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Bombus occidentalis

Common names: ...
Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
Roles: pollinator
ITIS TSN: 714827
External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank
Papers: 51 | Mentions: 55

Local Knowledge Graph (41 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Bombus occidentalis with 41 nodes and 196 connections. Top connected: Unknown, Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?.

Publications (51)

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Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

2025EvolutionRole: text_match
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Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match
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Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2025Role: text_match
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The hole truth: why do bumble bees rob flowers more than once?

2024PlantsRole: text_match
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Determining changes in floral volatile composition of <i> Ipomopsis aggregata </i> in response to nectar robbing and its associated microorganisms

2022Role: text_match
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Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

2022Environmental Entomology Role: text_match
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Effects of nectar robbing on the volatile organic compounds and nectar chemistry of intraindividual flowers in <i> Corydalis caseana </i> ssp. <i> brandegeei </i>

2021Role: text_match
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Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match
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Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

2020OikosRole: text_match
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Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match
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Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

2018OikosRole: text_match
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Consequences of Nectar Robbing in Colorado Wildflowers: Insect Variation and Nectar Sugar Concentration

2017Role: text_match
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Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of EcologyRole: text_match
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Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

2017OikosRole: text_match
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The effects of primary and secondary nectar robbing of Ipomopsis aggregata on hummingbird visitation.

2015Role: text_match
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Why doesn't nectar robbing decrease seed set in some bee-pollinated plants?

2015Role: text_match
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The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

2014Role: text_match
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Investigating the impact of pollinator- and seed predator-mediated selection on floral traits in an <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i> and <i>I. tenuituba</i> (Polemoniaceae) hybrid zone

2012Role: text_match
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When resources don't rescue: flowering phenology and species interactions affect compensation to herbivory in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2012OikosRole: text_match
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Additive effects of herbivory, nectar robbing and seed predation on male and female fitness components of the host plant <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2011OecologiaRole: text_match
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The effects of phenology on <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

2011Role: text_match
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Effects of nectar robbing on pollen deposition and hummingbird-pollinator behavior in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2009Role: text_match
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Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match
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Climate Change is Causing A Decline in Bombus occidentalis by Reducing its Floral Resources

2008Role: text_match
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Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2008OecologiaRole: text_match
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Mechanisms of tolerance to floral larceny in two animal-pollinated wildflowers, <i>Polemonium viscosum</i> and <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2008EcologyRole: text_match
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Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match
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Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match
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Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: pollinator
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Nectar robbing patterns in Ipomopsis aggregata and Linaria vulgaris

2006Role: text_match
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Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris

2005OikosRole: text_match
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Interactions among nectar robbing, floral herbivory, and ant protection in <i>Linaria vulgaris</i>

2005OikosRole: text_match
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Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: does high nectar production confer tolerance?

2005Role: text_match
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Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study

2005EcologyRole: text_match
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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

2004The Journal of Experimental BiologyRole: text_match
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The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense

2004EcologyRole: text_match
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The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004TSpaceRole: pollinator
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Impact of nectar robbing on estimates of pollen flow: conceptual predictions and emperical outcomes

2003EcologyRole: text_match
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Rescue of stranded pollen grains by secondary transfer

2003Plant Species BiologyRole: text_match
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The effects of ungulate herbivory and nutrient variation on pollen reciept in Ipomopsis aggregata

2002Role: text_match
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Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002OecologiaRole: text_match
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Volatile production by the buds and corollas of two sympatric, confamial plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Polemonium foliosissimum

2002Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: text_match
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The effects of a bumble bee nectar robber on plant reproductive success and pollinator behavior

2001American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match
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The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities

2001OecologiaRole: text_match
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Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

2000EcologyRole: text_match
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Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

2000EcologyRole: text_match
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Reproductive biology of a North American subalpine plant: <i>Corydalis caseana</i> A. Gray ssp. <i>brandegei</i> (S. Watson) G. B. Ownbey

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

1998OecologiaRole: text_match
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Pollen transport and deposition by bumble bees in Erythronium: influences of floral nectar and bee grooming

1986Journal of EcologyRole: text_match
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Floral morphology and cross-pollination in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae)

1985American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match
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The pollination ecology of Aquilegia elegantula and A. caerulea (Ranunculaceae) in Colorado

1978American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match