Global Environmental Change and Human Well-Being

Soil moisture influences nectar robbing and plant fitness in a primrose species

Cha, Y.-P., Irwin, R. E., Wu, Y., Ma, Y.-M., Shuang, S., & Zhang, Z.-Q. (2025, May 19). JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY.

Elevated extinction risk in over one- fifth of native North American pollinators

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 122(14).

Costs of floral larceny: A meta-analytical evaluation of nectar robbing and nectar theft on animal-pollinated plants

ECOLOGY, 106(3).

Multi-objective optimization of sustainable aviation fuel production pathways in the US Corn Belt

BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, 193.

Ophisaurus ventralis (Eastern Glass Lizard. Sexual Maturity.

Herpetological Review, 55(3), 442–443.

Protected areas and One Health

PARKS, 30(1), 6–13. https://parksjournal.com/parks-30-1-may-2024/

Socioecological drivers of mutualistic and antagonistic plant-insect interactions and interaction outcomes in suburban landscapes

PLOS ONE, 19(11).

Investigating the effects of cooperative transmission expansion planning on grid performance during heat waves with varying spatial scales

APPLIED ENERGY, 378.

Utilities Are Planning for the Wrong Kind of Hurricane

Kern, J. (2024, October). Heatmap News.

Exploring the benefits of integrated energy-water management in reducing economic and environmental tradeoffs

Environmental Research: Energy, 1(3), 035010.

The Hole Truth: Why Do Bumble Bees Rob Flowers More Than Once?

PLANTS-BASEL, 13(17).

Drivers of population dynamics of at-risk populations change with pathogen arrival

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 296.

Green hydrogen exports in New Zealand and Chile can improve electricity supply security if configured as local energy insurance

Energy, 304, 131930.

Summer cave use by tricolored bats declined in response to white-nose syndrome despite persistence in winter hibernacula in the southeastern United States

Costley, T., Hopkins, S. R., Meng, S., Gajewski, Z., & Niemiller, M. L. (2024, June 21). JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, Vol. 6.

Dual Impacts of Space Heating Electrification and Climate Change Increase Uncertainties in Peak Load Behavior and Grid Capacity Requirements in Texas

Earth's Future, 12(6).

Nonrandom foraging and resource distributions affect the relationships between host density, contact rates and parasite transmission

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 27(3).

High-resolution, open-source modeling of inland flooding impacts on the North Carolina bulk electric power grid

Environmental Research: Energy, 1(1), 015005.

Colorado Native Pollinating Insects Health Study

Denver, Colorado: Colorado Department of Natural Resources.

As prey and pollinators, insects increase reproduction and allow for outcrossing in the carnivorous plant <i>Dionaea muscipula

American Journal of Botany, 111(2).

First Detection of Apparent Ophidiomycosis in the Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis rhombomaculata) in North Carolina, USA

Herpetological Review, 54(3), 379–380.

Emerging Zoonotic and Wildlife Pathogens

Blackouts experienced during low temps last month are bound to happen again

Kern, J. (2023, January). The Post and Courier.

Droughts and heat waves could worsen air pollution for vulnerable communities

Kern, J. (2023, March). L.A.Times.

Rolling blackouts can protect power grid from serious damage

Kern, J. (2023, January). CBS 17 WNCN.

Sturdier, more weatherproof. Improvements being made to power grid to prevent prolonged outages

Kern, J. (2023, August). ABC 11.