Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Floral Evolution
investigates how pollinators shape the evolution of flower traits and plant reproduction, helping us understand how species adapt and diversify in response to ecological pressures.
Concept (26) →
frequency-dependent selection
Selection where individual fitness depends on the local frequency rather than global frequency, creating population structure with groups varying in g...
integral projection models
Demographic models that project population dynamics using continuous size or stage distributions
ecological speciation
The formation of new species involves divergence of phenotypes and development of reproductive isolation, where initial divergence results from diverg...
hybridization
Interbreeding between taxa that alters the pool of genetic variation available for population responses to changing environments
balancing selection
Selection that maintains multiple alleles in a population at frequencies above those expected from mutation alone
gene flow
Movement of genes between populations through migration and reproduction
population growth rate
Per-capita population growth rate λ calculated as the dominant eigenvalue of the projection matrix at equilibrium
species range limits
The geographic or environmental boundaries beyond which species cannot persist, potentially influenced by biotic interactions
hybrid zone
A geographic region where genetically distinct populations meet and produce offspring of mixed ancestry
floral volatile organic compounds
Chemical compounds emitted by flowers that contribute to floral scent and can influence pollinator attraction and plant-herbivore interactions
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self-pollination
Reproduction in which pollen from a flower fertilizes ovules in the same flower or on the same plant
open-top chambers
Transparent chambers commonly used in climate change experiments to raise air and soil temperature in remote areas by creating a passive warming effec...
dust deposition
Fine particulate matter generated by vehicular traffic on unpaved roads that settles on plant surfaces
self-incompatibility
Genetic mechanisms that prevent self-fertilization by recognition and rejection of self pollen
pollinator visual space
Mathematical models that represent how different pollinators perceive color based on their photoreceptor sensitivities and opponent color processing
duration
multidimensional phenospace
The extent of possible variation in a particular phenotypic trait where different dimensions represent the extent of phenotypic variation in two trait...
opportunity trade-offs
Conflicts between opportunities of a flower to receive fitness contributions from different visitor groups due to competition over limited floral reso...
floral scent
chromatic contrast
Color-based visual contrast as perceived by animal visual systems
visitation rates
flower sex phases
Sequential developmental stages of individual flowers progressing through male phases (M1, M2), inter-phase, and female phase
floral longevity
The duration from when a flower's corolla first opens until either the corolla falls off or the stigma closes after opening
seed set
The number and proportion of developed seeds produced by an individual plant, used as a measure of fecundity
floral constancy
The tendency for flower foragers to visit a single flower species during foraging trips even when alternative rewarding species are available
herbivore preference
Selective feeding behavior of herbivores that favors certain plant traits or genotypes over others
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Integral Projection Model
Size-structured population model that incorporates climate effects on vital rates to project population dynamics and calculate population growth rates...
reciprocal transplant experiment
Multi-site common garden experiment using controlled crosses to partition genetic and environmental variance in vegetative and floral traits across a ...
Phenotypic selection analysis
Quantified natural selection on floral traits by measuring relationships between trait values, pollinator visitation rates, and reproductive success. ...
herbivore exclosure experiment (Plantae)
Factorial experiment using wire mesh and chicken wire fencing to exclude mammalian herbivores (ungulates and gophers) from transplanted alpine plants ...
Starch gel electrophoresis (Polemoniaceae)
Standard enzyme electrophoresis technique used to determine genotypes at the 6PGD-2 locus for parentage assignment. Distinguishes between homozygous m...
reflectance spectrophotometry
Standardized measurement of floral reflectance spectra using fiber optic probe positioned at fixed distance and angle from flower surface. Spectra col...
Silicon tubing volatile collection (Polemoniaceae)
Volatile organic compounds were sampled from single flowers using dynamic headspace sampling, then analyzed with thermal desorption gas chromatography...
Integral projection model (Brassicaceae)
Construction of Integral Projection Models using vital rate data to project population persistence under different climate scenarios and estimate stoc...
Plant fitness monitoring in field experiment (Plantae)
Repeated measurements of plant morphological traits (tillers, leaves, height) and survival tracking to assess fitness responses to experimental treatm...
Road dust impact on floral longevity experiment
Paired experimental design comparing floral development and longevity between plants receiving daily road dust applications versus undusted controls, ...
