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Jonathan Koch
Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research
Research Entomologist

Phone: (435) 797-0530
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1410 North 800 East
LOGAN, UT 843410000

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Projects
Sustainable Crop Production and Wildland Preservation through the Management, Systematics, and Conservation of a Diversity of Bees
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 437810
How Many Routes to the Same Phenotype? Genetic Changes Underlying Parallel Acquisition of Mimetic Color Patterns Across Bumble Bees
Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)
  Accession Number: 440886

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
The roles of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation in morphology and performance of an invasive species in a novel habitat Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Jardaleza, M.G., Koch, J., Pearse, I., Ghalambor, C., Hufbauer, R.A. 2021. The roles of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation in morphology and performance of an invasive species in a novel habitat. Ecological Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13087.
The invasion of Megachile policaris (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) to Hawai‘i Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Koch, J., Tabor, J.A., Montoya-Aiona, K., Eiben, J. 2021. The invasion of Megachile policaris (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) to Hawai‘i. Journal of Insect Science. 21(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab065.
Genetic and usurpation data support high incidence of bumble bee nest invasion by socially parasitic bumble bee, Bombus insularis Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Koch, J., McCabe, L.M., Love, B.G., Cox-Foster, D.L. 2021. Genetic and usurpation data support high incidence of bumble bee nest invasion by socially parasitic bumble bee, Bombus insularis. Journal of Insect Science. 21(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab063.
Neonicotinoid pesticides cause mass fatalities of native bumble bees: A case study from Wilsonville, Oregon, USA Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hatfield, R., Strange, J.P., Koch, J., Jepsen, S., Stapleton, I. 2021. Neonicotinoid pesticides cause mass fatalities of native bumble bees: A case study from Wilsonville, Oregon, USA. Environmental Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab059.
Ensemble models predict invasive bee habitat suitability will expand under future climate scenarios in Hawai‘i Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Tabor, J.A., Koch, J. 2021. Ensemble models predict invasive bee habitat suitability will expand under future climate scenarios in Hawai‘i. Insects. 12(5). Article 443. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12050443.
Reduction in the potential distribution of bumble bees (Apidae: Bombus) in Mesoamerica under different climate change scenarios: conservation implications Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Martinez-Lopez, O., Koch, J., Martinez-Morales, M., Navarrete-Gutierrez, D., Enriquez, E., Vandame, R. 2021. Reduction in the potential distribution of bumble bees (Apidae: Bombus) in Mesoamerica under different climate change scenarios: conservation implications. Global Change Biology. 27(9):1772-1787. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15559.
USBombus, a database of contemporary survey data for North American Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus) distributed in the United States - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Koch, J., Lozier, J., Strange, J.P., Ikerd, H.W., Griswold, T.L., Cordes, N., Solter, L., Stewart, I., Cameron, S.A. 2015. USBombus, a database of contemporary survey data for North American Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus) distributed in the United States. Biodiversity Data Journal. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e6833.
A scientific note on Bombus (Psithyrus) insularis invasions of bumble bee nests and honey bee hives in the western United States - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Landscape heterogeneity predicts gene flow in a widespread polymorphic bumble bee, Bombus bifarius (Hymentoptera: Apidae). - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lozier, J., Strange, J.P., Koch, J. 2013. Landscape heterogeneity predicts gene flow in a widespread polymorphic bumble bee, Bombus bifarius (Hymentoptera: Apidae). Conservation Genetics. 14: 1-12.
Bumble bees of the western United States Reprint Icon ()
Koch, J., Strange, J.P., Williams, P. 2012. Bumble bees of the western United States. USDA Forest Service Research Notes. Publication No. FS-972.
Global invasion by Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): Assessing potential distribution in North America and beyond - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Strange, J.P., Koch, J., Gonzalez, V.H., Nemelka, L., Griswold, T.L. 2011. Global invasion by Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): Assessing potential distribution in North America and beyond. Biological Invasions. 13:2115-2133.