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Selasphorus rufus

Common names: rufous hummingbirds

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Trochilidae

Roles: pollinator

ITIS TSN: 178040

Synonyms: S. rufus, S. rufous

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 116 | Mentions: 125

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 75 entities)

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Publications (120)

article

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

2025EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation

2025New PhytologistRole: 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

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

2025Role: study subject

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

Documents (4)

technical report

Beaver Pond Ecosystems and Their Relationships to Multi-Use Natural Resource Management

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

student_paper

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

2024Role: text_match

article

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

2023Evolution LettersRole: text_match

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

article

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

article

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

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

article

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

2021International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match

article

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

2021American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

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

2021American NaturalistRole: pollinator

article

The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

2021Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

2021Biological ReviewsRole: text_match

chapter

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match

article

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

article

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

article

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

2017International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match

article

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2016Role: text_match

article

Drought, pollen and nectar availability, and pollination success

2016EcologyRole: text_match

article

Heterospecific pollen deposition in Delphinium barbeyi: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

2016Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Road Dust, Ipomopsis aggregata Seed Count, and attack by Hylemya Fliesâ€”Are they Linked?

2016Role: text_match

article

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

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

2015Role: pollinator (referenced from pr

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

student_paper

Behavioral response of Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows towards an interspecific competitor

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Behavioral response of Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows towards an interspecific competitor

2013Role: text_match

article

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

2012EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

2012OikosRole: text_match

article

Acoustic monitoring in terrestrial environments using microphone arrays: applications, technological considerations and prospectus

2011Journal of Applied EcologyRole: text_match

article

Additive effects of herbivory, nectar robbing and seed predation on male and female fitness components of the host plant Ipomopsis aggregata

2011OecologiaRole: text_match

article

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

article

Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

2010J of EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: pollinator

student_paper

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

2009Role: text_match

article

Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in Ipomopsis aggregata

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

The effects of nutrient addition on floral characters and pollination in two subalpine plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Linum lewisii

2009Plant EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

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

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Does road dust affect reproduction of Delphinium nelsonii and Ipomopsis aggregata

2008Role: text_match

article

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

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

article

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

2008EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

article

Life-history consequences of vegetative damage in scarlet gilia, a monocarpic plant

2007OikosRole: 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

article

The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

2007Advances in the Study of BehaviorRole: text_match

article

Developing an evolutionary ecology of fear: how life history and natural history traits affect disturbance tolerance in birds

2006Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

article

Flight Performance and Competitive Displacement of Hummingbirds across Elevational Gradients

2006American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

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

2006Role: text_match

article

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

2006Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Interspecific Pollen Transfer (IPT) in a Specialist and a Generalist Flower

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2005Role: pollinator

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

chapter

Adaptive speciation

2004Role: text_match

student_paper

Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

2004Role: text_match

article

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

2004OikosRole: 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

article

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

article

Behavioral responses of yellow-bellied marmots to birds and mammals

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

thesis

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

2003Role: text_match

article

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

2003EcologyRole: text_match

article

Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

2003American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

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

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of ungulate herbivory and nutrient variation on pollen reciept in Ipomopsis aggregata

2002Role: pollinator

article

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

2001OecologiaRole: pollinator

article

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

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

article

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

2000EcologyRole: text_match

article

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

2000OikosRole: text_match

article

A test of the acoustic adaptation hypothesis in four species of marmots

1998Animal BehaviorRole: text_match

article

Hummingbird foraging at experimental patches of flowers: evidence for weak risk-aversion

1998Journal of Avian BiologyRole: text_match

article

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

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Analyzing pollinator-mediated selection in a plant hybrid zone: hummingbird visitation patterns on three spatial scales

1997American NaturalistRole: pollinator

article

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

1994American NaturalistRole: pollinator

student_paper

Foraging site preferences of rufous and broad-tailed hummingbirds

1994Role: text_match

article

Double keystone bird in a keystone species complex

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

article

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

1993Conservation BiologyRole: pollinator

article

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

1993Conservation BiologyRole: text_match

article

Migration of rufous hummingbirds

1993WildbirdRole: text_match

article

Resource and pollen limitations to lifetime seed production in a natural plant population

1993EcologyRole: pollinator

article

The spatial scale of genetic differentiation in a hummingbird-pollinated plant: comparison with models of isolation by distance

1992American NaturalistRole: pollinator

article

Components of Phenotypic Selection: pollen export and flower corolla width in Ipomopsis aggregata

1991EvolutionRole: pollinator

article

Effects of floral traits on sequential components of fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

1991American NaturalistRole: pollinator

article

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

1989AukRole: text_match

article

Inflorescence size: test of the male function hypothesis

1989American Journal of BotanyRole: pollinator

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

article

Southbound through Colorado: migration of rufous hummingbirds

1987National Geographic ResearchRole: text_match

article

The effect of nectar guides on pollinator preference: experimental studies with a montane herb

1985OecologiaRole: pollinator / study subject

article

Nectar feeding, diuresis, and electrolyte replacement of hummingbirds

1983Physiological ZoologyRole: text_match

article

Nectar production patterns in Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae)

1983American Journal of BotanyRole: pollinator

article

Foraging in bumblebees: rule of departure from an inflorescence

1982Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: referenced comparison species

student_paper

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

1982Role: text_match

article

Optimal foraging in hummingbirds: rule of movement between inflorescences

1981Animal BehaviourRole: study subject / pollinator (fo

article

Spatial and temporal components of resource assessment by flower-feeding insects

1981Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

article

Effective mutualism between sequentially flowering plant species

1979NatureRole: pollinator (migratory transien

article

Pollen dispersal and optimal outcrossing in Delphinium nelsoni

1979NatureRole: pollinator

article

Competition for hummingbird pollination and sequential flowering in two Colorado wildflowers

1978EcologyRole: pollinator

article

Interspecific pollen transfer and competition between co-occurring plant species

1978OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Aspects of circulatory physiology of montane and lowland birds

1976Comparative Biochemistry and PhysiologyRole: study subject

article

Energetics of small body size and high latitude: the rufous humming bird in Coastal Alaska

1976International Journal of BiometearologyRole: text_match

article

Microhabitat selection during nesting of hummingbirds in the Rocky Mountains

1973EcologyRole: referenced comparison species

article

Territorial behavior in fall migrant rufous hummingbirds

1955Field and StudyRole: text_match

student_paper

Rufous hummingbirds: feeding requirements & general management

0Role: text_match

Selasphorus rufus

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 75 entities)

Publications (120)

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

Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation

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

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

Documents (4)

Beaver Pond Ecosystems and Their Relationships to Multi-Use Natural Resource Management

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Selasphorus platycercus

Ipomopsis aggregata

Rufous Hummingbird

Polemoniaceae

Delphinium

Bombus

Achnatherum nelsonii

Polemonium

Bombus bifarius

Polemonium viscosum

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

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

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

The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

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

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

Drought, pollen and nectar availability, and pollination success

Heterospecific pollen deposition in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

Road Dust, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> Seed Count, and attack by <i>Hylemya</i> Fliesâ€”Are they Linked?

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?

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.

Behavioral response of Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows towards an interspecific competitor

Behavioral response of Mountain White-Crowned Sparrows towards an interspecific competitor

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

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

Acoustic monitoring in terrestrial environments using microphone arrays: applications, technological considerations and prospectus

Additive effects of herbivory, nectar robbing and seed predation on male and female fitness components of the host plant <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

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

Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

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

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

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

The effects of nutrient addition on floral characters and pollination in two subalpine plants, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> and <i>Linum lewisii</i>

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

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?

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

Life-history consequences of vegetative damage in scarlet gilia, a monocarpic plant

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>

The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

Developing an evolutionary ecology of fear: how life history and natural history traits affect disturbance tolerance in birds