Peer-reviewed publications

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2024

Hemberger, J. and Williams, Predicting insect resource use in complex landscapes over space and time with a native bumble bee species. In press Ecology

Rosenberger, N.M., Hemberger, J., Williams, N.M. Extreme heat increases risk of pollen limitation through reductions in pollen production and pollen quality. Annals of Botany Plants 10.1093/aobpla/plae045

Hemberger, J. and Williams, N.M. Warming summer temperatures are rapidly restructuring North American bumble bee communities. Ecology Letters 10.1111/ele.14492

2023

Hemberger, J., Bernauer, O., Gaines-Day, H., Gratton, C. Landscape-scale floral resource discontinuity decreases bumble bee occurrence and alters community composition. Ecological Applications 10.1002/eap.2907 [PDF]

Hemberger, J. and Gratton C. Floral resource discontinuity contributes to spatial mismatch between pollinator supply and pollination demand in a pollinator-dependent agricultural landscapes. Landscape Ecology 10.1007/s10980-023-01707-w [PDF]

Williams, N.M. and Hemberger, J.. Climate, pesticides and landcover drive current and predicted declines of the western bumble bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120, 7 (2023) 10.1073/pnas.2221692120

Hemberger, J., Rosenberger, N.M, Williams, N.M. Experimental heat waves disrupt bumble bee foraging through direct heat effects and reduced nectar production. Functional Ecology. 00, 1-11 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14241) [PDF]

2022

Hemberger, J., Witynski, G., Gratton, C. Floral resource continuity boosts bumble bee colony performance relative to variable floral resources. Ecological Entomology. 47:4, 703-712 (2022) 10.1002/een.13154 [PDF]

2021

Mola, J.M., Hemberger, J., Kochanski, J., Richardson, L.L., Pearse, I. The importance of forests in bumble bee biology and conservation. BioScience. 71:12, 1234-1248 (2021) 10.1093/biosci/biab121 [PDF]

Page, M.L., Nicholson, C.C., Brennan, R., Britzman, A., Hemberger, J., Greer, J., Kahl, H., Müller, U, Peng, Y., Rosenberger, N, Stuligross, C., Wang, L., Yang, L., Williams, N.M. A meta-analysis of single-visit pollinator effectiveness. American Journal of Botany. 108:11, 2196-2207 (2021) 10.1002/ajb2.1764

Hemberger, J., Crossley, M., Gratton, C. Historical decrease in agricultural landscape diversity is associated with shifts in bumble bee species occurrence. Ecology Letters. 24:9, 1800-1813 (2021) 10.1111/ele.13786 [PDF]

2020

Hemberger, J., Frappa, A., Witynski, G., Gratton, C. Saved by the pulse? Separating the effects of total and temporal food abundance on the growth and reproduction of bumble bee microcolonies. Basic and Applied Ecology. 45, 1-11 (2020) 10.1016/j.baae.2020.04.004 [PDF]

2018

Hemberger, J. and Gratton C. Floral resource pulse decreases bumble bee foraging trip duration in central Wisconsin agroecosystem. Ecological Entomology. 43, 447–457 (2018). 10.1111/een.12516 [PDF]

In review or submitted

Manuscripts in preparation

Hemberger, J., Nootenboom, C., Lonsdorf, E., Williams, N.M. An inventory of potential: quantifying the value of underutilized land for pollinator conservation and pollination service delivery.

Hemberger, J., Rosenberger, N.M., Ogilvie, J., CaraDonna, P. Direct or indirect, that is the question: parsing the impact of climate warming on sub-alpine bumble bees and their food plants.

Rosenberger, N.M., Hemberger, J., Williams, N.M. Collapse of plant reproductive success due to combined effects of experimental heat waves on plants and their insect pollinators.

Hemberger, J., Williams, N.M. Increase in extreme heat threatens insect visitation to pollinator dependent crops in the California Central Valley.

Public science communication

The Bumble Bees of Wisconsin: an interactive website to learn about the ecology and conservation of Wisconsin’s bumble bee fauna, as well as how to identify them in the field. Includes both an online guide and PDF field guide. 2018.