Skip to main content
R M B L
Data Hub
›
Knowledge Commons
v0.2
Search
Sources
Publications
Datasets
Documents
Stories
Explore
Frontiers
Neighborhoods
Authors
Species
Concepts
Protocols
Places
Projects
About
☽
Asking the pikas politely…
← Back to Projects
Research Plan
Bumble bee thermal tolerance, climate variation, and population trends
Principal Investigator:
Jacquelyn Fitzgerald
Status:
active
Field:
Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas:
Climate change; Insect biology; Pollination
Items:
74 (53 publications, 20 datasets, 1 documents)
Publications (53)
Article
Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes
2024
Journal of Animal Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14186
Article
Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation
2022
Environmental Entomology
DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvac093
Student Paper
Characterization of thermal tolerance in sub-alpine bumblebee species
2023
Student Paper
Thermal reguation of bumblebees
1973
Student Paper
Using abiotic factors to predict seasonal bee abundance.
2014
Thesis
How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?
2019
Book
The natural history of bumblebees
2001
Student Paper
Population relationships of bees and bee mimic flies
1973
Student Paper
Foraging behavior of bumblebees (<i>Bombus</i> spp.)
1980
Student Paper
Effects of Bombus removals on Diptera Foraging Behaviors.
2014
Student Paper
Temporal Patterns in Foraging activity of Colorado Montane Bumblebees.
2014
Student Paper
Foraging behavior in <i>Bombus</i> spp
1980
Student Paper
Shifts in the altitudinal distribution of bumblebees near Gothic, Colorado
1998
Student Paper
The dispersion of nectar resources as a result of bumblebee foraging
1983
Thesis
Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees
2024
Student Paper
Global Climate Change Induced Shifts in Water Availability Alter Pollinator Visitation.
2014
Student Paper
Tracking changes in montane butterfly populations through the lens of climate change
2023
Student Paper
Foraging behavior of bumblebees and hummingbirds
1982
Student Paper
Flower constancy in bees: yes or no?
1982
Chapter
Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions
2011
Student Paper
Bumblebee foraging behavior: the roles of floral scent and color
1994
Article
Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes
2024
Journal of Animal Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14186
Article
Field measures of flower constancy in bumblebees
1981
American Midland Naturalist
DOI: 10.2307/2424756
Student Paper
Hot and Cold: Assessing the Thermal Limitations of Bumble Bees in a Changing Climate
2023
Student Paper
Resource utilization in bumblebees: a study of <i>Bombus oppositus</i> and <i>Bombus flavifrons</i>
1980
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
Thesis
Bee foraging in space and time: linking individual behaviour to pollination
2014
Article
Skewed flowering distributions and bumblebees
1980
American Midland Naturalist
Student Paper
The effect of global warming on soil mesofauna
1992
Publication
Effects of frost on wildflowers: an unexpected consequence of climate change
2011
Thesis
The Thermal Ecology of the Larvae fo <i>Colias</i> Butterflies
1971
Student Paper
Constancy of bumblebees
1982
Student Paper
Variation of pollinator species at different times of day
2001
Thesis
Predicting climate-induced shifts in burying beetle distributions: integrating niche partitioning, competition, and thermal performance
2010
Thesis
Organization of a plant-pollinator community in a seasonal environment
1984
Student Paper
The influence of different types of disturbance on insect diversity
1995
Article
Factors affecting pollinator visitation rates: a biogeographic comparison
1993
Current Science
Student Paper
Optimal foraging: a test in bumblebees
1982
Student Paper
Bumblebee foraging patterns on <i>Frasera speciosa</i> inflorescences or, a monumental approach to Gothic queens
1983
Chapter
Global Warming and Biodiversity
1992
Thesis
Resource partitioning and community structure: A study of bumblebees in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
1976
Student Paper
Specificity of pollinating butterflies
1973
Article
Resource partitioning and per-flower foraging efficiency in two bumblebee species
1996
American Midland Naturalist
Student Paper
Specificity of pollinators in mountain meadows
1973
Student Paper
The effects of patterns of flower coloration on insect variation
1991
Thesis
Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography
2023
Student Paper
The influences on daily torpor during the summer
1986
Thesis
Insights into butterfly ecology and evolution
2009
Article
Bumblebee foraging: the threshold departure rule
1985
Ecology
Article
Behavior of inexperienced bumble bees toward spatial clumping of nectar
2007
Entomologia Generalis
Showing 50 of 53 publications
Datasets (20)
Dataset
Osmia_iridis_summer_duration_expt_2014-15
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2dm56s/2
Dataset
Osmia_iridis_2015_summer_incubator_expt
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2dm56s/3
Dataset
Osmia_iridis_2016_summer_incubator_expt
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2dm56s/4
Dataset
Yearly bee catch data
2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/5
Dataset
Osmia_iridis_development_by_DD_2015-16
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2dm56s/5
Dataset
Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits
2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t76hdr7zc
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: Variation in season length and development time is sufficient to drive the emergence and coexistence of social and solitary behavioral strategies
2024
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.rjdfn2zmr
Dataset
data for functional group analyses
Documents (1)
Document
Wildlife Impacts
2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/3
Dataset
Ready for NMDS VOUCHERED BEES ONLY
2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/4
Dataset
Data from: Experimental species removals impact the architecture of pollination networks
2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b5h65
Dataset
Impacts of beekeeping on wild bee diversity and pollination networks in the Aegean Archipelago
2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ns1rn8psn
Dataset
Experimental test of the combined effects of water availability and flowering time on pollinator visitation and seed set
2023
DOI: 10.7280/D16D7Z
Dataset
Pollination neighborhood survey data
2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/10
Dataset
Abundance richness and evenness data VOUCHERED BEES
2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/1
Dataset
Data from: The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity
2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j
Dataset
Temperature, floral density, and Osmia pollen usage data from seven study sites around the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado: 2013-2022.
2023
DOI: 10.6073/pasta/2992dc076d1c4568afbaa68dcbbaf7dc
Dataset
Data from: Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees
2025
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cc2fqz6g9
Dataset
Data from: The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs
2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kd1r166
Dataset
Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology
2021
DOI: 10.7280/D19X0D