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Rebecca E. Irwin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008

Irwin, R. E., C. Galen J. J. Rabenold, R. Kaczorowski, and M. L. McCutcheon. 2008. Mechanisms of tolerance to floral larceny in two animal-pollinated wildflowers, Polemonium viscosum and Ipomopsis aggregata. Ecology 89:3093-3104.

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Egan, J. F. and R. E. Irwin. 2008. Evaluation of the field impact of an adventitious herbivore on an invasive plant, yellow toadflax, in Colorado, USA. Plant Ecology 199:99-114.

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Irwin, R. E. and L. S. Adler. 2008. Nectar secondary compounds affect self-pollen transfer: implications for female and male plant reproduction. Ecology 89:2207-2217.

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Elliott, S. E., R. E. Irwin, L. S. Adler, and N. M. Williams. 2008. A nectar alkaloid, gelsemine, does not affect offspring performance of a native solitary bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae). Ecological Entomology 33:298-304.

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Brody, A. K., R. E. Irwin, M. L. McCutcheon, and E. C. Parsons. 2008. Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, Ipomopsis aggregata. Oecologia 155:75-84.

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2007

Burkle, L. A., R. E. Irwin, and D. A. Newman. 2007. Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system.  American Journal of Botany 94:1935-1934.

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2006

McCall, A. C. and R. E. Irwin. 2006. Florivory: the intersection of pollination and herbivory. Ecology Letters 9:1351-1365.

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Irwin, R. E. 2006. Consequences of direct versus indirect species interactions to selection on traits: pollination and nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata. American Naturalist 167:315-328.

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Alder, L. S. and R. E. Irwin. 2006. Comparison of pollen transfer dynamics by multiple floral visitors: experiments with pollen and fluorescent dye. Annals of Botany 97:141-150.

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Irwin, R. E. and L. S. Adler. 2006. Correlations among traits associated with herbivore resistance and pollination: implications for pollination and nectar robbing in a distylous plant. American Journal of Botany 93:64-72.

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2005

Adler, L. S. and R. E. Irwin. 2005. Ecological costs and benefits of defenses in nectar. Ecology 86:2968-2978.

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Price, M. V., N. M. Waser, R. E. Irwin, D. R. Campbell, and A. K. Brody. 2005. Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven year study. Ecology 86:2106-2116.

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Irwin, R. E. and S. Y. Strauss.  Flower color microevolution in wild radish: evolutionary response to pollinator-mediated selection.  American Naturalist 165:225-237.

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2004

Taylor, B. W. and R. E. Irwin.  Linking economics to the distribution of exotic plants.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101:17725-17730.

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Strauss, S. Y. and R. E. Irwin.  Ecological and evolutionary consequences of multi-species plant-animal interactions.  Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 35:435-466.

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Irwin, R. E., L. S. Adler, and A. A. Agrawal.  The community and evolutionary ecology of nectar. Ecology 85:1477-1478.

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Irwin, R. E., L. S. Adler, and A. K. Brody.  The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense.  Ecology 85:1503-1511.

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Strauss, S. Y., R. E. Irwin, and V. Lambrix.  Optimal defense theory and flower petal color predict variation in the secondary chemistry of wild radish.  Journal of Ecology 92:132-141.

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Cariveau, D., R. E. Irwin, A. K. Brody, L. Garcia-Mayeya*, and A. von der Ohe*.  Direct and indirect effects of pollinators and seed predators to selection on plant and floral traits.  Oikos 104:15-26.

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2003

Engel, C. E., and R. E. Irwin.  Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt.  American Journal of Botany 90:1612-1618.

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Irwin, R. E., S. Y. Strauss, S. Storz, A. Emerson, and G. Guibert.  The role of herbivores in the maintenance of a flower-color polymorphism in wild radish.  Ecology 84:1733-1743.

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Irwin, R. E.  Impact of nectar robbing on estimates of pollen flow: conceptual predictions and empirical outcomes.  Ecology 84:485-495.

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2002

Irwin, R. E., and J. E. Maloof.  Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species.  Oecologia 133:525-533.

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Irwin, R. E., and B. Dorsett.  Volatile production by the buds and corollas of two sympatric, con-familial plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Polemonium foliosissimum (Polemoniaceae).  Journal of Chemical Ecology 28:565-578.

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Strauss, S. Y., J. A. Rudgers, J. A. Lau, and R. E. Irwin.  Direct and ecological costs of resistance to herbivory.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:278-285.

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2001

Irwin, R. E., A. K. Brody, and N. M. Waser.  The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities.  Oecologia 129:161-168.

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Irwin, R. E.  Field and allozyme studies investigating optimal mating success in two sympatric spring-ephemeral plants, Trillium erectum and Trillium grandiflorum.  Heredity 87:178-189.

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2000

Irwin, R. E., and A. K. Brody.  Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant.  Ecology 81:2637-2643.

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Irwin, R. E.  Hummingbird avoidance of nectar-robbed plants: spatial location or visual cues?  Oikos 91:499-506.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irwin, R. E.  Morphological variation and female reproductive success in two sympatric Trillium species: evidence for phenotypic selection in Trillium erectum and Trillium grandiflorum (Liliaceae).  American Journal of Botany 87:205-214.

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1999

Irwin, R. E. and A. K. Brody.  Nectar-robbing bumblebees reduce the fitness of Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae).  Ecology 80:1703-1712.

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1998

Irwin, R. E. and A. K. Brody.  Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: effects on pollinator behavior and plant fitness.  Oecologia 116:519-527.

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Jones, K. N., J. S. Reithel, and R. E. Irwin.  Evidence of a trade-off between the frequency and duration of bumblebee visits to flowers.  Oecologia 117:161-168.

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