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Selasphorus rufus

Common names: rufous hummingbird, Rufous hummingbird
Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Trochilidae
Roles: study subject, pollinator
ITIS TSN: 178040
External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank
Papers: 74 | Mentions: 76

Local Knowledge Graph (42 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Selasphorus rufus with 42 nodes and 181 connections. Top connected: Unknown, Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri.

Publications (74)

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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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Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation

2025New PhytologistRole: text_match
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Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

2025Role: text_match
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Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

2025Role: text_match
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Visitors to Red-Naped Sapsucker sap wells and the effectiveness of artificial wells

2025Role: text_match
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The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match
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The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match
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Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

2023Evolution LettersRole: text_match
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Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker (<i> Sphyrapicus nuchalis </i>), has on the Community of Species in the East River

2022Role: text_match
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Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

2022Journal of EcologyRole: 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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Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021OecologiaRole: text_match
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Predispersal Seed Predation Obscures the Detrimental Effect of Dust on Wildflower Reproduction

2021International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match
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Selection of floral traits by pollinators and seed predators during sequential life history stages

2021American NaturalistRole: pollinator
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The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

2021Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match
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Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

2021Biological ReviewsRole: text_match
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Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match
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Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match
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The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

2018Role: text_match
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Diversification of Type VI Secretion System Toxins Reveals Ancient Antagonism among Bee Gut Microbes

2017mBioRole: text_match
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Effect of Road Dust Deposition on the Floral Lifespan of Scarlet gilia, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2017Role: text_match
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Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

2017International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match
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Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of EcologyRole: text_match
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Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016Role: text_match
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Heterospecific pollen deposition in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

2016Annals of BotanyRole: text_match
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Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

2015Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match
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Elevational and temporal variation in Ipomopsis floral and vegetative traits.

2015Role: 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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Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

2014Role: text_match
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The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

2014Role: text_match
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Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of EcologyRole: text_match
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Impacts of climate disruption on avian species in the southern Rocky Mountains: a retroanalysis of the Gothic breeding bird survey and pilot point count surveys at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory weather stations

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

2010J of EcologyRole: 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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Does road dust affect reproduction of <i>Delphinium nelsonii</i> and <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

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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Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

2008Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenRole: text_match
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Pollinator-mediate selection in Ipomopsis aggregata: does correlational selection explain floral phenotypes?

2008Role: 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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The effects of water and phosphorus on floral traits and nectar production of <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

2007Role: text_match
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Flight Performance and Competitive Displacement of Hummingbirds across Elevational Gradients

2006American NaturalistRole: text_match
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Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: pollinator
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Resource value affects territorial defense by Broad-tailed and Rufous hummingbirds

2006Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: 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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the influence of red-naped sapsuckers on willow bird communities

2005Role: text_match
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Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

2004Role: text_match
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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)

2004Role: text_match
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Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

2004Role: 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 structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match
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Behavioral responses of yellow-bellied marmots to birds and mammals

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match
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Effects of resource value on broad-tailed and rufous hummingbird behavior

2003Role: text_match
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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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Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

2003American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match
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Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in <i>Penstemon</i>

2003EvolutionRole: text_match
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Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match
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The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities

2001OecologiaRole: 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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Hummingbird avoidance of nectar-robbed plants: spatial location or visual cues

2000OikosRole: 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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Double keystone bird in a keystone species complex

1993Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USARole: text_match
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Hypothesis concerning the causes of the disappearance of boreal toads from the mountains of Colorado

1993Conservation BiologyRole: text_match
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Migration of rufous hummingbirds

1993WildbirdRole: text_match
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Implications of recapture data for migration of the rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) in the Rocky Mountains

1989AukRole: text_match
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Changes in broad-tailed hummingbird (<i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>) behavior after rufous hummingbird (<i>S. rufous</i>) migration through the Gothic Area, Gunnison County, Colorado

1987Role: text_match
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Southbound through Colorado: migration of rufous hummingbirds

1987National Geographic ResearchRole: text_match
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Nectar feeding, diuresis, and electrolyte replacement of hummingbirds

1983Physiological ZoologyRole: text_match
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Interactions of rufous hummingbirds (<i>Selasphorus rufus</i>) and broad-tailed hummingbirds (<i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>)

1982Role: text_match
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Territorial behavior in fall migrant rufous hummingbirds

1955Field and StudyRole: text_match
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Rufous hummingbirds: feeding requirements & general management

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