Oliveras, Diana | CU Experts

Research

Dr. Oliveras’ research focuses on bee pollinators. Bees are important pollinators of wild plants as well as economically important crops (e.g. clover, alfalfa, many vegetables and fruits). An understanding of bee species is essential for their conservation and management. Dr. Oliveras has extensive field work experience with bees and flies. In 2009, she published papers on a five-year study of pollinators in natural areas in Boulder County. In 2015, she presented research to the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee on pollinator conservation and agricultural practices in Boulder County Open Space. In 2017, she published research on a five-year monitoring study of bumble bees at three different elevations in Boulder County.

bumblebee, pollination, flowers, bumblebee diversity, bumblebee conservation, insect pollinators

journal article
- Monitoring the conservation status of bumble bee populations across an elevation gradient in the Front Range of Colorado. Journal of Insect Conservation: an international journal devoted to the conservation of insects and related invertebrates. 65-74. 2017
- Boulder County Bees revisited: a resampling of Boulder Colorado Bees a century later. Journal of Insect Conservation: an international journal devoted to the conservation of insects and related invertebrates. 603-613. 2009
- Environmental factors affecting bee diversity in urban and remote grassland plots in Boulder, Colorado. Journal of Insect Conservation: an international journal devoted to the conservation of insects and related invertebrates. 655-665. 2009
- Developmental changes in in vivo cardiac performance in the moth Manduca sexta. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 369-378. 2000

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