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Selasphorus platycercus

Common names: Broad-tailed hummingbirds, Broad-tailed hummingbird

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Trochilidae

Roles: pollinator

ITIS TSN: 178038

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 115 | Mentions: 147

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Publications (115)

student_paper

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2025Role: text_match

article

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

2025Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

2025EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

2025Role: pollinator

student_paper

Visitors to Red-Naped Sapsucker sap wells and the effectiveness of artificial wells

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Documents (1)

environmental assessment

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

Co-occurring Species

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Climate disruption on avian species and communities in the southern Rocky Mountains

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

2023Role: text_match

article

Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

2023Evolution LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus nuchalis ), has on the Community of Species in the East River

2022Role: text_match

article

Climate change and phenology

2022WIREs Climate ChangeRole: text_match

article

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

2022Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Determining changes in floral volatile composition of Ipomopsis aggregata in response to nectar robbing and its associated microorganisms

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Snowmelt Timing on Pollinator Visitation to Subalpine Wildflowers

2022Role: text_match

article

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

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

student_paper

Investigating the relationship between Bombus appositus abundance and its overlap with key floral resources

2021Role: text_match

article

Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs

2021Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

article

Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages

2021American NaturalistRole: pollinator

student_paper

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

2021Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

article

Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

2020OikosRole: text_match

article

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

chapter

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of pond permanence on avian behaviors

2019Role: text_match

article

Foraging efficiency and size matching in a plant-pollinator communitiy: the importance of sugar content and tongue length

2019Ecology lettersRole: 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

The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

2019Student paperRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2019Role: text_match

article

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

2018Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Synchronization of speed, sound and iridescent color in a hummingbird aerial courtship dive

2018Nature CommunicationsRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

2018Role: 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

Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

2017Ecology LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

Variation in bill morphology and pollen prevalence in the Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in Selasphorus platycercus

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Comparing clines in floral and vegetative traits along an elevation gradient in an Ipomopsis hybrid zone

2016Role: text_match

article

Drought, pollen and nectar availability, and pollination success

2016EcologyRole: text_match

article

Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

2015EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

2015Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Elevational and temporal variation in Ipomopsis floral and vegetative traits.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Why doesn't nectar robbing decrease seed set in some bee-pollinated plants?

2015Role: text_match

article

Changes in ant community composition caused by 20 years of experimental warming vs.13 years of natural climate shift

2014EcosphereRole: text_match

student_paper

Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

2014Role: text_match

article

Floral scent in natural hybrids of Ipomopsis (Polemoniaceae) and their two parental species

2014Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

2014Role: text_match

article

Nectar Yeasts in the Tall Larkspur Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) and Effects on Components of Pollinator Foraging Behavior

2014PloS oneRole: text_match

article

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

2014Role: text_match

article

Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

2013American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Plasticity and changes in selection in response to changing precipitation regimes

2013Role: text_match

article

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

2012EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

How do riparian songbirds (Passerines) coexist? Effects of vegetative structural complexity on habitat selection in willow (Salix spp.)

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the impact of pollinator- and seed predator-mediated selection on floral traits in an Ipomopsis aggregata and I. tenuituba (Polemoniaceae) hybrid zone

2012Role: text_match

article

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

2011OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of climate disruption on avian species in the southern Rocky Mountains: a retroanalysis of the Gothic breeding bird survey and pilot point count surveys at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory weather stations

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of phenology on Delphinium nuttallianum

2011Role: text_match

article

Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

2010J of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

2010American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2009Role: text_match

thesis

Studies on the ecology of avian malaria in an alpine ecosystem

2009Role: text_match

article

The effects of nutrient addition on floral characters and pollination in two subalpine plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Linum lewisii

2009Plant EcologyRole: text_match

article

Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: an examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Does road dust affect reproduction of Delphinium nelsonii and Ipomopsis aggregata

2008Role: text_match

article

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

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

2008Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenRole: text_match

student_paper

Pollinator-mediate selection in Ipomopsis aggregata: does correlational selection explain floral phenotypes?

2008Role: text_match

article

Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of water and phosphorus on floral traits and nectar production of Ipomopsis aggregata

2007Role: text_match

article

Flight Performance and Competitive Displacement of Hummingbirds across Elevational Gradients

2006American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

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

2006Role: pollinator

article

Resource value affects territorial defense by Broad-tailed and Rufous hummingbirds

2006Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Interspecific Pollen Transfer (IPT) in a Specialist and a Generalist Flower

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: does high nectar production confer tolerance?

