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Specialist and generalist bee-visitors of an endemic beardtongue (Penstemon caryi: Plantaginaceae) of the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Tepedino, V.J., Griswold, T.L., Freilich, J.E., Shephard, P. 2011. Specialist and generalist bee-visitors of an endemic beardtongue (Penstemon caryi: Plantaginaceae) of the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming. Western North American Naturalist. 71: 523-528.

Diversity and pollination value of insects visiting the flowers of a rare buckwheat (Eriogonum pelinophilum: Polygonaceae) in disturbed and "natural" areas - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Tepedino, V.J., Bowlin, W.R., Griswold, T.L. 2011. Diversity and pollination value of insects visiting the flowers of a rare buckwheat (Eriogonum pelinophilum: Polygonaceae) in disturbed and "natural" areas. Journal of Pollination Ecology. 4(8)57-67.

Spatial Patterns of Bee Captures in North American Bowl Trapping Surveys. - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Droege, S., Tepedino, V.J., Lebuhn, G., Link, W., Minckley, R.L., Chen, Q., Conrad, C. 2010. Spatial Patterns of Bee Captures in North American Bowl Trapping Surveys. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 3:15-23.

THE EFFECT OF STAMINODE REMOVAL OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN A WYOMING POPULATION OF THE ENDANGERED BLOWOUT PENSTEMON, PENSTEMON HAYDENII S. WATS. (SCROPHULARIACEAE) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Hawk, J., Tepedino, V.J. 2007. The effect of staminode removal of female reproductive success in a wyoming population of the endangered blowout penstemon, penstemon haydenii s. wats. (scrophulariaceae). Madrono. 2007. 54(1) :22-26

BREEDING BIOLOGY AND FLOWER VISITORS OF THE RARE WHITE RIVER PENSTEMON, PENSTEMON SCARIOSUS VAR. ALBIFLUVIS (SCROPHULARIACEAE) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Lewinsohn, J.S., Tepedino, V. 2007. Breeding biology and flower visitors of the rare white river penstemon, penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis (scrophulariaceae). Western North American Naturalist. 67(2): 232-237

Orchard Pollination in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA. Honey Bees or Native Bees? - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Tepedino, V.J., Alston, D.G., Bradley, B.A., Toler, T.R., Griswold, T.L. 2007. Orchard Pollination in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA. Honey Bees or Native Bees? Biodiversity and Conservation. 16(1)3083-3094.

PERFECTION SUBVERTED? A CONTRIVANCE FOR OUTCROSSING IN A RARE ORCHID IS INFLUENCED BY POLLINATOR ABUNDANCE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Sipes, S.D., Tepedino, V.J. 2006. Perfection subverted? A contrivance for outcrossing in a rare orchid is influenced by pollinator abundance. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 133(3):412-420.

PAN-TRAPPING FOR BEES (HYMENOPTERA: APIFORMES) IN UTAH'S WEST DESERT: THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOR DIVERSITY - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Toler, T.R., Evans, E.W., Tepedino, V.J. 2005. Pan-trapping for bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) in Utah's west desert: the importance of color diversity. Pan Pacific Entomology. 81(3/4):103-113.

POLLEN-HOST SPECIFICITY AND EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF HOST SWITCHING IN A CLADE OF SPECIALIST BEES (APOIDEA: DIADASIA) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Sipes, S.D., Tepedino, V. 2005. Pollen-host specificity and evolutionary patterns of host switching in a clade of specialist bees (Apoidea: Diadasia). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 86:487-505.

CYMOPTERUS BECKII, A RARE PROTOGYNOUS UMBELLIFER OF CAPITAL REEF NATIONAL PARK, CENTRAL UTAH - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Tepedino, V.J., Messinger, S.M. 2004. Cymopterus beckii, a rare protogynous umbellifer of capital reef national park, central Utah. Madrono. 51(3:271-274.

