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pollinator foraging behavior

Scope: behavioral ecology
Papers: 114 | Mentions: 134

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Definition

Behavioral choices and time allocation patterns of pollinators when visiting flowers, including flower choice, handling time, and visitation frequency

Related Terms (77)

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Publications (129)

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

2024measured
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The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies

2023Ecological Entomologycentral
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In your stomach or in your nectar? Disentangling the effects of two pollination-related yeasts on bumblebee behavior and foraging

2023measured
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Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

2023measured
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Plasticity in Ipomopsis flower color and nectar production over space and time in response to water availability

2023measured
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Do dandelions compete with native plants for pollinator visits?

2023central
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Early Snowmelt’s Effects on Floral Traits and Rewards of Two Subalpine Plant Species

2023measured
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The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023measured variable
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Community context mediates effects of pollinator loss on seed production

2023Ecospheremeasured
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Determining changes in floral volatile composition of <i> Ipomopsis aggregata </i> in response to nectar robbing and its associated microorganisms

2022referenced
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Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

2022tested
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Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022measured variable
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Earlier snow melt and reduced summer precipitation alter floral traits important to pollination

2022Global Change Biologymeasured variable
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Nectar addition changes pollinator behavior but not plant reproduction in pollen rewarding <i> Lupinus argenteus</i>

2021American Journal of Botanycentral
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How worthwhile are pollination networks?

2021Journal of Pollination Ecologyreferenced
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Pollination Preferences of <i> Geranium richardsonii </i> Between Bee and Fly Species at High and Low Elevations

2021central
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Effects of high temperature and early snowmelt on floral morphology and volatile organic compounds in <i> Ipomopsis aggregata </i>

2021measured
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The effect of early snowmelt on pollination: A study of four Rocky Mountain subalpine plant species

2021referenced
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Nectar Variation in Simple and Compound Flowers; and its Effects on Plant Pollinator Interactions

2021central
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Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages

2021American Naturalistmeasured variable
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Butterfly foraging and the dispersal of microbes among & within flowers

2020framework
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Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

2020methodological
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Flying by night: Comparing crepuscular pollinator networks across two sites in Western North America

2020tested
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Early snowmelt and warming independently drive the reproductive phenology of subalpine wildflowers

2020measured variable
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The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

2019Student papertested
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Observing pollinator trait variation in relation to niche breadth in seasons of high and low precipitation

2019central
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Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

2019central
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Volatile organic compounds as signals for pollinators and their consistency across years

2019measured
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Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019measured variable
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Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

2019measured variable
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Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

2019measured variable
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Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019primary focus
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Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of Botanycentral
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Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American Naturalisttested
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The effect of surrounding bloom color on pan trap success in sampling Rocky Mountain bees

2018tested
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Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018measured variable
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Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

2018Oikostested
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Shifts in water availability mediate plant–pollinator interactions

2017New Phytologisttested
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Pollinator traits and competitive context shape dynamic foraging behavior in bee communities

2017bioRxivframework
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Comment on Cognition-mediated evolution of low-quality floral nectars.

2017Sciencereferenced
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Variation in bill morphology and pollen prevalence in the Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (<i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>)

2017referenced
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The Effect of Dominant Floral Resource Removal on Plant-Pollinator Interactions

2017referenced
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The Effect of Dominant Floral Resource Removal on Plant-Pollinator Interactions

2017tested
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Consequences of Nectar Robbing in Colorado Wildflowers: Insect Variation and Nectar Sugar Concentration

2017referenced
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Do the differing pollen foraging strategies of <i>Megachile sp.</i> and <i>Bombus spp.</i> result in differing pollen removal and deposition rates in <i>Lupinus bakeri</i>?

2017central
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Effects of Climate Changes on Ecologically Important Bees and Flowers

2017measured
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Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

2017Oikosmeasured
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The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016framework
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Road Dust, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> Seed Count, and attack by <i>Hylemya</i> Flies—Are they Linked?

2016central
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Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016primary focus
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Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in <i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>

2016measured
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Effects of Bombus Pollinator Removal on Fly Foraging Behavior.

2015measured
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Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

2015Evolutiontested
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Using the literature to test pollination syndromes - some methodological cautions

2015Journal of Pollination Ecologycentral
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Environmental Correlates and Fitness Consequences of a Flower Color Polymorphism in Boechera stricta.

2015referenced
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Fungal Phytopathogens Decrease Plant-Insect Interactions.

2015measured
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Quantifying within-season floral trait distributions of flowers in Colorado Rocky Mountain sub-alpine dry meadows.

2015referenced
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The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015context
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The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015measured variable
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The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015primary focus
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Nectar Yeasts in the Tall Larkspur <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i> (Ranunculaceae) and Effects on Components of Pollinator Foraging Behavior

2014PloS onecentral
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Associational effects of E. speciosus and E. elatior on their pollinators and seed predators.

2014framework
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The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

2014tested
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Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination Ecologycentral
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Floral scent in natural hybrids of <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae) and their two parental species

2014Annals of Botanyframework
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Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination Ecologyreferenced
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Nectar dwelling yeasts and their effects on pollinator preference

2013framework
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Nectar dwelling yeasts and their effects on pollinator preference

2013tested
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Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

2013Biochemical Systematics and Ecologymeasured
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Comparing <i>Bombus</i> pollinator efficacies in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i> (Ranunculaceae) reproductive success

2013referenced
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Effects of floral diversity and density on fly (<i>Diptera:Bombyliidae and Syrphidae</i>) floral foraging fidelity in subalpine meadows

2012central
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The effects of floral traits on the behaviors of pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators in a gynodioecious species, <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>.

2012tested
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"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012framework
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Single-visit pollination efficacy of <i>psithyrus insularism</i> and <i>megachile</i> on <i>chamerion augustifolium</i>

2012framework
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Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species

2011Ecological Entomologycentral
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Diptera behavioral response to targeted <i>Bombus</i> removal

2011framework
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Effects of multi-species interactions in gynodioecious populations of <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>

2010central
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Nectar and pollen rewards of invasive plants and their native congeners

2010central
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Nectar and pollen rewards of invasive plants and their native congeners

2010framework
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Testing the oviposition cues that drive preference of <i></i>Hylemya<i></i> for different sexes of <i></i>Polemonium foliosissimum<i></i>

2010tested
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A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of <i></i>Polemonium foliosissimum<i></i> (Polemoniaceae)

2010measured
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Mosquitoes: more likely nectar thieves than pollinators

2010framework
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Effects of altitude on co-flowering phenology in a montane wildflower community

2010referenced
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A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of <i></i>Polemonium foliosissimum<i></i> (Polemoniaceae)

2010framework
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Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010measured variable
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A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of <i></i>Polemonium foliosissimum<i></i> (Polemoniaceae)

2010referenced
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A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis

2009Annals of Botanycentral
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Genetic and morphological patterns show variation in frequency of hybrids between <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoneaceae) zones of sympatry

2009Heredityframework
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The effects of nutrient addition on floral characters and pollination in two subalpine plants, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> and <i>Linum lewisii</i>

2009Plant Ecologymeasured variable
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Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of Botanycentral
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Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of Botanytested
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A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis

2009Annals of Botanyreferenced
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Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009tested
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Effects of nectar robbing on pollen deposition and hummingbird-pollinator behavior in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2009central
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Helianthella quinquernervis ray floret removal: effect on insect visitation frequency

2009central
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Helianthella quinquernervis ray floret removal: effect on insect visitation frequency

2009tested
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The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009measured variable
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Butterfly foraging behavior: can butterflies detect nectar in flowering plants?

2008central
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Pollinator-mediate selection in Ipomopsis aggregata: does correlational selection explain floral phenotypes?

2008central
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Flower preference and constancy in four butterfly species

2007referenced
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Flower preference and constancy in four butterfly species

2007central
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Are native bees picky enough? The effect of an invasive plant, <i>Linaria vulgaris</i>, on the foraging of native bee pollinators

2006measured
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Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006measured variable
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Hybridization and pollinator behavior in <i>Castilleja</i> (Orobanchaceae)

2006central
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The Timing of Floral Color Change in Lupinus argenteus

2005tested
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The effects of the invasive plant <i>Linaria vulgaris</i> on native plant fitness and pollinator behavior

2005central
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Effects of Interspecific Pollen Transfer (IPT) in a Specialist and a Generalist Flower

2005framework
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The Timing of Floral Color Change in Lupinus argenteus

2005framework
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Adaptive speciation

2004framework
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DOES LINARIA VULGARIS, AN INVASIVE, INTERFERE WITH THE POLLINATION OF THE NATIVE SPECIES, POTENTILLA PULCHERRIMA?

2004central
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<i>Cardamine cordifolia</i> Pollination effects on seed and fruit production

2004measured
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The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004measured variable
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The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004TSpacemeasured variable
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The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense

2004Ecologycentral
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Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in <i>Penstemon</i>

2003Evolutioncentral
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Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American Naturalistcentral
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Nectar Robbing in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

1998Oecologiameasured
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A trade-off between the frequency and duration of bumblebee visits to flowers

1998Oecologiacentral
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Heterogeneity among floral visitors leads to discordance between removal and deposition of pollen

1991Ecologycentral