Elinor M. Lichtenberg

A workflow to gather, clean, and standardize species occurrence records at scale for conservation applications

The paper develops an R-based workflow to aggregate, clean, and standardize species occurrence records for conservation, demonstrating its utility with Texas native bee data.

Local rediscovery of the eucerine bee Xenoglossa cressoniana in Texas and Oklahoma after over a century of absence from the southern Great Plains

The paper reports the rediscovery of Xenoglossa cressoniana in Texas and Oklahoma after over a century, highlighting the need for more sampling in under-studied regions.

Diversifying stocking practices within rangelands supports diverse plant-pollinator communities and interactions

This study shows that high-frequency rotational stocking in rangelands increases flower and pollinator abundance, leading to more specialized plant-pollinator interactions and biodiversity.

How comparable across management goals are grassland monitoring methods?

This study compares three vegetation monitoring protocols in grasslands to assess their differences in data collection, utility, and quantitative measurements.

Social information use across trophic guilds: foraging bumble bees learn from lady beetles

This study shows bumble bees can learn to use lady beetles as social information sources for nectar availability, but do not innately recognize them or generalize learning to food absence.

Local nesting resources rather than floral food alter ground-nesting bee communities in grazed habitats

This study finds that belowground nesting habitat characteristics, not floral resources, drive ground-nesting bee abundance and diversity in grazed habitats.

Pollinators differentially respond to local and landscape grassland features

This study examines how local and landscape grassland features affect different pollinator groups, finding varied responses to habitat resources and spatial scales.