Peer-reviewed publications
Pereira Sartorio, I., Kanieski da Silva, B., Tanger, S. M., Henderson, J. D., Marufuzzaman, M., Yang, Y., … Fortuin, C. (2026). Responding to hurricane disruptions: salvage decisions under uncertain timber supply. International Journal of Forest Engineering, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14942119.2026.2646802
Briggs, Emma L., Daniel U. Greene, Elise McDonald, Christine M. Favorito, Madalyn Stoecker, Angela L. Larsen-Gray, Christine C. Fortuin, Kristine Evans, and Kamal JK Gandhi. (2026). Populations of the At-Risk American Bumble Bee, Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773), within Southeastern Managed Pine Forests. Journal of Forestry, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44392-026-00076-x
Hughes H, K. A. Parys , K. T. Huntzinger , C. Lankford , C. Fortuin , J. B. Davis,. (2025). Bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophilia) of seasonal herbaceous wetlands in Mississippi. Collection 8. https://specimenpub.org/collection/8/
Zampieri, N. E., J. B. Cannon, W. J. Platt, C. C. Fortuin, F. S. Gilliam, A. Sharma. (2025). Hurricane ecology informs adaptive management under increasing tropical cyclone risks in endangered pine savannas. Bioscience, biaf086
Briggs, E. L., D. U. Greene, C. C. Fortuin, D. C. Clabo, B. F. Barnes, & K. J. Gandhi, (2025). Understory plant community responses following herbicide application in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands. Forest Ecology and Management, 585, 122617.
Briggs, E. L., D. U. Greene, C. C. Fortuin, D. C. Clabo, B. F. Barnes, & K. J. Gandhi, (2024). Wild bee community responses to forest herbicide treatments in planted loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands. Forest Ecology and Management, 572, 122332.
Favorito, C. M., B. F. Barnes, E. L. Briggs, C. C. Fortuin, D. U. Greene, A. L. Larsen-Gray, J. A. Martin, E. McCarty & K. J. K. Gandhi, (2023). Stand stage affects wild bee communities in working pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 545, 121247.
Drake, J. M., Marty, É., Gandhi, K. J., Welch‐Devine, M., Bledsoe, B., Shepherd, M., Seymore, L., Fortuin, C. C. & Montes, C. (2023). Disasters collide at the intersection of extreme weather and infectious diseases. Ecology letters, 26(4), 485-489.
Fortuin, C. C., Montes, C. R., Vogt, J. T., & Gandhi, K. J. (2023). Stand and tree characteristics influence damage severity after a catastrophic hurricane disturbance. Forest Ecology and Management, 532, 120844.
McDonald, E., J. Podesta, C. C. Fortuin, and K.J.K. Gandhi (2022). Expanded distribution range of eight orchid bee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10.e81220.
Fortuin, C. C., Montes, C. R., Vogt, J. T., & Gandhi, K. J. (2022). Predicting risks of tornado and severe thunderstorm damage to southeastern US forests. Landscape Ecology, 37(7), 1905-1919.
Fortuin, C.C. and Gandhi, K. J. K. (2021). Mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) exhibit no avoidance of imidacloprid-treated soils, Environmental Entomology, 50 (6), 1438–1445.
Fortuin, C. C. and Gandhi, K. J. K. (2021). Functional traits and nesting habitats distinguish the structure of bee communities in clearcut and managed hardwood & pine forests in Southeastern U.S.A. Forest Ecology and Management, 496 (119351).
Fortuin, C. C., McCarty, E., & Gandhi, K. J. K. (2021). Acute contact with imidacloprid in soil affects the nesting and survival success of a solitary wild bee, Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Chemosphere, 264, 128572.
Cairns, C. E., Villanueva‐Gutiérrez, R., Koptur, S., & Bray, D. B. (2005). Bee Populations, Forest Disturbance, and Africanization in Mexico 1. Biotropica: The Journal of Biology and Conservation, 37(4), 686-692
Book Chapters
Cairns, Christine et al., 2003. Las Fuerzas Impulsoras Detrás del Descenso de la Meliponicultura en el Estado de Quintana Roo (Driving Forces Behind the Decrease in Meliponiculture in the State of Quintana Roo). In Bray, David B. et al. (eds) Investigaciones en Apoyo de una Economía de Conservación en la Zona Maya de Quintana Roo (Investigations in support of a conservation economy in the Mayan Zone of Quintana Roo). The Institute of Sustainability Science, Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami, Fl.
