Published Scientific Papers

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

Michel, E.S., Jensen, W.F., Bahnson, C.S., Tucker, S.A., Courtney, S., Jenks, J.A., Zyskowski, J., & Lundgren, J.G. 2026. Widespread exposure to neonicotinoid insecticide in bobcats (Lynx rufus), fishers (Pekania pennanti), and river otters (Lontra canadensis) in North Dakota, USA. Ecotoxicology 35, 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-03020-5

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fenster, T. L. D., I. Torres, A. Zeilinger, H. Chu, & P, Oikawa. 2023. Compost amendment to a grazed California annual grassland increases gross primary productivity due to a longer growing season. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 128, e2023JG007621. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007621

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

Robertson S.M., R.B. Schmid, J.G. Lundgren. 2023. Estimating plant biomass in agroecosystems using a drop-plate meter. PeerJ 11:e15740 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15740

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

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

Fenster, T., C. E. LaCanne, J. R. Pecenka, R. B. Schmid, M. M. Bredeson, K. Busenitz, A. Michels, K. D. Welch, and J. G. Lundgren. 2021. Defining regenerative farm systems using a composite of ranked agricultural practices. Faculty1000 Research 10: 115. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28450.1

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

Fenster T.L.D., P.Y. Oikawa, J.G. Lundgren. 2021. Regenerative Almond Production Systems Improve Soil Health, Biodiversity, and Profit. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5: 256. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.664359

Veres, A., K. A. G. Wyckhuys, J. Kiss, F. Toth, G. Burgio, X. Pons, C. Avilla, S. Vidal, J. Razinger, R. Bazok, E. Matyjaszczyk, I. Milosavljevic, X. V. Le, W. Zhou, Z.-R. Zhu, H. Tarno, B. Hadi, J. G. Lundgren, J.-M. Bonmatin, M. Bjileveld van Lexmond, A. Aebi, A. Rauf, L. Furlan. 2020. An update of the Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA) on systemic pesticides. Part 4: Alternatives in major cropping systems. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27: 29867-29899. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09279-x

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

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

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

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

Wyckhuys, K. A. G., K. L. Heong, F. Sanchez-Bayo, F. Bianchi, J. G. Lundgren, J. Bentley. 2019. Ecological illiteracy can deepen farmers’ pesticide dependency. Environmental Research Letters 14(9): 093004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab34c9

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

Hughes Berheim, E., J. A. Jenks, J. G. Lundgren, E. S. Michel, D. Grove, and W. F. Jensen. 2019. Effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on physiology and reproductive characteristics of captive female and fawn white-tailed deer. Scientific Reports 9: 4534. (top 1% of all articles written in social media impact, Altmetric).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40994-9

Fausti, S. W., Kolady, D. E., Van der Sluis, J. G. Lundgren. 2018. Extensive usage of insecticide and crop selection in high GM adoption regions. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0208222. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208222 

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

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

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

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

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

LaCanne, C. E. and J. G. Lundgren. 2018. Regenerative agriculture: merging food production and natural resource conservation in a profitable business model. PeerJ 6: e4428. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4428

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

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

Schipanski, M.E., G.K. MacDonald, S. Rosenweig, E.M. Bennett, R. Bezner Kerr, J. Blesh, J. Chappell, T. Crews, J.G. Lundgren, C. Schnarr. 2016. Realizing resilient food systems. Bioscience 66(7): 600-610. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw052

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

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

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