Environmental effects on bee microbiota

PN Nguyen, SM Rehan - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Anthropogenic activities and increased land use, which include industrialization, agriculture
and urbanization, directly affect pollinators by changing habitats and floral availability, and …

Bacterial communities of the threatened Western Pond Turtle may be impacted by land use

A White, M Giannetto, L Mulla… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
As semi-aquatic species that use both terrestrial and aquatic habitats, freshwater turtles and
their microbial communities are especially sensitive to the impacts of habitat disturbance. In …

Integrative population genetics and metagenomics reveals urbanization increases pathogen loads and decreases connectivity in a wild bee

KD Chau, F Samad‐zada, EP Kelemen… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As urbanization continues to increase, it is expected that two‐thirds of the human population
will reside in cities by 2050. Urbanization fragments and degrades natural landscapes …

Wild bee and pollen microbiomes across an urban–rural divide

PN Nguyen, SM Rehan - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Wild pollinators and their microbiota are sensitive to land use changes from anthropogenic
activities that disrupt landscape and environmental features. As urbanization and agriculture …

Warming up through buildings and roads: what we know and should know about the urban heat island effect on bees

C Polidori, A Ferrari, F Ronchetti, N Tommasi… - Frontiers in Bee …, 2023 - air.unimi.it
Urbanization leads to cities having higher temperatures than surrounding non-urban areas
[this is known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect]. Very little is known about the impacts of …

The role of the environment on wild bee microbiomes

NP Nguyen - 2023 - yorkspace.library.yorku.ca
Wild bees are important pollinators that are facing the effects of changing environments due
to anthropogenic activities. Particularly sensitive to changes in environmental surroundings …