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Population ecology and evolutionary biology of solitary bees

Principal Investigator: Jessica Forrest
Status: active
Field: Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas: Animal Behavior; Climate change; Insect biology; Long-term research; Phenology; Pollination; Species Interactions
Items: 93 (76 publications, 13 datasets, 4 documents)

Publications (76)

Thesis

Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

2024
Thesis

Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia</i> spp.)

2016
Article

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

2025OikosDOI: 10.1111/oik.11151
Article

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

2025Global Change BiologyDOI: 10.1111/gcb.70289
Article

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

2021Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsDOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-011921-
Article

Two-year bee or not two-year bee? How voltinism is affected by temperature and season length in a high-elevation solitary bee

2019American NaturalistDOI: 10.1086/701826
Article

Interactions between bee foraging and floral resource phenology shape bee populations and communities

2017Current Opinion in Insect ScienceDOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.05.015
Article

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect <i>Osmia</i> mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016American NaturalistDOI: 10.1086/686241
Article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyDOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr093
Article

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological MonographsDOI: 10.1890/10-1885.1
Article

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

2010Phil. Trans. R. Soc. BDOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0145
Student Paper

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

2009
Article

Pollen limitation and cleistogamy in subalpine <i>Viola praemorsa</i>

2008BotanyDOI: 10.1139/b08-020
Thesis

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018
Student Paper

Population relationships of bees and bee mimic flies

1973
Book

The natural history of bumblebees

2001
Student Paper

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

1980
Student Paper

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

1980
Thesis

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

2014
Student Paper

Effects of Bombus removals on Diptera Foraging Behaviors.

2014
Student Paper

Foraging behavior of bumblebees and hummingbirds

1982
Student Paper

The dispersion of nectar resources as a result of bumblebee foraging

1983
Article

Resource partitioning in bumblebees

1977Journal of the New York Entomological Society
Student Paper

Optimal foraging: a test in bumblebees

1982
Article

Consequences of pollen defense compounds for pollinators and antagonists in a pollen rewarding plant

2024EcologyDOI: 10.1002/ecy.4306
Article

Pollen chemical and mechanical defences restrict host-plant use by bees

2024Proceedings of the Royal Society BDOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2298
Article

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

2021Oecologia
Article

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

2019Journal of Plant Ecology
Student Paper

Effects of weather and floral density on foraging activity of cavity nesting bees (<i> Osmia </i>spp.)

2019
Article

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia spp.</i>)

2018Ecological Entemology
Article

Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee

2017EcologyDOI: 10.1002/ecy.1655
Article

Bee- to bird-pollination shifts in Penstemon: effects of floral-lip removal and corolla constriction on bumble bee preference

2015Evolutionary Ecology
Article

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of EcologyDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01826.x
Article

Pollinator exclusion devices permitting easy access to flowers of small herbaceous plants

2011Journal of Pollination EcologyDOI: 10.26786/1920-7603(2011)11
Article

Flowering phenology in subalpine meadows: does climate variation influence community co-flowering patterns?

2010EcologyDOI: 10.1890/09-0099.1
Article

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of <i>Mertensia fusiformis</i> (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of BotanyDOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900083
Thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010
Article

Background complexity affects colour preference in bumble bees

2009Naturwissenschaften
Article

Pollinator experience, neophobia, and the evolution of flowering time

2009Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Chapter

Cognitive ecology of pollination

2001
Book

Cognitive ecology of pollination

2001
Chapter

The evolution of population biology

2003
Chapter

Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions

2011
Student Paper

Thermal reguation of bumblebees

1973
Article

Field measures of flower constancy in bumblebees

1981American Midland NaturalistDOI: 10.2307/2424756
Article

Community and evolutionary ecology of nectar.

2004Ecology
Article

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

1996American Midland Naturalist
Thesis

Insights into butterfly ecology and evolution

2009
Student Paper

Bumblebee foraging behavior: the roles of floral scent and color

1994
Thesis

Evolution of foraging traits in hummingbirds

2022

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