RMBL Knowledge Commons

Article

Abiotic mediation of a mutualism drives herbivore abundance.

2016Ecology Letters

Article

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

2024EcosphereDOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4790

Article

Host plant phenology shapes aphid abundance and interactions with ants

2023Oikos

Article

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects

2022The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsDOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102220-014840

Article

Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology

2021Global Change BiologyDOI: 10.1111/gcb.15803

Student Paper

Tests for Elevational Gradients in Herbivore Abundance and Plant Resistance in the Rocky Mountain Ecosystem

2021

Article

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

2020Ecological EntomologyDOI: 10.1111/een.12794

Article

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

2019Current Opinion in Insect ScienceDOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.12.003

Article

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

2019OikosDOI: 10.1111/oik.05650

Article

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

2019Journal of Animal EcologyDOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13034

Article

Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities

2013EcologyDOI: 10.1890/12-2170.1

Article

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

2012Ecological EntomologyDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01349.x

Student Paper

Influence of host plant height and distribution on herbivory patterns

1984

Student Paper

Herbivory patterns in response to climate change in a sub-alpine meadow

1998

Chapter

Effects of Resource Distribution on Animal-Plant Interactions

1992

Publication

Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows

2002

Student Paper

Reproductive efforts of plants along an altitudinal gradient

1973

Student Paper

Plant community structure as a function of grazing by cattle

1995

Student Paper

The Commonality of Herbivorous Trophic Links with Regard to Spatial Scale

1999

Student Paper

How grazing affects the height and diversity of vegetation in a sub-alpine meadow

1982

Student Paper

The effects of cattle grazing on montane meadows

1990

Student Paper

A survey of herbivorous insect species along a phylogenetic gradient

1984

Student Paper

Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes

1992

Student Paper

Interspecific competition in Rocky Mountain meadow flora

1983

Thesis

Forest carbon cycling along an elevation gradient: the influence of species and climate

2003

Student Paper

Comparisons of invertebrate populations of the herb layers of the alpine and subalpine zones

1947

Publication

Responses to herbivory in Ipomopsis aggregata; implications for fitness and biotic interactions

2000

Thesis

The role of fly pollination in montane habitats

1990

Thesis

Plant distributions along alpine moisture gradients: the roles of competition and physiological tolerances

1986

Student Paper

Specificity of pollinators in mountain meadows

1973

Student Paper

The ecological dynamics of alpine krummholz

1970

Student Paper

Vascular plant species of talus slope and their dispersal patterns

1996

Student Paper

Field Estimation of food-web complexity in a sub-alpine meadow

1998

Article

Herbivory in sun versus shade: patterns at the aspen-grassland interface

1985American Journal of Botany

Thesis

Climate change impacts on community and ecosystem properties: Integrating manipulations and gradient studies in montane meadows

2000

Student Paper

The effects of ungulate herbivory on phenology, pollination, and reproductive success in Ipomopsis aggregata

1999

Student Paper

Mammalian Fauna of two sub-alpine habitats

1975

Student Paper

Changes in herbivore levels across a hybrid zone between Ipomopsis aggregata and I. tenuituba

1992

Student Paper

Effect of altitude on Frasera speciosa populations

1973

Article

Herbivory in response to experimentally-induced in situ plant stress: sun versus shade species

1985Oikos

Thesis

Density effects in the plant-animal interactions of Potentilla gracilis douglas (Roseaceae)

1983

Article

Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance Aphis asclepiadis by creating water stressed host plants Ligusticum porteri and altering interactions with ants

2020Arthropod-Plant InteractionsDOI: 10.1007/s11829-020-09793-2

Article

Advanced phenology of intraguild predators shifts herbivore host plant preference and performance

2020Ecological EntomologyDOI: 10.1111/een.12878

Article

Elevated temperatures alter an ant aphid mutualism

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Article

Chemotypic variation in oshá (Ligusticum porteri) in Colorado, USA

2018J Appl. Res. Med. Aromat. PlantsDOI: 10.1016/j.jarmap.2018.05.001

Article

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

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

Article

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

2016ScienceDOI: 10.1126/science.aaf2588

Article

Effects of Light Environment on Recovery from Harvest and Antibacterial Properties of OshÃ¡ Ligusticum porteri (Apiaceae)

2015Economic BotanyDOI: 10.1007/s12231-015-9302-2

Article

Plant sex and induced responses independently influence herbivore performance, natural enemies and aphid-tending ants

2012Arthropod-Plant InteractionsDOI: 10.1007/s11829-012-9204-5

Article

Evolutionary biology: Insects converge on resistance

2012Nature

Plant-Herbivore Interactions Along Elevational Gradients

Publications (72)

Abiotic mediation of a mutualism drives herbivore abundance.

