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40
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5990
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13

Overview

John S. Ascher is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Genetics. Their work also engages with Ecological Modeling and Nature and Landscape Conservation as specialized subfields.

The main topics explored in John S. Ascher's research include Plant and animal studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions.

John S. Ascher has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Zootaxa, Current Biology, ZooKeys, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). The number of publications in these venues indicates a strong presence in both open-access and peer-reviewed journals.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by John S. Ascher include:

  • Global Patterns and Drivers of Bee Distribution, 2020, Current Biology
  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches, 2021, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • The benefits of contributing to the citizen science platform iNaturalist as an identifier, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Completeness analysis for over 3000 United States bee species identifies persistent data gap, 2023, Ecography
  • Three questions: How can taxonomists survive and thrive worldwide?, 2020, Megataxa

John S. Ascher has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Michael C. Orr, Alice C. Hughes, Chao-Dong Zhu, Keng-Lou James Hung, and Zestin W. W. Soh, indicating a network of co-authors contributing to topics relevant to ecology and insect science.

Best Publications

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

    David Kleijn;Rachael Winfree;Ignasi Bartomeus;Luísa G. Carvalheiro;Luísa G. Carvalheiro

  • The city as a refuge for insect pollinators.

    Damon M. Hall;Gerardo R. Camilo;Rebecca K. Tonietto;Jeff Ollerton

  • Climate-associated phenological advances in bee pollinators and bee-pollinated plants.

    Ignasi Bartomeus;John S. Ascher;David Wagner;Bryan N. Danforth

  • 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

  • Bee Richness and Abundance in New York City Urban Gardens

    Kevin C. Matteson;John S. Ascher;Gail A. Langellotto;Gail A. Langellotto

  • Wild bee pollinators provide the majority of crop visitation across land‐use gradients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, USA

    Rachael Winfree;Rachael Winfree;Neal M. Williams;Hannah Gaines;John S. Ascher

  • Dynamic microbiome evolution in social bees

    Waldan K. Kwong;Waldan K. Kwong;Luis A. Medina;Hauke Koch;Kong-Wah Sing

  • A comparison of bee communities of Chicago green roofs, parks and prairies

    Rebecca Tonietto;Jeremie Fant;John Ascher;Katherine Ellis

  • The strong influence of collection bias on biodiversity knowledge shortfalls of Brazilian terrestrial biodiversity

    Ubirajara Oliveira;Adriano Pereira Paglia;Antonio D. Brescovit;Claudio J. B. de Carvalho

  • Biodiversity conservation gaps in the Brazilian protected areas

    Ubirajara Oliveira;Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho;Adriano Pereira Paglia;Antonio D. Brescovit

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

    Michael S. Engel;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Gimo M. Daniel;Pablo M. Dellapé

  • Global Patterns and Drivers of Bee Distribution.

    Michael C. Orr;Alice C. Hughes;Alice C. Hughes;Douglas Chesters;John Pickering

  • Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

    Scott A. Thomson;Richard L. Pyle;Shane T Ahyong;Shane T Ahyong;Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

  • The Bee Fauna of Residential Gardens in a Suburb of New York City (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

    Evelyn D. Fetridge;John S. Ascher;Gail A. Langellotto;Gail A. Langellotto

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

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

  • Forested Landscapes Promote Richness and Abundance of Native Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Wisconsin Apple Orchards

    J. C. Watson;A. T. Wolf;J. S. Ascher

  • Landscape effects of forest loss in a pollination system

    Hisatomo Taki;Peter G. Kevan;John S. Ascher

  • Evolution and Phylogenetic Utility of Alignment Gaps Within Intron Sequences of Three Nuclear Genes in Bumble Bees (Bombus)

    Atsushi Kawakita;Teiji Sota;John S. Ascher;Masao Ito

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

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

  • Wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of the Michigan highbush blueberry agroecosystem.

    Julianna K. Tuell;John S. Ascher;Rufus Isaacs

  • The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

    Zachariah J. Gezon;Zachariah J. Gezon;Eli S. Wyman;John S. Ascher;David W. Inouye;David W. Inouye

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachael Winfree
Rachael Winfree Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jason Gibbs
Jason Gibbs University of Manitoba
Chao-Dong Zhu
Chao-Dong Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Terry L. Griswold
Terry L. Griswold Utah State University
Michael S. Engel
Michael S. Engel University of Kansas
Ignasi Bartomeus
Ignasi Bartomeus Spanish National Research Council
Bryan N. Danforth
Bryan N. Danforth Cornell University
Claudio J. B. de Carvalho
Claudio J. B. de Carvalho Federal University of Paraná
Atsushi Kawakita
Atsushi Kawakita University of Tokyo
Rufus Isaacs
Rufus Isaacs Michigan State University

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