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Camera trap hummingbird visitation monitoring (Aves)
Time-lapse photography of individual flowers using motion-activated cameras to capture and quantify hummingbird feeding visits. Combined with machine ...
Specific leaf area (SLA) measurement
Standard protocol for measuring leaf traits by scanning fresh leaves, counting trichomes using ImageJ, then drying and weighing leaves to calculate sp...
Artificial flower UV exposure selection experiment
Controlled experiment using artificial flowers with discrete bullseye phenotypes exposed to UV-present vs UV-absent treatments to test UV-mediated sel...
focal animal sampling (Cervidae)
Controlled experiment using feeding stations paired with predator scent cues to test antipredator behavioral responses. Individual feeding times are r...
focal animal sampling
Standardized pellet count method for estimating deer density using systematic transect surveys with random placement. Identifies scat to species level...
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Publication (243) →
Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages
Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study
Competition for hummingbird pollination and sequential flowering in two Colorado wildflowers
Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes
Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics
Early snowmelt projected to cause population decline in a subalpine plant
Genetic and spatial variation in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone
Conditional Exploitation and Context-Dependent Fitness Consequences of Pollination Mutualisms
Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species
Resource and pollen limitations to lifetime seed production in a natural plant population
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Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt
Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species
Drought, pollen and nectar availability, and pollination success
Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species
Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system
Bridging the generation gap in plants: pollination, parental fecundity, and offspring demography
Predicting the contribution of single trait evolution to rescuing a plant population from demographic impacts of climate change
Phenotypic plasticity and selection on leaf traits in response to snowmelt timing and summer precipitation
Is Plant Fitness Proportional to Seed Set? An Experiment and a Spatial Model
Altered precipitation affects plant hybrids differently than their parental species
Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation
Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants
Analyzing pollinator-mediated selection in a plant hybrid zone: hummingbird visitation patterns on three spatial scales
The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities
Nectar addition changes pollinator behavior but not plant reproduction in pollen rewarding <i> Lupinus argenteus</i>
Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction
Measurements of selection in a hermaphroditic plant: variation in male and female pollination success
Clines in traits compared over two decades in a plant hybrid zone
Optimal foraging: movement patterns of bumblebees between inflorescences
Genetic and environmental variation in life-history traits of a monocarpic perennial: a decade-long field experiment
Direct and indirect effects of pollinators and seed predators to selection on plant and floral traits
Impact of nectar robbing on estimates of pollen flow: conceptual predictions and emperical outcomes
Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color
The terminology of floral larceny
Predispersal Seed Predation Obscures the Detrimental Effect of Dust on Wildflower Reproduction
Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species
Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior
The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense
Quantifying direct vs. indirect effects of nectar robbers on male and female components of plant fitness
Evolution of floral traits in a hermaphroditic plant: field measurements of heritabilities and genetic correlations
Ecophysiology of first and second generation hybrids in a natural plant hybrid zone
Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions
Density-dependent demographic responses of a semelparous plant to natural variation in seed rain
Bumblebee response to variation in nectar availability
Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber
Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?
Effects of floral traits on sequential components of fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata
Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs
Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers
Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?
Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers
Pollen presentation and pollination syndromes, with special reference to <i>Penstemon</i>
Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade
Effects of Local Density on Pollination and Reproduction in <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i> and <i>Aconitum columbianum</i> (Ranunculaceae)
Components of Phenotypic Selection: pollen export and flower corolla width in Ipomopsis aggregata
Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy
Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant
Effective mutualism between sequentially flowering plant species
A comparison of distances flown by different visitors to flowers of the same species
When resources don't rescue: flowering phenology and species interactions affect compensation to herbivory in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>
Reproductive isolation and hybrid pollen disadvantage in <i>Ipomopsis</i>
Pollen dispersal and optimal outcrossing in Delphinium nelsoni
Self-sterility in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> (Polemoniaceae) is due to prezygotic ovule degeneration
Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant
Photosynthetic and growth responses of reciprocal hybrids to variation in water and nitrogen availability
The effect of floral abundance on feeder censuses of hummingbird populations
Pollen transport and deposition by bumble bees in Erythronium: influences of floral nectar and bee grooming
A trade-off between the frequency and duration of bumblebee visits to flowers
Nectar production patterns in Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae)
Inflorescence size: test of the male function hypothesis
Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs
The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing
Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants
Seed set and seed mass in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>: variance partitioning and inferences about postpollination selection
An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage
Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions
A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis
Environmental stressors differentially affect leaf ecophysiological responses in two <i>Ipomopsis</i> species and their hybrids
Effects of experimental warming on plant reproductive phenology in a subalpine meadow
Leaf physiology reflects environmental differences and cytoplasmic background in <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrids
The behavioral ecology of nectar robbing: why be tactic constant?
Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers
Pollen and gene dispersal: the influences of competition for pollination
Trapline foraging by pollinators: its ontogeny, economics and possible consequences for plants
Pollination, breeding system, and genetic structure in two sympatric <i>Delphinium</i> (Ranunculaceae) species
The effects of a bumble bee nectar robber on plant reproductive success and pollinator behavior
Using the literature to test pollination syndromes - some methodological cautions
Pollinator behaviour and natural selection for flower colour in Delphinium nelsonii
Reproductive costs of self-pollination in Ipomopsis aggregata: are ovules usurped?
'Anti-bee' and 'pro-bird' changes during the evolution of hummingbird pollination in Penstemon flowers
Evolutionary options for maximizing pollen dispersal of animal-pollinated plants.
Optimal foraging in hummingbirds: testing the marginal value theorem
The spatial variation of leaf traits in <i> Ipomopsis </i> according to soil moisture and snow depth
Using phenotypic manipulations to study multivariate selection of floral trait associations
Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community
Pollinator-mediated selection on a flower color polymorphism in experimental populations of <i>Antirrhinum</i> (Scrophulariaceae)
Increasing aridity may threaten the maintenance of a plant defence polymorphism
Patchiness in the dispersion of nectar resources: evidence for hot and cold spots
Experimental studies of pollen carryover: hummingbirds and Ipomopsis aggregata
Pollinator choice and stabilizing selection for flower color in Delphinium nelsonii
Heterogeneity among floral visitors leads to discordance between removal and deposition of pollen
Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species
Optimal outcrossing in Ipomopsis aggregata: seed set and offspring fitness
Pollen precedence and stigma closure: a mechanism of competition for pollination between Delphinium nelsonii and Ipomopsis aggregata
The spatial scale of genetic differentiation in a hummingbird-pollinated plant: comparison with models of isolation by distance
Efficient harvesting of renewing resources
Pollinators of the Rocky Mountain columbine: temporal variation, functional groups and associations with floral traits
Spatial genetic heterogeneity in a population of the montane perennial plant Delphinium nelsonii
Costs and benefits of alternative food handling tactics help explain facultative exploitation of pollination mutualisms
Differential success of pollen donors in a self-compatible lily
Pollen transfer by natural hybrids and parental species in an <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrid zone
Optimal foraging in bumblebees and coevolution with their plants
Reproductive biology of a North American subalpine plant: <i>Corydalis caseana</i> A. Gray ssp. <i>brandegei</i> (S. Watson) G. B. Ownbey
Rescue of stranded pollen grains by secondary transfer
The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies
An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles
Dynamic nectar replenishment in flowers of <i>Penstemon</i> (Scrophulariaceae)
Comparing pollen dispersal and gene flow in a natural plant population
Genotype-by-environment interaction and the fitness of plant hybrids in the wild
Seed Dispersal by Ants in the Rocky Mountains
Experimental studies of pollen carryover: effects of floral variability in Ipomopsis aggregata
Plant reproduction and optimal foraging: experimental nectar manipulations in Delphinium nelsonii
Yeasts in nectar enhance male fitness in a montane perennial herb
Optimal nectar production in a hummingbird pollinated plant
The effect of Delphinium nelsonii pollen on seed set in Ipomopsis aggregata, a competitor for hummingbird pollination
Microhabitat selection during nesting of hummingbirds in the Rocky Mountains
Why red flowers are not invisible to bees
Indirect selection of stigma position in Ipomopsis aggregata via a genetically correlated trait
Relative success of self and outcross pollen comparing mixed- and single-donor pollinations in <i>Aquilegia caerulea</i>
Optimal foraging, plant density and the marginal value theorem
Flower constancy, insect psychology, and plant evolution
Variation in pollinator preference between two <i>Ipomopsis</i> contact sites that differ in hybridization rate
Interactions among nectar robbing, floral herbivory, and ant protection in <i>Linaria vulgaris</i>
Pollinator foraging behavior and gene dispersal in Senecio (Compositae)
Optimal foraging in hummingbirds: rule of movement between inflorescences
Floral pigmentation patterns provide an example of Gloger’s rule in plants
Evolutionary dynamics of an <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrid zone: confronting models with lifetime fitness data
Resistance to pre-dispersal seed predators in a natural hybrid zone
Optimal foraging in bumblebees: rule of movement between flowers within inflorescences
Dispersal of Erythronium grandiflorum pollen by bumblebees: implications for gene flow and reproductive success
The distribution of standing crop of nectar: what does it really tell us?
Food supply and nest timing of broad-tailed hummingbirds in the Rocky Mountains
Adaptive significance of flower color and inter-trait correlations in an <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrid zone
Variation in sex allocation and floral morphology in Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae)
Geitonogamy: the neglected side of selfing
Testing evolutionary and ecological hypotheses using path analysis and structural equation modelling
Optimal foraging in bumblebees: hunting by expectation
Reciprocal transplant experiments with Delphinium nelsonii (Ranunculaceae): evidence for local adaptation
The effect of nectar guides on pollinator preference: experimental studies with a montane herb
Floral color change in <i>Lupinus Argenteus</i> (Fabaceae): Why should plants advertise the location of unrewarding flowers to pollinators?
Hypothermia of broadtailed hummingbirds during incubation in nature with ecological correlations
Trapline foraging by bumblebees: I. Persistence of flight-path geometry
Hummingbird avoidance of nectar-robbed plants: spatial location or visual cues
Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors
Evolvability and trait function predict phenotypic divergence of plant populations
Bumblebee foraging responses to variation in floral scent and color in snapdragons (Antirrhinum: Scrophulariaceae)
Tests of pre- and postpollination barriers to hybridization between sympatric species of <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae)
The pollination ecology of Aquilegia elegantula and A. caerulea (Ranunculaceae) in Colorado
The evolution of plant mating systems: multilocus simulations of pollen dispersal
The effect of nectar production on neighborhood size
Quantitative genetics of sequential life-history and juvenile traits in the partially selfing perennial, <i>Aquilegia caerulea</i>
Seed dispersal in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae)
Pollinator flight directionality and the assessment of pollen returns
Impact of insect pollinator group and floral display size on outcrossing rate
Attracting pollinators and avoiding herbivores: insects influence plant traits within and across years
Consequences of secondary nectar robbing for male components of plant reproduction
Optimal foraging in bumblebees: calculation of net rate of energy intake and optimal patch choice
Optimal foraging: a case for random movement
Foraging in bumblebees: rule of departure from an inflorescence
Systematic increase in pollen carryover and its consequences for geitonogamy in plant populations
Optimal foraging: random movement by pollen collecting bumblebees
Context-dependent pollinator behavior: An explanation for patterns of hybridization among three species of Indian paintbrush
Floral sex allocation in sequentially blooming plants
The Nest Chemistry of Two Seed-Dispersing Ant SPecies
Sources of variation in plant reproductive success, and implications for concepts of sexual selection
Bumblebee foraging at a "hummingbird" flower: reward economics and floral choice
Oviposition patterns and larval success of a pre-dispersal seed predator attacking two confamilial host plants
On the temperature-dependency of optimal nectar concentrations for birds
A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades
Patchiness in the dispersion of nectar resources: probable causes
Hierarchical analysis of allozymic and morphometric variation in a montane herb, Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae)
Improving our chemistry: Challenges and opportunities in the interdisciplinary study of floral volatiles
Germination schedules of pollen grains: implications for pollen selection
Daylength and the hummingbird's use of time
Polyploidy in Indian paintbrush (<i>Castilleja</i>; Orobanchaccae) species shapes but does not prevent gene flow across species boundaries
Bedazzled by flowers
Trapline foraging by bumble bees: II. Definition and detection from sequence data
Pollen-pollen and pollen-style interactions during pollen tube growth in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae)
The timing of seed dispersal in Viola nuttallii: attraction of dispersers and avoidance of predators
Spatial and temporal components of resource assessment by flower-feeding insects
What plant ecologists can learn from zoology
An estimate of the heat balance of a nesting hummingbird in a chilling climate
Pollen tube attrition in Erythronium grandiflorum
Optimal foraging in bumblebees: why is nectar left behind in flowers?
