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Keng-Lou James Hung

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I am a pollination ecologist at the U. of Oklahoma, currently heading up the OK Native Bee Inventory and studying various aspects of native bee conservation.
Norman, OK hungpollinatorlab.weebly.com Joined August 2013
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Keng-Lou James Hung @kljhung
NEW BEE JUST DROPPED! The sparkly blue Andrena androfovea might be the first of roughly 1700 Andrena species to be a specialist of the Solanaceae (tomato family), and has a sternal hairbrush for pollen collection! doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com Evolutionary History and Ecology of Andrena (Foveoandrena) androfovea: A New Nearctic Mining Bee... Evolutionary history and ecology of Andrena (Foveoandrena) androfovea, a new nearctic mining bee (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) species and subgenus.
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Keng-Lou James Hung @kljhung
Hot off the press! Our new study led by three amazing @UofOklahoma undergrads found that ornamental plants--especially woody species--can support urban pollinators active in the early spring when food is otherwise scarce doi.org/10.1007/s10841…
link.springer.com Woody flowering plants support early-spring pollinators in urban greenspaces Journal of Insect Conservation - One threat pollinators face in a rapidly changing climate is the decoupling of their activity period from the blooming period of their host plants. Pollinators...