Recent Works
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2025 article
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.
2025 journal article
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).
2025 journal article
Costs of floral larceny: A meta-analytical evaluation of nectar robbing and nectar theft on animal-pollinated plants
ECOLOGY, 106(3).

2025 journal article
Multi-objective optimization of sustainable aviation fuel production pathways in the US Corn Belt
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY, 193.

2024 journal article
Ophisaurus ventralis (Eastern Glass Lizard. Sexual Maturity.
Herpetological Review, 55(3), 442β443.
Contributors: S. Hopkinsβ
2024 journal article
Protected areas and One Health
PARKS, 30(1), 6β13. https://parksjournal.com/parks-30-1-may-2024/
Contributors: S. Hopkinsβ
2024 journal article
Socioecological drivers of mutualistic and antagonistic plant-insect interactions and interaction outcomes in suburban landscapes
PLOS ONE, 19(11).

2024 journal article
Investigating the effects of cooperative transmission expansion planning on grid performance during heat waves with varying spatial scales
APPLIED ENERGY, 378.

2024 magazine article
Utilities Are Planning for the Wrong Kind of Hurricane
Kern, J. (2024, October). Heatmap News.
2024 journal article
Exploring the benefits of integrated energy-water management in reducing economic and environmental tradeoffs
Environmental Research: Energy, 1(3), 035010.
2024 journal article
The Hole Truth: Why Do Bumble Bees Rob Flowers More Than Once?
PLANTS-BASEL, 13(17).

2024 journal article
Drivers of population dynamics of at-risk populations change with pathogen arrival
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 296.

2024 journal article
Green hydrogen exports in New Zealand and Chile can improve electricity supply security if configured as local energy insurance
Energy, 304, 131930.

2024 article
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.

2024 journal article
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).

2024 journal article
Nonrandom foraging and resource distributions affect the relationships between host density, contact rates and parasite transmission
ECOLOGY LETTERS, 27(3).

2024 journal article
High-resolution, open-source modeling of inland flooding impacts on the North Carolina bulk electric power grid
Environmental Research: Energy, 1(1), 015005.
2024 report
Colorado Native Pollinating Insects Health Study
Denver, Colorado: Colorado Department of Natural Resources.
2024 journal article
As prey and pollinators, insects increase reproduction and allow for outcrossing in the carnivorous plant <i>Dionaea muscipula
American Journal of Botany, 111(2).

2023 journal article
First Detection of Apparent Ophidiomycosis in the Mole Kingsnake (Lampropeltis rhombomaculata) in North Carolina, USA
Herpetological Review, 54(3), 379β380.
Contributors: S. Hopkinsβ
2023 book edited
Emerging Zoonotic and Wildlife Pathogens
2023 newspaper article
Blackouts experienced during low temps last month are bound to happen again
Kern, J. (2023, January). The Post and Courier.
2023 newspaper article
Droughts and heat waves could worsen air pollution for vulnerable communities
Kern, J. (2023, March). L.A.Times.
2023 newspaper article
Rolling blackouts can protect power grid from serious damage
Kern, J. (2023, January). CBS 17 WNCN.
2023 newspaper article
Sturdier, more weatherproof. Improvements being made to power grid to prevent prolonged outages
Kern, J. (2023, August). ABC 11.