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Rufous Hummingbird

Common names: hummingbird

Taxonomy: Animalia > Aves

Roles: pollinator

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 65 | Mentions: 65

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

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Publications (65)

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

2025EvolutionRole: 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

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2025Role: 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

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

2024Role: text_match

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

2023Evolution LettersRole: text_match

Co-occurring Species

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

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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

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Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021OecologiaRole: pollinator

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

2021International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match

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

2021American NaturalistRole: text_match

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The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

2021Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match

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Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

2018Role: text_match

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Diversification of Type VI Secretion System Toxins Reveals Ancient Antagonism among Bee Gut Microbes

2017mBioRole: text_match

student_paper

Effect of Road Dust Deposition on the Floral Lifespan of Scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata

2017Role: text_match

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Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

2017International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match

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Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

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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

The effects of primary and secondary nectar robbing of Ipomopsis aggregata on hummingbird visitation.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

2014Role: text_match

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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

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

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Does road dust affect reproduction of Delphinium nelsonii and Ipomopsis aggregata

2008Role: text_match

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

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

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

2008EcologyRole: text_match

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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

thesis

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

2006Role: text_match

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

2006Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2005Role: text_match

article

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

2005EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

the influence of red-naped sapsuckers on willow bird communities

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

Pollinator selection by floral traits and color in a hybrid zone of Ipomopsis aggregata and I. tenuituba (Polemoniaceae)

2004Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2004Role: text_match

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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

thesis

Effects of resource value on broad-tailed and rufous hummingbird behavior

2003Role: text_match

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

2003EcologyRole: text_match

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Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

2003American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

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Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match

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

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

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

2000EcologyRole: text_match

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Hummingbird avoidance of nectar-robbed plants: spatial location or visual cues

2000OikosRole: text_match

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

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

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Double keystone bird in a keystone species complex

1993Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USARole: text_match

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Hypothesis concerning the causes of the disappearance of boreal toads from the mountains of Colorado

1993Conservation BiologyRole: text_match

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Migration of rufous hummingbirds

1993WildbirdRole: text_match

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Implications of recapture data for migration of the rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) in the Rocky Mountains

1989AukRole: 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

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Southbound through Colorado: migration of rufous hummingbirds

1987National Geographic ResearchRole: text_match

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Nectar feeding, diuresis, and electrolyte replacement of hummingbirds

1983Physiological ZoologyRole: text_match

student_paper

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

1982Role: text_match

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Territorial behavior in fall migrant rufous hummingbirds

1955Field and StudyRole: text_match

student_paper

Rufous hummingbirds: feeding requirements & general management

0Role: text_match

Rufous Hummingbird

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

Publications (65)

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

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

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

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

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

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

Co-occurring Species

Selasphorus platycercus

Selasphorus rufus

Two-form Bumble Bee

Scarlet Gilia

Slender-tube Skyrocket

Archilochus alexandri

Selasphorus platycereus

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

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

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

Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

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

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

The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

Diversification of Type VI Secretion System Toxins Reveals Ancient Antagonism among Bee Gut Microbes

Effect of Road Dust Deposition on the Floral Lifespan of Scarlet gilia, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

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.

The effects of primary and secondary nectar robbing of Ipomopsis aggregata on hummingbird visitation.

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

Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

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

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

Does road dust affect reproduction of <i>Delphinium nelsonii</i> and <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

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

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

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

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

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

The effects of water and phosphorus on floral traits and nectar production of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

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

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

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

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

the influence of red-naped sapsuckers on willow bird communities

Pollinator selection by floral traits and color in a hybrid zone of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> and <i>I. tenuituba</i> (Polemoniaceae)

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

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

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

Effects of resource value on broad-tailed and rufous hummingbird behavior

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

Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in <i>Penstemon</i>

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

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

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

Hummingbird avoidance of nectar-robbed plants: spatial location or visual cues

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

Double keystone bird in a keystone species complex

Hypothesis concerning the causes of the disappearance of boreal toads from the mountains of Colorado

Migration of rufous hummingbirds

Implications of recapture data for migration of the rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) in the Rocky Mountains

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

Southbound through Colorado: migration of rufous hummingbirds

Nectar feeding, diuresis, and electrolyte replacement of hummingbirds

Interactions of rufous hummingbirds (<i>Selasphorus rufus</i>) and broad-tailed hummingbirds (<i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>)

Territorial behavior in fall migrant rufous hummingbirds

Rufous hummingbirds: feeding requirements & general management