People and organizations involved in BUGS

The BUGS project was run by: Richard Smith , Kevin Gaston, Philip Warren and Ken Thompson, who are part of the Environment and Biodiversity Research Group, in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield, UK.

A number of other people and organisations are, or have been, involved in the project, as collaborators, advisors and end-users. These include:

• Sheffield City Museums and Galleries Trust - the local biological recording centre
• Sheffield Wildlife Trust - interests in the biodiversity and wildlife conservation of urban habitats
• Sheffield City Council, City Ecology Unit - involved in urban ecology assessment and planning, Local Biodiversity Action plans etc..
• The Royal Horticultural Society - wide reaching interests in horticulture and the role of gardens
• The Henry Doubleday Research Association - particular interests in organic horticulture and the environmental impacts of garden management
• A variety of individual taxonomic experts in groups ranging from fungi and hoverflies to spiders and parasitic wasps, who are generously contributing their time and expertise to identify many of the specimens
• The many garden owners participating in the project, without whose co-operation (and gardens) the whole thing would be impossible

The project is one of a number of investigations being funded under the URGENT (Urban Regeneration) programme run by the UK Natural Environmental Research Council.

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March 2007