Publications

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  1. Heiling J.M., Bain J.A., Forrest J.R.K., Francis J.S. In press June 2026. The Pollen-Reward Strategy: The Paradoxical Realities of Trading Gametes for Sex. Annual Reviews in Ecology Evolution and Systematics.
  2. Marquis M.K., Mason B.M., Loiselle B., Francis J.S., Lilkenedy T., Mulling J., Callaghan C.T. In press June 2026. Anthropogenic modification shifts pollinator phenology in the eastern United States. Royal Society Open Science.
  3. Francis J.S., Carcache J.M.^, Sananikone N.L.^. 2026. A subtropical range extension of the entomopathogenic fungus Eryniopsis lampyridarum infecting Chauliognathus spp. Journal of Natural History. 60 (21-24), 1193-1196.
  4. Lilkendey T.*, Mason B.M., Pernat N., Marquis M.K.^, Francis J.S. and Callaghan, C.T., 2025. Proportion of native plants is a key predictor of pollinator richness in urban greenspaces. Urban Ecosystems, 28(6), 233.
  5. Page M.L.^, Francis J.S., Muller U., Williams N.M. 2024. Wildflower plantings and honey bee competition impact nutritional quality of bee diets. Journal of Applied Ecology. 61 (12), 3104-3113.
  6. Mayberry M.M.^, Francis J.S., Burrow J.K.*, Dall F.E.*, Bowe M.*, Leonard A.S., Campbell P.M., Russell, A.L., 2024. One for the road: Bumble bees consume pollen at flowers. Apidologie, 55(6), 82.
  7. Francis JS, Muller TG, Vannette RL. 2023. Intraspecific variation in realized dispersal probability and host quality shape nectar microbiomes. New Phytologist. 240(3): 1233-1245. doi: 10.1111/nph.19195
  8. Mueller TG, Francis JS, Vannette RL. 2023. Nectar compounds impact bacterial and fungal growth and shift community dynamics in a nectar analog. Environmental Microbiology. 15(3):170-180. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.13139.
  9. †Francis JS, †Tatarko AR, Richman SK, Vaudo AD, Leonard AS. 2021. Microbes and pollinator behavior in the floral marketplace. Current Opinions in Insect Science. 44: 16-22.
  10. Oyang JQ, Macaballug P*, Chen H*, Hodach K*, Tang S*, Francis JS. 2021. Infrared thermography is an effective, non-invasive measure of HPA activation and inhibition. Stress. 1-6.
  11. Vaudo AD, Tooker JF, Patch HM, Biddinger DJ, Coccia M, Crone MK, Fiely M, Francis JS, Hines HM, Hodges M, Jackson SW, Michez D, Mu J, Russo L, Safari M, Treanore ED, Vanderplanck M, Yip E, Leonard AS, Grozinger CM. 2020. Pollen protein: lipid ratios may guide broad patterns of bee species floral preferences. Insects. 11(2): 132.
  12. Francis JS, Acevedo CR*, Muth F, Leonard AS. 2019. Nectar quality changes the ecological cost of defended pollen. Current Biology. 29(14). PR679-R680.
  13. Muth F, Francis JS, Leonard AS. 2019. Modality-specific impairment of learning by a neonicotinoid pesticide. Biology Letters. 15(7): 20190359.
  14. Harrison JG, Philbin CS, Gompert Z, Forister GW, Hernandez‐Espinoza L, Sullivan BW, Wallace IS, Beltran L, Dodson CD, Francis JS, Schlageter A, Shelef O, Yoon SA, Forister MA. 2018. Deconstruction of a plant‐arthropod community reveals influential plant traits with nonlinear effects on arthropod assemblages. Functional Ecology. 32(5). 1317-1328.
  15. Leonard AS, Francis JS. 2017. Plant-animal communication: past, present and future.  Evolutionary Ecology. 31(2): 143-151.
  16. Muth F, Francis JS, Leonard AS. 2016. Bees use taste to determine which flowers to visit.  Biology Letters. 12(7): 20160356.
  17. Francis JS, Muth F, Papaj DR, Leonard AS. 2016. Nutritional complexity and the structure of bee foraging bouts. Behavioral Ecology. 27(3). 903-911.
  18. Horton J, Francis JS. 2014. Using Dendroecology to Examine the Effect of Celastrus orbiculatus invasion on Liriodendron tulipifera Growth. American Midland Naturalist. 172(1): 25-36.

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