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Colias

Common names: butterflies

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae

Roles: study subject

ITIS TSN: 188526

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 92 | Mentions: 94

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Publications (92)

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Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

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

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

2023Science AdvancesRole: text_match

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

2022EvolutionRole: text_match

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Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022Role: text_match

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Predispersal Seed Predation Obscures the Detrimental Effect of Dust on Wildflower Reproduction

Documents (1)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Co-occurring Species

Colias butterflies

39 shared papers

Lepidoptera

36 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae22 shared papers

Speyeria mormonia

Nymphalidae16 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae14 shared papers

Papilio

14 shared papers

Colias eurytheme

Pieridae13 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae13 shared papers

Hummingbird

11 shared papers

Colias philodice eriphyle

Pieridae11 shared papers

2021

International Journal of Plant Sciences

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student_paper

Butterfly foraging and the dispersal of microbes among & within flowers

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

Color preference of Speyeria mormonia

2020Role: text_match

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Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

2020OikosRole: text_match

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

2019Role: study subject

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

2019Role: text_match

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50 years of mountain passes: A perspective on Dan Janzen's classic article

2018American NaturalistRole: study subject

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Changes of dispersal ability in an isolated population

2018Role: text_match

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Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

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Dispersal, Wing Morphology and Physiology relationships in Euphydryas Gillettii and implications for conservation

2018Role: text_match

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Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

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Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

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

2018Nature CommunicationsRole: text_match

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

2017EcologyRole: text_match

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

2016Climate Change ResponsesRole: text_match

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Morphological and physiological determinants of local adaptation to climate in Rocky Mountain butterflies

2016Conservation PhysiologyRole: text_match

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

2016Role: text_match

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The Visual Ecology of Speyeria mormonia

2016Role: text_match

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

2015Role: study subject

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Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of Colias butterflies to recent climate change

2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

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Growth, developmental and stress responses of larvae of the clouded sulphur butterfly Colias eriphyle to repeated exposure to high, sub-lethal temperatures

2015Physiological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Using the literature to test pollination syndromes - some methodological cautions

2015Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

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Geographic differences and microevolutionary changes in thermal sensitivity of butterfly larvae in response to climate

2014Functional EcologyRole: text_match

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

2014Role: text_match

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A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades

2013BMC Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

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The effect of wing wear on the flight metabolic rate of the mormon fritillary butterfly (Speyeria mormonia)

2013Role: text_match

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

2012Ecology LettersRole: text_match

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Complex life cycles and the responses of insects to climate change

2011Integrative & Comparitive BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2011Role: text_match

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The relationships among butterfly size, visitation rate, handling time, and floral display size

2009Role: 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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A mitochondrial-DNA-based phylogeny for some evolutionary-genetic model species of Colias butterfly (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2008Molecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Flower preference and constancy in four butterfly species

2007Role: text_match

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From DNA to fitness differences: sequences and structures of adaptive variants of Colias Phosphoglucose Isomerase (PGI)

2006Molecular Biology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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A reconnaissance of population genetic variation in artic and subarctic sulfur butterflies (Colias spp.; Lepidopetera, Pieridae)

2005Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

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Evolutionary genetics of dorsal wing color in Colias butterflies

2004Journal of Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

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Functional ecological implications of intraspecific differences in wing melanization in Colias butterflies

2004Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyRole: text_match

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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

2004The Journal of Experimental BiologyRole: text_match

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Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (Colias: Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2003Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

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Rescue of stranded pollen grains by secondary transfer

2003Plant Species BiologyRole: 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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Swarming and mating behavior of a mayfly Baetis bicaudatus suggest stabilizing selection for male body size

2002Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: 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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The evolution of functionally referential alarm communication: multiple adaptations; multiple constraints

1999Evolution of CommunicationRole: text_match

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Adaptation at specific loci. VI. Divergence vs parallelism of polymorphic allozymes in molecular function and fitness-component effects among Colias species (Lepidoptera:Pieridae)

1996Molecular Biology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Migration of rufous hummingbirds

1993WildbirdRole: text_match

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Eggs, enzymes, and evolution - natural genetic variants change insect fecundity

1992Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

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Testing the "mimicry" explanation for the Colias "alba" polymorphism: patterns of co-occurrence of Colias and Pierine butterflies

