Rebecca Elizabeth Irwin

Comparative analysis of 3 pollen sterilization methods for feeding bumble bees

Strange, J. P., Tripodi, A. D., Huntzinger, C., Knoblett, J., Klinger, E., Herndon, J. D., … Adler, L. S. (2023, March 17). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY.

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

Heiling, J. M., Irwin, R. E., & Morris, W. F. (2023, April 11). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

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

BMC GENOMICS, 24(1).

Nature's chefs: Uniting the hidden diversity of food making and preparing species across the tree of life

Taylor, B. W., Allf, B., Hopkins, S. R., Irwin, R. E., Jewell, M., Nevo, O., … Dunn, R. R. (2023, April 19). BIOSCIENCE, Vol. 4.

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

Sunflower spines and beyond: Mechanisms and breadth of pollen that reduce gut pathogen infection in the common eastern bumble bee

Figueroa, L. L., Fowler, A., Lopez, S., Amaral, V. E., Koch, H., Stevenson, P. C., … Adler, L. S. (2023, April 4). FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY.

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

Campbell, D. R., Price, M. V., Waser, N. M., Irwin, R. E., & Brody, A. K. (2022, April 9). JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY.

Effects of an alternative host on the prevalence and intensity of infection of a bumble bee parasite

Pinilla-Gallego, M. S., & Irwin, R. E. (2022, January 24). PARASITOLOGY.

Floral shape predicts bee-parasite transmission potential

Pinilla-Gallego, M. S., Ng, W. H., Amaral, V. E., & Irwin, R. E. (2022, June 12). ECOLOGY.

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

Pollen limitation of native plant reproduction in an urban landscape

Carper, A. L., Warren, P. S., Adler, L. S., & Irwin, R. E. (2022, October 31). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.

Skewness in bee and flower phenological distributions

Stemkovski, M., Dickson, R. G., Griffin, S. R., Inouye, B. D., Inouye, D. W., Pardee, G. L., … Irwin, R. E. (2022, November 30). ECOLOGY.

Sunflower pollen induces rapid excretion in bumble bees: Implications for host-pathogen interactions

JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 137.

Sunflower pollen reduces a gut pathogen in the model bee species, Bombus impatiens, but has weaker effects in three wild congeners

Sunflower-Associated Reductions in Varroa Mite Infestation of Honey Bee Colonies

Palmer-Young, E. C., Malfi, R., Zhou, Y., Joyce, B., Whitehead, H., Van Wyk, J. I., … Adler, L. S. (2022, December 27). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY.

Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

Rixen, C., Hoye, T. T., Macek, P., Aerts, R., Alatalo, J. M., Anderson, J. T., … Zong, S. (2022, February 18). ARCTIC SCIENCE.

Floral traits affecting the transmission of beneficial and-associated microbes

CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE, 44, 1–7.

Nectar addition changes pollinator behavior but not plant reproduction in pollen-rewarding Lupinus argenteus

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 108(3), 402–410.

Plant removal across an elevational gradient marginally reduces rates, substantially reduces variation in mineralization

Rewcastle, K. E., Henning, J. A., Read, Q. D., Irwin, R. E., Sanders, N. J., & Classen, A. T. (2021, November 24). ECOLOGY.

The Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Nectar Robbing

[Review of ]. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 9.

The costs and benefits of sunflower pollen diet on bumble bee colony disease and health

ECOSPHERE, 12(7).

The influence of floral resources and microclimate on pollinator visitation in an agro-ecosystem

AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, 307.

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

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY, 46(8), 649–658.

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 23(11), 1589–1598.

Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 170, 177–188.

Colony-Level Effects of Amygdalin on Honeybees and Their Microbes

INSECTS, 11(11).

Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 45(4), 904–909.

Cross-infectivity of honey and bumble bee-associated parasites across three bee families

PARASITOLOGY, 147(12), 1290–1304.

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

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 117(21), 11559–11565.

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

[Review of ]. EMERGING TOPICS IN LIFE SCIENCES, 4(1), 59–76.

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

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 45(6), 1318–1326.

Support early-career field researchers

Inouye, D. W., Underwood, N., Inouye, B. D., & Irwin, R. E. (2020, May 15).

The Evolutionary Ecology of Mutualisms in Urban Landscapes

URBAN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, pp. 111–129.

Towards a US national program for monitoring native bees

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 252.

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

ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 49(6), 1393–1401.

A comparison of coffee floral traits under two different agricultural practices

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9.

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

Chemistry of floral rewards: intra- and interspecific variability of nectar and pollen secondary metabolites across taxa

ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS, 89(1).

Effect of timing and exposure of sunflower pollen on a common gut pathogen of bumble bees

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 44(5), 702–710.

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 106(5), 643–655.

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

ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, 6(4).

Pollination Ecology and Morphology of Venus Flytrap in Sites of Varying Time Since Last Fire

ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 112(3), 141–149.

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

ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 48(3), 685–690.

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

Ecology, 100(4), e02621.

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

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 107(4), 1970–1981.

Consequences of secondary nectar robbing for male components of plant reproduction

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 105(5), 943–949.

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

Ecology, 99(8), 1815–1824.

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

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, 9.

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

ECOLOGY, 99(11), 2535–2545.

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

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 43(5), 567–577.

Medicinal value of sunflower pollen against bee pathogens

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8.

Phenotypic selection on floral traits in an urban landscape

Pollen limitation and reproduction of three plant species across a temperature gradient in western Greenland

ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH, 50(1).

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

Polar Biology, 41(8), 1651–1651.

Resurgence of specialized shade coffee cultivation: Effects on pollination services and quality of coffee production

AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, 265, 567–575.

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

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1875), 20172733.

Venus Flytrap Rarely Traps Its Pollinators

AMERICAN NATURALIST, 191(4), 539–546.

Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

OIKOS, 127(11), 1679–1689.

Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 31(3), 613–621.

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

PLOS ONE, 12(8).

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 105(1), 188–196.

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

OIKOS, 126(9), 1250–1257.

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

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 20(12), 1507–1515.

Landscape predictors of pathogen prevalence and range contractions in US bumblebees

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

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 110(5), 1959–1972.

Synergistic effects of floral phytochemicals against a bumble bee parasite

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 7(6), 1836–1849.

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

[Review of ]. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE, 21, 14–18.

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

POLAR BIOLOGY, 40(11), 2253–2263.

Bumble bee parasite strains vary in resistance to phytochemicals

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6.

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

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 103(6), 1061–1070.

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

ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 45(5), 1212–1219.

Geographic variation in resistance to nectar robbing and consequences for pollination

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 103(10), 1819–1828.

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

GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 22(5), 1779–1793.

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

BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY, 65, 93–99.

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

JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY, 139, 6–11.

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

Journal of Insect Conservation, 19(1), 175–179.

Nectar yeasts in Delphinium nuttallianum (Ranunculaceae) and their effects on nectar quality

Fungal Ecology, 18, 100–106.

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

JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 103(6), 1487–1497.

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

PLOS ONE, 10(11).

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

Oecologia, 174(3), 803–815.

Secondary Compounds in Floral Rewards of Toxic Rangeland Plants: Impacts on Pollinators

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62(30), 7335–7344.

Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 48, 123–131.

Nectar alkaloids decrease pollination and female reproduction in a native plant

Oecologia, 168(4), 1033–1041.

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

Oecologia, 166(3), 681–692.

Evolutionary Ecology: When Pollinators Are Also Herbivores

Current Biology, 20(3), R100–R101.

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

Biological Invasions, 12(7), 2363–2372.

Ecogeographic genetic epidemiology

Genetic Epidemiology, 33(4), 281–289.

The effects of nutrient addition on floral characters and pollination in two subalpine plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Linum lewisii

Plant Ecology, 203(1), 83–98.

Evaluation of the field impact of an adventitious herbivore on an invasive plant, yellow toadflax, in Colorado, USA

Plant Ecology, 199(1), 99–114.

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

Oecologia, 155(1), 75–84.