Skip to main content

R M B LData Hub›Knowledge Commonsv0.2

Publications Datasets Documents Stories

Frontiers Neighborhoods Authors Species Concepts Protocols Places Projects

Pressing flowers between pages…

science.OUTSIDE.

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory · Gothic, Colorado · founded 1928. A non-profit field station for long-term ecological research.

Tools

Data Hub Spatial Data Platform Browser Weather and Climate Dashboard Gothic webcam billy barr’s snow records pySDP rSDP RMBL Compute Hub Bloom Forecast

Connect

GitHub · rmbl-sdp RMBL main site ikb@rmbl.org

P.O. Box 519 Crested Butte, CO 81224 · (970) 349-7231 · RMBL is a Colorado non-profit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status. RMBL is an equal opportunity service provider and employer and operates under permit from the USDA Forest Service, Gunnison National Forest. Support for the Knowledge Commons provided by the Clark Family Foundation.

© 2026 Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.rmblknowledgecommons.org

nutritional ecology — RMBL Knowledge Commons

← Back to Conceptsframework

nutritional ecology

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 69 entities)

View in full graph →

Loading graph...

Knowledge graph centered on nutritional ecology with 69 nodes and 142 connections. Top connected: Understanding insect life histories and senescence, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, I. aggregata.

Definition

Study of how organisms obtain and use nutrients and how nutrition affects fitness

Related Terms (3)

dietary restrictionfood limitationant nutrition

Publications (3)

No evidence that gut microbiota impose a net cost on their butterfly host

2019Molecular Ecologyframework

Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field

2012Ecological Entomologyframework

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional Ecologyframework

Related Concepts (10)

foraging ecology

framework2 shared papers

interspecific competition

process1 shared paper

mutualistic relationships

process1 shared paper

host-microbiome interactions

framework1 shared paper

reproductive senescence

process1 shared paper

viral operational taxonomic units

measurement1 shared paper

macronutrient imbalance

phenomenon1 shared paper

trophic cascade

process1 shared paper

early-life trade-offs

theory1 shared paper

resource congruence

theory1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae3 papers

Lepidoptera

Speyeria mormonia

Nymphalidae2 papers

Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophilidae2 papers

Apis mellifera

monarch butterfly

Escherichia coli

Enterobacteriaceae1 paper

Bamboo

gypsy moth

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned1 paper