1989Functional EcologyRole: text_match

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Testing the 'mimicry' explanation for the Colias 'alba' polymorphism: platability of Colias and other butterflies to wild bird predators

1989Functional EcologyRole: text_match

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Adaptation at specific loci. V. Metabolically adjacent enzyme loci may have very distinct experiences of selective pressures

1988GeneticsRole: text_match

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Females' choice of "good genotypes" as mates is promoted by an insect mating system

1986ScienceRole: text_match

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Resource allocation to oocytes: heritable variation with altitude in Colias philodice eriphyle (Lepidoptera)

1986American NaturalistRole: text_match

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Thermal physiological ecology of Colias butterflies in flight

1986OecologiaRole: text_match

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Adaptations at specific loci. IV. Differential mating success among glycolytic allozyme genotypes of Colias butterflies

1985GeneticsRole: text_match

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Egg distribution and survivorship in the pierid butterfly, Colias alexandra

1985OecologiaRole: text_match

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The predator-prey interaction of the mite Balaustium sp. and the pierid butterfly Colias alexandra

1985EcologyRole: text_match

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Colias alexandra: a model for the study of natural populations of butterflies

1984Journal of Research on the LepidopteraRole: text_match

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Mechanistic constraints and optimality models: thermoregulatory strategies in Colias butterflies

1984EcologyRole: text_match

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Adaptation at specific loci. II. Demographic and biochemical elements in the maintenance of the Colias PGI polymorphism

1983GeneticsRole: text_match

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Adaptation at specific loci. III. Field behavior and survivorship differences among Colias PGI genotypes are predictable from in vitro biochemistry

1983GeneticsRole: text_match

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Ecological significance of flight activity in Colias butterflies: implication for reproductive strategy and population structure

1983EcologyRole: text_match

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Sources of intraspecific variation in the hostplant seeking behavior of Colias butterflies

1983OecologiaRole: text_match

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The "white male" variant of Colias (Pieridae): two new records from Colorado

1983Journal of the Lepidopterists' SocietyRole: text_match

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Thermoregulation and flight in Colias butterflies: elevational patterns and mechanistic limitations

1983EcologyRole: text_match

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Thermoregulatory strategies in Colias butterflies: thermal stress and the limits to adaptation in temporally varying environments

1983American NaturalistRole: text_match

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Searching in a patchy environment: food plant selection by Colias p. eriphyle butterflies

1982EcologyRole: text_match

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Thermoregulation and the determinants of heat transfer in Colias butterflies

1982OecologiaRole: text_match

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Population structure of pierid butterflies. IV. Genetic and physiological investment in offspring by male Colias

1981OecologiaRole: text_match

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The population ecology of a natural population of the pierid butterfly Colias alexandra

1981OecologiaRole: text_match

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Metabolic resource allocation vs. mating attractions: adaptive pressure on the "alba" polymorphism of Colias butterflies

1980Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

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Population structure of pierid butterflies. III. Pest populations of Colias philodice eriphyle

1980OecologiaRole: text_match

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Population structure of pierid butterflies. II. A "native" population of Colias philodice eriphyle in Colorado

1979OecologiaRole: text_match

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The role of chemotactile stimuli in the oviposition preferences of Colias butterflies

1979OecologiaRole: text_match

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Adaptation at specific loci. I. Natural selection on phosphoglucose isomerase of Colias butterflies: biochemical and population aspects

1977GeneticsRole: text_match

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Population structure of pierid butterflies. I. Numbers and movements of some montane Colias species

1977OecologiaRole: text_match

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Naturally occurring variation in larval color of Colias butterflies: isolation from two Colorado populations

1974EvolutionRole: text_match

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Nectar resource use by Colias butterflies: chemical and visual aspects

1974OecologiaRole: text_match

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Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. III. Progress in study of the "alba" variant

1973EvolutionRole: text_match

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The thermal ecology of some Colias butterfly larvae

1973Journal of Comparative PhysiologyRole: text_match

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The Thermal Ecology of the Larvae fo Colias Butterflies

1971Role: text_match

student_paper

Larval food plants for Colias alexandria: a survey of the distributions of Lathyrus leucanthus and Vicia americana near Gothic, Colorado

1970Role: text_match

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Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. II. Thermoregulation and photoperiodically controlled melanin variation in Colias eurytheme

