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Published Scientific Papers

Insects, Pollinators and Pests

2026

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Invertebrate community composition in dominant agroecosystems of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and North Dakota

Bredeson, M.M., Michels, A, Eckberg, J.O., Rosenzweig, S.T., Welch, K.D., & Lundgren, J.G. January 2026. Invertebrate community composition in dominant agroecosystems of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and North Dakota. 

Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 119, Issue 1, Pages 38–45.  https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaf037

2025

Journal of Animal Ecology

Evaluation of BugBox, a software platform for AI-assisted bioinventories of arthropods

Welch, K. D.,  Wilson, M. E., &  Lundgren, J. G. 2025.  Evaluation of BugBox, a software platform for AI-assisted bioinventories of arthropods. Journal of Animal Ecology,  00,  1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70178

2025

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Regenerative rangeland management improves honey bee health and productivity

Busenitz K., Schmid, R.B. and Lundgren, J.G. 2025. Regenerative rangeland management improves honey bee health and productivity. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 9:1555238. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1555238

2025

Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management

Regenerative management increases the efficacy of dung arthropod communities

Schmid R.B., Welch K.D. and Lundgren J.G. 2025. Regenerative management increases the efficacy of dung arthropod communities. Frontiers in Sustainable Resource Management 4:1523963. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsrma.2025.1523963

2024

eLife

Automating an insect biodiversity metric using distributed optical sensors: an evaluation across Kansas, USA cropping systems

Rydhmer, K., J. O. Eckberg, J. G. Lundgren, S. Jansson, L. Still, J. E. Quinn, R. Washington Jr., J. Lemmich, T. Nikolajsen, N. Sheller, A. M. Michels, M. M. Bredeson, S. T. Rosenzweig, E. N. Bick. 2024. Automating an insect biodiversity metric using distributed optical sensors: an evaluation across Kansas, USA cropping systems. eLIFE 13:RP92227 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLIFE.92227.1

2024

Insects

A Survey of the Dung-Dwelling Arthropod Community in the Pastures of the Northern Plains

Schmid R.B., K.D. Welch, J.G. Lundgren. 2024. A Survey of the Dung-Dwelling Arthropod Community in the Pastures of the Northern Plains. Insects 15(1):38. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15010038

2024

Rangeland Ecology & Management

Adaptive Multipaddock (AMP) Pasture Management Increases Arthropod Community Guild Diversity Without Increasing Pests

Schmid, R.B., K.D. Welch, R. Teague, J.G. Lundgren. 2024. Adaptive Multipaddock (AMP) Pasture Management Increases Arthropod Community Guild Diversity Without Increasing Pests. Rangeland Ecology & Management 94: 141-148.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.03.001

2023

Ecosphere

Suppression of Weed Communities by Granivores over Time in an Agroecosystem

Lundgren, J. G., and R. L. Anderson. 2023. Suppression of Weed Communities by Granivores over Time in an Agroecosystem. Ecosphere 14(8): e4641. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4641

2022

Florida Entomologist

Red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Burden) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), abundance and arthropod community diversity affected by pasture management

Schmid, R. B. and J. G. Lundgren. 2022. Red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Burden) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), abundance and arthropod community diversity affected by pasture management. Florida Entomologist 105 (1): 53-57. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.105.0108

2021

Ecosphere

Maximizing ecosystem services to the oil crop Brassica carinata through landscape heterogeneity and arthropod diversity

Stiles, S., J.G. Lundgren, C. Fenster, H. Nottebrock. 2021. Maximizing ecosystem services to the oil crop Brassica carinata through landscape heterogeneity and arthropod diversity. Ecosphere 12(7); e03624. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3624

2021

Ecology and Evolution

An inventory of the foliar, soil, and dung arthropod communities in pastures of the southeastern United States

Schmid, R.B., K.D. Welch, and J. G. Lundgren. 2021. An inventory of the foliar, soil, and dung arthropod communities in pastures of the southeastern United States. Ecology and Evolution 11: 10761-10768. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7941

2020

Environmental Entomology

Arthropod Granivory of Lime-Coated Cover Crop Seeds

Bredeson, M. M., D. Beck, J.G. Lundgren. 2020. Arthropod Granivory of Lime-Coated Cover Crop Seeds. Environmental entomology, 49(4), 848–853. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa053

2020

Conservation Physiology

Diverging landscape impacts on macronutrient status despite overlapping diets in managed (Apis mellifera) and native (Melissodes desponsa) bees

