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José Javier G. Quezada-Euán

José Javier G. Quezada-Euán

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
3393
World Ranking
7955
National Ranking
38

Overview

José Javier G. Quezada-Euán is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Yucatán in Mexico. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on subfields such as Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior. Additional research interests include Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

José Javier G. Quezada-Euán has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Recent papers include:

  • The Process and Outcome of the Africanization of Honey Bees in Mexico: Lessons and Future Directions (2020), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Heat stress during development affects immunocompetence in workers, queens and drones of Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (2020), published in Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Risks and opportunities associated with pollinators' conservation and management of pollination services in Latin America (2022), published in Ecología Austral
  • The Insecticide Imidacloprid Decreases Nannotrigona Stingless Bee Survival and Food Consumption and Modulates the Expression of Detoxification and Immune-Related Genes (2022), published in Insects
  • Transcriptomic Signatures of Ageing Vary in Solitary and Social Forms of an Orchid Bee (2021), published in Genome Biology and Evolution

Frequent publication venues for José Javier G. Quezada-Euán include Insectes Sociaux, Apidologie, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports, and Journal of Apicultural Research. These outlets reflect the scientist's focus on entomology and related ecological and biological studies.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with peers in their field. Frequent co-authors include Robert J. Paxton, Luis A. Medina-Medina, Humberto Moo-Valle, Antonella Soro, and Rubén G. Medina. These collaborations suggest involvement in a network of researchers working on similar topics related to insect biology and ecology.

Best Publications

  • Diversity, threats and conservation of native bees in the Neotropics.

    Breno M. Freitas;Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca;Luis M. Medina;Astrid de Matos Peixoto Kleinert

  • Meliponiculture in Mexico: problems and perspective for development

    José Javier G Quezada-Euán;William de Jesús May-Itzá;Jorge A González-Acereto

  • Biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation

    Rosemary Hill;Rosemary Hill;Guiomar Nates-Parra;José Javier G. Quezada-Euán;Damayanti Buchori

  • Comparative Toxicity of Pesticides to Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

    Gustavo Rafael Valdovinos-Núñez;José Javier G. Quezada-Euán;Patricia Ancona-Xiu;Humberto Moo-Valle

  • Behavior and pollination efficiency of Nannotrigona perilampoides (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) on greenhouse tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) in subtropical México.

    Orlando Cauich;José Javier G. Quezada-euán;José Octavio Macias-macias;Vicente Reyes-oregel

  • Dispersal ability of male orchid bees and direct evidence for long-range flights

    Tamara Pokorny;Dirk Loose;Gerald Dyker;J. Javier G. Quezada-Euán

  • Geometric morphometrics of the wing as a tool for assigning genetic lineages and geographic origin to Melipona beecheii (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)

    Tiago Mauricio Francoy;Marina Lopes Grassi;Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca;William de Jesús May-Itzá

  • Paternity frequency and maternity of males in some stingless bee species

    Kellie A. Palmer;Benjamin P. Oldroyd;Jose Javier G. Quezada-Euan;Robert J. Paxton

  • Morphological and molecular characters reveal differentiation in a Neotropical social bee, Melipona beecheii (Apidae: Meliponini)

    José Javier G. Quezada-Euán;Robert J. Paxton;Kellie A. Palmer;William de J. May Itzá

  • The effect of food reserves on the production of sexual offspring in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii (Apidae, Meliponini)

    Humberto Moo-Valle;Javier J.G. Quezada-Euán;Tom Wenseleers

  • Not Only Single Mating in Stingless Bees

    Robert J. Paxton;Nicole Weißschuh;Wolf Engels;Klaus Hartfelder

  • Body size differs in workers produced across time and is associated with variation in the quantity and composition of larval food in Nannotrigona perilampoides (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)

    J.J.G. Quezada-Euan;A. Lopez-Velasco;J. Perez-Balam;H. Moo-Valle

  • Stingless Bees of Mexico

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  • The economic and cultural values of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) among ethnic groups of tropical America

    José Javier G Quezada-Euán;Guiomar Nates-Parra;Marcia M. Maués;David W Roubik

  • Pollination of ‘criollo’ avocados (Persea americana) and the behaviour of associated bees in subtropical Mexico

    Cesar Can-Alonzo;José Javier G Quezada-Euán;Patricia Xiu-Ancona;Humberto Moo-Valle

  • An olfactory shift is associated with male perfume differentiation and species divergence in orchid bees.

    Thomas Eltz;Yvonne Zimmermann;Carolin Pfeiffer;Jorge Ramirez Pech

  • Production of greenhouse tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) using Nannotrigona perilampoides, Bombus impatiens and mechanical vibration (Hym.: Apoidea)

    G. Palma;J. J. G. Quezada-Euán;V. Reyes-Oregel;V. Meléndez

  • Sweat bees on hot chillies: provision of pollination services by native bees in traditional slash-and-burn agriculture in the Yucatán Peninsula of tropical Mexico.

    Patricia Landaverde-González;Patricia Landaverde-González;José Javier G. Quezada-Euán;Panagiotis Theodorou;Tomás E. Murray

  • Characterization of the orchid bee Euglossa viridissima (Apidae: Euglossini) and a novel cryptic sibling species, by morphological, chemical, and genetic characters

    Thomas Eltz;Falko Fritzsch;Jorge Ramírez Pech;Yvonne Zimmermann

  • Rapid evolution of chemosensory receptor genes in a pair of sibling species of orchid bees (Apidae: Euglossini)

    Philipp Brand;Philipp Brand;Santiago R. Ramírez;Florian Leese;Florian Leese;J. Javier G. Quezada-Euan

  • New perspectives for stingless beekeeping in the yucatan: results of an integral program to rescue and promote the activity

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  • Population genetic structure of orchid bees (Euglossini) in anthropogenically altered landscapes

    Y. Zimmermann;D. L. P. Schorkopf;R. F. A. Moritz;R. W. Pemberton

  • Contribution of native bees and Africanized honey bees (Hymenoptera:Apoidea) to Solanaceae crop pollination in tropical México

    O. Macias‐Macias;J. Chuc;P. Ancona‐Xiu;O. Cauich

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Paxton
Robert J. Paxton Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca Universidade de São Paulo
Klaus Lunau
Klaus Lunau Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Klaus Hartfelder
Klaus Hartfelder Universidade de São Paulo
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Damayanti Buchori
Damayanti Buchori IPB University
Berta Martín-López
Berta Martín-López Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading
Wittko Francke
Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg
Lynn V. Dicks
Lynn V. Dicks University of Cambridge

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