Experimental and Field Approaches Using Pollinating Insects as Model Systems
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2026 | Viewed by 833
Special Issue Editors
2. Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina
Interests: behavioral physiology; neurobiology; cognitive and chemical ecology; ecotoxicology; crop pollination; using honeybees, stingless bees, and bumblebees as model organisms
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is an increasing number of experimental models among pollinating insects that enable the extrapolation of their responses from controlled laboratory conditions to natural environments. Assessing their cognitive and sensory abilities, as well as their physiological and genetic responses to quantifiable changes, provides valuable insights into how these beneficial insects might react to environmental fluctuations across habitats with different levels of disturbance.
This Special Issue gathers both experimental and field studies, focusing on conventional and non-conventional pollinating insect models, to explore the flexibility of their biological responses to environmental change.
Prof. Dr. Walter Marcelo Farina
Prof. Dr. Michael Hrncir
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- native and introduced pollinators
- bees
- experimental biology
- field-controlled assays
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