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Biography
I love thinking about food.
More specifically, I enjoy thinking about when food is available to insects and how this availability affects insect health and nutrition. Insect pollinators are a great system for my research because we can observe and quantify their food sources–flowers! Insect pollinators visit flowers to collect protein-rich pollen and/or carbohydrate-rich nectar.
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Education
Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, Ph.D., Tufts University
Population/conservation ecology, Postdoctoral Research, Tufts University and Washington State University
Biology, B.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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Response of a temperate grassland ant community to burning
Bonoan, R. E. & McCarthy, Feb 1 2022, In: Insectes Sociaux. 69, 1, p. 137-142 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in phenology and abundance of an at-risk butterfly
Bonoan, R., Crone, E. E., Edwards, C. B. & Schultz, C. B., Jun 1 2021, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 25, 3, p. 499-510 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) seek sodium at carrion baits in Costa Rica
Dorian, N. N. & Bonoan, R., Apr 1 2021, In: Ecological Entomology. 46, 2, p. 492-495 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social benefits require a community: the influence of colony size on behavioral immunity in honey bees
Bonoan, R., Iglesias Feliciano, P. M., Chang, J. & Starks, P. T., Oct 1 2020, In: Apidologie. 51, 5, p. 701-709 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The perils of forcing a generalist to be a specialist: lack of dietary essential amino acids impacts honey bee pollen foraging and colony growth
Bonoan, R., Gonzalez, J. & Starks, P. T., Jan 1 2020, In: Journal of Apicultural Research. 59, 1, p. 95-103 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review