Mertensia

Common names: bluebells, mountain bluebell, Mountain bluebell

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Boraginales > Boraginaceae

Roles: study subject, dominant vegetation, habitat plant, habitat, habitat component, host plant, subdominant species, habitat vegetation

ITIS TSN: 31660

Synonyms: Mertensia

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 149 | Mentions: 172

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

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Publications (150)

student_paper

A Hard Day’s Buzz: how water availability shapes floral rewards and pollinator foraging on Heliomeris multiflora

2026Role: text_match

student_paper

Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of earlier snowmelt on fruiting phenology and seed success of Rocky Mountain wildflowers

2025Role: 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

Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

2025Role: text_match

article

Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: BiogeosciencesRole: dominant vegetation

student_paper

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Documents (9)

technical report

1980

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

wildlife survey

An Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado

technical report

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

environmental assessment

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae115 shared papers

Mertensia ciliata

Boraginaceae108 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae80 shared papers

Delphinium barbeyi

Ranunculaceae78 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae76 shared papers

Delphinium nuttallianum

Ranunculaceae73 shared papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae62 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae62 shared papers

Taraxacum officinale

Asteraceae62 shared papers

Mertensia oblongifolia

Boraginaceae57 shared papers

Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

How does early snowmelt affect pollen deposition on spring wildflowers?

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

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

student_paper

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

2024Role: text_match

article

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

2023Proceedings of the Royal Society BRole: text_match

article

Differences in individual flowering time change pollen limitation and seed set in three montane wildflowers

2023American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Talking Yeast: The characterization of bumblebee- and nectar- specialist yeast volatiles in Corydalis caseana

2023Role: text_match

article

Climate change and phenology

2022WIREs Climate ChangeRole: text_match

article

Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination

2022Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

thesis

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

2021Role: habitat plant

article

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

2021Frontiers of Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

2021InsectsRole: text_match

thesis

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021Role: text_match

article

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: text_match

article

Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs

2020Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

article

Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

How Spatial Variation Affects Plant Phenology

2020Role: text_match

article

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2020American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

2020Role: text_match

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019Role: study subject

thesis

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019Role: text_match

article

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

2019Plant EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effect of blood parasites on incubation efficiency of Z. l. oriantha in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2019Role: habitat plant

thesis

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the relationship between plant morphology, density, and herbivory of Thlaspi

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: text_match

article

Phenology as a process rather than an event: from individual reaction norms to community metrics

2019Ecological Monographs doi 10.1002/ecm.1352Role: text_match

student_paper

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

2019Role: text_match

article

The depredation of Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophyrys oriantha) nests by the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) and long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)

2019The Wilson J. of OrnithologyRole: habitat vegetation

article

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of Mertensia (Boraginaceae)

2019Journal of Plant EcologyRole: text_match

article

The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

2019Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: study subject

student_paper

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

2018Role: habitat

student_paper

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

2018Role: text_match

article

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction: Evidence from Observation and Experimentation

2018ScienceAdvancesRole: text_match

student_paper

Effect of blood parasites on secondary sexual characteristics and morphology in mountain white-crowned sparrows

2018Role: habitat plant

thesis

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

2018Role: text_match

article

Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

2018OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Does bumble bee (Bombus spp.) diet breadth vary with differences in floral resource abundance?

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Life History Traits in the Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow During Incubation

2017Role: habitat component

article

Phenological responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change: insights from a long-term observational study and a manipulative field experiment

2017Role: text_match

thesis

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

2017Role: text_match

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Shifts in water availability mediate plantâ€“pollinator interactions

2017New PhytologistRole: text_match

article

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species ofMertensia(Boraginaceae)

2017Journal of Plant EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Variation in bill morphology and pollen prevalence in the Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Assessing pollinatorsâ€™ contribution to the reproductive success of Mertensia ciliata

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in Selasphorus platycercus

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016Role: text_match

article

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

2016EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Frost sensitivity of leaves and flowers of subalpine plants is related to tissue type and phenology.

2016Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Temperature and Nestling Development: Temporal Variations in Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha Feeding Frequency

2016Role: host plant

thesis

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

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Ants on Ecosystem Dynamics: Investigating the Ecological Influence of Ant Nests in the Rocky Mountains

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Causes and consequences of dominant and subdominant plant species effects on ecosystem function: using above-and belowground traits in an alpine meadow system

2015Role: subdominant species

student_paper

Effects of Alpine Shrub Cover on Territorial Male White-Crown Sparrows Densities.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of early snowmelt and frost on plant-pollinator interactions.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

article

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

2014American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: text_match

article

Patterns of selective caching behavior of a generalist herbivore, the American Pika (Ochotona princeps)

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

chapter

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012Role: text_match

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Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: Competition and community structure revisited

2012Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2012Role: text_match

article

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

2011Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

student_paper

Intraspecific variation of specific leaf area along an elevational gradient

2011Role: 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

Spatial distribution of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

2011Role: text_match

article

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

2010American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Coupled dynamics of body mass and population growth in response to environmental change

2010NatureRole: text_match

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Flowering phenology in subalpine meadows: does climate variation influence community co-flowering patterns?

2010EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Nectar and pollen rewards of invasive plants and their native congeners

2010Role: 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

Does stigma-anther separation prevent sexual interference in dwarf bluebells (Mertensia fusiformis)?

