lecompte E., Crouau-Roy B., Dixon A.F.G., Hemptinne J.-L. (2010) Oviposition deterring infochemicals in ladybirds: the role of phylogeny. Evol Ecol
Brentassi M.E., Corrales C., Snape J.W., Dixon A.F.G., Castro A.M. (2009) Wheat Antixenosis, Antibiosis, and Tolerance to Infestation by Delphacodes kuscheli (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), a Vector of “Mal de Río Cuarto” in Argentina. Journal of Economic Entomology
Satoru Sato · Hironori Yasuda · Edward W. Evans · Anthony F. G. Dixon (2009) Vulnerability of larvae of two species of aphidophagous ladybirds, Adalia hipunctata Linnaeus and Harmonia axyridis Pallas, to cannibalism and intraguild predation. Entomol. Sci.
Satoru Sato · Katsuhiro Shinya · Hironori Yasuda · Pavel Kindlmann · Anthony F. G. Dixon (2009) Effects of intra and interspecific interactions on the survival of two predatory ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in relation to prey abundance. Appl Entomol Zool
