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D-Index
61
Citations
23400
World Ranking
1128
National Ranking
305

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

His primary areas of study are Ecology, Pollination, Pollinator, Ecosystem services and Botany. His work in Ecology addresses issues such as PEST analysis, which are connected to fields such as Integrated pest management, Trapping and Cold tolerance. His work deals with themes such as Wildflower, Agronomy and Crop, which intersect with Pollination.

His Pollinator research includes elements of Apoidea, Species richness, Honey bee and Forage. His research integrates issues of Agriculture, Agroforestry and Habitat in his study of Ecosystem services. Many of his studies involve connections with topics such as Horticulture and Botany.

His most cited work include:

  • Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance (1222 citations)
  • A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems (617 citations)
  • Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits (536 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Rufus Isaacs mainly focuses on Horticulture, Ecology, PEST analysis, Botany and Drosophila suzukii. His Pollination, Pollinator, Species richness, Abundance and Habitat investigations are all subjects of Ecology research. His Pollination research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Agroforestry, Foraging and Wildflower.

His studies in Agroforestry integrate themes in fields like Agriculture, Crop yield and Ecosystem services. The study incorporates disciplines such as Apoidea, Biodiversity, Honey bee and Agronomy in addition to Pollinator. Rufus Isaacs studied PEST analysis and Integrated pest management that intersect with Pest control and Cultural control.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (38.49%)
  • Ecology (21.22%)
  • PEST analysis (20.86%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Drosophila suzukii (15.11%)
  • Drosophila (9.35%)
  • PEST analysis (20.86%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Drosophila suzukii, Drosophila, PEST analysis, Agroforestry and Integrated pest management. The PEST analysis study combines topics in areas such as Maggot, Lepidoptera genitalia and Sex pheromone. His Agroforestry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Crop yield, Pollination and Ecosystem services.

He focuses mostly in the field of Pollination, narrowing it down to topics relating to Agriculture and, in certain cases, Biodiversity. Habitat, Plant species and Wildflower is closely connected to Pollinator in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Ecosystem services. The Integrated pest management study which covers Cultural control that intersects with Larva and Mulch.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Biological Control of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—Current and Pending Tactics (44 citations)
  • Narrow pollen diets are associated with declining Midwestern bumble bee species (30 citations)
  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis. (22 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Genus

His scientific interests lie mostly in Drosophila suzukii, Drosophila, Integrated pest management, PEST analysis and Ecology. The various areas that Rufus Isaacs examines in his Integrated pest management study include Pesticide, Spinosad, Toxicology and Crop. His study in Habitat, Abundance, Agriculture, Pollination and Ecosystem services is carried out as part of his studies in Ecology.

His research in Habitat focuses on subjects like Biodiversity, which are connected to Pollinator. His Agriculture research includes themes of Pest control and Flowering plant. Rufus Isaacs combines subjects such as Mulch, Vaccinium, Horticulture and Cultural control with his study of Pupa.

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

  • A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems

    Christina M. Kennedy;Eric Lonsdorf;Maile C. Neel;Neal M. Williams

  • Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

    Lucas A. Garibaldi;Lucas A. Garibaldi;Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Claire Kremen;Juan M. Morales

  • Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities

    Mark K. Asplen;Gianfranco Anfora;Antonio Biondi;Antonio Biondi;Deuk Soo Choi

  • 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

  • Flower plantings increase wild bee abundance and the pollination services provided to a pollination-dependent crop

    Brett R. Blaauw;Rufus Isaacs

  • Maximizing arthropod‐mediated ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes: the role of native plants

    Rufus Isaacs;Julianna Tuell;Anna Fiedler;Mary Gardiner

  • From research to action: Enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators

    Lucas A Garibaldi;Luísa G Carvalheiro;Luísa G Carvalheiro;Sara D Leonhardt;Marcelo A Aizen

  • The effectiveness of flower strips and hedgerows on pest control, pollination services and crop yield: a quantitative synthesis.

    Matthias Albrecht;David Kleijn;Neal M. Williams;Matthias Tschumi

  • Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in the United States

    Insu Koh;Eric V. Lonsdorf;Neal M. Williams;Claire Brittain

  • Perennial grasslands enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes.

    Ben P. Werling;Timothy L. Dickson;Rufus Isaacs;Hannah Gaines

  • A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes.

    Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Elinor M. Lichtenberg;Christina M. Kennedy;Claire Kremen;Péter Batáry

  • Control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, by specific insecticides and by conventional and organic crop protection programs

    Steven Van Timmeren;Rufus Isaacs

  • Laboratory survival of Drosophila suzukii under simulated winter conditions of the Pacific Northwest and seasonal field trapping in five primary regions of small and stone fruit production in the United States.

    Daniel T Dalton;Vaughn M Walton;Peter W Shearer;Douglas B Walsh

  • Infestation of Wild and Ornamental Noncrop Fruits by Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

    Jana C. Lee;Jana C. Lee;Amy J. Dreves;Adam M. Cave;Shinji Kawai

  • An Inexpensive, Accurate Method for Measuring Leaf Area and Defoliation Through Digital Image Analysis

    Matthew E. O’Neal;Douglas A. Landis;Rufus Isaacs

  • Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators.

    J R Reilly;D R Artz;D Biddinger;K Bobiwash;K Bobiwash

  • Native wildflower plantings support wild bee abundance and diversity in agricultural landscapes across the United States

    Neal M. Williams;Kimiora L. Ward;Nathaniel Pope;Rufus Isaacs

  • Landscape structure and habitat management differentially influence insect natural enemies in an agricultural landscape

    J. Megan Woltz;Rufus Isaacs;Douglas A. Landis

  • Pollination services provided to small and large highbush blueberry fields by wild and managed bees

    Rufus Isaacs;Anna K. Kirk

  • Visitation by Wild and Managed Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) to Eastern U.S. Native Plants for Use in Conservation Programs

    Julianna K. Tuell;Anna K. Fiedler;Douglas Landis;Rufus Isaacs

  • Larger patches of diverse floral resources increase insect pollinator density, diversity, and their pollination of native wildflowers

    Brett R. Blaauw;Rufus Isaacs

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason Gibbs
Jason Gibbs University of Manitoba
Neal M. Williams
Neal M. Williams University of California, Davis
Vaughn M. Walton
Vaughn M. Walton Oregon State University
Luísa G. Carvalheiro
Luísa G. Carvalheiro Universidade Federal de Goiás
Rachael Winfree
Rachael Winfree Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Claire Kremen
Claire Kremen University of British Columbia
Maj Rundlöf
Maj Rundlöf Lund University
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Simon G. Potts
Simon G. Potts University of Reading

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