1969Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceRole: text_match

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Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. I. Variation of melanin pigment in relation to thermoregulation

1968EvolutionRole: text_match

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A study of hybrids in Colias (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

1959EvolutionRole: text_match

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Comparative studies of the developmental rates, hibernation, and food plants in North American Colias (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

1958American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

Colias

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

Publications (92)

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

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

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies

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

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

Predispersal Seed Predation Obscures the Detrimental Effect of Dust on Wildflower Reproduction

Documents (1)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Co-occurring Species

Colias butterflies

Lepidoptera

Ligusticum porteri

Speyeria mormonia

Asteraceae

Papilio

Colias eurytheme

Bombus

Hummingbird

Colias philodice eriphyle

Butterfly foraging and the dispersal of microbes among & within flowers

Color preference of Speyeria mormonia

Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

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

The persistent maladaptation of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i>: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

50 years of mountain passes: A perspective on Dan Janzen's classic article

Changes of dispersal ability in an isolated population

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

Dispersal, Wing Morphology and Physiology relationships in <i> Euphydryas Gillettii </I> and implications for conservation

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

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

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

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

Morphological and physiological determinants of local adaptation to climate in Rocky Mountain butterflies

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

The Visual Ecology of <i>Speyeria mormonia</i>

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

Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of <i>Colias</i> butterflies to recent climate change

Growth, developmental and stress responses of larvae of the clouded sulphur butterfly <i>Colias eriphyle</i> to repeated exposure to high, sub-lethal temperatures

Using the literature to test pollination syndromes - some methodological cautions

Geographic differences and microevolutionary changes in thermal sensitivity of butterfly larvae in response to climate

Rapid evolution and population divergence in response to environmental change in <i>Colias</i> butterlies

A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades

The effect of wing wear on the flight metabolic rate of the mormon fritillary butterfly (<i>Speyeria mormonia</i>)

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

Complex life cycles and the responses of insects to climate change

The effects of elevation and climate on butterfly (<i>Lepidoptera</i>) abundance and activity

The relationships among butterfly size, visitation rate, handling time, and floral display size

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

A mitochondrial-DNA-based phylogeny for some evolutionary-genetic model species of <i>Colias</i> butterfly (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Flower preference and constancy in four butterfly species

From DNA to fitness differences: sequences and structures of adaptive variants of Colias Phosphoglucose Isomerase (PGI)

A reconnaissance of population genetic variation in artic and subarctic sulfur butterflies (Colias spp.; Lepidopetera, Pieridae)

Evolutionary genetics of dorsal wing color in Colias butterflies

Functional ecological implications of intraspecific differences in wing melanization in Colias butterflies

Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (<i>Colias</i>: Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Rescue of stranded pollen grains by secondary transfer

The evolution of wing color: male mate choice opposes adaptive wing color divergence in <i>Colias</i> butterflies

Swarming and mating behavior of a mayfly <i>Baetis bicaudatus</i> suggest stabilizing selection for male body size

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

The evolution of functionally referential alarm communication: multiple adaptations; multiple constraints

Adaptation at specific loci. VI. Divergence vs parallelism of polymorphic allozymes in molecular function and fitness-component effects among Colias species (Lepidoptera:Pieridae)

Migration of rufous hummingbirds

Eggs, enzymes, and evolution - natural genetic variants change insect fecundity

Testing the "mimicry" explanation for the <i>Colias</i> "alba" polymorphism: patterns of co-occurrence of <i>Colias</i> and Pierine butterflies

Testing the 'mimicry' explanation for the Colias 'alba' polymorphism: platability of Colias and other butterflies to wild bird predators

Adaptation at specific loci. V. Metabolically adjacent enzyme loci may have very distinct experiences of selective pressures

Females' choice of "good genotypes" as mates is promoted by an insect mating system

Resource allocation to oocytes: heritable variation with altitude in Colias philodice eriphyle (Lepidoptera)

Thermal physiological ecology of Colias butterflies in flight

Adaptations at specific loci. IV. Differential mating success among glycolytic allozyme genotypes of Colias butterflies

Egg distribution and survivorship in the pierid butterfly, Colias alexandra

The predator-prey interaction of the mite <i>Balaustium</i> sp. and the pierid butterfly <i>Colias alexandra</i>

Colias alexandra: a model for the study of natural populations of butterflies