[HTML][HTML] On the road: Anthropogenic factors drive the invasion risk of a wild solitary bee species

J Lanner, N Dubos, B Geslin, B Leroy… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Complex biotic networks of invaders and their new environments pose immense challenges
for researchers aiming to predict current and future occupancy of introduced species. This …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental niche and global potential distribution of the giant resin bee Megachile sculpturalis, a rapidly spreading invasive pollinator

C Polidori, D Sánchez-Fernández - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Since alien species may threaten native ecosystems when becoming invasive, one of the
main challenges is try to predict their potential spread. Despite bees are essential pollinators …

Evidence for multiple introductions of an invasive wild bee species currently under rapid range expansion in Europe

J Lanner, F Gstöttenmayer, M Curto, B Geslin… - BMC Ecology and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Invasive species are increasingly driving biodiversity decline, and knowledge of
colonization dynamics, including both drivers and dispersal modes, are important to prevent …

Range expansion of an already widespread bee under climate change

RM Dew, DP Silva, SM Rehan - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change is a key threat to pollination networks and has already caused shifts in the
distribution and phenology of many bee species. Predictions based on species distribution …

The managed-to-invasive species continuum in social and solitary bees and impacts on native bee conservation

L Russo, CW de Keyzer, AN Harmon-Threatt… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Over 80 different species of bees have been introduced around the world.•Non-
native bees range from solitary to social, and managed to unmanaged.•There exists a …

Worldwide alien invasion: a methodological approach to forecast the potential spread of a highly invasive pollinator

AL Acosta, TC Giannini, VL Imperatriz-Fonseca… - PLoS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The ecological impacts of alien species invasion are a major threat to global biodiversity.
The increasing number of invasion events by alien species and the high cost and difficulty of …

Small local population sizes and high habitat patch fidelity in a specialised solitary bee

M Franzén, M Larsson, SG Nilsson - Journal of Insect Conservation, 2009 - Springer
Andrena hattorfiana is a rare solitary bee which has declined during the last decades
throughout western Europe. It is specialised to forage pollen from plants of the family …

Ensemble models predict invasive bee habitat suitability will expand under future climate scenarios in Hawai'i

JA Tabor, JB Koch - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Climate change exacerbates the threat of biological invasions by
increasing climatically suitable regions for species to invade outside of their native range …

Nesting, sex ratio and natural enemies of the giant resin bee in relation to native species in Europe

S Straffon-Díaz, L Carisio, A Manino, P Biella… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Alien bee species could have detrimental effects; in particular, they may
compete with native bee species for floral resources or nesting sites. Here, we first studied …

Towards a real-time tracking of an expanding alien bee species in Southeast Europe through citizen science and floral host monitoring

JB Dubaić, J Lanner, C Rohrbach… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Citizen science, a practice of public participation in scientific projects, is popular in Western
countries, however, it is still a relatively novel approach in Southeast Europe. In this region …