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Impacts of dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) on plant-pollinator networks

Principal Investigator: Ruben Alarcon
Status: active
Field: Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas: Community ecology; Food web biology; Insect biology; Pollination
Items: 74 (56 publications, 16 datasets, 2 documents)

Publications (56)

Article

A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis

2009Annals of BotanyDOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp031
Student Paper

The effects of ungulate herbivory on phenology, pollination, and reproductive success in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

1999
Article

Pollen allelopathy: Taraxacum officinale pollen depresses seed set of montane wildflowers

2014Journal of Pollination Ecology
Student Paper

Reproductive strategies in <i>Taraxacum officinale</i>

1973
Student Paper

Effect of Thysanoptera on the reproductive success of <i>Tragopogon dubius</i>

1985
Thesis

The effects of plant quality on bumblebee visitation and seed production in <i>Frasera speciosa</i> (Gentianaceae)

1985
Student Paper

Effects of "nectar guides" on pollinator visitation and seed set

1991
Article

Breeding bird density does not drive vocal individuality

2012Current ZoologyDOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.5.765
Thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004
Article

Reproductive isolation and hybrid pollen disadvantage in <i>Ipomopsis</i>

2003Journal of Evolutionary BiologyDOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00538.x
Article

Absence of conspecific pollen advantage in the dynamics of an <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae) hybrid zone

2000American Journal of Botany
Student Paper

Pollen competition and the frequency of hybridization between two species of <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae)

1998
Article

Do dandelion flowers influence seed set of a native plant (<i></i>Delphinium nuttallianum<i></i>) in subalpine meadows?

2004American Midland Naturalist
Student Paper

Effects of herbivory on visitation rates of pollinators and antagonists to <i>Ipomopsis aggregtata</i>

2003
Chapter

Plant-pollinator interactions: from specialization to generalization

2005
Thesis

Microbial mediation of plant-pollinator interactions

2014
Thesis

The ecological effects of nectar robbers, with an emphasis on the reproductive biology of <i>Corydalis caseana</i>

1999
Thesis

Competition and cooperation in plant/pollinator systems

1978
Student Paper

The effect of herbivory on nectar production of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

1992
Thesis

The role of fly pollination in montane habitats

1990
Thesis

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring

2023
Student Paper

The dispersion of nectar resources as a result of bumblebee foraging

1983
Student Paper

The effect of inflorescence number on bee behavior in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>

1994
Student Paper

The effects of nectar robbing on the reproductive success of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

1993
Student Paper

Specificity of pollinators in mountain meadows

1973
Student Paper

Determining the relationship between an invasive plant, cirsium arvense, and insect species richness

2002
Student Paper

Effects of Bombus removals on Diptera Foraging Behaviors.

2014
Thesis

Effect of competition for pollination on the ecology and evolution of a hummingbird-pollinated plant, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

1999
Student Paper

Linking pollinator behavior and pollen receipt in Ipomopsis aggregata

2001
Student Paper

Relating Pollinator Foraging Behavior to Potential for Self-fertilization in Delphenium barbeyi Different Floral Display Sizes.

2015
Article

Effects of spatial patterning of co-flowering plant species on pollination quantity and purity

2018Annals of Botany
Article

Endangered mutualisms: the conservaiton of plant-pollinator interactions

1998Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics
Student Paper

Nectar dispersion and bumblebee foraging in <i>Delphinium nelsonii</i>

1983
Student Paper

The effects of floral morphology on interspecific pollen transfer in <i>Ipomopsis</i>

1991
Thesis

Organization of a plant-pollinator community in a seasonal environment

1984
Thesis

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023
Student Paper

The foraging behavior of bees in response to the floral biology of <i>Frasera speciosa</i> (Gentianaceae)

2003
Thesis

Herbivory and pollination in hemiparasitic plants: effects of host plant and host-obtained alkaloids

2000
Student Paper

Natural variation in pollinator composition and services: effects on the reproductive success of <i></i>Ipomopsis aggregata<i></i>

1997
Thesis

Effects of nectar-robbing bumblebees on hummingbird-pollinator behavior and plant reproductive success in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> (Polemoniaceae)

2000
Thesis

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

2022
Student Paper

Bumblebee foraging: can observed preferences of two bee species be explained by their foraging efficiencies on flowers of two different plant species?

1993
Student Paper

Specificity of pollinating butterflies

1973
Thesis

Pollination biology and population resources in the genus <i>Aquilegia</i> (Ranunculaceae)

1974
Article

Skewed flowering distributions and bumblebees

1980American Midland Naturalist
Student Paper

The influence of flower color alteration on pollinator visitations to <i>Linaria vulgaris</i>, <i>Epilobium augustifolium</i>, and <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

1986
Article

Does pollination limit tolerance to browsing in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>?

2004Oecologia
Student Paper

The bigger the patch the better the buzz: pollinator visitation in relation to floral display in <i></i>Delphinium barbeyi<i></i>

2008
Student Paper

The effects of road proximity on pollinator visit to <i>Mertensia ciliata</i>

1997
Student Paper

Utilization of naturalized mustard Thlaspi arvense by insect enemies.

2015

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Datasets (16)

Dataset

Data from: Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

2025DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cc2fqz6g9
Dataset

Dispersal of pollen analogue by Valeriana edulis pollinators

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/8
Dataset

Data from: Experimental species removals impact the architecture of pollination networks

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b5h65
Dataset

Impacts of beekeeping on wild bee diversity and pollination networks in the Aegean Archipelago

2021DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ns1rn8psn
Dataset

Data from: Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

2023DOI: 10.7280/D1JM40
Dataset

Data from: Foraging efficiency and size matching in a plant – pollinator community: the importance of sugar content and tongue length

2020DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2s74q4
Dataset

Data from: Quantifying direct vs. indirect effects of nectar robbers on male and female components of plant fitness

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.p33fm
Dataset

Data from: Asteraceae pollen provisions protect Osmia mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4sd09
Dataset

Data from: Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.tf71f
Dataset

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2021DOI: 10.7280/D19X0D
Dataset

Global Bee Interaction Data

2025DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14624975
Dataset

Data from: Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s91p4
Dataset

Pollination neighborhood survey data

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/10
Dataset

Data from: Attract or defend? Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019DOI: 10.5061/dryad.586f011
Dataset

Pollinator visitation on Na-enriched plants in a subalpine meadow

2023DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7h44j1018
Dataset

Global Bee Interaction Data

2024DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12639658