Publications

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Bombus vosnesenskii, by Melissa Broussard. Licence

Refereed publications

2023

  1. Hung KJ, Fan SL, Strang CG, Park MG, Thomson JD. 2023. Pollen carryover, pollinator movement, and spatial context impact the delivery of pollination services in apple orchards. Ecological Applications. 33(8):e2917. doi:10.1002/eap.2917. PDF

2021

  1. Ohashi K, Jürgens A, Thomson JD. 2021. Trade‐off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions. Biological Reviews. 96(5):2258–2280. doi:10.1111/brv.12754. PDF
  2. Thomson JD. 2021. Editorial: How worthwhile are pollination networks? Journal of Pollination Ecology. 28. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2021)652. PDF

2019

  1. Thomson JD. 2019. Progressive deterioration of pollination service detected in a 17‐year study vanishes in a 26‐year study. New Phytologist. 224(3):1151–1159. doi:10.1111/nph.16078. PDF
  2. Thomson JD, Fung HF, Ogilvie JE. 2019. Effects of spatial patterning of co-flowering plant species on pollination quantity and purity. Annals of Botany. 123(2):303–310. doi:10.1093/aob/mcy120. PDF

2018

  1. Parker AJ, Thomson JD. 2018. Citizen scientists document geographic patterns in pollinator communities. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 23:90–97. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2018)10. PDF
  2. Parker AJ, Williams NM, Thomson JD. 2018. Geographic patterns and pollination ecotypes in Claytonia virginica. Evolution. 72(1):202–210. doi:10.1111/evo.13381. PDF

2017

  1. de Keyzer CW, Rafferty NE, Inouye DW, Thomson JD. 2017. Confounding effects of spatial variation on shifts in phenology. Global Change Biology. 23(5):1783–1791. doi:10.1111/gcb.13472. PDF
  2. Fung HF, Thomson J. 2017. Does lack of pollination extend flower life? Journal of Pollination Ecology. 21. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2017)447. PDF

2016

  1. Burns JG, Price AC, Thomson JD, Hughes KA, Rodd FH. 2016. Environmental and genetic effects on exploratory behavior of high- and low-predation guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70(8):1187–1196. doi:10.1007/s00265-016-2127-x.
  2. de Keyzer CW, Colla SR, Kent CF, Rafferty NE, Richardson LL, Thomson JD. 2016. Delving deeper: Questioning the decline of long-tongued bumble bees, long-tubed flowers and their mutualisms with climate change. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 18:36–42. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2016)15. PDF
  3. Keller B, De Vos JM, Schmidt‐Lebuhn AN, Thomson JD, Conti E. 2016. Both morph‐ and species‐dependent asymmetries affect reproductive barriers between heterostylous species. Ecology and Evolution. 6(17):6223–6244. doi:10.1002/ece3.2293. PDF
  4. Ogilvie JE, Thomson JD. 2016. Site fidelity by bees drives pollination facilitation in sequentially blooming plant species. Ecology. 97(6):1442–1451. doi:10.1890/15-0903.1. PDF
  5. Parker AJ, Williams NM, Thomson JD. 2016. Specialist pollinators deplete pollen in the spring ephemeral wildflower Claytonia virginica. Ecology and Evolution. 6(15):5169–5177. doi:10.1002/ece3.2252. PDF
  6. Pyke GH, Thomson JD, Inouye DW, Miller TJ. 2016. Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit. Ecosphere. 7(3):e01267. doi:10.1002/ecs2.1267. PDF

2015

  1. Ogilvie JE, Thomson JD. 2015. Male bumble bees are important pollinators of a late-blooming plant. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 9(2):205–213. doi:10.1007/s11829-015-9368-x. PDF
  2. Parker AJ, Tran JL, Ison JL, Bai JDK, Weis AE, Thomson JD. 2015. Pollen packing affects the function of pollen on corbiculate bees but not non-corbiculate bees. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 9(2):197–203. doi:10.1007/s11829-015-9358-z. PDF
  3. Thomson JD, Draguleasa MA, Tan MG. 2015. Flowers with caffeinated nectar receive more pollination. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 9(1):1–7. doi:10.1007/s11829-014-9350-z. PDF
  4. Thomson JD, Zung JL. 2015. A restraining device to aid identification of bees by digital photography. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 17:145–147. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2015)20. PDF
  5. Zung JL, Forrest JRK, Castellanos MC, Thomson JD. 2015. Bee- to bird-pollination shifts in Penstemon: effects of floral-lip removal and corolla constriction on the preferences of free-foraging bumble bees. Evolutionary Ecology. 29(3):341–354. doi:10.1007/s10682-014-9716-9. PDF

2014

  1. Cembrowski AR, Tan MG, Thomson JD, Frederickson ME. 2014. Ants and ant scent reduce bumblebee pollination of artificial flowers. The American Naturalist. 183(1):133–139. doi:10.1086/674101. PDF
  2. Keller B, Thomson JD, Conti E. 2014. Heterostyly promotes disassortative pollination and reduces sexual interference in Darwin’s primroses: evidence from experimental studies. Functional Ecology. 28(6):1413–1425. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12274. PDF
  3. Loughnan D, Thomson JD, Ogilvie JE, Gilbert B. 2014. Taraxacum officinale pollen depresses seed set of montane wildflowers through pollen allelopathy. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 13:146–150. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2014)13. PDF
  4. Luo EY, Ogilvie JE, Thomson JD. 2014. Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: A survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 12:52–62. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2014)2. PDF
  5. Thomson JD. 2014. Bringing the Male Side of Plant Sex into Focus. The American Naturalist. 184(2):ii–iv. doi:10.1086/676990. PDF

