A5016613265- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
Cornell University
2018-2023
Xerces Society
2023
École Pratique des Hautes Études
2016-2018
Université de Montpellier
2016-2018
Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive
2016-2018
Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier
2017
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2016-2017
Google (United States)
2017
Yale University
2014
Studies of newly emerged Apis mellifera worker bees have demonstrated that their guts are colonized by a consistent core microbiota within several days eclosure. We conducted experiments aimed at illuminating the transmission routes and spatiotemporal colonization dynamics this microbiota. Experimental groups workers were maintained in cup cages exposed to different potential sources. Colonization patterns evaluated using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assess community sizes deep...
Summary Ecosystem functioning relies heavily on below‐ground processes, which are largely regulated by plant fine‐roots and their functional traits. However, our knowledge of fine‐root trait distribution to date local‐ regional‐scale studies with limited numbers species, growth forms environmental variation. We compiled a world‐wide dataset, featuring 1115 species from contrasting climatic areas, phylogeny test series hypotheses pertaining the influence types, soil climate variables, degree...
Land-use change threatens global biodiversity and may reshape the tree of life by favoring some lineages over others. Whether phylogenetic diversity loss compromises ecosystem service delivery remains unknown. We address this knowledge gap using extensive genomic, community, crop datasets to examine relationships among land use, pollinator structure, production. Pollinator communities in highly agricultural landscapes contain 230 million fewer years evolutionary history; was strongly...
Abstract Pollinator communities are more abundant and diverse in agricultural matrices with natural habitat, although the reasons for these correlations remain unclear. It is possible that forest fragments edges provide resources pollinators important early weeks of spring, after which time those insects can then ‘spill over’ into crops such as apple orchards during bloom. To explore how may feed therefore promote flower visitor adjacent habitats, we sampled springtime nine their edge...
Abstract Effective monitoring of native bee populations requires accurate estimates population size and relative abundance among habitats. Current survey methods, such as netting or pan trapping, may be adequate for a variety study objectives but are limited by failure to account imperfect detection. Biases due detection could result in inaccurate erroneous insights about the response bees different environments. To gauge potential biases currently employed we compared bumblebees ( Bombus...
The first part of this publication, written by a group participants in Bee Course 2018, results from the discovery three nests Caupolicana yarrowi (Cresson, 1875) at base Chiricahua Mountains southeastern Arizona. are deep with branching laterals that usually connect to large vertical brood cells an upward turn before curving downward and attaching top chambers. This loop lateral thus seems serve as “sink trap,” excluding rainwater reaching open during provisioning. Although mature larvae...
Plant–bee visitor communities are complex networks. While studies show that deleting nodes alters network topology, predicting these changes in the field remains difficult. Here, a simple trait-based approach is tested for bee community composition following disturbance. I selected six fields with mixed cover of flower species shallow (open) and deep (tube) nectar access, removed all flowers or heads each trait different plots paired controls, then observed foraging composition. compared...
Many scientific disciplines currently are experiencing a “reproducibility crisis” because numerous findings cannot be repeated consistently. A novel but controversial hypothesis postulates that stringent levels of environmental and biotic standardization in experimental studies reduces reproducibility by amplifying impacts lab-specific factors not accounted for study designs. corollary to this is the deliberate introduction controlled systematic variability (CSV) designs can increase...