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Lepidoptera

Common names: butterflies and moths, caterpillars, butterflies

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera

Roles: study subject, prey, pollinator, seed predator, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 117232

Synonyms: Tortricidae, caterpillars

External: RMBL Collections

Papers: 188 | Mentions: 204

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

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Publications (188)

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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

2025Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: text_match

article

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

2025Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Genetic basis of an adaptive polymorphism controlling butterfly silver iridescence

2025Current BiologyRole: text_match

article

Increasing aridity may threaten the maintenance of a plant defence polymorphism

2025Ecology LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

Sensory cues and memory in Lepidopteran mud puddling behavior

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

2025Role: text_match

article

The sound of fear is heritable

Documents (6)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

technical report

Constructed Wetlands

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Western Distinct Population Segment of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Western Distinct Population Segment of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

technical report

Some Factors Historically Affecting The Distribution and Abundance of Fishes In The Gunnison River

Co-occurring Species

2025

Current Zoology

Role: text_match

chapter

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

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

article

Climate mediates the trade-offs associated with phenotypic plasticity in an amphibian polyphenism

2024Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Coexistence in Burying Beetles: The Niche of Reproductive Temperatures

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Impact of Decreased Flower Attractiveness on Pollinator Visitation Rates and Pollinator Community Composition

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

thesis

Interpopulation variation and optimal mating in the perennial herb, Polemonium brandegeei

2024Role: text_match

article

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

2024Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

article

Antibody development to identify components of IIS and mTOR signaling pathways in lepidopteran species, a set of non-model insects

2023microPublication BiologyRole: text_match

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Cross-trophic-level dynamics in aquatic ecosystems and their application across ecological contexts

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

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

2023EcosphereRole: text_match

student_paper

Looking through leftovers: an analysis of bee bowl bycatch

2023Role: text_match

article

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

2023Ecological MonographsRole: study subject

article

The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies

2023Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Two sides of the same wing: ventral scales enhance dorsal wing color in the butterfly Speyeria mormonia

2023Journal of Experimental BiologyRole: text_match

article

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

2022Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Does an achromatic border alter color discrimination of male Speyeria mormonia butterflies during mate searching?

2022Role: text_match

article

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

2022Environmental Entomology Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Temperature on Voltinism in Subalpine Potter Wasps (Vespidae: Eumeninae)

2022Role: text_match

article

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

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

article

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

2022EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

2022Role: text_match

article

Simultaneous niche expansion and contraction in plant–pollinator networks under drought

2022OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

2022Role: text_match

article

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

2021Acta OecologicaRole: prey

article

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

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

article

DynaMETE: a hybrid MaxEnt-plus-mechanism theory of dynamic macroecology

2021Ecology LettersRole: text_match

article

Ecological factors influence balancing selection on leaf chemical profiles of a wildflower

2021Nature Ecology & EvolutionRole: 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

article

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

Larval Feeding Ability on a Drought-Stressed Invasive Plant

2021Role: text_match

article

Nanda-Hamner Curves Show Huge Latitudinal Variation but No Circadian Components in Drosophila Montana Photoperiodism

2021Journal of Biological RhythmsRole: 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: text_match

article

Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community

2021EcosphereRole: 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

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

thesis

Ecological contexts of balancing selection in nature

2020Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

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

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

student_paper

Flying by night: Comparing crepuscular pollinator networks across two sites in Western North America

2020Role: text_match

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

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Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Implications of global climate change on cow parsnip in Colorado: from flowering phenology to multitrophic interactions

2019Digital Collections of Colorado (Colorado State University)Role: text_match

student_paper

Mapping the range shifts of East River Valley caddisflies (Trichoptera)

2019Role: text_match

article

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

2019Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Observing pollinator trait variation in relation to niche breadth in seasons of high and low precipitation

2019Role: text_match

article

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

2019Current Opinion in Insect ScienceRole: text_match

article

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

2019Role: text_match

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

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: text_match

thesis

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

2019Role: text_match

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

2019Role: text_match

article

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

student_paper

Can Variation of Insect Populations Affect Mountain White-crowned Sparrow Daily Nest Survival?

