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Stephen L. Buchmann

Stephen L. Buchmann

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
9980
World Ranking
4014
National Ranking
1405

Overview

Stephen L. Buchmann is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The work focuses on various aspects of insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior, genetics, and plant science.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics including plant and animal studies, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant parasitism and resistance, bee products chemical analysis, plant reproductive biology, and plant diversity and evolution.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Stephen L. Buchmann include Avery L. Russell, Mark Jankauski, Ricardo Kriebel, Diana D. Jolles, and Quinn S. McFrederick.

The most common publication venues for their research are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Quarterly Review of Biology, Current Biology, Apidologie, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Stephen L. Buchmann include:

  • "Microbes, the 'silent third partners' of bee-angiosperm mutualisms" (2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution)
  • "Structural dynamics of real and modelled Solanum stamens: implications for pollen ejection by buzzing bees" (2022, Journal of The Royal Society Interface)
  • "Informing policy and practice on insect pollinator declines: Tensions between conservation and animal welfare" (2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Symbiotic bacteria and fungi proliferate in diapause and may enhance overwintering survival in a solitary bee" (2024, The ISME Journal)
  • "Neuroanatomical differentiation associated with alternative reproductive tactics in male arid land bees, Centris pallida and Amegilla dawsoni" (2021, Journal of Comparative Physiology A)

Best Publications

  • The Forgotten Pollinators

    Stephen L. Buchmann;Gary Paul Nabhan

  • Buzz pollination in angiosperms.

    Stephen L. Buchmann

  • WHAT GOVERNS PROTEIN CONTENT OF POLLEN: POLLINATOR PREFERENCES, POLLEN–PISTIL INTERACTIONS, OR PHYLOGENY?

    T'ai H. Roulston;James H. Cane;Stephen L. Buchmann

  • The ecology of oil flowers and their bees

    Stephen L. Buchmann

  • Restoration Biology: A Population Biology Perspective

    Arlee M. Montalvo;Susan L. Williams;Kevin J. Rice;Stephen L. Buchmann

  • Services provided by pollinators

    G. P. Nabhan;S. Buchmann

  • A biophysical model for buzz pollination in angiosperms

    Stephen L. Buchmann;James P. Hurley

  • Nectar selection by Melipona and Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and the ecology of nectar intake by bee colonies in a tropical forest.

    David W. Roubik;Stephen L. Buchmann;Stephen L. Buchmann

  • The conservation of bees.

    A. Matheson;S. L. Buchmann;C. O'Toole;P. Westrich

  • Male Mating Strategies in the Bee Centris pallida Fox (Anthophoridae: Hymenoptera)

    John Alcock;C. Eugene Jones;Stephen L. Buchmann

  • Behavior and Phenology of a Specialist Bee (Dieunomia) and Sunflower (Helianthus) Pollen Availability

    Robert L. Minckley;William T. Wcislo;Douglas Yanega;Stephen L. Buchmann

  • Competition for nectar between introduced honey bees and native North American bees and ants.

    William M. Schaffer;David W. Zeh;Stephen L. Buchmann;Suzanne Kleinhans

  • Temperature Regulation of Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera) Foraging in the Sonoran Desert

    Paul D. Cooper;William M. Schaffer;Stephen L. Buchmann

  • Relationship Between Wing Loading, Wingbeat Frequency and Body Mass in Homopterous Insects

    David N. Byrne;Stephen L. Buchmann;Hayward G. Spangler

  • Bees assess pollen returns while sonicating Solanum flowers

    Stephen L. Buchmann;James H. Cane

  • Trumpet Flowers of the Sonoran Desert: Floral Biology of Peniocereus Cacti and Sacred Datura

    Robert A. Raguso;Robert A. Raguso;Cynthia Henzel;Stephen L. Buchmann;Gary P. Nabhan

  • Ultraviolet floral patterns as functional orientation cues in hymenopterous pollination systems

    C. Eugene Jones;Stephen L. Buchmann

  • The evolution of floral sonication, a pollen foraging behavior used by bees (Anthophila)

    Sophie Cardinal;Stephen L. Buchmann;Avery L. Russell

  • REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND RELATIVE MALE AND FEMALE FITNESS IN A TRIOECIOUS CACTUS, PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI (CACTACEAE)'

    Theodore H. Fleming;Sandrine Maurice;Stephen L. Buchmann;Merlin D. Tuttle

  • On optimal nectar foraging by some tropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    D.W. Roubik;D. Yanega;S.L. Buchmann

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
John Alcock
John Alcock Arizona State University
Daniel R. Papaj
Daniel R. Papaj University of Arizona
James H. Cane
James H. Cane Utah State University
Karl J. Niklas
Karl J. Niklas Cornell University
Ingrid H. Williams
Ingrid H. Williams Estonian University of Life Sciences
Dan Roth
Dan Roth University of Pennsylvania
Wulfila Gronenberg
Wulfila Gronenberg University of Arizona
Peter G. Kevan
Peter G. Kevan University of Guelph
Robert A. Raguso
Robert A. Raguso Cornell University

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