List of works - Neal M. Williams

A contemporary survey of bumble bee diversity across the state of California

scientific article published in 2022

A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

scientific article published on 11 March 2013

A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes

scientific article

A meta-analysis of single visit pollination effectiveness

preprint

A meta‐analysis of single visit pollination effectiveness comparing honeybees and other floral visitors

scientific article published in 2021

A review of methods for the study of bumble bee movement

A test of balanced fitness limitations theory: Pollen limitation in plants

scientific article published in 2024

Abundance of common species, not species richness, drives delivery of a real-world ecosystem service

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Agroecology: A Review from a Global-Change Perspective

article

Bee foraging ranges and their relationship to body size

scientific article

Bees in disturbed habitats use, but do not prefer, alien plants

article

Bumble bee colony dynamics: quantifying the importance of land use and floral resources for colony growth and queen production

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

Complex responses within a desert bee guild (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) to urban habitat fragmentation

scientific article published in April 2006

Contrasting patterns in species and functional-trait diversity of bees in an agricultural landscape

article

Corrigendum: Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Crop pollination from native bees at risk from agricultural intensification

scientific article published on 16 December 2002

Cropland heterogeneity drives frequency and intensity of pesticide use

Deceptive signals and behaviors of a cleptoparasitic beetle show local adaptation to different host bee species

scientific article published on 10 September 2018

Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

scientific article

Demographic benefits of early season resources for bumble bee (B. vosnesenskii) colonies

scientific article published on 05 September 2019

Does an 'oversupply' of ovules cause pollen limitation?

scientific article published on 17 November 2015

Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances

scientific article published in October 2010

Effects of wildfire on floral display size and pollinator community reduce outcrossing rate in a plant with a mixed mating system

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

Evidence of exploitative competition between honey bees and native bees in two California landscapes

scientific article published in 2023

Experimental heatwaves disrupt bumblebee foraging through direct heat effects and reduced nectar production

scientific article published in 2022

Extinction order and altered community structure rapidly disrupt ecosystem functioning ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2005

Fantastic bees and where to find them: locating the cryptic overwintering queens of a western bumble bee

scientific article

Forests do not limit bumble bee foraging movements in a montane meadow complex

scientific article published on 31 March 2020

Generalization in Pollination Systems, and Why it Matters

scientific article (publication date: June 1996)

Geographic patterns and pollination ecotypes in Claytonia virginica.

scientific article published on 21 October 2017

Honey bee introductions displace native bees and decrease pollination of a native wildflower

scientific article published in 2023

Impact of “non-lethal” tarsal clipping on bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii) may depend on queen stage and worker size

article by John M. Mola et al published 8 February 2021 in Journal of Insect Conservation

Indirect Effects of Field Management on Pollination Service and Seed Set in Hybrid Onion Seed Production

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Insecticide use in hybrid onion seed production affects pre- and postpollination processes

scientific article published in February 2014

Integrated Crop Pollination: Combining strategies to ensure stable and sustainable yields of pollination-dependent crops

scientific article published in 2017

Invasive Plants as Novel Food Resources, the Pollinators’ Perspective

article

Invasive plants as novel food resources, the pollinators' perspective

article

Landscapes of risk: A comparative analysis of landscape metrics for the ecotoxicological assessment of pesticide risk to bees

scientific article published in 2024

Landscape‐scale resources promote colony growth but not reproductive performance of bumble bees ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Larger workers outperform smaller workers across resource environments: An evaluation of demographic data using functional linear models

scientific article published in 2021

Mismatched outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem services: testing the responses of crop pollinators and wild bee biodiversity to habitat enhancement

scientific article published on 04 December 2019

Mitochondrial deletions in normal and degenerating rat retina.

scientific article

Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in the United States

scientific article

Modelling pollination services across agricultural landscapes

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

Modest Pollen Limitation of Lifetime Seed Production Is in Good Agreement with Modest Uncertainty in Whole-Plant Pollen Receipt.