2013

  1. Nachev V, Thomson JD, Winter Y. 2013. The psychophysics of sugar concentration discrimination and contrast evaluation in bumblebees. Animal Cognition. 16(3):417–427. doi:10.1007/s10071-012-0582-y. PDF
  2. Ohashi K, Leslie A, Thomson JD. 2013. Trapline foraging by bumble bees: VII. Adjustments for foraging success following competitor removal. Behavioral Ecology. 24(3):768–778. doi:10.1093/beheco/ars200. PDF
  3. Ohashi K, Thomson JD. 2013. Trapline foraging by bumble bees: VI. Behavioral alterations under speed–accuracy trade-offs. Behavioral Ecology. 24(1):182–189. doi:10.1093/beheco/ars152. PDF

2012

  1. Makino TT, Thomson JD. 2012. Innate or learned preference for upward-facing flowers?: Implications for the costs of pendent flowers from experiments on captive bumble bees. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 9:79–84. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2012)11. PDF
  2. Manson JS, Rasmann S, Halitschke R, Thomson JD, Agrawal AA. 2012. Cardenolides in nectar may be more than a consequence of allocation to other plant parts: a phylogenetic study of Asclepias. Functional Ecology. 26(5):1100–1110. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02039.x. PDF
  3. Muchhala N, Thomson JD. 2012. Interspecific competition in pollination systems: costs to male fitness via pollen misplacement. Functional Ecology. 26(2):476–482. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01950.x. PDF
  4. Pyke GH, Inouye DW, Thomson JD. 2012. Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: Competition and community structure revisted. Environmental Entomology. 41(6):1332–1349. doi:10.1603/EN11284. PDF
  5. Thomson JD, Ogilvie JE, Makino TT, Arisz A, Raju S, Rojas-Luengas V, Tan M. 2012. Estimating pollination success with novel artificial flowers: Effects of nectar concentration. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 9:108–114. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2012)14. PDF

2011

  1. Forrest JRK, Ogilvie JE, Gorischek AM, Thomson JD. 2011. Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae). Annals of Botany. 108(1):1–12. doi:10.1093/aob/mcr093. PDF
  2. Forrest JRK, Thomson JD. 2011. An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows. Ecological Monographs. 81(3):469–491. doi:10.1890/10-1885.1. PDF
  3. Pyke GH, Inouye DW, Thomson JD. 2011. Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects. Ecological Entomology. 36(4):511–521. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01295.x. PDF
  4. Thomson JD, Forrest JRK, Ogilvie JE. 2011 May 10. Pollinator exclusion devices permitting easy access to flowers of small herbaceous plants. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 4:24–25. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2011)11. PDF

2010

  1. Forrest J, Inouye DW, Thomson JD. 2010. Flowering phenology in subalpine meadows: Does climate variation influence community co‐flowering patterns? Ecology. 91(2):431–440. doi:10.1890/09-0099.1. PDF
  2. Forrest J, Thomson JD. 2010. Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower. American Journal of Botany. 97(1):38–48. doi:10.3732/ajb.0900083. PDF
  3. Manson JS, Otterstatter MC, Thomson JD. 2010. Consumption of a nectar alkaloid reduces pathogen load in bumble bees. Oecologia. 162(1):81–89. doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1431-9. PDF
  4. Muchhala N, Thomson JD. 2010. Fur versus feathers: Pollen delivery by bats and hummingbirds and consequences for pollen production. The American Naturalist. 175(6):717–726. doi:10.1086/652473. PDF
  5. Ohashi K, D’Souza D, Thomson JD. 2010. An automated system for tracking and identifying individual nectar foragers at multiple feeders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64(5):891–897. doi:10.1007/s00265-010-0907-2. PDF
  6. Ostevik K, Manson J, Thomson JD. 2010. Pollination potential of male bumble bees (Bombus impatiens): movement patterns and pollen-transfer efficiency. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 2:21–26. doi:10.26786/1920-7603(2010)3. PDF
  7. Thomson JD. 2010. Flowering phenology, fruiting success and progressive deterioration of pollination in an early-flowering geophyte. Phil Trans R Soc B. 365(1555):3187–3199. doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0115. PDF

2009

  1. Forrest J, Thomson JD. 2009. Pollinator experience, neophobia and the evolution of flowering time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276(1658):935–943. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1434. PDF
  2. Forrest J, Thomson JD. 2009. Background complexity affects colour preference in bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften. 96(8):921–925. doi:10.1007/s00114-009-0549-2. PDF
  3. Manson JS, Thomson JD. 2009. Post‐ingestive effects of nectar alkaloids depend on dominance status of bumblebees. Ecological Entomology. 34(4):421–426. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01100.x. PDF
  4. Muchhala N, Caiza A, Vizuete JC, Thomson JD. 2009. A generalized pollination system in the tropics: bats, birds and Aphelandra acanthus. Annals of Botany. 103(9):1481–1487. doi:10.1093/aob/mcn260. PDF
  5. Muchhala N, Thomson JD. 2009. Going to great lengths: selection for long corolla tubes in an extremely specialized bat–flower mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276(1665):2147–2152. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0102. PDF Nature–research highlight
  6. Ohashi K, Thomson JD. 2009. Trapline foraging by pollinators: its ontogeny, economics and possible consequences for plants. Annals of Botany. 103(9):1365–1378. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp088. PDF
  7. Vallejo‐Marín M, Manson JS, Thomson JD, Barrett SCH. 2009. Division of labour within flowers: Heteranthery, a floral strategy to reconcile contrasting pollen fates. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22(4):828–839. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01693.x. PDF

