Publicaciones en colaboración con investigadores/as de KU Leuven (24)

2023

  1. African endemic stingless bees as an efficient alternative pollinator to honey bees in greenhouse cucumber (Cucumis sativus L)

    Journal of Apicultural Research, Vol. 62, Núm. 5, pp. 1017-1029

  2. Body size as a proxy of probing time and visitation rates on cucumber by two African stingless bees increase fruit quality and seed quantity

    Scientia Horticulturae, Vol. 309

  3. The impact of plant diversity and vegetation composition on bumblebee colony fitness

    Oikos, Vol. 2023, Núm. 6

2022

  1. Afforestation with Pinus nigra Arn ssp salzmannii along an elevation gradient: controlling factors and implications for climate change adaptation

    Trees - Structure and Function, Vol. 36, Núm. 1, pp. 93-102

  2. Effective pollination of greenhouse Galia musk melon (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus ser.) by afrotropical stingless bee species

    Journal of Apicultural Research, Vol. 61, Núm. 5, pp. 664-674

2021

  1. Effects of pollen and nectar inoculation by yeasts, bacteria or both on bumblebee colony development

    Oecologia, Vol. 195, Núm. 3, pp. 689-703

  2. Genetic admixture increases phenotypic diversity in the nectar yeast Metschnikowia reukaufii

    Fungal Ecology, Vol. 49

  3. The effect of DNA methylation on bumblebee colony development

    BMC Genomics, Vol. 22, Núm. 1

  4. Yeast–nectar interactions: metacommunities and effects on pollinators

    Current Opinion in Insect Science, Vol. 44, pp. 35-40

2020

  1. The impact of yeast presence in nectar on bumble bee behavior and fitness

    Ecological Monographs, Vol. 90, Núm. 1

2019

  1. Addition of pollen increases growth of nectar-living yeasts

    FEMS Microbiology Letters, Vol. 366, Núm. 15

2018

  1. Habitat-specific variation in gut microbial communities and pathogen prevalence in bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris)

    PLoS ONE, Vol. 13, Núm. 10

  2. Hibernation leads to altered gut communities in Bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris)

    Insects, Vol. 9, Núm. 4

  3. Surviving in the absence of flowers: do nectar yeasts rely on overwintering bumblebee queens to complete their annual life cycle?

    FEMS microbiology ecology, Vol. 94, Núm. 12

2017

  1. Yeast community composition and structure

    Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology (Springer International Publishing), pp. 73-100

2016

  1. Effects of agricultural fungicides on microorganisms associated with floral nectar: susceptibility assays and field experiments

    Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 23, Núm. 19, pp. 19776-19786

  2. Impact of microbial communities on floral nectar chemistry: Potential implications for biological control of pest insects

    Basic and Applied Ecology, Vol. 17, Núm. 3, pp. 189-198

  3. Nectar yeasts of the Metschnikowia clade are highly susceptible to azole antifungals widely used in medicine and agriculture

    FEMS Yeast Research, Vol. 16, Núm. 1

  4. Species coexistence in simple microbial communities: unravelling the phenotypic landscape of co-occurring Metschnikowia species in floral nectar

    Environmental microbiology, Vol. 18, Núm. 6, pp. 1850-1862

2015

  1. Impact of microorganisms on nectar chemistry, pollinator attraction and plant fitness

    Nectar: Production, Chemical Composition and Benefits to Animals and Plants (Nova Science Publishers, Inc.), pp. 1-40