Projects

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  Eco-evo feedbacks: How does rhizobium evolution affect pollination ecology?

  Core Project

  Researchers Adam Dolezal, Alex Harmon-Threatt, and others, are studying the interactions between clover, honey bees, and their microbial symbionts, and how they are impacted by symbiosis breakdown.

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  Investigating the dynamics of multiple bumble bee symbioses in agriculturally situated pollinator habitat

  Seed Project

  This study explores how agricultural landscapes affect the interactions between bumblebees, flowering plants, and parasites, aiming to understand these complex relationships.

Publications

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  Wargin et al., 2026

  Wargin, A., Heath, K., Lau, J., Dolezal, A., & Harmon-Threatt, A. (2026). Less cooperative belowground plant mutualists negatively affect aboveground herbivore growth and survival. Research Square.

   

  https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-8745055/v1