2008

  1. Barrett SCH, Wilson P, Thomson JD, editors. 2008. Explaining pollinator shifts from bees to birds:  convergence, divergence, and directionality. In: Major evolutionary transitions in flowering plant reproduction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  2. Forrest J, Thomson JD. 2008. Pollen limitation and cleistogamy in subalpine Viola praemorsa. Botany. 86(5):511–519. doi:10.1139/B08-020. PDF
  3. Ohashi K, Leslie A, Thomson JD. 2008. Trapline foraging by bumble bees: V. Effects of experience and priority on competitive performance. Behavioral Ecology. 19(5):936–948. doi:10.1093/beheco/arn048. PDF
  4. Otterstatter MC, Thomson JD. 2008. Does pathogen dpillover from commercially reared bumble bees threaten wild pollinators? PLoS ONE. 3(7):e2771. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002771. PDF
  5. Thomson JD, Wilson P. 2008. Explaining evolutionary shifts between bee and hummingbird pollination: convergence, divergence, and directionality. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 169(1):23–38. doi:10.1086/523361. PDF

2007

  1. Cnaani J, Wong A, Thomson JD. 2007. Effect of group size on ovarian development in bumblebee workers (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Entomologia Generalis. 29(2–4):305–314. doi:10.1127/entom.gen/29/2007/305. PDF
  2. Gegear RJ, Manson JS, Thomson JD. 2007. Ecological context influences pollinator deterrence by alkaloids in floral nectar. Ecology Letters. 10(5):375–382. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01027.x. PDF
  3. Goodell K, Thomson JD. 2007. Influence of bee species (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) with contrasting behaviors on pollen movement in a mustard, Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae) and the Muskmelon Cucumis melo (Cucurbitaceae). Entomologia Generalis. 29(2–4):237–252. doi:10.1127/entom.gen/29/2007/237. PDF
  4. Manson JS, Lachance M-A, Thomson JD. 2007. Candida gelsemii sp. nov., a yeast of the Metschnikowiaceae clade isolated from nectar of the poisonous Carolina jessamine. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 92(1):37–42. doi:10.1007/s10482-006-9132-4. PDF
  5. Ohashi K, Thomson JD, D’Souza D. 2007. Trapline foraging by bumble bees: IV. Optimization of route geometry in the absence of competition. Behavioral Ecology. 18(1):1–11. doi:10.1093/beheco/arl053. PDF
  6. Otterstatter MC, Thomson JD. 2007. Contact networks and transmission of an intestinal pathogen in bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) colonies. Oecologia. 154(2):411–421. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0834-8. PDF
  7. Taneyhill DE, Thomson JD. 2007. Behaviour of inexperienced bumble bees toward spatial clumping of nectar (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia Generalis. 29(2–4):149–164. doi:10.1127/entom.gen/29/2007/149. PDF
  8. Wilson P, Wolfe AD, Armbruster WS, Thomson JD. 2007. Constrained lability in floral evolution: counting convergent origins of hummingbird pollination in Penstemon and Keckiella. New Phytologist. 176(4):883–890. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02219.x. PDF

2006

  1. Burns JG, Thomson JD. 2006. A test of spatial memory and movement patterns of bumblebees at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Behavioral Ecology. 17(1):48–55. doi:10.1093/beheco/arj002. PDF
  2. Castellanos MC, Wilson P, Keller SJ, Wolfe AD, Thomson JD. 2006. Anther evolution: pollen presentation strategies when pollinators differ. The American Naturalist. 167(2):288–296. doi:10.1086/498854. PDF Appendix A Appendix B
  3. Cnaani J, Thomson JD, Papaj DR. 2006. Flower choice and learning in foraging bumblebees: effects of variation in nectar volume and concentration. Ethology. 112(3):278–285. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01174.x. PDF
  4. Colla SR, Otterstatter MC, Gegear RJ, Thomson JD. 2006. Plight of the bumble bee: Pathogen spillover from commercial to wild populations. Biological Conservation. 129(4):461–467. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.013. PDF
  5. Gegear RJ, Otterstatter MC, Thomson JD. 2006. Bumble-bee foragers infected by a gut parasite have an impaired ability to utilize floral information. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 273(1590):1073–1078. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3423. PDF
  6. Otterstatter MC, Thomson JD. 2006. Within-host dynamics of an intestinal pathogen of bumble bees. Parasitology. 133(06):749. doi:10.1017/S003118200600120X. PDF
  7. Saleh N, Ohashi K, Thomson JD, Chittka L. 2006. Facultative use of the repellent scent mark in foraging bumblebees: complex versus simple flowers. Animal Behaviour. 71(4):847–854. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.06.014. PDF
  8. Thomson JD. 2006. Tactics for male reproductive success in plants: contrasting insights of sex allocation theory and pollen presentation theory. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 46(4):390–397. doi:10.1093/icb/icj046. PDF
  9. Whittall JB, Voelckel C, Kliebenstein DJ, Hodges SA. 2006. Convergence, constraint and the role of gene expression during adaptive radiation: floral anthocyanins in Aquilegia. Molecular Ecology. 15(14):4645–4657. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03114.x. PDF
  10. Wilson PS, Castellanos MC, Wolfe AD, Thomson JD. 2006. Shifts between bee and bird pollination in Penstemons. In: Waser NM, Ollerton J, Waser Nickolas M., editors. Plant-pollinator interactions: from specialization to generalization. Chicago, IL.: University of Chicago Press. PDF

2005

  1. Gegear RJ, Otterstatter MC, Thomson JD. 2005. Does parasitic infection impair the ability of bumblebees to learn flower-handling techniques? Animal Behaviour. 70(1):209–215. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.025. PDF
  2. Newman DA, Thomson JD. 2005. Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris (Scrophulariaceae). Oikos. 110(2):309–320. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13884.x. PDF
  3. Newman DA, Thomson JD. 2005. Interactions among nectar robbing, floral herbivory, and ant protection in Linaria vulgaris. Oikos. 110(3):497–506. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13885.x. PDF
  4. Ohashi K, Thomson JD. 2005. Efficient harvesting of renewing resources. Behavioral Ecology. 16(3):592–605. doi:10.1093/beheco/ari031. PDF
  5. Otterstatter MC, Gegear RJ, Colla SR, Thomson JD. 2005. Effects of parasitic mites and protozoa on the flower constancy and foraging rate of bumble bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58(4):383–389. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0945-3. PDF

2004

  1. Castellanos MC, Wilson P, Thomson JD. 2004. ‘Anti-bee’ and ‘pro-bird’ changes during the evolution of hummingbird pollination in Penstemon flowers. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 17(4):876–885. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00729.x. PDF
  2. Fenster CB, Armbruster WS, Wilson P, Dudash MR, Thomson JD. 2004. Pollination syndromes and floral specialization. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 35(1):375–403. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132347. PDF
  3. Gegear RJ, Thomson JD. 2004. Does the flower constancy of bumble bees reflect foraging economics? Ethology. 110(10):793–805. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01010.x. PDF
  4. Wilson P, Castellanos MC, Hogue JN, Thomson JD, Armbruster WS. 2004. A multivariate search for pollination syndromes among penstemons. Oikos. 104(2):345–361. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12819.x. PDF

2003

  1. Castellanos MC, Wilson P, Thomson JD. 2003. Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and the divergence of pollination modes in Penstemon. Evolution. 57(12):2742–2752. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01516.x. PDF
  2. Thomson JD. 2003. When Is It Mutualism? (An American Society of Naturalists Presidential Address). The American Naturalist. 162(S4):S1–S9. doi:10.1086/378683. PDF
  3. Thomson JD, Eisenhart KS. 2003. Rescue of stranded pollen grains by secondary transfer. Plant Species Biology. 18(2–3):67–74. doi:10.1111/j.1442-1984.2003.00089.x. PDF
  4. Williams NM, Thomson JD. 2003. Chapter 11: Comparing pollinator quality of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and native bees using pollen removal and deposition measures. In: Strickler K, Cane JH, editors. For Nonnative Crops, Whence Pollinators of the Future? Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD. PDF

2002

  1. Castellanos MC, Wilson P, Thomson JD. 2002. Dynamic nectar replenishment in flowers of Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae). American Journal of Botany. 89(1):111–118. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.1.111. PDF

2001

  1. Chittka L, Thomson JD. 2001. Cognitive ecology of pollination: animal behavior and floral evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge university press. PDF
  2. Kearns CA, Thomson JD. 2001. The natural history of bumblebees: a sourcebook for investigations. Boulder, Colorado: University Press of Colorado.
  3. Thomson JD. 2001. Using pollination deficits to infer pollinator declines: Can theory guide us? Conservation Ecology. 5(1). https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol5/iss1/art6/. PDF
  4. Thomson JD, Goodell K. 2001. Pollen removal and deposition by honeybee and bumblebee visitors to apple and almond flowers. Journal of Applied Ecology. 38(5):1032–1044. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00657.x. PDF
  5. Thomson JD, Chittka L. 2001. Pollinator individuality: when does it matter? In: Chittka L, Thomson JD, editors. Cognitive Ecology of Pollination. 1st ed. Cambridge University Press. p. 191–213. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511542268.011. PDF

2000

  1. Nishihiro J, Washitani I, Thomson JD, Thomson BA. 2000. Patterns and consequences of stigma height variation in a natural population of a distylous plant, Primula sieboldii. Functional Ecology. 14(4):502–512. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00449.x. PDF
  2. Thomson JD, Wilson P, Valenzuela M, Malzone M. 2000. Pollen presentation and pollination syndromes, with special reference to Penstemon. Plant Species Biology. 15(1):11–29. doi:10.1046/j.1442-1984.2000.00026.x. PDF

1999

  1. Chittka L, Thomson JD, Waser NM. 1999. Flower constancy, insect psychology, and plant evolution. Naturwissenschaften. 86(8):361–377. doi:10.1007/s001140050636. PDF
  2. Chittka L, Williams NM, Rasmussen H, Thomson JD. 1999. Navigation without vision: bumblebee orientation in complete darkness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 266(1414):45–50. doi:10.1098/rspb.1999.0602. PDF

1998

  1. Williams N. 1998. Trapline foraging by bumble bees: III. Temporal patterns of visitation and foraging success at single plants. Behavioral Ecology. 9(6):612–621. doi:10.1093/beheco/9.6.612. PDF

1997

  1. Chittka L, Thomson JD. 1997. Sensori-motor learning and its relevance for task specialization in bumble bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 41(6):385–398. doi:10.1007/s002650050400. PDF
  2. Cruzan MB, Thomson JD. 1997. Effects of pre‐dispersal selection on offspring growth and survival in Erythronium grandiflorum. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 10(3):295–314. doi:10.1046/j.1420-9101.1997.10030295.x. PDF
  3. Goodell K, Thomson JD. 1997. Comparisons of pollen removal and deposition by honey bees and bumblebees visiting apple. Acta Horticulturae. (437):103–108. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.437.8. PDF
  4. Thomson JD, Dent‐Acosta S, Escobar‐Píramo P, Nason JD. 1997. Within‐crown flowering synchrony in strangler figs, and its relationship to allofusion. Biotropica. 29(3):291–297. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00430.x. PDF
  5. Thomson JD, Slatkin M, Thomson BA. 1997. Trapline foraging by bumble bees: II. Definition and detection from sequence data. Behavioral Ecology. 8(2):199–210. doi:10.1093/beheco/8.2.199. PDF

1996

  1. Thomson JD. 1996. Trapline foraging by bumblebees: I. Persistence of flight-path geometry. Behavioral Ecology. 7(2):158–164. doi:10.1093/beheco/7.2.158. PDF
  2. Thomson JD, Weiblen G, Thomson BA, Alfaro S, Legendre P. 1996. Untangling multiple factors in spatial distributions: lilies, gophers, and rocks. Ecology. 77(6):1698–1715. doi:10.2307/2265776. PDF
  3. Wilson P, Thomson JD. 1996. How do flowers diverge? In: Lloyd DG, Barrett SCH, editors. Floral Biology. Boston, MA: Springer US. p. 88–111. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4613-1165-2_4. PDF

1995

  1. Stone JL, Thomson JD, Dent‐Acosta SJ. 1995. Assessment of pollen viability in hand‐pollination experiments: a review. American Journal of Botany. 82(9):1186–1197. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1995.tb11591.x. PDF
  2. Weiblen GD, Thomson JD. 1995. Seed dispersal in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae). Oecologia. 102(2):211–219. doi:10.1007/BF00333253. PDF

1994

  1. Holsinger KE, Thomson JD. 1994. Pollen discounting in Erythronium grandiflorum: Mass-action estimates from pollen transfer dynamics. The American Naturalist. 144(5):799–812. doi:10.1086/285707. PDF
  2. Morris WF, Price MV, Waser NM, Thomson JD, Thomson B, Stratton DA. 1994. Systematic increase in pollen carryover and its consequences for geitonogamy in plant populations. Oikos. 71(3):431. doi:10.2307/3545831. PDF
  3. Stone JL, Thomson JD. 1994. The evolution of distyly: Pollen transfer in artificial flowers. Evolution. 48(5):1595. doi:10.2307/2410250. PDF
  4. Thomson JD, Rigney LP, Karoly KM, Thomson BA. 1994. Pollen viability, vigor, and competitive ability in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae ). American Journal of Botany. 81(10):1257–1266. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1994.tb11447.x. PDF
  5. Wilson P, Thomson JD, Stanton ML, Rigney LP. 1994. Beyond floral Batemania: Gender biases in selection for pollination success. The American Naturalist. 143(2):283–296. doi:10.1086/285604. PDF

1993

  1. Harder LD, Cruzan MB, Thomson JD. 1993. Unilateral incompatibility and the effects of interspecific pollination for Erythronium americanum and Erythronium albidum (Liliaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany. 71(2):353–358. doi:10.1139/b93-038. PDF
  2. Plowright RC, Thomson JD, Lefkovitch LP, Plowright CMS. 1993. An experimental study of the effect of colony resource level manipulation on foraging for pollen by worker bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Can J Zool. 71(7):1393–1396. doi:10.1139/z93-192. PDF
  3. Rigney LP, Thomson JD, Cruzan MB, Brunet J. 1993. Differential success of pollen donors in a self-compatible lily. Evolution. 47(3):915. doi:10.2307/2410194. PDF

1992

  1. Thomson JD, Thomson BA. 1992. Pollen presentation and viability schedules in animal-pollinated plants: Consequences for reproductive success. In: Wyatt R, editor. Ecology and evolution of plant reproduction. Chapman & Hall. p. 1–24. PDF

1991

  1. Thomson JD, Herre EA, Hamrick JL, Stone JL. 1991. Genetic Mosaics in Strangler Fig Trees: Implications for Tropical Conservation. Science. 254(5035):1214–1216. doi:10.1126/science.254.5035.1214. PDF
  2. Wilson P, Thomson JD. 1991. Heterogeneity among floral visitors leads to discordance between removal and deposition of pollen. Ecology. 72(4):1503–1507. doi:10.2307/1941124. PDF

1990

  1. Thomson JD, Brunet J. 1990. Hypotheses for the evolution of dioecy in seed plants. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 5(1):11–16. doi:10.1016/0169-5347(90)90006-Y. PDF

1989

  1. Harder LD, Thomson JD. 1989. Evolutionary options for maximizing pollen dispersal of animal-pollinated plants. The American Naturalist. 133(3):323–344. doi:10.1086/284922. PDF
  2. Thomson JD. 1989. Deployment of ovules and pollen among flowers within inflorescences. Evolutionary Trends in Plants. 3(1):65–68. PDF
  3. Thomson JD. 1989. Germination schedules of pollen grains: Implications for pollen selection. Evolution. 43(1):220–223. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb04219.x. PDF
  4. Thomson JD. 1989. Reversal of apparent feeding preferences of bumble bees by aggression from Vespula wasps. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 67(10):2588–2591. doi:10.1139/z89-364. PDF
  5. Thomson JD, McKenna MA, Cruzan MB. 1989. Temporal patterns of nectar and pollen production in Aralia hispida: Implications for reproductive success. Ecology. 70(4):1061–1068. doi:10.2307/1941375. PDF
  6. Thomson JD, Neal PR. 1989. Wind Dispersal of Tree Seeds & Fruits. The American Biology Teacher. 51(8):482–486. doi:10.2307/4448994. PDF
  7. Thomson JD, Shivanna KR, Kenrick J, Knox RB. 1989. Sex expression, breeding system, and pollen biology of Ricinocarpos pinifolius: A case of androdioecy. American Journal of Botany. 76(7):1048–1059. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1989.tb15086.x. PDF
  8. Thomson JD, Thomson BA. 1989. Dispersal of Erythronium grandiflorum pollen by bumblebees: Implications for gene flow and reproductive success. Evolution. 43(3):657–661. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1989.tb04261.x. PDF

1988

  1. McKenna MA, Thomson JD. 1988. A technique for sampling and measuring small amounts of floral nectar. Ecology. 69(4):1306–1307. doi:10.2307/1941289. PDF
  2. Thomson JD. 1988. Effects of variation in inflorescence size and floral rewards on the visitation rates of traplining pollinators of Aralia hispida. Evolutionary Ecology. 2(1):65–76. doi:10.1007/BF02071589. PDF

1987

  1. Sokal RR, Thomson JD. 1987. Applications of Spatial Autocorrelation in Ecology. In: Legendre P, Legendre L, editors. Developments in Numerical Ecology. Berlin: Springer. p. 431–466. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-642-70880-0_12. PDF
  2. Thomson JD, Peterson SC, Harder LD. 1987. Response of traplining bumble bees to competition experiments: shifts in feeding location and efficiency. Oecologia. 71(2):295–300. doi:10.1007/BF00377298. PDF

1986

  1. Thomson JD. 1986. Pollen transport and deposition by bumble bees in Erythronium: Influences of floral nectar and bee grooming. The Journal of Ecology. 74(2):329. doi:10.2307/2260258. PDF
  2. Thomson JD, Price MV, Waser NM, Stratton DA. 1986. Comparative studies of pollen and fluorescent dye transport by bumble bees visiting Erythronium grandiflorum. Oecologia. 69(4):561–566. doi:10.1007/BF00410363. PDF

1985

  1. Galen C, Plowright RC, Thomson JD. 1985. Floral biology and regulation of seed set and seed size in the lily, Clintonia borealis. American J of Botany. 72(10):1544–1552. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1985.tb08418.x. PDF
  2. Harder LD, Thomson JD, Cruzan MB, Unnasch RS. 1985. Sexual reproduction and variation in floral morphology in an ephemeral vernal lily, Erythronium americanum. Oecologia. 67(2):286–291. doi:10.1007/BF00384301. PDF
  3. Thomson JD. 1985. Pollination and seed set in Diervilla lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) Temporal patterns of flower and ovule development. American Journal of Botany. 72(5):737–740. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1985.tb08334.x. PDF
  4. Thomson JD, Plowright RC, Thaler GR. 1985. Matacil insecticide spraying, pollinator mortality, and plant fecundity in New Brunswick forests. Canadian Journal of Botany. 63(11):2056–2061. doi:10.1139/b85-288. PDF
  5. Thomson JD, Stratton DA. 1985. Floral morphology and cross-pollination in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae). American Journal of Botany. 72(3):433–437. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1985.tb05366.x. PDF

1983

  1. Thomson JD. 1983. Component analysis of community-level interactions in pollination systems. In: Jones CE, Little RJ, editors. Handbook of experimental pollination biology. Scientific and Academic Editions. PDF

1982

  1. Barrett SCH, Thomson JD. 1982. Spatial pattern, floral sex ratios, and fecundity in dioecious Aralia nudicaulis (Araliaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany. 60(9):1662–1670. doi:10.1139/b82-216. PDF
  2. Thomson JD. 1982. Patterns of visitation by animal pollinators. Oikos. 39(2):241. doi:10.2307/3544491. PDF
  3. Thomson JD, Andrews BJ, Plowright RC. 1982. The effect of a foreign pollen on ovule development in Diervilla lonicera (Caprifoliaceae). New Phytologist. 90(4):777–783. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1982.tb03286.x. PDF
  4. Thomson JD, Maddison WP, Plowright RC. 1982. Behavior of bumble bee pollinators of Aralia hispida Vent. (Araliaceae). Oecologia. 54(3):326–336. doi:10.1007/BF00380001. PDF
  5. Thomson JD, Rusterholz KA. 1982. Overlap summary indices and the detection of community structure. Ecology. 63(2):274–277. doi:10.2307/1938941. PDF

1981

  1. Thomson JD. 1981. Spatial and temporal components of resource assessment by flower-feeding insects. The Journal of Animal Ecology. 50(1):49. doi:10.2307/4030. PDF
  2. Thomson JD. 1981. Field measures of flower constancy in bumblebees. American Midland Naturalist. 105(2):377. doi:10.2307/2424756. PDF
  3. Thomson JD, Barrett SCH. 1981. Selection for outcrossing, sexual selection, and the evolution of dioecy in plants. The American Naturalist. 118(3):443–449. doi:10.1086/283837. PDF
  4. Thomson JD, Barrett SCH. 1981. Temporal variation of gender in Aralia hispida Vent. (Araliaceae). Evolution. 35(6):1094–1107. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1981.tb04979.x. PDF

1980

  1. Plowright RC, Thomson JD, Thaler GR. 1980. Pollen removal in Cypripedium acaule (Orchidaceae) in relation to aerial fenitrothion spraying in New Brunswick. The Canadian Entomologist. 112(8):765–769. doi:10.4039/Ent112765-8. PDF
  2. Thomson JD. 1980. A simulation of optimal foraging: The nuts and bolts approach. The American Biology Teacher. 42(9):528–533. doi:10.2307/4447089. PDF
  3. Thomson JD. 1980. Implications of different sorts of evidence for competition. The American Naturalist. 116(5):719–726. doi:10.1086/283662. PDF
  4. Thomson JD. 1980. Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction. Ecology. 61(3):572–579. doi:10.2307/1937423. PDF
  5. Thomson JD, Plowright RC. 1980. Pollen carryover, nectar rewards, and pollinator behavior with special reference to Diervilla lonicera. Oecologia. 46(1):68–74. doi:10.1007/BF00346968. PDF

1978

  1. Thomson JD. 1978. A Local Replacement of Bombus Ternarius by Bombus terricola in Northern Wisconsin (Hymenoptera: Apidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist. 11(2). doi:10.22543/0090-0222.1328. PDF
  2. Thomson JD. 1978. Effects of stand composition on insect visitation in two-species mixtures of Hieracium. American Midland Naturalist. 100(2):431. doi:10.2307/2424843. PDF

Some Refereed Articles From Lab Group

The following papers by graduate students or postdocs were completed at least partly under my supervision but I declined co-authorship

  1. McKenna MA, Mulcahy DL. 1983. Ecological aspects of gametophytic competition in Dianthus chinensis. In: Mulcahy David L., Ottaviano E, editors. Pollen: biology and implications for plant breeding. New York: Elsevier Biomedical.
  2. Harder LD. 1986. Effects of nectar concentration and flower depth on flower handling efficiency of bumble bees. Oecologia. 69(2):309–315. doi:10.1007/BF00377639. PDF
  3. Young HJ. 1986. Beetle pollination of Dieffenbachia longispatha (Araceae). American Journal of Botany. 73(6):931–944. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1986.tb12133.x. PDF
  4. McKenna MA. 1987. Microgametophytic selection in Dianthus chinensis (Caryophyllaceae):  effects of pollen donor and seed parent. American Journal of Botany. 74(5):645–661. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1987.tb08641.x. PDF
  5. Cruzan MB, Neal PR, Willson MF. 1988. Floral display in Phyla incisa: consequences for male and female reproductive success. Evolution. 42(3):505–515. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1988.tb04156.x. PDF
  6. Young HJ. 1988. Differential importance of beetle species pollinating Dieffenbachia longispatha (Araceae). Ecology. 69(3):832–844. doi:10.2307/1941033. PDF
  7. Young HJ. 1988. Neighborhood size in a beetle pollinated tropical aroid: effects of low density and asynchronous flowering. Oecologia. 76(3):461–466. doi:10.1007/BF00377043. PDF
  8. Cruzan MB. 1989. Pollen tube attrition in Erythronium grandiflorum. American Journal of Botany. 76(4):562–570. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1989.tb11348.x. PDF
  9. Stratton DA. 1989. Competition prolongs expression of maternal effects in seedlings of Erigeron annuus (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany. 76(11):1646–1653. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1989.tb15149.x. PDF
  10. Stratton DA. 1989. Longevity of individual flowers in a Costa Rican cloud forest:  ecological correlates and phylogenetic constraints. Biotropica. 21(4):308. doi:10.2307/2388281. PDF
  11. Cruzan MB. 1990. Pollen-pollen and pollen-style interactions during pollen-tube growth in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae). American Journal of Botany. 77(1):116–122. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1990.tb13534.x. PDF
  12. Cruzan MB. 1990. Variation in pollen size, fertilization ability, and postfertilization siring ability in Erythronium grandiflorum. Evolution. 44(4):843. doi:10.2307/2409550. PDF
  13. Stratton DA. 1991. Life-history variation within populations of an asexual plant, Erigeron annuus (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany. 78(5):723–728. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1991.tb12596.x. PDF
  14. Stratton DA. 1992. Life-cycle components of selection in Erigeron annuus. 1. Phenotypic selection. Evolution. 46(1):92–106. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1992.tb01987.x. PDF
  15. Stratton DA. 1992. Life-cycle components of selection in Erigeron annuus. 2. Genetic variation. Evolution. 46(1):107–120. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1992.tb01988.x. PDF
  16. Wilson P. 1992. On inferring hybridity from morphological intermediacy. Taxon. 41(1):11–23. doi:10.2307/1222481. PDF
  17. Cruzan MB. 1993. Analysis of pollen-style interactions in Petunia hybrida; the determination of variance in male reproductive success. Sexual Plant Reproduction. 6(4). doi:10.1007/BF00231905. PDF
  18. Karoly K. 1994. Dioecy and gametophytic self-incompatibility: reproductive efficiency revisited. The American Naturalist. 144(4):677–687. doi:10.1086/285700. PDF
  19. Neal PR, Stromberg MR, Jepson-Innes KA. 1994. Aposematic coloration in Dactylotum variegatum (Orthoptera: Acrididae): support from vertebrate feeding trials. The Southwestern Naturalist. 39(1):21. doi:10.2307/3672187. PDF
  20. Wilson P. 1994. The east-facing flowers of Drosera tracyi. American Midland Naturalist. 131(2):366. doi:10.2307/2426263. PDF
  21. Brunet J, Charlesworth D. 1995. Floral sex allocation in sequentially blooming plants. Evolution. 49(1):70. doi:10.2307/2410293. PDF
  22. Stone JL. 1995. Pollen donation patterns in a tropical distylous shrub, Psychotria suerrensis (Rubiaceae). American Journal of Botany. 82(11):1390–1398. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1995.tb12675.x. PDF
  23. Rigney LP. 1995. Postfertilization causes of differential success of pollen donors in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae): nonrandom ovule abortion. American Journal of Botany. 82(5):578–584. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1995.tb11502.x. PDF
  24. Stone JL. 1996. Components of pollination effectiveness in Psychotria suerrensis, a tropical distylous shrub. Oecologia. 107(4):504–512. doi:10.1007/BF00333942. PDF
  25. Brunet J. 1996. Male reproductive success and variation in fruit and seed set in Aquilegia caerulea (Ranunculaceae). Ecology. 77(8):2458–2471. doi:10.2307/2265746. PDF
  26. Chittka L. 1998. Sensorimotor learning in bumblebees: long-term retention and reversal training. Journal of Experimental Biology. 201(4):515–524. doi:10.1242/jeb.201.4.515. PDF
  27. Williams NM, Goodell K. 2000. Association of mandible shape and nesting material in Osmia panzer (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A morphometric analysis. 93(2):318–325. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0318:AOMSAN]2.0.CO;2. PDF
  28. Soucy SL. 2002. Nesting biology and socially polymorphic behavior of the sweat bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 95(1):57–65. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0057:NBASPB]2.0.CO;2. PDF
  29. Soucy SL, Danforth BN. 2002. Phylogeography of the socially polymorphic sweat bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Evolution. 56(2):330–341. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01343.x. PDF
  30. Goodell K. 2003. Food availability affects Osmia pumila (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) foraging, reproduction, and brood parasitism. Oecologia. 134(4):518–527. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1159-2. PDF
  31. Soucy SL, Giray T., Roubik DW. 2003. Solitary and group nesting in the orchid bee Euglossa hyacinthina (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Insectes Sociaux. 50(3):248–255. doi:10.1007/s00040-003-0670-8. PDF
  32. Taneyhill DE. 2010. Patch departure behavior of bumble bees: rules and mechanisms. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2010:1–9. doi:10.1155/2010/872736. PDF
  33. Williams NM. 2003. Use of novel pollen species by specialist and generalist solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Oecologia. 134(2):228–237. doi:10.1007/s00442-002-1104-4. PDF
  34. Williams NM. 2003. Consistent mixing of near and distant resources in foraging bouts by the solitary mason bee Osmia lignaria. Behavioral Ecology. 14(1):141–149. doi:10.1093/beheco/14.1.141. PDF
  35. Burns JG. 2005. Impulsive bees forage better: the advantage of quick, sometimes inaccurate foraging decisions. Animal Behaviour. 70(6):e1–e5. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.06.002. PDF
  36. Biernaskie JM, Gegear RJ. 2007. Habitat assessment ability of bumble-bees implies frequency-dependent selection on floral rewards and display size. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274(1625):2595–2601. doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0705. PDF
  37. Burkle LA, Irwin RE, Newman DA. 2007. Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system. American Journal of Botany. 94(12):1935–1943. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.12.1935. PDF
  38. Gegear RJ, Burns JG. 2007. The birds, the bees, and the virtual flowers: can pollinator behavior drive ecological speciation in flowering plants? The American Naturalist. 170(4):551–566. doi:10.1086/521230. PDF
  39. Biernaskie JM, Walker SC, Gegear RJ. 2009. Bumblebees learn to forage like Bayesians. The American Naturalist. 174(3):413–423. doi:10.1086/603629. PDF