Hypotheses for the evolution of dioecy in seed plants
Effects of floral traits, pollinator visitation, and plant size on Ipomopsis aggregata fruit production
Pollination, angiosperm speciation, and the nature of species boundaries
Patch dynamics of a foraging assemblage of bees
Patterns of color and nectar variation across an <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae) hybrid zone
Variation in pollen flow within and among populations of Ipomopsis aggregata
Multiple paternity in fruits of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> (Polemoniaceae)
Gender inequality in predispersal seed predation contributes to female seed set advantage in a gynodioecious species
The comparative biology of longevity and lifetime energetics
Nectar standing crops in Delphinium nelsonii flowers: spatial autocorrelation among plants?
Nectar feeding, diuresis, and electrolyte replacement of hummingbirds
Functions of staminate flowers in andromonoecious <i>Pseudocymopterus montanus</i> (Apiaceae, Apioideae)
Tangled trios?: Characterizing a hybrid zone in <i>Castilleja</i> (Orobanchaceae)
Hawkmoths and the geographic patterns of floral variation in Aquilegia caerulea
Crossing distance effects on prezygotic performance in plants: an argument for female choice
Aspects of circulatory physiology of montane and lowland birds
Interspecific pollen transfer and competition between co-occurring plant species
Calculating nectar production rates: residual nectar and optimal foraging
Flowering plant density and pollinator visitation in Senecio
Constrained lability in floral evolution: counting convergent origins of hummingbird pollination in <i>Keckiella</i> and <i>Penstemon</i>
Sex allocation in hermaphroditic plants
The ecology of avian incubation
Competition among pollinators: quantification of available resources
Possible impairment of nest-building of hummingbirds by acetate leg tags
Evolutionary options for maximizing pollen dispersal of animal-pollinated plants
Effects of ant mounds on soil chemistry and vegetation patterns in a montane Colorado meadow
The effect of plant density on departure decisions: testing the marginal value theorem using bumblebees and Delphinium nelsonii
Rates of nectar feeding in butterflies: effects of sex, size, age, and sugar concentration
Pollen discounting in Erythronium grandiflorum: mass-action estimates from pollen transfer dynamics
Size and abundance: breeding population density of the Calliope Hummingbird
Floral formula inconstancy within and among plants and populations of Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae)
Variation in pollen size, fertilization ability and postfertilization siring ability in Erythronium grandiflorum
Synchronization of speed, sound and iridescent color in a hummingbird aerial courtship dive
Why hummingbirds hover and honeyeaters perch
Tactics for male reproductive success in plants: contrasting insights of sex allocation theory and pollen presentation theory
An allometric approach to population cycles of mammals
Competition for pollination and the evolution of flowering time
The Probable Origin of the Soft-Shelled Turtle in the Colorado River Basin
The pollination ecology of Aquilegia micrantha (Ranunculaceae) in Colorado
Ecological scaling: mammals and birds
The hummingbird's restraint: a natural model for weight control
Adaptation of heart and lung weight to high altitude in the robin
Songbird and Medium‐Sized Mammal Communities Associated with Exurban Development in Pitkin County, Colorado
The relationship between flowering phenology and seed set in an herbaceous perennial plant, Polymonium foliosissimum Gray
Experimental tests of sex-allocation theory in plants
Spatial and temporal patterns of floral inconstancy in plants and populations of Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae)
Hummingbird foraging at experimental patches of flowers: evidence for weak risk-aversion
Reproduction in Polymonium: a five year study of seed production and implications for competition for pollinator service
When do hummingbirds use torpor in nature?
Dataset (29) →
Data from: Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics
Climate change can impact plant fitness and population persistence directly through changing abiotic conditions and indirectly through its effects on ...
Data from: Genetic and spatial variation in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone
Premise: Genetic variation influences potential for evolution to rescue populations from impacts of environmental change. Most studies of genetic vari...
