Publications

2024   Bernauer, OM, Branstetter, MG, Cook, JM, Tierney, SM. Functional trait mismatch between native and introduced bee pollinators servicing a global food crop. BMC Eco Evo. 24:104. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02293-4

 

2024   Bernauer, OM, Jain, A, de Bivort, B, Holbrook, NM, Myers, SS, Ziska, LH, Crall, JD. Elevated atmospheric CO2 has inconsistent effects on pollen chemistry and plant growth across flowering plant species. Scientific Reports. 14:13760. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63967-z

 

2023   Hemberger, J, Bernauer, OM, Gaines-Day, H, Gratton, C. Landscape-scale floral resource discontinuity decreases bumble bee occurrence and alters community composition. Ecological Applications 33:e2907. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2907

 

2023   Tierney, SM, Bernauer, OM, King, L**, Spooner-Hart, R, Cook, JM. Bee pollination services and the burden of biogeography. Proc Royal Soc B. 290(2000), 20230747. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0747

 

2022   Nacko, S, Hall, M, Spooner-Hart, R, Cook, J., Bernauer, OM, Riegler, M. Cucurbit crops in temperate Australia are visited more by native solitary bees than stingless bees. Journal of Apicultural Research, 61(5), 675-687. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2110742

 

2022   Bernauer, OM, Tierney, SM, Cook, JM. Efficiency and effectiveness of native bees and honey bees as pollinators of apples in New South Wales orchards. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108063

 

2022   Bernauer, OM, Cook, JM, Tierney, SM. Division of foraging behaviour: assessments of pollinator traits when visiting a model plant species. Animal Behaviour, 188, 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.03.018

 

2021   Bernauer, OM, Cook, JM, Tierney, SM. Nesting biology and social organization of the allodapine bee Exoneura angophorae (Hymenoptera: Apidae): montane environmental constraints yield biased sex allocation yet phenology is unhindered. Insectes Sociaux, 68(4), 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-021-00832-6

 

2021   Garrett, MPD, DeGroot, GA, Albrecht, M, … Bernauer, OM and 33 others. Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and production shortfalls in a globally important crop. Ecological Applications, 31(8), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2445

 

2015   Bernauer, OM*, Gaines-Day, HR*; Steffan, SA. Colonies of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) Produce Fewer Workers, Less Bee Biomass, and Have Smaller Mother Queens Following Fungicide Exposure. Insects, 6, 478–488. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects6020478

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* Shared first authorship, ** Undergraduate mentee