Dr. Olivia Bernauer, PhD
Contact Information
101 Roosevelt Ave,
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Education
2022 Ph.D. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, AUS
2017 M.S. Entomology. University of Maryland, College Park, USA
2014 B.S. Biology with a mathematics certificate. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Published Research
2024 Bernauer, OM, Branstetter, MG, Cook, JM, Tierney, SM. Functional trait mismatch between native and introduced bee pollinators servicing a global food crop. BMC Eco Evo. 24:104. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02293-4
2024 Bernauer, OM, Jain, A, de Bivort, B, Holbrook, NM, Myers, SS, Ziska, LH, Crall, JD. Elevated atmospheric CO2 has inconsistent effects on pollen chemistry and plant growth across flowering plant species. Scientific Reports. 14:13760. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63967-z
2023 Hemberger, J, Bernauer, OM, Gaines-Day, H, Gratton, C. Landscape-scale floral resource discontinuity decreases bumble bee occurrence and alters community composition. Ecological Applications 33:e2907. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2907
2023 Tierney, SM, Bernauer, OM, King, L**, Spooner-Hart, R, Cook, JM. Bee pollination services and the burden of biogeography. Proc Royal Soc B. 290(2000), 20230747. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0747
2022 Nacko, S, Hall, M, Spooner-Hart, R, Cook, J., Bernauer, OM, Riegler, M. Cucurbit crops in temperate Australia are visited more by native solitary bees than stingless bees. Journal of Apicultural Research, 61(5), 675-687. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2110742
2022 Bernauer, OM, Tierney, SM, Cook, JM. Efficiency and effectiveness of native bees and honey bees as pollinators of apples in New South Wales orchards. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108063
2022 Bernauer, OM, Cook, JM, Tierney, SM. Division of foraging behaviour: assessments of pollinator traits when visiting a model plant species. Animal Behaviour, 188, 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.03.018
2021 Bernauer, OM, Cook, JM, Tierney, SM. Nesting biology and social organization of the allodapine bee Exoneura angophorae (Hymenoptera: Apidae): montane environmental constraints yield biased sex allocation yet phenology is unhindered. Insectes Sociaux, 68(4), 337-349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-021-00832-6
2021 Garrett, MPD, DeGroot, GA, Albrecht, M, … Bernauer, OM and 33 others. Opportunities to reduce pollination deficits and production shortfalls in a globally important crop. Ecological Applications, 31(8), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2445
2015 Bernauer, OM*, Gaines-Day, HR*; Steffan, SA. Colonies of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) Produce Fewer Workers, Less Bee Biomass, and Have Smaller Mother Queens Following Fungicide Exposure. Insects, 6, 478–488. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects6020478
* Shared first authorship, ** Undergraduate mentee