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Published Scientific Papers

Insects, Pollinators and Pests

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

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