A5003004850- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
University of Manitoba
2020-2025
Simon Fraser University
2015-2021
McGill University
2013-2015
Most of the world's crops depend on pollinators, so declines in both managed and wild bees raise concerns about food security. However, degree to which insect pollination is actually limiting current crop production poorly understood, as role species (as opposed honeybees) pollinating crops, particularly intensive areas. We established a nationwide study assess extent pollinator limitation seven at 131 locations situated across major crop-producing areas USA. found that five out showed...
Highbush blueberry yields are dependent on pollination by bees, and introduction of managed honey bees is the primary strategy used for this crop. Complementary services also provided wild yet highbush increasingly grown in regions outside its native range where bee communities may be less adapted to crop growers still testing appropriate stocking densities. To contrast non-native production regions, we sampled commercial 'Bluecrop' fields British Columbia Michigan with grower-selected rates...
Bumble bees (Bombus) are a group of eusocial with strongly generalised feeding pattern, collecting pollen from many different botanical families. Though predominantly generalists, some bumble bee species seem to have restricted dietary choices. It is unclear whether diets in inherent or function local conditions due lack data for across regions. The objective this study was determine displayed specific patterns collection, and were influenced by phylogenetic relatedness tongue length, trait...
Abstract Seventy five percent of the world's food crops benefit from insect pollination. Hence, there has been increased interest in how global change drivers impact this critical ecosystem service. Because standardized data on crop pollination are rarely available, we limited our capacity to understand variation benefits yield, as well anticipate changes service, develop predictions, and inform management actions. Here, present CropPol, a dynamic, open, database It contains measurements...
In this conceptual paper, we argue that the assumptions behind laboratory and field studies are chemical compositional analysis may reveal structures unseen by means of human observation. However, replacing observation to make it obsolete is not purpose science; if something can be seen, but measurable, does irrelevant. Although science frequently primarily regarded as a quantitative field, qualitative data inclusion necessary determine consequences research on Indigenous communities. We...
Highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum (Gray), production in British Columbia is dependent upon insect pollination for fruit yield with particular cultivars demonstrating low yields due to poor pollination. New managed species of pollinators are being developed provide farmers pollinator options beyond Apis mellifera (Linnaeus). Pollinators highbush blueberry agricultural systems encounter a variety nontarget floral resources that may affect the received by crop. Our study analyzed...
Growers of small fruit crops often supplement the natural pollinator community by introducing pollinators into commercial orchards and fields, but there are relatively few studies that test extent to which such interventions increase yield. To whether plants limited pollen availability, inflorescences in 78 lowbush blueberry fields during three years were hand‐pollinated either with supplemental outcross pollen, or marked left as controls (open‐pollination). Maximum set pollination was range...