Erin E. Wilson Rankin's research while affiliated with University of California, Riverside and other places

... The advancements of technology and accessible platforms like eBird and iNaturalist have increased participation and are producing massive amounts of biodiversity and ecological data around the world [4,5]. These data have been used to answer questions of phenology [6,7], species range changes [8], species migrations [9], phenotypic variation [10,11], species interactions [12], habitat use [13,14], and body condition and disease [15]. The data from these platforms are also helping researchers discover new species and track invasive species [16,17], improve species distribution models [18,19], and increase our understanding of large scale effects of climate on animal behaviour [20]. ...

... In contrast, there was a difference in seasonal dynamics at the plant species level, with native plant species attracting more pollinator species than exotic ones during spring. This is consistent with the observations of Cecala and Wilson Rankin (2022), with higher bee diversity in native-rich nurseries than in the conventional nurseries, albeit exclusively in spring. Previous studies have shown that early flying bees are more dependent on natural habitats within urban areas (Harrison et al. 2018;Banaszak-Cibicka et al. 2018), possibly relying more on native plants. ...

... Metabarcoding therefore has the potential to improve our knowledge of the diet of omnivorous woodland passerines. Despite this, studies focusing on omnivorous birds are rare (but see da Silva et al., 2020;Spence et al., 2022;Tang et al., 2022 (Clements, 2013;Kirby et al., 2018). All feed sites were baited with supplementary sunflower (Helianthus sp.) seeds, provided ad libitum from December to July. ...

... Leaves and petals of a range of plant species, including rose, have been unearthed in the nest tubes of leafcutter bees 15,16,18,23,57 . Plant surveys have reported an even greater number of leaf-foraging plant species in parts of southwest USA 15 and Asia 18,58 . ...

... Since this latter review, the quantity of evidence of negative impacts of managed bees on wild pollinators did continue to increase (e.g., MacInnis et al., 2023;Mackell et al., 2023;Mouillard-Lample et al., 2023;Page and Williams, 2022;2023;Prendergast and Ollerton, 2022;Prendergast and Ollerton, 2021;Ropars et al., 2022). Thus, this scientific mobilization has brought about new concerns regarding the impacts of MIMS in less explored plant-pollinator systems, such as the trade of wild bee cocoons for bee hotels , the increased demand for ornamental plants in cities (Erickson et al., 2020;Cecala and Rankin, 2021;Garbuzov et al., 2017;Zaninotto et al., 2023a) and the setup of pollinatorfriendly schemes in agricultural landscapes (Wood et al. 2015;Seitz et al., 2020;Schatz et al., 2021;see Albrecht et al. 2021 for a review). ...

... Although studies detailing hornet and wasp microbiomes are still scarce, our results correspond with taxa shown to be abundant in closely related species with similar diets, such as Lactoccoccus, Gilliamella, Fructobacillus, and Leuconostoc 37,65,66 . Our results also confirm the contention put forward by Reeson et al. 67 that V. germanica is not dependent on a specific set of symbionts. ...

... Solitary bees, including O. lignaria, have also been reported to be more sensitive to insecticides than social bees (Peterson et al., 2021;Rundlöf et al., 2015;Scott-Dupree et al., 2009); this may contribute to the difference in foraging behavior observed between groups. Multiple studies report reduced overall activity resulting from insecticide exposure to solitary bees Cecala and Wilson Rankin, 2021; but see Ruddle et al., 2018), but more research is needed to reveal general mechanisms underlying the differential effects of insecticide exposure on solitary and social bee foraging behavior (Pyke, 2022). ...

... The high frequencies of Rattus sp. in the diet of both barn owls and variable hawks could demonstrate their importance as controls of exotic invasive species, especially when considering that these rats are among the most widespread and damaging invasive species, being highly aggressive. Its species have generalist habits, consuming both native animal and plant materials, leading to the displacement or extirpation of local species, and whose eradication is key to the recovery of many species of conservation concern (see details in Barney et al. 2021). In Chile, the only avian predator previously shown to frequently predate invasive species is G. poecilochrous in the Altiplano and deserts of the Antofagasta region, where exotic species of Rattus and Mus were approximately 42% of its diet (Cabot-Nieves et al. 2020). ...

... Males typically do not perform tasks around the nest, are unable to sting, and would have very little incentive to engage with a predator (Hamilton 1964;O'Donnell 1995). Furthermore, increases in viral loads and decreases in colony health later in the season have been associated with behavioral shifts and colony decline (Loope and Wilson-Rankin 2021). When combined, these factors could explain the gradual decline in nest defense efforts found in this study. ...

... Whilst the appearance of V. velutina in Europe is relatively recent (Monceau et al., 2014), social vespid invasions are an ongoing global concern, impacting ecosystems via resource exploitation and predation (Beggs et al., 2011;Rankin, 2021). Carbohydrates, in the form of nectar, fruit, and honeydew, are keenly consumed, often resulting in cascading effects for native ecosystems (Richter, 2000). ...