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Competition and coexistence in plant communities: intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition by Adler, Peter B., Smull, Danielle, Beard, Karen H., Choi, Ryan T., Furniss, Tucker, Kulmatiski, Andrew, Meiners, Joan M., Tredennick, Andrew T., Veblen, Kari E., Comita, Liza

“…Theory predicts that intraspecific competition should be stronger than interspecific competition for any pair of stably coexisting species, yet previous…”
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Decades of native bee biodiversity surveys at Pinnacles National Park highlight the importance of monitoring natural areas over time by Meiners, Joan M, Griswold, Terry L, Carril, Olivia Messinger

“…Thousands of species of bees are in global decline, yet research addressing the ecology and status of these wild pollinators lags far behind work being done to…”
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Comparison of large-scale citizen science data and long-term study data for phenology modeling by Taylor, Shawn D., Meiners, Joan M., Riemer, Kristina, Orr, Michael C., White, Ethan P.

“…Large-scale observational data from citizen science efforts are becoming increasingly common in ecology, and researchers often choose between these and data…”
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Bees without Flowers: Before Peak Bloom, Diverse Native Bees Find Insect-Produced Honeydew Sugars by Meiners, Joan M., Griswold, Terry L., Harris, David J., Ernest, S. K. Morgan

“…Bee foragers respond to complex visual, olfactory, and extrasensory cues to optimize searches for floral rewards. Their abilities to detect and distinguish…”
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Data Dynamics of Bee Biodiversity: Understanding Native Bee Ecology by Meiners, Joan M

“…Compared to the orderly, hive-nesting honeybee, wild, native bee species are an enigma to science. Four thousand species of bees inhabit natural areas across…”
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Biodiversity, community dynamics, and novel foraging behaviors of a rich native bee fauna across habitats at Pinnacles National Park, California by Meiners, Joan M

“…Wild, native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) provide pollination services valued at nearly $3 billion to U.S. agriculture annually, and are the primary pollinators…”
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