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B. occidentalis — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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B. occidentalis

Roles: pollinator

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 48 | Mentions: 48

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Knowledge graph centered on B. occidentalis with 71 nodes and 201 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Publications (48)

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

2025EvolutionRole: text_match

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

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

Investigating the potential mechanism behind bumble bee preference for Corydalis flowers inhabited by nectar specialist yeast

2024Role: text_match

Nowhere to go but Up: Investigating Bumble Bee population Shifts over Elevational Gradients

2024Role: text_match

The hole truth: why do bumble bees rob flowers more than once?

2024PlantsRole: text_match

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

2022Role: text_match

Nest Distribution of <i> Bombus </i> spp. Across Different Habitat Types

2022Role: text_match

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

Co-occurring Species

Bombus

Apidae47 shared papers

B. appositus

44 shared papers

Bombus appositus

Apidae43 shared papers

Bombus terrestris

Apidae42 shared papers

B. rufocinctus

41 shared papers

Bombus vosnesenskii

Apidae41 shared papers

Bombus impatiens

Apidae41 shared papers

B. vosnesenskii

41 shared papers

Hummingbird

33 shared papers

Bombus occidentalis

Apidae32 shared papers

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

Effects of climate change on the elevational distribution of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: comparing data across 47 years

2021Role: text_match

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

2020Role: text_match

Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match

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

2019Role: text_match

Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

2018OikosRole: text_match

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

2017OikosRole: text_match

Pollinator traits and competitive context shape dynamic foraging behavior in bee communities

2017bioRxivRole: text_match

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

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

2016EcosphereRole: text_match

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

2014Role: text_match

Comparing <i>Bombus</i> pollinator efficacies in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i> (Ranunculaceae) reproductive success

2013Role: text_match

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

2013Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

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

2012OikosRole: text_match

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

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Effects of nectar robbing on pollen deposition and hummingbird-pollinator behavior in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2009Role: text_match

Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

Climate Change is Causing A Decline in Bombus occidentalis by Reducing its Floral Resources

2008Role: text_match

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

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

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

2008EcologyRole: text_match

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

Changing distributions, changing climate: Using <i>Bombus</i> as an indicator of global warming near Crested Butte, Colorado

2007Role: text_match

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

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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

2006Role: pollinator

Nectar robbing patterns in Ipomopsis aggregata and Linaria vulgaris

2006Role: text_match

Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris

2005OikosRole: text_match

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

2005Role: text_match

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

2004EcologyRole: text_match

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

2004TSpaceRole: text_match

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

2003EcologyRole: text_match

Rescue of stranded pollen grains by secondary transfer

2003Plant Species BiologyRole: text_match

Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002OecologiaRole: text_match

The effects of a bumble bee nectar robber on plant reproductive success and pollinator behavior

2001American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

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

2000EcologyRole: text_match

Nectar Robbing in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

Microdistributions, food resources and feeding habits of filter-feeding Trichoptera in the Upper Colorado River

1996Archiv für HydrobiologieRole: text_match

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

1978American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match