A HOST RECORD FOR DASYMUTILLA STEVENSI MICKEL FROM CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, UTAH - (Research Notes)

Tepedino, V.J., Pitts, J.P. 2004. A host record for dasymutilla stevensi mickel from capitol reef national park, utah. Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 79:256-257

REPRODUCTION AND DEMOGRAPHY OF TOWNSENDIA APRICA (ASTERACEAE), A RARE ENDEMIC OF THE SOUTHERN UTAH PLATEAU - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Tepedino, V.J., Sipes, S.D., Griswold, T.L. 2004. Reproduction and demography of townsendia aprica (asteraceae), a rare endemic of the southern Utah plateau. Western North American Naturalist. 64(4):465-470

THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF MCKITTRICK PENNYROYAL, HEDEOMA APICULATUM (LAMIACEAE) - (Proceedings)

Tepedino, V.J., Griswold, T.L., Geer, S.M., Fitts, R.D. 2004. The reproductive biology of Mckittrick Pennyroyal, Hedeoma apiculatum (lamiaceae). Proceedings of Guadalupe Mountains Symposium 1998. Armstrong and KellerLynn, editors. National Park Service, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX. p.147-152.

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF A RARE FIRE-FOLLOWER (ILIAMNA BAKERI: MALVACEAE), AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH A NATIVE SPECIALIST BEE (DIADASIA NITIDIFRONS: APIDAE), IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Arneson, L.C., Tepedino, V.J., Smith, S.L. 2004. Reproductive success of a rare fire-follower (Iliamna bakeri: Malvaceae), and its association with a native specialist bee (Diadasia nitidifrons: Apidae), in northeastern California. Northwest Science.78(2):141-149.

WHAT'S IN A NAME? THE CONFUSING CASE OF THE DEATH CAMAS BEE, ANDRENA ASTRAGALI VIERECK & COCKERELL (HYMENOPTERA:ANDRENIDAE) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

TEPEDINO, V.J. WHAT'S IN A NAME? THE CONFUSING CASE OF THE DEATH CAMAS BEE, ANDRENA ASTRAGALI VIERECK & COCKERELL (HYMENOPTERA:ANDRENIDAE). JOURNAL OF KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 2003. 76(2):194-197

CONSISTENT MIXING OF NEAR AND DISTANT RESOURCES IN FORAGING BOUTS BY THE SOLITARY MASON BEE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

WILLIAMS, N.M., TEPEDINO, V.J. CONSISTENT MIXING OF NEAR AND DISTANT RESOURCES IN FORAGING BOUTS BY THE SOLITARY MASON BEE. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY-SOCIOBIOLOGY. 2003. 14(1):141-149

CAUSES AND EXTENT OF DECLINES AMONG NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN INVERTEBRATE POLLINATORS: DETECTION, EVIDENCE AND CONSEQUENCES - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (01-Feb-01)

GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THE ENDANGERED STEAMBOAT BUCKWHEAT, ERIOGONUM OVALIFOLIUM VAR. WILLIAMSIAE (POLYGONACEAE) - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (15-Jun-00)

MEGAPUG: CUTE NAME, GREAT SUNFLOWER POLLINATOR - (Proceedings) - (01-May-00)

THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF RARE RANGELAND PLANTS AND THEIR VULNERABILITY TO INSECTICIDES - (Book / Chapter) - (01-Apr-00)

CAN POLLINATOR TRANSPLANTATION INCREASE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN POPULATIONS OF THE THREATENED ORCHID, SPIRANTHES DILUVIALIS? - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (01-Mar-00)

POLLINATOR DECLINES AND CHANGING POLLINATION PATTERNS - (Other) - (01-Feb-00)

THE BEES OF THE SAN RAFAEL DESERT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BEE FAUNA OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT - (Proceedings) - (01-Jun-98)

THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND EFFECTIVE POLLINATORS OF THE ENDANGERED BEARDTONGUE PENSTEMON PENLANDII (SCROPHULARIACEA) - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (25-Apr-98)

A COMPARISON OF THE ALFALFA LEAFCUTTING BEE (MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA) AND THE HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA) AS POLLINATORS OF HYBRID CARROTS IN FIELD CAGES. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (01-Jul-97)

THE NEED FOR "EXTENDED CARE" IN CONSERVATION: EXAMPLES FROM STUDIES OF RARE PLANTS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (01-Jul-97)

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF CURLLEAF MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY, CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS (ROSACEAE): SELF-COMPATIBILITY, POLLEN LIMITATION, AND WIND POLLINATION - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (30-Jun-97)

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF PURPLE CONEFLOWER IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (24-Jan-97)

"POLLEN WASPS" - (Other) - (12-Aug-96)