Mogren, C. M., M.-S. Benitez, K. McCarter, F. Boyer, J. G. Lundgren. 2020. Diverging landscape impacts on macronutrient status despite overlapping diets in managed (Apis mellifera) and native (Melissodes desponsa) bees. Conservation Physiology 8(1): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa109

2019

Ecotoxicology

Neonicitinoid insecticidal seed treatment on corn contaminates interceded cover crops intended as a habitat for beneficial insects

Bredeson, M. M. and J. G. Lundgren. 2019. Neonicotinoid insecticidal seed treatment on corn contaminates interseeded cover crops intended as a habitat for beneficial insects. Ecotoxicology 28(2): 222-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-018-02015-9

2019

Scientific Reports

Nutritional status of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) workers across an agricultural land-use gradient.


Smart, M., C. R. V. Otto, and J. G. Lundgren. 2019. Nutritional status of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) workers across an agricultural land-use gradient. Scientific Reports 9:1652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52485-y

2019

Basic and Applied Ecology

Effects of herd management and the use of ivermectin on dung arthropod communities in grasslands

Pecenka, J. R. and J. G. Lundgren. 2019. Effects of herd management and the use of ivermectin on dung arthropod communities in grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology 40: 19-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2019.07.006

2019

Environmental Entomology

Quantifying temporal variation in the benefits of aphid honeydew for biological control of alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

Rand, T. A. and J. G. Lundgren. 2019. Quantifying temporal variation in the benefits of aphid honeydew for biological control of alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Environmental Entomology 48(1): 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy165

2018

Crop Protection

Thiamethoxam seed treatments reduce foliar predator and pollinator populations in sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), and extra-floral nectaries as a route of exposure for seed treatments to affect the predator, Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinnellidae)

Bredeson, M. M. and J. G. Lundgren. 2018. Thiamethoxam seed treatments reduce foliar predator and pollinator populations in sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), and extra-floral nectaries as a route of exposure for seed treatments to affect the predator, Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinnellidae). Crop Protection 106: 86-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2017.12.019

2018

PeerJ

The importance of dung beetles and insect communities on degradation of cattle dung pats in eastern South Dakota.

Pecenka J. R. and J. G. Lundgren. 2018. The importance of dung beetles and insect communities on degradation of cattle dung pats in eastern South Dakota. PeerJ 6: e5220. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5220

2018

Canadian Entomologist

Evaluating the establishment success of Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), across the northern Great Plains of North America

Rand, T. A., M. Pellissier, R. Jabbour, and J. G. Lundgren. 2018. Evaluating the establishment success of Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the alfalfa weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), across the northern Great Plains of North America. Canadian Entomologist 150(2): 274-277. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2017.65

2018

Economic Entomology

Detecting specific resource use by Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a mobile, highly polyphagous fruit pest, using gut content analysis.

Diepenbrock, L. M., J. G. Lundgren, T. L. Sit, H. J. Burrack. 2018. Detecting specific resource use by Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a mobile, highly polyphagous fruit pest, using gut content analysis. Journal of Economic Entomology 111(3): 1496-1500. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy077

2018

PeerJ

Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlies both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control.

Wyckhuys, K. A. G., P. Wongtiem, A. Rauf, A. Thancharoen, G.E. Heimpel, N.T.T. Le, M. Z. Fanani, G. M. Gurr, J. G. Lundgren, D. D. Burra, L. K. Palao, G. Hyman, I. Graziosi, X. V. Le, M.J.W. Cock, T. Tscharntke, S.D. Wratten, L.V. Nguyen, M. You, Y. H. Lu, J.W. Ketelaar, G. Goergen, P. Neuenschwander. 2018. Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlies both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control. PeerJ 6: e5796. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5796

2017

Ecosphere

Design for ground beetle abundance and diversity sampling within the National Ecological Observatory Network.

Hoekman, D. K. E. LeVan, G. Ball, R. A. Browne, R. Davidson, T. Erwin, B. Knisley, J. LaBonte, J. Lundgren, D. Maddison, W. Moore, J. Niemelä, K. Ober, D. Pearson, J. Spence, K. Will, T. Work. 2017. Design for ground beetle abundance and diversity sampling within the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere 8(4): e01744. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1744

2017

Chemoecology

From laboratory to field: Electro-antennographic and behavioral responsiveness of two insect predators to methyl salicylate.