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Native bees provide insurance against ongoing honey bee losses

scientific article

Native wildflower plantings support wild bee abundance and diversity in agricultural landscapes across the United States

scientific article

Non-target effects of fungicides on nectar-inhabiting fungi of almond flowers.

scientific article published on 26 November 2016

Parental optimism versus parental pessimism in plants: how common should we expect pollen limitation to be?

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Past insecticide exposure reduces bee reproduction and population growth rate

scientific article

Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Solitary Bees

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Pesticide and resource stressors additively impair wild bee reproduction

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

Pesticides and pollinators: A socioecological synthesis.

scientific article published on 6 February 2019

Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change

scientific article published on April 2007

Resource assurance predicts specialist and generalist bee activity in drought

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Resource distributions among habitats determine solitary bee offspring production in a mosaic landscape

scientific article published in April 2007

Response diversity to land use occurs but does not consistently stabilise ecosystem services provided by native pollinators ⬇️

scientific article published on May 22, 2013

Sampling bias is a challenge for quantifying specialization and network structure: lessons from a quantitative niche model

article

Specialist pollinators deplete pollen in the spring ephemeral wildflower Claytonia virginica

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Specialization of mutualistic interaction networks decreases toward tropical latitudes

scientific article

Species abundance and asymmetric interaction strength in ecological networks

article

Species abundance, not diet breadth, drives the persistence of the most linked pollinators as plant-pollinator networks disassemble

scientific article

Species turnover promotes the importance of bee diversity for crop pollination at regional scales

scientific article

Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

Testing simple indices of habitat proximity

scientific article published on 30 March 2005

The Effect of Urbanization on Bumble Bee Communities in Greater Philadelphia

The application of distance distribution functions to structural analysis of core–shell particles

The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

The effects of floral design and display on pollinator economics and pollen dispersal

article

The relative importance of pollinator abundance and species richness for the temporal variance of pollination services

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees

scientific article

Use of novel pollen species by specialist and generalist solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

scientific article published on 30 November 2002

Variation in pollination: causes and consequences for plant reproduction.

scientific article published on September 2009

Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

scientific article

Wildfire reveals transient changes to individual traits and population responses of a native bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)

scientific article published on 02 May 2020

Wildflower Plantings Do Not Compete With Neighboring Almond Orchards for Pollinator Visits

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

Wildflower plantings enhance nesting opportunities for soil‐nesting bees

scientific article published in 2024

Wildflower plantings promote blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), reproduction in California almond orchards

scientific article published on 25 February 2020

Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non-Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

List of works by Neal M. Williams

A contemporary survey of bumble bee diversity across the state of California

A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes

A meta-analysis of single visit pollination effectiveness

A meta‐analysis of single visit pollination effectiveness comparing honeybees and other floral visitors

A review of methods for the study of bumble bee movement

A test of balanced fitness limitations theory: Pollen limitation in plants

Abundance of common species, not species richness, drives delivery of a real-world ecosystem service

Agroecology: A Review from a Global-Change Perspective

Bee foraging ranges and their relationship to body size

Bees in disturbed habitats use, but do not prefer, alien plants

Bumble bee colony dynamics: quantifying the importance of land use and floral resources for colony growth and queen production

Complex responses within a desert bee guild (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) to urban habitat fragmentation

Contrasting patterns in species and functional-trait diversity of bees in an agricultural landscape

Corrigendum: Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

Crop pollination from native bees at risk from agricultural intensification

Cropland heterogeneity drives frequency and intensity of pesticide use

Deceptive signals and behaviors of a cleptoparasitic beetle show local adaptation to different host bee species

Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

Demographic benefits of early season resources for bumble bee (B. vosnesenskii) colonies

Does an 'oversupply' of ovules cause pollen limitation?