Data from: Is plant fitness proportional to seed set? An experiment and a spatial model
Individual differences in fecundity often serve as proxies for differences in overall fitness, especially when it is difficult to track the fate of an...
Data from: Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages
Organismal traits often influence fitness via interactions with multiple species. That selection is not necessarily predictable from pairwise interact...
Effects of flowers on land surface albedo and soil microclimate
The phenology of vegetation, namely leaf-out and senescence, can influence the Earth’s climate over regional spatial scales and long time periods (e.g...
Data for: Predicting the contribution of single trait evolution to rescuing a plant population from demographic impacts of climate change
Evolutionary adaptation can allow a population to persist in the face of a new environmental challenge. With many populations now threatened by enviro...
Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species
Though rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesized to limit low-elevation range boundaries of species. We tested t...
Data from: Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen-pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community
Premise: Co-occurring plant species that share generalist pollinators often exchange pollen. This heterospecific pollen transfer (HPT) impacts male an...
Data from: Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers
In western North America, hummingbirds can be observed systematically visiting flowers that lack the typical reddish color, tubular morphology, and di...
Data for: Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species
In ecological speciation, incipient species diverge due to natural selection that is ecologically based. In flowering plants, different pollinators co...
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Data from: Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color
Reproductive isolation due to pollinator behavior is considered a key mode of speciation in flowering plants. Although floral scent is thought to medi...
Why are some plant—nectar robber interactions commensalisms?
Many plants that bear hidden or recessed floral nectar experience nectar robbing, the removal of nectar by a floral visitor through holes pierced in t...
Data from: Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant
Interactions between a native plant species and its pollinators, herbivores, or microbiome can be affected by the presence of non-native plant speci...
Pre-dispersal seed predation obscures the detrimental effect of dust on wildflower reproduction - flowering and egg phenology
Premise of the Research. Seed production by flowering plants depends on abiotic and biotic factors who...
Data for: Increasing aridity may threaten the maintenance of a plant defense polymorphism
It is unclear how environmental change influences standing genetic variation in wild populations. Here, we characterized environmental conditions that...
Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species (transplant and herbivore exclusion experiment and demographic data from natural populations), West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018
Though rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesized to limit low-elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the...
Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species, West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018
Though rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesized to limit low-elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the...
Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species, West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018
Though rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesized to limit low-elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the...
Potentilla flowering phenology for Cabin Clearing, Elk Meadows and Rainbow Meadows, 2019.
To understand parent-hybrid dynamics in cinquefoil (Potentilla) species in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, I am estimating environmental overlap among p...
Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species, West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018
Though rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesized to limit low-elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the...
Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species (transplant and herbivore exclusion experiment and demographic data from natural populations), West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018
Though rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesized to limit low-elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the...
Data from: Genomic and phenotypic architecture of a spruce hybrid zone (Picea sitchensis x P. glauca)
Interspecific hybridization may enhance the capacity of populations to adapt to changing environments, and has practical implications for reforestatio...
21 MHC Class II DRB alleles from Microtus montanus
FASTA file of 21 MHC Class II Mimo-DRB alleles recovered from a wild population of montane vole (Microtus montanus). Samples were obtained between 200...
Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species, West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018
Though rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesized to limit low-elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the...
Data supplementing Lichtenberg et al. (2020) Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy. Ecological Entomology
This dataset contains data and scripts that supplement the publication Lichtenberg et al. (2020) Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee ...
Gunnison sage-grouse predicted gene flow (conductance) surfaces, Colorado, United States
Habitat fragmentation and degradation impacts an organism's ability to navigate the landscape, ultimately resulting in decreased gene flow and increas...
Data from: Duplication and population dynamics shape historic patterns of selection and genetic variation at the major histocompatibility complex in rodents
Genetic variation at the MHC is vitally important for wildlife populations to respond to pathogen threats. Because natural populations can fluctuate g...
Population matrix models for Frasera speciosa from 1974 to 2008
This dataset contains the matrix population models for a population of Frasera speciosa in the Elk Mountains of southwestern Colorado, for the years 1...
Population matrix models for Frasera speciosa from 1974 to 2008
This dataset contains the matrix population models for a population of Frasera speciosa in the Elk Mountains of southwestern Colorado, for the years 1...