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Robert J. Paxton is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Paxton's work spans several subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, genetics, plant science, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their research topics cover a range of themes related to plants and animals, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, as well as plant parasitism and resistance. Additional areas of interest include ecology and vegetation dynamics, insect-plant interactions and control, and neurobiology and insect physiology research.

Paxton has published notable papers such as:

  • Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species, 2021, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Managed honey bees as a radar for wild bee decline?, 2020, Apidologie
  • Urbanization is associated with shifts in bumblebee body size, with cascading effects on pollination, 2020, Evolutionary Applications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Paxton include Panagiotis Theodorou, José Javier G. Quezada-Euán, Julia Osterman, Oliver Schweiger, and Matthias Albrecht.

Their research has been published across various venues, with multiple publications in Scientific Reports, Insects, Journal of Applied Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

Best Publications

  • Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators

    M. A. Fürst;D. P. McMahon;J. L. Osborne;R. J. Paxton

  • The conservation of bees: a global perspective

    Mark J. F. Brown;Robert J. Paxton

  • Widespread dispersal of the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, an emergent pathogen of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera

    Julia Klee;Andrea M. Besana;Elke Genersch;Sebastian Gisder

  • Symbionts as major modulators of insect health: lactic Acid bacteria and honeybees.

    Alejandra Vásquez;Eva Forsgren;Ingemar Fries;Robert J. Paxton;Robert J. Paxton

  • Nosema ceranae has infected Apis mellifera in Europe since at least 1998 and may be more virulent than Nosema apis

    Robert J. Paxton;Julia Klee;Seppo Korpela;Ingemar Fries

  • MATING BEHAVIOR AND CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE ORDER HYMENOPTERA

    Manfred Ayasse;Robert Paxton;J. Tengo

  • Standard methods for Nosema research

    Ingemar Fries;Marie-Pierre Chauzat;Yan-Ping Chen;Vincent Doublet

  • Bees under stress: sublethal doses of a neonicotinoid pesticide and pathogens interact to elevate honey bee mortality across the life cycle

    Vincent Doublet;Maureen Labarussias;Joachim R. de Miranda;Robin F. A. Moritz;Robin F. A. Moritz

  • Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification

    Marcelo Adrian Aizen;Sebastián Aguiar;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi

  • Urban areas as hotspots for bees and pollination but not a panacea for all insects

    Panagiotis Theodorou;Panagiotis Theodorou;Rita Radzevičiūtė;Guillaume Lentendu;Guillaume Lentendu;Belinda Kahnt

  • Standard methods for maintaining adult Apis mellifera in cages under in vitro laboratory conditions

    Geoffrey Rhys Williams;Cédric Alaux;Cecilia Costa;Támas Csáki

  • A sting in the spit: widespread cross‐infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees

    Dino P. McMahon;Dino P. McMahon;Dino P. McMahon;Matthias A. Fürst;Matthias A. Fürst;Jesicca Caspar;Panagiotis Theodorou

  • The Bee Microbiome: Impact on Bee Health and Model for Evolution and Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions.

    Philipp Engel;Waldan K. Kwong;Waldan K. Kwong;Quinn McFrederick;Kirk E. Anderson

  • Rarity and decline in bumblebees - : A test of causes and correlates in the Irish fauna

    Úna Fitzpatrick;Tomás E. Murray;Robert J. Paxton;John Breen

  • Does infection by Nosema ceranae cause “Colony Collapse Disorder” in honey bees (Apis mellifera)?

    Robert J. Paxton

  • Elevated virulence of an emerging viral genotype as a driver of honeybee loss

    Dino P. McMahon;Dino P. McMahon;Dino P. McMahon;Myrsini E. Natsopoulou;Vincent Doublet;Matthias Fürst;Matthias Fürst

  • Estimating the density of honeybee colonies across their natural range to fill the gap in pollinator decline censuses

    Rodolfo Jaffé;Vincent Dietemann;Vincent Dietemann;Mike H. Allsopp;Cecilia Costa

  • Male mating behaviour and mating systems of bees: an overview

    Robert John Paxton

  • Research strategies to improve honeybee health in Europe

    Robin F.A. Moritz;Joachim de Miranda;Ingemar Fries;Yves Le Conte

  • A horizon scan of future threats and opportunities for pollinators and pollination

    Mark J. F. Brown;Lynn V. Dicks;Robert J. Paxton;Katherine C R Baldock

  • Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009

    Glenn R. Almany;Maurício P. De Arruda;Wolfgang Arthofer

  • POLLINATION OF GREENHOUSE TOMATOES BY BEES

    H.J. Banda;R.J. Paxton

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. F. Brown
Mark J. F. Brown Royal Holloway University of London
José Javier G. Quezada-Euán
José Javier G. Quezada-Euán Autonomous University of Yucatán
Ingemar Fries
Ingemar Fries Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Peter J. Neumann
Peter J. Neumann University of Bern
Manfred Ayasse
Manfred Ayasse University of Ulm
Juliet L. Osborne
Juliet L. Osborne University of Exeter
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Elke Genersch
Elke Genersch Freie Universität Berlin
Klaus Hartfelder
Klaus Hartfelder Universidade de São Paulo
Jeremy Field
Jeremy Field University of Exeter

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