Peer-reviewed publications
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2022
Kendall, L.K., Mola, J.M., Portman, Z.M., Cariveau, D., Smith, H.G., Bartomeus, I. 2022. The potential and realized foraging movements of bees are differentially determined by body size and sociality. Ecology. Accepted
Montero-Castaño, A., J. B. U. Koch, T.-T. T. Lindsay, B. Love, J. M. Mola, K. Newman, and J. K. Sharkey. 2022. Pursuing best practices for minimizing wild bee captures to support biological research. Conservation Science and Practice. Early View Link
Rundlöf, M., C. Stuligross, A. Lindh, R. L. Malfi, K. Burns, J. M. Mola, S. Cibotti, and N. M. Williams. 2022. Flower plantings support wild bee reproduction and may also mitigate pesticide exposure effects. Journal of Applied Ecology. Early View Link
2021
J.M. Mola, J. Hemberger, J. Kochanski, L. L. Richardson, and I. S. Pearse. 2021. Importance of forests in bumble bee biology and conservation. BioScience. Link
J.M. Mola, L. L. Richardson, G. Spyreas, D. N. Zaya, and I. S. Pearse. 2021. Long‐term surveys support declines in early season forest plants used by bumblebees. Journal of Applied Ecology:1365-2664.13886. Link
J.M. Mola, C. Stuligross, M.L. Page, D. Rutkowski, and N.M. Williams. 2021. Impact of “non-lethal” tarsal clipping on bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii) may depend on queen stage and worker size. Journal of Insect Conservation. 25:195–201. Open Access
2020
Smith, T.A., J.P. Strange, E.C. Evans, B.M. Sadd, J.C. Steiner, J.M. Mola and K. Traylor-Holzer.(Eds.). 2020. Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, Bombus affinis, Ex Situ Assessment and Planning Workshop: Final Report. IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN, USA PDF
Mola J.M., M.R. Miller, S. O’Rourke and N.M. Williams. 2020. Wildfire reveals transient change to individual traits and population responses of a native bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii. Journal of Animal Ecology, LINK, PDF
Mola J.M., M.R. Miller, S. O’Rourke & N.M. Williams. 2020. Forests do not limit bumble bee foraging movements in a montane meadow complex. Ecological Entomology, LINK, PDF
LoPresti, E.F., J. Goidell, J.M. Mola, M.L. Page, C.D. Specht, C. Stuligross, M.G. Weber, N.M. Williams, and R. Karban. 2020. A lever action hypothesis for pendulous hummingbird flowers: experimental evidence from a columbine, Annals of Botany 125(2): 59-65. DOI
2019
Williams, N.M., J.M. Mola, Stuligross, C., Harrison, T., Page, M., Brennan, R., Rosenberger, N., & Rundlöf, M. 2019. Fantastic bees and where to find them: locating the cryptic overwintering queens of a western bumble bee. Ecosphere 9(1):e02056. Open Access
Mola, J. M. and N. M. Williams. 2019. A review of methods for the study of bumble bee movement. Apidologie 50: 497–514. DOI, PDF
Mola, J. M. 2019. Bumble bee movement ecology and response to wildfire with an emphasis on genetic mark-recapture techniques. Doctoral Dissertation. University of California Davis. LINK
2018
LoPresti, E. F., J. I. V. Wyk, J. M. Mola, K. Toll, T. J. Miller, and N. M. Williams. 2018. Effects of wildfire on floral display size and pollinator community reduce outcrossing rate in a plant with a mixed mating system. American Journal of Botany 105:1154–1164. PDF
Mola, J. M., and N. M. Williams. 2018. Fire-induced change in floral abundance, density, and phenology benefits bumble bee foragers. Ecosphere 9. Open Access
Earlier
Mola, J. M., J. M. Varner, E. S. Jules, and T. Spector. 2014. Altered Community Flammability in Florida’s Apalachicola Ravines and Implications for the Persistence of the Endangered Conifer Torreya taxifolia. PLoS ONE 9:e103933. PDF
Kreye, J. K., J. M. Varner, J. K. Hiers, and J. Mola. 2013. Toward a mechanism for eastern North American forest mesophication: differential litter drying across 17 species. Ecological Applications 23:1976–1986.