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

article

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

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

2018Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2018Role: text_match

thesis

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

other

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

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

article

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

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2017Role: text_match

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Detection, prevalence and phylogenetic relationships of Demodex spp and further skin prostigmata mites (Acari, Arachnida) in wild and domestic mammals

2016PLoS ONERole: text_match

article

Effects of larval dietary restriction on body morphology, with implications for flight and life history

2016Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: 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

article

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

2016Conservation PhysiologyRole: text_match

thesis

The Visual Ecology of Speyeria mormonia

2016Role: text_match

thesis

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

2015Role: text_match

article

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

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

article

Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

2015EvolutionRole: text_match

article

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

2015PLoS OneRole: text_match

article

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

2015PloS oneRole: text_match

article

Genes Suggest Ancestral Colour Polymorphisms Are Shared across Morphologically Cryptic Species in Arctic Bumblebees

2015PLoS OneRole: text_match

article

Identifying PCR primers to facilitate molecular phylogenetics in Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

2015Zoological SystematicsRole: text_match

article

Inferring Regional-Scale Species Diversity from Small-Plot Censuses

2015PLOS ONERole: text_match

student_paper

Investigating Herbivore Relationships to Boechera stricta in a Climate Change Context.

2015Role: text_match

article

The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

2015Methods in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

article

Aging, lifespan, and energetics under adult dietary restriction in Lepidoptera

2014Physiological and Biochemical ZoologyRole: 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

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

2014Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

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

2014Functional EcologyRole: text_match

article

Maximum information entropy: a foundation for ecological theory

2014Trends in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

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

2014Role: text_match

thesis

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

2014Role: text_match

article

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

2013BMC Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

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

student_paper

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

2013Role: text_match

article

Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

2013Biochemical Systematics and EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

2012Ecology LettersRole: text_match

article

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

2012Genome Biology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

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

2012Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant responses to the joint effects of herbivores and pollinators

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Single-visit pollination efficacy of psithyrus insularism and megachile on chamerion augustifolium

2012Role: text_match

thesis

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

2012Role: text_match

article

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

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

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

2011Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Testing the maximum entropy theory of ecology in the warming meadow

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2011Role: text_match

article

Why do vulnerable mayflies thrive in trout streams?

2011American EntomologistRole: text_match

article

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

2010OikosRole: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

Testing the predictions of the Maximum Information Entropy Theory for abundance and energy distributions on the Gothic earthflow

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of elevation on the phenology and pollination ecology of Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae)

2010Role: text_match

article

The effects of phenological mismatches on demography

2010Phil Trans Royal Society BRole: study subject

article

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

2010Phil. Trans. R. Soc. BRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Helianthella quinquernervis ray floret removal: effect on insect visitation frequency

2009Role: pollinator

article

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

2009Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2009Role: text_match

article

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

2008Molecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

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

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Butterfly foraging behavior: can butterflies detect nectar in flowering plants?

2008Role: text_match

article

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

2008Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Microbes on mountainsides: contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity

2008PNASRole: text_match

article

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

2008Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenRole: text_match

article

A comparative study of the cost of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors.

2007Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Flower preference and constancy in four butterfly species

2007Role: text_match

article

The green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its Pierine relatives, and the systematics of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2006Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2006Role: text_match

article

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

2005OikosRole: text_match

article

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

article

Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study

2005EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Cardamine cordifolia Pollination effects on seed and fruit production

2004Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2004Role: text_match

article

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

2004OikosRole: text_match

article

Resource specialization in puddling Lepidoptera

2004Enivornmental EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2004TSpaceRole: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

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

article

Measuring dispersal in a metapopulation using stable isotope enrichment: high rates of sex-biased disperal between patches in a mayfly population

2003OikosRole: text_match

article

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

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

article

The response of Heracleum sphondylium (Apiaceae) and its herbivores to

2003URBEERole: text_match

article

Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus investigator

2002Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

article

Renewable and non-renewable resources: the role of amino acid turnover in allocation to reproduction in Lepidoptera

2002Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

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

2002EvolutionRole: 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

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

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

Plant resource allocation and herbivory for Helianthella quinquenervis (Asteraceae) over an elevational gradient

2001Role: seed predator

article

The matrix matters: effective isolation in fragmented landscapes

2001American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

2000Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Hydrologic and behavioral constraints on oviposition of stream insects: implications for adult dispersal

2000OecologiaRole: text_match

article

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

1997Biological ControlRole: text_match

article

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

article

Mating systems and sexual division of foraging effort affect puddling behavior by butterflies

1996Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Predatory and parasitic Lepidoptera: carnivores living on plants

1995Journal of the Lepidoptera SocietyRole: text_match

article

Migration of rufous hummingbirds

1993WildbirdRole: text_match

article

The effect of adult food limitation on life history traits in Speyeria mormonia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

1993EcologyRole: text_match

article

A general model of the role of male-donated nutrients in female insects' reproduction

1990American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Pollination biology in the Snowy Mountains of Australia, with comparisons with montane Colorado, USA

1988Australian Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Rates of nectar feeding in butterflies: effects of sex, size, age, and sugar concentration

