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I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers looking at plant-pollinator interactions – here’s what I learned

  • Written by Julian Resasco, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers looking at plant-pollinator interactions – here’s what I learnedA white-shouldered bumblebee, _Bombus appositus_ visits the flowers of a goldenbanner. Julian Resasco, CC BY-ND

Imagine a bee crawling into a bright yellow flower.

This simple interaction is something you may have witnessed many times. It is also a crucial sign of the health of our environment – and one I’ve devoted hundreds of hours of...

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