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Overview

Sydney A. Cameron is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields of their work include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research encompasses several main topics such as Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Recent publications by Sydney A. Cameron include:

  • Gene expression in bumble bee larvae differs qualitatively between high and low concentration imidacloprid exposure levels, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Gene expression in bumble bee larvae differs qualitatively between high and low concentration imidacloprid exposure levels, 2022, Research Square (Research Square)
  • A remarkable Cornish site for ground-nesting bees and wasps, 2024, Biodiversity Data Journal
  • Pesticide and Pathogen Exposure Causes Idiosyncratic Gene Expression Responses Across Four Diverse North American Bumble Bee Species, 2025, Molecular Ecology

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include:

  • Rubén Martín-Blázquez
  • Austin C. Calhoun
  • Ben M. Sadd
  • James B. Whitfield
  • James P. Strange

Publication venues where Sydney A. Cameron's work appears regularly include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Biodiversity Data Journal
  • Molecular Ecology

Best Publications

  • Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees

    Sydney A. Cameron;Jeffrey D. Lozier;James P. Strange;Jonathan B. Koch

  • Decline of bumble bees (Bombus) in the North American Midwest

    Jennifer C. Grixti;Lisa T. Wong;Sydney A. Cameron;Colin Favret

  • A comprehensive phylogeny of the bumble bees (Bombus)

    S. A. Cameron;H. M. Hines;P. H. Williams

  • Global stingless bee phylogeny supports ancient divergence, vicariance, and long distance dispersal

    Claus Rasmussen;Sydney A. Cameron

  • Global Trends in Bumble Bee Health.

    Sydney A. Cameron;Ben M. Sadd

  • A simplified subgeneric classification of the bumblebees (genus Bombus)

    Paul H. Williams;Sydney A. Cameron;Heather M. Hines;Bjorn Cederberg

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Rapid ecological replacement of a native bumble bee by invasive species.

    Carolina L Morales;Marina P Arbetman;Marina P Arbetman;Sydney A Cameron;Marcelo A Aizen

  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Genes involved in convergent evolution of eusociality in bees

    S. Hollis Woodard;Brielle J. Fischman;Aarti Venkat;Matt E. Hudson

  • Phylogeny and Biology of Neotropical Orchid Bees (Euglossini)

    Sydney A. Cameron;Sydney A. Cameron

  • Multigene phylogeny reveals eusociality evolved twice in vespid wasps

    Heather M. Hines;James H. Hunt;Timothy K. O'Connor;Joseph J. Gillespie;Joseph J. Gillespie

  • A molecular phylogeny of the Old World stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) and the non-monophyly of the large genus Trigona

    Claus Rasmussen;Sydney A. Cameron

  • Multiple Molecular Data Sets Suggest Independent Origins of Highly Eusocial Behavior in Bees (Hymenoptera:Apinae)

    Sydney A. Cameron;Patrick Mardulyn

  • Test of the invasive pathogen hypothesis of bumble bee decline in North America.

    Sydney A. Cameron;Haw Chuan Lim;Jeffrey D. Lozier;Michelle A. Duennes

  • Patterns of range-wide genetic variation in six North American bumble bee (Apidae: Bombus) species

    Jeffrey D. Lozier;Jeffrey D. Lozier;James P. Strange;Isaac J. Stewart;Sydney A. Cameron

  • Interspecific geographic distribution and variation of the pathogens Nosema bombi and Crithidia species in United States bumble bee populations

    Nils Cordes;Wei Fone Huang;James P. Strange;Sydney A. Cameron

  • The bumblebees of Sichuan (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini)

    Paul Williams;Ya Tang;Jian Yao;Sydney Cameron

  • The Major Opsin in Bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera): A Promising Nuclear Gene for Higher Level Phylogenetics

    Patrick Mardulyn;Sydney A Cameron

  • Phylogenomics controlling for base compositional bias reveals a single origin of eusociality in corbiculate bees

    Jonathan Romiguier;Sydney A. Cameron;S. Hollis Woodard;Brielle J. Fischman

  • Chemical signals in bumble bee foraging

    Sydney Anne Cameron

  • Temporal Patterns of Division of Labor among Workers in the Primitively Eusocial Bumble Bee, Bombus griseocollis (Hymenoptera: Apidae))

    Sydney A. Cameron

  • Trees for bees

    Peter J Lockhart;Sydney A Cameron

  • Comparative Genetic Analyses of Historical and Contemporary Collections Highlight Contrasting Demographic Histories for the Bumble Bees Bombus Pensylvanicus and B. Impatiens in Illinois

    Jeffrey D. Lozier;Sydney Anne Cameron

  • Geographical patterns of genetic divergence in the widespread Mesoamerican bumble bee Bombus ephippiatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Michelle A. Duennes;Jeffrey D. Lozier;Jeffrey D. Lozier;Heather M. Hines;Sydney A. Cameron

  • Phylogeny of bumble bees in the New World subgenus Fervidobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae): congruence of molecular and morphological data.

    Sydney A Cameron;Paul H Williams

  • Survey of bumble bee (Bombus) pathogens and parasites in Illinois and selected areas of northern California and southern Oregon.

    Christina N. Kissinger;Sydney A. Cameron;Robbin W. Thorp;Brendan White

  • The Role of Workers and New Queens in the Ergonomics of a Bumblebee Colony (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)

    Tracy Allen;Sydney Cameron;Ronald McGinley;Bernd Heinrich

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. Whitfield
James B. Whitfield University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Samantha L. L. Hill
Samantha L. L. Hill World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Tim Newbold
Tim Newbold University College London
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Tony R. Walker
Tony R. Walker Dalhousie University
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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