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Aquilegia

Common names: columbine

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae

Roles: study subject, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 18728

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 85 | Mentions: 107

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Publications (86)

student_paper

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

2025Role: text_match

article

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

2025Ecological EntomologyRole: 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

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

Elucidating the influence of a nectar yeast and nectar robbing on bumblebee foraging tactic constancy

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2024Role: text_match

article

Documents (12)

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

environmental assessment

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

technical report

The Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program

Show 2 more documents

environmental assessment

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

Co-occurring Species

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae51 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae51 shared papers

I. aggregata

49 shared papers

Hummingbird

43 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae43 shared papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae37 shared papers

Mertensia

Boraginaceae36 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae36 shared papers

Castilleja

Orobanchaceae36 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae36 shared papers

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

2024PlantsRole: text_match

article

Evolvability and trait function predict phenotypic divergence of plant populations

2023Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRole: 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

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The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023Role: study subject

article

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

2022Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Genetic and spatial variation in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone

2022American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

2022American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022Role: text_match

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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

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

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

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

2019Journal of Plant EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

2018http://hdl.handle.net/10150/628436Role: text_match

other

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

2017Aquilegia: Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant SocietyRole: text_match

student_paper

The maintenance of flower colour polymorphism in self-pollinating Boechera stricta

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in Selasphorus platycercus

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Individual variation in plant traits drives species interactions, ecosystem functioning, and responses to global change.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

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Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

2015EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Environmental Correlates and Fitness Consequences of a Flower Color Polymorphism in Boechera stricta.

2015Role: text_match

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The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

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Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

article

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

2014EcologyRole: text_match

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

2014Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

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Inferring climate from angiosperm leaf venation networks

2014New PhytologistRole: text_match

student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

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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

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

2013Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine ResearchRole: 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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The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of hemiparasitism by Castilleja spp on community structure in alpine ecosystems

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The Landscape of Fear and Trophic Cascades: Does Human Presence at RMBL Affect Deer Behavior?

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of an introduced predator scent on mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) browsing activities in meadow habitats in Gothic, Colorado

2010Role: text_match

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Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

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

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Genetic and morphological patterns show variation in frequency of hybrids between Ipomopsis (Polemoneaceae) zones of sympatry

2009HeredityRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2009Role: text_match

article

Pollinators of the Rocky Mountain columbine: temporal variation, functional groups and associations with floral traits

2009Annals of BotanyRole: 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

article

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

2008Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenRole: text_match

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Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

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

2006Role: text_match

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Impact of insect pollinator group and floral display size on outcrossing rate

2006EvolutionRole: text_match

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Ecophysiology of first and second generation hybrids in a natural plant hybrid zone

2005OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

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

2005Role: text_match

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

2005OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of Mule Deer Herbivory on Herbaceous Vegetation in the Gothic Area, with Focus on Aquilegia coerulea

2005Role: text_match

chapter

Adaptive speciation

2004Role: text_match

student_paper

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

2004Role: text_match

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

2004TSpaceRole: habitat component

thesis

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

2004TSpaceRole: study subject

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

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Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: 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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Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

2000EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Comparison of Aquilegia coerulea and Urtica gracilis growing on and off talus

1998Role: text_match

student_paper

Time of day and visitation affects on nectar volumes throughout the day in Aquilegia caerulea

1997Role: text_match

article

Male reproductive success and variation in fruit and seed set in Aquilegia carerulea (Ranunculaceae)

1996EcologyRole: text_match

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Inbreeding depression and maternal effects on Aquilegia caerulea, a partially selfing plant

1994EcologyRole: text_match

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Quantitative genetics of sequential life-history and juvenile traits in the partially selfing perennial, Aquilegia caerulea

1994EvolutionRole: 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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Relative success of self and outcross pollen comparing mixed- and single-donor pollinations in Aquilegia caerulea

1992EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Postpollination selection, progeny performance, and the genetic basis of fitness traits in Aquilegia caerulea (Ranunculaceae)

1991Role: text_match

student_paper

Resource availability and gender variation among flowers on inflorescences of Aquilegia caerulea

1991Role: text_match

student_paper

Variation in receptive stigma time after pollination of Aquilegia caerulea

1991Role: text_match

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Population biology of Aquilegia micrantha

1988Role: text_match

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The pollination ecology of Aquilegia micrantha (Ranunculaceae) in Colorado

1983Southwestern NaturalistRole: text_match

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Hawkmoths and the geographic patterns of floral variation in Aquilegia caerulea

1981EvolutionRole: text_match

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Aboveground productivity and floristic structure of a high subalpine herbaceous meadow

1979Arctic and Alpine ResearchRole: text_match

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

1978American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Pollination biology and population resources in the genus Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae)

1974Role: text_match

student_paper

Polymorphism in Aquilegia caerula

1973Role: text_match

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Evidence of introgressive hybridization and mutation in certain Colorado populations of Aquilegia

1957Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of ScienceRole: text_match

environmental assessment

Aquilegia

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 78 entities)

Publications (86)

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

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

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

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

Elucidating the influence of a nectar yeast and nectar robbing on bumblebee foraging tactic constancy

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

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

Documents (12)

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

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Moist Forests

Mount Emmons Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement Ch. 3 & 4

Prospects The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory at Gothic

The Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program

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

Co-occurring Species

Ipomopsis

Delphinium

I. aggregata

Hummingbird

Ipomopsis aggregata

Erigeron

Mertensia

Potentilla

Castilleja

Asteraceae

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

Evolvability and trait function predict phenotypic divergence of plant populations

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

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

Genetic and spatial variation in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone

The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

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

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

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

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

Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

The maintenance of flower colour polymorphism in self-pollinating <i>Boechera stricta</i>

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in <i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>

Individual variation in plant traits drives species interactions, ecosystem functioning, and responses to global change.

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

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

Environmental Correlates and Fitness Consequences of a Flower Color Polymorphism in Boechera stricta.

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

Floral scent in natural hybrids of <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae) and their two parental species

Inferring climate from angiosperm leaf venation networks

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

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

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

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

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

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

A comparative study of plant species diversity on three historic mining sites

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

The effects of hemiparasitism by <i> Castilleja</i> spp on community structure in alpine ecosystems

The Landscape of Fear and Trophic Cascades: Does Human Presence at RMBL Affect Deer Behavior?

The effect of an introduced predator scent on mule deer (</i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) browsing activities in meadow habitats in Gothic, Colorado

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

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

Genetic and morphological patterns show variation in frequency of hybrids between <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoneaceae) zones of sympatry

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

Pollinators of the Rocky Mountain columbine: temporal variation, functional groups and associations with floral traits

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

Species richness along an elevational gradient

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

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

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community