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

Host plant phenology shapes aphid abundance and interactions with ants

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects

Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology

Tests for Elevational Gradients in Herbivore Abundance and Plant Resistance in the Rocky Mountain Ecosystem

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities

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

Influence of host plant height and distribution on herbivory patterns

Herbivory patterns in response to climate change in a sub-alpine meadow

Effects of Resource Distribution on Animal-Plant Interactions

Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows

Reproductive efforts of plants along an altitudinal gradient

Plant community structure as a function of grazing by cattle

The Commonality of Herbivorous Trophic Links with Regard to Spatial Scale

How grazing affects the height and diversity of vegetation in a sub-alpine meadow

The effects of cattle grazing on montane meadows

A survey of herbivorous insect species along a phylogenetic gradient

Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes

Interspecific competition in Rocky Mountain meadow flora

Forest carbon cycling along an elevation gradient: the influence of species and climate

Comparisons of invertebrate populations of the herb layers of the alpine and subalpine zones

Responses to herbivory in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>; implications for fitness and biotic interactions

The role of fly pollination in montane habitats

Plant distributions along alpine moisture gradients: the roles of competition and physiological tolerances

Specificity of pollinators in mountain meadows

The ecological dynamics of alpine krummholz

Vascular plant species of talus slope and their dispersal patterns

Field Estimation of food-web complexity in a sub-alpine meadow

Herbivory in sun versus shade: patterns at the aspen-grassland interface

Climate change impacts on community and ecosystem properties: Integrating manipulations and gradient studies in montane meadows

The effects of ungulate herbivory on phenology, pollination, and reproductive success in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

Mammalian Fauna of two sub-alpine habitats

Changes in herbivore levels across a hybrid zone between <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> and <i>I. tenuituba</i>

Effect of altitude on <i>Frasera speciosa</i> populations

Herbivory in response to experimentally-induced in situ plant stress: sun versus shade species

Density effects in the plant-animal interactions of <i>Potentilla gracilis douglas</i> (Roseaceae)

Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants

Advanced phenology of intraguild predators shifts herbivore host plant preference and performance

Elevated temperatures alter an ant aphid mutualism

Chemotypic variation in oshá (<i>Ligusticum porteri</i>) in Colorado, USA

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

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

Effects of Light Environment on Recovery from Harvest and Antibacterial Properties of OshÃ¡ Ligusticum porteri (Apiaceae)

Plant sex and induced responses independently influence herbivore performance, natural enemies and aphid-tending ants

Evolutionary biology: Insects converge on resistance

Datasets (17)

Data for Context-dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients, 2014, 2016, Colorado, USA

Plant height and species information

Data for 'Weak latitudinal gradients in insect herbivory for dominant rangeland grasses of North America'

Data for Context-dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients, 2014, 2016, Colorado, USA.

Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species

Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species (transplant and herbivore exclusion experiment and demographic data from natural populations), West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018

Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species, West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018

Documents (9)

Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems

Wildlife Impacts

Application of Monitoring for Producers

Proceedings of the Third Intermountain Meadow Symposium

Beavers and Their Control

Moist Forests

Management of Livestock Herbivory in Relationship to Sage-grouse Habitats and Populations

Effect of Keystone Mine Effluent on Colonization of Stream Benthos

Gunnison County Sage-Grouse Stategic Plan Draft

Data from: Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community

Operational sex ratio analyses (R script)

Data from: Disentangling the relative importance of species occurrence, abundance and intraspecific variability in community assembly: a trait-based approach at the whole-plant level in Mediterranean forests

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane, and alpine plant communities

Data from: Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

Data from: Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community

Data from: Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

Data from: Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict alpine plant community dynamics

Spatial dispersion of Valeriana edulis plants in four populations