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Research Plan
The functional response of Bombus sp. in multi-resource environments
Principal Investigator:
Sabine Dritz
Status:
active
Field:
Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas:
Community ecology; Modeling; Pollination; Species Interactions; Theory
Items:
69 (50 publications, 15 datasets, 4 documents)
Publications (50)
Student Paper
Foraging behavior in <i>Bombus</i> spp
1980
Student Paper
Resource utilization in bumblebees: a study of <i>Bombus oppositus</i> and <i>Bombus flavifrons</i>
1980
Student Paper
Effects of Bombus removals on Diptera Foraging Behaviors.
2014
Student Paper
Foraging behavior of bumblebees (<i>Bombus</i> spp.)
1980
Student Paper
Optimal foraging: a test in bumblebees
1982
Student Paper
The dispersion of nectar resources as a result of bumblebee foraging
1983
Article
Resource partitioning and per-flower foraging efficiency in two bumblebee species
1996
American Midland Naturalist
Thesis
Resource partitioning and community structure: A study of bumblebees in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
1976
Article
Resource partitioning in bumblebees
1977
Journal of the New York Entomological Society
Thesis
Bee foraging in space and time: linking individual behaviour to pollination
2014
Book
The natural history of bumblebees
2001
Student Paper
Bumblebee foraging: can observed preferences of two bee species be explained by their foraging efficiencies on flowers of two different plant species?
1993
Student Paper
Bumblebee foraging behavior: the roles of floral scent and color
1994
Student Paper
Temporal Patterns in Foraging activity of Colorado Montane Bumblebees.
2014
Student Paper
Thermal reguation of bumblebees
1973
Student Paper
Specialization and foraging ergonomics in a subalpine bumblebee <i>Bombus appositus</i> (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
1997
Student Paper
Foraging behavior of bumblebees and hummingbirds
1982
Article
Behavior of inexperienced bumble bees toward spatial clumping of nectar
2007
Entomologia Generalis
Article
Categorization of food types enhances foraging performance of bumble bees
1994
Animal Behaviour
Student Paper
Using abiotic factors to predict seasonal bee abundance.
2014
Student Paper
Population relationships of bees and bee mimic flies
1973
Article
Bumblebee foraging: the threshold departure rule
1985
Ecology
Article
Field measures of flower constancy in bumblebees
1981
American Midland Naturalist
DOI: 10.2307/2424756
Article
Bumblebee foraging: energetic consequences of using a threshold departure rule
1985
Ecology
Student Paper
Bumblebee foraging patterns on <i>Frasera speciosa</i> inflorescences or, a monumental approach to Gothic queens
1983
Student Paper
Plant and insect diversity and abundance: resilience in response to human disturbance
1997
Chapter
Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions
2011
Article
Skewed flowering distributions and bumblebees
1980
American Midland Naturalist
Student Paper
Flower constancy in bees: yes or no?
1982
Article
Optimal foraging: random movement by pollen collecting bumblebees
1982
Oecologia
DOI: 10.1007/bf00389020
Article
Factors affecting pollinator visitation rates: a biogeographic comparison
1993
Current Science
Article
Background complexity affects colour preference in bumble bees
2009
Naturwissenschaften
Student Paper
The influence of different types of disturbance on insect diversity
1995
Student Paper
The foraging behavior of bees in response to the floral biology of <i>Frasera speciosa</i> (Gentianaceae)
2003
Student Paper
Specificity of pollinators in mountain meadows
1973
Thesis
How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?
2019
Thesis
Organization of a plant-pollinator community in a seasonal environment
1984
Article
Trapline foraging by bumble bees: III. Temporal patterning of visits
1998
Behavioral Ecology
Article
Optimal foraging in bumblebees and coevolution with their plants
1978
Oecologia
DOI: 10.1007/bf00348054
Article
Community and evolutionary ecology of nectar.
2004
Ecology
Thesis
The role of fly pollination in montane habitats
1990
Chapter
Cognitive ecology of pollination
2001
Thesis
Effects of resource value on broad-tailed and rufous hummingbird behavior
2003
Student Paper
Correlation of environmental parameters and insect abundance to bat foraging patterns
1995
Student Paper
Shifts in the altitudinal distribution of bumblebees near Gothic, Colorado
1998
Student Paper
Constancy of bumblebees
1982
Article
Pollination potential of male bumble bees (<i>Bombus impatiens</i>): movement patterns and pollen-transfer efficiency
2010
Journal of Pollination Ecology
Student Paper
Montane grassland butterflies: a survey of nectar feeding rates
1988
Article
Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species
2002
Oecologia
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1060-z
Student Paper
Nectar reward and pollinator specificity
1983
Datasets (15)
Dataset
data for functional group analyses
2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/3
Dataset
Supplementary material from "Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators"
2025
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7948797
Dataset
Data from: Experimental species removals impact the architecture of pollination networks
2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b5h65
Dataset
An organizing feature of bumble bee life history: worker emergence promotes queen reproduction and survival in young nests
2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.jdfn2z383
Dataset
Data from: Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees
2025
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cc2fqz6g9
Dataset
Impacts of beekeeping on wild bee diversity and pollination networks in the Aegean Archipelago
2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ns1rn8psn
Dataset
Data from: Foraging efficiency and size matching in a plant – pollinator community: the importance of sugar content and tongue length
2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2s74q4
Dataset
Ready for NMDS VOUCHERED BEES ONLY
2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/4
Documents (4)
Document
Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems
Document
Effect of Keystone Mine Effluent on Colonization of Stream Benthos
Document
Application of Monitoring for Producers
Document
Cattle a Vital Link in the Global Food Chain
Dataset
Abundance richness and evenness data VOUCHERED BEES
2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/1
Dataset
Yearly bee catch data
2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/5
Dataset
Data from: Asteraceae pollen provisions protect Osmia mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism
2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4sd09
Dataset
Data from: The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity
2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j
Dataset
Dispersal of pollen analogue by Valeriana edulis pollinators
2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/8
Dataset
Pollination neighborhood survey data
2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/10
Dataset
Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits
2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t76hdr7zc