Salamanca, J., Souza, B., Lundgren, J.G. et al. From laboratory to field: electro-antennographic and behavioral responsiveness of two insect predators to methyl salicylate. Chemoecology 27, 51–63 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-017-0230-8

2017

Great Lakes Entomologist

First record of Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Illinois, U.S.A., and relation to its other Midwestern collection records.

Hesler, L. S. and J. G. Lundgren. 2017. First record of Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Illinois, U.S.A., and relation to its other Midwestern collection records. Great Lakes Entomologist 50 (1-2): 43-44. https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1002

2017

Beekeeping - From Science to Practice (Book)

Predicting both obvious and obscure effects of pesticides on bees

Lundgren, J. G. 2017. Predicting both obvious and obscure effects of pesticides on bees. Pages 39-59 In “Beekeeping- From Science to Practice” (R. H. Vreeland and D. Sammatro, eds). Springer International Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60637-8_3

2017

PeerJ

In silico identification of off-target pesticidal dsRNA binding in honey bees.

Mogren, C. L. and J. G. Lundgren. 2017. In silico identification of off-target pesticidal dsRNA binding in honey bees. PeerJ 5: e4131. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4131/supp-1

2017

Journal of Applied Entomology

Preceding crop affects soybean aphid abundance

Lundgren, J. G., L. S. Hesler, R. L. Anderson. 2017. Preceding crop affects soybean aphid abundance. Journal of Applied Entomology 141: 669-676. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12395

2017

Journal of Stored Products Research

Detection and quantification of the insect pest Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in rice by qPCR

Solà, M., J.G. Lundgren, N. Agustí, J. Riudavets. 2017. Detection and quantification of the insect pest, Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in rice by qPCR. Journal of Stores Products Research 71: 106-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2017.02.002

2016

Food Webs

An exposure-based, ecologically driven framework for selection of indicator species for insecticide risk assessment.

Welch, K. D., and J. G. Lundgren. 2016. An exposure-based, ecologically driven framework for selection of indicator species for insecticide risk assessment. Food Webs 9: 46-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2016.02.004

2016

Crop Science

Nectar production in oilseeds: food for pollinators in an agricultural landscape.

Thom, M. D., C. A. Eberle, F. Forcella, R. Gesch, S. Weyers, J. G. Lundgren. 2016. Nectar production in oilseeds: food for pollinators in an agricultural landscape. Crop Science 56: 727-739. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2015.05.0322

2016

Pest Management Science

Understanding trophic interactions of Orius spp. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) in lettuce crops by molecular methods

Gómez-Polo, P., O. Alomar, C. Castañé, T. Aznar-Fernandez, J. G. Lundgren, J. Piñol, N. Agustí. 2016. Understanding trophic interactions of Orius spp. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) in lettuce crops by molecular methods. Pest Management Science 72: 272-279. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.3989

2016

Journal of Entomological Science

Increasing Trophic Complexity Influences Aphid Attendance by Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Predation

Layman, M. L., J. G. Lundgren. 2016. Increasing Trophic Complexity Influences Aphid Attendance by Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Predation. Journal of Entomological Science 51(2): 151-164. https://doi.org/10.18474/JES15-32.1

2016

Ecotoxicology

Unintended effects of the herbicides 2, 4-D and Dicamba on lady beetles

Freydier, L., J. G. Lundgren. 2016, Unintended effects of the herbicides 2, 4-D and Dicamba on lady beetles. Ecotoxicology 25(6): 1270-1277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-016-1680-4

2016

Biocontrol Science and Technology

The effect of flowering calendula and cuphea plants on O. insidiosus survival and predation of Aphis glycines

Nemec, K., E. Beckendorf, L. Hesler, W. Riedell, J.G. Lundgren. 2016. The effect of flowering calendula and cuphea plants on O. insidiosus survival and predation of Aphis glycines. Biocontrol Science and Technology 26(1): 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2015.1072130

2016

Environmental Entomology

The Effects of Crop Intensification on the Diversity of Native Pollinator Communities

Mogren, C. L., S. W. Fausti, T. A. Rand, and J. G. Lundgren. 2016. The Effects of Crop Intensification on the Diversity of Native Pollinator Communities. Environmental Entomology 45(4): 865-872. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvw066

2016

Scientific Reports

Neonicotinoid-contaminated pollinator strips adjacent to cropland reduce honey bee nutritional status

Mogren, C. L. and J. G. Lundgren. 2016. Neonicotinoid-contaminated pollinator strips adjacent to cropland reduce honey bee nutritional status. Scientific Reports 6: 29068. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep29608

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