Recent Publications:
Williams, N.M., Crone, E. E. , Roulston, T. H., Minckley, R. L. , Packer, L., Potts, S. G. (2010) Ecological and life history traits predict bee species responses to environmental disturbances. Biological Conservation. 143:2280-2291.
Williams, N. M. (2010) Restoration of non-target species: bee communities and pollination function in riparian forests. Restoration Ecology.
Richards, S. A, Williams, N. M. and Harder, L. D. (2009) Variation in Pollination: Causes and Consequences for Plant Reproduction. American Naturalist 174: 382-398.
Lonsdorf, E., Kremen, C., Ricketts, T., Winfree, R., Williams, N. M and Greenleaf, S. A. (2009) Modeling pollination services across agricultural landscapes. Annals of Botany 103: 1589-1600
Winfree, R., Williams, N. M., Gaines, H., Ascher, J. and C. Kremen (2008) Wild pollinators provide the majority of crop visitation across land use gradients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. J. Applied Ecology 45:793-802.
Golet, G.H., Gardali, T., Howell, C. A., Hunt, J. Luster, R.A., Rainey, W., Roberts, M.D., Silveira, J., Swagerty, H. and Williams, N. (2008) Wildlife Response to Riparian Restoration on the Sacramento River. San Francisco Estuaries and Watershed Science 6:1-26.
Winfree, R., Williams, N. M., Dushoff, J., and Kremen, C. (2007) Native bees provide insurance against ongoing honey bee losses. Ecology Letters 10:1105-1113.
Williams, N. M. (2007) Restoration of native bee pollinators within the Sacramento River System (California) Ecological Restoration 25: 67-68.
Williams, N. M. and Kremen, C. (2007) Persistence of bees in fragmented landscapes: Osmia lignaria in agro-natural mosaics Ecological Applications 17: 910-921.
Elliott, S. E., Irwin, R. E., Adler, L.S. and Williams, N.M. (2007) Nectar Alkaloids do not affect offspring performance of a native solitary bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae). Ecol. Entomol. 33: 298-304
Greenleaf, S.A., Williams, N.M., Winfree, R., Kremen, C. (2007) Bee foraging ranges and their relationship to body size. Oecologia 153:589-596.
Kremen C., Williams, N. M., et al. (2007) Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land use change. Ecology Letters 10:299-314.
Vazquez, D. P, Melian, C. J., Williams, N.M., Bluthgen, N., Krasnov, B. R. and Poulin, R. (2007) Species abundance and asymmetric interaction strength in ecological networks. Oikos 1120-1127.
Kim, J.*, Williams, N. and Kremen, C. (2006) Effects of cultivation and proximity to natural habitat on ground-nesting native bees in California sunflower fields. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 79:309-320.
Cane, J H., Minckley, R.L., Roulston, T.H., and Williams, N.M. (2006) Multiple responses of a desert bee guild (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) to urban habitat fragmentation. Ecological Applications 16: 632-644.
Ricketts, T., Williams, N. M. and Mayfield, M. M. (2006) Connectivity and ecosystem services: crop pollination in agricultural landscapes In Connectivity Conservation. Crooks and Muttulingam (eds.) Cambridge University Press.
Larsen, T., Williams, N.M. and Kremen, C. 2005. Extinction order and altered community structure rapidly disrupt ecosystem functioning. Ecology Letters 8: 538-547.
