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Osmia iridis — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Osmia iridis

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Megachilidae

Roles: study subject

ITIS TSN: 715566

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 18 | Mentions: 29

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Knowledge graph centered on Osmia iridis with 76 nodes and 253 connections. Top connected: Bombus, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, Bombus terrestris, Bombus appositus.

Publications (18)

Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

2024Role: text_match

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

2023Role: text_match

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

2021Climate Change EcologyRole: text_match

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

2021Role: text_match

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

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

2020OikosRole: text_match

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

2019Role: text_match

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

Co-occurring Species

Osmiini

Megachilidae18 shared papers

Osmia

Megachilidae18 shared papers

Megachile

Megachilidae14 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae13 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae13 shared papers

O. iridis

12 shared papers

Lathyrus

12 shared papers

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae12 shared papers

Bombus terrestris

Apidae11 shared papers

Apoidea

Stenotritidae10 shared papers

2019Role: study subject

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Two-year bee or not two-year bee? How voltinism is affected by temperature and season length in a high-elevation solitary bee

2019American NaturalistRole: text_match

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

2018Role: study subject

Nesting Preferences of Osmia Bees in the Rocky Mountains

2018Role: text_match

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia spp.</i>)

2018Ecological EntemologyRole: text_match

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

2017EcologyRole: text_match

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

2016Role: text_match

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

2014Role: text_match

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

2011Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: study subject