Brian Taylor - Selected publications - 1969-2000 |
| Insect
behaviour and biological clocks 
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Taylor, B. (1969) Circadian rhythms of flight activity in mosquitos (a detailed study of Aedes aegypti and a comparative study of some other species in relation to range). Ph.D. Thesis, Brunel University, 269 pp |
| Taylor, B. & Jones, M.D.R. (1969) The circadian rhythm of flight activity in the mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.): The phase-setting effects of light-on and light-off. Journal of Experimental Biology, 51, 59-70 | |
| Taylor, B. (1969) Geographical range and circadian rhythm. Nature, 222, 296-297 | |
| Taylor, B. (1998) Biological Clocks in Mosquitoes. Website publication opened April 1998. | |
| Mosquito
taxonomy, ecology and distribution  Malaria vector studies  |
Maffi, M. & Taylor, B. (1974) The mosquitoes of the Santa Cruz faunal subarea of the Southwest Pacific (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 11, 197-210 |
| Maffi, M. & Taylor, B. (1977) The mosquitoes of the Banks and Torres Islands groups of the South Pacific (Diptera: Culicidae). Pacific Insects, 17, 511-522 - downloadable from www.mosquitocatalog.org (file size = 1648 Kb) | |
| Taylor, B. & Maffi, M. (1978) A review of the mosquito fauna of the Solomon Islands (Diptera: Culicidae). Pacific Insects, 19, 165-248 | |
| Taylor, B. (1989) Imagos of mosquitoes collected in Vanuatu, 1987. Identification and comments. Rivista di Parassitologia, 6, 13-15 | |
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Taylor, B. (1975a) Observations on malaria vectors of the Anopheles punctulatus complex in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Journal of Medical Entomology, 11, 677-687. |
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| Taylor, B. (1975b) Changes in the feeding behaviour of a malaria vector, Anopheles farauti Lav., following use of DDT as a residual spray in houses in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 127, 277-292. | |
| Taylor, B. (1994) Malaria transmission - mosquitoes, humans and their behaviour. Antenna, 18, 18-22 | |
| Taylor, B. (1998) Mosquitoes and man in the Pacific - more than just words. Antenna, 22, 201-204. | |
| Taylor, B. (2002) Writings on Malaria | |
| Ant
biology, taxonomy  and  their role as vectors of cocoa disease |
Taylor, B. (1977) The ant mosaic on cocoa and other tree crops in Western Nigeria. Ecological Entomology, 2, 245-255 - content embodied in the author's website "Ants of (sub-Saharan) Africa |
| Taylor, B. & Adedoyin, S.F. (1978) The abundance and inter-specific relations of common ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on cocoa farms in Western Nigeria. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 68, 105-121 - content embodied in the author's website "Ants of (sub-Saharan) Africa | |
| Taylor, B. (1976-1980) Ants of the Nigerian Forest Zone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Parts I-V. Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Research Bulletin, 4-8. Total 260 pp - content embodied in the author's website "Ants of (sub-Saharan) Africa" | |
| Griffin, M.J., Idowu, O.L., Maddison, A.C., Taylor, B. & Ward, M.R. (1981) Sources of infection. Chapter 6, pp. 75-95. In Epidemiology of Phytophthora on Cocoa in Nigeria. CMI Phytopathological Paper No. 25 | |
| Taylor, B. & Griffin, M.J. (1981) The role and relative importance of different ant species in the dissemination of black pod disease of cocoa. Chapter 8, pp. 114-131. In Epidemiology of Phytophthora on Cocoa in Nigeria. CMI Phytopathological Paper No. 25. Other related papers are in the folder at "Black pod research_papers". | |
| Taylor, B. (1995) Book Review of: Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World, by Barry Bolton (Harvard University Press, 1994, 222 pp). Antenna, 19, 85-87 | |
| Taylor, B. (1998-2007 ongoing) The Ants of (sub-Saharan) Africa. WWW Monograph opened April 1998 | |
| Studies
of crop production constraints and IPM strategies COTTON
RICE
BANANAS
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Reports of commercial field trials of amitraz, for The Boots Company, Agrochemicals Division, 1977-1979) - |
| Taylor, B. Evaluation of Mitac on cotton, 1977, II. Trials in El Salvador. 35 pp (principally for control of lepidopteran pest) | |
| Taylor, B., Bell, J.R. & Forsyth, R.J. Evaluation of Mitac on cotton, 1978. 1. Trials in Colombia. 37 pp (principally for control of lepidopteran pests) | |
| Taylor, B. & Burgess, J.P. Evaluation of Mitac on cotton, 1978. 4. Trials in Sudan. 30 pp (principally for control of whitefly and lepidopteran pests) | |
| Taylor, B. (1997) Scouting in cotton IPM - a cautionary note and a peculiar observation. Antenna, 21, 14-18 | |
| Taylor, B. (2002) Cotton - Images of production and problems - in Latin America and Sudan WWW Monograph opened Spring 2002 | |
| Rahman, M.L. & Taylor, B. (1983) Studies on nematode pests associated with deepwater rice in Bangladesh. International Rice Research Newsletter, 8, 20-21 | |
| Taylor, B. (1988) The impact of yellow stem borer, Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), on deepwater rice, with special reference to Bangladesh. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 78, 209-225 | |
| Taylor, B. (1996) Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and deepwater rice - an integrated view. Crop Protection, 15, 649-655 | |
| Taylor, B. (2000) Deepwater rice -exemplified by cultivation in Bangladesh WWW Monograph opened November 2000 | |
| Taylor, B. (1991) Research field work on upland bananas, Musa spp., principally acuminata triploid AAA types, in the Kagera Region of Tanzania. With observations on growth and the causes of decline in crop yield. Rivista di Agricoltura Subtropicale e Tropicale, 85, 349-392 | |
| Taylor, B. (2000) The Bananas of Upland East Africa WWW Monograph opened September 2000 | |
| Environmental
& Historical studies,  interpretation and commentary |
Taylor, B., Norton, P. & Truman, J. (1986) The Gardens of Shipley Hall (a historical study, 1600 to 1922). Derbyshire County Council, 42pp |
| Smith, K. Brooks, J. & Taylor, B. (1987a) Architecture of the Shipley Estate. Derbyshire County Council, 10 panel leaflet. | |
| Taylor, B. (1987) Final Report on the Shipley Environmental Education & Interpretation Team, March 1985 to March 1987 (Its research work and its presentation). Derbyshire County Council, 25 pp | |
| The SEE-IT team (1985-87) Products included printed, illustrated monographs in booklet (6) or leaflet (24) format; park maps and self-guided trails; 9 exhibition display panels and models; 5 video films and 2 slide-tape productions; cut-out and colouring sets; a photographic collection; educational packs; and resource collections | |
| Taylor, B. (1993) Flooding in Bangladesh. The Ecologist, 23, 36 | |
| Management
methodology and strategy development  |
Taylor, B. (1984) The development of a computerised system for customer and works order records in the Business Printing Division. Report for Hawthornes of Nottingham, 29 pp |
| Taylor, B. (1991) Strategy Document for 1991-2006. Tea Research Foundation (Central Africa). [with Mission statement, Programme goals and Research Protocol outline, also management restructuring] | |
| Taylor, B. (1994) Examination of Physical Infrastructure Requirements. British Red Cross, Nottinghamshire Branch, 8 pp |
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