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pollinator observation

Subcategory: pollination monitoring
Standard reference: Beattie et al. 1973 for effective pollinator size criteria
Papers: 104 | Mentions: 115

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Description

Systematic observation of plant-pollinator interactions along fixed transects with timed observations and selective insect capture for identification. Plants receiving sufficient visits are analyzed for pollinator diversity metrics.

Typical Equipment

  • measuring equipment
  • nets
  • plastic vials
  • labels
  • freezer
  • pins

Output Measurements

  • pollinator visit counts
  • species richness
  • species diversity
  • floral abundance

Papers Using This Protocol (107)

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Functional morphology of pollen capture in Syrphid flies (Diptera syrphidae): The effects of pile density and body region

2025using
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Reproductive ecology and pollination biology of Geum triflorum (prairie smoke)

2025using
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Does sodium in floral nectar enhance pollination & plant reproduction?

2025using
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The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

2025using
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Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

2025using
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Does Floral Nectar Depth Correlate With Pollinator Proboscis Length?

2024using
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The effects of elevation on flower abundance and pollinator visits on Helianthella quinquenervis

2024using
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Impact of Decreased Flower Attractiveness on Pollinator Visitation Rates and Pollinator Community Composition

2024introducing
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Plant-Pollinator Interactions between Erigeron speciosus and Heterotheca villosa in Virginia Basin

2024using
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Determining pollinator behavior differences bumblebees and flies.

2023introducing
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Effects of Microclimate Variation on Diversity of Plants and Pollinators

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

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

2023using
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Do pollinator and plant diversity vary with microclimate heterogeneity?

2023introducing
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Investigating the Effect of Drought on Floral Traits Mediating Pollinator Interactions

2023using
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Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

2022Ecosphereusing
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Temporal variation in high elevation plant-pollinator communities

2022using
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The Effect of Snowmelt Timing on Pollinator Visitation to Subalpine Wildflowers

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

2022using
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Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs

2021Journal of Pollination Ecologyusing
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Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021Oecologiausing
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Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

2021Frontiers of Ecology & Evolutionusing
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Nectar addition changes pollinator behavior but not plant reproduction in pollen rewarding <i> Lupinus argenteus</i>

2021American Journal of Botanyusing
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Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

2021Biological Invasions doi 10.1007/s10530-021-02457-zusing
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Pollination Preferences of <i> Geranium richardsonii </i> Between Bee and Fly Species at High and Low Elevations

2021using
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Comparative study on pollinator visits to high elevation plant communities in Virginia Basin, Gothic, Colorado

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

2021introducing
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Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2020American Journal of Botanyusing
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Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

2020Ecological Entomologyusing
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The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of <i> Mertensia </i> (Boraginaceae)

2019Journal of Plant Ecologyusing
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The individual and combined effects of snowmelt timing and frost exposure on the reproductive success of montane forbs

2019Journal of Ecologyusing
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The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

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

2019using
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Pollinator Community Compositions Across Four Subalpine Plant Species

2019introducing
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Pollinator Community Compositions Across Four Subalpine Plant Species

2019using
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The effect of nutrient availability on floral display and pollinator interactions

2019introducing
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Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019using
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Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

2018Oikosusing
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Comparing Plant-Pollinator Network Structure between Drought and Non-Drought Years

2018using
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The Effects of Climate-Driven Changes in Co-flowering between <i>Linum lewisii</i> and <i>Potentilla pulcherrima</i> on Pollinator Services

2018using
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Shifts in water availability mediate plant–pollinator interactions

2017New Phytologistusing
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Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

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

2017using
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The Effects of Early Snow-melt on the Pollination and Seed Production of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

2017using
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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>?

2017using
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Genetic basis of plant-insect interactions: insect recruitment to <i>Boechera stricta</i>

2017introducing
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Variability in the effectiveness of <i>Penstemon strictus</i> pollinators and the role that water availability plays

2017using
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Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant fitness

2016Global Change Biologyusing
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Assessing pollinators’ contribution to the reproductive success of <i>Mertensia ciliata</i>

2016using
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Impacts of early snow removal and frost on the reproductive success of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

2016using
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Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

2016using
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Effects of Insect Damage to <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i> (Asteraceae) Inflorescences on Pollinator Visitation

2016using
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An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

2015Ecologyusing
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Effects of early snowmelt and frost on plant-pollinator interactions.

2015introducing
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Fungal Phytopathogens Decrease Plant-Insect Interactions.

2015using
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Effects of Bombus Pollinator Removal on Fly Foraging Behavior.

2015using
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Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>

2014Journal of Evolutionary Biologyusing
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Direct and indirect effects of frost on growth and plant-pollinator interactions in Delphinium nuttallianum.

2014using
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Effects of road proximity on pollinator visitation and reproductive success of Ipomopsis aggregate.

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

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

2014using
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Floral visitation determined by phylogenetic distance in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2014using
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Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

2014using
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Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013using
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Comparing <i>Bombus</i> pollinator efficacies in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i> (Ranunculaceae) reproductive success

2013introducing
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Exploring within season temporal variation in plant-pollinator interactions in sub-alpine meadows using weekly pollination interaction networks

2013introducing
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The effects of road dust on pollination and reproduction of the native wildflower species, <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

2013using
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Effects of experimental warming on plant traits of subalpine wildflower species of Gothic, CO

2013using
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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.

2012using
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Understanding the importance of coniferous understory versus open meadows for bees in times of drought

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

2012introducing
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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>.

2012using
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Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of Botanyintroducing
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Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of Botanyusing
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The effects of phenology on <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

2011using
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Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

2010J of Ecologyusing
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The effect of elevation on the phenology and pollination ecology of <i></i>Frasera speciosa<i></i> (Gentianaceae)

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

2010using
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Effects of multi-species interactions in gynodioecious populations of <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>

2010using
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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>

2010using
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The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

2009Oikosusing
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A global test of the pollination syndrome hypothesis

2009Annals of Botanyusing
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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?

2009using
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Protection at a price? Ant interactions with pollinators on aspen sunflower (<i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i>)

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

2009using
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The relationships among butterfly size, visitation rate, handling time, and floral display size

2009using
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Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008using
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Does road dust affect reproduction of <i>Delphinium nelsonii</i> and <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2008using
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The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

2007using
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Nectar robbing patterns in Ipomopsis aggregata and Linaria vulgaris

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

2006using
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Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study

2005Ecologyusing
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The effects of Castilleja miniata's parasitic relationship with Delphinium nuttallianum on pollinator visitation and pollination success

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

2005using
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Pollinator selection by floral traits and color in a hybrid zone of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> and <i>I. tenuituba</i> (Polemoniaceae)

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

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

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

2003Evolutionusing
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Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

2003American Journal of Botanyusing
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Rescue of stranded pollen grains by secondary transfer

2003Plant Species Biologyintroducing
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Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American Naturalistintroducing
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Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American Naturalistusing
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Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002Oecologiausing
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Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

2000Ecologyusing
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Nectar Robbing in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

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

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

1991Ecologyintroducing