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40
Citations
7532
World Ranking
6048
National Ranking
381

Overview

Jason Gibbs is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research output covers multiple subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's main research topics include Plant and animal studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Fern and Epiphyte Biology, and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

Recent publications by Jason Gibbs include:

  • Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits (2020), published in Ecology Letters
  • Flower traits associated with the visitation patterns of bees (2020), published in Oecologia
  • Global patterns in bumble bee pollen collection show phylogenetic conservation of diet (2021), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • <scp>CropPol</scp>: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination (2021), published in Ecology

Jason Gibbs has published frequently in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The Great Lakes Entomologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Collaborations form an important part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Rufus Isaacs (13 joint publications)
  • Kyle Bobiwash (7 joint publications)
  • Joel Gardner (6 joint publications)
  • Joshua W. Campbell (5 joint publications)
  • Jaret C. Daniels (5 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits

    Ignasi Bartomeus;John S. Ascher;John S. Ascher;Jason Gibbs;Bryan N. Danforth

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

    Insu Koh;Eric V. Lonsdorf;Neal M. Williams;Claire Brittain

  • Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators.

    J R Reilly;D R Artz;D Biddinger;K Bobiwash;K Bobiwash

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

    Rachael Winfree;James R. Reilly;Ignasi Bartomeus;Daniel P. Cariveau;Daniel P. Cariveau

  • DNA barcoding and the mediocrity of morphology

    Laurence Packer;Jason Gibbs;Cory Sheffield;Robert Hanner

  • Biodiversity ensures plant–pollinator phenological synchrony against climate change

    Ignasi Bartomeus;Ignasi Bartomeus;Mia G. Park;Jason Gibbs;Jason Gibbs;Bryan N. Danforth

  • Agriculturally dominated landscapes reduce bee phylogenetic diversity and pollination services

    Heather Grab;Michael G. Branstetter;Nolan Amon;Nolan Amon;Katherine R. Urban-Mead

  • Negative effects of pesticides on wild bee communities can be buffered by landscape context

    Mia G. Park;Mia G. Park;E. J. Blitzer;Jason Gibbs;Jason Gibbs;John E. Losey

  • Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini)

    Jason Gibbs

  • Wolbachia and DNA Barcoding Insects: Patterns, Potential, and Problems

    M. Alex Smith;Claudia Bertrand;Kate Crosby;Eldon S. Eveleigh

  • Pollination services for apple are dependent on diverse wild bee communities

    Eleanor J. Blitzer;Jason Gibbs;Mia G. Park;Bryan N. Danforth

  • Diverse landscapes have a higher abundance and species richness of spring wild bees by providing complementary floral resources over bees' foraging periods.

    Rachel E. Mallinger;Rachel E. Mallinger;Jason Gibbs;Claudio Gratton

  • Revision and reclassification of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus), L. (Hemihalictus) and L. (Sphecodogastra) in eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae).

    Jason Gibbs;Laurence Packer;Sheila Dumesh;Bryan N Danforth

  • Revision of the metallic species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) in Canada (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Halictini)

    Jason Gibbs

  • Phylogeny of halictine bees supports a shared origin of eusociality for Halictus and Lasioglossum (Apoidea: Anthophila: Halictidae)

    Jason Gibbs;Seán G. Brady;Kojun Kanda;Bryan N. Danforth

  • Implications of three biofuel crops for beneficial arthropods in agricultural landscapes.

    Mary A. Gardiner;Mary A. Gardiner;Julianna K. Tuell;Rufus Isaacs;Jason Gibbs

  • Forest bees are replaced in agricultural and urban landscapes by native species with different phenologies and life-history traits.

    Tina Harrison;Jason Gibbs;Rachael Winfree

  • The allometry of bee proboscis length and its uses in ecology

    Daniel P. Cariveau;Daniel P. Cariveau;Geetha K. Nayak;Ignasi Bartomeus;Joseph Zientek

  • Assessing bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) diversity of an Illinois restored tallgrass prairie: methodology and conservation considerations

    Ray K. Geroff;Jason Gibbs;Kenneth W. McCravy

  • Integrative taxonomy identifies new (and old) species in the Lasioglossum (Dialictus) tegulare (Robertson) species group (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)

    Jason Gibbs

Frequent Co-Authors

Rufus Isaacs
Rufus Isaacs Michigan State University
Rachael Winfree
Rachael Winfree Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John S. Ascher
John S. Ascher National University of Singapore
Laurence Packer
Laurence Packer York University
Bryan N. Danforth
Bryan N. Danforth Cornell University
Ignasi Bartomeus
Ignasi Bartomeus Spanish National Research Council
Terry L. Griswold
Terry L. Griswold Utah State University
Neal M. Williams
Neal M. Williams University of California, Davis
Douglas A. Landis
Douglas A. Landis Michigan State University
Lars A. Brudvig
Lars A. Brudvig Michigan State University

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