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P. Kirk Visscher is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, predominately within engineering and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work is reflected in areas such as mechanical engineering, geology, safety, risk, reliability and quality, genetics, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The recent publications authored or coauthored by P. Kirk Visscher illustrate a broad range of study topics. Two notable papers include:

  • "Data-driven chimney fire risk prediction using machine learning and point process tools," published in 2023 in The Annals of Applied Statistics
  • "The influence of available comb storage space on the performance of honey bee communication signals that regulate foraging," published in 2020 in Apidologie

The research topics associated with Visscher's work cover areas such as tree root and stability studies, 3D surveying and cultural heritage, geotechnical engineering and analysis, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, and insect and pesticide research.

  • Tree root and stability studies
  • 3D surveying and cultural heritage
  • Geotechnical engineering and analysis
  • Insect and arachnid ecology and behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and pesticide research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Visscher include:

  • Changqing Lu
  • Marie-Colette van Lieshout
  • Maurits de Graaf
  • Parry M. Kietzman

P. Kirk Visscher's research has appeared in diverse scientific journals. The scientist has published at least once in both The Annals of Applied Statistics and Apidologie, representing engagement with statistical methodologies as well as biological and ecological subjects.

The interdisciplinary nature of Visscher's work integrates both engineering principles and biological science perspectives, particularly focusing on environmental risk assessment, biological communication, and structural analysis in living systems. This combination of fields is apparent in the scientist's focus on model development, data analysis, and applied ecological research.

Best Publications

  • FORAGING STRATEGY OF HONEYBEE COLONIES IN A TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST

    P. Kirk Visscher;Thomas D. Seeley

  • Worker policing in the honeybee

    Francis L. W. Ratnieks;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Survival of honeybees in cold climates: the critical timing of colony growth and reproduction

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Group Decision Making in Nest-Site Selection Among Social Insects

    P Kirk Visscher

  • A quantitative study of worker reproduction in honey bee colonies

    P. Kirk Visscher

  • Group Decision Making in Honey Bee Swarms When 10,000 bees go house hunting, how do they cooperatively choose their new nesting site?

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher;Kevin M. Passino

  • Quorum sensing during nest-site selection by honeybee swarms

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Mass envenomations by honey bees and wasps.

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  • Reproductive conflict in honey bees: a stalemate of worker egg-laying and policing

    P. Kirk Visscher

  • Honeybee colonies achieve fitness through dancing

    Gavin Sherman;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Israeli acute paralysis virus: epidemiology, pathogenesis and implications for honey bee health.

    Yan Ping Chen;Jeffery S. Pettis;Miguel Corona;Wei Ping Chen

  • Group decision making in nest-site selection by honey bees

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Choosing a home: how the scouts in a honey bee swarm perceive the completion of their group decision making

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Swarm cognition in honey bees

    Kevin M. Passino;Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Lifetime learning by foraging honey bees

    Reuven Dukas;P.Kirk Visscher

  • The honey bee way of death: Necrophoric behaviour in Apis mellifera colonies

    P. Kirk Visscher

  • Survivorship of foraging honey bees

    P.K. Visscher;R. Dukas

  • Assessing the benefits of cooperation in honeybee foraging: search costs, forage quality, and competitive ability

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Kinship discrimination in queen rearing by honey bees ( Apis mellifera )

    P. Kirk Visscher

  • Comparisons of forager distributions from matched honey bee colonies in suburban environments

    Keith D. Waddington;Thomas J. Herbert;P. Kirk Visscher;Monica Raveret Richter

  • House-hunting by honey bee swarms: collective decisions and individual behaviors

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  • THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FLIGHT OF HONEY BEE SWARMS

    Thomas D. Seeley;Roger A. Morse;P. Kirk Visscher

  • How do honey bees (Apis mellifera) fuel their water foraging flights

    P.Kirk Visscher;Karl Crailsheim;Gavin Sherman

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas D. Seeley
Thomas D. Seeley Cornell University
Kevin M. Passino
Kevin M. Passino The Ohio State University
Reuven Dukas
Reuven Dukas McMaster University
Yanping Chen
Yanping Chen Agricultural Research Service
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Jeffery S. Pettis
Jeffery S. Pettis Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Karl Crailsheim
Karl Crailsheim University of Graz
W. Ian Lipkin
W. Ian Lipkin Columbia University
Gustavo Palacios
Gustavo Palacios Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Francis L. W. Ratnieks University of Sussex

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