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

the influence of red-naped sapsuckers on willow bird communities

2005Role: text_match

chapter

Adaptive speciation

2004Role: text_match

student_paper

Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

2004Role: text_match

article

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

2004OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

2004Role: text_match

article

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

2004EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

Changes in flowering and abundance of Delphinium nuttallianum (Ranunculaceae) in response to a subalpine climate warming experiment

2003Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

article

Impact of nectar robbing on estimates of pollen flow: conceptual predictions and emperical outcomes

2003EcologyRole: text_match

article

Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

2003American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in Penstemon

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Quality of food source affects female visitation and display rates of male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds

2003CondorRole: text_match

article

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002OecologiaRole: text_match

article

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

2002Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: text_match

article

Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

2000EcologyRole: text_match

article

Hummingbird foraging at experimental patches of flowers: evidence for weak risk-aversion

1998Journal of Avian BiologyRole: text_match

article

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

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

Foraging site preferences of rufous and broad-tailed hummingbirds

1994Role: text_match

article

When do hummingbirds use torpor in nature?

1994Physiological ZoologyRole: text_match

article

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

1991American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

The effect of floral abundance on feeder censuses of hummingbird populations

1991CondorRole: text_match

student_paper

Changes in broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) behavior after rufous hummingbird (S. rufous) migration through the Gothic Area, Gunnison County, Colorado

1987Role: text_match

article

Spatial genetic heterogeneity in a population of the montane perennial plant Delphinium nelsonii

1987HeredityRole: text_match

article

Roles of the wing whistle in the territorial behaviour of male broadtailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus)

1983Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

student_paper

Interactions of rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) and broad-tailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus)

1982Role: text_match

student_paper

A behavioral study of male territoriality of broad-tailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus)

1980Role: text_match

article

Competition for hummingbird pollination and sequential flowering in two Colorado wildflowers

1978EcologyRole: text_match

article

The pollination ecology of Aquilegia elegantula and A. caerulea (Ranunculaceae) in Colorado

1978American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Implications of recaptures of broad-tailed hummingbirds banded in Colorado

1977AukRole: text_match

article

Implications of recaptures of broad-tailed hummingbirds banded in Colorado

1977AukRole: text_match

article

Food supply and nest timing of broad-tailed hummingbirds in the Rocky Mountains

1976CondorRole: text_match

student_paper

A project on a female broad-tailed hummingbird exhibiting territorial defence and coexistence with a different species, robins through habituation

1975Role: text_match

article

The Timing of maternal behavior of the broad-tailed hummingbird preceding nest failure

1973Wilson BulletinRole: text_match

article

Piracy of nesting materials from and by the broadtailed hummingbird

1972CondorRole: text_match

Selasphorus platycercus

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 73 entities)

Publications (115)

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

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

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

Visitors to Red-Naped Sapsucker sap wells and the effectiveness of artificial wells

Documents (1)

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

Co-occurring Species

Hummingbird

broad-tailed hummingbirds

Ipomopsis aggregata

Ipomopsis

I. aggregata

Bombus

Delphinium

Selasphorus rufus

Bombus terrestris

Bombus appositus

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

Climate disruption on avian species and communities in the southern Rocky Mountains

Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker (<i> Sphyrapicus nuchalis </i>), has on the Community of Species in the East River

Climate change and phenology

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

Determining changes in floral volatile composition of <i> Ipomopsis aggregata </i> in response to nectar robbing and its associated microorganisms

The Effect of Snowmelt Timing on Pollinator Visitation to Subalpine Wildflowers

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

Investigating the relationship between <i> Bombus appositus </i> abundance and its overlap with key floral resources

Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs

Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Effects of pond permanence on avian behaviors

Foraging efficiency and size matching in a plant-pollinator communitiy: the importance of sugar content and tongue length

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

The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

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

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

Synchronization of speed, sound and iridescent color in a hummingbird aerial courtship dive

The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

Variation in bill morphology and pollen prevalence in the Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (<i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>)

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in <i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>

Comparing clines in floral and vegetative traits along an elevation gradient in an <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrid zone

Drought, pollen and nectar availability, and pollination success

Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

Elevational and temporal variation in Ipomopsis floral and vegetative traits.

Why doesn't nectar robbing decrease seed set in some bee-pollinated plants?

Changes in ant community composition caused by 20 years of experimental warming vs.13 years of natural climate shift

Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

Floral scent in natural hybrids of <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae) and their two parental species

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

Nectar Yeasts in the Tall Larkspur <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i> (Ranunculaceae) and Effects on Components of Pollinator Foraging Behavior

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

Plasticity and changes in selection in response to changing precipitation regimes

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

How do riparian songbirds (Passerines) coexist? Effects of vegetative structural complexity on habitat selection in willow (<i>Salix</i> spp.)

Investigating the impact of pollinator- and seed predator-mediated selection on floral traits in an <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> and <i>I. tenuituba</i> (Polemoniaceae) hybrid zone

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

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

Impacts of climate disruption on avian species in the southern Rocky Mountains: a retroanalysis of the Gothic breeding bird survey and pilot point count surveys at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory weather stations

The effects of phenology on <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of <i>Erythronium grandiflorum</i> (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)