List of works - Rebecca E. Irwin

A comparison of coffee floral traits under two different agricultural practices

scientific article published on 14 May 2019

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

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Additive effects of herbivory, nectar robbing and seed predation on male and female fitness estimates of the host plant Ipomopsis aggregata ⬇️

scientific article published on January 28, 2011

Arranging the bouquet of disease: floral traits and the transmission of plant and animal pathogens

scientific article published on 16 February 2014

As prey and pollinators, insects increase reproduction and allow for outcrossing in the carnivorous plant <i>Dionaea muscipula</i>

scientific article published in 2024

Assessing Chemical Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Sunflower Pollen on a Gut Pathogen in Bumble Bees

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Bee pathogen transmission dynamics: deposition, persistence and acquisition on flowers

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Bumble bee parasite strains vary in resistance to phytochemicals.

scientific article

Colony-Level Effects of Amygdalin on Honeybees and Their Microbes

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Comparative analysis of 3 pollen sterilization methods for feeding bumble bees

scientific article published in 2023

Comparative impacts of long‐term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

scientific article published in 2022

Comparison of pollen transfer dynamics by multiple floral visitors: experiments with pollen and fluorescent dye

scientific article

Conflicting constraints on male mating success shape reward size in pollen‐rewarding plants

scientific article published in 2023

Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance

article

Consequences of secondary nectar robbing for male components of plant reproduction

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Consuming sunflower pollen reduced pathogen infection but did not alter measures of immunity in bumblebees

scientific article published on 2 May 2022

Context-dependent medicinal effects of anabasine and infection-dependent toxicity in bumble bees

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Costs and benefits of alternative food handling tactics help explain facultative exploitation of pollination mutualisms

scientific article published on 29 June 2018

Crop Domestication Alters Floral Reward Chemistry With Potential Consequences for Pollinator Health

article

Cross-Infectivity of Honey and Bumble Bee-Associated Parasites Across Three Bee Families

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Differential bumble bee gene expression associated with pathogen infection and pollen diet

scientific article published in 2023

Direct and ecological costs of resistance to herbivory

scientific article published in 2002

Direct and indirect effects of episodic frost on plant growth and reproduction in subalpine wildflowers.

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Disease where you dine: plant species and floral traits associated with pathogen transmission in bumble bees

scientific article published on 12 October 2018

Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Multispecies Plant-Animal Interactions

article

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

scientific article published on June 2009

Effects of abiotic factors and species interactions on estimates of male plant function: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Effects of florivory on plant-pollinator interactions: Implications for male and female components of plant reproduction

scientific article published on 21 June 2016

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) ⬇️

scientific article published on April 13, 2009

Effects of fragmentation on a distinctive coastal sage scrub bee fauna revealed through incidental captures by pitfall traps

scientific article

Effects of short-term exposure to naturally occurring thymol concentrations on transmission of a bumble bee parasite

article

Effects of suburbanization on forest bee communities

scientific article

Evolutionary ecology: when pollinators are also herbivores

scientific article published on February 2010

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

article

Floral shape predicts bee–parasite transmission potential

scientific article published in 2022

Floral traits affecting the transmission of beneficial and pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes

scientific article published on 28 August 2020

Florivory: the intersection of pollination and herbivory

scientific article

Flower color microevolution in wild radish: evolutionary response to pollinator-mediated selection

scientific article published on 22 December 2004

Flowering plant composition shapes pathogen infection intensity and reproduction in bumble bee colonies

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Food Limitation Affects Parasite Load and Survival of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Infected With Crithidia (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae).

scientific article published on 14 August 2016

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

scientific article published in 2017

Geographic variation in resistance to nectar robbing and consequences for pollination

scientific article published on 7 October 2016

Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, Ipomopsis aggregata

scientific article published on 27 October 2007

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology.

scientific article published on 28 September 2017

Landscape predictors of pathogen prevalence and range contractions in US bumblebees

scientific article

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

scientific article published on 20 April 2022

Linking economic activities to the distribution of exotic plants ⬇️

scientific article

Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

MECHANISMS OF TOLERANCE TO FLORAL LARCENY IN TWO WILDFLOWER SPECIES

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

Medicinal value of sunflower pollen against bee pathogens

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Nectar Robbing: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives

scientific article published in 2010

Nectar alkaloids decrease pollination and female reproduction in a native plant ⬇️

scientific article published on October 20, 2011

Nectar and Pollen Phytochemicals Stimulate Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Immunity to Viral Infection

scientific article published on 21 July 2017

Nectar chemistry mediates the behavior of parasitized bees: consequences for plant fitness

scientific article published on February 2016

Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata : effects on pollinator behavior and plant fitness

scientific article (publication date: October 1998)