1988Functional EcologyRole: text_match

article

Within population variation in the demography of Speyeria mormonia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

1987Holarctic EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

1986American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Thermal ecology of Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): a new mechanism of behavioral thermoregulation

1985OecologiaRole: text_match

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Thermoregulatory significance of wing melanization in Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): physics, posture, and pattern

1985OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Population structure and recommendations for conservation of the narrowly endemic alpine butterfly Boloria acrocnema (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

1984Biological ConservationRole: text_match

article

The effects of capturing and marking on subsequent activity in Boloria acrocnema (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), with a comparison of different numerical models that estimate population size

1984Biological ConservationRole: text_match

article

Parasitoids as selective agents in the symbiosis between lycaenid butterfly larvae and ants

1981ScienceRole: text_match

article

Adult behavior and population structure in Erebia epipsodes (Lepidoptera: Satyrininae)

1970EcologyRole: text_match

article

The population structure of Erebia epipsodea (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae)

1970EcologyRole: text_match

article

A new sibling Papilio from the Rocky Mountains, with genetic and biological notes (Insecta, Lepidoptera)

1968PostillaRole: text_match

article

The thoracic and basal abdominal musculature of the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

1963MicroentomologyRole: text_match

other

Beaver pond project

1962Role: text_match

article

The head musculature of the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

1962MicroentomologyRole: text_match

article

The comparative morphology of the male reproductive system of the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). I. Some nearctic species

1961MicroentomologyRole: text_match

article

A study of hybrids in Colias (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

1959EvolutionRole: text_match

article

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

1958American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Genetics of populations of Lepidoptera

1958Proc X Int Congress Ent (Montreal)Role: text_match

article

Genetics of populations of Lepidoptera

1956Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Taxonomic notes on Oeneis uhleri Roskirt (Lepidoptera, Satyridae)

1953Amer Mus NovitatesRole: text_match

Lepidoptera

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

Publications (188)

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

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

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

Genetic basis of an adaptive polymorphism controlling butterfly silver iridescence

Increasing aridity may threaten the maintenance of a plant defence polymorphism

Sensory cues and memory in Lepidopteran mud puddling behavior

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

The sound of fear is heritable

Documents (6)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Constructed Wetlands

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Western Distinct Population Segment of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Western Distinct Population Segment of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Some Factors Historically Affecting The Distribution and Abundance of Fishes In The Gunnison River

Co-occurring Species

Beetles

Hymenoptera

Diptera

Pieridae

Bombus bifarius

Bombus terrestris

Bombus impatiens

Bombus flavifrons

Bombus balteatus

Bombus

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

Climate mediates the trade-offs associated with phenotypic plasticity in an amphibian polyphenism

Coexistence in Burying Beetles: The Niche of Reproductive Temperatures

Impact of Decreased Flower Attractiveness on Pollinator Visitation Rates and Pollinator Community Composition

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

Interpopulation variation and optimal mating in the perennial herb, Polemonium brandegeei

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

Antibody development to identify components of IIS and mTOR signaling pathways in lepidopteran species, a set of non-model insects

Cross-trophic-level dynamics in aquatic ecosystems and their application across ecological contexts

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

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

Looking through leftovers: an analysis of bee bowl bycatch

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies

Two sides of the same wing: ventral scales enhance dorsal wing color in the butterfly Speyeria mormonia

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

Does an achromatic border alter color discrimination of male <i> Speyeria mormonia </i> butterflies during mate searching?

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

Effects of Temperature on Voltinism in Subalpine Potter Wasps (Vespidae: Eumeninae)

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

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

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

Simultaneous niche expansion and contraction in plant–pollinator networks under drought

Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

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

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

DynaMETE: a hybrid MaxEnt-plus-mechanism theory of dynamic macroecology

Ecological factors influence balancing selection on leaf chemical profiles of a wildflower

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

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

Larval Feeding Ability on a Drought-Stressed Invasive Plant

Nanda-Hamner Curves Show Huge Latitudinal Variation but No Circadian Components in <i> Drosophila Montana </i> Photoperiodism

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

Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community

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

Butterfly foraging and the dispersal of microbes among & within flowers

Color preference of Speyeria mormonia

Ecological contexts of balancing selection in nature

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

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

Flying by night: Comparing crepuscular pollinator networks across two sites in Western North America

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Implications of global climate change on cow parsnip in Colorado: from flowering phenology to multitrophic interactions

Mapping the range shifts of East River Valley caddisflies <i> (Trichoptera) </i>

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

Observing pollinator trait variation in relation to niche breadth in seasons of high and low precipitation

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior