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The functional response of Bombus sp. in multi-resource environments

Principal Investigator: Sabine Dritz
Status: active
Field: Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas: Community ecology; Modeling; Pollination; Species Interactions; Theory
Items: 69 (50 publications, 15 datasets, 4 documents)

Publications (50)

Student Paper

Foraging behavior in <i>Bombus</i> spp

1980
Student Paper

Resource utilization in bumblebees: a study of <i>Bombus oppositus</i> and <i>Bombus flavifrons</i>

1980
Student Paper

Effects of Bombus removals on Diptera Foraging Behaviors.

2014
Student Paper

Foraging behavior of bumblebees (<i>Bombus</i> spp.)

1980
Student Paper

Optimal foraging: a test in bumblebees

1982
Student Paper

The dispersion of nectar resources as a result of bumblebee foraging

1983
Article

Resource partitioning and per-flower foraging efficiency in two bumblebee species

1996American Midland Naturalist
Thesis

Resource partitioning and community structure: A study of bumblebees in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

1976
Article

Resource partitioning in bumblebees

1977Journal of the New York Entomological Society
Thesis

Bee foraging in space and time: linking individual behaviour to pollination

2014
Book

The natural history of bumblebees

2001
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

Bumblebee foraging behavior: the roles of floral scent and color

1994
Student Paper

Temporal Patterns in Foraging activity of Colorado Montane Bumblebees.

2014
Student Paper

Thermal reguation of bumblebees

1973
Student Paper

Specialization and foraging ergonomics in a subalpine bumblebee <i>Bombus appositus</i> (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

1997
Student Paper

Foraging behavior of bumblebees and hummingbirds

1982
Article

Behavior of inexperienced bumble bees toward spatial clumping of nectar

2007Entomologia Generalis
Article

Categorization of food types enhances foraging performance of bumble bees

1994Animal Behaviour
Student Paper

Using abiotic factors to predict seasonal bee abundance.

2014
Student Paper

Population relationships of bees and bee mimic flies

1973
Article

Bumblebee foraging: the threshold departure rule

1985Ecology
Article

Field measures of flower constancy in bumblebees

1981American Midland NaturalistDOI: 10.2307/2424756
Article

Bumblebee foraging: energetic consequences of using a threshold departure rule

1985Ecology
Student Paper

Bumblebee foraging patterns on <i>Frasera speciosa</i> inflorescences or, a monumental approach to Gothic queens

1983
Student Paper

Plant and insect diversity and abundance: resilience in response to human disturbance

1997
Chapter

Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

2011
Article

Skewed flowering distributions and bumblebees

1980American Midland Naturalist
Student Paper

Flower constancy in bees: yes or no?

1982
Article

Optimal foraging: random movement by pollen collecting bumblebees

1982OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/bf00389020
Article

Factors affecting pollinator visitation rates: a biogeographic comparison

1993Current Science
Article

Background complexity affects colour preference in bumble bees

2009Naturwissenschaften
Student Paper

The influence of different types of disturbance on insect diversity

1995
Student Paper

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

2003
Student Paper

Specificity of pollinators in mountain meadows

1973
Thesis

How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?

2019
Thesis

Organization of a plant-pollinator community in a seasonal environment

1984
Article

Trapline foraging by bumble bees: III. Temporal patterning of visits

1998Behavioral Ecology
Article

Optimal foraging in bumblebees and coevolution with their plants

1978OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/bf00348054
Article

Community and evolutionary ecology of nectar.

2004Ecology
Thesis

The role of fly pollination in montane habitats

1990
Chapter

Cognitive Ecology of Pollination

2001
Thesis

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

2003
Student Paper

Correlation of environmental parameters and insect abundance to bat foraging patterns

1995
Student Paper

Shifts in the altitudinal distribution of bumblebees near Gothic, Colorado

1998
Student Paper

Constancy of bumblebees

1982
Article

Pollination potential of male bumble bees (<i>Bombus impatiens</i>): movement patterns and pollen-transfer efficiency

2010Journal of Pollination Ecology
Student Paper

Montane grassland butterflies: a survey of nectar feeding rates

1988
Article

Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1060-z
Student Paper

Nectar reward and pollinator specificity

1983

Datasets (15)

Dataset

data for functional group analyses

2015DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/3
Dataset

Supplementary material from "Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators"

2025DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7948797
Dataset

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

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b5h65
Dataset

An organizing feature of bumble bee life history: worker emergence promotes queen reproduction and survival in young nests

2021DOI: 10.5061/dryad.jdfn2z383
Dataset

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

2025DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cc2fqz6g9
Dataset

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

2021DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ns1rn8psn
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

Ready for NMDS VOUCHERED BEES ONLY

2015DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/4
Dataset

Abundance richness and evenness data VOUCHERED BEES

2015DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/1
Dataset

Yearly bee catch data

2015DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j/5
Dataset

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

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4sd09
Dataset

Data from: The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5385j
Dataset

Dispersal of pollen analogue by Valeriana edulis pollinators

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

Pollination neighborhood survey data

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

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

2021DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t76hdr7zc