Nectar secondary compounds affect self-pollen transfer: implications for female and male reproduction

scientific article published in August 2008

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

scientific article published in August 2009

Nectar yeasts in the tall Larkspur Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) and effects on components of pollinator foraging behavior

scientific article

Optimal defence theory and flower petal colour predict variation in the secondary chemistry of wild radish

scientific article published in 2004

Parasite defense mechanisms in bees: behavior, immunity, antimicrobials, and symbionts

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant reproduction

scientific article

Phenotypic selection on floral traits in an urban landscape

scientific article published on 15 August 2018

Plant-animal interactions in suburban environments: implications for floral evolution

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

scientific article published on 02 May 2019

Pollen from multiple sunflower cultivars and species reduces a common bumblebee gut pathogen.

scientific article published on 3 April 2019

Pollen limitation of native plant reproduction in an urban landscape

scientific article published in 2022

Possible Synergistic Effects of Thymol and Nicotine Against Crithidia bombi Parasitism in Bumble Bees

scientific article

Precision of host sanctions in the fig tree-fig wasp mutualism: consequences for uncooperative symbionts.

scientific article published on 27 August 2012

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

scientific article published in December 2007

Preinfection Effects of Nectar Secondary Compounds on a Bumble Bee Gut Pathogen

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Quantifying direct vs. indirect effects of nectar robbers on male and female components of plant fitness

article

Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in Ipomopsis aggregata

scientific article published on 20 March 2009

Seasonal variation in the secondary chemistry of foliar and reproductive tissues of Delphinium nuttallianum

scientific article published in 2016

Secondary compounds in floral rewards of toxic rangeland plants: impacts on pollinators

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

Secondary metabolites from nectar and pollen: a resource for ecological and evolutionary studies

scientific article published on 08 March 2019

Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumblebees.

scientific article published in March 2015

Selective seed abortion induced by nectar robbing in the selfing plant Comastoma pulmonarium.

scientific article

Species-specific diagnostics of Apis mellifera trypanosomatids: A nine-year survey (2007-2015) for trypanosomatids and microsporidians in Serbian honey bees

scientific article published on 05 July 2016

Sunflower plantings reduce a common gut pathogen and increase queen production in common eastern bumblebee colonies

scientific article published in 2023

Sunflower pollen reduces a gut pathogen in worker and queen but not male bumble bees

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Support early-career field researchers

scientific article

Synergistic effects of floral phytochemicals against a bumble bee parasite.

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION IN POLLINATION OF A MONTANE HERB: A SEVEN-YEAR STUDY

article by Mary V. Price et al published August 2005 in Ecology

Testing Dose-Dependent Effects of the Nectar Alkaloid Anabasine on Trypanosome Parasite Loads in Adult Bumble Bees

scientific article

The behavioral ecology of nectar robbing: why be tactic constant?

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

The consequences of direct versus indirect species interactions to selection on traits: pollination and nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata

scientific article published on 30 January 2005

The ecology of insect-yeast relationships and its relevance to human industry

scientific article published in March 2018

The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities

scientific article published on October 2001

The response of pollen-transport networks to landscape-scale climate variation

Using economic instruments to develop effective management of invasive species: insights from a bioeconomic model

scientific article

Variable effects of nicotine, anabasine, and their interactions on parasitized bumble bees

scientific article

Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

scientific article published in December 2002

Variation in the phenology and abundance of flowering by native and exotic plants in subalpine meadows

article

Venus Flytrap Rarely Traps Its Pollinators

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Volatile production by buds and corollas of two sympatric, confamilial plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Polemonium foliosissimum

scientific article

What are the Plant Reproductive Consequences of Losing a Floral Larcenist?

scientific article published on 3 August 2022

What you smell is more important than what you see? Natural selection on floral scent ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

Within-Colony Transmission of Microsporidian and Trypanosomatid Parasites in Honey Bee and Bumble Bee Colonies

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

List of works by Rebecca E. Irwin

A comparison of coffee floral traits under two different agricultural practices

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

Additive effects of herbivory, nectar robbing and seed predation on male and female fitness estimates of the host plant Ipomopsis aggregata ⬇️

Arranging the bouquet of disease: floral traits and the transmission of plant and animal pathogens

As prey and pollinators, insects increase reproduction and allow for outcrossing in the carnivorous plant <i>Dionaea muscipula</i>

Assessing Chemical Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Sunflower Pollen on a Gut Pathogen in Bumble Bees

Bee pathogen transmission dynamics: deposition, persistence and acquisition on flowers

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

Bumble bee parasite strains vary in resistance to phytochemicals.

Colony-Level Effects of Amygdalin on Honeybees and Their Microbes

Comparative analysis of 3 pollen sterilization methods for feeding bumble bees

Comparative impacts of long‐term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

Comparison of pollen transfer dynamics by multiple floral visitors: experiments with pollen and fluorescent dye

Conflicting constraints on male mating success shape reward size in pollen‐rewarding plants

Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance

Consequences of secondary nectar robbing for male components of plant reproduction

Consuming sunflower pollen reduced pathogen infection but did not alter measures of immunity in bumblebees

Context-dependent medicinal effects of anabasine and infection-dependent toxicity in bumble bees

Costs and benefits of alternative food handling tactics help explain facultative exploitation of pollination mutualisms

Crop Domestication Alters Floral Reward Chemistry With Potential Consequences for Pollinator Health

Cross-Infectivity of Honey and Bumble Bee-Associated Parasites Across Three Bee Families

Differential bumble bee gene expression associated with pathogen infection and pollen diet

Direct and ecological costs of resistance to herbivory

Direct and indirect effects of episodic frost on plant growth and reproduction in subalpine wildflowers.

Disease where you dine: plant species and floral traits associated with pathogen transmission in bumble bees

Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Multispecies Plant-Animal Interactions

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

Effects of abiotic factors and species interactions on estimates of male plant function: a meta-analysis

Effects of florivory on plant-pollinator interactions: Implications for male and female components of plant reproduction

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) ⬇️

Effects of fragmentation on a distinctive coastal sage scrub bee fauna revealed through incidental captures by pitfall traps

Effects of short-term exposure to naturally occurring thymol concentrations on transmission of a bumble bee parasite

Effects of suburbanization on forest bee communities

Evolutionary ecology: when pollinators are also herbivores

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

Floral shape predicts bee–parasite transmission potential

Floral traits affecting the transmission of beneficial and pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes

Florivory: the intersection of pollination and herbivory

Flower color microevolution in wild radish: evolutionary response to pollinator-mediated selection

Flowering plant composition shapes pathogen infection intensity and reproduction in bumble bee colonies

Food Limitation Affects Parasite Load and Survival of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Infected With Crithidia (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae).

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

Geographic variation in resistance to nectar robbing and consequences for pollination

Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, Ipomopsis aggregata

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology.

Landscape predictors of pathogen prevalence and range contractions in US bumblebees

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

Linking economic activities to the distribution of exotic plants ⬇️

Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt ⬇️

MECHANISMS OF TOLERANCE TO FLORAL LARCENY IN TWO WILDFLOWER SPECIES

Medicinal value of sunflower pollen against bee pathogens

Nectar Robbing: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives

Nectar alkaloids decrease pollination and female reproduction in a native plant ⬇️

Nectar and Pollen Phytochemicals Stimulate Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Immunity to Viral Infection

Nectar chemistry mediates the behavior of parasitized bees: consequences for plant fitness

Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata : effects on pollinator behavior and plant fitness

Nectar secondary compounds affect self-pollen transfer: implications for female and male reproduction

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

Nectar yeasts in the tall Larkspur Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) and effects on components of pollinator foraging behavior

Optimal defence theory and flower petal colour predict variation in the secondary chemistry of wild radish

Parasite defense mechanisms in bees: behavior, immunity, antimicrobials, and symbionts

Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant reproduction

Phenotypic selection on floral traits in an urban landscape

Plant-animal interactions in suburban environments: implications for floral evolution

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

Pollen from multiple sunflower cultivars and species reduces a common bumblebee gut pathogen.

Pollen limitation of native plant reproduction in an urban landscape

Possible Synergistic Effects of Thymol and Nicotine Against Crithidia bombi Parasitism in Bumble Bees

Precision of host sanctions in the fig tree-fig wasp mutualism: consequences for uncooperative symbionts.

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

Preinfection Effects of Nectar Secondary Compounds on a Bumble Bee Gut Pathogen

Quantifying direct vs. indirect effects of nectar robbers on male and female components of plant fitness

Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in Ipomopsis aggregata

Seasonal variation in the secondary chemistry of foliar and reproductive tissues of Delphinium nuttallianum

Secondary compounds in floral rewards of toxic rangeland plants: impacts on pollinators

Secondary metabolites from nectar and pollen: a resource for ecological and evolutionary studies

Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumblebees.

Selective seed abortion induced by nectar robbing in the selfing plant Comastoma pulmonarium.

Species-specific diagnostics of Apis mellifera trypanosomatids: A nine-year survey (2007-2015) for trypanosomatids and microsporidians in Serbian honey bees