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Consequences of secondary nectar robbing for male components of plant reproduction
Premise of the StudyOrganisms engage in multiple species interactions simultaneously. While pollination studies generally focus on plants and pollinators exclusively, secondary robbing, a behavior that requires other species (primary robbers) to first create access holes in corollas, is common. It h
Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers
Pollinator-mediated selection is expected to constrain floral color variation within plant populations. Here, we test for patterns of constraint on floral color variation in 38 bee- and/or hummingbird-pollinated plant species from Colorado, United States. We collected reflectance spectra for at leas
Challenging problems of quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) of meteorological time series data
Representativeness and quality of collected meteorological data impact accuracy and precision of climate, hydrological, and biogeochemical analyses and predictions. We developed a comprehensive Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) statistical framework, consisting of three major phases: P
Plant removal across an elevational gradient marginally reduces rates, substantially reduces variation in mineralization
The loss of aboveground plant diversity alters belowground ecosystem function; yet, the mechanisms underpinning this relationship and the degree to which plant community structure and climate mediate the effects of plant species loss remain unclear. Here, we explored how plant species loss through e
Tardigrada from Gunnison Co., Colorado, with the description of a new species of <i>Diphascon</i>
Ecological restoration through behavioral change
A Case Study of Novel Landslide Activity Recognition Using ALOS-1 InSAR within the Ragged Mountain Western Hillslope in Gunnison County, Colorado, USA
The “East Muddy Creek Landslide Complex” in Gunnison County, Colorado, USA destroyed Colorado State Highway 133 from 1986 to 1987 and has been investigated over decades during different periods of reactivation. This paper presents a case study of novel landslide activity recognition related to the l
A new method for quantifying scarp retreat: The Black Mesa scarp, Colorado Plateau, USA
An Archaeological Survey of the Blowouts of Yuma County, Colorado
Ever since Yuma points were recognized as being particularly ancient, Yuma County, Colorado has been a logical area of interest. Nevertheless, until 1941 the county had received scant attention from professional archaeologists, with the sole exception of a partial surface survey by Dr. E. B. Renaud.
Production of hydrogen peroxide in an intra-meander hyporheic zone at East River, Colorado
Abstract The traditionally held assumption that photo-dependent processes are the predominant source of H 2 O 2 in natural waters has been recently questioned by an increrasing body of evidence showing the ubiquitiousness of H 2 O 2 in dark water bodies and in groundwater. In this study, we conducte
Pollen chemical and mechanical defences restrict host-plant use by bees
Plants produce an array of chemical and mechanical defences that provide protection against many herbivores and pathogens. Putatively defensive compounds and structures can even occur in floral rewards: for example, the pollen of some plant taxa contains toxic compounds or possesses conspicuous spin
Sampling stream invertebrates using electroshocking techniques: implications for basic and applied research
The Risk of Curtailment under the Colorado River Compact
Water supply in the Colorado River could drop so far in the next decade that the ability of the Upper Colorado River Basin states – Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico – to meet their legal obligations to downstream users in Nevada, Arizona, California, and Mexico would be in grave jeopardy. Leg
Sympatry of Pocket Gophers on Mesa de Maya, Colorado
Geographic and ecologic relationships among the four species of pocket gophers that occur in Colorado have stimulated considerable interest (see, for example, Miller, 1964), but much remains to be learned about their distribution and natural history. The purposes of this note are to report new distr
"A Promise Long Deferred": Federal Reclamation on the Colorado River Indian Reservation
Research Article| May 01 2000 "A Promise Long Deferred": Federal Reclamation on the Colorado River Indian Reservation Ann Caylor Ann Caylor Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (2000) 69 (2): 193–215. https://doi.org/10.2307/3641438 View
Sex-specific reproductive strategies in wild yellow-bellied marmots (<i> Marmota flaviventer </i>): senescence and genetic variance in annual reproductive success differ between the sexes
Owing to sex-specific reproductive strategies, the mean and variance in annual offspring production may differ between the sexes. In addition, there may be sex-specific changes in reproductive performance with age (e.g. senescence). We used 20 and 50 years of longitudinal data on male and female yel
COLORADO PIKEMINNOW (PTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS) UPSTREAM OF CRITICAL HABITAT IN THE YAMPA RIVER, COLORADO
The Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) is a federally endangered fish, which was once abundant and widespread in the Colorado River basin. During exotic fish removal sampling in the spring of 2003, 2004, and 2005, 2 Colorado pikeminnow were collected upstream of critical habitat in the Yampa
Agglutination Reactions of the Heat Stable Antigens of Clostridium Tetani
Abstract Nine serologic types of Clostridium tetani have been differentiated by means of the agglutination reaction as a result of the studies of Tulloch (1), Bauer (2), Fildes (3), Bauer and Meyer (4), Coleman and Meyer (5) and Coleman and Gunnison (6). As Felix and Robertson (7) have pointed out,
Feeding strategies of an adult stonefly (Plecoptera): implications for egg production and dispersal
Feeding in the Perlodidae and Chloroperlidae may, therefore, be important for survival and possibly for the final stages of egg development in the population dynarnics of aquatic insects.
Evolution of Water Institutions in the Indus River Basin: Reflections from the Law of the Colorado River
Transboundary water institutions in the Indus River Basin can be fairly characterized as broken in key respects. International relations between India and Pakistan over the Indus Waters Treaty, as well as interprovincial relations within Pakistan over the 1991 Water Accord, speak to this sentiment.