2009Role: text_match

article

Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

2009Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along an elevational gradient

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along elevation gradient and possible correlation factors

2009Role: text_match

article

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

2009OikosRole: text_match

article

Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: an examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2008Role: text_match

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2007Role: 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

thesis

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

2006Role: text_match

thesis

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

2006Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Distance From a Yellow-Bellied Marmot Burrow on Plant Diversity

2004Role: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

Effects of food addition on life history of yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

article

Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

article

Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

article

The effect of food supplementation on juvenile growth and survival in Marmota flaviventris

2003Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match

article

Experimental manipulation of plant density and its effect on pollination and reproduction of two confamilial montane herbs

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Plant responses to experimental warming in a montane meadow

2001EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

2001American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

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

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

2000EcologyRole: text_match

article

Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species

2000Proceedings of the National Academy of ScienceRole: text_match

article

Floral dimorphism, pollination, and self-fertilization in gynodioecious Geranium richardsonii (Geraniaceae)

2000American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Effects of Local Density on Pollination and Reproduction in Delphinium nuttallianum and Aconitum columbianum (Ranunculaceae)

1999American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Effects of experimental warming on plant reproductive phenology in a subalpine meadow

1998EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of road proximity on pollinator visit to Mertensia ciliata

1997Role: text_match

student_paper

Phenotypic plasticity and resource allocation in the leaves of Geranium richardsonii, Mertensia ciliata, and Valeriana occidentalis in a sun dominant versus a shade dominant habit

1996Role: text_match

article

Global warming and soil microclimate: results from a meadow-warming experiment

1995Ecological ApplicationsRole: text_match

student_paper

Pollinator effectiveness of Mertensia fusiformis, Delphinium nelsonii, and D. barbeyii: is there one best pollinator to which the plant is adapted?

1995Role: text_match

article

Shifting dominance within a montane vegetation community: results from a climate-warming experiment

1995ScienceRole: text_match

article

Effects of floral traits, pollinator visitation, and plant size on Ipomopsis aggregata fruit production

1994American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Pollinator restriction in the narrow-tube flower type of Mertensia ciliata (James) G. Don (Boraginaceae)

1994Plant Species BiologyRole: text_match

article

Floral mimicry by a plant pathogen

1993NatureRole: text_match

article

Geitonogamy: the neglected side of selfing

1993Trends in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Sources of variation in plant reproductive success, and implications for concepts of sexual selection

1989American NaturalistRole: text_match

student_paper

Distribution of Mertensia fusiformis

1983Role: text_match

article

Effects of ant mounds on soil chemistry and vegetation patterns in a montane Colorado meadow

1983EcologyRole: text_match

article

Seed Dispersal by Ants in the Rocky Mountains

1983Southwestern NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Local geographic distributions of bumblebees near Crested Butte, Colorado: competition and community structure

1982EcologyRole: text_match

article

Competition for bumblebee pollinators in Rocky Mountain plant communities

1980EcologyRole: text_match

article

Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction

1980EcologyRole: text_match

article

The effect of proboscis and corolla tube lengths on patterns and rates of flower visitation by bumblebees

1980OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Caloric content of Rocky Mountain subalpine and Alpine Plants

1976Journal of Range ManagementRole: text_match

article

Behavioral and environmental factors in the spatial distribution and population dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot population

1974EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Adaptations in Mertensia bakerii to alpine habitat

1971Role: text_match

article

Habitat of Pocket Gophers in Cochetopa Creek Drainage, Colorado

1968American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Vegetation and environmental patterns in the Crested Butte area, Gunnison County, Colorado

1962Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

article

An investigation of the ecology of Mertensia ciliata in Colorado

1961EcologyRole: text_match

article

Variation patterns in four clones of Mertensia ciliata

1959MadronoRole: text_match

article

Plant succession on fallen logs in a virgin sprucefir forest

1948EcologyRole: text_match

Mertensia

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 81 entities)

Publications (150)

A Hard Day’s Buzz: how water availability shapes floral rewards and pollinator foraging on Heliomeris multiflora

Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae

Impacts of earlier snowmelt on fruiting phenology and seed success of Rocky Mountain wildflowers

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

Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

Documents (9)

1980

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

An Illustrated Guide to the Proposed Threatened and Endangered Plant Species in Colorado

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

The Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium

Mertensia ciliata

Ipomopsis aggregata

Delphinium barbeyi

Potentilla

Delphinium nuttallianum

Erigeron

Bombus

Taraxacum officinale

Mertensia oblongifolia

Getting to the Root of It: Effects of Castilleja Root Hemiparasitism on Plant Community Structure and Function

How does early snowmelt affect pollen deposition on spring wildflowers?

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

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

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

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

Differences in individual flowering time change pollen limitation and seed set in three montane wildflowers

Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

Talking Yeast: The characterization of bumblebee- and nectar- specialist yeast volatiles in Corydalis caseana

Climate change and phenology

Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination

Revealing the direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil nutrient dynamics and forage resources in mountain ecosystems

Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs

Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

How Spatial Variation Affects Plant Phenology

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

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

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

Effect of blood parasites on incubation efficiency of <i>Z. l. oriantha</i> in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

Investigating the relationship between plant morphology, density, and herbivory of <i>Thlaspi</i>

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

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Phenology as a process rather than an event: from individual reaction norms to community metrics

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

Surveying historical patterns in vegetation change (1929-2019) in the upper East River Valley using RMBL's archival herbarium records

The depredation of Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (<i>Zonotrichia leucophyrys oriantha</i>) nests by the golden-mantled ground squirrel (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>) and long-tailed weasel (<i>Mustela frenata</i>)

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of <i> Mertensia </i> (Boraginaceae)

The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

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

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction: Evidence from Observation and Experimentation

Effect of blood parasites on secondary sexual characteristics and morphology in mountain white-crowned sparrows

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

First-order controls of soil and leaf moisture

Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

Does bumble bee (<i>Bombus spp.</i>) diet breadth vary with differences in floral resource abundance?

Effects of Life History Traits in the Mountain White-Crowned Sparrow During Incubation