RMBL Knowledge Commons

Chapter

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

2025DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-75027-4_13

Article

Phenology of high-altitude climates

2013Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

Article

A phenological mid-domain effect in flowering diversity

2005Oecologia

Article

Forecasting phenology: from species variability to community forecasts

2012Ecology Letters

Article

A statistical estimator for determining the limits of contemporary and historic phenology

2017Nature Ecology & Evolution

Article

Synchrony and periodicity of flowering in <i>Frasera speciosa</i> (Gentianaceae)

1985Ecology

Chapter

Ecological studies: population viability in plants: conservation, management, and modeling of rare plants

2003

Article

The effects of dataset length and mast seeding on the demography of Frasera speciosa, a long-lived monocarpic plant

2011Ecosphere

Article

Climate change and phenology

2022WIREs Climate ChangeDOI: 10.1002/wcc.764

Article

Turnover and reliability of flower communities in extreme environments: Insights from long-term phenology data sets

2015Journal of Arid EnvironmentsDOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.12.010

Article

Long-term trends mask variation in the direction and magnitude of short-term phenological shifts

2013American Journal of BotanyDOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200490

Article

Long-term declines in insect abundance and biomass in a subalpine habitat

2023EcosphereDOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4620

Article

Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America

2023EcologyDOI: 10.1002/ecy.4036

Article

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

2023Proceedings of the Royal Society BDOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2181

Article

Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

2022Arctic ScienceDOI: 10.1139/as-2020-0058

Article

Support early-career field researchers

2020ScienceDOI: 10.1126/science.abc1261

Article

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

2020Ecology LettersDOI: 10.1111/ele.13583

Article

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesDOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919377117

Publication

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

2018Mountain Views

Article

Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects

2011Ecological EntomologyDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01295.x

Article

Effects of climate change on phenology, frost damage, and floral abundance of montane wildflowers

2008EcologyDOI: 10.1890/06-2128.1

Article

Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species

2000Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceDOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.4.1630

Article

Effects of snowpack on the timing and abundance of flowering in Delphinium nelsonii: implications for climate change

1991American Journal of BotanyDOI: 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1991.tb14504.x

Article

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

2025Global Change BiologyDOI: 10.1111/gcb.70289

Article

Climate data from the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (1975–2022)

2023EcologyDOI: 10.1002/ecy.4153

Article

Skewness in bee and flower phenological distributions

2023EcologyDOI: 10.1002/ecy.3890

Article

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesDOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2697

Article

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

2021Global Change BiologyDOI: 10.1111/gcb.15519

Article

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesDOI: 10.1111/nyas.14104

Article

Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees

2020Biological Conservation doi 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821

Publication

Field Research in the Time of the Pandemic

2020Mountain Views Chronicle

Article

Reproductive losses due to climate change? Induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb

2019Journal of EcologyDOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13146

Article

Phenology as a process rather than an event: from individual reaction norms to community metrics

2019Ecological Monographs doi 10.1002/ecm.1352DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1352

Article

The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

2019Journal of Ecology

Chapter

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019

Publication

Spectacle in the meadows

2019Gunnison County Times

Article

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

2018Mountain Views

Article

Direct and indirect effects of episodic frost on plants growth and reproduction in subalpine wildflowers

2018Global Change Biology

Article

Confounding effects of spatial variation on shifts in phenology

2017Global Change Biology

Article

Detrending phenological time series improves climate-phenology analyses and reveals evidence of plasticity

2017EcologyDOI: 10.1002/ecy.1690

Article

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

2017Ecology LettersDOI: 10.1111/ele.12854

Article

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

2017OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3934-0

Article

Phenological responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change: insights from a long-term observational study and a manipulative field experiment

2017DOI: 10.1101/187021

Article

The effect of demographic correlations on the stochastic population dynamics of perennial plants

2016Ecological MonographsDOI: 10.1002/ecm.1228

Article

Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant fitness

2016Global Change Biology

Article

Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratios and performance.

2016ScienceDOI: 10.1126/science.aaf2588

Article

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

2016EcosphereDOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1267

Article

Phenological responses to climate change do not exhibit phylogenetic signal in a subalpine plant community

2015EcologyDOI: 10.1890/14-1536.1

Article

Interspecific competition between a non-native metal-hyperaccumulating plant (Noccaea caerulescens, Brassicaceae) and a native congener across a soil-metal gradient

2015Australian Journal of BotanyDOI: 10.1071/bt15045

Article

The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

2015Methods in Ecology and EvolutionDOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12375

Underwood-Inouye Long-term Phenology

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Research Plans (2)

Long-term study of wildflowers

Underwood-Inouye long-term phenology

Publications (118)

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

Phenology of high-altitude climates

A phenological mid-domain effect in flowering diversity

Forecasting phenology: from species variability to community forecasts

A statistical estimator for determining the limits of contemporary and historic phenology

Synchrony and periodicity of flowering in <i>Frasera speciosa</i> (Gentianaceae)

Ecological studies: population viability in plants: conservation, management, and modeling of rare plants

The effects of dataset length and mast seeding on the demography of Frasera speciosa, a long-lived monocarpic plant

Climate change and phenology

Turnover and reliability of flower communities in extreme environments: Insights from long-term phenology data sets

Long-term trends mask variation in the direction and magnitude of short-term phenological shifts

Long-term declines in insect abundance and biomass in a subalpine habitat

Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

Support early-career field researchers

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects

Effects of climate change on phenology, frost damage, and floral abundance of montane wildflowers

Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species

Effects of snowpack on the timing and abundance of flowering in Delphinium nelsonii: implications for climate change

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

Climate data from the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (1975–2022)

Skewness in bee and flower phenological distributions

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees

Field Research in the Time of the Pandemic

Reproductive losses due to climate change? Induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb

Phenology as a process rather than an event: from individual reaction norms to community metrics

The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Spectacle in the meadows

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

Direct and indirect effects of episodic frost on plants growth and reproduction in subalpine wildflowers

Confounding effects of spatial variation on shifts in phenology

Detrending phenological time series improves climate-phenology analyses and reveals evidence of plasticity

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

Phenological responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change: insights from a long-term observational study and a manipulative field experiment

The effect of demographic correlations on the stochastic population dynamics of perennial plants

Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant fitness

Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratios and performance.

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

Phenological responses to climate change do not exhibit phylogenetic signal in a subalpine plant community

Interspecific competition between a non-native metal-hyperaccumulating plant (Noccaea caerulescens, Brassicaceae) and a native congener across a soil-metal gradient

The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

Datasets (7)

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboraory flowering phenology (Inouye plots)

Flowering phenology and abundance, Gothic, CO, USA, 1973-present

Long-term flowering time at the plot level

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory flowering phenology (Inouye plots)

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory flowering phenology (Inouye plots)

Long-term flowering_year

Long-term flowering phenology and abundance data at Gothic, Colorado