Panagiotis Theodorou

Seasonal variation mediates the importance of species attributes in plant-pollinator interactions

The paper examines how seasonal variation and temporal resolution affect the relative importance of species attributes in plant-pollinator interactions using data from three European botanical gardens.

Rapid spread of nutritional Wolbachia symbionts across and within solitary bee species

The paper shows Wolbachia spreads in solitary bees due to a biotin synthesis gene, linking it to nutritional benefits and host diet specialization.

Urbanisation drives biodiversity loss, fitness decline and community shifts in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera

This study shows urbanisation reduces species richness, reproductive success, and offspring survival in cavity-nesting Hymenoptera, with taxon-specific responses to environmental factors.

Genetic mapping in the red mason bee implicates ANTSR as an ancient sex-determining locus in bees and ants

The paper maps a CSD locus in the red mason bee, identifies ANTSR as the sex-determining gene, and suggests it is an ancient locus in Hymenoptera.