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Lawrence D. Harder

Lawrence D. Harder

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
19165
World Ranking
1669
National Ranking
102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Lawrence D. Harder is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research predominantly focuses on areas such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics including:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Harder has published research in a variety of peer-reviewed venues with multiple publications in the American Journal of Botany. Other notable journals where their work appears include Ecología Austral, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and ACM Transactions on Graphics.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Steven D. Johnson
  • Marcelo A. Aizen
  • Lucas A. Garibaldi
  • Agustín Sáez
  • Marina P. Arbetman

Selected recent papers by Lawrence D. Harder include:

  • Beyond pollen:ovule ratios: Evolutionary consequences of pollinator dependence and pollination efficiency for pollen and ovule production in angiosperms, 2023, American Journal of Botany
  • Myth and reality of a global crisis for agricultural pollination, 2022, Ecología Austral
  • The economy of pollen dispersal in flowering plants, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Diverse mating consequences of the evolutionary breakdown of the sexual polymorphism heterostyly, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Modeling flower pigmentation patterns, 2021, ACM Transactions on Graphics

Lawrence D. Harder has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 2016 in the Academy of Science division.

Best Publications

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

    Lucas A Garibaldi;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Rachael Winfree;Marcelo A Aizen

  • The global stock of domesticated honey bees is growing slower than agricultural demand for pollination.

    Marcelo A. Aizen;Lawrence D. Harder

  • Mating cost of large floral displays in hermaphrodite plants

    Lawrence D. Harder;Spencer C. H. Barrett

  • Expanding the limits of the pollen-limitation concept: effects of pollen quantity and quality.

    Marcelo A. Aizen;Lawrence D. Harder

  • EVOLUTIONARY OPTIONS FOR MAXIMIZING POLLEN DISPERSAL OF ANIMAL-POLLINATED PLANTS

    Lawrence D. Harder;James D. Thomson

  • Global growth and stability of agricultural yield decrease with pollinator dependence

    Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi;Marcelo A. Aizen;Alexandra M. Klein;Saul A. Cunningham

  • Pollen Dispersal and Mating Patterns in Animal-Pollinated Plants

    Lawrence D. Harder;Spencer C. H. Barrett

  • Darwin's beautiful contrivances: evolutionary and functional evidence for floral adaptation

    Lawrence D. Harder;Steven D. Johnson

  • Ecology and evolution of plant mating.

    Spencer C.H. Barrett;Lawrence D. Harder

  • Evolution and development of inflorescence architectures.

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Yvette Erasmus;Yvette Erasmus;Brendan Lane;Brendan Lane;Lawrence D. Harder;Lawrence D. Harder

  • The comparative biology of pollination and mating in flowering plants

    Spencer Charles Hilton Barrett;Lawrence D. Harder;Anne C. Worley

  • Ecology and Evolution of Flowers

    Lawrence D Harder;Spencer Charles Hilton Barrett

  • Morphology as a Predictor of Flower Choice by Bumble Bees

    Lawrence D. Harder

  • Consumptive emasculation: the ecological and evolutionary consequences of pollen theft.

    Anna L. Hargreaves;Lawrence D. Harder;Steven D. Johnson

  • Pollen Removal by Bumble Bees and Its Implications for Pollen Dispersal

    Lawrence D. Harder

  • Flower handling efficiency of bumble bees: morphological aspects of probing time.

    Lawrence D. Harder

  • Function and Evolution of Aggregated Pollen in Angiosperms

    Lawrence D. Harder;Steven D. Johnson

  • The functional significance of poricidal anthers and buzz pollination: controlled pollen removal from Dodecatheon

    L. D. Harder;R. M. R. Barclay

  • Effects of nectar concentration and flower depth on flower handling efficiency of bumble bees.

    Lawrence D. Harder

  • Why are Bumble Bees Risk Averse

    Lawrence D. Harder;Leslie A. Real

  • Behavioral responses by bumble bees to variation in pollen availability

    Lawrence D. Harder

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo A. Aizen
Marcelo A. Aizen National University of Comahue
Steven D. Johnson
Steven D. Johnson University of KwaZulu-Natal
Spencer C. H. Barrett
Spencer C. H. Barrett University of Toronto
Lucas A. Garibaldi
Lucas A. Garibaldi National Scientific and Technical Research Council
W. Scott Armbruster
W. Scott Armbruster University of Portsmouth
Saul A. Cunningham
Saul A. Cunningham Australian National University
William G. Wilson
William G. Wilson Duke University
James D. Thomson
James D. Thomson University of Toronto
Gaku Kudo
Gaku Kudo Hokkaido University
Neal M. Williams
Neal M. Williams University of California, Davis

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