Ecological and life-history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances

Effects of wildfire on floral display size and pollinator community reduce outcrossing rate in a plant with a mixed mating system

Evidence of exploitative competition between honey bees and native bees in two California landscapes

Experimental heatwaves disrupt bumblebee foraging through direct heat effects and reduced nectar production

Extinction order and altered community structure rapidly disrupt ecosystem functioning ⬇️

Fantastic bees and where to find them: locating the cryptic overwintering queens of a western bumble bee

Forests do not limit bumble bee foraging movements in a montane meadow complex

Generalization in Pollination Systems, and Why it Matters

Geographic patterns and pollination ecotypes in Claytonia virginica.

Honey bee introductions displace native bees and decrease pollination of a native wildflower

Impact of “non-lethal” tarsal clipping on bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii) may depend on queen stage and worker size

Indirect Effects of Field Management on Pollination Service and Seed Set in Hybrid Onion Seed Production

Insecticide use in hybrid onion seed production affects pre- and postpollination processes

Integrated Crop Pollination: Combining strategies to ensure stable and sustainable yields of pollination-dependent crops

Invasive Plants as Novel Food Resources, the Pollinators’ Perspective

Invasive plants as novel food resources, the pollinators' perspective

Landscapes of risk: A comparative analysis of landscape metrics for the ecotoxicological assessment of pesticide risk to bees

Landscape‐scale resources promote colony growth but not reproductive performance of bumble bees ⬇️

Larger workers outperform smaller workers across resource environments: An evaluation of demographic data using functional linear models

Mismatched outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem services: testing the responses of crop pollinators and wild bee biodiversity to habitat enhancement

Mitochondrial deletions in normal and degenerating rat retina.

Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in the United States

Modelling pollination services across agricultural landscapes

Modest Pollen Limitation of Lifetime Seed Production Is in Good Agreement with Modest Uncertainty in Whole-Plant Pollen Receipt.

Native bees provide insurance against ongoing honey bee losses

Native wildflower plantings support wild bee abundance and diversity in agricultural landscapes across the United States

Non-target effects of fungicides on nectar-inhabiting fungi of almond flowers.

Parental optimism versus parental pessimism in plants: how common should we expect pollen limitation to be?

Past insecticide exposure reduces bee reproduction and population growth rate

Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Solitary Bees

Pesticide and resource stressors additively impair wild bee reproduction

Pesticides and pollinators: A socioecological synthesis.

Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land-use change

Resource assurance predicts specialist and generalist bee activity in drought

Resource distributions among habitats determine solitary bee offspring production in a mosaic landscape

Response diversity to land use occurs but does not consistently stabilise ecosystem services provided by native pollinators ⬇️

Sampling bias is a challenge for quantifying specialization and network structure: lessons from a quantitative niche model

Specialist pollinators deplete pollen in the spring ephemeral wildflower Claytonia virginica

Specialization of mutualistic interaction networks decreases toward tropical latitudes

Species abundance and asymmetric interaction strength in ecological networks

Species abundance, not diet breadth, drives the persistence of the most linked pollinators as plant-pollinator networks disassemble

Species turnover promotes the importance of bee diversity for crop pollination at regional scales

Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services

Testing simple indices of habitat proximity

The Effect of Urbanization on Bumble Bee Communities in Greater Philadelphia

The application of distance distribution functions to structural analysis of core–shell particles

The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis

The effects of floral design and display on pollinator economics and pollen dispersal

The relative importance of pollinator abundance and species richness for the temporal variance of pollination services

Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees

Use of novel pollen species by specialist and generalist solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

Variation in pollination: causes and consequences for plant reproduction.

Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

Wildfire reveals transient changes to individual traits and population responses of a native bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)

Wildflower Plantings Do Not Compete With Neighboring Almond Orchards for Pollinator Visits

Wildflower plantings enhance nesting opportunities for soil‐nesting bees

Wildflower plantings promote blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), reproduction in California almond orchards

Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non-Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries