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Ligusticum porteri

Common names: lovage, host plant, bear root

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Apiales > Apiaceae

Roles: habitat component, study subject

ITIS TSN: 29532

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 318 | Mentions: 350

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Publications (318)

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Wind-driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants

2026American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Alpine plant spatial clumping modifies leaf surface temperature

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Biotic and abiotic drivers of pathogen prevalence in a rust fungus with multiple plant hosts

2025Role: text_match

article

Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

2025Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

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Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

2025Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Effects of experimental warming on floral scent, display and rewards in two subalpine herbs

2025Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Females know best: dispersal polymorphism maintained by sex-specific foraging

Documents (5)

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Document

Moist Forests

technical report

Prospects The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic

environmental assessment

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

2025

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

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article

Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

2025OikosRole: text_match

article

Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2025Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Host species and geographic location shape microbial diversity and functional potential in the conifer needle microbiome

2025MicrobiomeRole: text_match

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Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

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Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: BiogeosciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

Sensory cues and memory in Lepidopteran mud puddling behavior

2025Role: text_match

article

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

2025Role: text_match

article

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

2025Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Vegetation structure effect on bird foraging behavior across the summer season in montane wet-meadows

2025Role: text_match

article

Warming disrupts plant–fungal endophyte symbiosis more severely in leaves than roots

2025Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri

2024Role: text_match

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Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

2024Effects of Climate Change on Insects: Physiological, Evolutionary, and Ecological ResponsesRole: text_match

article

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

2024EcosphereRole: text_match

student_paper

Fit or Unlit: using quantum dots to investigate the effects of a floricolous yeast and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function

2024Role: text_match

article

Impacts of assisted migration: An introduced herbivore has short-term and long-term effects on its native host plant population

2024Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: text_match

student_paper

Indirect effect of black bears on sunflowers in nitrogen-polluted and pristine steppe

2024Role: text_match

article

Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes

2024Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

article

Patterns of genetic variation and local adaptation of a native herbivore to a lethal invasive plant

2024Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

article

Pollen chemical and mechanical defences restrict host-plant use by bees

2024Proceedings of the Royal Society BRole: text_match

student_paper

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Variation of wasp behavior patterns and pollination behavior on Ligusticum porteri

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

What are parasitoid wasps visiting Helianthella quinquenervis targeting, and could they influence plant fitness and reproduction?

2024Role: text_match

article

A pathogen's spatial range is not constrained by geographical features in the flax rust pathosystem

2023Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Breakfast of champions: Spatiotemporal variation in the quality of ant nests for bear consumers

2023Role: text_match

thesis

Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography

2023Role: text_match

article

Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy

2023Science AdvancesRole: text_match

article

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

2023EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

2023Role: text_match

article

Host plant phenology shapes aphid abundance and interactions with ants

2023OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Host specificity of hemiparasitic Castilleja and its influence on plant community diversity.

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient

2023Role: text_match

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

2023EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

2023Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

chapter

Silviculture

2023Role: text_match

thesis

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Abundance and Identification of Hymenopteran Parasitoids in Euphydryas gilletti

2022Role: text_match

article

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

2022Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Ant Behavioral Responses to Aphids Colonizing Ligusticum porteri

2022Role: text_match

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Carry-over effects of larval food stress on adult energetics and life history in a nectar-feeding butterfly

2022Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

2022Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Effects of an introduced mustard, Thlaspi arvense, on soil fungal communities in subalpine meadows

2022Fungal EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

2022Role: text_match

article

Evolution and genomic basis of the plant penetrating ovipositor: a key morphological trait in herbivorous Drosophilidae

2022Proceedings of the Royal Society BRole: text_match

article

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Intraspecific Variation in Responses of a Montane Grass, Festuca thurberi , to Simulated Biological Invasion

2022Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeRole: text_match

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Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

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

2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

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Novel host unmasks heritable variation in plant preference within an insect population

2022EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Soil feedbacks and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of Linaria vulgaris invasion

2022Role: text_match

article

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

2022The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: text_match

article

The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022Role: text_match

article

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

2022Arctic ScienceRole: text_match

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Chronic, low-level nitrogen deposition enhances abundances of ant-protected herbivores inhabiting an imperiled foundation species

2021Acta OecologicaRole: text_match

article

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

2021Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: text_match

article

Do microorganisms obey macroecological rules?

2021AuthoreaRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of soil moisture and temperature on plant palatability and herbivore plant preference

2021Role: text_match

article

From Insects to Frogs, Egg–Juvenile Recruitment Can Have Persistent Effects on Population Sizes

2021Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: text_match

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From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

2021Climate Change EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of brood parasites, floral abundance, and bee age on maternal investment in a solitary bee, Osmia iridis

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

Larval Feeding Ability on a Drought-Stressed Invasive Plant

2021Role: text_match

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Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

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The benefits of being dominant: Health correlates of male social rank and age in a marmot

2021Current ZoologyRole: text_match

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The genome of the Margined White butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): sex chromosome insights and the power of polishing with PoolSeq data

2021Genome Biology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

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

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2020Role: text_match

article

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: text_match

student_paper

Climate Change and Parasitism: An Investigation into Parasitic Bees' Climate Responses as Compared to their Hosts

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

Color preference of Speyeria mormonia

2020Role: text_match

article

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

2020Arthropod-Plant InteractionsRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of frost and neighborhood on Tephritid fly herbivory of Erigeron speciosus

2020Role: text_match

article

Experience may outweigh cue similarity in maintaining a persistent host plant-based evolutionary trap.

2020Ecological Monographs. doi 10.1002/ecm.1412Role: text_match

article

Insect herbivory reshapes a native leaf microbiome

2020Nature Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Older mothers produce more successful daughters.

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of the United StatesRole: text_match

article

Soil Respiration Response to Rainfall Modulated by Plant Phenology in a Montane Meadow, East River, Colorado, USA

2020Journal of Geophysical Research: BiogeosciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

The impact of elevational gradients on dark septate endophytes (DSE) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in mountains

2020Role: text_match

article

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

2020Biological Conservation doi 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821Role: text_match

thesis

Advanced phenology of higher trophic levels shifts aphid host plant preferences and performance

2019Role: habitat component

article

Altitudinal gradients fail to predict fungal symbiont responses to warming

2019EcologyRole: text_match

article

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

2019Plant EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Does Aphis asclepiadis colony size mediate Formica rufa and Tapinoma sessile competition for mutualist aphids

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of weather and floral density on foraging activity of cavity nesting bees ( Osmia spp.)

2019Role: text_match

article

Elevated temperatures alter an ant aphid mutualism

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: text_match

article

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

2019Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match

article

Fungal colonization of plant roots is resistant to nitrogen addition and resilient to dominant species losses

2019EcosphereRole: text_match

thesis

How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

2019Role: text_match

thesis

King of the hill? How biotic interactions affect biogeographical pattern and species responses to climate change

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Low to Mid Elevational Resurvey of Bumble bee Distributions in Response to Climate Change

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: text_match

article

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

2019Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

article

Parasitism modifies the direct effects of warming on a hemiparasite and its host

2019PLOS ONERole: text_match

article

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

2019Ecological Monographs doi 10.1002/ecm.1352Role: text_match

article

Plant Identity Influences Foliar Fungal Symbionts More Than Elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2019Microbial EcologyRole: text_match

article

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

2019Current Opinion in Insect ScienceRole: text_match

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Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: text_match

article

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

2019OikosRole: text_match

thesis

Snowmelt affects aphid (Aphis asclepladis) populations through soil moisture and host plant phenology

2019Role: habitat component

student_paper

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Predation on Ant-aphid Mutualism in Ligusticum porteri

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of 10 years of repeat lethal sampling on wild bee abundance

2019Role: text_match

thesis

The effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on mutualisms

2019Role: habitat component

thesis

The persistent maladaptation of Pieris macdunnoughii: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Volatile organic compounds as signals for pollinators and their consistency across years

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Are ants botanists?: Ant associative learning of plant volatiles

2018Role: text_match

thesis

Changes of dispersal ability in an isolated population

2018Role: text_match

article

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

2018J Appl. Res. Med. Aromat. PlantsRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Light Availability on Aspen Understory Species

2018Role: text_match

thesis

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: text_match

article

Habitat preference of an herbivore shapes the habitat distribution of its host plant

2018Ecosphere 9Role: text_match

article

Heritable plant phenotypes track light and herbivory levels at fine spatial scales

2018OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

Mix and Match: Transplanting symbiotic fungal partners across elevational gradients to gauge responses in migrating Elymus hosts

2018Role: text_match

article

Short-term, low-level nitrogen deposition dampens a trophic cascade between bears and plants

2018Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

other

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

2017Aquilegia: Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant SocietyRole: text_match

thesis

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant symbionts determine plant performance, the maintenance of diversity, and response to global change

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Conflict of interest? Investigating the costs and benefits of herbivore defense using the model plant Boechera stricta

2017Role: text_match

article

Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee

2017EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Microclimate on the regeneration of Quaking Aspens, Populus tremuloides

2017Role: text_match

article

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

2017International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match

article

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

2017OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Genetic basis of plant-insect interactions: insect recruitment to Boechera stricta

2017Role: text_match

article

Identifying targets and agents of selection: Innovative methods to evaluate the processes that contribute to local adaptation

2017Method in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Interactions between bee foraging and floral resource phenology shape bee populations and communities

2017Current Opinion in Insect ScienceRole: text_match

article

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

2017Ecology LettersRole: text_match

article

Intraspecific variation in traits reduces ability of trait-based models to predict community structure

2017Journal of Vegetation ScienceRole: text_match

article

Multitrophic interactions mediate theÂ effects ofÂ climate change onÂ herbivore abundance

2017OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

Neighborhood Influence on Plant Interactions with Seed-Eating Flies and Pollinating Bees

2017Role: text_match

article

Phenological shifts of native and invasive species under climate change: insights from the Boechera Lythrum model

2017Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee Hoplitis fulgida

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

The Role of Castilleja spp. In Plant and Mycorrhizae Communities Within Various Climates

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

The ability of ants to associatively learn based on olfactory chemical cues produced by plants.

2017Role: text_match

article

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect Osmia mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Aversion and attraction to harmful plant secondary compounds jointly shape the foraging ecology of a specialist herbivore

2016Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Delving deeper: Questioning the decline of long-tongued bumble bees, long-tubed flowers and their mutualisms with climate change

2016Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of phenological stage and temperature on Ligusticum porteriâ€™s volatiles and trophic interactions

2016Role: text_match

article

Historical changes in thermoregulatory traits of alpine butterflies reveal complex ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change

2016Climate Change ResponsesRole: text_match

student_paper

Larval feeding behavior and leaf components that affect the survival of Pieris macdunnoughii on the invasive mustard Thlaspi arvense

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

2016Role: text_match

article

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

2016Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Road Dust, Ipomopsis aggregata Seed Count, and attack by Hylemya Fliesâ€”Are they Linked?

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

2016Role: text_match

thesis

The Visual Ecology of Speyeria mormonia

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Use of Low Quality Pollen by Asteraceae-Specialist Osmia Mason Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2016Role: text_match

article

A mutualistic endophyte alters the niche dimensions of its host plant

2015AoB PlantsRole: text_match

thesis

Adaptation to climate and climate change in Rocky Mountain butterflies: Morphology, physiology, and behavior

2015Role: text_match

article

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

2015Economic BotanyRole: text_match

article

Effects of increased flight on the energetics and life history of the butterfly Speyeria mormonia

2015PLoS OneRole: text_match

article

Evolution of herbivory in Drosophilidae linked to loss of behaviors, antennal responses, odorant receptors and ancestral diet

2015Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USARole: text_match

article

Fine-Grained Distribution of a Non-Native Resource Can Alter the Population Dynamics of a Native Consumer

2015PloS oneRole: text_match

student_paper

Fungal Phytopathogens Decrease Plant-Insect Interactions.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

How do distributions of belowground grass-fungal symbioses change over altitudinal gradients in the Colorado Rocky Mountains?

2015Role: text_match

article

Microgeographic patterns of genetic divergence and adaptation across environmental gradients in Boechera stricta(Brassicaceae)

2015The American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

The ecology of co-infection in the phyllosphere: unraveling the interactions between microbes, insect herbivores, and the host plants they share.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Aboveground and belowground traits of dominant and sub-dominant species along an elevational gradient.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

An Endophyte alters biological characteristics of the grass, Festuca thurberi.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

An Epichloe endophyte alters the ecology of Poa leptocoma.

2014Role: text_match

article

Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

2014Forest Ecology and ManagementRole: text_match

student_paper

Asteraceae pollen specialization affects vulnerability to brood parasitism in mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

2014Role: text_match

article

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

article

Dynamics and structure of a native Pieris population in the presence of a non-native, toxic larval host plant

2014Journal of the Lepidopterists SocietyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of early snowmelt and climate warming on Valeriana edulis and the insects that depend on it.

2014Role: text_match

article

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

2014EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Phenology of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi and Dark Septate Endophytes across an elevation gradient.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

thesis

Rapid evolution and population divergence in response to environmental change in Colias butterlies

2014Role: text_match

article

Responses of high-altitude graminoids and fungal fungi to 20 years of experimental warming

2014EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Roles of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores in maintaining females in the gynodioecious Polemonium foliosissimum.

2014Role: text_match

article

Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of Polemonium foliosissimum

2014Journal of Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

article

Strong selection genome-wide enhances fitness tradeoffs across environments and episodes of selection

2014EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Elevation on Herbivorous Insect Communities and the Host Plant Boechera stricta.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of light intensity on ant-aphid mutualisms on Osha (Ligusticum porteri).

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Abiotic and multitrophic determinants of geographic distribution in an herbivorous insect

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Benefits of ant attendance for aphid colonies of varying density

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Can fungal symbionts shift host niche dimensions to promote species coexistence?

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Chemical camouflage and the consequences of changing host plants in a treehopper-ant mutualism

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Does ant usage vary between the plants Ligusticum porteri and Helianthella quinquenervis?

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Does infection by endophytic bacteria influence plant susceptibility to herbivory in nature?

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Effect of location on plant species richness and diversity in Aspen (Populus tremuloides) understory: edge vs. inner forest habitat

2013Role: text_match

article

Fitness costs of butterfly oviposition on a lethal non-native plant in a mixed native and non-native plant community

2013OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Fungal symbionts alter plant responses to global change

2013American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Genetic variation in plant functional traits as drivers in arthropod community structure

2013Role: text_match

article

Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

2013Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: text_match

article

Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities

2013EcologyRole: text_match

chapter

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Spatial variation in bee abundance and diversity across southern Rocky Mountain habitats

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of road dust on pollination and reproduction of the native wildflower species, Delphinium nuttallianum

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Won't you be my neighbor: neighborhood effect influences mycorrhizal and endophyte colonization

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012Role: text_match

article

A gain of function polymorphism controlling complex traits and fitness in nature

2012ScienceRole: text_match

article

A single climate driver has direct and indirect effects on insect population dynamics

2012Ecology LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

Does nutrient enrichment interact with Castilleja miniata to alter plant communities in montane meadows?

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of bacterial endophytes on plant-insect interactions

2012Role: text_match

article

Evolutionary and ecological responses to anthropogenic climate change

2012Plant PhysiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Examining top-down and bottom up effects on aphid abundance on Ligusticum porteri

2012Role: text_match

article

Genes involved in the evolution of herbivory by a leaf-mining drosophilid fly

2012Genome Biology and EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

How do above and belowground grass-fungus symbioses change over elevational gradients in mountainous Colorado?

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

How do the effects of herbivory and light gradients impact the overall plant fitness within different environments?

2012Role: text_match

article

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

2012Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Nonlinear effects of consumer density on multiple ecosystem processes

2012Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant responses to the joint effects of herbivores and pollinators

2012Role: text_match

article

The effect of ants on the population dynamics of a protective symbiont of aphids, Hamiltonella defensa

2012Annals of Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of floral traits on the behaviors of pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators in a gynodioecious species, Polemonium foliosissimum.

2012Role: text_match

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The effects of flowering phenology and plant fitness within and across a light quality gradient for a native mustard, Cardamine cordifolia

2012Role: text_match

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The indirect consequences of a mutualism: comparing positive and negative components of the net interaction between honeydew-tending ants and host plants

2012Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

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When resources don't rescue: flowering phenology and species interactions affect compensation to herbivory in Ipomopsis aggregata

2012OikosRole: text_match

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A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

2011Role: text_match

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

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Additive effects of herbivory, nectar robbing and seed predation on male and female fitness components of the host plant Ipomopsis aggregata

2011OecologiaRole: text_match

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An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

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Biotic factors influencing feeding preferences of Scaptomyza nigrita (Drosphilidae) on its host plant, Cardamine cordifolia (Brassicaceae)

2011Role: text_match

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Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Can fungal symbionts shift host niche dimensions to promote species coexistence?

2011Role: text_match

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Causes of predation intensity in an ant/aphid mutualist system

2011Role: text_match

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Cross-resistance between the parasites Pseudomonas syringae and Scaptomyza nigrita in the native crucifer Cardamine coridifolia

2011Role: text_match

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Local adaptation to habitat-specific herbivory and light levels in Cardamine cordifolia

2011Role: text_match

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Mining the plant-insect interface with a leafmining Drosophila of Arabidopsis

2011Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

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Parental investment in burying beetles (Nicrophorus investigator): influence of seasonal timing and prior experience and efficacy of minimally guided instructional strategies in K-12 and undergraduate science classrooms: a meta-analysis

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant size influences mycorrhizal colonization of Polemonium foliosissimum

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

Role of floral nectaries and plant sex in mediating ant-aphid interactions on Valeriana edulis

2011Role: text_match

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Spatial distribution of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

2011Role: text_match

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The effect of ant tending on the fitness of aphids during and after colony establishment

2011Role: text_match

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The effect of ants on the population dynamics of Hamiltonella defensa a protective symbiont of aphids

2011Role: text_match

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The effects of elevation and climate on butterfly (Lepidoptera) abundance and activity

2011Role: text_match

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The effects of floral fragrance manipulations of Ipomopsis aggregata on the seed predator Hylemya

2011Role: text_match

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The effects of hemiparasitism by Castilleja spp on community structure in alpine ecosystems

2011Role: text_match

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A test of sexual dimorphism in Valeriana edulis resistance and induced responses to herbivory

2010Role: text_match

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Effects of multi-species interactions in gynodioecious populations of Polemonium foliosissimum

2010Role: text_match

article

Oviposition behavior and offspring performance in herbivorous insects: consequences of climatic and habitat heterogeneity

2010OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Oviposition preference of the leaf mining fly, Scaptomyza nigrita (Drosophilidae) on its native host plant, Cardamine cordifolia (Brassicaceae)

2010Role: text_match

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Species Interactions in Arthropod Communities: Density Dependence and Ant Interactions on Aphid Per Capita Population Growth

2010Role: text_match

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Testing the oviposition cues that drive preference of Hylemya for different sexes of Polemonium foliosissimum

2010Role: text_match

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The effect of an introduced predator scent on mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) browsing activities in meadow habitats in Gothic, Colorado

2010Role: text_match

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The effects of phenological mismatches on demography

2010Phil Trans Royal Society BRole: text_match

student_paper

What's for lunch: deciphering ant omnivory on lupine

2010Role: text_match

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A balanced diet: Effects of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nutritional state on the balance between mutualism and predation upon aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

2009Role: text_match

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Effects of nectar robbing on pollen deposition and hummingbird-pollinator behavior in Ipomopsis aggregata

2009Role: text_match

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Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2009Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

2009Role: text_match

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Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

2009Role: text_match

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Protection at a price? Ant interactions with pollinators on aspen sunflower (Helianthella quinquenervis)

2009Role: text_match

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Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in Ipomopsis aggregata

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Reciprocal effects among the ant Formica obscuripes and the asters Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus and Artemisia tridentata

2009Role: text_match

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Species richness along an elevational gradient

2009Role: text_match

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The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: text_match

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The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

2009OikosRole: text_match

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Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional EcologyRole: text_match

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Variation in host plant sex mediates ant-aphid interactions

2009Role: text_match

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Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

2008Role: text_match

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Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008Role: text_match

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Effects of aggregation size and host plant on the survival of an ant-tended Membracid (Hemiptera: Membracidae): potential roles in selecting for generalized host plant use

2008Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

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

2008EcologyRole: text_match

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Evaluation of the field impact of an adventitious herbivore on an invasive plant, yellow toadflax, in CO, USA

2008Plant EcologyRole: text_match

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Insect herbivore stoichiometry: the relative importance of host plants and ant mutualists

2008Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, Ipomopsis aggregata

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

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Mechanisms of tolerance to floral larceny in two animal-pollinated wildflowers, Polemonium viscosum and Ipomopsis aggregata

2008EcologyRole: text_match

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Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

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Ant-aphid interactions: are ants friends, enemies, or both?

2007Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of ants on membracid nymph size and instar

2007Role: text_match

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Bottom-up mediation of an ant-membracid mutualism: effects from different host plants

2006Evolutionary EcologyRole: text_match

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Emergence cues of a mayfly in a high-altitude stream ecosystem: Potential response to climate change

2006Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match

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Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: text_match

student_paper

The timing of the ant-effect on nymph size and survivorship in an ant-treehopper mutualism

2006Role: text_match

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Impacts of Mule Deer Herbivory on Herbaceous Vegetation in the Gothic Area, with Focus on Aquilegia coerulea

2005Role: text_match

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Importance of Fertilization of Host Plants to Ant Tending and Growth Rates in Glaucopysche lygadmus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

2005Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Ant Colony Proximity on Membracid Survivorship

2005Role: text_match

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The effects of Castilleja miniata's parasitic relationship with Delphinium nuttallianum on pollinator visitation and pollination success

2005Role: text_match

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Development to diapause in a population of Euphydryas gillettii (Nymphalidae): effects of egg cluster size and habitat parameters

2004Role: text_match

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Direct and indirect effects of pollinators and seed predators to selection on plant and floral traits

2004OikosRole: text_match

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The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense

2004EcologyRole: text_match

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The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004TSpaceRole: text_match

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The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

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What is the nature of the ant-aphid relationship?

2004Role: text_match

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Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

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The ecology and evolution of host plant use by the generalist membracid, Publilia modesta

2003Role: text_match

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The evolution of wing color: male mate choice opposes adaptive wing color divergence in Colias butterflies

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

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Self-Similarity in the Distribution of Plant Species Across a Successional Gradient

2002Role: text_match

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The Combined Effects of Aphid-Ant Mutualism and Fertilizer on the Resource Allocation of Valerian edulis

2002Role: text_match

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The evolution of wing color in Colias butterflies: heritability, sex linkage, and population divergence

2002EvolutionRole: text_match

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Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002OecologiaRole: text_match

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Volatile production by the buds and corollas of two sympatric, confamial plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Polemonium foliosissimum

2002Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: text_match

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Assessing the quality of different ant species as partners of a myrmecophilous butterfly

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

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Control of litter decomposition in a subalpine meadow-sagebrush steppe ecotone under climate change

2001Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match

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Publilia modesta (Membracidae) and the effect of moisture availability on host plant selection

2001Role: text_match

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The matrix matters: effective isolation in fragmented landscapes

2001American NaturalistRole: text_match

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Herbivory and pollination in hemiparasitic plants: effects of host plant and host-obtained alkaloids

2000Role: text_match

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The ecological and evolutionary significance of frost in the context of climate change

2000Ecology LettersRole: text_match

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Nectar Robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

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Cyclic Colonization in Predictably Ephemeral Habitats: A Template for Biological Control in Annual Crop Systems

1997Biological ControlRole: text_match

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Effect of the presence of aphids (Aphididae) on oviposition in the pre-dispersal seed predator Hylemya (Delia) spp. on the host plant Polemonium foliossissimum (Polemoniaceae)

1997Role: text_match

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An exploration of the effects of ant-aphid interaction on host plant growth

1995Role: text_match

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Oviposition patterns and larval success of a pre-dispersal seed predator attacking two confamilial host plants

1995OikosRole: text_match

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Diapause and the host plant affiliations of lycaenid butterflies

1994OikosRole: text_match

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Migration of rufous hummingbirds

1993WildbirdRole: text_match

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Factors influencing host plant range in two lycaenid butterflies

1992Role: text_match

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The importance of host plant phenology on the survival and growth rate of Glaucopysche lygdamus

1991Role: text_match

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Seed protection by ants foraging on the extrafloral nectaries of the aspen sunflower, Helianthella quinquenervis

1989Role: text_match

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Ants tending Artemisaphis artemiscola on sagebrush reduce herbivory on the host plant

1986Role: text_match

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Influence of host plant height and distribution on herbivory patterns

1984Role: text_match

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Oviposition Behavior of Hylemya(Delia)sp. (Diptera:Anthomyiidae): Suboptimal Host Plant Choice?

1984Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

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The coevolution of Euphydryas chalcedona butterflies and their larval host plants. II. Maternal and host plant effects on larval growth, development, and food-use efficiency

1983OecologiaRole: text_match

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Publications (318)

Wind-driven seed dispersal differentially promotes seed trapping and retention across alpine plants

Alpine plant spatial clumping modifies leaf surface temperature

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

Biotic and abiotic drivers of pathogen prevalence in a rust fungus with multiple plant hosts

Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

Effects of experimental warming on floral scent, display and rewards in two subalpine herbs

Females know best: dispersal polymorphism maintained by sex-specific foraging

Documents (5)

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Moist Forests

Prospects The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Bombus

Asteraceae

Bombus terrestris

Bombus impatiens

Bombus vosnesenskii

B. rufocinctus

B. vosnesenskii

Bombus appositus

B. appositus

Lepidoptera

Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Host species and geographic location shape microbial diversity and functional potential in the conifer needle microbiome

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

Sensory cues and memory in Lepidopteran mud puddling behavior

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

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

Vegetation structure effect on bird foraging behavior across the summer season in montane wet-meadows

Warming disrupts plant–fungal endophyte symbiosis more severely in leaves than roots

Associations Between Deer Browse and Aphid Colonization in a Long-Term Monitoring Study of Liguisticum porteri

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

Fit or Unlit: using quantum dots to investigate the effects of a floricolous yeast and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function

Impacts of assisted migration: An introduced herbivore has short-term and long-term effects on its native host plant population

Indirect effect of black bears on sunflowers in nitrogen-polluted and pristine steppe

Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes

Patterns of genetic variation and local adaptation of a native herbivore to a lethal invasive plant

Pollen chemical and mechanical defences restrict host-plant use by bees

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

Variation of wasp behavior patterns and pollination behavior on Ligusticum porteri

What are parasitoid wasps visiting Helianthella quinquenervis targeting, and could they influence plant fitness and reproduction?

A pathogen's spatial range is not constrained by geographical features in the flax rust pathosystem

Breakfast of champions: Spatiotemporal variation in the quality of ant nests for bear consumers

Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography

Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy

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

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

Host plant phenology shapes aphid abundance and interactions with ants

Host specificity of hemiparasitic Castilleja and its influence on plant community diversity.

How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient

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

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

Silviculture

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

Abundance and Identification of Hymenopteran Parasitoids in Euphydryas gilletti

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

Ant Behavioral Responses to Aphids Colonizing <i> Ligusticum porteri </i>

Carry-over effects of larval food stress on adult energetics and life history in a nectar-feeding butterfly

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

Effects of an introduced mustard, Thlaspi arvense, on soil fungal communities in subalpine meadows

Environmental and Genetic Effects of Elevation on Plant Defense

Evolution and genomic basis of the plant penetrating ovipositor: a key morphological trait in herbivorous Drosophilidae

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

Intraspecific Variation in Responses of a Montane Grass, <i> Festuca thurberi </i>, to Simulated Biological Invasion

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

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

Novel host unmasks heritable variation in plant preference within an insect population

Soil feedbacks and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of <i> Linaria vulgaris </i> invasion

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