Invited Presentations
Evans, Kristine, Madalyn Stoecker, Craig Sklarczyk, Johathan Lowery, Daniel Greene, Angie Larsen-Gray, Christine Fortuin. Relationships among Plants, Pollinators and Birds in Southern Working Forests. USFWS Conservation Innovation Series, webinar, Dec. 2025.
John Omolewa, Christine Fortuin, Austin Himes, Priyadarshini Basu, JoVonn Hill. The impact of land use on pollinator communities in upland oak forests. Southern Forest Health Work Conference, Tulsa, OK, July 2025.
Evans, Kristine, Madalyn Stoecker, Craig Sklarczyk, Johathan Lowery, Daniel Greene, Angie Larsen-Gray, Christine Fortuin. 2025. Relationships among Plants, Pollinators and Birds in Southern Working Forests. The Wildlife Society Mississippi Chapter annual meeting, Hatiesburg, MS, Aug 2025.
Christine Fortuin. Research Highlights: Forest Invertebrate Conservation Lab. College of Forest Resources Research Highlights, Research Week at Mississippi State University, April 9 2024
Emma Briggs, Daniel U. Greene, Christine C. Fortuin, Brittany F. Barnes, Kamal J.K. Gandhi. Forest herbicides support wild bee communities in planted loblolly pine stands, Southern Forest Health Work Conference, Greenville, SC, July 2024
Mary McTeague, Esteban Galeano, Christine Fortuin. Using Metabarcoding to Identify Bee Pollination Networks in Restored Montane Longleaf Pine Forests, Southern Forest Health Work Conference, Greenville, SC, July 2024
Fortuin, C. C., C. Miller, S. Spinner, B. Gochnour, C. Montes, J.T. Vogt, K. J. K. Gandhi. Assessing damage vulnerability and pest impacts resulting from Hurricane Michael in intensively managed forests. Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, August 2023.
Gandhi, K. J. K., Fortuin, C. C., Greene, D. U., and Larsen-Gray, A. L. 2023. The buzz about insect pollinators and forestry practices. Timberland Investment Resources Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 8 August 2023.
C. C. Fortuin, M. Stoecker, K. Evans, K. J.K Gandhi. Wild bee community responses to forest harvesting and roads: Implications of the patchwork landscape. The 62nd Annual Southern Forest Insect Work Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 2023. Invited Presentation.
Fortuin, C. C., C. Miller, S. Spinner, B. Gochnour, C. Montes, J. T. Vogt, K. J. K. Gandhi. Assessing damage vulnerability and pest impacts resulting from Hurricane Michael in intensively managed forests. Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, August 2023. Invited Presentation
Gandhi, K.J.K., Barnes, B.F., Fortuin, C., Gochnour, B., Kinz, S., Klepzig, K.D., McCarty, E., Miller, C., Montes, C., Sheehan, T.N., Spinner, S., and Vogt, J.T. (2023). Multi-faceted impacts of catastrophic hurricanes in the southeastern U.S. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Society of the American Foresters (SESAF), Panama City, Florida, 15-17 February 2023. Invited Presentation.
Fortuin, C. C. and Kamal J.K. Gandhi (2022). Effects of Anthropogenic Forest Disturbances on Wild Bee Community Structure in the Southeast U.S. The Wildlife Society annual conference, Spokane, Washington, November 2022. Invited presentation.
Fortuin, C. C. (2022). Examining soil as an exposure pathway in nesting female solitary bees. The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry annual meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 2022. Invited presentation.
Fortuin, C. C., and K.J.K. Gandhi (2022). Wild bees in the Southeast: effects of pesticides and forest management. Rayonier Research Meeting, January 2022. Invited presentation.
Fortuin, C. C., and K.J.K. Gandhi (2021). Effects of Imidacloprid Residue in Soil on Nest Productivity and Survival of Blue Orchard Mason Bees. Orchard Bee Association Annual Conference, Oregon State University, December 2021. Invited presentation.
Fortuin, C. C., C. Montes, J. T. Vogt, K. J. K. Gandhi (2021). Evaluating and predicting severe wind damage risks at multiple scales in southern U.S. forests. The Plantation Management Research Cooperative Annual Conference, Athens, Georgia, July 2021. Invited presentation.
