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Adam J. Vanbergen is affiliated with INRAE, the Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement in France. Their research primarily spans the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Plant and animal studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect and Pesticide Research, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology.

Frequent publication venues where Vanbergen has contributed include Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, Ecological Entomology, and Nature Communications. This selection reflects a consistent engagement with ecological and environmental research communities.

  • A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline (2021) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Pesticides have negative effects on non-target organisms (2025) in Nature Communications
  • Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself (2020) in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Pathways for Novel Epidemiology: Plant-Pollinator-Pathogen Networks and Global Change (2021) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Long-term cattle grazing shifts the ecological state of forest soils (2022) in Ecology and Evolution

Vanbergen has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including Marcelo A. Aizen, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Simon G. Potts, Willem Proesmans, and Matthias Albrecht. These frequent co-authorships highlight interdisciplinary networks and collaborative approaches within their field.

The scientist has also contributed to academic books, notably publishing with FAO eBooks on the subject of sustainable use and conservation of invertebrate pollinators in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

    Simon G Potts;Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca;Hien T Ngo;Marcelo A Aizen

  • Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators

    Adam J Vanbergen

  • Functional traits as indicators of biodiversity response to land use changes across ecosystems and organisms

    Marie Vandewalle;Marie Vandewalle;Francesco de Bello;Francesco de Bello;Matty P. Berg;Thomas Bolger

  • A restatement of the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators

    H. Charles J. Godfray;Tjeerd Blacquière;Linda M. Field;Rosemary S. Hails

  • Summary for policymakers of the assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on pollinators, pollination and food production

    Simon G. Potts;Vera Imperatriz Fonseca;Hien T. Ngo;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer

  • A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline.

    Lynn V. Dicks;Lynn V. Dicks;Tom D. Breeze;Hien T. Ngo;Deepa Senapathi

  • Ecological intensification to mitigate impacts of conventional intensive land use on pollinators and pollination

    Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki;Anahí Espíndola;Adam J. Vanbergen;Josef Settele;Josef Settele

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • A restatement of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators

    H. Charles J. Godfray;Tjeerd Blacquière;Linda M. Field;Rosemary S. Hails

  • Protecting an ecosystem service: approaches to understanding and mitigating threats to wild insect pollinators

    Richard J. Gill;Katherine C R Baldock;Mark J F Brown;James E. Cresswell

  • Functional traits and local environment predict vegetation responses to disturbance: a pan‐European multi‐site experiment

    Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Alan Gray;Adam J. Vanbergen;Laurent Bergès

  • Effect of land‐use heterogeneity on carabid communities at the landscape scale

    Adam J. Vanbergen;Ben A. Woodcock;Allan D. Watt;Jari Niemelä

  • Risks to pollinators and pollination from invasive alien species.

    Adam J. Vanbergen;Anahí Espíndola;Marcelo Adrian Aizen

  • Impact of habitat type and landscape structure on biomass, species richness and functional diversity of ground beetles

    B.A. Woodcock;J. Redhead;A.J. Vanbergen;L. Hulmes

  • Biochar in bioenergy cropping systems: impacts on soil faunal communities and linked ecosystem processes

    Sarah A. McCormack;Nick Ostle;Richard D. Bardgett;David William Hopkins

  • Monitoring insect pollinators and flower visitation: The effectiveness and feasibility of different survey methods

    Rory S. O'Connor;Rory S. O'Connor;William E. Kunin;Michael P. D. Garratt;Simon G. Potts

  • Host ecology determines the relative fitness of virus genotypes in mixed‐genotype nucleopolyhedrovirus infections

    D. J. Hodgson;R. B. Hitchman;A. J. Vanbergen;R. S. Hails

  • Experimental verification of suction sampler capture efficiency in grasslands of differing vegetation height and structure

    A. J. Brook;B. A. Woodcock;M. Sinka;A. J. Vanbergen

  • Scale-specific correlations between habitat heterogeneity and soil fauna diversity along a landscape structure gradient.

    Adam J. Vanbergen;Allan D. Watt;Ruth Mitchell;Anne-Marie Truscott

  • The Insect Pollinators Initiative

    Adam Vanbergen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben A. Woodcock
Ben A. Woodcock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Rosemary S. Hails
Rosemary S. Hails Mansfield University
Allan D. Watt
Allan D. Watt Natural Environment Research Council
Matthew S. Heard
Matthew S. Heard Rothamsted Research
Marcelo A. Aizen
Marcelo A. Aizen National University of Comahue
Lynn V. Dicks
Lynn V. Dicks University of Cambridge
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Richard F. Pywell
Richard F. Pywell Natural Environment Research Council
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University

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