| Towards understanding interactions between Sustainable Development Goals: The role of environment–human linkages JPW Scharlemann, RC Brock, N Balfour, C Brown, ND Burgess, MK Guth, ... Sustainability science 15, 1573-1584, 2020 | 212* | 2020 |
| Gut microbiota composition is associated with environmental landscape in honey bees JC Jones, C Fruciano, F Hildebrand, H Al Toufalilia, NJ Balfour, P Bork, ... Ecology and evolution 8 (1), 441-451, 2018 | 145* | 2018 |
| Exploitative competition alters bee foraging and flower choice NJ Balfour, S Gandy, FLW Ratnieks Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69, 1731-1738, 2015 | 102 | 2015 |
| British phenological records indicate high diversity and extinction rates among late-summer-flying pollinators NJ Balfour, J Ollerton, MC Castellanos, FLW Ratnieks Biological Conservation 222, 278-283, 2018 | 96 | 2018 |
| Longer tongues and swifter handling: why do more bumble bees (Bombus spp.) than honey bees (Apis mellifera) forage on lavender (Lavandula spp.)? NJ Balfour, M Garbuzov, FLW Ratnieks Ecological entomology 38 (4), 323-329, 2013 | 80 | 2013 |
| Appetite for self-destruction: suicidal biting as a nest defense strategy in Trigona stingless bees K Shackleton, H Al Toufailia, NJ Balfour, FS Nascimento, DA Alves, ... Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 69, 273-281, 2015 | 74 | 2015 |
| The disproportionate value of ‘weeds’ to pollinators and biodiversity NJ Balfour, FLW Ratnieks Journal of Applied Ecology 59 (5), 1209-1218, 2022 | 53 | 2022 |
| Exploitative competition and displacement mediated by eusocial bees: experimental evidence in a wild pollinator community VR Wignall, M Brolly, C Uthoff, KE Norton, HM Chipperfield, NJ Balfour, ... Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74, 1-15, 2020 | 47 | 2020 |
| Using the waggle dance to determine the spatial ecology of honey bees during commercial crop pollination. NJ Balfour, FLW Ratnieks | 36 | 2017 |
| Rapid evolution of a floral trait following acquisition of novel pollinators CR Mackin, JF Peña, MA Blanco, NJ Balfour, MC Castellanos Journal of Ecology 109 (5), 2234-2246, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
| Following the dance: Ground survey of flowers and flower-visiting insects in a summer foraging hotspot identified via honey bee waggle dance decoding NJ Balfour, KA Fensome, EEW Samuelson, FLW Ratnieks Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 213, 265-271, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |
| Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) feeding on wildflower nectar and fruit juice K Shackleton, NJ Balfour, H Al Toufailia, R Gaioski Jr, ... Ecology and evolution 6 (19), 7156-7165, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| Landscape scale study of the net effect of proximity to a neonicotinoid-treated crop on bee colony health NJ Balfour, H Al Toufailia, L Scandian, HE Blanchard, MP Jesse, ... Environmental Science & Technology 51 (18), 10825-10833, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| Size matters: significant negative relationship between mature plant mass and residual neonicotinoid levels in seed-treated oilseed rape and maize crops NJ Balfour, NL Carreck, HE Blanchard, FLW Ratnieks Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 215, 85-88, 2016 | 25 | 2016 |
| Energetic efficiency of foraging mediates bee niche partitioning NJ Balfour, K Shackleton, NA Arscott, K Roll‐Baldwin, A Bracuti, G Toselli, ... Ecology 102 (4), e03285, 2021 | 22 | 2021 |
| Multiple methods of assessing nectar foraging conditions indicate peak foraging difficulty in late season M Garbuzov, NJ Balfour, K Shackleton, H Al Toufailia, L Scandian, ... Insect Conservation and Diversity 13 (6), 532-542, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Unique nest entrance structure of Partamona helleri stingless bees leads to remarkable ‘crash-landing’ behaviour K Shackleton, NJ Balfour, HA Toufailia, DA Alves, JM Bento, ... Insectes Sociaux 66, 471-477, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| Plants and pollinators: Will natural selection cause an imbalance between nectar supply and demand? FLW Ratnieks, NJ Balfour Ecology Letters 24 (9), 1741-1749, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| People, nature and large herbivores in a shared landscape: A mixed‐method study of the ecological and social outcomes from agriculture and conservation NJ Balfour, R Durrant, A Ely, CJ Sandom People and Nature 3 (2), 418-430, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| Honey bee waggle dances facilitate shorter foraging distances and increased foraging aggregation K Shackleton, NJ Balfour, H Al Toufailia, E James, FLW Ratnieks Animal Behaviour 198, 11-19, 2023 | 13 | 2023 |
Francis RatnieksUniversity of SussexVerified email at Sussex.ac.uk
